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nTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

nThe soft sound of a key unlocking something rang from the door’s lock.

nLin Sheng looked around, and in his panic, he moved the tea table from the hall to barricade the door.

n*Crack!*

nAn unexpected odd noise rang out from the study.

nLin Sheng tensed and rushed to the study with his sword in both hands.

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nThe window of the study was half open.

nDarkness roiled outside the window, and something seemed to be seething as it rubbed against the window glass from time to time.

nLin Sheng darted over and looked out of the window.

nWithin the darkness, an arm-wide tentacle, which looked like a tree root, quickly slithered past the window.

nThe tentacle was translucent, and a mysterious silver slime flowed within it.

n*Bam!!*

nThere was a sudden loud bang at the front door as it caved inward in a terrifying twist.

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n*Bam!!*

nThen came the second crash.

nLin Sheng could feel the entire house shaking

nHe held his black sword tightly and was just about to activate the Sacred Blood to fight when…

n*Wiff!*

nA translucent root came flying in from the window behind him.

nThe root caught hold of his waist, and with overwhelming force, violently pulled him out of the window.

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nJust as Lin Sheng exited the window, Lin Sheng instinctively slashed at the root, but the black mist soon surged over and smothered him.

n*Crack!*

nHowever, the black sword appeared to have slashed through something.

nLin Sheng suddenly felt light, and he fell downward.

nHe could not see anything in the darkness.

nThe black mist engulfed him as it tried to get into his nose, ears, and mouth.

nThen, a faint crimson light appeared on the dazed Lin Sheng’s body.

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nThe crimson light barely warded off the black mist’s assault, and it looked so thin like it could unravel at any time.

nLin Sheng curled up and felt that he was still falling.

nHe could see above him, was the house enveloped in red light were getting ever further away…

nHe immediately recognized that house, it was his own home. He had fallen out from there, and the house had slowly disappeared inside the black mist.

nTime seemed to have lost all meaning here as Lin Sheng continued to fall.

nHe clutched his black sword hard. It was the only thing he could rely on now.

n*Wuff!!*

nSuddenly, another translucent root shot out from afar as some sort of silvery slime flowed within it as it rapidly retracted towards a direction.

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nWithout any warning, Lin Sheng was bound again by the root and dragged in a certain direction.

n*Wuff!*

nThe wind howled in his ears.

nLin Sheng had not felt something like this before.

nHe was being bound tightly by the root, as he was swiftly dragged through the black mist.

nThis time around, he did not slash against the root. His instincts told him that if he allowed himself to simply just fall downwards, something bad will happen.

nThis time, Lin Sheng calmed himself down and allowed the root to drag him on.

nTime slowly passed. And slowly, but surely, he felt the mist around him was brightening up, turning from black into an ethereal gray.

n*Duff!*

nSuddenly, a cotton-candy like cloud came charging towards him.

nThe cloud seemed to be living, writhing gray body as some parts were contracting as others expanded.

nBy the time Lin Sheng could react, he was already about to crash into the cloud.

nJust at that moment, the root that was tugging him suddenly increased its strength and changed direction, pulling him away with just inches to spare from the edge of the cloud.

nAt the same time, he seemed to have heard cheers coming in from the cloud, distant and unclear.

nThere were also voices of people speaking loudly as an odd melody accompanied it.

nAs he got away from the cloud, the voices weakened and disappeared.

nBefore he could even regain his bearings, another silver-gray cloud flew by.

nThis time, chilling screams and cries could be heard as a bizarre, manic howl followed.

nLin Sheng had no time to decipher what it was all about before a third cloud closed in.

nIt was much smaller than the first two. It had a faint golden glow to it, and was particularly eye-catching in the sea of gray clouds.

nLin Sheng was dragged by the root beneath the cloud.

nAnd just as he got close,

n*Hiss…*

nA massive golden face appeared on the cloud.

nThe face looked impassively at Lin Sheng as a pair of golden eyes traced his movements.

nLin Sheng felt the root binding him suddenly shuddered and started loosening up.

n“The f*ck!” Lin Shen quickly grabbed onto the root.

nHis instincts told him that if he was left here against the golden face man, there would be nothing but danger for him.

nThankfully, the golden face simply looked at him and the root before turning away and disappearing.

nLin Sheng held his black sword in one hand as he grabbed onto the root with another as his body dangled out and slamming against the root from time to time.

nClouds of various sizes and colors sped past him.

nThere were furious howls, cries of sorrow, or silence from the clouds, and some were slowly disintegrating and disappeared.

nAfter flying for a while, Lin Sheng finally felt that his grip was weakening.

nAnd suddenly, he was dazed, as his fingers let go, his entire body thrown by inertia into the air before falling downwards again.

nAmong the howling winds, Lin Sheng saw him breaking through clouds after clouds.

n*Duff!*

nHe then crashed violently against the top of a small black cloud, and bounce up like a ball a few times before rolling off the edge of the cloud.

nAnd incidentally, another translucent root flew by underneath him.

nLin Sheng adjusted his position and timing before he struck down his with sword.

n*Duff!*

nHe once again landed on the surface of the root.

nThis root was the size of a thick thigh, enough for him to ride on it.

nThe root quickly flew through clouds after clouds as the gray mist around him lessened and his field of vision grew wider.

nLin Sheng lay prone on the root as he looked about.

nAs the cloud turn scarce, the mist got thinner as well.

nA large green island appeared beneath him, with a mountain range crawling across it.

nOn the highest peak of the sea of trees and mountains was a clear, black stone fortress.

nThe fortress was dead silent, without any signs of life as vines crawled all over the outer wall.

nBefore Lin Sheng could even take a proper look, the root that he was on shuddered suddenly as if someone was swinging it about.

nHe could not react in time and was thrown into the air and directly towards the mountains.

nThe translucent root he had ridden on earlier flew into the distance and disappeared in the mist.

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