"Urgh!" Xu Le rarely let out a cry like that, almost a roar.
Though he was usually rather slick, Xu Le more often maintained an optimistic attitude toward difficulty and pain. Besides, he considered himself a factory director, so he endured the minor knocks and bumps.
This time, he had made that sound because he truly could not bear it.
It hurt. It hurt too much!
"Does it hurt?" Yan Luo crouched beside Xu Le, watching him with apparent curiosity.
"Not at all. Look, I haven't even blinked." Someone blinked many times, tears even welling up...
"What's going on, then?"
"Yeah, what's going on, then?"
The stabbing pain in his body and mind overlapped, making it more than Xu Le could bear. His attempt to split off part of the Soul Tree had only reached the halfway point before he had to forcibly stop.
"This won't work. I'll die before I succeed."
After stopping his hands, Xu Le began merging his will with the Soul Tree.
Since the Branch of Reality was an extension of the Soul Tree, and he could control it himself, was it possible to break it off with his will?
"Separate." There was no reaction.
"Break." Still no reaction.
"Could you move farther away? Standing there is affecting my performance," Xu Le said to Yan Luo, who was watching wide-eyed beside him.
"He's getting worked up. He's getting worked up." Yan Luo waved and walked aside.
Though Yan Luo scorned Xu Le's pathetic behavior, it also knew that Xu Le really needed a relatively stable state right now, so it obediently moved aside.
"All right, I'm far away now. You can continue."
Xu Le: ...
It still felt awful, but having no one watching him at close range eased Xu Le's mental burden a little.
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