353: Don't come any closer!

Just as Zhuge Mingyi was filled with resentment, pondering how to leave this godforsaken place...

...the moment he turned his head, he happened to meet a pair of equally bewildered eyes.

"Holy sh*t!!!"

Zhuge Mingyi was so startled he jolted, nearly jumping up on the spot!

How could there still be someone in this godforsaken place!

A strong sense of warning instantly surged in his heart; he subconsciously moved to form a hand seal and cast a spell to strike this person.

However, even though his fingers were moving fast enough to strike sparks, the magic power in his body remained like stagnant water, without the slightest reaction.

The scene was momentarily very awkward.

Zhuge Mingyi's old face flushed red, but he had seen big waves and storms before, after all.

Although his magic power was sealed, he had more than just those tricks!

Besides, what he was best at wasn't just combat!

Since he was confused by the scene before him, Zhuge Mingyi immediately used his mind to connect with a secret technique to deduce the secrets of heaven and Karma.

Meanwhile, Lu Ming had already recovered from his initial astonishment, his thoughts racing.

Looking at the "high-quality talent" he had previously missed out on, a strange feeling welled up in his heart, only to be replaced by wild joy.

It was truly a case of searching far and wide only to find it by chance!

However, he didn't act immediately.

The habitually cautious Lu Ming couldn't help but feel a hint of doubt.

Wasn't all of this a bit too coincidental?

One must know that the Profound Spirit Domain was vast and boundless, and the Void Realm was even more ethereal and unpredictable. How could Zhuge Mingyi happen to fall right in front of him?

It inevitably made him suspect that someone was pulling strings behind the scenes!

The biggest suspect, naturally, was that Yun Chenzi of unfathomable cultivation.

But Lu Ming thought it over carefully and felt it was unlikely.

He had no prior connection with Yun Chenzi; the other party had no reason to target him like this.

More importantly, Yun Chenzi was not on the golden book ranking list, which was enough for Lu Ming to rule him out.

"Now this is getting interesting!"

Since no one was plotting, it must be the will of heaven.

Lu Ming faintly sensed the mystery within; a playful smile curled at the corner of his mouth as he watched Zhuge Mingyi's frantic movements with composure.

He didn't speak to interrupt, wanting to see what tricks this Heavenly Secret Master could pull.

It wasn't that he was being arrogant, but in this situation, the advantage was his!

Zhuge Mingyi had just suffered a great loss at the hands of Yun Chenzi; his aura was withered and he was in a wretched state, no better off than Li Daoxuan.

Since he could even suppress Li Daoxuan, why would he fear a Late Golden Core Stage Cultivator in even worse condition?

Besides, don't forget where this is!

The Jiling Wasteland! A land devoid of spirit!

For a Cultivator here, most of their methods were essentially rendered useless.

But he was different; with the assistance of the golden book, he wasn't restricted here. Instead, he was like a fish in water, with no need to worry about spiritual energy consumption.

Therefore, Lu Ming sat back comfortably, waiting to see what tricks Zhuge Mingyi would play!

Then, he saw Zhuge Mingyi's expression begin to change rapidly at an alarming speed.

His fingers moved unconsciously in a seal; first his brow furrowed slightly, then tighter and tighter, as his expression shifted between shock and uncertainty.

Finally, Zhuge Mingyi glanced toward Lu Ming; his eyes widened instantly and his pupils contracted sharply, as if he had seen something terrifying.

His lips trembled slightly, and his face turned pale at a visible rate, eventually taking on a grayish hue of near-terror.

"Ugh... Blech!"

Then, before he could utter a single complete word, Zhuge Mingyi suddenly doubled over and began to retch violently.

Seeing the veins bulging on his forehead as if he were about to vomit out his internal organs, Lu Ming blinked blankly, several question marks appearing over his head.

"Huh?"

No, wait, my friend, what on earth did you see?

Why do you look like you've seen something unclean!

Am I so ugly that I make people nauseous?

Lu Ming subconsciously touched his face; his handsomeness was still as stable as ever!

How could he know what kind of mental shock Zhuge Mingyi had just experienced in those brief one or two breaths!

The moment Zhuge Mingyi invoked his Karma secret technique and touched Lu Ming, the real world before his eyes collapsed with a bang, and his consciousness was dragged into an indescribable Chaos.

There was no up, down, or four directions here, no concept of time or space—only endless, intertwined, and chaotic threads of Karma, weaving into a sea of Karma.

They were dense and layered, twisting and deriving from one another in ceaseless writhing, like the rising and falling of tides.

Every thread seemed to carry a destiny, and every wave consisted of billions of Karmas.

And in the center of this sea of Karma, Zhuge Mingyi saw an "existence."

It was not human-shaped, but some "great" existence that could not be described by any language or understood by any logic.

It hung quietly above Karma, yet seemed to be Karma itself.

Indescribable, and impossible to look at directly.

Countless threads of Karma extended from its body like billions of arms; with a gentle brush, they stirred the entire sea of Karma, whipping up monstrous waves that swept away everything!

Zhuge Mingyi couldn't even see one-billionth of this existence's full appearance; just a single glance brought about unimaginable consequences!

The sound of the waves was like whispering murmurs, converging into an immeasurable torrent of information, mixed with the Karmic echoes of billions of living beings, like a bursting river of stars, charging brutally into Zhuge Mingyi's Sea of Consciousness!

In an instant, Zhuge Mingyi seemed to hear countless overlapping whispers, saw countless flickering and annihilating illusions, and perceived memories of countless cycles of Reincarnation.

His Divine Soul was instantly overloaded, and the strings of his reason groaned under the weight of this complex and disordered impact.

Dizziness and vertigo took over, and a sense of nausea rooted in biological instinct seized him, making him unable to stop himself from doubling over and vomiting.

"Heh... heh..."

Watching Zhuge Mingyi vomit so violently that he seemed to be throwing up his internal organs, Lu Ming's curiosity was almost impossible to suppress.

Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, he could guess with his toes that it definitely had something to do with him.

"Fellow Daoist, are you alright?"

Lu Ming asked with a rare trace of sincere concern.

As it turned out, these words seemed to trigger Zhuge Mingyi; he was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his hair instantly standing on end!

"Don't come over here!"

Zhuge Mingyi suddenly looked up, his face as pale as paper and his eyes bloodshot.

He shrieked in a sharp voice, stumbling back two steps, looking at Lu Ming as if he were some primordial beast, his eyes filled with extreme terror and wariness.

Lu Ming: "..."

His expression a bit stiff, Lu Ming curled his lips in exasperation.

He had rarely shown kindness, only to be treated like a villain with ulterior motives; it was truly a case of mistaking good intentions for ill will.

Since the other was so ungrateful, he wouldn't bother being polite anymore, his eyes turning indifferent.

"Just as well, I'd like to pry open your brain and see exactly what you saw that scared you into this pathetic state."