The Third Layer of the Spirit Realm.
Bzz-
A powerful ripple descended from above.
On the wasteland shrouded in billowing death fog, the massive lump, almost a hundred meters across and covered in black tentacles, suddenly shuddered. Its heart began to thunder, as though a will had been poured back into it.
The next moment.
Rustle-
Its enormous black tentacles curled upward, and the eye embedded in the very center of its body snapped open.
Without the slightest hesitation.
Lin En immediately took out the [Origin Substance] he had been nurturing and plunged it straight into his brain with a wet squelch. Surging flesh instantly enveloped it.
"Hana Ye!"
Alarmed, Lin En immediately looked toward the large hole he had dug beneath himself for her before leaving.
But aside from the outline of Loli, there was no sign of Hana Ye.
"Fuck! That idiot!"
Lin En was frantic and utterly exasperated.
The next moment.
Whoosh-
Blazing [Holy Flame] erupted, engulfing his entire body.
As his body melted with a constant sizzling, his enormous form rapidly shrank. Tentacle after tentacle retracted into him, and in less than half a minute, he had regained his youthful human shape.
But Lin En had no time to care about any of that.
He immediately searched his surroundings, but the vast wilderness stretched endlessly into the distance. Loli was nowhere to be seen.
"Master?! What happened?!"
The skull on the ground also regained consciousness. It immediately floated into the air, assembling a skeleton with a clatter.
Lin En narrowed his eyes.
"Can't you see? My wife's missing!"
Salgon froze at those words. He immediately remembered the curly-haired human girl who had fallen alongside his master.
But looking around, he could see no sign of Loli.
"This... this..."
How could this have happened?
They had only