"Where is this...?"
Huang Ziqing looked bewildered.
He had appeared high in the sky and was falling steadily toward the ground.
The vase in his arms was gone, and no notification told him he had gained any skill. He just kept falling...
The string of bizarre experiences had already left Huang Ziqing mentally and physically exhausted.
Suddenly, Huang Ziqing saw what lay beneath him...
As he continued to fall,
he saw it more and more clearly.
Directly below him, an endless plain was covered in countless blades, spears, swords, and halberds!
The blades and sword tips all pointed toward the sky.
They were packed extremely close together.
"No..."
"No, no!"
Huang Ziqing's pupils instantly contracted.
He realized that if he kept falling, he would eventually land in that sea of weapons and die with countless holes punched through him!
And how fast would he be going after falling from ten thousand meters up?
"Fuck!"
"No!"
"Help! Save me!!"
"Aaaah-"
As the ground drew closer, his terror deepened!
Suddenly, his screams cut off.
Shhk, shhk, shhk...
His body hit the ground, and several blades, spears, and swords pierced various parts of him. One spear even passed through his eye and pierced his skull...
Amid the excruciating pain coursing through his entire body, Huang Ziqing gradually lost consciousness...
Then he woke up again.
He appeared in his own room, with the Abyss vase before him.
"I... I'm back again?"
He hesitated briefly, but still instinctively reached out and thrust his hand into the vase...
"Aaaah-"
Shhk, shhk, shhk...
In just a few minutes, Huang Ziqing went through several cycles of the "punishment of blades" within the illusion!
He retained his memories through every punishment.
Soon, when he returned to his room again and saw the vase, he had already developed a