Logically speaking, Jiang Qiluo and the others should be feeling desperate or terrified at this moment.
But to Ling Yi, everyone's expressions looked very strange.
It was more of a sense of helplessness than the despair or fear of facing imminent death.
Everyone, including Jiang Qiluo, took out a dagger and pointed it at their hearts.
It was as if they had rehearsed countless times; their movements were perfectly synchronized and incredibly skillful.
"I don't know when this will end. We've all died countless times since Princess Ling'er disappeared," one of the maids said helplessly.
"But we've searched every corner of Spirit Island and still haven't found Ling'er Ling'er. Perhaps if we find her, everything will return to normal," another maid added.
"Sigh, this time I'm going to poke the brain. If I poke the heart, it'll take three to four breaths to die, but if I poke the brain, I'll die instantly, with almost no pain."
"Really? Then I'll poke your brain too."
Listening to the maids' conversation, Ling Yi was a little confused. Something was wrong with this situation!
At this moment, Jiang Qiluo's Transformation effect was also gone because she no longer had Spiritual Power to sustain her.
She transformed into a stunningly Wushuang woman in her thirties.
She seemed to agree with the maids' words, so she turned the dagger that was originally aimed at her heart towards her brain.
"Heh, I remember you!" Upon seeing Jiang Qiluo's appearance, Lie Gui paused for a moment, then chuckled sinisterly.
That laughter was very unpleasant to hear.
It sounded like a cat's paws scratching at glass, absolutely terrifying. Even Ling Yi, in his conscious state, couldn't help but shudder.
"A Xiao Longtao, and you give him lines? Get rid of him."
The Colonisers' abilities activated, and in the next moment, the three— Lie Bao, Lie Quan, and Lie Gui —each transformed into a stream of light and surged into the Light Ball of consciousness.
Sure enough, the Phantom Demon Space in the Sea of Consciousness was still there.
The ability to have Infinite Life continues to function.
However, the vessel for Infinite Life is not in the Sea of Consciousness, or rather, it is not even in this world.
Ling Yi could clearly see a thread of Life Force pulling out from his sphere of Light Ball and connecting to a certain place in the Void.
It is through this thread of Life Force that the Life Force the Infinite Life carriers, that is, the original body, is continuously transported to supply the consumption of the Phantom Demon.
Ling Yi now looks more like a ball of thread suspended in mid-air.
However, Ling Yi's actions remained unaffected.
Or rather, Ling Yi could Perception the existence of the life thread, but this thread had become something that existed between the real and the unreal.
Looking at the silk thread, Ling Yi had some guesses in his mind.
Why was Lie Long spared and not forcibly Contract into Phantom Demon? Because Lie Long was going to die, or rather, Ling Yi needed Lie Long's corpse.
Why was it Lie Long, and not one of the other three?
Because Lie Long is the most handsome of the four.
With a thought, the three— the Lie Bao, the Lie Quan, and the Lie Gui— who had just been forcibly bound by Contract reappeared.
The three of them looked unchanged, but there was an additional mark of the word "HUANG" combed between their eyebrows.
"What happened to you? What's wrong?" Lie Long asked. "What's with the words on your foreheads?"
" Second Brother, I'm sorry!" Lie Quan said in a low voice, exchanging a glance with Lie Bao.
The next moment, the two rushed to Lie Long's side.
The three were not far apart to begin with, Lie Long never dreamed that his brother from just a moment ago would now be the one to kill him.
Before Lie Long could react at all, his arms were seized by Lie Bao and Lie Quan.
Then, the Lie Gui suddenly appeared and, to Lie Long's incredulous gaze, plunged a knife into his heart.
"You, you all!" Lie Long stared at Lie Gui with bloodshot eyes.
" Second Brother, the master needs your body." The Lie Gui's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, and then he drew his knife.
Blood gushed out, splattering all over the Lie Gui, making the already ugly Lie Gui look even more sinister.
With its heart pierced, the Lie Long quickly fell silent.
He collapsed to the ground.
Ling Yi, in his conscious state, looked at the Lie Long, blood Kuku from its heart, with a hint of disgust.
"Can such a corpse be resurrected?"
Could we try it first?
With a thought, Ling Yi's consciousness lunged at the Lie Long.
The next moment, Yingying green light emanated from the Lie Long's body, and the wound on its heart healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Immediately afterwards, the already dead Lie Long opened its eyes, dusted itself off, and stood up.
"Master!" The three Lie Bao bowed respectfully to " Lie Long ".
Ling Yi examined his body and murmured, "So it was the Life Force that healed the wounds."
"But what if she doesn't have the Life Force?" Ling Yi couldn't help but worry about Ye Ling'er.
Looks like we need to head to Suzhou City soon!
Ling Yi and Ye Ling'er had already prepared for this situation.
If the two of you separate, then agree to go to the same place and wait for each other.
In the Fantasy World Chinese Paladin 1, the place the two agreed to meet was Suzhou City.
In this Fantasy World, the first female lead, Zhao Ling'er, is gone, but the second female lead, Lin Yueru, is still alive.
It's unknown whether the Protagonist Li Xiaoyao will leave the starting village after Zhao Ling'er's departure, whether he will go to Suzhou City after leaving the starting village, and whether he will have Lin Yueru.
If this were a normal world, then it's really hard to say.
But this is Fantasy World.
The biggest difference between the Fantasy World and the real world is the storyline.
Whether the real world is actually real or not is unimportant, or rather, it's pretended not to matter.
Otherwise, with all the layers upon layers, it would be impossible to tell what's real and what's fake.
Here, we must assume that the real world is the real world.
At least in the real world, I didn't feel constrained by the plot; or perhaps Duan De is* the plot, or perhaps I am the plot.
But as I said before, we cannot make such convoluted assumptions without knowing the truth.
Ling Yi waved his hand, sending the three Lie Bao back into the Phantom Demon Space, before finally arriving in front of Jiang Qiluo.
Jiang Qiluo also sized up Ling Yi.
She had seen everything that had just happened.
"When did Zhao Ling'er disappear?" Ling Yi asked.
"What exactly are you? I've never seen you before!"
Ling Yi was taken aback by Jiang Qiluo's words.
I've never seen this before?
Before, which before?
"I've never appeared here, so naturally you've never seen me. Your question is flawed."
If I told you that what happened today has happened countless times before, would you believe me?
"Tell me in detail," Ling Yi said, intrigued.
"Ever since the princess disappeared, this world has been in turmoil. Everything repeats itself, sometimes in a day, sometimes in a month."
"Is the time not fixed?" Ling Yi asked.
"Yes, it's not fixed."
Do you know why?
"It should be related to the princess's disappearance, but I don't know the specifics. There's simply not enough time for me to find out the truth."
"Many times, I couldn't even leave Spirit Island, the furthest I went was Yuhang Town, but I still couldn't find any trace of the princess."
Ling Yi became interested. "Is it a plot Reincarnation?"
" Reincarnation? That's a very apt description!"
Just then, the surrounding scenery Changes.
Ling Yi returned to the Lin Zhong, but not in his conscious form; he remained in the body of the Lie Long.
In the distance, four more figures emerged, still dressed in the attire of the Moon Worship Sect.
However, it was no longer Lie Long, Lie Bao, and the other three.
Instead, they became other people, the other four elites of the Moon Worship Sect.
With a thought, Ling Yi entered Invisibility mode and followed behind the four people.
These four people almost perfectly replicated everything that Lie Long and the others had done before. Even their actions and language were almost identical; the only difference was the way they addressed each other.
"So here's the question: if Jiang Qiluo knew everything would repeat itself, why was she still poisoned?"