Chapter 776: Resonance

The shrill cry seemed to have arrived nearby:

"My child, Omebella, where are you?"

When he heard the name "Omebella", Lu Mian shuddered violently, finding a bit of himself from the state of extreme fear that had brought darkness before his eyes and stagnation of thought.

"Who?

"Who is looking for Omebella?

"Why would they look for Omebella?"

While Lu Mian was horrified, he discovered in a slightly muddled state that the surroundings had become exceptionally dark, with a certain sense of closure and imprisonment.

He reached out his hands in confusion, touching toward the front, and touched a hard, cold "wall".

He leaned on it, trying to look outside through the cracks in the "wall".

That "wall" was pitch-black but in a semi-transparent state; Lu Mian vaguely saw the pale sky, the collapsed high towers, and the broken palaces.

He also saw the Temperance Faction demigod Sharon, wearing a small soft hat and a Gothic court dress, floating to the side, reaching out her hand, and picking up the "Sword of Courage" that had been eroded into pale colors.

Looking past Sharon and down, there were ruins scattered with broken stones, and a pale human figure with tattered clothing was kneeling on both knees, bending its waist and back, as if wanting to crawl down.

That figure was shivering, struggling hard, slowly raising its head, and straightening its body.

That was a face wearing a golden mask; it was Lu Mian's own figure!

"Me?

"If I am outside, then who is here?"

Lu Mian, who was already muddled and only half-awake, became increasingly confused.

Almost simultaneously, he saw himself outside; his charred skin fell off, growing one piece after another of half-pale, half-brownish-brown feathers, while his belly wriggled to a degree visible to the naked eye, and in some of the wounds left by the sunlight shining on his body surface, wheat ears, mushrooms, flowers, and other things with different colors were growing.

Silently, Temperance Faction demigod Sharon jumped onto the golden mask, then appeared in front of that Lu Mian, stuffing the "Sword of Courage" into his palm.

The surging courage instantly dispelled the fear that had been suppressing Lu Mian's reason and consciousness, letting his field of vision become pale instantly, no longer pitch-black.

His surroundings no longer had that strong sense of closure and imprisonment.

His head was raised higher, and what he saw was no longer himself, and the perspective he used was no longer looking down from above.

His gaze fell on the top of the "Death" main hall, fell on the pitch-black giant egg pressed beneath the abdomen of the Phoenix ancestor's corpse.

He intuitively believed that he had just been inside that egg, observing the outside world through the eggshell!

No, it wasn't that I was inside the pitch-black giant egg, but that I, who had lost courage and been awed by the ancient god's aura, had resonated with the creature gestating inside the egg, sharing its senses.

Thus, I "saw" the scene outside the eggshell, "heard" the shrill cry looking for Omebella, and my body therefore showed signs of being polluted!

Thinking of this, Lu Mian lowered his head rapidly, looking at his own body, seeing the feathers that had grown out falling off one by one, mixed with wheat ears, mushrooms, and flowers.

They had all faded from all colors, dyed pale, becoming dim.

Lu Mian also saw his belly flattening gradually, feeling the blood that should have been coagulated in a dead person flowing to all parts.

Suddenly, he understood why Oseto had risked danger and expended energy to gestate such a fetus that possessed undead traits and the aura of the Netherworld.

Even he, who only had a little of Omebella's bloodline, could resonate with the creature inside the pitch-black bird egg after being suppressed by the ancient god's corpse, appearing with some degree of conscious interaction, let alone the bird-clawed monster infant that possessed more of the "Great Mother's" gifts, merged with the special nature of the "Other Side World" and the Kingdom of the Dead, and perhaps also possessed Omebella's bloodline!

"If we hadn't killed Oseto's premature child in time, it might have been able to utilize the resonance and interaction just now to merge itself with the creature inside the pitch-black bird egg, controlling it from the root, or completing the catalysis of it!

"Hmm, the premature birth made the bird-clawed monster infant's rank and special nature insufficient, so it had to be cautious; even if it really proceeded to the final step, there was a not-small probability of failure...

"The problem now is, why could the creature inside the pitch-black bird egg hear the 'Mother's' cry for Omebella...

"Who exactly is Omebella's 'Mother'? It couldn't possibly really be that 'Great Mother', could it? Isn't She always outside the barrier?

"And what is the relationship between the creature inside the pitch-black bird egg and Omebella?"

Amidst the turning of thoughts, Lu Mian suddenly heard an illusory shattering sound.

He stared in astonishment, seeing the pale flames burning on the surface of the pitch-black giant egg dim quite a bit and peel off outward, while the pitch-black giant egg itself cracked with an obvious rupture.

It seemed to have appeared with a certain degree of disintegration.

The next second, the earth of the entire pale kingdom began to tremble, and an aura that made all things deathly silent emerged from above the pitch-black giant egg, that is, from the place of the ancient Death's corpse.

