Hah.

You were the one who voluntarily canceled [Pain Sharing].

Now that you're feeling the pain, you want someone to share it with you again?

Since when does the world have such a good deal!

Jiang Ye was leisurely and carefree, having absolutely no intention of caring about Chen Cang's life or death.

However, he was still quite surprised and asked Chen Cang:

"If the pain is truly unbearable, why not just let go. Are you really not afraid of being... burned to ashes by this Glyph Pattern fire?"

Chen Cang thought to himself: I have the [Protagonist Halo]! What the hell do I have to be afraid of!

Anyone else might die, but he, as the protagonist, absolutely would not!

And what's more crucial is—

He had already picked up some information from the conversations.

He Yuliang's so-called previous life had once absorbed terrifying black energy in this Blood Pool space to fill his Pure Black Body.

Now it seems...

It appears Wang Lingling has replaced He Yuliang and absorbed the black energy of the Blood Pool space!

If He Yuliang could do it, and Wang Lingling could do it, there's no reason he, Chen Cang, with the [Protagonist Halo], couldn't!

So in Chen Cang's view, the pain was only temporary.

As long as he endured this wave of pain...

Then perhaps... he could also obtain a pure black version body?!

However, just as Chen Cang's resolve was firm, even if it meant he had to endure this terrifying, searing pain of being burned by flames alone...

He absolutely would not let go!

This was an opportunity he had already grasped! What reason was there to let go now!

Yet this time...

His [Protagonist Halo] seemed to have failed?!

Following Li Ku's sharp shout, Chen Cang soon heard another voice from Lin Jing: "Let go."

Lin Jing's voice wasn't filled with anger like Li Ku's.

It sounded more like a warning.

However, whether it was a rebuke or a warning, Chen Cang had no intention of listening.

Even when Jiang Ye sensed something was wrong and reminded him in his mind to let go...

He actually didn't listen either.

Wang Lingling, standing to the side, watched Chen Cang's hand, burned black by the Glyph Pattern, lost in thought.

She was quite calm, showing no intention of competing with Chen Cang for it at all.

However, seeing that he completely ignored the warning, Lin Jing finally took action—

With a gentle wave of his hand, a miniature Jade Flask appeared floating above his palm.

This Jade Flask itself had no lid.

Lin Jing directly aimed the flask's opening at the stubborn Chen Cang.

Immediately after, a voice suddenly emanated from within the flask: "Let—go—"

This "let go" was completely different from both Li Ku's angry shout and Lin Jing's warning.

It was an ethereal, illusory voice, so calm it seemed not to come from a living being, more like a purely rule-based command.

It was as if a "system announcement" was forcibly ordering Chen Cang to let go!

And this "as if" actually became reality!

That "let go" truly carried the might of words becoming law!

Just moments ago, Chen Cang's expression had been ferocious and resolute, as if even if the sky collapsed, he wouldn't let go.

Yet after that "let go," he seemed to lose his soul entirely, his eyes vacant for a moment, and he truly released his tight grip on the Glyph Pattern...

The hand he let go of did not return to its normal state of flesh and blood.

Instead, it turned into black mist, dispersing into the air.

Then those wisps of black mist quickly merged back into the independently floating Glyph Pattern.

Immediately after...

The Glyph Pattern floating in mid-air seemed to possess a spirit of its own, suddenly drifting to a spot above Chen Cang's forehead.

That posture of looking down from on high seemed to be declaring from a superior position—you are not worthy of possessing me.

Then, that extremely bizarre Glyph Pattern suddenly flew towards Wang Lingling, who had consumed the 'Exile Fruit' to awaken it.

At that moment, the ground of the Blood Pool space finally stopped shaking.

And on Wang Lingling's body, at least the parts exposed, no Glyph Pattern tattoo could be seen at all.

But Jiang Ye from the doll's perspective could see—

She possessed extremely powerful dark-type energy!

Not only could the doll Jiang Ye see it, but players present who were somewhat sensitive to dark-type energy could also sense it.

For a moment, the gazes directed at Wang Lingling were filled with complexity.

Of course, a few glances were also directed at Lin Jing.

More accurately, at the miniature Jade Flask in his hand. That terrifying method, almost like "words becoming law," made everyone present feel wary!

Previously, they had all unanimously agreed that the youth group led by Lin Jing were the weakest five players present.

Yet Lin Jing's move made the players present no longer dare to underestimate him.

Of course, among all these gazes, the most unpleasant, even humiliating, belonged to Chen Cang.

