Chapter 894 - 433: Transcendent Realm (Part 3)
If you want to go a step further and glimpse the "real," you have to open this door.
No—the Great Witch said "pass through."
"Step forward, Li Ang. Let’s see if this time, you can pass through the Gate." The old man said slowly.
Li Ang nodded.
According to this elder, the Stone Gate is merely a veil raised to keep mortals from gazing upon the world’s truth and collapsing; those who can face the real can pierce this veil.
It sounded like he was saying that once you enter the Transcendent Realm, the visible door will become invisible.
Given the strange rules of the Land of Ten Thousand Spirits, where inner intent can unconsciously alter reality, Li Ang believed this was possible—the key was how to achieve it.
Channeling Magic Power, Li Ang entered the Spiritual Horizon.
The entire world instantly changed its face.
Opening the Spiritual Horizon in the Land of Ten Thousand Spirits, heaven and earth were at once smeared over with colored oils; in the chaos and disorder, there were still patterns—those were the truly critical things.
Not far away, a Female Deer was gazing at him with moist eyes, and ahead, a huge Eagle with a shriveled body and faded white feathers was also fixing him with its clouded stare.
And then—
Fuck.
Li Ang couldn’t help cursing.
Within this vision where all things were shifting in form, there were actually some people who did not change.
Strictly speaking, they weren’t people, but the previously lifelike humanoid statues.
They had all become living humans, looking toward Li Ang.
No—not just looking. As their gazes fell on him, regardless of what posture the statues had held before, they all now rose to their feet and walked toward him.
Hello? Li Ang tried to send information on the level of Spirit.
In his Mind Link with Livi and Anna, he had gradually grasped a method of conveying information through perception and Spirit.
However, these people did not respond; they simply kept advancing, and as they drew near, they raised their hands.
Li Ang immediately shut down the Spiritual Horizon and returned to reality.
In that instant, he felt as if his whole body were being slashed by blades; the agony was so intense he couldn’t open his eyes to see anything around him. He could only first raise a Wind Element Shield, and fill his Prosthetic Hand with the Spiritual Force Field, holding it out before him.
"Ah."
The Young Girl’s voice sounded by his ear—it was Diao, and she had been pushed aside by Li Ang’s Shield.
"Mm..." The deep voice of the Great Witch also sounded by his ear.
So it seemed he had returned to reality.
The moment that thought surfaced, Li Ang froze: Why did I say "returned to reality"?
Strictly speaking, the Spiritual Horizon is also a kind of reality; only the mode of observation has changed.
The instinctive feeling that that Oil Painting World was not reality came from the notion that no matter how you observe, objective things should not change because of your observation. Once they truly change, it’s like stepping into another dimension.
As the pain gradually ebbed, Li Ang looked around—Diao was standing not far away, watching him anxiously. The Magic Power lingering on her hands showed that she had just tried to come over and cast a Healing Spell on him.
Li Ang raised a hand to touch himself.
"Don’t!" the Young Girl cried urgently.
Because of her shout, Li Ang checked his strength and only brushed lightly against a patch of skin—and even that slight touch was like gently tapping weathered, fragile sandstone: the spot he touched instantly crumbled and fell away.
"Hiss..."
Using his Prosthetic Hand, he pulled back the sleeve of his Magic Robe. Li Ang noticed that his skin, from top to bottom, looked as if it had just been soaked in boiling Water or acid.
He activated Healing Water Wave himself, and Diao hurried forward to join the healing.
"Is the Transcendent Realm really that dangerous? And what’s with those statues coming to life?" Li Ang looked at the Great Witch.
"So that’s how it is?"
The old man’s clouded eyes opened a bit wider. "I could see your progress, but I didn’t expect... you’ve now gone a bit too deep in your entry."