Crossing the Cultivation Realm: Two Souls Coexist

Hu Qing's heartbeat was pounding in his ears, as if it was about to jump out of his chest.

He stood in the shadow of the cabin and looked up at the monster standing on the roof.

The moonlight shone through the sparse clouds onto the monster, casting a bloody outline.

Its shape was twisted, like countless sausages randomly spliced together. Its huge body, five meters tall, swayed slightly in the night wind and made a creepy roar.

Gu Yang's face was pale. He tightly grasped Hu Qing's arm and said in a trembling voice, "Let's go! We are no match for it!"

The two figures moved quickly under the shadow of the stone wall and passed through the open stone door.

However, the scene before them almost made their hearts stop.

The ground where the bodies of the savages were supposed to be scattered now only had a dark red bloodstain left, and all the bodies were gone.

Looking at the sausage monster behind him which had grown larger, a terrible thought flashed through Hu Qing's mind - had all those corpses been absorbed by it?

I've completed this game, how come I didn't remember that it can evolve?

Could it be that we are playing a fake game of "The Forest"?

The sausage monster roared again, and it jumped down from the wooden roof, landing heavily in front of the two people, causing the ground to tremble.

Its limbs were made up of five sausage-like pieces of meat, and it was now stabbing towards Hu Qing.

Hu Qing barely managed to block it with his Wang Jian, but the sword tip collided with the piece of meat, making a disgusting sticky sound.

"laugh--"

The sword blade cut into the flesh, and a stream of fishy blood spurted out, and Hu Qing's face was covered with warm liquid.

He suppressed his nausea and chopped off part of the sausage monster's limbs.

But to his shock, the piece of meat twisted a few times on the ground and turned into a small sausage monster.

"This...how is this possible?" A trace of horror flashed in Hu Qing's eyes.

Although I have seen it in the game, it is still a little hard to believe that it is so close to the face.

Gu Yang was blocking the little sausage monster from the side. His face became even paler, but his actions were extremely decisive.

He danced with the fire axe in his hand, and every swing hit the sausage monster's vitals accurately.

But these little monsters seemed endless. Every time one was killed, more would split from the body of the big sausage monster.

Hu Qing was fighting with the largest sausage monster, and every time he swung his sword it was like fighting a mountain of flesh.

His arms began to feel sore and numb, and every swing of the sword required all his strength.

The sausage monster's attacks became more and more fierce, and every swing of its meat carried a tremendous force. Hu Qing could only barely resist.

Even if he broke through the Jindan stage, it would still be difficult to deal with Yuanying creatures.

This seems like an impossible task!

Hu Qing didn't know what had affected him. He felt a little negative and even had no strength to resist the sausage monster's attacks.

"Boom!"

The sausage monster found the right opportunity and punched Hu Qing in the chest, knocking him dozens of meters away. He fell heavily against the stone wall and spit out blood.

The intense pain made Hu Qing's eyes clearer. Looking at the depression in his chest, he stood up trembling.

The gap between him and Nascent Soul was still too big, and this inner demon was even affecting him all the time.

Gu Yang, who was in the distance, had just killed a leaping little sausage monster with an axe, and then saw this scene.

He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, injected all his spiritual power into the fusion fragments, and let the little sausage monster next to him bite him.

Hu Qing held the Wang Sword tightly, the blade was still stained with the sausage monster's flesh and blood, and his hands were trembling slightly.

Those few sword strikes just now almost exhausted all his spiritual power.

Now that I'm injured, it's even harder to crush this inner demon.

He looked at the sausage monster approaching, which looked particularly hideous in the moonlight. The fishy smell hit him in the face, almost suffocating him.

"Huh...huh..."

Hu Qing was gasping for breath. He could feel his spiritual power rapidly depleting, while the sausage monster's body was getting closer and closer. Every heavy footstep made the ground tremble slightly.

Suddenly, a warm current surged from his dantian and flowed rapidly along his meridians. He could feel that his realm was constantly improving.

Middle stage of Jindan...

Late stage of Jindan...

At the peak of Jindan, the state suddenly seemed to encounter a membrane inside the meridians, and he never broke through to Yuanying.

But that was enough now. He looked at the sausage monster in front of him without any fear.

This should be because Gu Yang used the fusion fragments. Hu Qing turned around and found that he had been buried in a pile of small sausage monsters.

A touch of emotion flashed in Hu Qing's eyes. He knew that Gu Yang was using his life to buy time for him.

He took a deep breath, and the king sword in his hand burst out with dazzling light again. The sword energy became sharper and pierced towards the sausage monster in front of him like a lightning bolt.

A man and a monster engaged in a fierce battle under the moonlight. The collision of sword light and flesh made a harsh sound. Every confrontation made Hu Qing feel that his spiritual power was rapidly consumed.

But he did not back down, because he knew that he could not let Gu Yang's sacrifice go to waste.

After dozens of rounds, Hu Qing finally found the sausage monster's weakness. His body turned into a shadow under the moonlight, and Wang Jian pierced the sausage monster's heart.

