Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 272 Rest

His consciousness sank in endless pain, and every time it rose, an illusion would appear in Xu Yue's mind, which was the experience of a certain life wailing to death in various tortures.

The illusion is constantly changing, and the protagonist in the illusion will eventually transform into Xu Yue's own image, and all the pain he has experienced will truly accumulate in his soul.

In this never-ending torture, the passage of time gradually lost its meaning. He could no longer remember how many kinds of torture he had experienced and how many ways he had died.

But the soul did not become dim and weak because of this, but became brighter and stronger, and the faint white light emitted by the soul barrier in the eyes gradually became brighter.

It wasn't until a distant and deep dragon roar resounded in Xu Yue's ears that the various illusions surging in his mind suddenly shattered.

[Tip: The effect of 'Swamp of Pain' ends, the hunter has experienced the baptism of the swamp, and his mind is not captured by pain. Your willpower +6, soul strength +1. 】

At the edge of the tree canopy, Xu Yue's closed eyes suddenly opened. The surrounding sky was bright. The rolling black swamp and the roaring illusory faces had all disappeared at this time, as if everything he had experienced before was an illusion.

But the paradise reminder that appeared in front of him showed him that the swamp faces that just appeared were real.

Rubbing his somewhat swollen temples, Xu Yue's eyes were bloodshot. The mental barrier could protect the last trace of clarity in the mind, but it would not block the pain caused by those illusions.

In a sense, he did repeatedly experience dozens or hundreds of tortures that could torture people to death in those turbulent hallucinations, otherwise he would not have gained such a big harvest.

"not dead?"

Afu was still carrying the giant snake behind him in his belly, and he was walking out of the belly and rushing over. Although the painful swamp not long ago also covered him, due to the special characteristics of the devil, those illusory faces seemed very strange. I despised him and was far away from him, so the impact was not great.

Although the process is painful, the benefits obtained are also extremely rich. Willpower aside, the focus is on soul strength +1. This rare attribute improvement is extremely rare and is not accessible at this stage. If possible, he would be very willing Go through the Swamp of Pain again.

Looking in the direction of the flying dragon, Fang Tian's painted halberd was still nailed into the hollow of the tree trunk, but the headless corpse that should have been penetrated by the halberd had long since disappeared.

After hesitation, Xu Yue chose to click on the kill prompts of the paradise to check. As expected, he did not find the paradise prompts of killing the black coffin. He looked away, stamped with force with his right foot, and then closed his eyes to sense.

The two of them were still at the edge of the canopy. After the fierce fight just now, the entire giant tree had become dilapidated. There were broken branches and sawdust everywhere, spreading interlaced cracks, and even the originally hanging tree. A large number of corpses, many fell to the ground.

"Let's go back."

Feeling that the lingering sting in his mind had gradually dissipated, he began to look around.

As for the pain and torture caused by this, he didn't care much about it. The despair of being constantly chopped into pieces by the flying general Lu Bu in the trial field, and the struggle of being burned by the purple fire of desire and quenching the soul in the spiritual space. These two unique The pain caused by the cultivation method is no less than the endless sinking in the swamp of pain.

And above his head, there was a giant blue-black dragon that was circling and flying. The red mane around the dragon's neck was flying, and the whole body was filled with evil energy. This was Fang Tian's weapon spirit Panlong. After the outbreak of the Swamp of Pain, it was the first dragon to fly. Time separated from the halberd and flew to Xu Yue's surroundings to protect him. The dragon's roar that echoed in his ears before the illusion was shattered came from this.

Multiple fire points appeared throughout the tree crown. The sparks scattered by the explosion of light arrows were clinging to the tree body and growing gradually. However, because the tree body was covered with thick blood scabs, the speed of the flames expansion was very slow. Extremely slow.

Looking at Panlong's somewhat excited state, Xu Yue issued an order. After the weapon spirit left the halberd, it would continue to consume the military evil energy stored inside. If it was not necessary, he would not let it be independent from the outside world for too long. After receiving the order, , the dragon let out a long groan, then flew straight back to its original place, transforming into a relief sculpture again and wrapping around the halberd body.

These tortures that are unbearable for others seem a bit commonplace to Xu Yue. The mental barrier ensures that his consciousness will not collapse easily, which allows him to temper his strength in a more cruel way. Mind will.

After a few breaths, he opened his eyes. In the feedback vibration ripples, he did not sense the existence of other living beings.

In other words, the other party has completely escaped.

"My limbs were destroyed and my head was broken. How could I survive such injuries and escape, and be forced to escape from the prop? Or is it the effect of being resurrected and surrogate death..." Just as Xu Yue murmured in a low voice, Ah Fu came quickly from the side. I also heard him talking to himself, so he asked.

"Master, is the black coffin still alive?"

"Well, he escaped. Nothing happened. Even if he doesn't die, the price he paid will not be small. Next time he encounters him, he will just kill him."

"Besides, not dying is not necessarily a bad thing..."

Speaking of this, Xu Yue couldn't help but recall in his mind the high rewards he received after the end of the 'Swamp of Pain'. Although he didn't understand why this skill could have such an exaggerated improvement effect, it did not prevent him from gathering wool. Not dying means he has another chance.

"Let's go, don't worry about the black coffin, let's go see what's going on with the squirrel first."

After saying that, Xu Yue walked quickly towards the main trunk of the giant tree in front, followed closely by Ah Fu from behind. In addition to Fang Tian's painted halberd, there was also a squirrel puppet lying on the branches.

Walking closer, Xu Yue pulled out Fang Tian's painted halberd that was still inserted in the hollow of the trunk, while Ah Fu checked the squirrel's condition.

Putting the halberd in his hand back into his body, he looked sideways at Ah Fu who was trying to reactivate the puppet.

"how's it going?"

"The body is not damaged, but it cannot be activated. There should be something wrong with the soul."

"soul?"

Hearing Ah Fu's reply, Xu Yue clicked on the judgment prompt about the Swamp of Pain and looked at it. His eyes paused on the line 'The soul will be captured by the Swamp of Pain', and he became convinced.

After smashing the black coffin's head, the squirrel was undoubtedly the first to face the swamp of pain. A large amount of black aura and illusory human face exploded from the corpse and penetrated its body in an instant. It was estimated that at that time, The squirrel's soul has been captured by the swamp.

"It should be because of the black coffin. Its soul is no longer inside the body. I remember that the puppet's body can be transformed. Can this squirrel completely repair the dung beetle?"

Hearing this, Ah Fu stood up from his crouching position and glanced at the large number of corpses hanging around, his eyes dimmed into a faint blood color from the blue of the lake.

"Just a squirrel is definitely not enough. Its body is not strong enough, but with these corpses it is different. I can make the dung beetle stronger."

When a creature completes puppet transformation, it will have two forms. One is the ordinary physical form.

In this form, the puppet is no different from an ordinary creature. It needs to eat and will be injured and bleed, but its combat effectiveness can be maintained at its peak, and it will become more terrifying because of its fearless fighting style.

The second form is the puppet form. In this form, the creature will become completely lignified, the body will become fragile, the flexibility will decrease, and the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

But the advantage is that the body at this time can be disassembled, assembled and transformed at will, just like a real puppet. This is also the reason why Ah Fu's eyes light up when he sees those powerful hanging corpses. Using these as raw materials, He can create an upgraded version of the dung beetle puppet.

"Okay, then let's rest here for the night. You are responsible for repairing the dung beetles, and I will dig a shelter."

"Yes, sir."

(End of this chapter)