Not only humiliated, he was utterly shocked!

As if his worldview had collapsed!

He possessed the [Protagonist Halo]!

Yet the existence within that Jade Flask... with just an ethereal, illusory voice, had made him actually let go.

In that instant, he felt as if... his soul had been pulled out?

His entire being was left with only his physical body operating.

But the one operating his body wasn't him!

This feeling... was truly too terrifying!

And what was even worse—

Chen Cang's right hand, which had dispersed into black mist, seemed to be truly and completely lost!

When he tried to use his flesh-type Glyph Pattern Ability to restore his right hand...

He discovered that, with his Glyph Pattern Ability, he was completely unable to restore his right hand!

This feeling was as if...

His physical body was originally a body without a right hand.

Thus, his Glyph Pattern Ability inherently lacked the concept of a "right hand."

Therefore, the flesh-type Glyph Pattern Ability couldn't grow a "right hand"!

Because that seemed to have become something beyond the comprehension of his Glyph Pattern Ability...

This...

This was equivalent to directly modifying the underlying code of his physical body?!

Chen Cang's already extremely ugly expression instantly turned deathly pale.

He didn't dare reveal this bizarre phenomenon to the other players present.

He could only cry out in his heart: "Senior! My hand! My right hand..."

"The right hand I lost seems to be gone for good!"

Hmm?

Jiang Ye's attention had originally been on the Jade Flask in Lin Jing's hand. Hearing Chen Cang's cry, he finally noticed this protagonist brother's breakdown and collapse.

He tried to confirm: "Gone for good means... even using your Glyph Pattern Ability can't restore it?"

"Yes! My [Flesh Weaving] not only cannot grow a right hand for me, but in its logic, it seems to have completely lost the concept of a 'right hand'!"

"It seems I can no longer use [Flesh Weaving] to weave the 'right hand' as a flesh component either..."

Chen Cang's tone was uncharacteristically unable to conceal his panic.

Jiang Ye was slightly surprised in his heart, but not entirely shocked.

After all, he had previously encountered a situation where a player's face couldn't be altered using the mimic mask.

And he had some understanding of players' "physical bodies."

So Chen Cang's situation...

Probably fell under the category of damage received that exceeded his physical body's level.

Thus directly causing irreversible changes to his underlying physical body.

In this case, unless he could use some method to compensate for the physical defect when raising his physical body level...

Otherwise, that vanished right hand was probably gone for good, completely and utterly...

However, to soothe Chen Cang's emotions, he casually brushed it off: "It's probably because your [Flesh Weaving] Glyph Pattern Ability level isn't high enough yet."

"Such a minor matter, no need to dwell on it too much."

"..." Chen Cang didn't feel soothed.

But he also truly didn't want to believe that he, as the protagonist, would really lose his right hand permanently, so he confirmed again:

"Is it really just that my Glyph Pattern Ability level isn't high enough?"

"Of course," Jiang Ye answered decisively. "Besides, with the [Protagonist Halo], you really don't need to obsess over a mere physical body."

"Look at me, I have no physical body at all, yet I'm living just fine, aren't I?"

"Actually, without a physical body, I'm even stronger."

"In my opinion, this thing called a physical body is actually the greatest flaw of all players."

"Think about it, when you were commanded to 'let go,' wasn't it also like your physical body not obeying you, letting go on its own?"

These words finally struck a chord with Chen Cang.

That's right...

The physical body is a limitation!

Perhaps, if he had managed to seize that Glyph Pattern Ability completely just now, he could have directly blackened his entire body, no longer possessing this low-level physical body?

However, no matter how limiting the physical body was, what Chen Cang believed in was "better to have nothing than to have something subpar."

Either he should be like the Witch Gui, having no physical body at all;

Or he should possess a complete physical body.

What kind of state was this, with an incomplete physical body?

Thinking this, Chen Cang's heart suddenly gave rise to a bold idea.

Oh no, to be precise, two bold ideas.

The first was—

Right now, he had a peculiar "body" on hand...

The Prometheus Doll!

If he could completely turn this doll's body into his own body...

Then this Prometheus Doll would no longer be an ordinary item!

But rather... himself!

However, how to achieve this probably wasn't that simple?

And his second bold idea was...

The Prometheus Doll was right in his possession.

He could use this doll, or more accurately, this doll's [Fire Theft] talent, to steal abilities.

Actually, thinking about it now, Chen Cang did feel some regret.

Perhaps he really shouldn't have rashly tried to seize Wang Lingling's Glyph Pattern Ability.

