664 Temptation III

Sea of Forgetfulness Core.

In the dark center of the Sea of Forgetfulness, a gigantic, Skinless One Long slowly crawled around Zhang Rongfang, uttering words of persuasion, urging him to open the passage together.

Its voice is sometimes gentle, sometimes powerful, and sometimes resonates like that of a family member, full of powerful persuasiveness.

Zhang Rongfang stood in the center, his wings flapping slowly as he fell into thought.

As darkness fell, the Sea of Forgetfulness, which was never illuminated by Heavenly Light, was only bathed in a faint, indistinct light from the Great Abyss.

However, the brightness of this light fluctuates depending on the gray-black vapor rising from the sea.

Every so often, countless large, gray-black hands would fly out of the sea, forming a tidal wave that surged upwards.

These countless black hands seemed to be trying to grasp something, waving upwards in vain.

Standing on the edge of the island, Zhang Rongfang saw long, thin black hands fly out of the seawater and reach towards the sky.

They let out painful howls and desperate cries.

"Do you see them? Those are the Forgotten Ones," Taki sighed sharply. "They've lost everything, lost their memories, and have been forgotten by the outside world. And you..."

It turned its head to look at Zhang Rongfang.

"If you stay in this world, this world that is about to be destroyed, sooner or later you will be like them, forgetting everything that once was. You will also be forgotten by everything outside, because you never came from here. Compared to the life here, you are an outsider."

Zhang Rongfang remained silent.

The other person's words undoubtedly struck a chord deep within him.

Indeed, everything Great Ling had was, in his eyes, everything Zhang Rongfang of the body, possessed.

But he, the real him, still resides in his hometown, that seemingly ordinary world.

"And what about you? What use are you?" Zhang Rongfang finally spoke slowly.

"I was indeed persuaded by you to open the passage and return to my hometown. But do you... know how to open it?" He stared into Taki's enormous eyes, meeting them without flinching.

"The technology to open the passage is only mastered by us, but to open it, we need to break through several layers of blockade. Those blockades were left behind by those despicable Spirit Eye Clan," Taki explained.

"Can't we just open it directly?" Zhang Rongfang raised an eyebrow.

"It was possible before, but later, those disgusting guys from the Spirit Eye Clan used their so-called Extraterrestrial Technology to create Three Flawless Secret Locks." Taki gritted his teeth slightly.

"They want to die, yet they can't stand us searching for new life. Look at their so-called technology—it's so evil, feeding on human brains, and incredibly cruel."

But we are different! We respect every life, whether it is strong or weak, wise or foolish!

Zhang Rongfang completely ignored the strong guiding emotion in Taki's tone.

"I need proof! Proof that you can indeed help me open the passage. Proof that the passage you speak of is indeed my former homeland!"

"That's simple," Taki laughed.

It leaped quickly, its body rapidly shrinking in mid-air, transforming into a slender humanoid figure slightly taller than Zhang Rongfang.

The humanoid figure was covered in fleshy skin, without clothes or any gender characteristics, like skin that had been burned and regenerated, without any hair.

He bent down, his more than three-meter-tall body bringing his head close to Zhang Rongfang.

"Since you want to prove it, then come with me and see all the preparations we've made for our escape. How about it?" Taki said softly.

In the center of his face, which had no eyes, was a large black mouth from which thin, black spittle constantly emerged.

"Okay." Zhang Rongfang's expression remained unchanged. "Lead the way."

"As expected of the Lord of the Human Immortal Dao and the Bloodline King, your heart seems fearless," Taki clapped in praise.

"Then, look closely at this part of me."

He suddenly stood up straight. His hands became long and sharp, and he stabbed fiercely at his own chest and abdomen.

With a hiss.

He plunged his fingers into his own abdomen.

Her fingernails, like blades, slowly sliced open the skin of her abdomen.

It's like unzipping a garment.

Soon, a faint gray halo radiated from the opened abdomen.

"Come, go in from here, and you will find the Instant Tower, which I control. There, we will show you our comprehensive plan."

Taki pointed to his exposed abdomen and smiled.

This is a test.

This was a test of whether Zhang Rongfang truly dared to enter the passageway opened in his abdomen.

Zhang Rongfang knew the name 'Instant Tower'.

He had heard this name before, not just once, from the Jade Pavilion and Heart Fusion's memories.

This is the source of all evil, and the root of monsters like the Evil Spirit Car.

If a person contaminated by evil energy does not receive timely treatment, they will gradually transform into an evil spirit over time.

Only a furnace system can purify everything.

Strangely, this malevolent energy seems to have no effect on ordinary people. It only affects the Spirit Thread parasites.

Looking at the gray passageway that had opened up in front of me.

Zhang Rongfang glanced at Long, who had a half-smile, and immediately took a step forward. His body suddenly turned into a bloody light and flew into the passage.

Taki let out a strange, gurgling laugh, and then his head began to elongate, disappearing into the gray channel in his abdomen with a whoosh.

His head and neck grew longer and longer, causing the rest of his body to soften and twist like noodles.

