Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 434 Devouring
The spiritual space, as Xu Yue's will fell into chaos under the heavy pressure, the spiritual barrier that had lost its worries immediately began to work with all its strength.

Looking down from directly above, I saw that with the tall jujube tree in the center of the floating island as the starting point, an endless stream of bright white mist began to spread outwards like a blowout.

Soon, the swirling fog covered all the area within sight and continued to move straight towards the translucent barrier at the edge of space.

And at the moment the two came into contact with each other, an invisible violent shock instantly swept through the entire space.

Outside the barrier, colorful spots of light were falling like continuous drizzle towards the vast sea of ​​fire below. These were the most chaotic and worthless parts of the power of faith.

For any being with rational intelligence, these chaotic thoughts are nothing but spiritual poison and have no other value except polluting the mind.

But as the saying goes, what is poison to others is honey to me. For the purple sea of ​​fire which is itself constructed by countless complicated and distracting thoughts, these poisons that ordinary people try to avoid are just the best resources for it to strengthen itself.

Then, as the drizzle continued to fall, a sea of ​​fire suddenly broke out outside the barrier. The flames were scorching and the boiling tongues of fire were like hundreds or thousands of giant pythons rolling wildly. The stirring made the entire purple flame purgatory look particularly terrifying and daunting.

Flames were raging outside the barrier, and strange phenomena were also occurring inside the barrier. First, a dull roar was heard, and then it was faintly visible that the huge floating island carrying the mist began to expand rapidly outward at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When all the complicated thoughts within faith are eliminated, what is left is only the pure energy that even gods would bow down and desire.

In some ways, this thing is a bit like a soul crystal with a milder nature. At least in terms of strengthening the spiritual body, it is extremely effective. Therefore, today's spiritual space has ushered in its largest expansion since its birth under the strengthening of faith.

At the bottom of the floating island, unlike the exaggerated movement above, the lower Baji Prison appears to be particularly deep and secluded. Even if its area is expanded, it only extends quietly in silence.

A slightly thin, whitish mist slowly fell from above, and was then divided and swallowed up by the eight towering pillars at the edge. Among them, the Taotie pillar on the northeast side was the most greedy.

I saw a strange beast with a human face and a sheep's body squatting on the top of the pillar, its terrifying and ferocious mouth opened angrily towards the sky, and every breath it took could swallow up an almost huge amount of floating mist. With every breath, it even formed a thick fog around it that was almost condensed into liquid.

And below the fog, there was a gorgeous fire phoenix that was tightly bound to the surface of a pillar by countless thick chains, its pair of bright golden eyes that seemed to be made of blazing flames drooped slightly.

Although he tried his best to appear calm, with all the strange sights around him, the suspicion and greed in his eyes was difficult to conceal.

“Is this… faith?!”

"That bald guy's research is actually feasible..."

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[Tip: The Hunter has absorbed a large amount of pure faith, and the special skill [Spiritual Space] (Mutating...) has undergone unknown changes, and the active skill [Demon Seed Planting] (Mutating...) has undergone unknown changes, and various attributes have been improved accordingly...]

[Hunter Intelligence +5, Mana +200]

[Hunter is subjected to a large number of mixed consciousness shocks, willpower +10, mental resistance permanently increased by 8%]

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The chaotic consciousness floated up and down in the darkness. I didn't know how much time had passed, until the familiar park prompt sounds rang in my ears one after another, and the figure with slightly closed eyes under the shade of the tree slowly opened his eyes.

First, the soft starlight reflected into his pupils, and then the faint smell of earth mixed with the smell of grass rushed into his nostrils. Although he was still within the scope of the spiritual space, the overly real environment around him gave Xu Yue the illusion that he had returned to the real world.

“What a great gift!”

After a moment, a low sigh echoed slowly under the shade of the tree. Glancing sideways at the familiar yet slightly unfamiliar scene around him, Xu Yue casually picked up a piece of green grass at his feet. With the light force of his fingers, moist green juice was squeezed out from the broken grass leaves and painted a striking green color between his fingertips.

He stared at it for a long time, and when he was sure that the green had no signs of fading, a hint of satisfaction appeared between his brows.
If it were in the outside world, this common phenomenon would not be worth paying attention to, but here is a spiritual space constructed entirely by mental power.

No matter how realistic the scenes appeared in the past, the crushed grass leaves would still transform into pure spiritual energy and dissipate in a very short time, instead of existing for as long as they do now.

Therefore, behind this extremely common phenomenon, the meaning it represents is quite profound, which indicates that the spiritual space is gradually breaking away from the concept of "illusion".

Although it is only in its initial form, it does have the potential to go further.

As the core energy that can support the existence of this powerful system of gods, the role of faith is far more than it seems. The various attribute improvements marked on the paradise prompts are nothing more than the basic enhancements that come with it. Its most important core effect is that it gives the spiritual space truly infinite possibilities.

