A Thread Between Life and Death

The water flow is accelerating.

Soon, the players were completely scattered and swept into deeper waters one after another.

What lay before them was no longer the azure sea, but rather a series of bright yellow rapids.

The instant the two clearly defined liquids came into contact, Cheng Shi distinctly felt an inexplicable force squeezing him from all directions, beginning to frantically corrode his skin.

It's sour!

How is that possible?

How could there still be such a high concentration of acidity when such a massive amount of seawater is poured in?

"Gastric acid from a giant beast?"

"No! This isn't acid! It's a pull from the Void!"

Void-Snout Devouring Pig!

How is that possible?

They are the darlings of the "Nothingness" who live on the Void-Reality Boundary, how could they appear here!?

Wrong!

How could they possibly be dead?!??

Cheng Shi was startled when he heard Gao Yu's exclamation.

The Void-Snout Devouring Pig is somewhat related to Cheng Shi, because this creature is subordinate to the Nothingness, born at the edge of the Void and reality, the 'Void-Reality Boundary and reality,' and is devoured by the Nothingness for existence.

They have two invisible tentacles on their heads that can sense where reality is weakest, and then they travel through the Void to devour that place and turn it into a new Void.

The beings swallowed by them will gradually disappear as the Void pulls them apart.

As for how something that blends reality and illusion could die...

Excuse me, but don't forget, this is the Trials of [Annihilation].

For beings whose boundaries between existence and Nothingness are blurred, perhaps the concept of life does not exist, but the state of Annihilation certainly does...

But none of that matters; now is not the time to think about these things.

Without Cheng Shi to think, Cheng Shi immediately cast two more Healing Art on all the teammates he could see within his limited field of vision.

However, the dire situation did not improve as a result of these two Healing Art.

The vines on the bamboo raft began to decompose rapidly, and the players' skin gradually began to ulcerate.

The Nothingness is dissolving them into a new Void in ways they can comprehend.

"We can't go any further! The pull of the Void is intensifying!! Everyone, break outwards!"

Zhao Qian roared, his whole body turning bright red and hot. He swung his hands wildly, propelling himself back to where he came from, like two propellers.

"Old Cui, stay close to me!"

Cui Ding Tian responded immediately and caught up with Zhao Qian, but he was obviously not as fast as Zhao Qian, not only because his rotation speed was not good enough, but also because he was dragging a burden behind him.

Su Yida!

Cheng Shi's colleague bumped into Cui Ding Tian at some point and never got off him.

Tao Yi and Gao Yu were also working hard, but it was clear that at this point, Mage were far less efficient than warriors and Hunter.

Even with their best efforts in casting spells, they were unable to change the situation of being dragged deeper by the suction force.

At this point, everyone's condition was extremely poor. Not only were their clothes long gone, but their hair and skin had also begun to fester in large areas.

The pulling force of the Void was like a sharp razor, leaving its mark on them without any pattern or mercy.

"Give me a hand!"

Gao Yu panicked. He shouted and used all his strength to pull out a piece of metal, which he frantically pounded in the water.

Tao Yi was right beside him. Her face was completely disfigured. She gritted her teeth, grabbed him with one hand, and kept summoning whatever was available nearby with the other. However, the speed at which these external things corroded was much faster than her spellcasting speed.

"Quick! I can't hold on any longer!"

Tao Yi let out a pitiful cry, and Gao Yu's eyes turned bloodshot, his speed increasing by three points.

The small hammer gradually disappeared as it was pulled apart by the Void, but it still hammered the materials in his hand into a long spiral drill bit, which he then slammed into the inner wall of the giant beast beside him, mixed with blood.

"The pressure is too much, you can't swim up. Come on! Let's dig out from here!"

They evolved from Nothingness, unlike traditional life forms; their bodies are thin, yet they hold promise!

The duration of the underwater healing was almost up, and the festering of the festering sores on everyone's bodies accelerated even further.

The first few were still struggling to move forward, but after feeling the enormous resistance, they had no choice but to give up and turn back to Gao Yu.

Cheng Shi seized the opportunity to grab Gao Yu's foot and then grabbed Tao Yi, who was being pushed deeper by the rapids. He mustered all his strength and cast a Healing Art on everyone.

Seeing that Gao Yu was not very efficient, Cui Ding Tian immediately snatched the drill from his hand and started digging frantically.

Zhao Qian pressed himself close to the inner wall of the giant beast, attempting to open another passage with his own hands.

However, neither hands nor tools could cause much damage to the inner walls of the behemoth.

However, this intense exertion caused their condition to decline even faster.

"Priest!!!"

Zhao Qian roared desperately, hoping that Cheng Shi could step up his game and at least save everyone's lives before they could break through the inner wall of the giant beast.

However, Cheng Shi did not respond to him.

He gritted his teeth and didn't cast a single Healing Art. Instead, he used his legs to hold Tao Yi in place of his hands, freeing his right hand, eager to try.

"Priest!!! Heal me!!!"

"Damn it, I'm busy!"

Cheng Shi roared and, having made up his mind, threw a punch, slamming it into the "wall" in front of his face.

He certainly didn't want to compete with Zhao Qian to see who had the stronger hands; it was because he had a surprise move!

3.5S from the Discarded Divine Artifact:

The Ring of Bone Servant Lele'er!

The Cheng Shi's hand touched the inner wall of the giant beast!

"Boom--"

A devastating Thunderbolt resounded in everyone's ears.

The lightning roared and shot out from beside him, instantly blasting through the "thin-skinned" behemoth and even illuminating the entire interior of the behemoth for a moment.

The group was startled by the thunderous sound. When they saw "fresh" seawater gushing into the gap in the inner wall of the giant beast, they were overjoyed and mustered their last bit of strength to rush toward the gap.

