Chapter 704

Franca grabbed the part about the "Netherworld Daoist" in the "Dream Festival" before Lu Mian and blabbered it out.

She said excitedly:

"The interaction between the two worlds is closer than I imagined!

"I didn't expect that besides the 'Spring of the Samaritan Woman,' there would be similar interaction points between the two worlds, and they are all related to that illusory river."

Speaking of this, Franca muttered in her heart:

Pity, that man suspected to be from our world who appeared on the fourth floor of the catacombs hasn't been found yet... "007," no, the efficiency of the "Eternal Blazing Sun" Church is so low, and the traitor who collaborated with the "Fool's Day" hasn't been found yet...

After Franca finished speaking, Lu Mian briefly added the origin of the black ancient tomb and the situation of the ancient corpse.

"Hela," who was still dressed as a black widow, listened quietly and nodded lightly:

"What can be clarified at present is that that illusory river is not equal to the Netherworld in the Netherworld; it should be a higher-level existence than the Netherworld."

"Yes," Lu Mian wasn't surprised by "Hela's" statement at all, "The black ancient tomb not only embodied the power of the 'Death God' pathway but also the 'Night' and 'Warrior' pathways."

And the legends of the Netherworld in the current world are all related to death.

Lu Mian felt that this might involve existences that occupied multiple pathways and multiple divine thrones, such as "Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Tian Zun," "Mother Tree of Desire," and "Great Mother."

"Hela" looked at Franca and was silent for a moment:

"If what the 'Armor Shadow' said is correct, the state of the Netherworld Daoist shouldn't be right. If you want to contact Him, you must be very cautious and ensure that you have a way to escape the corresponding area."

The "Armor Shadow's" statement about the Netherworld Daoist was "sacrificing the body to enter the river," which meant abandoning his own body or life.

"Understood," Franca sighed, "I plan to consider this matter after becoming Sequence 5."

While sighing, she thought complacently:

Recently, the "Pleasure" potion has been significantly digested. Even without other opportunities, I can prepare for the "Pain Witch" promotion ritual in two or three months... I have to start collecting the corresponding potion materials now...

Can't say, can't say, can't tell Lu Mian. Showing off like this makes me look vulgar, and it's not respectful to Jenna...

Lu Mian turned his gaze back and forth between "Hela" and Franca with some confusion.

He felt that Lady "Hela" seemed to have something to say or something important to tell Franca just now, but didn't say it in the end.

Lu Mian rarely felt the state of "having something on her mind" from Lady "Hela." The look she gave Franca just now and those few seconds of silence made him detect a certain hesitation.

Pity, Franca is often careless and doesn't care about details. Otherwise, if she asked directly, she might be able to ask something... Lu Mian's thoughts were messy, thinking that since Lady "Hela" didn't say it now, she must have her own reasons, so he suppressed the confusion in his heart and pointed to the front of the dilapidated palace:

"I'm going to prepare for the ritual."

"Good," Franca replied with great interest.

Although she had observed Lu Mian obtaining the power of the "Ascetic," that was in the Fourth Era Trier, where various dangers were intertwined, making her tremble and have to pay attention to the surroundings at all times, unable to "appreciate" it as relaxedly as now.

Lu Mian thought for a moment, took out a small metal bottle from his vest pocket, and threw it to Franca:

"If my state is very wrong later, you must forcibly break the 'Wall of Spirituality' and throw it in front of me or on me."

"Do I need to unscrew the bottle cap?" Franca asked with a smile.

"What do you think?" Lu Mian raised an eyebrow.

"Of course," Franca said with a smile, "Just a joke. The purpose is to want you to relax."

"Thank you!" Lu Mian turned his body and walked to the huge stone chair at the deepest part of the ancient palace.

His intuition told him that this mottled huge stone chair might have some connection with Mr. "Fool."

This could allow his next ritual to better obtain Mr. "Fool's" gaze.

Seeing Lu Mian use the stone chair as an altar, set up the corresponding items, and solemnly place a Loen gold pound in front of the gray-white candle representing the god, "Hela" said in a calm tone:

"Don't worry about not getting a response.

"Those who want to be hidden will naturally be hidden; those who don't want to be hidden won't be hidden."

Lu Mian set his heart at ease, sanctified the ritual silver dagger, and created a "Wall of Spirituality."

The sound of Franca and "Hela's" conversation suddenly became weak, as if coming from very far away.

Lu Mian didn't rush to hold the ritual, lowered his voice, and actively "provoked" Termiboros:

"I'm going to extract your power again. What are your thoughts?"

He hoped to provoke Termiboros to a certain extent so that the other party might expose hidden problems when responding, allowing him to grasp in advance whether this Fate Angel was secretly plotting anything and what He was plotting.

Discover early, treat early, solve early!

