Him and their stars.

Chapter 2159 What's it like to have the world licked like a lollipop?

Amidst the laughter, Lan Jiufeng suddenly opened his eyes.

Yu Lian suddenly felt that the so-called "eyes like lightning, eyes like swords" setting would seem quite ordinary in the current context.

He felt that what was emanating from his master's eyes at this moment was clearly the vast Daoist charm that encompasses all things in the universe and governs the cycle of creation and decay!

"Disciple, watch closely! I will only demonstrate once! This is my 'Sword of the Cave Heaven'! Sword, come!" He laughed loudly, and although he was wearing a floral shirt and beach shorts, he somehow exuded the aura of a Taoist robe moving without wind.

"Wow! A pantomime!" Yu Lian couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Unfortunately, the swordsman holding his master remained motionless, with only faint glimmers of light flowing across the ancient wooden scabbard. For some reason, Yu Lian felt as if he had heard his master's cold laughter.

The master coughed casually, raised his hands in a gesture of embracing oneness, and then said in a different way: "Island, come!"

In an instant, the "Conflict Domain," enveloped by the vast, dark red sky, trembled violently, as if this entire world had been plunged into a cataclysmic earthquake.

The force of the tremor was so intense that even the "youthful emperors" who were closing in on them could no longer maintain their footing.

Yu Lian, however, was still able to stand steadily. He had prepared in advance, letting his legs sink into the ground like tree roots.

Immediately following, beyond the realm, beyond the surging dark red sky, the outlines of clustered peaks began to emerge.

The ominous, dark red sky seemed to be parted by a divine sword, constantly swirling to both sides. A magnificent and awe-inspiring scene thus unfolded before our eyes.

It was a divine mountain that had flown in. Pavilions and towers were nestled among the floating clouds, and mountain springs and jade forests were scattered in a well-ordered manner, clearly a celestial abode.

Yu Lian sighed, expressing his deep empathy for his master. To interfere with the illusory realm with one's own immense power, traversing two worlds, painstakingly constructing this small world of one's own, even expending countless efforts and spiritual energy to achieve a balance between surging life force and positive energy within the confines of the illusory realm—this was far more laborious and demanding than building a pixelated city within a block of electricity.

I assure the spirit of the universe that if it were me, I truly couldn't bear to part with it.

As expected, I'm still quite far from being able to remain unmoved by external gains or losses!

However, the master, who was directly involved, did not hesitate any longer. Under the guidance of his spiritual power and soul, the shadow of this blessed land that soared into the sky had not yet fallen when it crashed down with immense force.

He was as decisive as he had been before.

"boom!"

The dark red sky continued to roll backward, as if it were a sea of ​​blood beginning to boil.

However, a spatial fusion suddenly appeared between the sea of ​​blood and the earth. It was a dimensional barrier separating the crimson sky and the gray earth, completely invisible to the naked eye. It would never have appeared if it hadn't been subjected to an impact.

This conceptual existence is the real protective layer that obscures this small world.

The master gazed up at the sacred mountain that embodied his boundless efforts, watching as its beautiful peaks began to crumble amidst the ripples in space. His face remained expressionless, like a still well, his right hand pointing outwards, transforming into a sword.

Such is the spirit of the so-called Sword of the Cave Heaven!

"boom--!!!"

This impact far surpassed the previous ones. The devastating shock caused even more pronounced turbulence in the sky. The spatial barrier that sheltered this world shattered like fragile glass, emitting a piercing cracking sound, with countless fissures spreading instantly from the point of impact!
They even stretched little by little from the sky to the gray earth. On this gray wasteland of swords, bottomless cracks were spreading towards where Yu Lian and his master were.

At this point, the "emperors" who were charging towards them all stopped in their tracks, standing frozen in place like robots that had lost their central control.

In an instant, a double-digit number of "emperors" were swallowed by the cracks in the earth, but they remained motionless.

Yu Lian was too lazy to care about any of that. Through the ever-widening cracks, he could clearly see the churning gray mist. Compared to the blood-red light that was being gradually dissipated, the ether that constituted the existence of the illusory realm seemed to have a stranger vitality.

After all, these seemingly disordered energies rely on information, and information, in turn, carries life in higher dimensions.

He is coming.

At first, one could only sense that the illusory realm was opening up a small world in this conflict zone, and could only feel the flow of etheric energy. But just a moment later, behind the shattered fine lines and the endless "void mist," a huge vertical pupil that seemed to be able to contain the entire world suddenly appeared!
For these kings who have lived in the virtual realm for hundreds of millions of years, the space and time of the world they rule are meaningless.

He calmly and indifferently observed this world. The gray plains, the endless sword shadows, the shattered earth, the immortal mountains floating in the sky, and Yu Lian and his master—all of these fell into His sight.

But He merely watched, his eyes fixed on the endless abyss.

His body certainly had more than just one eye, but his body, which extended for countless miles, had long since disappeared into the gray mist of the illusory realm, and everything was no longer clearly visible.

Yu Lian could certainly sense that He had seen him. He felt he had used all his strength, barely managing to keep himself from trembling. However, his spirit hadn't succumbed to that abyss. He took a deep breath and forced a smile.

