Ten minutes later.

Natsuki looked at the empty hallway and finally stopped.

He looked down at Yingying's hands, at the flowing blood and criss-crossing meridians, and his eyes were full of surprise.

In these ten minutes, he slashed a total of one hundred and three remnants, all in one go, without the slightest pause.

His every movement was like a flowing stream, interspersed with gray corruption, as if there was a kind of guidance in the darkness that allowed him to do it naturally.

Bite!

In the next second, the prompt of the mobile phone sounded, and he hurriedly took it out to check:

【Comprehending Basic Psionic Ability: Gathering Thoughts】

[Comprehend the Innate Spiritual Power: Unity of Heaven and Man]

[Condition reached, psionic interface unlocked]

[Obtain 103 points of Netherworld Qi, the awakening conditions have been met]

[Are you starting to wake up?] 】

[Yes / No]

……

Looking at the pop-up prompt box on the interface, Xia Mu was a little hesitant and didn't know how to choose.

After a series of changes just now, he also roughly understood the situation, which seemed to be ...... It's really a horror game that covers the whole world.

It's just that although he has temporarily cleaned up the remnants of his thoughts, he doesn't dare to guarantee that he is safe, after all, the corridors and stairs have not been restored, and he should still be in the "ghost hitting the wall".

Moreover, he doesn't know what kind of process this so-called "awakening" is, if he doesn't have any ability to resist in the awakening, isn't it equivalent to putting himself in a dangerous situation?

However, just as Natsuki hesitated, the blood word appeared on the game interface again, giving him a hint:

[Don't worry, the remnants here have been completely cleared, and the "ghost hitting the wall" will be lifted after a pillar of incense, during which it is temporarily safe, just in time to use this time to vent the yin and the underworld, and truly obtain the power of self-preservation]

"A pillar of incense...... Is that half an hour? ”

Natsuki looked at the blood word and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He could see that the blood word had been helping him, and if it hadn't been for its prompt, he would probably have died in the classroom.

Just now, too, if it wanted to harm itself, it would have died a long time ago.

So this time, he still chose to believe in the blood word, and judging from the current critical situation, he really needs to protect himself.

Therefore, without any further hesitation, he directly chose [Yes], and then he felt that there was some kind of cold aura surging in his body.

Following the guidance of the darkness, he sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes slightly closed.

Then, the cold breath began to travel all over his body, and week after week, his body temperature began to decrease rapidly as the breath traveled.

Cold!

It's cold!

This is the only feeling that Natsuki has at this moment, as if he has fallen into an arctic ice cave, and he can't feel the slightest temperature from the inside out.

After almost a few breaths, his whole body began to stiffen and tremble, and then the visible frost began to condense on his skin.

However, even then he couldn't do anything, he couldn't move at all, he couldn't even wrap his clothes to keep warm.

Helpless, he could only shake his body as hard as he could, hoping that the slight heat generated by this would make him feel better.

To be honest, he regretted it a little, because he didn't expect this "awakening" process to be like this.

At this pace, he was really a little scared that he would not freeze to death here.

As it turned out, his worries were not unreasonable, and after two or three minutes, his body was already frozen to the point that he could no longer freeze, and the whole person looked like an ice sculpture.

But it wasn't over, and when his body temperature could not be lowered, a deep chill that was even more ferocious than before began to pound his limbs.

What followed was an indescribable feeling, Natsuki felt as if he couldn't feel his body anymore, but he could deeply feel the coldness to the bone......

It was like a kind of cold from the depths of his soul, and after freezing his body, he was going to freeze his soul again!

Gradually, Natsuki's thinking became extremely sluggish, and he could only fight it with instinct......

It's just that his confrontation seemed to be insignificant under this surging cold current, and it was washed away in an instant......

He also stopped thinking completely.

But this does not mean that he has failed, the whole process continues, which is actually a kind of protection of his consciousness.

When even his soul was frozen, the cold qi immediately came out of his body, and it did not slowly stop until it extended to about a meter around him.

In the air, the frost condensed, and the frost flowers quickly connected together, forming a thick layer of ice barriers, enveloping Xia Mu entirely.

If anyone is present, they will definitely be able to see that there are wisps of light in this meter-thick ice barrier, and that is Natsuki's "yang spirit"!

"Beginning with the flesh, from the flesh to the soul, from the soul to the soul......"

This is a necessary process of purifying, polishing, and awakening one's own body through the yin and underworld qi.

And when a few minutes passed, his "Yang Spirit" was completely refined, and in this thick ice barrier, a cold air visible to the naked eye began to rush towards Xia Mu's eyebrows.

"Together, gather qi, breath through yin and yin"

It is the last step of awakening.

At this moment, the ice barrier around Xia Mu's body began to melt rapidly, but without the slightest drop of ice water, all the cold ice turned into pure yin qi and condensed at the center of his eyebrows.

When the ice barrier completely melted, his body finally began to warm up, his bruised skin began to slowly return to ruddy, and the whole person regained his mobility.

And as the last wisp of yin qi penetrated into the center of his eyebrows, he only felt that his consciousness returned to his body, and with it, a new picture appeared in his eyes.

"Here?"

Natsuki didn't open his eyes, but his consciousness came to an inexplicable place, surrounded by endless cold black gas.

In the black air, countless vague figures swayed, sometimes raising their heads and letting out a terrible wail.

This is the "underworld"!

For no reason, such a thought rushed directly into Natsuki's mind, making him squint.

He could see that these figures wanted to get closer, tear, and fight for themselves, but they couldn't because ......

The "light" with a radius of one meter and only one square inch under his feet!

It was synonymous with warmth, tenacity, and hope, and he could feel that with it, they couldn't really get close......

It's just that when he raised his head, he found that there was a bright red figure standing above his head, and a gray-black blood-stained stele stood in the void!

"That's?!"

Natsuki's eyes widened, trying to see clearly, but in the next second, his consciousness returned to his body, and his body suddenly opened its eyes.

In an instant, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he felt that there seemed to be something more in his body.

Bite!

Another prompt sounded, and Xia Mu subconsciously looked at the mobile phone next to him:

[Awakening successful, level unlocked]

[Current Rank: Spiritual Rank Primary]

[The opening conditions for the Netherworld rank have been reached, and the rank determination ...... begin]