So what if he let her have it?

He could have used [Fire Theft] to steal that Glyph Pattern Ability over!

However, right now, Chen Cang's bold idea wasn't about stealing the Glyph Pattern Ability.

But rather...

He knew the Witch Gui was powerful.

Because he had no physical body, he had far fewer limitations.

He could temporarily seize a player's body, or perform Nesting Inner Demons on a player.

Equivalent to creating a long-term residence on a player's body.

Even if the player he seized died, he wouldn't die.

It seemed like he was immortal!

Such a heaven-defying method...

What if he could use the [Fire Theft] talent to steal it?

Of course, Chen Cang also knew this probably wouldn't be easy either.

First, he didn't even know whether the Witch Gui's state of having no physical body was a talent ability, a Glyph Pattern Ability, or some other kind of ability?

Whether this ability could even be stolen by [Fire Theft] was a question.

And even if it could be stolen, he wasn't sure he could pull it off right under the Witch Gui's nose.

Not to mention, although he treated the Witch Gui as a "Portable Old Grandpa" to use.

He was also clear in his heart that the Witch Gui could control his physical body!

Once [Fire Theft] failed and he fell out with the Witch Gui...

Then his fate would likely be terrible.

Therefore, for now, Chen Cang only dared to think about these two bold ideas.

To put them into practice would probably require the right timing.

First, timing to increase the success rate.

Second... the issue of the "Cursed Doll" that Li Si mentioned hadn't been resolved yet.

The [Salvation Domain] skill between him and Li Si had already ended, and no judgment had been carried out.

Even now, he wasn't sure if he could trust Li Si.

Especially with the precedent of that Sun Person player's failure...

Perhaps failing to seize the Glyph Pattern taught Chen Cang a slight lesson.

Right now, he really didn't dare to rely entirely on the [Protagonist Halo] and charge headlong into everything without thinking...

And during this brief time the Witch Gui Jiang Ye and Chen Cang were conversing, Wang Lingling's Glyph Pattern Ability was considered fully awakened.

Lin Jing also put away the Jade Flask in his palm.

In this matter, Lin Jing had helped Wang Lingling.

However, the look Wang Lingling gave him was quite complex.

Under the curious and probing gazes of everyone, Wang Lingling didn't immediately display or introduce her Glyph Pattern Ability. Instead, she gave Lin Jing a meaningful thank you:

"I should thank you, right?"

Lin Jing, however, looked indifferent: "Suit yourself."

There seemed to be some hidden agenda between these two.

All the players present saw it, but compared to whatever was between them, they cared more about—

"What Glyph Pattern Ability did you awaken?"

"And the tattoo? Where did your tattoo appear?"

Wang Lingling seemed not to care about exposing her ability.

She directly raised a finger and pointed at her eyes: "The Glyph Pattern tattoo is in the eyes."

As she spoke, deep within the pupils of her pitch-black eyes, there really were some subtle patterns moving like undercurrents.

This dark fluctuation made her eyes look particularly bizarre.

And the location of this Glyph Pattern tattoo shocked the players present once again!

Li Ku said solemnly: "Because Sun Person players all wear mechanical eyeballs, and those mechanical eyeballs are called 'Enforcers' by them..."

"So Sun Person players generally believe that among all our Moon People's Glyph Pattern Abilities, any tattoo that can appear in the eyes is the top-tier tattoo."

"And there's a very high probability that the ability of this type of tattoo is biased towards the mental type."

This, Jiang Ye also agreed with.

His Qu Xing clone's Glyph Pattern tattoo appeared in the eyes, and the ability was also mental-type, very powerful.

Wang Lingling seemed to be hearing this for the first time, yet she wasn't particularly excited either.

She asked curiously: "This is the so-called 'Sun Person players' viewpoint? Then what about in reality? Are eye tattoos also the strongest?"

"But looking at your tattoo, it seems to be spread all over your body in scars?"

Perhaps because she now had strength, Wang Lingling had the confidence to converse with strong players. Staring at the bizarre, abyss-like scars on Li Ku's face, she asked curiously:

"Or are these bizarre things resembling scars not a Glyph Pattern Ability?"

As she spoke, Wang Lingling's pitch-black eyes looked even more bizarre.

The patterns deep within her pupils seemed to be flowing in a directional manner.

She stared fixedly at Li Ku for three seconds, then stated with certainty: "I'm sure your scars are a type of Glyph Pattern tattoo. They're not in the eyes, not in special body parts, yet they're still extremely, extremely powerful."