Chapter 57: Fourth Limit, Broken! (2/2)

When Xiang Shaoyun stepped inside, what he saw greatly frightened him. ”What the f*ck! Why are there so many scary monsters? Are they real?”

Wuuu—

Terrifying sounds rang in the air again and again, making one's hair stand on end in fear. Xiang Shaoyun also felt his hair standing up from the creepy scene he was seeing. By reflex, he drew his Golden Wolf Sword and started slas.h.i.+ng at the monsters.

”Get away from me!” Xiang Shaoyun slashed madly.

However, the monsters were completely unaffected. Even after being slashed, they still pounced Xiang Shaoyun and bit him.

”AHHH!”

The monsters looked incredibly real. Even their bites felt real: Xiang Shaoyun bled from them, and the pain caused him to start shouting. He continued waving his sword around madly and even utilized his astral energy in an attempt to destroy all the monsters.

Unfortunately, his attacks had no effect on them whatsoever. Even after the monsters were sliced into pieces, the pieces simply joined together to form a brand new monster. These monsters were simply unkillable. In the blink of an eye, Xiang Shaoyun was completely submerged in a sea of monsters.

”Ahhhh!”

Xiang Shaoyun was feeling not only physical pain from being bitten but a pain so extreme it reached his soul. The intense pain almost caused him to lose consciousness then and there. His only sensation was that his physical body had been completely eaten by these monsters, and it was now his soul's turn to be eaten. Death had never felt so near.

”Am I going to die here?” Xiang Shaoyun questioned with the final strain of consciousness he had. Suddenly, the images of the numerous betrayals he had suffered in the past replayed in his mind, and a deep sadness surfaced in his heart, one that caused a surge of willpower to burst out of him. He yelled, ”How can I die like this before reclaiming what was taken from me? F*ck off, all of you!”

He bit his tongue, causing it to bleed, helping him regain some of his consciousness. Immediately, he circulated his Heaven Conquering Overlord Manual and chanted, ”To live is to worry, to worry is to suffer. Without birth, there is no death. Without darkness, there is no light. Without high, there is no low. Life comes from nothingness. Nothingness can give birth to something, and something can return to nothingness. One's mindset frames how one views the world...”

That was a Buddhist mantra, one that helped calm the mind. After repeating the mantra an unknown number of times, Xiang Shaoyun seemed to have entered a unique state of mind.

He had the sensation that he was now beyond the mundane world and could look at the mortal world and all its worries as a mere observer, seeing through the world's appearances while all human emotion departed him. This gave him a taste of what it was like to be beyond human, beyond the mundane.

Without him realizing it, the monsters in his soul all retreated, and the pain in his physical body also vanished. The world fell into silence. Abruptly, he opened his eyes. The monsters were all still there, baring their claws and fangs at him.

”Break!” Xiang Shaoyun muttered indifferently as two rays of light shot out from his eyes. The two rays penetrated all the monsters, destroying the illusions around him.

It was also at this moment that Xiang Shaoyun understood that this was a room that tested only one's willpower. One's strength and cultivation level played no role here. Those without a strong enough willpower would be stuck here, and even if they did not die, they would end up mad. In comparison, this room was much more terrifying than the third room.

”Fourth limit room, completed. One star congregation jade will be given as a reward,” an emotionless voice suddenly rang out.

Xiang Shaoyun focused and saw that a s.h.i.+ny, green jade pendant had appeared on the platform before him. That was his reward for completing this room's challenge.

”I did not receive anything like this from the first three rooms, but they are giving me something like this for the fourth room? Nice!” Xiang Shaoyun muttered gleefully before picking the jade up. He weighed the jade in his hand and muttered in disappointment, ”What bulls.h.i.+t star congregation jade is this? At most, it only qualifies as a star jade of inferior quality.”