Because she was in her Spirit Vessel, Xu Zhi had become somewhat reckless.
If this had been in Cloud City, she would never have dared to stride so openly into such a massive ritual array.
As the faintly glowing red light gradually rose and swallowed her whole body, Xu Zhi's previously clear vision suddenly warped. Violent dizziness swept over her, her brain began to buzz, and vaguely, something seemed to be trying to burrow into her mind and alter something.
The mental strength formed from Xu Zhi's original [Moth]-attribute extraordinary energy could not completely block the intrusion. Fortunately, at the critical moment, some presence Xu Zhi had not noticed shielded her from the malice lurking within the red light and coveting her.
Once that malice faded, Xu Zhi seemed to have completed a "mental appraisal." If the Game Console had been beside her, she probably would have seen that she had passed the check and was no longer regarded as a "sacrifice" by the red light.
But even without the Game Console nearby, Xu Zhi noticed the difference.
Her body was not slowly vanishing like the blood and heart placed at the center of the array, as though being devoured by the red light. Nor was she like the believers and Mutated Animals in Cloud City's array. She seemed... completely fine?
"Could it be that this ritual doesn't eat Spirit Vessels?"
But wasn't the flesh of a Spirit Vessel still flesh?
This was discrimination!
Although she no longer had to worry about the red light devouring her flesh and could move freely within it, Xu Zhi was still far from relaxed.
Wave after wave of nausea and dizziness, combined with an indescribable mental pressure, made her want to lower her head. Xu Zhi did not have any obsession with "Don't