"Smack..."
Xiao Wenbing's body suddenly jolted, and then, like a mountain collapsing or a jade pillar falling, he fell heavily to the ground and lost consciousness.
The lush green quickly coiled upwards, transforming into thick vines that tightly bound him into a bundle.
"Sister..." Zhang Yaqi exclaimed with surprise, but there was also a hint of complexity in her voice.
"Are there golden-armored monsters here too?" Feng Baiyi nodded. She had no liking for those golden-armored monsters that were all show and no substance, only good for scaring people.
She glanced around, but never looked at the tall, golden monster she had defeated. Her brow furrowed, and she asked, "Where's Wen Bing?"
The monster hidden within the light barrier stared in disbelief as the beautiful woman wielded her sword without hesitation, instantly knocking out the man who had mastered the language of the gods.
Its gaze lingered on Feng Baiyi, a hint of dazedness in its eyes. In that instant, it made up its mind to keep its distance from her in the future, and never show itself where she was.
"Sister, this is Wenbing." Zhang Yaqi pointed to Xiao Wenbing lying on the ground, unconscious, and said with a mix of laughter and tears.
"Wenbing? How could he have become like this?"
"I don't know," Zhang Yaqi said with a wry smile. This change was beyond her comprehension.
Within the Heavenly Void Ring, the Earth Mirror God lowered its head in shame, whispering, "It's all my fault. I forgot he already possessed divine power, so I shouldn't have taught him divine language. How could his current cultivation level possibly control the divine status that comes with it?" Of course, no one heard these words from Earth.
"Sister, did you... hit the ground hard?" Zhang Yaqi stepped forward. She helped Xiao Wenbing up, examined him, and noticed that his face was somewhat pale.
Feng Baiyi's cold expression changed slightly. She said uncertainly, "It shouldn't be too heavy, right?" Looking at the unconscious Xiao Wenbing, she added, "Although I wasn't in a good mood just now, but... but, I didn't use my full strength."
Zhang Yaqi shook her head helplessly at the outspoken Feng Baiyi. "Full strength? If you used your full strength, then I wouldn't need to ask."
"oh……"
As if sensing something, Xiao Wenbing let out a loud groan and twisted his body in pain.
Zhang Yaqi was overjoyed. Since she could move, at least her life was saved. She pointed her finger, and the emerald green vines reluctantly and slowly retreated. They loosened their grip on Xiao Wenbing, but still surrounded Zhang Yaqi, refusing to leave. It seemed that as soon as Xiao Wenbing made any move, these green vines would immediately rush up and press him down into a tight ball.
"Wenbing... Wenbing..." A gentle, water-like voice kept calling in Xiao Wenbing's ear.
After a long while, Xiao Wenbing finally opened his eyes, his gaze filled with a bewildered look, as if he had just woken up from a deep dream.
"Yaqi? What are you doing here? Oh, what happened to me..."
"Are you... feeling alright?" Zhang Yaqi was overjoyed that he was awake, but she still asked with some concern.
"Um, I was talking to Jing... cough, suddenly my mind went blank and I fell asleep."
A hint of melancholy crept into Zhang Yaqi's eyes as she asked, "So, what else do you remember?"
"Hmm, I think I had a dream where I suddenly gained the ability to pass through walls, and then... then, I encountered, oh right, a big green monster. It viciously attacked me, and after that, I don't know what happened."
The flickering green vines suddenly stopped. A huge green monster, a sneak attack? Hey... bro, who are you talking about?
Inside the Qiankun Circle, the large stone slab bounced up and down, as if it had heard the funniest thing in the world, and even its thick stone slab bent down from the middle.
Zhang Yaqi secretly waved her hand, and all the greenery instantly shrank back into the Qiankun Circle.
Xiao Wenbing was completely unaware of this. He shook his head, touched the throbbing spot on the back of his head, and suddenly jumped up, shouting, "It hurts so much!"
He withdrew his hand, which was covered in blood.
"Ah..." Feng Baiyi immediately stepped forward, but although her skills were high and the power of the heavenly lightning was immense and infinitely powerful, she was helpless when it came to healing injuries.
Healing injuries with the power of heavenly lightning? I'm afraid the injuries wouldn't be healed before the person had already gone to pay respects to their ancestors.
"It hurts so much!" Xiao Wenbing's eyes were brimming with tears. His head was throbbing more and more, making it unbearable. He gritted his teeth and said, "Which bastard did this? I swear I will not rest until I avenge this."
If it were someone else, he wouldn't have been so ineffective. However, Feng Baiyi still couldn't control the power of heavenly lightning. In his rage, a trace of lightning power inevitably entered Xiao Wenbing's head through the lightning-summoning sword.
This kind of force is something that no magic can defend against. At this moment, Xiao Wenbing only felt unbearable pain. It was already a great stroke of luck that he did not go insane.
Feng Baiyi blushed, snorted inwardly, and turned away angrily, ignoring him.
Zhang Yaqi suppressed a laugh and comforted him, "Alright, alright. Stop complaining. A real man shouldn't be so petty."
Xiao Wenbing clutched his head, still feeling dizzy. It took him a while to regain his senses. With a thought, he entered the Heavenly Void Ring, possessed the condensed water of the Immortal Realm, and re-formed.
"Mirror God, Mirror God..."