A moment later, his entire body twisted and turned as he crawled into the tunnel.

It was like an inside-out pocket, and my whole body squeezed inside.

Then the channel rapidly shrinks, eventually shrinking, merging, and closing.

Only a thin, long strip of flesh remained, which fell to the ground with a thud.

The meat strip grew limbs and transformed back into the skinless lizard form that Zhang Rongfang had initially seen. It then burrowed into the gray-black soil and disappeared.

***Outside the Sky Curtain.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

A gigantic monster, its body billowing black smoke and resembling ink, was slowly approaching a figure not far away.

The monster had a huge horse's head, a human-shaped body, and a thick black mane that stretched from the back of its head to its tailbone, forming a line.

The monster was four meters tall and exuded a strong sense of foreboding.

It was this sense of disgust that caused the figure not far away to develop fleshy lumps of varying sizes all over its body.

Pain! Intense, excruciating pain!

The Moon God could barely control his body. He watched as it seemed as if many active insects were growing under his skin, constantly crawling and burrowing.

These wriggling tumors cause intense pain and itching with every movement.

According to the initial explanation given by Laf, he understood that he had been contaminated.

The evil energy had been eroding for too long, and the Spirit Thread within the body had not been elevated to form Heart Burning Furnace for Martial Arts Diagram.

Now, the negative consequences are gradually emerging.

The intense pain left him completely weak, and even standing still required immense effort.

Puff.

The tall, horse-headed, human-bodied evil spirit approached step by step.

Hiss. It emitted a piercing, sinister laugh.

"Eat Living Spirit"

Suddenly, the evil spirit raised its right foot and stomped hard on the Moon God.

Bang!

The ground collapsed and cracked, Moon God rolled to the side in time to avoid being kicked.

He raised his hand and knelt on the ground.

A Black Spirit Thread shot out from his palm, resembling a long spear.

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The Black Spirit Thread spear struck the horse-headed, human-bodied evil spirit squarely in the forehead and pierced through it.

"Moo!" The evil spirit howled, grabbing the Black Spirit Thread tightly and shoving it into its mouth.

"Flame Emperor Talisman!"

Suddenly, the Moon God leaped into the air, her flesh bulging out behind her, condensing into twelve rune-patterned discs.

The symbols belonging to the Flame Emperor Talisman lit up with white light.

At the same time, his muscles swelled up rapidly, and a large number of Black Spirit Thread surged from his palms, faintly tinged with a layer of red.

In an instant, the Moon God lunged forward and slammed her palm into the evil spirit's chest.

The Black Spirit Thread pierced his chest deeply, then exploded like a bomb.

Boom! The entire horse-headed, human-bodied evil spirit exploded, turning into countless plumes of black smoke. Within the black smoke, faint, dark red Spirit Thread, resembling magma, danced and wriggled.

Soon, the dark red Spirit Thread, resembling magma, shot away and disappeared in the blink of an eye in a distant direction.

Witnessing this scene, the Moon God finally succumbed and her consciousness began to fade.

With a thud, he fell to the ground, his Spirit Thread quickly retracting, but inevitably getting stained with a wisp of black smoke.

After doing all this, the Moon God's consciousness gradually faded.

He rolled over and lay on his back on the ground.

The onset of the malignant contamination was sudden and completely unexpected.

He originally planned to go to the Perpetual Palace to use the God Marrow he had previously obtained to purchase a Martial Arts Diagram and weave his own Heart Burning Furnace.

But unexpectedly, he couldn't keep going after only walking halfway.

His consciousness gradually faded, and the Moon God's eyes slowly closed. He gazed up at the sky, vaguely seeing the dark clouds slowly moving, revealing a tiny gap. Heavenly Light was approaching. 'I never imagined I would fall here and become a so-called evil spirit.'

The Moon God's final consciousness gradually became chaotic and blurred.

"There's a parasite lying here? It looks like it's been contaminated by evil energy." Suddenly, a clear male voice rang out beside them.

"He doesn't even have a furnace. Looks like he's some ancient relic that crawled out of some Interaction Zone," another female voice analyzed.

"Should we save him?" a clear male voice asked.

The surroundings fell silent for a moment.

"We need the new Interaction Zone message. Take it back." A calm, deep male voice finally made the decision.

In her dazed state, the Moon God felt herself being pulled up by a strong force and placed behind a trailer.

The trailer appeared to be made with a simple mechanical structure; one person held the front of the trailer and easily pulled it away into the distance.

Time slowly passed.

After an unknown amount of time, the Moon God gradually regained some consciousness and woke up from her dazed state.

He opened his eyes and found himself lying in a bright, sunlit white room.

Beside the bed in the room, there was a strong man wearing a black, tight-fitting sleeveless top, who was looking down at him.

"Brother Ou Nan, he's awake!" The man shouted towards the open door of the room as soon as he saw that the Moon God had regained consciousness.

The man shouted as he ran out quickly, seemingly unafraid of the Moon God's wandering, and disappeared into the sunlight outside the door in the blink of an eye.