Angor slowly opened his eyes as he groaned in a low voice due to weightlessness.
After a few seconds, he quickly sat up from the dry ground. First, he checked his body to make sure he was all right. Then, he used his mana pool to make sure he had enough energy. Finally, he sighed in relief and looked around.
The world was pitch-black. He could not see anything with his naked eyes. He could only vaguely sense that the place was empty.
He looked up and saw a lone crescent moon hanging in the dark sky.
Angor struggled to stand up and looked around under the soft moonlight.
— — The boundless wilderness, the pitch-black night.
"This wilderness … looks a little familiar." The image of Starry Sky and Tree appeared in his mind. After comparing the two, he sighed deeply.
Apart from the absence of the starry sky, the surroundings were exactly the same as the oil painting in the treasure chest.
Even the lone tree in the middle of the vast wilderness was a perfect match for the painting.
"So I'm really inside the painting," Angor muttered to himself.
He stood in place and pondered for a moment, trying to find a way to leave the world in the painting through his perception. Unfortunately, at least for now, he couldn't find any loopholes.
Still, Angor did not panic. As far as he knew, Feng was the only one who could connect the two-dimensional world in the painting with the real world.
Since it was Feng Hua's oil painting and she had taken the initiative to pull him into the painting, there must be some meaning behind it. Feng Painting would not go through so much trouble just to trap him in the painting, right?
Angor believed that he could find a way out if he could find out why Feng Painting pulled him into the painting. Even if he could not find a way out, he would not give up. He still had Woof Woof.
Woof Woof's teleportation ability should be able to take him away.
Angor made up his mind and decided to explore the painting world to see what Feng Painting was up to.
He did not check his surroundings. Instead, he fixed his eyes on the big tree in the distance.
The main body of the painting was that tree. And there was only one tree in the vast wilderness. It was strange no matter how he looked at it. Angor believed that if there was something special in the painting world, it must be near the big tree.
For now, Angor did not plan to explore anything else. He headed straight for the tree.
While walking, he used his senses to check his surroundings.
He still did not find any trace of living creatures. In fact, there were no traces of living creatures at all. This was a dead world.
There was still primal mana in the air. The concentration was not too high, but it would not affect him much if he fought. It was just that during meditation, it might take a little longer than usual.
What was worth mentioning was that he could no longer feel any pressure here. The wisp of Tidal Realm Will from the outside world couldn't seep into the world within the painting. Angor felt a rare sense of relief in this place.
He was not far away from the tree. Soon, he reached it.
When he was on the stone platform outside, he saw a figure leaning against the tree when the painting changed its perspective. Therefore, when he came to this area, he became more cautious.
He did not approach the tree right away. Instead, he walked around it from a distance.
He had originally thought that there might be "people" here, but after a round of observation, there was no one.
In other words, he found two places different from the painting.
The starry sky in the painting was gone, replaced by a starless night. The figure under the tree in the painting was gone as well. Only the lonely tree was left.
Since there was no one here, Angor did not keep walking around. Instead, he approached the tree.
When he got closer, he realized that he was wrong.
Previously, he had always thought that the only chance of survival in the entire painting world was on this lonely big tree. But that was not the case. The tree looked luxuriant from afar, but Angor still did not sense any life force.
Just like the grass on the ground, the tree was just a decoration in the painting. It did not feel alive at all.
He observed the tree carefully and did not find anything wrong with it. It was as if the tree was just a decoration in a painting.
Angor considered for a moment. According to his judgment, this was obviously not right.
As the subject of the painting, the tree had to have something to do with it.
After thinking for a while, Angor tried to use his spirit power to check the tree's body. First, he checked the bark, the branches, the soulless leaves, and even the roots underground. He did not find anything strange.
Next, he decided to go deeper into the tree and check its interior.
When he reached his spirit feeler inside the tree trunk, his expression turned strange.
There seemed to be some kind of encryption inside the tree that prevented spirit power from probing. But when he used his spirit power, he saw a strange, complicated pattern.
"This is … the mother pattern of the Arja Complex Rune!" Angor gasped.
He had been looking for the corresponding lock of the Arja Complex Rune Key, which was its mother pattern. But he never found it. Angor even thought that it might be inside the light orb above the stone platform.
Angor even cursed Feng for being so unscrupulous.
What he didn't expect was that after searching for so long, the final answer was actually this tree!
This tree was the final solution to the Arja Complex Rune Key!
To make sure he was right, Angor used his spirit power to check the pattern again.
The Arja Complex Rune was a kind of encryption tool used by wizards. It could be considered as a self-compiled, patterned child and mother key. The locked item would have a "mother pattern" on it. To open the lock, one must have the corresponding "child pattern". The child and mother patterns could be set up by oneself. As long as the core was an Arja Complex Rune, it could avoid repetition.
In other words, each Arja Complex Rune was unique. Each child pattern corresponded to a mother pattern.
The Arja Complex Rune Key in Angor's hand was a child pattern. He could use the child pattern to find the pattern of the mother pattern.
Soon, Angor found the answer.
The Arja Complex Rune Mother Pattern inside the tree was indeed a pair with the Arja Complex Rune Key. His judgment was right. The treasure that Feng Yu had left behind should be inside this tree.