"Master, was this within your expectations?"

Lan Jiufeng gave a somewhat awkward laugh: "I had thought about what might come, but I didn't expect it to be this big. However, since it's right here, it will come eventually. This is in accordance with the way of nature."

Since the topic had come up, Yu Lian had no choice but to agree: "Speaking of which, this disciple has met Him."

This thing is naturally one of the ancient manifestations of the illusory realm, a sublime being whom the foolish carbon-based monkeys call "the Devourer of Heaven," Jormungandr.

As a being without any natural enemies in the Void Realm, the only thing that could pique its interest was probably the aura and laws emanating from the material world and the Void Realm's ethereal sea.

Lan Jiufeng forcefully rammed the barrier of the domain with his dojo in order to attract the attention of such a being.

However, the specifications are slightly over the limit.

"Oh?" Master was slightly surprised: "This is Jormungandr, the Devourer of Heaven. Among all the Void Kings recorded by humans in their exploration of the Void, he is one of the most powerful. It is said that the first person to witness this demon god was the Great Sage Lucas Mysdor. He fainted after staring at Him for three seconds and lay there for two whole years before waking up."

Yu Lian knew this person. He was a nine-ringed deity from the Age of Galactic Exploration, the most famous pioneer and explorer in the entire universe at that time, and also the current president of the Bracer Guild.

“Yani said that Lucas Maxidle wanted to test the foundation of the King of the Void, so he used the method of soul fusion.”

"...Everyone says the Alliance is a country ruled by unscrupulous merchants, but these unscrupulous merchants are actually quite ruthless."

“Yes! In essence, they are also a psionic family disguised as unscrupulous merchants, and they also have the background of military aristocracy. As for my last meeting with this person, it was with Yani.” Yu Lian said.

He then explained in detail his and Yani's joint cultivation... oops, I mean, Saint Ascension Ring joint dungeon challenge. After refining the Eyefish, they rested at the joint virtual realm research station of the Alliance and the Spirit Research Society, and then happened to witness the scene of Jormungandr's divine body passing through.

"Not bad." Master praised, "When your senior brother first went to the Void Realm, he also witnessed a vast divine body passing through the realm. It was the Void Realm King named Ghidorah."

Is it the kind with three heads? That's pretty fierce.

"That is the supreme demonic dragon with a hundred heads and a hundred forms. When it passes through, it is as if a natural disaster is passing by."

"And then?" Yu Lian asked curiously. He never expected that his master was so good at storytelling, and he found himself inexplicably immersed in the story.

"And then? He just passed out. Oh hahahaha!"

Can you just casually talk about your dark past from your youth? When Senior Brother first entered the Void Realm, he was only around the fourth ring, right? Yu Lian was immediately filled with sympathy, so he still said something fair: "Actually, compared to Ghidorah, Jormungandr is already very mild."

“Yes. He has no interest in us lowly carbon-based monkeys.” Master laughed. “He won’t pay any attention to us unless we show hostility.”

The problem now is that there are plenty of things here that would interest this enormous demon god.

Even though Yu Lianxuan sensed it, Jormungandr had already shifted its attention away from him and was now completely focused on the ethereal immortal mountain that stood proudly in the sky.

The vertical pupil began to retreat, slowly disappearing behind the gray mist, and the oppressive feeling of the scene, like a mountain collapsing, instantly lessened for a moment. But then, before the master and disciple could even catch their breath, another huge snake tongue stretched out from behind the gray mist and coiled around the immortal mountain.

Those pavilions and towers, those towering peaks and verdant hills, all crumbled like building blocks, and were then carried away by some peculiar force from behind the gray fog.

"Ugh, I can't bear to look anymore..." Yu Lian also felt the deep pull, but at the same time he heard his master's sorrowful gasps, which were truly pitiful and miserable.

Yu Lian said he understood better now. His master could probably accept the illusory beast swallowing his dojo whole, but he definitely couldn't accept being licked like a lollipop.

This is probably the difference between a quick, decisive cut and slow, agonizing execution.

Yu Lian watched as the immortal temples he had visited were licked over and over by the huge yet agile snake tongue, gradually turning the mountain ridges into bald islands. For a moment, he felt the same way as his master.

However, on the other hand, he always felt that although the King of the Void Realm extended a snake's tongue, his movements were not at all like those of a reptile devouring its prey; they were more like Hakimi licking a catnip.

Furthermore, after all, he is Jormungandr, the mighty King of the Unreal, so why would he have an organ like a snake's tongue?

Was it made specifically for us to see?
Everything in the virtual realm is indeed full of mysteries!
As Yu Lian lamented the vastness of the world and how insignificant human life seemed, the waving snake tongue continued to strike the spatial barrier. The cracks in the world continued to expand, and the gray earth seemed to be boiling, transforming from solid earth into vapor, rising continuously and merging with the gray mist that invaded the sky.

At this moment, the basic etheric gray mist that constitutes the energy of the illusory realm has long since replaced the previous dark red blood mist.

The assimilation of this conflict-ridden realm by the virtual world thus began.

(End of this chapter)