On the way to becoming the strongest, I first became a popular person.

Everywhere you reach, there's nothing but darkness.

This darkness is like an abyss with no end in sight, so thick that it seems like it can drown people.

It is like a huge black hole, ruthlessly swallowing up all light and making all hope and light unable to penetrate.

Shi Chu took slow steps, walking barefoot in this inky black space. He felt a cold sensation under his feet, like flowing water or land.

She walked towards the direction where the calls kept coming from, groping her way forward in the endless darkness.

She was the only one in this inky world. As she went deeper, she felt that the darkness in front of her eyes seemed to become substantial and flow down, and a heart-pounding feeling came from all around.

But she did not feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, she felt very friendly and familiar.

Alone in this endless darkness, there was no fear on Shi Chu's face. Instead, he showed a strange peace and quiet.

The world, as dark as the abyss, was like a long-lost old friend, gently surrounding her.

She kept walking, and the sound of her footsteps and breathing echoed in the silence, seeming particularly lonely and clear.

Every step she took was like stepping into an unknown void. There was endless darkness ahead, and there was not a ray of light to guide her. She could only rely on the vague feeling in her heart and move forward slowly.

In the darkness, she couldn't sense the passage of time at all, maybe it was a minute, an hour, or a whole day.

She only felt that she had been walking for a very long time, but this black world had not changed at all. She was still surrounded by silent darkness, and her sight was still filled with endless silence.

She gritted her teeth and continued to move forward, her legs almost numb as she kept repeating the mechanical movements. A feeling of fatigue began to arise from deep within her consciousness, as if foreshadowing the failure of her journey.

Shi Chu walked forward unwillingly. She felt that her consciousness was close to being overdrawn, but she was still unwilling to give up.

She was unwilling to give in to what was already there.

This time, she must, must take her destiny into her own hands.

She dragged her exhausted body forward with difficulty but determination. Every step was like stepping on mud, heavy and laborious, but her eyes were always filled with stubbornness and unyielding spirit.

A faint red light, like a miracle suddenly appearing in the darkness, caught her eyes directly.

Finally, she saw a ray of light in the indissoluble ink color.

The light was like a morning star in the darkness, instantly igniting the almost extinguished fire in her heart.

The faint red light, like a distant star, flickered lonely and stubbornly in the endless darkness. It was so small, yet so eye-catching, as if it was a crack deliberately left by the darkness, revealing a mysterious and alluring atmosphere.

Shi Chu's panicked heart, which had been in disarray due to a long period of lack of hope, finally calmed down. She felt it. That was the core of her spiritual sea. She quickened her pace and walked quickly towards the source of the light.

She came to the light source, stopped, and looked carefully at this thing that symbolized the core of her spiritual sea with surprise in her heart.

It was a flower, a red flower, a bloody flower.

In this boundless dark world, only this blood-red flower blooms wantonly, like a thrilling painting.

Its petals are like carefully carved red agate, crystal clear and smooth as jade. The bright red color seems to have been dyed with the blood of countless lives.

The blood-red petals overlapped in layers, staggered and overlapping. Some petals were tilted upwards, as sharp as an eagle's beak; some petals were bent downwards, just like curled dragon claws. The surface of the petals was flowing with a blood-red light, bewitching people.

The whole flower is shaped like an exquisite hollow lantern, with bright and slender stamens sticking out from the middle, like a burning wick, emitting a strange light. It also looks like a mysterious blood-red phoenix about to spread its wings and fly high.

Beneath the enchanting blood-red flowers, slender black leaves stretch out wantonly, with faintly visible veins on the leaves, like secret lines in the darkness, mysterious and unpredictable.

Blood flowers and black leaves, such a strange and bizarre combination, blooming freely in this ink-colored space, lighting up the world.

This strange flower exudes a strange and charming beauty that is fascinating. The scent of the whole flower is like an ancient spell that makes people unable to extricate themselves once they touch it.

The strange blood-red petals seemed to hide countless unknown secrets and carry an elusive story, waiting for someone to interpret it.

Shi Chu lowered her head and looked at the enchanting flower in front of her which was less than half her waist height. She was dazed for a moment, as if she saw a figure in it.

But soon, she came to her senses.

There is no time to be in a daze.

Her consciousness was close to collapse and would most likely completely dissipate in the next moment.

It's the last step now, she absolutely cannot fail.

Shi Chu bent down slightly, stretched out his hand firmly and decisively, and his consciousness touched the flower that was swaying with a blood-red light.

A thin ripple began to spread from the point where they touched, instantly sweeping across the entire spiritual sea.

what happened?

Ling Fei, who was standing beside Shi Chu's bed and carefully observing her condition, couldn't help but take a small step back, with doubts rising in her mind one after another.

It has been nearly an hour since the end of the first stage.

But the child still had no reaction. She was really worried, so when she recovered, she stood beside Shichu and observed her condition. If her condition became too bad, she would wake Shichu up by force.

Twenty minutes ago, she actually felt that the other party's consciousness was in a very bad state, but seeing that the child was so persistent and refused to give up even when he was at his limit, she had been hesitating whether to forcibly recall Shi Chu's consciousness.

In the end, he just sighed deeply and gave up the plan.

Let her take a gamble with the kid.

Ling Fei lowered her eyes and looked at Shi Chu's somewhat pale face. She couldn't help but clench her right hand into a fist.

She herself is such a person. She will never give up until the last moment. It is because of this that she was lucky enough to save her life that year.

She had been staying by Shichu's side, ready to snatch her back from the hands of death at any time until just now.

Ling Fei came back to his senses. If he felt correctly, the fluctuation just now was the fluctuation of mental power.

She succeeded.

Ling Fei's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down. He loosened his clenched right hand and casually wiped away the sweat that had seeped out of his palm due to nervousness.

In fact, if it really came to that, she didn't know if she could successfully save the child.

Fortunately, their choices were correct and they all succeeded.

Ling Fei looked at Shi Chu who was lying on the bed. Now, all she had to do was wait for her to wake up.