Since the treasure was here, Angor believed that the way to leave the painting world was also hidden inside the tree.
Angor thought for a moment and set up a defensive spell around himself. He also asked Elmi to stay alert. Then, he took out the real Arja Complex Rune Key from his bracelet.
As he held the key in his hand, the dull key began to emit a faint red light.
It was the child pattern.
The mother pattern of the child pattern, which was the tree, also woke up from its deathly silence. It began to glow in the same way as the child pattern, as if it was calling for the child pattern to return.
Without hesitation, Angor placed the key on the trunk of the tree.
In an instant, the key glowed brightly.
Under the red light, the tree was split from the middle as if it was chopped down from the top by an axe. As the crack appeared, an even brighter light gushed out from the inside.
The light seemed to carry some kind of law. Angor could not see through it. The more he looked at it, the more tired he felt. He had to turn his head slightly to avoid looking at the light.
When he turned his head, he saw something incredible.
Out of the red light that emerged from within the tree, one of them actually shot straight into the sky. In the night sky where there was only a lonely moon, a magical change occurred. The twinkling stars went from dim to bright, and in the blink of an eye, they filled the sky.
It was as if an invisible paintbrush was dipped in starlight paint. When it was swung, a river of stars appeared on the canvas of the night sky.
The starry sky … was exactly the same as the one in the painting Angor saw on the stone platform.
Angor suddenly thought of something else. "If the starry sky is here, will the person in the painting show up as well?"
As soon as the thought crossed his mind, he sensed someone looking at him.
Angor was very sensitive to being stared at by the Void Traveler. As soon as the gaze landed on him, a dark-red light flashed under his feet, and he backed away for dozens of meters. The light of a defensive barrier flickered around his body. From the shadow under his feet, Elmi slowly poked his head out.
Angor kept his eyes on the tree.
The red light was still flickering, and Angor could not see what was going on. However, he was sure that the gaze was inside the red light. And … the gaze was still there.
The red light lasted for about ten seconds.
When the red light gradually disappeared, Angor finally saw what was inside.
The tree that was split in the middle had completely healed and became a whole tree again. There was no "treasure" on the ground. The only difference was that there was someone standing in front of the tree.
It was a tall man wearing a Starry Sky Cloak. Although the cloak covered half of his face, it was obvious that he was a young man just by looking at the lower half of his face. At least, he looked like a young man.
"Who are you?" Angor stared at the man.
The cloaked man grinned. He did not answer Angor's question right away. Instead, he continued, "You're the one who chased after his footsteps? Who would have thought that he would be so young … Well, it could even be said that he was a little immature. I'm starting to doubt Book of Cale's judgment. "
"By" him ", you mean Mirafael Feng?"
The cloaked man did not answer. Instead, he looked away from Angor and looked at Elmi. "Oh? An awakened demon from the Panic Realm? Awakened demons are known for their brutality and bloodthirstiness. They won't back down even if they can't defeat their enemies. There's no way such a war machine would listen to a human. "
"How did you manage to make him listen to your commands? Is it because of that thing on his chest? Let me see what it is. " After saying that, the cloaked man turned his gaze to Elmi's chest. After a while, he said, "Tsk tsk, how strange. There's a power that makes me fear and even want to submit to it. What is it? Can you tell me? "
The cloaked man looked at Angor again. He could tell that the awakened demon was protecting Angor. Angor, who controlled the awakened demon, should know what those strange tentacles were.
Angor remained silent for a moment. "A Distorted Seed. The work of a gentleman. I don't know what's inside. I just received it as a gift from him. "
The cloaked man did not mind Angor's words. He nodded. "I see. If that old friend of mine, Renekton, knew that there was such a thing, he would probably go crazy … You have to know that in order to research Awakened Devils, he spent tens of years to rush to the Panic Realm. Unfortunately, he only stayed in the Panic Realm for less than two years before he ran away, beaten away. "
Angor did not know who this "Renekton" was, so he just listened without saying anything.
"Even if it's not Renekton, my real body will also be interested in this thing. After all, there's something inside that can scare even me." The cloaked man sighed. "Too bad my real body isn't here, so I can't share the information with him. Sigh …"
"Real body?" Angor looked at the cloaked man in confusion. "Who are you?"
The cloaked man did not avoid the topic this time. Instead, he spoke in a flippant manner, "Young people nowadays don't know how to be polite? Don't you know how to introduce yourself first before asking for someone's name? "
Before Angor could answer, the cloaked man changed the topic. "But since you followed his footsteps and came here, you're worthy of my respect. So, it's my turn to introduce myself this time. "
With that, the cloaked man took off the hood of his cloak with his fair and slender fingers, revealing his real face.
Under short, dark curly hair was a fair and handsome face. Judging from his appearance, he was the type of man that rich ladies liked: thin, young, and handsome.
Moreover, under the backdrop of the twinkling stars, he seemed even more mysterious.
Those thirsty ladies would probably go crazy for him.
As Angor thought to himself, the cloaked man placed a hand on his chest and bowed elegantly. "It's our first time meeting, but it's an honor to see you here. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm … Mirafael Feng."
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