What exactly does it feel like to cross death? Different people might have different answers.
Those who have had near-death experiences might say that crossing death is a fantastical journey, where one can see many bizarre and wonderful things.
Medemos wants to say that it's actually just the body's functions failing, the blood oxygen supply failing, causing the still-living brain to produce a self-protective mechanism, commonly known as hallucination.
The real feeling of crossing death is actually a slight pain in the face.
Medemos's soul, guided by the origin of his soul, precisely returned to his still-active body in the Cataclysmic Mountain Range.
For some reason, he felt a burning pain in his face.
The return of his soul gave his body's various functions a backbone, and his terrifying self-healing ability ran wildly, gradually bringing his body back to its peak condition.
As the tinnitus gradually dissipated, Medemos struggled to open his eyelids, wanting to see what was going on.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Bai E's coin-sized head firmly occupying his entire field of vision.
This guy's palm was raised high, and his palm was still a little congested and red.
The reason why his face was burning with pain was now clear.
Thankfully, this idiot hadn't gone so far as to perform CPR on him, which relieved Medmos.
Soon, Bai'er's actions caused a "well" shape to appear on Medmos's forehead.
This moron pressed his hands against his chest and suddenly began to move, his movements extremely unorthodox.
This wasn't saving a life; it was trying to kill him!
This bastard didn't treat him like a human being at all!
This wasn't entirely Bai'er's fault. Bai'er knew the standard first aid procedures very well, and he always studied these things very diligently.
But for someone like Medmos, whose physical abilities were beyond human comprehension, normal first aid methods were completely ineffective; he had to go all out!
He believed his partner could withstand this level of force in first aid; after all, they shared a passionate and unwavering bond!
"Hey buddy! Wake up!"
"I'll never change your homework with my name again!" "
You got punished by Teacher Wang Yan to copy the textbook three times."
"You couldn't find your book during the last midterm exam, it was actually me who did it. I just couldn't stand seeing you score higher than me."
"I didn't expect you to still be number one in the grade."
"The last time your protein powder tasted off, it was because it was laundry detergent.
I couldn't find the container when I was washing clothes, and I forgot to pour it out afterwards!
You had to pour out the foam and even went to bother the protein powder company."
"The other day, during the cold resistance competition, before the competition, I secretly added Arctic mint leaves to your bathtub, which almost made you freeze into an ice cube during the competition."
"Partner! I repent!"
Medmus was so angry that his face turned red. The boy's blush spoke louder than any words.
He didn't believe it before, but now he did.
People really do laugh when they're extremely angry.
He reached out and grabbed Bai E's hand, which was placed on his chest.
His palm was as hard as steel, and his physical strength was much stronger than before.
After successfully defeating "the past" in the revival competition, the increase in soul strength had fed back into his body.
According to the soul science knowledge given by Dai Ying, this should be called a balance between spirit and body.
In normal life forms, the soul and body are always in a symmetrical state.
If the soul's strength exceeds that of the body, the soul's strength will gradually weaken, while the body's strength will increase to reach a new balance, and vice versa.
However, when the soul's strength is too strong, the body cannot maintain balance with the soul, leading to a break in the balance and triggering the body's disintegration.
At this moment, Bai E felt as if his hand was firmly clamped by a vise and immediately exclaimed with delight,
"Maidemus, you're alright!"
Maidemus stared at the "well" character on his forehead, punched Bai E's chest hard, and then struggled to get up, saying,
"Something happened!"
"I knew you were the one who did those things!"
"Bastard!"
"I finally caught you! You just wait, I
'll settle the score with you later!" "Before that, tell me what happened? Where is the enemy?"
Maidemus stood up, feeling his current physical condition.
He felt a faint burning pain in his abdomen, which confirmed his initial guess in the Underworld: he had been ambushed during the battle.
To be able to ambush him silently and cause such serious injuries, the attacker's strength was not to be underestimated.
He once again channeled his martial spirit, donning golden-red armor that fully clad him, and a majestic golden lion's head appeared on his left shoulder.
A sharp aura and the imposing presence of a golden beast king enveloped the surrounding air, pressing the blue silver grass to the ground.