Even holding the "Sword of Courage", Lu Mian couldn't avoid stiffening, shivering.

The palaces and high towers around, whether they had become ruins or were half-collapsed, all began to shake violently as if encountering a fierce earthquake.

A thought emerged in Lu Mian's mind:

"The corpse of the Phoenix ancestor Greigali is waking up...

"Run!

"Escape quickly!"

Lu Mian shouted this in his heart, but couldn't turn his body or take even a single step.

The Temperance Faction demigod Sharon grabbed him, and his eyes reflected the figure of "Knight of Swords", who was much dimmer and thinner than before.

One after another, hideous cracks appeared in the pale sky, extending toward the shaking earth; an incomparably terrifying feeling was accumulating rapidly at the top of the "Death" main hall in front of Lu Mian and the others.

Sharon took Lu Mian and started "Spirit World Travel" directly.

This could also be used in the Netherworld, but it would trigger punishment.

Countless, indescribable limbs extended from the void, grabbing toward Sharon, who was moving rapidly.

Sharon forcibly endured the damage brought by these limbs, continuing to travel toward the pitch-black church at the edge of the pale kingdom.

Her body ignited with pale flames, which directly burned her spiritual body, letting clusters of powder fall off constantly.

Just two or three seconds later, Sharon couldn't support it anymore, interrupted the "Spirit World Travel", and fell onto the pale wilderness outside the "Death" palace, falling to a place less than a thousand meters away from the pitch-black church.

Lu Mian, holding the "Sword of Courage", detached from the palace complex left behind by "Death" and was no longer so fearful; he pointed at himself without hesitation, signaling Sharon to possess him.

At the same time, he saw hideous cracks spreading rapidly from behind; through them, he could see a deep black that had no bottom, a sphere that seemed to be wrapped in blood-red things, and mountain ranges that opened up multiple mausoleums...

After feeling another cluster of chill in his body, Lu Mian ignited scorching white flames rapidly, transformed into a brilliant, ostentatious spear, and threw himself toward the edge of the pale kingdom.

Above, below, left, and right of him, countless cracks chased after him like glass shattering; behind him, in the direction of the "Death" palace, some kind of heavy movement appeared.

While being eroded by paleness, the flame spear disappeared and reappeared twice.

Finally, Lu Mian detached from the pale kingdom and landed in front of the pitch-black church that towered into the darkness.

Here, one could only see the underground part of the church, which was like a massive mountain peak.

Lu Mian passed through the heavy wooden door that was open, transformed into a flame spear again, and threw himself toward the high place.

After the firelight dissipated, Lu Mian's figure appeared instantly, stepping steadily onto the shattered stone slabs.

Beside the broken wall embedded with several bone torches, the tall devil with a face that was a fusion of human and goat dragged that white, bone-like leg bone and turned its body slowly.

Only until this moment did Lu Mian think that he hadn't brought out that pitch-black bird egg, failing to complete the goat-faced devil's commission.

He then felt his anger erupt, and malice surged:

"Is this a mission I can complete?

"You are letting me go to my death!

"As expected of a devil's commission!

"Fine, since the option of completing the mission has failed, then I only have one choice:

"Kill the client!"

Thinking was thinking, but in reality, Lu Mian just reached his hand into the "Traveler's Bag", preparing to draw the "Sword of Courage", not intending to fight right now.

He was worried that the mutation brought about by the ancient Death's corpse waking up would spread here, feeling that it was better to detach from the depths of the Netherworld as soon as possible, and, the goat-faced devil's strength was unknown.

The goat-faced devil bent its waist and back, rocking and walking to Lu Mian's front.

It stared at Lu Mian silently, suddenly emitting a hollow, decaying voice.

This time, it used Intis:

"You privately occupied that egg!"

The words hadn't fallen when the goat-faced devil had already straightened its body, which was four or five meters high, swinging the white, bone-like leg bone in its hand forward, smashing fiercely toward Lu Mian.

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"Take down the client!"

That was what he thought, but in reality, Lu Mian only reached his hand into the "Traveler's Bag," preparing to draw the "Sword of Courage," without any intention of necessarily fighting right now.

He was worried that the anomalies brought about by the awakening of the ancient Death corpse would spread here, feeling it was better to leave the depths of the Netherworld as soon as possible; besides, the strength of the goat-faced devil was unknown.

The goat-faced devil hunched its back and walked unsteadily toward Lu Mian's front.

It stared silently at Lu Mian and suddenly emitted a hollow, decaying voice.

This time, it used the Dutan language:

"You have privately occupied that egg!"

Before the words had even faded, the goat-faced devil had already straightened its body, which was a full four or five meters tall, and swung the white, bone-like leg in its hand forward, smashing it fiercely toward Lu Mian.

(End of chapter)