Consciousness sank in endless suffering, and every time it floated, an illusion would appear in Xu Yue's mind, which was the experience of a certain life wailing to death in various tortures.

The illusion is constantly changing, and the protagonist in the illusion will eventually transform into Xu Yue's own image, and all the pain he has experienced will really accumulate on his soul.

In this never-ending torture, the passage of time gradually lost its meaning, and he could no longer remember how many tortures he had experienced and how many ways he had died.

But the mind did not become dim and weakened because of this, but became brighter and stronger, and the faint white light emitted by the spiritual barrier in the eyes gradually became brighter.

It wasn't until a long and rich dragon roar resounded in Xu Yue's ears that the various illusions surging in his mind shattered.

[Hint: The effect of 'Swamp of Pain' is over, the Hunter has experienced the baptism of the swamp, and the soul is not captured by the pain, your willpower is +6, and soul strength is +1.] 】

At the edge of the canopy, Xu Yue's closed eyes suddenly opened, and the surrounding sky was bright, and the tumbling black swamp and the whistling illusory faces had all disappeared at this time, as if everything he had experienced before was an illusion.

But the Paradise hint that appeared in front of him showed him that the swamp faces that appeared just now were real.

Rubbing his temples, which were a little swollen, Xu Yue's eyes were bloodshot, and the spiritual barrier could protect the last trace of clarity in his soul, but it would not isolate the pain caused by those illusions.

In a sense, he did experience dozens or hundreds of tortures that could torture people to death in those surging illusions, otherwise he would not have gained so much.

Although the process is very painful, the benefits obtained as a result are also extremely rich, willpower aside, the focus is on soul strength +1, the improvement of this rare attribute is extremely rare, and it is not accessible at this stage at all, if possible, he is very willing to go through the pain swamp again.

As for the pain and torture that arose, he didn't care much about it, the despair of being constantly crushed by the flying general Lu Bu in the trial ground, and the struggle of being burned by the purple fire of desire in the spiritual space, the pain brought by these two unique cultivation methods was no less than the endless sinking in the swamp of pain.

These tortures, which were unbearable for others, seemed a bit ordinary to Xu Yue, and the spiritual barrier ensured that his consciousness would not collapse easily, which allowed him to temper his spiritual will in a more brutal cultivation way.

Feeling the lingering pain in his mind dissipate, he began to look around.

Ah Fu was still in the abdomen of the giant snake behind him, and he was walking out of the abdominal cavity at this time, although the painful swamp not long ago also covered him, but because of the particularity of the puppet, those illusory faces seemed to dislike him, and the distance was far away, so the impact was not great.

The position of the two of them was still at the edge of the canopy, and after the fierce fight just now, the entire giant tree had now become dilapidated, full of broken branches and sawdust, spreading staggered cracks, and even the large number of corpses that were originally hanging had fallen to the ground.

Everywhere in the canopy, there were multiple fire points, and the sparks scattered by the explosion of the light arrows were growing one after another by clinging to the tree at this time, but because the tree was covered with thick blood scabs, the speed of flame expansion seemed to be extremely slow.

And above his head, there was a blue-black dragon that was circling and flying, the red mane on the dragon's neck was fluttering, and the evil aura was permeating his body, this was Fang Tian's instrument spirit dragon with a halberd, after the pain swamp erupted, it broke away from the halberd body as soon as possible, and flew to Xu Yue's body to protect the left and right, and the dragon's groan that resounded in his ears before the illusion was shattered came from this.

"Let's go back."

Looking at the state of the dragon in a little excited, Xu Yue opened his mouth to give an order, after the machine spirit is separated from the halberd, it will continue to consume the military evil energy stored inside, if it is not necessary, he will not let it be independent in the outside world for too long, after receiving the order, the dragon let out a long groan, and flew straight back to the original place, turning into a relief and wrapping around the halberd body.

As he looked in the direction of the dragon's flight, he saw that Fang Tian's halberd was still nailed to the pit of the tree trunk, but the headless corpse that should have been pierced by the halberd had long disappeared at this time.

"Not dead?"

After hesitating, Xu Yue chose to click on the kill prompt of the open paradise to check, and sure enough, he did not find the paradise prompt for killing the black coffin, retracted his gaze, and stomped with his right foot, and then closed his eyes to perceive.

After a few breaths, he opened his eyes, and in the vibration ripples that came back, he didn't perceive the presence of the rest of the lifeforms.

In other words, the other party has completely escaped.

"With all the limbs destroyed and the skull broken, how can you survive such an injury and escape, forced to be removed from the props? Or the resurrection and substitution effect......"

Just as Xu Yue was muttering in a low voice, Ah Fu, who was hurrying to the side, also heard him talking to himself, so he asked.

"Master, isn't that black coffin dead?"

"Well, he escaped, nothing happened, even if he didn't die, the price he paid would not be small, and he would be killed directly next time."

"And it's not necessarily a bad thing not to die......"

Speaking of this, Xu Yue couldn't help but recall in his mind the high reward he had received after the end of the 'Swamp of Pain', although he didn't understand why this skill could have such an exaggerated improvement effect, but this didn't prevent him from gathering wool, and not dying meant that he had another chance.

"Let's go, don't worry about the black coffin, let's go see what's going on with the squirrel first."

With that, Xu Yue walked quickly towards the main trunk of the giant tree in front of him, and Ah Fu in the back also followed closely, where in addition to the Fang Tian painting halberd, there was also a squirrel puppet lying on the branch.

Walking closer, Xu Yue pulled out the Fang Tian painting halberd that was still inserted in the pit of the main trunk, while Ah Fu checked the condition of the squirrel.

Retracting the halberd in his hand, he looked sideways at Ah Fu, who was trying to reactivate the puppet.

"How's it going?"

"The body is not damaged, but it cannot be activated, it should be a problem with the soul."

"Soul?"

Hearing Ah Fu's reply, Xu Yue clicked on the judgment prompt about the Swamp of Pain, and his eyes paused on the line of 'The soul will be captured by the Swamp of Pain', and his heart was clear.

After smashing the head of the black coffin, the squirrel was undoubtedly the first to face the painful swamp, and a large amount of black aura and illusory human face exploded from the corpse, penetrating its body in an instant, and it was estimated that at that time, the squirrel's soul had been captured by the swamp.

"It should be the reason for the black coffin, its soul is no longer inside the body, I remember that the body of the puppet puppet can be transformed, can this squirrel repair the dung beetle completely?"

Hearing this, Ah Fu got up from his squatting state, his eyes swept to the large number of corpses hanging around, and his eyes faded from the blue of the lake to a faint blood.

"It's definitely not enough to just say that the squirrel, its physical strength is insufficient, but with these corpses it's different, I can make the dung beetle stronger."

When a creature is puppeted, it will have two forms, one is the normal flesh form.

In this form, puppets are no different from ordinary creatures, they need to eat, they will be injured and bleeding, but their combat power can be maintained at their peak, and because of their fighting style, it will become more terrifying.

The second form is the puppet form, in which the creature becomes completely lignified, its body becomes fragile, its agility decreases, and its combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.

But the advantage is that the body at this time can be disassembled and assembled at will, just like a real puppet, which is also the reason why Ah Fu's eyes will light up when he sees those hanging powerful corpses, and with these as raw materials, he can create an upgraded version of the dung beetle puppet with the full name.

"Okay, then let's rest here for the night today, you are responsible for mending the dung beetles, and I will dig a shelter."

"Yes, sir."

(End of chapter)