It's broken!

Cheng Shi secretly felt fortunate.

Thank you to my teammates for their tremendous efforts in overcoming fear.

I also want to thank the Fear Mother Tree, Lele'er, for saving my life on my first job.

Seeing the breach right in front of him, Cheng Shi did not make any move.

He first used an underwater healing spell on everyone to stabilize the situation, and then struggled to cast a few spells to restore Divine Power, all of which he cast on Cui Ding Tian.

The reason why was that he discovered that despite the fact that the old man's body was now completely ulcerated and almost exposed to bone, he actually had very few wounds!

The erosion from the Void seemed to slow down on his body.

But that's precisely why Cheng Shi felt he had to nurse him first!

When everyone is stuck in the mud, the first person you should save should not be the one who is about to be swallowed up, but the one who is the easiest to get ashore!

Only in this way can those who have reached the shore find a way to pull everyone else out!

No matter how much a person struggles in the mud, it's no match for someone on the shore pulling them up with all their might!

Cui Ding Tian suddenly felt his condition rapidly improving and immediately understood Cheng Shi's meaning.

He suppressed a cough, flicked his right hand, and sent a thin white rope flying out of the gaping wound.

Then, he started swinging his left hand, and with the high-frequency swinging, another white rope shot out quickly and tied up Cheng Shi and the other two.

Just as Cheng Shi was about to break Gao Yu's ankle and crush Tao Yi's waist, causing all three of them to fall into a deeper abyss, Cui Ding Tian used a rope to wrap them up like rice dumplings.

"Zhao Qian, seize him!"

Cui Ding Tian shouted and began to rush outwards.

Upon hearing the sound, Zhao Qian immediately twisted his body, kicked off the inner wall, and used the recoil to get closer to the old man, tightly hugging his waist.

However, the moment his hand touched his lower back...

He was stunned.

He felt no skin on Cui Ding Tian's abdomen; it was as if the Void had torn his skin away completely.

But just now, he clearly saw that Cui Ding Tian was completely unharmed!

How so!

Zhao Qian looked up in surprise, only to find that Cui Ding Tian, who was right in front of him, was swimming forward with his muscles and fascia almost completely exposed!

Only his wrists had a sliver of intact skin covering them.

As for the other end of the skin...

He looked in shock at the three people bundled together at his feet:

The white rope binding the three people was right in front of them, taut and straight.

Even if the seawater is murky, a close look will reveal that it is clearly not a rope, but a thin, long...

Skin!

Cui Ding Tian actually peeled away his skin layer by layer, turning it into thin ropes that caught everyone!

Whether it was his extremely long skin or his flesh as hard as metal, he seemed to be able to resist some of the erosion from the Void.

"Hold on tight! The old man's about to unleash his power!"

The leather rope thrown out of the gap seemed to have found a reliable anchor point, and the old man's face lit up with joy, his muscles all over his body began to contract.

With the rapid contraction of the muscle skin, Cui Ding Tian led everyone against the immense pressure of the raging torrent, rushing towards the outside of the gap.

As the pull of the Void on their bodies gradually receded, the three, their flesh pressed tightly together, revealed bitter smiles of having escaped death.

That's terrible.

The excessive pulling of the Void caused their wounds to deepen to the bone, with rotten flesh stuck together, making it impossible to distinguish whose flesh belonged to whose.

Cheng Shi was exhausted from overexertion, but he still forced himself to use a healing spell on the two people in front of him.

Skin, flesh, and hair visibly recover.

Seeing the wound begin to heal, Gao Yu's tense expression finally relaxed.

On the contrary, Tao Yi's expression became somewhat strange.

At this moment, she was pressed tightly against Cheng Shi's back, slowly regaining her sense of touch.

"Cheng Shi... you..."

Cheng Shi had been under immense tension, not daring to relax for a moment. Now that he had finally caught his breath and his nerves had suddenly relaxed, he was completely unaware of what had happened.

He smiled and assumed that Tao Yi was concerned about his well-being.

"It's okay, I can still manage."

"I... oh well..."

Cheng Shi paused for a moment, then suddenly realized that Tao Yi might be afraid of the gaze of [Birth], and he laughed and said:

"Don't worry, you won't get pregnant."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he realized he had misunderstood.

Thanks to the effects of Shared Divine Grace, the sense of touch on my back began to slowly return, and a special pressure came from my back.

"..."

"..."

Gao Yu, tied up in front of Cheng Shi, naturally had no idea what was happening behind him. Noticing the strange expressions on both their faces, he nervously looked up and asked:

"What's wrong now?"

Cheng Shi curled up the corners of his mouth, unable to suppress a smile.

"Nothing.

I was just thinking that some celebrities look pretty good in terms of figure on TV, but actually... well, let's just say their real-life figures are less than ideal.

Would you call this a case of a powerful company bullying its customers?

"Ah?"

Gao Yu seemed a little out of sync with Cheng Shi's unconventional thinking, while Tao Yi, standing behind Cheng Shi, calmed down completely because of those words.

She rolled her eyes and said:

Which celebrity do you like?

"I don't follow it, I don't know anything about it, so I can't say whether I like it or not."

"That's it. Since some people aren't part of the target audience, why bother with all that?"

"..."

Ah, that's true, it's none of my business.

I'm just sounding the alarm for the many misled fans. If you're not that celebrity, then don't pinch me!

Gao Yu wasn't stupid; when he heard these two people saying strange things, his expression also turned strange.

"What the book said was right: disaster is a catalyst for love."

"..."

"..."

Damn it, what does that little brat know?

Just as the three of them were trying to calm themselves down with their nonsensical ramblings, the old man's roar came from ahead again!

"Watch out, the water's about to come out!"