A shrill scream pierced the night sky, and the sausage monster's body disintegrated under the sword, turning into pools of flesh and blood.

Hu Qing stood there, gasping for breath, his body covered with scars.

But finally, this damn thing was eliminated.

He turned to look at Gu Yang who was wrapped by the little sausage monster, and a strong sense of worry surged in his heart.

"Guyang!"

Hu Qing shouted loudly and swung the king sword in his hand again. The sword energy swept towards the little sausage monsters like a storm.

Each of his swords hit the sausage monsters' vital points accurately, killing all of them.

He quickly walked to the pile of sausage monster corpses and picked up Gu Yang. Fortunately, these little sausage monsters were only at the level of body tempering, so the injuries caused were not serious.

Hu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and watched Gu Yang retract his spiritual power. The two of them took the remaining pills and filled their empty bodies.

Gu Yang stood up and looked around, looking at the blood and flesh on the ground, and said:

"Ah Qing, do you think we have eliminated our inner demons?"

Hu Qing, holding the royal sword, walked up to him and replied:

"I don't know, but let's get ready."

The two men stood side by side beside the sausage monster's corpse, wanting to carefully study the monster's origins.

However, at this moment, everything around suddenly stopped.

The bird next to it was originally pecking at the corpse, but now it was fixed in the air, as if time had stopped.

The leaves blown down by the wind stopped in front of Gu Yang's eyes at this moment, and the fish jumping out of the stone lake in the distance were also frozen in mid-air.

An ominous premonition arose in Hu Qing and Gu Yang's hearts. The surroundings became extremely quiet and even the sound of the wind could not be heard.

Everything around here was so abnormal. Hu Qing held the royal sword tightly in his hand and took Gu Yang to guard the surroundings.

Suddenly, the entire sky shattered like a mirror, revealing deep darkness in the cracks.

"Boom... boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the ground began to crack, and the cracks spread rapidly, as if the whole world was collapsing.

"careful!"

Gu Yang shouted, but it was too late.

The ground beneath his feet suddenly cracked, and he lost his balance and fell into the opening ravine.

Hu Qing subconsciously reached out to rescue him, but his hand only grabbed air and he fell into the ravine due to inertia.

The two felt their consciousness blurred and their souls in immense pain, as if being pierced by countless needles.

The two men's eyes went dark, they were swallowed by the endless darkness and lost consciousness.

……

"Aha...aha..."

Hu Qing's consciousness slowly emerged from the chaos. He opened his eyes, suddenly sat up from the ground, gasping for breath.

His throat felt like it had been burned by fire, so dry that it almost split.

The feeling of hunger was like an invisible hand, tightly gripping his stomach and causing his abdomen to twitch.

His vision gradually became clear, and he found that he was still sitting on the cushion, still in the practice room at home.

Gu Yang was lying on the mat next to him, and both of them seemed to be breathing rapidly.

Hu Qing looked around; everything in the training room seemed so familiar and ordinary.

Elder Han was in a corner of the room, seemingly taking a nap.

However, his figure was somewhat illusory, and looked very similar to his previous soul state.

Hu Qing quickly realized that this should be an avatar, a phantom used to protect them.

A warm feeling welled up in his heart. Elder Han's care was always so meticulous.

"Aqing, are you awake?" Gu Yang's voice was hoarse, as if it had been sanded.

He slowly opened his eyes, a look of confusion on his face, but it was quickly replaced by intense thirst and hunger.

Hu Qing nodded, his voice equally hoarse: "Yes, I'm awake."

Their eyes fell on a stone table in the middle of the room at the same time, on which were some fresh fruits.

They are emerald green in shape and look like plums, but each one is as big as a fist.

These fruits should have been specially prepared for them by Elder Han. They exuded an enticing aroma and were obviously not ordinary fruits.

Hu Qing and Gu Yang looked at each other and saw the same thought in each other's eyes.

They pounced on the fruits almost at the same time and started eating them in big mouthfuls.

The fruit skin is very thin. Just give it a gentle suck and the skin will break open and melt in your mouth.

The cool juice moistened their throats and the sweet pulp relieved their hunger.

As his physical strength recovered, Hu Qing's thoughts began to become clearer.

It seems that the last sausage monster is the inner demon. The inner demon in the Nascent Soul stage is really too tricky.

No wonder such a grand dream summit is gradually coming to an end, with so many disciples dying at the level of their inner demons.

After practicing "The Great Dream Secret", the speed of cultivation will be fast, but the inner demons will also come.

This time it was a Yuanying stage, so next time it won't be a Dust-breaking stage Heart Demon?

If it weren’t for Gu Yang, he might have died at the hands of his inner demon.

He looked at Gu Yang, his eyes full of gratitude.

"Brother Gu, thank you." Hu Qing's voice was full of sincerity.

Gu Yang waved his hand and said with a smile: "We are brothers, why are you talking about this?"

The laughter of the two echoed in the training room. Escaping death only made their relationship better and better.