Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

Chapter 592: The Road of Thorns (5K chapter, please subscribe and vote)

Now Diogakas is freed from all the restraints on his body, revealing an ordinary face.

"Kransha, just wait here."

Diogakas smiled and patted Kransha on the shoulder. Not everyone can climb this mountain of ash.

Diogakas relied on his immortal body to slowly climb up under the fierce burning of the remaining fire.

As a person who has cleansed his sins, Lin Yi possesses a power that even miracles would be afraid of, so this mountain of ash is naturally no problem for him.

Krantha whispered, "Be careful."

She knew very well that she was not qualified to set foot on this mountain of ashes at the moment.

There is only one way to cross this mountain, and that is to cut off all the sins on this continent and carry them all on one's own body.

Only in this way will the embers burn these deep sins rather than the climber's soul.

"Take out the seed I gave you earlier."

Diogakas stretched out his hand towards Lin Yi.

Hearing Diogakas' words, Lin Yi raised his wrist. The black thorns that originally surrounded it had now turned into a bright blood red, as if it had just been taken out of a pool of blood, flashing an enchanting light.

【Thorns of Sin】

Origin: Gustodia Continent
Quality: legendary
Type: special props

Effect: The thorns carrying sin can be used to resist the invasion of embers when climbing Ash Mountain.

Rating: 421
Description: A creature that bears all sins.

Price: 118000 paradise coins.

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Lin Yi discovered that the effect of the thorns had changed.

Diogakas took the blood-red thorn from Lin Yi and then threw it towards the Ash Mountain.

At this moment, a path woven of thorns and broken branches appeared out of nowhere, winding in front of the two people.

The path was extremely long and narrow, with countless corpses on both sides and below.

The arms of these corpses stretched weakly towards the sky, as if they were begging for mercy from every passing soul, or as if they were asking for their lives.

The air was filled with a mixture of decay and heat; even if you got close, you could feel the burning sensation.

Diogakas stepped on it, and the red thorns instantly pierced his feet. Blood gushed out, dyeing the thorny road red.

Stimulated by the blood, the corpses on the mountain seemed to be injected with life and "resurrected" one by one, with all their heads turning towards Diogakas, as if waiting for a long-awaited feast.

Countless arms flapped weakly at Diogakas' feet, as if they were trying to catch this contender who dared to go to the throne of the Holy King.

Seeing Diogakas start to move forward, Lin Yi also followed him and set foot on this thorny road.

Unexpectedly, when Lin Yi's feet touched the thorns, the sharp thorns did not pierce his skin as expected.

On the contrary, he only felt as if he was stepping on a soft carpet. Apart from a slight prickly sensation, there was no other discomfort.

Kelansha witnessed this scene and was shocked.

She knelt on one knee and began to pray devoutly: "Holy one, may you have a safe journey."

The thorny road ahead is a cruel punishment for sinners, but a harmless decoration for holy people.

After Lin Yi came to this world, he did not do anything out of the ordinary.

Therefore, according to the standards of this world, Lin Yi has no resentment in his heart.

The arms around him originally tried to grab Lin Yi's ankles and drag him into the abyss.

However, when these arms were about to touch Lin Yi, they were severely pierced by thorns on the side, and blood was dripping.

Lin Yi himself will not be harmed by the thorns, but these corpses burned by the remaining fire cannot touch the thorny road.

In Thorn's judgment, the corpses on the Ash Mountain were all people who committed heinous crimes.

Therefore, thorns cause the most serious damage to them. Just the slightest touch will leave huge wounds on their bodies.

After the Holy King built the Forbidden Gate and isolated the Holy See from the outside world, he fell into endless thinking, trying to find a way to preserve his throne.

Until a miracle happened, a towering tree grew out from under his throne and lifted him up to the sky.

Someone secretly set fire to the giant tree, and the Holy King was transformed into a monster in the fire.

