220 The Struggle is Real (2/2)

Arden was very thorough in passing his inheritance. There can be multiple candidates, but only one true successor.

If he had died inside the dreamscape, the inheritance building would reset itself for the next challenger, but since he managed to escape, the dreamscape most likely no longer exists.

But no matter how thorough Arden was, the great genius would have never guessed that his successor was about to die after passing his final trial, ending his legacy.

Leon could imagine Arden rolling in his grave and cursing his nine generations, should he fail at this point.

At this moment, what he needed to do was reestablish his connection to the outside world and regain control of his body. This was the hard part. What followed after was the easy part.

However, Leon did not have any good methods to go about tackling this problem. Everything was dependent on his will.

Like a person in a vegetative state trapped in a beautiful dream, they would be really unwilling for it to end. Unless they were willing or received strong outside stimulus that aroused their emotion, they would never wake up.

'I'm obviously conscious and clear of my reasons and desire to get out… but it's not working. Why is this so?'

'What's also concerning is I can still feel my elemental seeds, but I can't tap into their power. Something feels different.'

'What is happening to my body?'

He was supposed to be an expert when it comes to human anatomy but mixed with a cultivation system he was still exploring and limited senses, it was like trying to understand something with his eyes covered and hands and feet tied. He did not have a clue.

He could only guess that this change was brought by his Five Element Body.

Time trickled by but no matter how hard Leon willed it, it was to no avail. He could not escape his own subconscious space.

He began losing track of time. A long time seemed to have passed and the sound of his blood dripping could no longer be heard for some time.

Did his body run out of blood or did his wound finally closed up?

He didn't know. His mental strength was slipping away, and his consciousness began fading in and out. He had lost count of how many times this had happened.

The next time he came to, he was very weak, very cold. His sense of sight seemed to have returned but darkness filled his vision. The room was dark and gloomy.

His body was laid on top of a stone coffin and his blood that dripped down from it had already solidified.

”I'm… back?”

Leon said feebly with parched lips. He had lost too much blood and his body refused to move.

He didn't have time to celebrate. Although he came back, he didn't know when he was going to lapse in unconsciousness again and perhaps for the last time at that. He knew what he had to do.

Despite his body's objection to moving, Leon fished out a pill bottle with the highest tier of healing he had with shaky hands.

The next hurdle was not one he would have imagined until this day, removing the lid from the pill bottle. It was a real struggle.

It was like an internal battle between two monkies, representing his mind and body each. They wrestled and one screamed 'noooo', while the other screamed, 'yessss' repeatedly.

A long and arduous battle was fought before the mind won.

Leon didn't count how many tier-3 healing pills he had plopped into his mouth afterward before he lapsed back into unconsciousness due to exhaustion.

Half an hour later, he regained consciousness again for the Nth time. This time, although he was still weak, he had finally overcome death and his life was no longer in danger.

Leon got the chance to finally observe the real interior of the inheritance building. Looking around, he noticed that high-level plants had grown inside here around the stone coffin.

However, they had all wilted and died. It seemed really recent.

On the ground, piles of dust filled the place. Or rather, they were all crystal fragments. Judging by the amount, there were at least several thousand crystals when it was still intact.

”Are these all from transcendent crystals?!”

Leon became shocked at once. What happened here!? Did Arden leave a bunch of scraps to tell him something? Or did something else happened here that he doesn't know about!?

”It's impossible for my own body to have absorbed so much energy. It would explode from overloading.”

Leon frowned before his pale face suddenly paled even more.

”My cultivation… what happened to all my cultivation!?”