Illimitable Until Death

Chapter 293: IUD-CHAPTER 293『DEATH』…

“See the Future.”

The ability to foresee future actions within an undetermined time frame, allowing one to anticipate any type of attack from the opponent— this was the power of Pan-Dora.

This was what they called “Predicting the future.”

Now, what was the furthest future for humans?

“Death.”

The ultimate future that could never be escaped.

In terms of abilities, Pan-Dora indeed belonged to the category of “breaking the rules.”

However, the price of using this Ogre Lux was to experience one’s own death in dreams.

Dying from illness.

Dying of old age.

Dying from starvation.

Freezing to death.

Burning to death.

Being killed by someone.

All these forms of death would be vividly recreated in the dream through Pan-Dora’s ability and bestowed upon the user.

As a result, those who used Pan-Dora had to experience their own deaths in dreams every day.

The consequences of this were nothing but unimaginable terror and suffering; there was no other meaning to it.

At this very moment, Fang Li was trapped in such a meaningless cycle of death.

Whether it was because Pan-Dora truly favored Fang Li or for some other reason, the moment this incredibly malevolent Ogre Lux fell into Fang Li’s hand, it forcibly dragged him into a dream, continuously showing him various forms of death.

Apart from being killed by Sylvia at the beginning, Fang Li then experienced being killed by Fan Xinglou, being killed by Zhao Hufeng, being killed by Cecily, being killed by the Li siblings, and even being surrounded and killed by Jie Long Seventh Institute’s students.

Then, Pan-Dora began to provide Fang Li with even more variations of death.

Being killed by an opponent’s mistake in Festa.

Falling into the sea during a storm and drowning.

Getting burned to death in an explosion.

Becoming a street beggar and starving to death in the Asterisk City.

Even dying in a sudden accident during practice, without any apparent reason.

Various forms of death descended upon Fang Li’s body, tormenting his mind and spirit.

However, in the face of all this, Fang Li remained as if he were a bystander, experiencing it all in unimaginable calm.

As he continued to experience, Fang Li’s thoughts began to form.

“It’s too insignificant…”

Yes.

Far too insignificant.

Dying from illness?

“It’s just death…”

Dying of old age?

“It’s just death…”

Dying from starvation?

“It’s just death…”

Freezing to death?

“It’s just death…”

Being killed by someone?

“In the end, it’s just my own death…”

Was this what they called ‘Death’?

“Isn’t it different?”

At least, within the endless world filled with cracks that Fang Li had stared into countless times, human death was just the tiniest part of it.

“As for me, I’ve seen much richer and broader forms of ‘Death’…”

Human death.

Object death.

Disease death.

Super-Power death.

The death of all things— Fang Li had seen and even understood them.

Compared to all that, what was one person’s death?

So, Fang Li was justified in saying:

“It’s too insignificant…”

In the boundless darkness of his dream, Fang Li slowly raised his head.

His ice-blue Mystic Eyes manifested within his own eyes.

He firmly grasped a sharp dagger in his hand.

“The true ‘Death’ should be like this…”

Crack-like Death Lines appeared before Fang Li, resembling fissures in the dream.

This was the ‘Death’ within the dream.

“This is what they call ‘Death’…”

As soon as the words fell, Fang Li’s dagger, which was held firmly in his hand, followed the crack-like Death Line and slowly slashed it.

“Bang!”

With a sound like shattering glass, the pitch-black dream decisively shattered.

It had been killed.

…

“!”

Outside the dream, in front of the school gate, a soundless, eerie scream resounded like an ultrasonic wave, startling everyone.

The pair of double blades tightly held in Fang Li’s hand, which had been radiating a dazzling red light just a moment ago, now the Urm Manadyte, resembling eerie eyeballs, seemed to have been stimulated by something, continuously glittering.

“Oh?”

“What happened?”

As they watched this scene, both Fan Xinglou and Claudia were astonished.

At this moment, although no substantial sound was heard, both Fan Xinglou and Claudia heard a mournful cry.

It was Pan-Dora’s mournful cry.

That cry was filled with terror.

That cry was filled with fear.

It was as if Pan-Dora had witnessed something extremely terrifying, and it began to emit a soundless scream and then began to tremble violently.

Even Fan Xinglou and Claudia could tell from Pan-Dora’s behavior.

Pan-Dora wanted to break free from Fang Li’s grasp.

It was as if the Pan-Dora was trying to escape the clutches of a terrible monster, it was filled with fear.

As the actual holder of this pair of Ogre Lux, Claudia was the first to understand Pan-Dora’s behavior.

“It’s… afraid?”

Claudia couldn’t help but be shocked.

Afraid?

Pan-Dora, which had been enjoying giving its holder the experience of death, and had been bestowing various forms of death upon its holder, was actually afraid?

“How could this be…”

In Claudia’s muttered words, in front of her, Fang Li, who was holding the eerie double blades in his hands, suddenly blinked and slowly opened his eyes.

“Buzz Buzz——!”

The eerie double blades in his hands immediately trembled even more violently.

Feeling the recoil from his hands, Fang Li lowered his head and looked at Pan-Dora.

A hint of mockery appeared in his eyes as he uttered a sentence.

“That’s it?”

After saying that, Fang Li directly threw the double blades in his hand back to Claudia.

Claudia was taken aback for a moment and instinctively caught Pan-Dora.

“Clang——!”

As if being released from some sort of bondage, the eerie double blades immediately radiated a red light, then they dematerialized, returning to their activation body state, falling into Claudia’s palm.

The illuminating light around them dimmed until it completely disappeared.

It was as if nothing had ever happened, and everything returned to calm.

“It seems to be over.” Fan Xinglou wore an elusive smile as she said to Fang Li, “How do you feel?”

“Not great.” Fang Li shrugged and replied honestly, “Dying alone over and over again gets a bit boring.”

“Is that so?” Fan Xinglou suddenly smiled happily, “Facing your understanding of ‘Death,’ Pan-Dora’s ‘Death’ is indeed too insignificant.

This time, it truly was like a storm in a teacup.”

It seemed that Fan Xinglou was quite enjoying this development.

However, Claudia, who held Pan-Dora’s activation body, transferred her gaze to Fang Li’s body, her expression extremely complex.

“Insignificant ‘Death’?”

This was indeed the greatest irony to Claudia.

After all, Claudia had been enduring this kind of ‘Death’ for years.

For a whole number of years.