Seeing the throne on the top of the mountain, everyone rushed forward to sit on it.

But this is a mountain of ashes after all, and those who attempt to ascend the throne often have their souls burned by the embers before they can realize their ambitions.

Therefore, all the corpses on the Ash Mountain now are the ambitious people who once headed for the throne of the Holy King.

Naturally, the hearts of these people are not that clean.

Following the thorny road, Lin Yi quickly caught up with Diogakas.

After all, Lin Yi didn't need to suffer the damage of thorns, and his steps were light.

In contrast, Diogacus is also a sinner in the Judgment of Thorns.

His legs had been pierced by thorns and his hands were scratched and bleeding.

Diogakas was unaware of all this pain and he climbed towards the top of the mountain with determination.

Seeing this, Lin Yi passed Diogakas and reached the top of Ash Mountain.

At the top of the mountain, a desolate scene appeared before Lin Yi's eyes.

Countless corpses lay on the ground, their pale fingers stretched weakly forward, aiming at the empty golden throne.

However, their fingertips could never touch the edge of the gorgeous seats, and their fingers stained with the dust of death silently revealed their failure.

On the throne, the glittering golden lines outlined miracles, patterns of pain and miracles interwoven together.

The wind blew violently from all directions, blowing up the dust and dead leaves on the ground and evoking a faint mournful hum in this dead land.

Among the corpses, there were no more cries and shouts of life, only deathly silence.

On the top of this mountain filled with the breath of death, the Golden Throne silently witnesses the fall of every soul and records the end of every life.

Lin Yi walked to the front of the golden throne and sat down. The only thing that made Lin Yi feel uncomfortable was that his butt was hurt. It was far less comfortable to sit on than the single sofa in his Chinese medicine clinic.

This Holy King was truly a ruthless man. The golden throne was completely bare, without anything covering it. Even when he sat on it, he felt a chill on his butt.

Just after Lin Yi sat on the throne, the corpse under the throne underwent a strange change.

Countless pale arms slowly rose from the mountain of corpses, holding up a golden crown together, and then passed the crown in front of Lin Yi.

The meaning of this action couldn't be more obvious - Lin Yi had passed the test.

Now, he is qualified to be crowned as the new Holy King.

"Me? Become the Holy King? Sorry, I may kill your God soon, so I won't be the Holy King anymore."

Lin Yi looked at the golden crown in front of him, but did not reach out to take it. Instead, he stood up and brushed the dust off his butt.

Although the golden throne was noble, it was indeed uncomfortable to sit on.

If I were a Holy King, I would definitely change to a comfortable sofa.

About ten minutes later, Diogakas finally climbed to the top of the mountain after much difficulty.

Diogakas' body was covered with wounds scratched by thorns. Bright red blood kept flowing out of the wounds, dripping into the mountain of ash below and disappearing without a trace.

Diogakas stood on the Ash Mountain, panting and looking at Lin Yi.

He tried hard to steady himself, staggered to the golden throne, and sat down.

“Do you want to be the Holy King? The crown is here, do you want to wear it?” Seeing this, Lin Yi took the crown from the pale arm in front of him and handed it to Diogakas.

Diogakas shook his head. He slowly raised the Sword of Thorns in his hand and pointed the blade at his chest.

"The blood of miracles can open the way for you." Diogakas took a deep breath, gripped the blade tightly with both hands, and then stabbed it into his abdomen fiercely, piercing the golden throne together.

Seeing this, Lin Yi immediately took out the key he got from the Holy King from his personal space.

The key seemed to have its own spirit and automatically floated to the right side of the golden throne and inserted into a keyhole that had not been noticed before.

As the key was inserted, the blood flowing from Diogakas' body began to be slowly absorbed by the grooves on the throne.

The blood flowed in the grooves, gradually outlining a distorted image of the Holy Father and the Mother of All Mothers.

