Chapter 395: The Astral Glass

"Do not, do not kill me."

"Then, can the Soul Eater inside me be removed?"

"You have already defeated me and forced me to reveal my true appearance. The Soul Eater is completely useless to you now. It has already disappeared."

Bai He nodded and decided to believe him for the time being. "I will believe you this time. I will let you go this once, but if there is a next time, I absolutely will not show mercy. I mean what I say. With these eyes of mine, I really do not know how you would be able to hide from me."

The Soul Eater Demon did not dare to speak again.

Bai He turned around and secretly feeling relieved. Fortunately, Mo Zhu had been there and given him these seemingly all powerful eyes. Otherwise, this would have truly been extremely troublesome.

After all, even Ye Shiyuan, who had experienced countless battles, had not found it easy to deal with the Soul Eater Demon.

...

Bai He opened his eyes, looking somewhat dazed.

"He’er?" Ye Shiyuan had been by Bai He’s side the entire time. Clearly, when Bai He had fallen asleep, Ye Shiyuan had not been beside him.

"When did you come over?" After Bai He fell asleep, Ye Shiyuan came over. Although Bai He had said that he could not sleep properly when someone was beside him and had refused to let Ye Shiyuan accompany him, Ye Shiyuan still came.

"He’er, as long as you are alright, that is enough."

"The Soul Eater Demon was nothing special. He will not dare to provoke me again in the future."

The worry in Ye Shiyuan’s eyes completely disappeared. He then pulled Bai He into his arms.

"Master is truly amazing."

"Shiyuan, let go of me first."

Ye Shiyuan did not release him. He seemed somewhat uneasy. "Why are you unwilling to rely on me?"

Bai He was slightly stunned. As for what Ye Shiyuan was thinking, Bai He did not know how to explain it either. "Shiyuan, I..."

"Will there come a day when you grow so much that you no longer need me at all?"

Bai He pressed his lips together. "I... No matter what I become, I will never stop needing you. Shiyuan, if one day I become completely useless to you, will you abandon me?"

...

"The way to leave Heiyuan City is to reach one of the first five floors. Once you reach them, you will have the qualifications to touch the Astral Glass. Of course, that does not necessarily mean you will be able to leave this place." As the master of the third floor, Zhang Hao had already stayed here for many years.

"That makes sense. If it were really that easy to leave this place, I imagine you would have left long ago."

"Master, the Astral Glass is the final and most difficult obstacle. Only a few people have been able to leave this place. Otherwise, even if you reach one of the first five floors, there is still no way to leave... At the very least, during the more than ten years I have been here, no one has been able to leave this place."

Bai He felt curious and full of doubts. "Why? Is it because their strength is not enough?"

"This has nothing to do with strength. The Astral Glass will infinitely magnify the fear in your heart. Master, what are you most afraid of?"

Bai He thought for a moment. "Snakes, and ghosts!"

"Then the Astral Glass might trap you in a nest of snakes, or in a city full of ghosts."

Although Bai He felt frightened by the thought, he still said, "If that is the case, then it should not be that difficult, right?"

"I was only giving an example. Master, you still do not understand." Zhang Hao wore an expression of complete speechlessness.

"He’er, I think what he means is that a person’s weaknesses are infinitely magnified. Everyone has something they cannot bear to lose. For some people, it is love. For others, it is family. And for some, it is something they missed that they can never go back and change..."

"If someone becomes trapped within it, is there any punishment?"

Zhang Hao shook his head. "The punishment is simply that you cannot leave this place. There is no other special punishment."

"You have seen the Astral Glass before, right? You could not leave either?"

Zhang Hao did not feel that this was anything embarrassing. "I have gone there more than a dozen times. Every single time, I failed and returned."

Bai He was not particularly worried about himself. After all, even if he became completely immersed in it, he still had Mo Zhu.

But... His gaze fell upon Ye Shiyuan. What was Ye Shiyuan’s weakness? A faint suspicion surfaced in Bai He’s heart. Could it be himself?

"There is one more thing. Only one person can enter the Astral Glass at a time. Two people cannot go in together. Master, why do you look like you are not worried at all?"

"Because... because I am different from everyone else. I am not so easily bewitched."

"Many people have said the same thing. They were all full of confidence, but... after you go there, you will know that I was not exaggerating." Zhang Hao paused for a moment. "By the way, you are Senior Yi Xing’s disciple. Did he ever tell you how to leave Heiyuan City?"

Senior Yi Xing was also one of the people who had managed to leave Heiyuan City. Perhaps he knew some kind of secret.

Bai He tugged at the corner of his mouth and said, "You are asking too much of me. How would I know that I was going to come to Heiyuan City?" If he had known beforehand, he would have asked.

"In any case, what you need to do now is defeat the people from the first five floors. I recommend the fifth and fourth floors, naturally, because their forces are relatively weaker."