Fortunately, there were hardly any spirit beasts left in the depths of the Calamity Mountain System; they had all been devoured by the golden-haired lion-mastiff of yesteryear, so it didn't cause too much of a commotion.
Bai E also became serious, his azure eyes revealing the fierceness and sharpness of a warrior, and began to recount in detail what Medmos had sensed before he fell unconscious.
"I was fighting that ten-thousand-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine at the time.
Suddenly, I heard a whooshing sound behind me, and a blue shadow flashed by. Before I could even see what happened, you were already down."
"The blue shadow then revealed itself; it was a very strange bird-like soul beast."
Medmos's golden eyes narrowed as he said,
"A bird-like soul beast?"
"Can you identify its species? And what about the other two soul beasts?"
"Why didn't they attack you together?"
Bai E shook his head, pointing to the opposite rock wall,
"I don't know what kind it is. Neither textbooks nor the encyclopedia of soul beasts treasured in the Sea God Pavilion have any record of this kind of soul beast.
Its appearance is very strange, and its speed is incredibly fast; it's at least a super soul beast, probably a mutated one."
"As for why they didn't attack me, you'll know if you look there."
"After you fell, all three soul beasts, including the blue bird, stopped on the cliff and ceased moving.
It was as if they were deliberately giving us time to recover."
Medemos looked closely in the direction Bai E was pointing, and sure enough, the three soul beasts stood silently on the cliff in front of him, motionless.
If it weren't for the undisguised soul power and spiritual energy emanating from them, they would probably be mistaken for three lifelike statues.
Bai E and Medemos were familiar with two of them, having just fought them.
The Thunderous Hell Vine, a super soul beast of the thunder attribute, was recorded in textbooks and was the most coveted soul beast for thunder attribute soul masters.
Currently, thunder attribute soul masters across the continent were eager to contract a Thunderous Hell Vine soul spirit; if they continued to contract with it, their families might produce the legendary ultimate thunder master after several generations.
The other, a terrifying soul beast resembling a giant lion with a black dog's face, was also recorded in the Soul Beast Encyclopedia produced in Xilu City—the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff, the progenitor of canine soul beasts.
The golden-haired lion-mastiff feared no bloodline intimidation, for it possessed the bloodline of a progenitor.
In the fantasy world, the older, more mysterious, and more powerful a creature was, the more terrifying the title of "progenitor" held.
The other creature, a bird-like spirit beast that had ambushed Meddemos, left both of them completely baffled.
Even Meddemos had no recollection of such a beast.
This spirit beast was small, with a wingspan estimated at only one meter.
Its body was deep blue, covered not in feathers but in scales, and it had a pair of fleshy wings beneath its two wings.
Nine silver markings adorned its back, forming a grotesque, ghostly face.
Even without it moving, a single glance was enough to sense its sharpness.
Meddemos and Bai E were familiar with this sharpness, as Tibo possessed a similar aura when using the Hundred Realms Gate to sever enemies.
If their perception was correct, the bird-like spirit beast's attribute was spatial.
This strange blue bird is called the Blue Demon Bird, or more specifically, the Silver-Patterned Space Blue Demon Bird.
It also has a branch of the same species—the Golden-Patterned Time Blue Demon Bird.
It was a soul beast created by Huo Yuhao through understanding and imagination, utilizing the bloodlines of the Emerald Demon Bird and the Ice Phoenix to revert to their ancestral forms.
It wasn't merely a figment of imagination, as such soul beasts did indeed exist.
Lan Xuanyu in Dai Ying's timeline even killed one. The Blue Demon Bird was on par with the Golden Lion Mastiff in terms of bloodline level, belonging to the ancestral bloodline.
The Blue Demon Bird is the ancestor of the Phoenix lineage.
When the golden and silver patterns appear simultaneously, they can breed pure-blooded phoenixes, with the potential to become a fully-fledged Phoenix God, capable of contending with the Dragon God.
During the Dragon God Realm era, the Phoenix God was slain by the Dragon God, and the Blue Demon Bird reappeared, only to be exterminated by the Dragon God, eliminating any possibility of the Phoenix God's resurrection.
(End of Chapter)
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