At the same time, the thorn sword that pierced Diogakas also changed. Countless thorns grew wildly from Diogakas's wound, and these thorns tightly wrapped around the golden throne. From a distance, they seemed to merge with the distorted image of the Holy Father.

After absorbing enough blood, the Golden Throne finally underwent a change.

Creak, creak... With the sound of the metal mechanism operating laboriously, the golden throne began to tilt slowly.

When it tilted to an angle of about 30 degrees, the throne seemed to be stuck by something, making a harsh friction sound.

Lin Yi walked over to take a look and found that one of the gears was stuck due to disrepair, which made the entire mechanism unable to move.

After punching the gear in, the mechanism continued to turn, and soon a dark hole was revealed.

The cave was bottomless and only the sound of howling wind could be heard from below.

He held his breath and waited for dozens of seconds before he vaguely heard the crisp sound of gravel hitting metal.

"gone."

Lin Yi waved towards Diogakas, but unfortunately, Diogakas was covered with thorns at this time and it was obvious that he could not hear what Lin Yi said.

The wind was whistling in his ears, Lin Yi was in a state of free fall, and it was pitch black around him.

According to his previous judgment, this vertical shaft is at least hundreds of meters deep.

In order to slow down his falling speed, a purple dagger appeared in Lin Yi's hand. He skillfully flipped the dagger, held the knife in his backhand, and stabbed it into the metal wall with the blade facing downward.

Swish~ The dagger drew a deep cut on the metal wall. At the same time, Lin Yi put one foot against the metal wall, using friction and resistance to slow down his falling speed.

However, the descent continues.

After falling for about fifteen seconds, Lin Yi's brows furrowed.

He had previously tested the depth of the cave with a stone. Normally, he should have reached the bottom by now.

But now, he was still falling, which seemed to mean that the hole was much deeper than expected.

Lin Yi raised his arm and pulled the dagger out of the metal wall, and his falling speed gradually increased.

boom!
Three seconds later, Lin Yi successfully fell into the ground.

In areas of this depth, the surroundings are so dark that you can't even see your hand in front of you.

Lin Yi pulled out a military fluorescent stick from his waist, which soon emitted green fluorescence.

With the help of this faint green fluorescence, Lin Yi began to carefully observe the surrounding environment.

The hole he found himself in was shaped like a shaft, cylindrical in shape, and the surrounding walls were made entirely of metal.

I don’t know how the Church of Pain built this kind of metal shaft with its technological level.

Under Lin Yi's feet was a large solid iron plate, and no exit was found on the surrounding metal walls.

"Dead end?" Lin Yi frowned and looked at the metal walls around him. Apart from large patches of red rust, he did not find any other clues.

He tried knocking on the metal wall, hoping to find a hidden mechanism, but after all his efforts he still found nothing.

Unwilling to give up, Lin Yi squatted on the ground and began to knock on the metal floor below with his hands.

The sounds of "dong, dong, dong" echoed in the empty underground, as if with some kind of rhythm.

Suddenly, his eyebrows raised, and a hint of excitement appeared in his voice, "Empty."

Lin Yi stood up, stared at the metal ground beneath his feet, and then punched it hard.

With a creaking sound, the metal floor suddenly sank a few centimeters.

"I see."

Lin Yi knew what was going on. According to his judgment, the metal shaft he was in was actually an elevator, and the metal plate under his feet was the tray of the elevator.

Due to years of disrepair and the humid environment underground, the metal parts had rusted, causing the pallet to become stuck in mid-air.

If you follow the normal process, you should open the mechanism of the throne first, and then the metal tray will rise.

As the throne is closed, the metal tray slowly descends.

But now, it is clear that this process is no longer working properly.

With a click, the sound of metal breaking came from below, and the entire metal plate trembled.

Then, a harsh friction sound was heard and the metal plate began to fall slowly.

The initial falling speed was not too fast, but as time went on, the rust on the mechanism below seemed to be worn away, causing the metal plate to fall faster and faster.

