A world entirely composed of cold hues, two figures standing on the edge of the Forest of Ignorance and the Dark Plain.
They are looking at each other.
In Tang Qi’s eyes, besides the blazing Sun, reflected a vast, ash-gray monster with the size of a small hill but without limbs, scales or feathers.
Its state was peculiar, indescribable in how it unnerved onlookers, especially as it moved, various human or animal organs like eyes, noses, mouths, skin bags, limbs fell from its ash-white body as if made of plaster.
The mont they hit the ground they shattered without a single sound, just ash-white mist rising and rging back into its body.
The only thing that allowed one to face it was a "gray-white mask" that surfaced in the center of its body.
On it, aside from so traces of sared plaster, there were no signs of eyes, nose, or mouth.
But bizarrely, Tang Qi could feel that it was "watching" him.
And at the mont their gazes t, it launched a sneak attack.
An unimaginable sensation swept over Tang Qi’s body.
He suddenly felt an urge to never speak again, as if his mouth was sealed shut, unable to open or make any sound.
At the sa ti, his eyes also started to close.
"Is it robbing of my... desire to express?"
The thought flashed through Tang Qi’s mind.
He then received clumps of exploding Information Fragnts, much more detailed than those provided by Amanda.
[Extraordinary Creatures: Silent Beast.]
[State: Launching an attack.]
[Information Fragnt One: A common yet weakest Desire Manifestation found within the Special Secret Realm, Dark Plain. It possesses a massive yet nihility-like body, favoring sneak attacks on its prey, aiming to plunder the prey’s language, expressions, movents, and all desires related to expression.]
[Information Fragnt Two: Its thod of hunting involves completely absorbing the target into its body through one touch, during which it transitions from an undefeatable state immune to physical, psychological, or spiritual attacks—’Nihility’, to a physical being.]
[Information Fragnt Three: In fact, all Manifestations in the Dark Plain need one touch to complete their hunt, differing in that so powerful Manifestations make their targets lose themselves before the touch.]
...
When the third Information Fragnt exploded in Tang Qi’s mind, he could feel his face becoming stiff.
Like the first clumsy sculpting task by an amateur sculptor, rigid and unable to make any lively expression.
This stiffness was spreading towards Tang Qi’s limbs.
Boom!
In a flash of thought, Magic surged within Tang Qi.
But like a "Judgent," his Magic couldn’t drive away that terrible "Pollution."
The only upside was that the Magic halted the spread of the Pollution.
The formless Pollution seed to have reached a standoff with Magic, and at this juncture, Tang Qi entirely had the capability to return to the Forest of Ignorance.
And he did make a similar movent.
The Silent Beast, as if it had observed Tang Qi for a long ti and knew his reaction, had already left the boundary of the plain and stepped into the Forest of Ignorance, its mountainous body silently collapsing.
Then, a cloud of ash enveloped and wrapped towards Tang Qi.
It was finalizing the last procedure, to devour Tang Qi.
The attacking Silent Beast obviously did not notice, Tang Qi’s slightly lowered head, within his Sun-imbued eyes, the Judgent was retracted, replaced by a thick sneer.
Tang Qi even proactively reached his palm into the collapsing torrent of gray-white.
The mont of contact, that "Nihility" that prevented Tang Qi from acting, vanished.
Although Tang Qi still couldn’t feel anything in his palm, just a bit cold and smooth, it didn’t hinder Tang Qi from unleashing all the Magic in his body, following his instinctual combat style, he cast the "Fla Spell."
The Extraordinary Flas mixed with Molten Magic were enough to burn away most abnormalities from the Mysterious Side.
This existence nad "Silent Beast," the mont it turned physical, a fourth Information Fragnt exploded in Tang Qi’s mind.
"They are the most succulent fuel."
A simple sentence confird Tang Qi’s previous conjecture; as a physical manifestation, "Desire Manifestations" were more tempting fuel than Living Corpses.
If it was higher-level Manifestations like the Eating Deer or the Snickering bat, Tang Qi might need to consider whether he would be force-stripped of those desires before burning them out.
But, certified by rlin as the weakest and most common in the Dark Plain, the "Silent Beast" was not within Tang Qi’s range of apprehension.
It’s proven that in this world, no abnormalities are without weaknesses.
In its Nihility state, the Silent Beast, like other Manifestations, didn’t fear any attack, including the Sixth Rank "Judgent," a Skill that could kill a Professional Level Expert in one look.
But once it left Nihility, it beca the tempting fuel that Tang Qi coveted.