"You've recovered?" The Mirror God's figure darted out from the mirror surface with a whoosh, examined him carefully, and said with a mixture of surprise and delight, "Where's your divine spark? It's gone. Strange, it was actually scattered. Could it be that even a divine spark can be scattered?"
"What kind of divine status?"
"Ahem..." Mirror God said solemnly, "Do you remember, in the passage, I tried to help you resist the divine sword..."
"Scrap metal".
"What?"
"Scrap Divine Sword".
She glared at him, surprised that he would still be thinking about such a trivial matter at a time like this.
"Alright, it's a piece of junk divine sword. To defend against its attacks, I taught you how to use divine language."
"Yes, this divine language is quite useful, thank you."
"Hehe... You're welcome." Mirror God said with a forced smile, "But I forgot something."
A bad feeling crept into his heart, so he lowered his voice and asked, "What is it?"
"Once you understand the language of the gods, you will have come into contact with the realm of the gods, and you will also possess an incredible divine power. Therefore, a divine personality will automatically arise within your body."
"Ah, where is the divine spark?" Xiao Wenbing's thoughts circled around his body, but he couldn't sense the so-called divine spark at all.
"They were scattered."
"What? Even a divine status can be shattered?"
"Of course, since your divine power is too low and incomplete, the power of this divine spark is negligible."
"Alas, what a pity," Xiao Wenbing sighed deeply.
"What's a pity? Luckily, it was scattered; otherwise, you would have been replaced."
"What's the meaning?"
"Divinity represents a level possessed by gods. It is a special ability gained after cultivating divine power, but this ability can also be transformed into independent consciousness."
Xiao Wenbing gasped. He understood the meaning of the words "independent consciousness."
"Your cultivation is too shallow right now. Once the independent consciousness of the divine spark is fully formed, the only outcome will be that your consciousness will be replaced by it. Do you... want that?"
"Nonsense." Xiao Wenbing glared at him and said, "Of course I don't want that."
"That's it. I really can't understand it. Even a godhood can be shattered. Hmm, so the power of chaos has such power?"
"By the way, since you knew about the dangers, why didn't you say so sooner?"
"Sigh... because it's my first time."
"first?"
“Yes, I’ve never taught anyone the language of the gods before, so when I saw that piece of junk divine sword, I became curious and wanted to test it out… um, no, I mean…”
"Fine, so you want to use me as a guinea pig."
"No, no..." The Mirror God's eyes darted around, and seeing that he couldn't explain himself, he immediately withdrew his illusion and hid inside the small bronze mirror. He refused to come out again.
Volume 4, The Divine Artifacts, Chapter 182: Problem Solving
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"Wenbing, Wenbing..." A gentle voice rang in Xiao Wenbing's ears.
"Hmm?" Xiao Wenbing finally raised his head, but his expression was very bad. Indeed, no one would be in a good mood if they learned they had suddenly become a lab rat.
Moreover, that little mouse almost caused a catastrophe. If Feng Baiyi hadn't arrived in time, if she hadn't struck him so decisively, Xiao Wenbing really couldn't imagine what the consequences would have been...
"Are you... alright?" Zhang Yaqi asked cautiously. Even Bai Fengyi, who was standing to the side, didn't come over, but her full attention was focused on this.
"Thank goodness, I won't die." Xiao Wenbing stood up listlessly, shook his still slightly unsteady head, stumbled back a step, and realized that the power of heavenly lightning was indeed formidable...
Well, at the very least, it's more than enough to deal with a nobody like me.
Two pairs of warm little hands supported his swaying body from the left and right.
Xiao Wenbing casually said "thank you," straightened up, glanced around the spacious hall, and asked, "Where is this place?"
"The end of the corridor."
"Oh." Xiao Wenbing murmured, repeating, "The end of the corridor? We got there so quickly."
The three of them turned their gazes to the same spot almost simultaneously.
In this magnificent hall, the entrances to the three passageways occupy three directions, leaving only the last direction, where an incredibly tall stone gate stands.
“Let’s go. Let’s go up and take a look.” Xiao Wenbing took the lead and walked towards the gate.
After resting for a while, although I can't say I've fully recovered to my best condition, I can still walk normally.
However, when he reached within a few meters of the gate, a faint golden light emanated from it.
The faint light conveyed an immense sense of solemnity, as if the surrounding air had frozen in an instant, no longer flowing, and an overwhelming pressure filled this small space.
"Divine power again." Xiao Wenbing sighed helplessly. In the faint light, some golden characters could be vaguely seen.
Although his divine essence had dissipated throughout his body, he could still recognize the language of the gods. So he focused intently, as if deciphering the Da Vinci Code.
Behind him, Feng and Zhang exchanged a worried look. When Xiao Wenbing lost his mind just now, the light on his body was exactly the same as this. They wondered what strange connection there was between them.
Xiao Wenbing's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. This passage had indeed given him considerable effort, but with the help of the Mirror God, they successfully completed the translation. However, another challenge lay ahead.
"Sigh, this is going to be difficult." Suddenly, Xiao Wenbing sighed and shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yaqi asked softly.
“Although this is just a garbage dump, but…” Xiao Wenbing frowned and said with a wry smile.
"A garbage dump?" Zhang Yaqi asked curiously.
"Yes, this place is where the gods discard their garbage and waste, so it is called the Gods' Garbage Dump."