Shen Ye walked out of the bar and headed straight across the street.
He sat in the shade of a large tree and lowered his head to look at the sword in his hand.
Its surface was like water, reflecting his face.
Suddenly.
Words from the past welled up in his heart.
"You're so lonely."
Countless figures surfaced in his memories, then swiftly receded.
No.
There were too many enemies, and they were too strong. He truly did not want to drag anyone else into this pit.
-even history had been created by them.
The entire world was their testing ground. They only had to watch everything develop, then seize all the results when the time was right.
How was he supposed to play this game?
He couldn't win!
Shen Ye pondered in silence.
A moment later.
Lines of Faint Glowing Text quietly popped up, interrupting his thoughts:
"The Trait 'Living Dad' is activating, preparing to take effect."
"This is a Trait you created together with the Dharma Realm."
"Description: each time you thwart the other party, your bond with them will deepen, until you can no longer be separated."
"Congratulations."
"You have thwarted the 'Primordial Demon's' assassination plan and killed it once."
"A bond has formed between you:"
"Forced Summoning."
"You can call upon it, teleporting it to a location, once per day."
All the text vanished.
Shen Ye looked toward the bar.
"Ah... that was a little unexpected..."
He spoke softly.
A phantom that blotted out the sky and sun appeared above the bar.
It was that great tree made of twisted corpses!
Or rather-
It was the monsters' Dharma Form!
Powerful Spellcraft fluctuations emanated from the Corpse Tree's phantom.
Shen Ye raised his sword upright and formed a Spell Seal with one hand.
Dharma Form-
**Gatekeeper Cage