At that mont, on the edge of the Forest of Ignorance, brilliant, dazzling "Fireworks" blood, and the massive body of the Silent Beast was burned to ash in an instant, in the fleeting illusion of Nihility, figures cast like plaster flickered out.
These "humans," their facial features, limbs, and even their torsos were all blurred.
No one could discern any information they wished to convey.
"Prey that was devoured in the past?"
Tang Qi looked at the fireworks in front of him and suddenly rembered another piece of information left by rlin.
Unlike the "Node" below the mountain, whether it’s the Forest of Ignorance or the Dark Plain, they will unilaterally reach out to the real world or so Exotic Realm, capturing humans and other life forms, throwing them into their territories to feed Living Corpses and "Manifestations."
Watching and sighing, the fireworks dispersed, and the terrible malice also dissipated with them.
Above him, an unusually large "snowflake" floated down.
Before it touched the ground, Tang Qi caught it in his hand.
"A mask?"
Tang Qi looked at the blank mask in his hand.
This mask was previously worn on the face of the "Silent Beast," if it had a face.
While gazing at the mask, he wandered back into the forest as he had several tis before.
A second ago, he had killed a Desire Manifestation called "Silent Beast," at the cost of depleting his Magic Power.
At the sa ti, his body still suffered from so residual Pollution; Tang Qi’s face was stiff, and he couldn’t utter a single word.
However, this did not hinder him from activating his Special Ability; information fragnts about the mask burst forth one by one.
"Curio: Existence Mask..."
"Hmm?"
Just the first fragnt, the na of the mask, made a look of surprise flash across Tang Qi’s eyes.
Obviously, the mask was the treasure rlin ntioned that would drop after killing a "Desire Manifestation." He initially thought that, since the manifestation was called the Silent Beast, the mask would also bear a na related to "Silence."
However, as the fragnts flowed out, the surprise in Tang Qi’s eyes gradually turned into excitent.
[Curio: Existence Mask.]
[State: Normal.]
[Information Fragnt One: A special curio from the Special Secret Realm, it harbors a hint of extraordinary power. It can grant the wearer so unimaginable abilities, such as impersonating any desired target, perfectly capturing the traits of the target and making them indistinguishable even if the target is present.]
[Information Fragnt Two: It has a limit, below Legendary.]
[Information Fragnt Three: It possesses temporary uniqueness; after the death of a ’Silent Beast,’ due to so unknowable rule, the other Silent Beasts will not drop this mask again until the death Silent Beast is resurrected.]
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Under a tree that had been burned black but was reverting to its original state, Amanda, sensing a change in the environnt, slowly opened her eyes.
But the next mont, what reflected in her eyes was not the increasingly familiar "wizard."
Instead, it was a tall man entirely clad in old armor, a terrifying and obscure aura continuously emanating from inside the armor.
Imdiately, Amanda perceived information about the other’s Realm.
Legendary? Sowhat similar, but it seed much diminished.
Just as Amanda was surprised and preparing to make a move, suddenly the view changed again; the armored man transford into a cold, gothic-dressed witch with deeply captivating eyes. But soon after, the witch changed again, transforming into a petite Lolita, a comical Skeleton Pirate, an elegant young man wearing glasses, a half-human half-goat youth... even, a Venus flytrap with a Big Mouth.
Amanda, already guessing what was happening, did not interrupt.
Soon after, a fair hand suddenly removed a gray-white mask, and Tang Qi reappeared in front of Amanda.
His face was both surprised and thoughtful as he held the "Existence Mask."
Seeing Amanda’s curious look, he smiled and directly handed the mask to her.
As the first treasure dropped by a Monster on the Dark Plain, Tang Qi had personally experienced its wonders.
The ability of the mask was undoubtedly magical.
It was akin to a high-level "Transformation Technique," impeccable in its execution.
The only flaw was that it had an upper limit.
That is, it cannot transform into a Legendary-level creature.
The Wandering Knight Nicholas, fallen from "Legendary," was exactly its limit.
Although Amanda was a cool young girl with experiences beyond that of an ordinary girl, as a wise "Abnormality," it was natural for her to maintain curiosity towards so unthinkably wondrous artifacts.
Tang Qi didn’t bother her, letting her slowly experience the effects of the "Existence Mask."
Regarding how to use "it" and how to safely traverse the Dark Plain, Tang Qi already had a plan in mind.
But before that, he needed to first restore his severely depleted Magic Power.
With this thought, Tang Qi directly sat down cross-legged, leaning against the big tree, and instantly entered a ditation State.
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