Termiboros's grand, layered voice rang out:

"The further forward, the closer to the end; this is fate, unchangeable."

"Is this your self-comfort?" Lu Mian mocked Termiboros's riddle-like behavior.

Termiboros's voice echoed in layers within Lu Mian's body:

"Gifts will bring the gifted closer to the giver. You look like you're extracting my power, but you're actually constantly pushing your own fate toward me, making yourself more and more like me.

"This also allowed me to see some things with the help of your eyes and your fate.

"You and I are actually the same; we are both bugs trapped in fate. Except for the great existences, all living beings are like this.

"In the near future, you will discover:

"Death is the end of everything, and madness is the eternal melody."

Might as well not have said anything... Is Termiboros hinting that I will encounter a blow in the near future? Lu Mian laughed and said:

"Are you saying this on purpose, wanting me to obtain the 'Hunter of Fate' power with worry and fear, and then die here?

"Don't worry, death and madness can't stop me."

After speaking, without waiting for Termiboros to respond, Lu Mian looked at the candlelight and chanted in a low voice:

"Power of Fate!

"You are the past, the present, and also the future;

"You are the cause, the result, and also the process;

"......"

Along with the progress of the ritual, Franca and "Hela" saw that all the items in the altar had changed: the stones softened, the candlelight expanded, the ground seemed to rot into a swamp, and countless strange insects appeared and disappeared in the void.

The darkness outside the dilapidated palace became increasingly deep and profound. Silver-black liquid flowed out from Lu Mian's chest, enveloping him, as if he had become a mercury statue contaminated by pollution.

Lu Mian rolled in pain. During this process, his body twisted at times, folded back at times, and displayed other postures that violated human anatomy, as if he had no bones, and his skin and flesh were filled with mercury.

This made Franca stare blankly, feeling inexplicable phantom pain.

Amidst the extreme, familiar pain, Lu Mian saw Aurora.

Aurora, with long thick golden hair, was trying the "Soul Summoning Technique"!

Lu Mian stepped up and stopped Aurora.

Just as he was happy that the problem was nipped in the bud from the beginning and Aurora shouldn't split into the evil personality of Roche Louise Sanson again, he was astonished to find that Aurora's body changed rapidly, expanding into a three-headed, six-armed monster sitting cross-legged in a bloody state.

Lu Mian also saw Aurora trying to ask "Hela" for help. He unwillingly provided help, letting his sister not forget this matter again, but when "Hela" arrived, Aurora had clearly not held the final ritual yet, and she still became a huge three-headed, six-armed monster.

Lu Mian's vision then appeared with multiple Auroras at different stages of life, and they were about to make various crucial choices.

Lu Mian tried eagerly to save the fate of these Auroras, preventing them from sliding into the abyss, but every time he succeeded in letting fate flow into another tributary, the final outcome was still Aurora's spirit and flesh collapsing and becoming a three-headed, six-armed monster.

Is this fate? Is this the unchangeable result? Lu Mian's eyes turned blood-red, and he made increasingly futile efforts in madness.

Just then, he smelled a light, sweet scent, and a singing voice that made his mood peaceful sounded in his ears.

Lu Mian quickly found his thoughts, found his reason, and recovered his clarity.

The Auroras in front of him disappeared suddenly, leaving only the candles still burning quietly.

Lu Mian subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, finding that Franca and "Hela" had both come close, and the "Wall of Spirituality" had been broken.

At the same time, Franca saw that in Lu Mian's eyes, silver-white and iron-black colors flickered constantly, alternating with each other, and finally merged together, settling into a silver-black color.

Lu Mian exhaled, knowing that he had escaped the danger and successfully obtained the power of the "Hunter of Fate."

But intense frustration and loss still remained in his heart.

The things experienced in the hallucination just now seemed to indicate what kind of ending his wish to resurrect Aurora would eventually have.

Taking ten or twenty seconds, Lu Mian finally broke free from such emotions and became firm again.

How can one give up without really trying!

Seeing this, Franca breathed a sigh of relief, tightened the bottle cap, and asked with a smile:

"How is it? What new abilities do you have?"

You really don't treat yourself as an outsider. How can you casually ask about the new Beyonder abilities someone else has obtained? Lu Mian slandered Franca and seriously examined his own changes.

His eyes, which had just returned to normal, were once again stained with silver-black, reflecting the figures of Franca and "Hela."

He then saw the illusory mercury-colored rivers corresponding to the two ladies, saw the main trunks of the rivers representing their past and present, and saw numerous tributaries branching out from the current.

The illusory long river moved forward slowly, swallowing all the tributaries, leaving only one, letting it become the main trunk, and the main trunk continued to branch out into new tributaries...

Lu Mian found that whether it was Franca or "Hela," one of the tributaries was faintly black.

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