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Chapter 825 He Awakened!
"What huge eyes!"

Upon seeing the other party's appearance, Luo Jun was quite surprised. He had thought it would be some kind of terrifying monster, but it turned out to be something like this... What kind of attack does it use? It can't possibly be trying to stare him to death, can it?
Just then, the golden pupil in the center of the giant eyeball suddenly contracted, and a tangible spiritual force shot out, instantly enveloping Luo Jun!
"Well……"

Luo Jun felt a shock to his brain, and the world spun around him, but he managed to hold on thanks to his strong mental fortitude.

"What is this..." Luo Jun rubbed his temples, looking at the eyeball opposite him with surprise: "It has such strong mental power, even I..."

Seeing that the impact had no effect, the pupils contracted again, releasing impacts one after another!

Sensing the terrifying mental force approaching, Luo Jun immediately raised his hands to defend! The shield-like form with his five fingers spread out could not only block physical attacks, but was also effective against magic and even mental shocks!

While barely withstanding the terrifying mental impact, Luo Jun pushed off with both feet and activated the Aerial Moon Step, heading straight for the giant eyeball!
Since you're good at mental attacks, I'll just eliminate you physically!

But just as Luo Jun was about to rush over, that big eyeball suddenly closed!

That's right, it's closed!

This solitary eye, devoid of even eyelids, suddenly shrinks in size from both above and below, yet its eyelids remain completely invisible. It appears as if it has been entirely obscured by two transparent eyelids, vanishing entirely.

Luo Jun rushed to the location of the giant eyeball without encountering any resistance. Just then, another mental shock hit him, making Luo Jun dizzy. When he looked up, he saw that the giant eyeball had somehow moved directly above him!

Luo Jun accelerated upwards, but in the blink of an eye, he reappeared hundreds of meters away, attacking Luo Jun from another angle!

What's going on? This guy appears in the blink of an eye, without even a cooldown period. Who can catch him?!

While complaining, Luo Jun began to miss the skills he had in the [game] world. If he could still use them now, he would have plenty of ways to deal with it!
Unfortunately, in the main world, Luo Jun is a tough and reckless brute... Don't I have any of my treasures that can deal with him?
Suddenly, Luo Jun remembered a skill card from the Creation Chess game. He immediately opened the chess box, took out the skill card, mentally rolled a die, and drew one.

The card depicts an archer with a look of astonishment, with a man behind him holding a long sword and an arrow stuck in his shoulder.

To get to the root of the problem: once activated, the user will instantly teleport behind the attacker after being hit for the first time.

This is it! Luo Jun immediately activated the card, and then the mental shock from the big-eyed monster arrived!
The moment he was attacked, Luo Jun's body disappeared and reappeared behind the giant eyeball!
Luo Jun casually grabbed a flying blood vessel and, without giving the other party another chance to blink, immediately injected the black fire he had been preparing into it!
You think you have strong mental fortitude? I'll see if you can withstand this!
Knowing the eyeball's mental strength, Luo Jun didn't hold back this time, unleashing the full power of his black flames! The large eyeball shuddered upon being attacked, then blinked and disappeared. However, when it reappeared, the black flames hadn't been swept away; the eyeball trembled violently, seemingly enduring immense pain. Luo Jun could even see bursts of black flames erupting from its body!
"Awoooooo!"

A piercing scream rang out, making Luo Jun's head throb, but his eardrums didn't react at all!
This is not a real sound, but a howl from the spiritual world. This eyeball is using its spiritual power to howl and vent its immense pain!

The more pain it experiences, the more effective Luo Jun's attack is!
"Are you kidding? Back then, even Luo Jun couldn't completely extinguish that black flame. He only managed to pass by lasting five minutes thanks to the challenge rules. Now, this black flame, nourished and strengthened by Luo Jun's mental power, is far stronger than the flame in the challenge back then. Even with the mental power of this big-eyed guy, there's no way he can extinguish it!"
Shout and yell, this command will only deplete your mental energy faster and hasten your death!

