Under One Person: The Forbidden Files of the Magician

Time, space, thought...

Everything froze under Lu Xiaobai's icy gaze!

Zhang Chulan felt as if he had fallen into an icy river, his body frozen stiff and unable to move!

Help!

I have to... run!

The instinct for survival screamed wildly in his mind.

His body was like a frozen stone, unable to move even his fingertips.

I'm going to die... I'm definitely going to die!

The feeling of death transmitted through the body surpassed the chilling pressure or the fear of the unknown...

This is like the taste of death itself!

It carries an aura of purity, suffocation, and unquestionable authority!

Xiao Bai...why?! Are you really going to kill me?!

The figure of Lu Xiaobai in front of me gradually began to distort!

A substantial magical pressure erupted, no longer freezing, but a violent outpouring!

The space groaned under its own weight, and the light, under his magical influence, was strangely bent, twisted, and deformed.

Lu Xiaobai's eyes changed completely.

All calm vanished, leaving only a pure, chilling killing intent!

There was no anger, no contempt.

Only the most direct and deadly intent was firmly locked onto Zhang Chulan!

"boom--!"

Suddenly, the world in Zhang Chulan's eyes turned upside down!

The clear sky was instantly torn apart, revealing a bottomless, chilling darkness.

Only a huge, blood-red moon, radiating a foul, bloody light, hung high in the sky, like an ominous eye.

The solid ground beneath their feet cracked inch by inch, and scorching lava gushed out like the blood flowing from a wounded beast.

A raging inferno shot into the sky, threatening to reduce everything to ashes!

Countless mournful and desperate wails seemed to emerge from the ground, piercing Zhang Chulan's mind and causing him a splitting headache.

"roar--!!!"

A terrifying roar, originating from the depths of one's soul, exploded forth!

Zhang Chulan looked up in horror and saw that the dark sky, illuminated by the blood moon and raging flames, had cracked open like fragile glass with a huge gap!

A piercing cracking sound spread and expanded wildly from the gap!

Then,

An indescribable, enormous claw, so large it was suffocating, burst forth from the crack with the force to tear through space!

Then came limbs covered in twisted keratin and writhing shadows...

finally,

A terrifying humanoid silhouette, seemingly connecting heaven and earth and resembling a moving mountain range, forcefully "squeezed" in from the spatial rift!

It lowered its head.

He opened those dark eyes, as deep as an abyss.

Two cold, emotionless flames burned in the center, instantly locking onto Zhang Chulan, who was as insignificant as dust on the ground!

The gaping maw, covered in layers of dark red, sticky saliva, slowly opened, revealing pale white fangs like those of a precipice.

Saliva dripped onto the ground, sizzling as it corroded, producing wisps of blue smoke.

Its enormous head tilted slightly forward, its terrifying tongue covered in barbs poised to strike, its target Zhang Chulan!

"Well……"

Zhang Chulan trembled violently, and cold sweat instantly soaked through his clothes like a waterfall!

Extreme fear gnawed at his very bones like countless cold ants!

Suddenly, he was horrified to discover that he could move his limbs.

But no matter how hard he struggled, his body was completely out of his control, leaving only uncontrollable violent trembling!

At this moment, fear had completely taken over him!

In this suffocating abyss of despair,

Suddenly, a figure appeared without warning between him and the terrifying, sky-covering behemoth.

"Grandpa...Grandpa?!"

Zhang Chulan's pupils suddenly contracted!

The figure was so familiar, so short, so old—it was his grandfather, Zhang Huaiyi!

The old man, with his back to the colossal monster capable of destroying the world, watched him quietly with his usual warm and peaceful smile on his face.

It was as if the apocalyptic scene behind them was just an insignificant backdrop.

"Grandpa! Run! Run!" Zhang Chulan roared silently in his heart!

The giant's heavy footsteps, which seemed capable of crushing the earth, drew closer, each step causing the lava ground to tremble violently!

The aura of death almost crushed him!

Fear still weighed heavily like a mountain, but seeing Grandpa's calm smile, a burning, unprecedented determination suddenly broke through the shackles of fear!

Zhang Chulan, who always hid in the shadows,

This time, for his grandfather's sake, he couldn't run away again! Nor did he dare to run away again!

