Crossing Over 4

In this Inclined Space, every night, countless clouds form an enormous funnel-shaped vortex overhead.

Looking into the depths of the vortex, it's boundless, with only a small black dot at the end, as if it extends to infinity.

Golden Beetle Keke Sai flies to the right of the ship's hull. The giant white flying snake is on the right side of the hull, wrapped in many faint clouds, vaguely showing a tendency to transform into a dragon.

"Because you have the Sand Time Demonic Embryo by your side, the Severing of Time can be advanced, and stability and safety are greatly guaranteed, so the success rate should be very high," Duan Wei carefully explained.

"So, that purple egg I brought out from the Sand Time Divine Palace has been of great help to me?" Lin Xin asked through mental link.

"Indeed," Duan Wei paused. "Because of the Demonic Embryo, the space-time rules around you have undergone fundamental and subtle changes, which is more conducive for us to first shield the transmission and descent of the Netherworld Mansion's will. This will lead to a 30% increase in the success rate."

"That's not bad." Lin Xin took a deep breath. At this juncture, if he could really get rid of the Netherworld Mansion's control, then the biggest trouble he's had since descending into this world would completely disappear.

From then on, the sky is the limit for birds to fly, and the sea is wide for fish to leap. He will gain complete freedom in this life.

"What about Senior Red Leaf?" he asked in a low voice.

"Already preparing," Duan Wei said respectfully. "Hopefully everything goes smoothly..."

"Hopefully."

Lin Xin nodded.

The two were silent again, just quietly waiting for the final moment to arrive.

Lin Xin sat cross-legged on the deck, waiting and recalling the scenes he had experienced since coming to this world.

From an ordinary person who wasn't particularly special, he gradually grew until now, becoming a top expert comparable to Yuan Jing.

The scenes in between, the myriad of experiences, constantly replayed before his eyes like fleeting clouds.

"What if this fails?"

Lin Xin suddenly asked.

"You'll die." It wasn't Duan Wei who spoke, but Red Leaf's voice.

His figure slowly emerged in front of Lin Xin, appearing semi-transparent, also sitting cross-legged, but with a slightly arched, slender sword blade lying flat on his knees. The flat blade shone with a faint silver moonlight, as if it were not a sword, but the bright moon fallen to earth.

"Ready?" Red Leaf looked at Lin Xin with a calm gaze.

"Almost," Lin Xin looked at him and smiled. "Anyway, whether I'm ready or not, the result isn't up to me, is it?"

Red Leaf didn't answer, taking down his wine gourd and taking a light sip.

"There are thousands of great Daos in this world, and who can know, what is the purpose of cultivation?"

"Cultivation is cultivation, to live a better life," Lin Xin replied casually.

This has always been his greatest wish. In fact, he is a rather extremely indifferent person, from initially entering the Netherworld Mansion, to later leaving his hometown, from the initial death of Xiao Lingling, to now having nothing to worry about, being alone.

In fact, from beginning to end, he has only been struggling to live a good life.

"Live on, you don't want to die that much?" Red Leaf smiled and said.

"I don't know, but no one wants to die, right?" Lin Xin also didn't know how to answer.

"Wrong, I want to die," Red Leaf looked faintly at the sky above. "It's a pity no one can kill me. Except myself."

"Uh..." Lin Xin really wanted to praise, that was domineering enough. He really wanted to ask, was Huang Yuerong stronger, or was his Red Leaf stronger.

"Do you know Huang Yuerong?" In the end, he couldn't help but ask.

"Of course." Red Leaf unexpectedly laughed, "A person who will not be destroyed even with myriad tribulations, the strongest person in your world. When we reach this level, our own existence occupies a part of the world's laws. Mastering time and space, there is nothing that can be hidden."

"What do you mean? Is it Dao Integration with one's body?" Lin Xin pressed.

"You may know in the future, if you can reach this level." Red Leaf said lightly, "But the hope is not great, your aptitude is not good."

"Then are you stronger, or is he stronger?" Lin Xin continued to ask.

"Never been in contact, but no life can kill me." Red Leaf couldn't help laughing. "Are you satisfied with this answer?"

"Not bad. Just curious." Lin Xin said casually.

Red Leaf shook his head and gently threw something out, which automatically flew to Lin Xin.

"This is for you. After cutting it off, the Lord Mark that Netherworld Mansion gave you will continuously produce side effects. As long as you kill, it will devour power and generate Lord Power. Without Netherworld Mansion to digest it, you can only find a way to dissolve this power yourself."

Gently pinching something that looked like an ordinary dead branch, if it weren't for the fact that this thing was thrown out of Red Leaf's hand, Lin Xin might have thought that someone was maliciously joking with him.

"This thing can help you guide and dissolve the Lord Power. Don't lose it." Red Leaf instructed.