Once you're completely burned dry, I'll have a good look at what kind of monster you really are!
But soon, Luo Jun realized something was wrong!

Under the scorching heat of the black flames, the eyeball could no longer unleash its precise and powerful impact, but its howling never stopped, and even grew louder, causing Luo Jun to tremble all over.

Is this thing's spiritual power infinite?

Luo Jun gritted his teeth, but just then, he suddenly heard a familiar voice again!

"thump!"

It's a heartbeat!

Luo Jun's eyes widened. He remembered this heartbeat that made the entire underground cave tremble when the monster had just awakened!
Previously, when Luo Jun rushed into those countless tentacles, the heartbeats had disappeared without him noticing. Luo Jue had assumed that the heartbeats were merely the power activating the monster's body, and that once the monster was fully awake, there would be no need for it to beat so frantically. But now, those terrifyingly loud heartbeats had actually reappeared!

That makes sense. If it's just a big eyeball, how can it generate such a huge heartbeat? Could it be that this eyeball isn't the true form of this sixth-tier monster?

As this guess flashed through his mind, Luo Jun suddenly noticed that some kind of translucent tissue had suddenly appeared around the constantly trembling eyeballs!
One by one, strip by strip, divided into upper and lower halves, they covered most of the eyeball, only revealing the pupil and part of the whites of the eye, making it look like... just like an ordinary eye!
That's right, it's just a normal eye. Those upper and lower halves are two eyelids!
Not just the eyelids, but thick, long eyelashes, like steel cables, sprouted one after another. Then, the eyelids closed, completely obscuring the eyeball. Next, more translucent tissues appeared around it, from hard bones to clearly defined muscles, pale yellow fat, blood vessels, and skin… In just a few seconds, a gigantic human head, hundreds of meters long, formed around that eye, like a mountain peak suspended high in the sky!

Upon seeing this scene, Luo Jun's pupils dilated in shock. He hadn't expected that the monster wasn't just what it looked like; it really was a giant's eyeball.

One of its eyeballs was tens of meters in diameter, and its head was as big as a mountain. What kind of monster was this? Seeing that a spine, blood vessels, and muscles were already growing under the head, Luo Jun knew that if this monster were to completely give up its whole body, things would probably get complicated!
With that thought in mind, he suppressed the dizziness brought on by the howling, forced himself to activate the Aerial Moon Step, and charged toward the monster!

I still have plenty of energy. With the added attack power from my weaponry to break through its defenses, and then a burst of black fire, I should be able to damage this monster!

But as soon as Luo Jun rushed out, he saw the huge monster suddenly open its mouth.

"roll!"

A powerful and resonant voice burst forth, this time not on a spiritual level, but a real and tangible roar!

The enormous sound waves and exhaled breath instantly enveloped Luo Jun, and his body felt pain for the first time in a long time amidst the violent shock... This was not the kind of pain that stopped at the skin and flesh, but a severe pain that came from the inside out, from his internal organs to his muscles and bones!
"Pfft!" Luo Jun spat out a mouthful of blood. As he rolled around, he noticed an invisible sound wave spreading across the land thousands of meters below him, leveling all the buildings, trees, roads, and even mountains along its path!

Luo Jun was terrified. What on earth was this thing? It only roared once, yet it possessed such terrifying power? Even the divine monster back then wasn't this terrifying, was it?
What exactly is a sixth-tier monster?!

Meanwhile, thousands of kilometers away in Paradise City...

"What exactly is this..." Elder Caroline was in a spherical secret chamber, with a platform extending from the entrance at the edge of the chamber beneath her feet, and a huge crystal ball that kept flashing red light in front of her!

"How could a divine remains exhibit such fluctuations?"

"Elder, what does this mean?" Behind her stood a somewhat immature young girl.

Her name is Melina, a junior member of the Hellstream family. She just broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm last year, and this is her first time in the Wasteland. Because she is relatively weak, she was assigned a very simple task: to monitor the state of the crystal ball in this room.

