Taking the opportunity of traveling through books

Trapped and struggling to find a way out

"Get ready... together..." I uttered the last few words with all my might. Hao Yang's fingers tightened, responding to my call. The power of the spirit pearl surged like a tide. I tried to sense its rhythm, trying to guide Hao Yang to adjust his own strength to counteract it. We were like two swaying boats, struggling to maintain balance in the turbulent sea, searching for a glimmer of hope.

We carefully adjusted our breathing, controlling the flow of spiritual energy within our bodies, attempting to sync with the vibrations of the spirit pearl. For a moment, I seemed to grasp that elusive rhythm, and a strange calm enveloped me. Just when I thought we were about to succeed, the spirit pearl, like a ferocious beast suddenly awakened, unleashed even more violent power!

"Boom!" With a violent impact, I felt my internal organs shift, and everything went dark. When I regained consciousness, I found myself being held tightly in my arms. I raised my head with difficulty and saw Hao Yang's pale face, the blood at the corner of his mouth shocking.

"Hao Yang!" I exclaimed and wanted to push him away, but found that I was powerless all over.

"Don't move..." He said weakly, his voice trembling, "I'm fine..."

"How can you be okay?" I was so anxious that tears were about to fall. "You vomited blood! The power of the spirit pearl is too strong. We are no match for it..."

He forced a smile, trying to comfort me, but spat out blood again.

"Hao Yang!" My heart felt like it was being gripped by an invisible hand, making it difficult to breathe. Why? Why did he have to endure all this for me?

At this moment, a silver bell-like voice rang in my ears: "Don't be afraid, I'm here to help you!"

I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a shimmering elf appear before us. She was petite, with a pair of transparent wings on her back, looking ethereal and beautiful. She stretched out her slender fingers, trying to touch us, but was pushed back by an invisible force, letting out a painful groan.

"No... the power of the spirit pearl is too strong..." The elf clutched his chest in pain, his face filled with anxiety, "I... I can't get close..."

Despair washed over me like a tide. The elves couldn't help us. Were we really going to die here?

I gritted my teeth, resisting the sharp pain in my head that felt like needles pricking me, and once again concentrated on feeling the power of the Spirit Pearl. I couldn't give up. I still had so much to do. I couldn't die here! I had to find a way to fight the Spirit Pearl!

Suddenly, I felt a disturbance in the fluctuations of the spirit pearl, just like...

"It...it seems..." I clutched Hao Yang's hand tightly, my nails practically digging into his flesh. "It seems..." "It seems...scared..." My voice trembled, hardly daring to believe my own judgment. Lingzhu, this supreme power, actually felt afraid?

The mysterious elf also noticed the strangeness of the spirit pearl. She opened her eyes wide and exclaimed in surprise, "Really! Its power is fluctuating! It seems... it's afraid of something!"

But what is it afraid of?

I fought back the excruciating pain in my head, as if it were being bitten by a thousand ants, and concentrated hard, trying to capture that fleeting inspiration. The power of the spirit pearl began to interfere with my thoughts, creating all sorts of terrifying hallucinations. I saw Wei Qing's malicious smile, Hao Shuang's cold eyes, and saw Wei Xue and Hao Feng teaming up to push Hao Yang and me into the abyss...

"No! No!" I struggled desperately, trying to shake off these horrific hallucinations, but they clung to me like maggots, suffocating me. My consciousness began to blur, and everything before me became distorted and unreal. I felt like I was being devoured, on the verge of collapse.

"Yaoyao! Yaoyao! Look at me!" A familiar voice sounded in my ears, like a bright light in the darkness, pulling me back from the edge of the abyss.

I struggled to open my eyes and saw Hao Yang's pale but determined face. His eyes were full of strength and love, as if telling me: Don't give up, we can definitely overcome this!

His eyes gave me great courage. I took a deep breath and tried to calm myself down. I couldn't give up. I still had Hao Yang and many things to do. I couldn't let these illusions defeat me!

I concentrated again, trying to sense the power of the spirit pearl. This time, I found its fluctuations were even more violent and chaotic, like... a frightened child.

What is it afraid of?

I tried to clear the distractions and delve deeper into the spirit pearl, trying to find the answer. Suddenly, my eyes lit up, and a message hidden deep within flashed by. It was... a blurry image, a... a deal.

I tried hard to see the scene clearly, but the power of the spirit pearl attacked my consciousness even more violently. I felt like my head was about to explode, and my eyes were blood red.

"Yaoyao!" Hao Yang hugged me tightly and called my name anxiously.

I held his hand tightly, my nails digging deep into his flesh, and said with my last bit of strength, "I... I saw... a... a deal..."

My voice grew weaker and weaker, and my consciousness became increasingly blurred. I felt as if I was being sucked into an endless darkness by a powerful force...

"Give up... some... of my strength..." I said intermittently, using up my last bit of strength, "and then... I can... break..."

My hands fell down helplessly, and darkness fell before my eyes...Hao Yang...