“You say… difficult?”
Man En looked at Laira beside him, his brow gradually furrowing.
“Yes… because Campbell’s consciousness is fused with the Blood Demon’s, all the exits… are under his control.”
“So… if he doesn’t want to, we can’t get out?”
Laira upon hearing this, just nodded lightly.
“This… we’re stuck here!”
“Then what will happen in the end? And what’s the current state of the Blood Demon?”
“…Because my consciousness has separated from it, the Blood Demon will only become closer to its original form.”
“Then shouldn’t we just wait?”
“No… it’s not that simple.”
Laira said, shaking her head helplessly.
“It will consume you before returning to its original state…”
“Dodge!”
Before Laira could finish, a giant hammer formed from gathered flesh came crashing down toward the two.
Man En barely pulled Laira out of the way, his body had essentially reached its limit.
“Huff… huff… Isn’t that guy trapped? What’s going on?”
“Even as a foreign object, after fusing with the consciousness, it gains some authority; it’s just that he can’t control the Blood Demon’s main body.”
“Big sister, is there anything else you haven’t said? Just say it all at once, okay…”
“Don’t complain! Also, I’m younger than you, you can’t call me big sister!”
Watching Laira get inexplicably angry beside him, Man En was almost amused to the point of laughter.
‘So your focus is on the title “big sister”?
‘Well, sorry about that!
But he was too lazy to say anything else, and all his countless complaints eventually turned into a long sigh.
“Sigh… never mind.”
“By the way, can you sense where my consciousness and the Blood Demon’s intersect?”
“You mean you want to try opening a hole there?”
“It’s possible, but during that time I won’t be able to move. And your condition…”
Man En understood the implication, but the current situation was too critical to care about that.
He looked seriously at Laira, then proposed an extremely insane plan.
“Connect my magic channel to the Blood Demon’s, how about that? You can do it, right?”
…
At these words, the two fell silent for a long time.
“Are you… serious?”
Laira’s lips moved, and she looked at Man En with a shocked expression.
“Do you know what the consequences will be? You’ll be eroded faster; how is that different from suicide?”
“Otherwise what? Should we go back and grovel to that beast to let us out? Besides, this current situation is just waiting to die!”
“Don’t worry, just find that junction point before I’m completely eroded.”
Hearing this, she averted her gaze and murmured a question she hadn’t wanted to ask.
“You… still willing to trust me?”
The giant hammer formed of flesh came crashing toward the two again.
But Man En didn’t answer; he just stared intently at Laira.
“Let’s begin.”
Immediately after, a sensation like boiling water flowing through his entire body filled Man En’s mind.
The rate of erosion on his body increased several times compared to before, and his torso began to visibly grow transparent.
However, precisely because the connection to the Blood Demon’s mana was successful, he felt his body brimming with power.
Just as the giant hammer was about to hit the two, a calm voice rang out before it landed.
“Retrospection.”
The next instant, the two returned to a relatively safe location.
Laira, because she was fully focused on finding the junction point, was now completely unconscious.
Man En picked her up and secured her to his back.
Before him, the strange things made of flesh were increasing.
“Heh, looks like that bastard Campbell is pretty furious.”
He looked down at these grotesque things.
“Then next, I’ll set the target as far away as possible.”
After all, expanding the search range would certainly help.
“Jump!”
With a single thought from Man En, his figure abruptly appeared at a location far from the flesh weapons.
After steadying his posture, he looked at his flank; it had become completely transparent.
“Using the Blood Demon’s mana also accelerates erosion… Is this the interest? Looks like I’d better not use it unless necessary.”
“Even though I think that…”
Looking around, countless flesh weapons had surrounded him completely.
“Since I can’t avoid it, then let’s fight!”
Man En steeled himself, gripping two Holy Light Daggers as he charged at the flesh weapons ahead.
…
She couldn’t see anything, couldn’t perceive anything.
Laira advanced aimlessly in a chaotic space.
“I need to find a way to speed up; Man En might not last much longer…”
But no matter how anxious she was, the current situation couldn’t be changed.
“His aura is completely mixed with the Blood Demon’s; how am I supposed to… wait…”
In a daze, Laira suddenly sensed an extremely terrifying fluctuation.
Although it had become extremely faint by the time it reached her, it still sent chills down her spine.
“This is… coming from Man En, without a doubt. But…”
Why does he have such a fluctuation? Even the Blood Demon’s fluctuation seems as fragile as a newborn baby compared to it.
But there was no time to dwell on this now; she had to confirm the location of this fluctuation.
Then, Laira immediately followed the direction of the fluctuation.
But as she got closer, she felt an increasingly piercing cold, and an inexplicable sense of oppression nearly suffocated her.
“Hang in there… just a little more…”
Soon, Laira arrived at the location with the strongest fluctuation.
The surroundings were utterly silent, but for some reason, she felt as if countless gazes were watching her.
From time to time, a low rumbling sound echoed in her ears.
Was she standing still? Or was she sinking into the abyss?
Even she couldn’t be sure.
An eerie, ancient language whispered in Laira’s ear, and the next moment, her consciousness returned. Her eyes snapped open, and she gasped for breath.
“Hey, did you find it?”
Man En’s weak voice reached her ears. Feeling his broad back, her emotions calmed slightly.
“Found it, but… something’s off.”
“Guide the way!”
Without further words, Man En immediately sprinted in the direction Laira indicated.
In the current situation, getting out was the top priority. As for other matters, they could be dealt with after escaping.
Along the way, Man En cut down countless flesh weapons with his Holy Light Dagger.
“Has Campbell completely lost his mind? Why is he summoning so many weapons at once? Can he even control them?”
“You mean, why did he summon so many weapons?”
“What’s wrong?”
This remark reminded Man En.
“Maybe he’s not trying to control these things; he just wants to block the path.”
“How far is it to that place?”
Laira didn’t speak; she just pointed at the farthest flesh weapon.
Man En looked at his own body; it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was riddled with holes.
If he used Time Jump once more, no one knew what would happen to this body.
But only one step away, how could he back down?
“Then I’ll go all out!”
Man En looked into the distance and activated his ability once more.
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