I woke up to find myself transmigrated into a disabled child.

Chapter 511 The Vanished Truth

The entire Biluo clan, including Lei Xiu, was instantly infected by the black shadow, and strange black patterns spread across their skin.

Seeing this, Zhiya quickly stepped forward and enveloped everyone. As the emerald light flashed, the black markings on Yunling and the others were brought under control and even slowly faded away.

"Chieftain, how are you?"

"I'm fine, how about you?" Yun Ling shook her head, looked around to make sure that all the clansmen who had come with her were there and seemed to be in good condition before she relaxed her brow. Suddenly someone exclaimed, "Quick, look at Lei Xiu, what happened to him?"

Enveloped by the branches of the mother tree, they were temporarily unable to move freely and could only look out through the gaps in the branches. Sure enough, they saw Lei Xiu, who was furthest away from them, and his condition seemed to be worse than the others.

The person closest to Lei Xiu gave a live report: "The black markings on his body are still spreading... they've reached his face, and they're about to reach his eyes. What should we do?"

Everyone present knew how serious it was to see a dark figure; it was almost a certainty that one had completely lost their mind.

How could this be?

"Yes, how could this be?" the mother tree wondered. Before it could come up with an answer, the shadowy figure was the first to realize something was wrong.

"Hey, what are you doing... Stop it..."

At this moment, Lei Xiu had broken free from the branches of the mother tree and slowly moved towards the shadow. His black and purple wings did not flap, and he remained still. There seemed to be an invisible attraction between him and the shadow, and the two continued to move closer to each other uncontrollably.

The shadowy figure sensed something was wrong and tried to struggle, but to no avail; the distance between them continued to close.

Upon closer inspection, Lei Xiu was still hanging his head, seemingly unconscious. The eye-like patterns on his wings eerily overlapped with the hidden eyes of the shadowy figure at that moment…

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Everyone on the planet, as well as the Biluo people outside the realm, including the Mother Tree, watched this scene in near silence.

At first, no one knew what had happened, except for the mother tree, who felt a strange sense of familiarity upon seeing this scene.

I racked my brains trying to remember when I had seen this scene before. It looked so familiar, but I just couldn't recall.

Not knowing what had happened, and unable to help, they could only watch helplessly. The mother tree could move, but its instincts told it it was best not to.

In an instant, Lei Xiu had completely merged with the shadow. Initially, the shadow enveloped Lei Xiu, but as Lei Xiu slowly absorbed the shadow, only Jormungandr's own people remained in the vast universe.

At least that's how it looks on the surface.

Yunling swallowed hard. The branches that had been gathered in front of her loosened, and the Biluo clansmen instinctively gathered together, with Yunling at the head, looking at Lei Xiu, who stood alone in the distance.

Lei Xiu's head remained lowered, and he was still unconscious for the time being; this state lasted for a long time.

In the silent universe, there were no other sounds except the slight creaking of the mother tree's branches moving and rubbing against each other.

Inside the planet, the crowd that witnessed this scene became much noisier. The Thunder Clan members stopped at the point closest to the sky and watched from behind the protective shield with Cola.

The others were further away, while the clan leaders and the more capable ones could get closer. The ordinary clansmen were too far away to see what was happening.

All that was known was that the shadowy figure had almost disappeared, but no one cheered.

—Is the battle not over yet?

This sparked much discussion among the public.

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Just when everyone inside and outside the domain was about to get restless, Lei Xiu finally made his move.

He slowly raised his head, his movements somewhat hesitant. Yun Ling and the others were wondering if he was feeling unwell, but the moment they met his eyes, they instantly fell silent.

Their eyes were completely filled with darkness; if it weren't for the multiple shadows in the pupils, they wouldn't even have been able to tell whether Lei Xiu was looking at them.

But being stared at by such eyes is not a pleasant experience.

Yunling couldn't tell for a moment whether it was better to be able to see the pupils clearly or to have complete darkness.

In short, it's all very strange.

"Resh, can you hear me?"

Her throat twitched slightly, and after hesitating for a long while, Yunling finally spoke.

Seeing that Lei Xiu was successfully drawn to his voice, Yun Ling perked up, realizing he understood. "Lei Xiu, how are you feeling now? Are you alright?"

Lei Xiu: "…………"

Others: "…………"

Lei Xiu didn't respond, and the others didn't dare to breathe. Even the branches of the mother tree didn't move, and the surroundings were deathly silent.

After a long silence, Lei Xiu finally spoke, but not to answer Yun Ling's question. Instead, he turned to the branches and asked, "Mother Tree, where is he?"

Him? Who?

The group thought for a moment, then realized what Lei Xiu was asking. Those who understood the question exchanged bewildered glances. The mother tree's branches stood frozen, and after a long pause, it finally responded, "Lezhi... he's already disappeared..."

Even before the shadowy figure revealed the secret of the mother tree's evolution, everyone had already guessed the answer, but upon hearing the mother tree admit it herself, everyone fell silent.

Lei Xiu didn't pause and continued, "So what it said is true, that you absorbed its power, which is why you were able to evolve..."

The branches drooped slowly, and the boy's voice became dejected, "...Yes, in terms of the results, that's correct."

The mother tree had already noticed that something was wrong with Lei Xiu. It could sense that there was still a connection between them, but it was different from the other tree spirits.

The familiar feeling, even though Lei Xiu had just devoured the source of the shadow, the mother tree did not feel that he had been corrupted by the shadow, but he was indeed currently in the space between light and darkness.

It has to do something; the shadowy threat is gone, it's time to give everyone an explanation.

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"To be precise, it's one of my kind." Two eyes met from afar, sizing each other up. They had different appearances, but the same look in their eyes—the look of someone eyeing food.

“Same, same clan, doesn’t look like it…” Xiao Miao’s voice gradually faded, as if she also felt that her statement was not tenable. Since Lezhi appeared, it had changed its appearance many times, and it simply could not determine which one was Lezhi’s true form.

Besides, no one says that people of the same race have to look the same.

Lezhi chuckled and explained, "It doesn't look like it. It's too ugly. My aesthetic sense is better."

Before Xiaomiao could respond, Lezhi straightened his expression and said, "Alright, there's no time left, Xiaomiao..."

"Hmm?" Seeing Lezhi suddenly squat down with a blank expression on its face, it had a bad feeling for some reason.

"Haven't you always been curious about what I am?" Xiao Miao had asked Le Zhi this question many times since Le Zhi appeared. Le Zhi had never given a direct answer, but now he brought it up on his own initiative. This unusual behavior made Xiao Miao's premonition even stronger.

Before Xiao Miao could answer, Le Zhi continued, "Actually, I don't know what I am either. Our race was born in the universe and is very small in number. But if we encounter someone of the same race, we will basically devour each other..."

"Ah, why? Aren't you of the same race?"

"I wanted to know too, that's why I'm here!"

When he noticed that Xiao Miao seemed to doubt Shu Sheng because of what he said, Le Zhi chuckled and was not worried about the covetous eyes of his clansmen behind him.

From the moment he gained consciousness, he had been wandering in the universe, devouring and being devoured, seemingly just an instinct, and he never found it boring.

Until that day, I saw this little seedling by chance. It was tender and fragile, yet resilient and lively. Even though its planet had been swallowed up and it would cease to exist the next second, it was still trying to resist.

It was so vibrant with life; it was the first time he realized that living could be such an interesting thing...