"Start now?" Lin Xin glanced around, it was almost the agreed time.

Nodding, Red Leaf's face gradually became serious.

Reaching out his hand, he gently pointed at the front.

Chi.

A black light flashed, and all the surrounding things suddenly stopped.

Everything, the airship, the beetle, the giant snake, the clouds, the sky, everything, all turned into a gray color in an instant. Losing any color.

Time seemed to stop completely.

Only Lin Xin and Red Leaf sat facing each other.

"Do you see it?" Red Leaf said softly.

Lin Xin was slightly stunned, following his line of sight, he lowered his head to look at his chest.

He was horrified to find that his body, at some point, had actually become like Red Leaf, showing a semi-transparent state.

Inside the chest cavity of his body, a mass of pitch-black small balls formed by countless black insects was slowly floating.

The small ball seemed to be gathered by countless insects similar to flies, exuding a faint black gas, and the most core interior seemed to have a faint green light piercing through, appearing mysterious and strange.

"What is this?" Lin Xin asked in a low voice.

Red Leaf smiled and did not answer.

He picked up the long sword on his knee and stabbed it straight into Lin Xin's chest.

Chi!

The moonlight-like blade easily pierced into Lin Xin's chest, as if it had not encountered any resistance at all.

Lin Xin didn't feel any pain. He just stared blankly at the long sword piercing his body, watching it gently, like a scalpel, completely dig out the black ball along with his flesh and blood.

"This is the Netherworld Mansion's will," Red Leaf said softly, pinching the black ball.

"It's dug out just like that?"

"Yes." Red Leaf nodded, "Digging it out is easy, the hard part is preventing it from returning to you."

"What do you mean?" Lin Xin asked, puzzled.

"The Netherworld Mansion's will itself is controlled by the gaze of the Netherworld Mansion's main body. I can temporarily cut off the aura it has cast upon you, but I cannot stop it from continuing to watch you, control you, and influence you. So the key to severing it lies in making the Netherworld Mansion no longer pay attention to you."

Red Leaf gently pinched and crushed the black ball in his hand.

"There is only one way to achieve this."

"What?" Lin Xin didn't know why, but his heart tightened.

"That is..." Red Leaf suddenly smiled at him slightly. "Kill you!"

Chirp!

As the words fell, the moonlight-like blade pierced Lin Xin's body again.

This time, it was no longer the chest cavity, but... the space between his eyebrows!

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"Where... is this?"

Black petals slowly scattered across the sky.

Lin Xin floated in mid-air, with countless dense dark clouds overhead, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Beneath his feet was an endless black ocean, and in the middle of that ocean was a huge, pitch-black pair of lips.

Reaching out to catch a black petal, Lin Xin watched as it melted in his palm, turning into a small puddle of black blood.

"This is the place Red Leaf brought me to last time," he recalled.

Suddenly, his vision blurred, and he quickly looked up, only to see that many different kinds of people and creatures had appeared around him at some point.

Most of them stared at him madly, some with resentment, some with desire, some with pain, some with jealousy...

And all of these people had one thing in common.

That was that their feet were bound by dark, lusterless chains.

Clatter.

Lin Xin suddenly looked down and saw that his feet were also bound by a chain, making a sound as he moved.

And the other end of the chain was connected to the huge black lips below.

"Are you ready?" Red Leaf's voice suddenly appeared behind him.

Lin Xin turned around abruptly and looked behind him.

Red Leaf was still in his drunken state, but he was also bound by chains.

It wasn't black, but a blood-like scarlet, particularly conspicuous among all the chains.

"Almost ready."

The other two voices replied simultaneously.

Lin Xin looked around himself, only then realizing that on the other two sides, there were also two figures suspended, bound by red chains.

They were all shrouded in gray mist, obscuring even their size, with only the red chains impossible to conceal, extremely eye-catching.

The two, like Red Leaf, surrounded him, forming a triangular formation.

"This is an attempt. If it succeeds, it means this path is viable," a gray figure said in a low voice.

"It won't fail," Red Leaf smiled.

He gently reached out. In an instant, countless terrifying silver blades appeared around them.

The countless blades surrounded Lin Xin and the three others, spinning madly like a storm.

Boom!!

In an instant, the giant mouth in the center of the black ocean below fiercely burst out of the sea, its lips puckering up terrifyingly, approaching the four as if a child were acting spoiled.

Hee hee hee...

The huge, piercing laughter made Lin Xin's whole body go numb, unable to muster even a trace of strength.

He could only watch helplessly as the incomparably huge mouth below rapidly approached.

The black lips grew longer and longer, higher and higher, rising from the sea like rubber clay, extending towards the four with a terrifying, piercing laughter, as if intending to devour them along with the countless silver blades around them.

(To be continued ~^~).