strictlysupreme Chapter 169: Obsessed?
Chapter 169: Obsessed?
As if venting his frustrations, Liu Jun searched everywhere for secret realms to plunder. Wherever he encountered one, no matter how small, he would loot it clean before moving on to the next one, showing no mercy like a bandit.
No one knows how many Sky Island Secret Realms she has plundered, or even deliberately forgotten how many she has left in this Cloud Sea Wall Heaven. Anyone who dares to try to devour her or rob her is killed without exception, as if she has gone mad.
She seems unable to stop; if she stops, she can't help but go crazy, all because of this tiny thing—not being able to find that place. It's such a trivial thing, yet she can't control the urge to go mad.
Has she gone mad with desire?
No, she could clearly feel that her mind was clear, that she could distinguish between good and bad, and that she recognized the little snake and knew who she was.
But... the thought of not being able to find that place or that person to find out the truth made her want to go crazy.
Did they not realize her obsession had run so deep? All they could do was vent their frustrations to dilute this inexplicably rising resentment.
Knowing herself well, Liu Jun knew she was not the type to lose control easily. She had experienced several inexplicable "missteps" before, but she would never be as out of control as she was now.
Oh, except for that one time...
When she first came to this world, she went to Sunset City. A little demon hid in her room, and she forcibly fed him medicine as if she couldn't control herself. After that, she never thought about that incident again.
Liu Jun suddenly stopped using his mind to control the longsword that was weaving through the horde of demonic beasts, and the anger and resentment that had been building up on him vanished instantly.
There was also a small snake trembling in the corner, watching the woman's frenzied outburst. Seeing her suddenly go berserk and then suddenly return to normal, it tentatively swam half a meter closer, still dozens of meters away, and asked loudly, with concern mixed with fear:
"Hey, you damn woman, are you... alright?"
Liu Junmu turned her head to look at the little snake that was standing far away, her eyes filled with doubt. Then she looked back at the remains of the monsters scattered all over the ground in front of her. The scene in front of her was so bloody that anyone with low cultivation would vomit and have nightmares for half a month just by looking at it.
"What... happened to me..."
It turns out that people who have gone astray in their cultivation cannot distinguish whether they are mentally sound or not; it's like being in a dream.
You always firmly believe that you are real, without realizing that you are in a dream where you recognize and are familiar with everything around you, the environment, and the people. But when you wake up and try to recall it, everything is blurry and indistinct, like a "faceless monster."
With a somber expression, Liu Jun recalled the spirit sword, which flew back into his hand. He then glanced silently at the spirit sword, which was now covered in blood and so thick that he could barely grip the hilt.
This spirit sword was one that Liu Jun used frequently and was used to, but he could hardly recognize its current appearance...
Liu Jun held it and looked at it for a while, then suddenly frowned, pursed his lips, and filled the hand holding it with spiritual power, shattering it!
The blood-soaked spirit sword shattered into several pieces, all falling at Liu Jun's feet, leaving only a pale core untouched by anything else.
It wasn't wrong; the fault lay with Liu Jun. However, it had drunk too much blood it shouldn't have, and soon what it was raising wouldn't be a sword spirit but an evil spirit. An evil spirit would devour its master and further affect the master's mind. Liu Jun had to cut off its path to life before it became a spirit.
"Feel sorry……"
Liu Jun stared at the fragments on the ground for a few moments, then raised his hand and used his spiritual energy to pick them up from the air, pushing them into the air above the pile of debris in front of him.
The floating fragments of the spirit sword burst forth with intense light, but in an instant they all vanished without a trace, turning into specks of starlight scattered on the remains. The remains then gradually rose into the sky and dissipated into ashes until nothing was left.
The trampled grass has come back to life, as if nothing had ever happened.
As the ashes dissipated in the air, the little snake, who had somehow swum to her side, also looked up at the sky: "What have you done?"
"Exorcism, guidance..."
The little snake lowered its head, its tone ambiguous, whether mocking or something else: "Tch, you human cultivators know how to play games. Once you're dead, you're dead. There's no such thing as an afterlife..."
Liu Jun scoffed, his eyes darkening as well: "Never seen it before, who knows..."
"Tell me, how did I end up like this? You're right here beside me, you should be able to see it clearly."
