I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

Despite possessing peak third-tier mental strength.

It can resist this gray fog to some extent, preventing Shen Tian from going mad like the Shadow Demon.

This gray fog continued to invade his sensory system.

This clearly demonstrates how terrifying this gray fog is.

When he thought he was flying forward, his brain received the signal that he was flying forward, and his vision simulated the scene of the scenery moving backward.

In reality, this is a deception at the level of thinking.

It felt like a dream.

In your dream, you run breathlessly, traversing countless mountains and rivers, but in reality, you merely lie in bed and blink.

"Good tactic."

"It is not my body that is trapped, but my spirit."

Even the most determined fifth-tier martial artist would eventually collapse due to self-doubt in this place where even the sense of time and space is lost.

Once their mental defenses crumble, they will be like that shadow demon, willingly embracing the gray mist and becoming part of this space.

but.

Fortunately, Shen Tian possessed a system.

And it has over 100,000 kill points!

If a third-grade mental cultivator's mental strength is not strong enough, their mind will be invaded by this gray mist.

If a third rank isn't enough, then a fourth rank will do!

"system."

[Host: Shen Tian]

[Mental Strength: 5570 (Late Stage 3)]

[Kill Value: 145800]

The hundreds of thousands of kill points were like a heavy gold mine, giving Shen Tian the greatest confidence in this strange place.

But now that it's been determined that this is a mental invasion, things are much easier to handle.

There's nothing in this world that can't be solved by adding points.

If so, then fill in all the points.

【Ding! 】

[Consumed 5000 kill points, mental strength +5000!]

The surrounding whispers began to grow sharp and piercing, as if sensing that the prey was trying to break free of its restraints; the malice within the gray fog instantly boiled over.

"Hehe... Stop struggling..."

"Stay...become one with us..."

Countless illusions exploded before Shen Tian's eyes.

One moment it's fragments of memories from his past life, the next it's hideous demons demanding his life, and even the image of his own tragic death.

This is a backlash of the spirit.

This space was filled with fear; it wanted to completely crush Shen Tian's sanity before he could complete his transformation.

"So noisy!"

Shen Tian gritted his teeth.

[Current mental strength: 10000!]

boom--!!!

In that instant, Shen Tian felt as if a nuclear bomb had been detonated in his head.

The world stood still.

Those annoying whispers, hallucinations, and nausea vanished without a trace in an instant.

Instead, there was only deathly silence.

Immediately afterwards, an indescribable warmth surged from the depths of his consciousness.

Shen Tian was somewhat bewildered.

He looked inward at his own sea of ​​consciousness, and the vast yet invisible ocean of spiritual energy was now boiling.

In the heart of the ocean, a golden flame suddenly shot up without warning.

It was very small, only about the size of a candle flame.

But it was surprisingly bright.

In this dark and chaotic sea of ​​consciousness, it was like the rising sun, exuding a sacred and domineering aura.

"What is this thing?"

Shen Tian was stunned.

Although he is a mentalist, he is a self-taught individual who relied entirely on the system's cramming-style leveling up and is completely ignorant of the profession's structure.

I've never heard of mental energy being able to be ignited.

"Whatever, who cares what it is."

Shen Tian tried to touch the golden flame with his consciousness.

There was no burning sensation.

On the contrary, there is a sense of intimacy stemming from blood ties.

With a thought, the golden flame leaped gently, as if it were an extension of his body.

"It seems...it works?"

With a slight thought, Shen Tian manipulated the wisp of golden flame, sending it circling within his sea of ​​consciousness.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!

An unbelievable scene unfolded.

When the golden flames illuminated a corner of his mind, Shen Tian was horrified to discover that his brain was filled with dust!

No, that's not dust.

It was some kind of tiny, invisible gray mold, like a parasite, densely clinging to his mental barrier.

These are all the items!

They acted like a filter, applied to Shen Tian's "lens," altering all the images and sounds he received!

It turns out I had already fallen victim to this all along.

"It really is these filthy things!"

"That's disgusting."

Shen Tian got goosebumps all over his body, and his eyes flashed with murderous intent.

"Burn it!"

boom!

The golden flame in his sea of ​​consciousness swelled with the wind and instantly transformed into a golden fire dragon, roaring as it charged toward the gray mold.

Squeak squeak squeak—!

The gray mold that had been clinging tightly to the barrier of consciousness let out a shrill scream the moment it came into contact with the golden flames.

The sound didn't resemble burning; it sounded more like some living creature being thrown into a pot of boiling oil.

In the blink of an eye.

Those mental parasites that had troubled Shen Tian for so long and made him feel like he was in an "infinite loop" were burned to ashes, leaving not a trace behind.

that moment.

Shen Tian felt that the whole world had become clear.

It felt like being pulled out of a murky swamp and breathing in fresh air.

That feeling of clarity was unlike anything I had ever experienced before.

"call……"

Shen Tian slowly opened his eyes.

This time, he no longer saw that endless gray fog.

Those twisted buildings that he could never seem to reach were now less than fifty meters away from him.

However, they are not actual buildings.

Instead, they were bizarre shapes formed by stacking together huge, dried-out carcasses of strange beasts.

As for his idea of ​​"unlimited flight".

In fact, he had been making circular motions around the pile of corpses the whole time.

He was made to wander around this tiny space for a full ten minutes, like a donkey pulling a millstone!

"It was all a smokescreen."

"What the hell is this place?"

"Something's weird."

Shen Tian looked up.

Goodbye, you awful place.

Without the slightest hesitation, he flapped his wings behind him.

boom!

He transformed into a streak of light and soared into the sky.

This time, everything went very smoothly.

woohoo-

The wind howled.

Shen Tian hovered in mid-air, with an unfamiliar wasteland beneath his feet.

Although the place is still devastated, the oppressive feeling that once drove people to the brink of madness has disappeared.

"The human world is still the best."

Shen Tian sighed, then raised his left hand.

The black tactical watch on his wrist was currently in a black screen state.

Just now in that gray fog space, all electronic devices were subjected to strong magnetic field interference and crashed.

He pressed the restart button.

After a few seconds of fluctuating electrical noise, the screen lit up again, revealing the familiar dark blue interface.

Shen Tian glanced at the time.

Less than twenty minutes had passed in the real world since he chased the Shadow Demon into the void.

He opened the map navigation.

A small red dot flashed on the screen; that was Jiangcheng's location.

It's about 120 kilometers away from here.

In the past, it would have taken two or three hours.

But now?

Shen Tian's mind stirred.

【Garuda - Wings That Hang from the Sky】!

Soaring ten thousand miles high!

boom--!!!

A terrifying hurricane suddenly swept across the once peaceful wilderness.

Two enormous cyan wings of light suddenly unfolded behind Shen Tian, ​​with a wingspan of over twenty meters. Each feather was made of materialized wind blades, with sharp, cold light gleaming at the edges.

At the same time, a mysterious aura enveloped his entire body.

That was an imperial decree from the heavens.

In this state, wind is no longer a drag, but a thrust.

Gravity is no longer a constraint, but a stepping stone.

Shen Tian felt as light as a feather, yet his body contained enough kinetic energy to shatter mountains.

"Walk."

It was just a slight flap of its wings.

Boom!

The air sounded like a drum being struck by a heavy hammer, producing a dull, booming sound.

Where Shen Tian had been hovering, a white sonic boom cloud with a diameter of 100 meters exploded.

But his figure had already disappeared.