This was the main reason why Xu Yue sighed after he woke up. Professor X had indeed given him a gift that he could not refuse! He also thoughtfully included extremely detailed instructions for use in this gift.

Recalling the large amount of knowledge he had just received during his coma, Xu Yue's eyes flashed slightly, and then he patted the remaining tiny leaves in his hands, stood up and looked back.

As far as the eye can see, there is only a majestic tree that covers the sky and the earth, occupying his entire field of vision. The canopy above his head even covers the surrounding wide courtyard. Because it is located in the core area of ​​the explosion, during the previous belief eruption, this jujube tree swallowed up at least 30% of the vast amount of faith. Because of this, it has almost become the core foundation of the upper floating island, and it is also the spiritual creation that is closest to the concept of "reality" in the spiritual space.

However, this unintentional act was not a bad thing. Although it caused him to consume a large amount of faith power, at least with this giant tree as the core foundation, the stability of the entire upper floating island would be greatly guaranteed.

And his intuition told him that this giant tree could definitely do more than just that.

His sight paused slightly on the white mist still flowing and floating among the branches of the tree. This was the only place in the entire space where faith still existed. This alone was enough to show the extraordinary nature of this giant tree.

His gaze slowly dropped after pausing for a few breaths. No matter how many mysteries this giant tree still had, he would have plenty of time to explore them one by one.

And now, he had an even more important matter to deal with urgently - that was in the Bajijie Prison below, there was a certain "guest" who was not very well-behaved being held captive.

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"Xinhuo! I know you are here, come out and see me!!"

The Eight Extremes Prison, at this moment the space of the Prison had long lost the grand scene of the white mist falling and gathering, instead, it was diffused by the wildly surging golden-red flames and the gorgeous fire phoenix that was roaring continuously on the pillar.

Sharp scolding continued to echo between the eight majestic pillars until a ferocious roar suddenly exploded, which finally stopped the continuous scolding all around.

"Ask rashly...eat!"

At the top of the pillar, a Taotie with a ferocious mouth slightly opened leaned forward and pressed its claws. Although the threatening words were a little clumsy, the extreme greed between its brows could make everyone who looked into its eyes shudder.

The mind that was reborn from the blank consciousness had no concept of lying. For Taotie, every word it said represented its truest thoughts. As long as the fire phoenix below dared to continue struggling, it would bite it off without hesitation.

Whether or not I can win is another matter, but at least I cannot lose in terms of momentum, and... this fire phoenix does look quite delicious.

Below her body, she felt the greedy appetite coming from directly above her, and the disdain in her golden phoenix eyes was almost undisguised. Even if her whole body was tightly bound by dense mental chains, the ferocious-looking beast above her head could never be her opponent.

When it comes to appetite, the phoenix, which can devour all the energy in the world, will only become more powerful, so the threat posed by Taotie to her can be said to be completely dispensable.

"Tell your master to get out and die..."

"Roar!"

"eat!!"

Obviously, the Black Phoenix in the Fire Phoenix state didn't pay any attention to Taotie's warning at all, but before she could finish her words, she was interrupted again by a low roar.

Before the Black Phoenix could continue speaking, a violent gust of wind suddenly blew up from above her, and then a dark and ferocious giant mouth suddenly covered her entire field of vision.

"Crack!"

The sound of the upper and lower sharp teeth closing quickly seemed particularly crisp in the space. Following the source of the sound, I saw that the Fire Phoenix, who had been struggling hard not long ago, was now motionless, and on top of her extremely stiff body, her entire head was completely swallowed up by the huge mouth of the Taotie.

Although the jagged sharp teeth were unable to bite off the neck in one bite, as the Taotie's head swung rapidly, broken golden-red fire feathers could be seen flying everywhere.

"boom!!!"

The next second, a violent roar suddenly resounded throughout the entire space, and at the same time, a magnificent pillar of flames shot up into the sky from the edge of the prison in an extremely violent manner.

"You bastard, you deserve to die!!!"

The violent roar had not yet subsided when it was directly suppressed by another louder roar. Although only the sound was heard, from the high-pitched tone that was on the verge of breaking, it was not difficult to imagine how furious and hysterical the speaker was at this moment!

After a long time, the magnificent pillar of fire that shot up into the sky gradually dissipated, and beneath the scattered flames were a phoenix and a beast glaring at each other.

The fire phoenix above was surrounded by flames, and its eyes were sharp and fierce. The only flaw was the slightly disheveled broken feathers on its neck.

On the other side, the Taotie on the opposite side of the Fire Phoenix looked much inferior, with wisps of black smoke constantly rising from its slightly cracked mouth. Although its eyes were still ferocious, it was still obvious that it had been seriously injured in the brief confrontation just now.

(End of this chapter)