Chapter 125: The Fear Field

I'll go. You should have a way to pull me back, right?

With your mental resistance, you'd be nothing but a useless lump of stone in the Fear Field—even without any intervention, you'd be expelled within days.

With that, she said.

Kali Site placed some ritual materials on the ground and drew a spell array.

Don't compare me to excrement.

Luo De sighed.

I'm going too.

Tally and Vivian came over, both staring at their master.

You think this is a picnic? Just decide to go? Stand aside!

Kali Site gave no quarter, snapping sharply.

Master~~

Luo De had no intention of bringing them.

He gently patted the succubus's head.

The elf drew another array on a crystal stone—this would serve as Luo De's conduit back to reality.

Meanwhile, the rabbit-folk mage had laid out ritual materials and begun chanting a spell.

Threads of magic began to act upon Luo De, but all were repelled.

Mr. Luo De, please relax your mind—your mental resistance is too strong.

He said with difficulty.

Soon after.

The array on the ground glowed with magical light.

Luo De briefly opened his mind, successfully entering the spirit-travel state.

When he opened his eyes.

He found the surroundings had changed completely.

In the pitch-black sky, two gray-white moons hung high—one large, one small.

They illuminated the slope ahead, revealing a land paved with gray bones, streams of blood oozing through the gaps between them.

As if it were the only color in this black-and-white world.

Luo De realized he wore only simple cloth robes—all his gear had vanished.

Of course, this was the spiritual realm.

Is this the Fear Field?

Watching the slowly rising mist and the skull at his feet sprouting white hair, Luo De felt almost no fear.

He stepped forward toward the slope.

Crushing countless bones with a crunching sound.

He even spotted blocks of gold on the ground, including two polished golden discs and rods—though he accidentally stepped on and broke them.

He had chatted with Kali Site before; she told him gold was a rare material even among the vast stars.

Speaking of which.

Since sharing the skill 【Negative Emotion Consumption】, Luo De had gradually become aware of others' emotions.

But only a few types, and very faintly.

Emotional perception was an innate demon ability, said to require special organs—he lacked such an organ.

He could detect seven emotions: lust, greed, gluttony, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride—exactly matching the Seven Sins.

Currently, lust was the most abundant, mostly contributed by Vivian—32 points.

Interestingly, Tally did not emit any of these.

She was like wrapped in a membrane, digesting all negative emotions herself.

The bonus ability tied to lust was also interesting.

【Bonus Skill: Mirage Net】

【Details: A net woven from desire, trapping targets in endless temptation and illusions. Skilled users may perceive and manipulate others' emotions and desires through this net.】

Luo De could not yet achieve fine control—only simple illusion induction.

He had no idea what the target saw or feared.

But in the Fear Field, it was one of the few weapons he could use, besides his extreme mental resistance.

In addition, Naulin's Yuanhuo was also within his usable range.

He climbed the slope.

His view opened up considerably.

"Straight ahead looks like a graveyard ruin. Left is a plant garden? And a bunch of giant snails. Right… wait, is that a dragon?"

Luo De squinted, focusing his gaze.

It was a bone dragon.

Its gray-white bones were covered in barnacle-like parasites.

Why was there a bone dragon in the spiritual dimension?

Bone dragons were magical creatures created by liches or necromancers from dead dragons—even if a dragon's soul remained, its spiritual reflection would retain its living form.

Which dragon could accept becoming a skeleton?

In short, this irrational thing

Was not to be trifled with.

Fortunately, 【Heartwave Resonance】 was not pointing that way.

Luo De sprinted toward the plant garden.

Soon after.

He reached the edge.

But his steps hesitated.

"Hmm… can they even survive here?"

He hadn't noticed from afar, but up close, he saw.

The garden was thick with black-green spores; the central pond was a yellow-green sludge of feces. Around it, countless diseased, deformed plants sprouted eyes and tentacles, spreading spores while writhing like mating creatures.

The giant snails patrolling the garden were strange too.

Their spiral-shelled abdomens stood as tall as two Luo Des.

Their bodies did not crawl—they moved with six pairs of hoofed legs, decreasing in size from left to right.

Their heads bore a mouth half the size of their entire head, filled with yellow teeth constantly emitting yellow plague.

"Not spiritual energy, not magic…"

Luo De sensed the creature constantly releasing pathogens, nourishing the garden's plants.

He glanced at a nearby diseased, withered tree.

Instantly, the eyes on its trunk all turned toward him.

It gave Luo De the creeps.

"So… can 【Tree's Blessing】 work here?"

The pupils of the eyes rotated, spraying a green mist at Luo De.

【Bloodmarrow Tree expresses affection and extends a mating invitation. Accept?】

"No no no no no!!!"

Luo De frantically shook his head.

I said I'd never do trees again.

The green mist enveloped him, causing no harm.

【Obtained special status: "Permit to Enter the Plague Garden."】

【Toxic resistance increased, mental resistance increased, understanding of the "Plague" domain enhanced, understanding of the "Regeneration" domain enhanced.】

"Vivian, I love you so much."

Luo De sighed.

Then he strode boldly into the Plague Garden.

Indeed, the plants showed him not the slightest hostility.

Even the giant snail, upon spotting him, lowered its head slightly in submission.

From its mental waves, Luo De learned it called him "Great Cultivator" and wished to carry him on its shell.

Clearly, these low-intelligence little things had mistaken him for someone else.

Luo De certainly wouldn't correct them.

"Big Snail, I'm looking for four people—three humans, one dog-person. Have you seen them?"

The giant snail first reacted with fear to Luo De's address, then confirmed having seen such people.

They were currently undergoing employee training in the Skull Rose zone.

"Employee training…"

Luo De felt too drained to complain.

He asked the giant snail to help find them; the creature again expressed fear, then agreed.

It seems this "Great Cultivator" holds a high position in this garden.

On the other side.

In the Voodoo Rose Zone.

Sharon and three young apprentice mages watched in terror as the "Gardener" demonstrated.

Their faces were already tinged green from poisoning; spores growing in their throats continuously blocked their breath.

This was clearly a mental dimension, yet these plagues bypassed their bodies and struck their souls directly.

The Gardener still retained a human form.

They stood nearly three meters tall, their bodies swarming with massive tumors, piled and sagging like grotesque heaps of fat, making them appear like colossal fat men.

(End of Chapter)