15: Tragedy

The glazed treasure knife, this magical knife, is related to the big secret of ascending to immortality and immortality. It has been born three times in the last 200 years. Every time someone gets it, it eventually becomes a legend that changes the fate of all beings in the world.

Such a treasure is naturally desired by countless people. Take 10,000 steps back, even if you can't get it, you will never allow it to fall into the hands of others. Therefore, the glazed treasure knife has just appeared this time, and it has attracted the embroidered spring building of the imperial court, as well as the most terrible "Yin Si Ghost Mansion" on the rivers and lakes.

Although Cheng Li temporarily beat both forces back. But the attraction of the glazed treasure knife is too great. It is to be expected that these two forces will make a comeback. Cheng Li himself, although he is confident that he can cope with it. But the Xia family can't.

Even if Mianzhou City is the king and hegemon, but in front of the imperial court and the Yin Si Ghost Mansion, the Xia family is still too weak. No matter which side of the force is, they can easily destroy the Xia family.

The so-called fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, if Cheng Li stayed in Mianzhou City, even if the Xia family was unwilling, they would be forced to get involved in the struggle, and when the time came, I am afraid it would be time for the Xia family to destroy the gate.

Furthermore...... The movements of the Xia family itself are also worth worrying about.

Cheng Li has wandered for many years, constantly struggling to survive in the wilderness. So he fully understands how dark and ugly the human heart can be. Wealth is moving, not to mention a treasure like the glazed treasure knife? Once they know that the glazed treasure knife has fallen into Cheng Li's hands, what will the Xia family do?

Cheng Li could roughly guess it, but he never wanted his guess to come true. The best way to avoid this is to leave immediately.

Therefore, Cheng Li did not plan to stay here. As soon as Mrs. Xia left, Cheng Li also immediately left, ready to leave. It's a pity......

Plans can't keep up with the rapid pace of change. Just before he was about to leave, Cheng Li suddenly felt a palpitation. Immediately afterwards, every inch of flesh and bone in the body, and even every cell, also came from intense and severe pain. It was as if there was a huge invisible force in the underworld, which wanted to tear him apart, and then completely roll him into powder, so that his soul would be destroyed and he would never be reborn!

Is it a "catastrophe"! It actually came at this time?

Cheng Li was taken aback and couldn't help but feel a big headache. But the coming of calamity is never subject to personal will. Helpless, Cheng Li had no choice but to sit down cross-legged on the spot, and began to run the secret method, keeping his mind quiet.

After only a few breaths, he closed his eyes and stopped breathing, and even his heartbeat became vague. The whole person fell into a state of suspended animation similar to animal hibernation.

At the same time, the muscles of Cheng Li's body swelled up wildly. If he had stood up at this time, he would have touched the beams of the house above his head.

His skin was as red as blood, and countless green tendons wriggled under his skin like earthworms. There are even four sharp fangs sticking out of the mouth. At first glance, it looks like a demon in hell!

This is proof that the "robbery power" has grown rapidly and has exceeded the limit. At the same time, it is also a precursor to "awakening". At this moment, Cheng Li is like a caterpillar, spinning silk and forming a cocoon, trapping himself in the cocoon. If you can survive it, the caterpillar will be able to break out of the cocoon and turn into a beautiful butterfly. But if you can't get through it......

Then Cheng Li's life will come to an end today.

This is the "robbery". It is a life-and-death hurdle that every robber must face and can never escape.

According to the research of scientists, the universe is a "catastrophe" from its birth to its destruction.

In the process of the formation of the calamity, some kind of extremely powerful force will be generated. The universe was born and destroyed by this force. That is the "robbery power".

Being able to sense the existence of the robbery force and absorb the robbery power to strengthen oneself is a unique ability of the robber. The robber can absorb the power of the robbery and constantly strengthen himself. And from this, he has obtained all kinds of supernatural abilities beyond the imagination of mortals.

However, the power of the catastrophe is too powerful, and its nature is too violent for humans. Therefore, when the calamity power in the body grows to a certain level, it will suddenly break the confinement and break away from the control of the robber itself.

The situation is like a flood, and in the embankment of the dam, a huge gap has been breached. The dam embankment is the body of the robber. When the levee is breached, the robbers will endure indescribable pain.

If you want to say it reluctantly, it is like all the punishments in the eighteenth layer of hell, what swords, mountains and seas of fire, what oil pots and cannons, and what stones are grinding...... It's all applied to the body in one go. It's so much worse than death that it's painful.

In this case, the robbers call it "crossing". If you can survive it, you will succeed in the tribulation. At that time, the robber will be like a worm spinning a silk cocoon, successfully breaking the chrysalis and transforming into a butterfly, and metamorphosing to another stage of life. And those scientists who study the robbers have named this process of enhanced transformation "awakening".

It is very difficult to succeed in the eons and thus to attain enlightenment. The robber must resist the pain while concentrating on channeling the uncontrollable power of the robbery, trying to absorb enough nutrients from the power to strengthen himself. In other words, under the pressure of the flood, another new dam should be built as soon as possible to block the flood.

The power of calamity pervades every corner of the universe and is everywhere. No matter how powerful the calamity power in the human body is, it is just a drop in the ocean compared to the calamity power in the universe.

Based on the principle that water flows downward, when the dam is lifted, the seawater will naturally flow back. In other words, in the process of constructing a new dam, the robbers had to withstand both internal and external pressures. Naturally, the level of difficulty increases considerably.

Once the robber is unable to bear the pain and his willpower is slightly shaken, he can no longer restrain the robbery power. When the time comes, every cell of the robber's body will be completely destroyed, leaving no residue. To onlookers, it was as if the whole person of the robber had evaporated out of thin air.

It is for this reason that every time the robber crosses the catastrophe, he dies for life. Those who can survive it can be called one in a million.

In order to increase the possibility of the robber's smooth awakening, countless scholars have been painstakingly researching, and finally researched a secret method of guarding the heart, which can increase the success rate of the robber when he "crosses the catastrophe".

The operation of this secret method can allow the robber to enter a mysterious realm between doing and not doing, sobriety and unsobriety. It can minimize the suffering caused by the impact of the calamity. It can also restrain and absorb the power of robbery as usual. It's a win-win-win-win