"Move...move!!" Zhang Chulan roared in his heart!

He gave up trying to control his stiff limbs, lunged forward, and crashed heavily onto the scorching, blackened ground!

He was like a stranded fish, using all his strength...

Using only the twisting of her shoulders, back, waist, and abdomen, she crawled laboriously, inch by inch, toward her grandfather!

Gravel and scorching ash rubbed against his cheeks and arms.

It brought a burning, stinging pain, but it was nothing compared to the urgency in his heart to stand in front of his grandfather!

The shadow in front of him grew thicker and thicker.

The troll's nauseating stench had already sprayed onto his cheeks!

Its enormous foot lifted, and a terrifying shadow completely enveloped Zhang Chulan and his grandfather in front of him!

"No--!!!"

Extreme anger erupted in Zhang Chulan's chest like a volcano!

Fear was ignited and burned away in that moment! For Grandpa! For that lost family bond forever!

Crawling! Scratching!

Zhang Chulan propped himself up with trembling arms, his elbows scraped raw!

Prostrate! Kneel!

My knees were pressed against the scorching ground, and the excruciating pain stimulated my nerves!

Stand up!!

My legs felt like they were filled with lead, but driven by my will, they burst forth with power, swaying unsteadily!

run!!!

The Qi throughout the body was like a dormant volcano being awakened, surging forth with unprecedented ferocity!

The white arcs of electricity no longer needed to be guided; they instinctively wrapped around his body, emitting a fierce crackling sound!

In the end, Zhang Chulan transformed into a bolt of lightning!

"Aaaaaahh ...

With a roar that seemed to burst from his throat, Zhang Chulan transformed into a blinding white bolt of lightning.

With speed exceeding the limits and with unwavering determination, he charged madly toward his grandfather's figure, who was so close at hand!

The target was the gaping, enormous, blood-red maw behind Grandpa!

The monster seemed to be enraged, its huge mouth snapped shut, and it bit down with a terrifying aura that seemed to devour everything!

Zhang Chulan's eyes were filled only with his grandfather's smiling profile and the gaping maw of destruction.

Anger and the will to protect are concentrated in a fist that flashes with violent lightning!

This blow was for Grandpa!

boom!!!

The Fist of Lightning, embodying all his will, all his strength, and all his emotions,

It slammed into that enormous maw that seemed capable of swallowing stars!

However, there was no earth-shattering collision.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

Then came the terrifying, world-destroying monster, the burning sky, the blood-red moon, the cracked earth…

Everything,

They were like mirrors struck by a heavy hammer, covered with spiderweb-like cracks!

The cracks spread rapidly and widened!

Then--

boom!

The whole world, along with the despairing fear itself, shattered!

It transformed into countless bizarre and fantastical fragments, vanishing without a trace.

……

pat.

A bead of sweat dripped from Zhang Chulan's chin and landed on the ground in the real world.

The illusion shatters, and reality returns.

The blinding sunlight was somewhat dazzling. The sound of cicadas chirping returned to my ears.

Zhang Chulan maintained his punching stance, his fist just a hair's breadth away from Lu Xiaobai's nose.

It was as if what he had just tried with all his might to defeat was this calm figure in front of him.

Everything seemed like a dream.

Only that NaDuTong work uniform, completely soaked in sweat, clung tightly to the skin, and even slightly steaming.

And his chest heaving violently and his heavy, bellows-like breathing.

It was a stark reminder of just how terrifying everything he had just experienced had been.

His body seemed to have been drained of all its strength, trembling slightly, and he was only able to stay upright thanks to sheer willpower.

"Hehe~!"

A clear, ethereal laugh, carrying a subtle, almost imperceptible meaning, came from Lu Xiaobai's mouth.

The chilling killing intent and terrifying pressure that had enveloped the entire area vanished without a trace.

The distorted light around them returned to normal.

It was as if the terrifying scene of time and space freezing and souls being crushed had never happened.

Lu Xiaobai looked at Zhang Chulan, who was so close he could barely touch him, his fists still trembling slightly.

His gaze gradually returned to calm.

It was as if the illusionary trial that had just been so devastating was nothing more than a gentle breeze.

In the end, everything returned to peace.

Only Zhang Chulan's heavy breathing echoed in the afternoon sunlight.