Melina and two other junior members of the clan with similarly low cultivation levels took turns doing this job for more than three months. During this time, the crystal ball remained completely still, and they didn't even know what they were monitoring.

Until today, during the monitoring process, Melina suddenly noticed a flash of red light on the crystal ball.

At first she thought she was seeing things, but she soon discovered that the crystal ball began to flash red light regularly.

This was the first time she had seen the crystal ball react, so she immediately reported the situation.

She initially thought it was a normal work report, but to her surprise, the person on the other end started to tremble after hearing her description of the phenomenon, and told her not to move and to wait for Elder Caroline to come over!
Why would a mere red light from this crystal ball warrant alarming the Elder? After hanging up the communication, Melina was still a little puzzled. Then she saw the red light on the crystal ball flashing faster and brighter, until finally it resembled a dazzling disco ball in a ballroom.

At this moment, Elder Caroline finally arrived. Upon seeing the crystal ball flashing red light, she stared in astonishment, her forehead covered in cold sweat.

“Elder?” Melina asked tentatively.

"This is beyond my control!" Caroline gritted her teeth and immediately contacted the outside world through the communicator: "Quickly, send the message back to the main world and let the clan leader know! Do it as fast as possible, or who knows what will happen!"

"Is...is it really that exaggerated?" Melina was a little frightened.

"You're new here, aren't you?" After arranging everything, Caroline looked at the young face behind her. "You look a little unfamiliar."

“I…I’m Melina, and my father is Karl…” Melina answered nervously.

“Karl?” Caroline frowned. “Is he Aunt Bella’s son?”

Melina nodded: "Yes, Bella is my grandmother..."

“It’s a pity. If Karl were still alive, even if he hadn’t reached his peak, he would probably be a key member of the clan. I’m afraid that when I was a child, the person I admired most among my clan peers was your father…” After recalling the past for a moment, Caroline sighed, “This is the first time you’ve seen this crystal ball move, isn’t it?”

Melina nodded.

"This crystal ball is a treasure dug out from the body of a very dangerous being in the Wasteland. Although it has left the body, it still has a connection with the original body, and its state reflects the state of the original body."

"Normally this crystal ball doesn't make any noise at all..." Melina asked curiously.

“Because the main body has been asleep,” Caroline said. “During its deep sleep, the crystal ball does not react at all. But just like humans dream, even though that powerful being is asleep, its body still maintains basic physiological functions and will occasionally become slightly active.”

"Generally speaking, this kind of minute activity will manifest as a fleeting flash of white or green light. Sometimes it's more intense, but at most it's just a blue light. In this case, there's basically nothing to worry about..."

"But if a purple light appears, it means that the body may have been stimulated in some way and may be able to awaken. In that case, we need to make some preparations or go to the scene to check the situation."

"And the current red?" Melina had a bad feeling.

“If red appears, it means that the powerful and dangerous being has awakened!” Caroline gritted her teeth and said, “Moreover, the faster the red flashes, the more active the body is, and the more life energy it is mobilizing… As far as I know, I’ve only seen red once, two years ago, and that was nowhere near as frequent as this flashing…”

"Two years ago?" Melina asked curiously, "What happened?"

“That’s not something you should be concerned about.” Caroline waved her hand. “In short, red is a danger signal. If it were purple, I could go to the scene and check it out. There’s a high chance I could still resolve it. But red… that’s no longer a situation that someone below the Feathered Realm can intervene in. I can only report to the Clan Chief. Besides, the fact that it’s flashing so fast means that thing has recovered a considerable amount of power!”

As they spoke, the crystal ball suddenly began to flash more frequently, and the red color lingered for longer and longer periods!
"What's going on?" Caroline exclaimed in shock. "He's already awake, so what's still stimulating Him?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the crystal ball suddenly stopped flashing.

Although it no longer flickers, it hasn't dimmed either; quite the opposite, in fact.

That's right, the crystal ball has changed from its original sparkling to a constant red, like a giant red lantern hanging in the empty spherical space!

(End of this chapter)