Lin Yi held on to the edge of the metal plate tightly, trying to keep his balance.

Lin Yi now feels like he is in an elevator that has an accident and is falling down at an accelerating rate.

Looking around, his eyes were drawn to a metal door.

The metal door was engraved with difficult-to-decipher patterns. There was not a trace of rust on the door, and it had obviously been carefully maintained. There was a round hole in the center.

Lin Yi carefully observed the situation inside the round hole. He found that the round hole was about 50 centimeters deep and there was a metal rod next to it, which was probably the key mechanism to open the metal door.

Lin Yi pulled out the black and white rose from his waist and stabbed the sword into the metal door.

Ding.

Amidst flying sparks, the tip of the sword left only a shallow dent on the door.

This thing is very strong. To be precise, there is some kind of energy protecting this metal door.

It’s not that Lin Yi is unable to destroy the metal door, but if he uses brute force to break it down, it will take him at least several hours, or even longer.

Lin Yi stared at the indentation on the metal door, gradually realizing that the design matched the shape of the Self-Restraint Stigmata surprisingly well.

After installing the Self-Restraint Stigma on the metal door in front of him, Lin Yi pulled down the lever, and a clicking sound of the mechanism operating could be heard from inside the door.

With a rumbling sound, the metal door slowly rose, revealing a dark corridor.

Lin Yi stepped into the corridor. It was pitch black all around him. Only five stone statues of various shapes in front of him were vaguely visible in the faint light.

These stone statues surround a mirror, as if guarding it.

Apart from this, there is nothing here.

When he came to the mirror, Lin Yi found that the things in the mirror were constantly changing.

Lin Yi tried to stretch out his palm to touch the mirror. The moment he touched it, a strong attraction came from the mirror, instantly pulling him into the world in the mirror.

[Hint: The hunter has entered the hidden area, the other side of the dream.]

[The other side of the dream is a highly dangerous area, and the rewards such as treasure chests and the origin of the world are increased by 20%. 】

[Because the Other Side of Dreams is a hidden area, if you want to enter the Other Side of Dreams, the hunter needs to consume 400 Paradise Coins per hour. If the Paradise Coins are insufficient, the hunter will be forcibly teleported to the entrance of the Other Side of Dreams. ]

“The other side of the dream.”

Lin Yi muttered, he did not forget the news he had obtained from Tepidad before, that the god who spread miracles was on the other side of the dream.

Looking out, the scenery in front of Lin Yi was changing rapidly like a kaleidoscope.

A simple thatched hut turned into a magnificent palace in the blink of an eye, and then transformed into a towering tree with luxuriant branches and leaves reaching into the sky.

Everything around seems to be constantly reorganizing and evolving, without a fixed form.

In this ever-changing dream, only one road remains unchanged.

It leads straight to the top of a mountain in the distance, as if it is the only guide through this chaotic space.

A black and white rose appeared in Lin Yi's hand. You should know that this is a high-risk area in the Samsara Paradise.

In the dream world, space and time are interwoven into an intricate invisible web.

Every step forward may lead to a whole new world.

The quaint stone bridges in the waterside gardens and the golden terraces in the countryside, every scene is like a dream, but disappears in the blink of an eye and is replaced by a new one.

The world of dreams continues to unfold in the cycle of birth and death.

Lin Yi ignored the changing scenery around him, but continued moving forward along the road, and soon came to a floating mountain range.

Under the sky, three huge heads look like gods walking in the clouds.

Golden hot oil flows in their eyes, and every drop of it is like liquid sunlight, sparkling with dazzling luster.

When the golden liquid slid down the cheeks and fell to the ground, it made a subtle but crisp "sizzling" sound the moment it touched the dust, like the whisper of an angel.

The sky is their temple, the clouds are their cloaks, and the tears of gold and hot oil are the last tenderness they give to the world.

(End of this chapter)