"I don't know. Didn't you ride me to find some secret realm or something? You were fine at first, but after searching for three or four secret realms, you fell off my head once and that's when you started going crazy, and it's getting crazier and crazier..."
Liu Jun was taken aback: "I... fell down?"
"Yeah, it suddenly froze and fell straight down. In that instant, I lost contact with you and couldn't feel your presence anymore. Of course, it only lasted for that one moment."
If it had lasted any longer, I would have run away. Oh well, what a pity. ╭(￣▽￣)╮
"Then how come I... don't remember?"
Liu Jun's memories are still coherent. Even when he was "possessed by demonic possession," he vaguely remembered what happened. He hadn't experienced any memory gaps. So where did this sudden "crash" come from?
Where did I fall?
"It's dozens of miles away from here. What, you want to go?"
"go with!"
Without saying a word, Liu Jun rode the little snake to the place where the brain had shut down.
The little snake was very fast and arrived at its destination in no time. However, the sea of clouds was churning there, and there was nothing around, not even a landing spot. It was impossible to find any clues.
"I don't see any difference, is it just a coincidence?"
Liu Jun stood atop the little snake's head, gazing at the sea of clouds. He closed his eyes and extended his divine sense, but there was indeed nothing around him, nothing but emptiness.
"There must be a reason for this, it shouldn't be like this..."
Liu Jun slowly opened his eyes and looked around. There was nothing here except for the clouds. Liu Jun pondered for a while, raised his eyebrows, and suddenly his body stiffened and he fell headfirst down as if all his cultivation had disappeared, just like before.
"Holy crap, not again?!"
The little snake, still suspended in mid-air and completely unaware, immediately flew down to catch her, but even with its speed, it still couldn't catch up with the woman's falling speed. It wasn't like this last time! (°ー°〃)
The little snake flew faster and faster, while Liu Jun fell faster and faster, his cultivation aura completely gone, as if he were dead.
The little snake stared at that tiny dot it couldn't catch, and for the first time, it was so fast it almost brought tears to its eyes from the wind. But it still couldn't catch it, even after wearing a mask of pain! ヾ(??Д??)?
"You damn woman, slow down! My livelihood for the rest of my life depends on you!!!"
To be precise, Yunhai Bitian is not just an island appearing in mid-air; it's more like going to another dimension.
The sky is so high that you can't touch it, and the ground... apart from the Sky Island, no one has ever actually fallen to the ground. It looks like the earth, but it's actually still on the Sky Island, as if the "ground" doesn't exist.
A person and a snake plummeted from the sky at breakneck speed. It was unclear how long they fell, or if it was just a fleeting moment. Just as they were about to crash into some unknown floating island and be smashed into a bloody pulp, they vanished without a trace, swallowed up by something.
……
Liu Jun suddenly opened his eyes and saw that the sky was azure and looked particularly deep, much higher and farther than the outside world.
There weren't many white clouds in the sky, making it look particularly clear. The sun was high in the sky, but the sunlight wasn't harsh; it was a comfortable temperature. Liu Jun lay on the lush green grass, enjoying the pleasant time.
No, that's not right! Is she seeing things? How come there are... three suns?!
Liu Jun suddenly sat up, and a gentle, sweet voice suddenly came from beside her: "Xing'er, what's wrong?"
Upon hearing this voice, Liu Jun froze, and after a long pause, she turned her head blankly. There she saw a man who looked like an immortal sitting up, looking at her with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
It's him!
"Are you having a nightmare?"
The man smiled gently and raised his hand to stroke the woman's head to comfort her, but Liu Jun dodged his outstretched hand with a puzzled look in her eyes, her gaze never leaving him.
It was him, but... the man before me no longer had a full head of silver hair, and he was no longer wearing the cloud-white clothes he wore when we first met. Instead, he was wearing a very eye-catching crimson-gold outfit, and the deep sorrow and longing in his eyes were gone.
No, that's not quite right. There is still some lingering affection, but the lingering affection in his eyes now is the same as, yet not quite the same as, the affection I saw when I first met him. One is like first love, while the other has gone through countless trials and tribulations.
As if sensing something, Liu Jun raised his hand, looked around, and then touched his face.
He had intended to summon a mirror to take a look, but a water mirror inexplicably condensed before his eyes. This spell was far more powerful than simply summoning a mirror. Liu Jun frowned once again as he gazed at his reflection in the water mirror.