Global Awakening SSS-Rank: Hearing the Beauty’s Heart

Chapter 96: Unnameable! Unmentionable! Unhearable! Uncallable!

As Lin Tianming followed Tianshui quickly out of the Ice and Snow Secret Realm, he saw even more corpses. Just like the ones they had stopped to observe earlier, these people had died with expressions of extreme fear, their bodies twisted beyond recognition. This made Lin Tianming's curiosity about the Wraith God even harder to suppress.

During this time, he paid attention to the thoughts of Tianshui, Ye Qingxue, and Feng Lan, but all he could hear were their fears about the Wraith God, without any detailed information about it. Why would beings who had once ascended to godhood fear the Wraith God so much?

Unable to resist, Lin Tianming asked Tianshui, who was at the front, "Teacher Tianshui, these people died in such strange and horrifying ways. Can you tell what happened?"

Before Tianshui could answer, Ye Qingxue, holding his arm, quickly warned him not to ask further. "Brother Tianming, don't ask. Knowing too much now is not good!"

[It must be the Wraith God. We can't talk about that thing in the Ice and Snow Secret Realm; it will attract its attention!]

Feng Lan agreed and whispered, "Tianming, don't think about it. We'll discuss it later!"

[The Wraith God isn't something to discuss lightly, especially in a place where it might already be revived and descending!]

Tianshui also did not directly answer Lin Tianming's question. "Little brother Tianming, these people did die in very strange ways. To avoid becoming one of them, let's get out of here first!"

[The more you know and think about it, the more likely you are to attract the Wraith God. We need to escape before it focuses on us!]

Seeing that they were all being evasive, Lin Tianming's curiosity grew even stronger. Tianshui had previously mentioned that the Wraith God and the gods of the three Ascending Divine Kingdoms were beings whose power far exceeded that of divine creatures. In theory, the Wraith God should be similar to the gods of the three Ascending Divine Kingdoms, right? She had lived through the era when the three Ascending Divine Kingdoms descended and had even fought against their gods. Why would she fear the Wraith God?

Wait...

Remembering something, Lin Tianming began to search his mind for the memories of encountering the mechanical god Tiamat. Quickly recalling, Lin Tianming remembered that Tiamat had also mentioned the Wraith God. Ten thousand years ago, the three Ascending Divine Kingdoms and Tiamat's world, unable to withstand the Wraith God, had to abandon the world Lin Tianming now lived in and seal themselves away.

Even the three Ascending Divine Kingdoms had to abandon their original land, meaning the Wraith God... truly had something special!

As he pondered the limited information he knew about the Wraith God, Lin Tianming suddenly felt a chill, as if something was watching him. This feeling was similar to when he encountered the terrifying eyes while subduing the Condensing Ice Bell!

At the same time, Lin Tianming heard the thoughts of Ye Qingxue, Feng Lan, and Tianshui, who also felt they were being watched.

[We tried not to talk about the Wraith God, yet we are still noticed? In my previous life, I never entered the Ice and Snow Secret Realm, so I didn't know there was a Wraith God here!]

[This is troublesome. Even with the Wind God Orb, can I escape the Wraith God's hunt with my current level?]

[Last time the Wraith God in the Ice and Snow Secret Realm was suppressed, it showed no signs of reawakening even after I was trapped for days. Why did it revive the moment we entered this time?]

Hearing their troubling thoughts, Lin Tianming was particularly intrigued by Tianshui's thoughts, as they provided a crucial piece of information. A suppressed Wraith God could revive? Descend upon this world again... What does that mean? Are Wraith Gods immortal?

Before Lin Tianming could figure it out, he felt something rushing towards him from behind. He wanted to turn around to see what it was so he could respond accordingly. However, Ye Qingxue quickly stopped him. "Don't turn around, Brother Tianming!"

Tianshui, running ahead, also shouted a reminder without looking back. "Don't look directly, it's terrifying!"

Feng Lan wanted to warn him too, but seeing Tianshui had already done so, she focused on running.

[The Wraith God here has revived but hasn't found a host body yet. Peeking at it rashly could make us end up like those corpses on the road.]

Hearing Feng Lan's thoughts describing the consequences of looking at the Wraith God so horrifically, Lin Tianming's curiosity only grew.

But instead of turning around, he sensed and dodged the attacks coming from behind. Being an Awakened One, Lin Tianming's senses were sharp enough to evade the attacks from what seemed to be the Wraith God.

However, the corpses along the way were not so lucky, being pierced by something invisible. Though nothing could be seen, the corpses emitted eerie black gas similar to that of demonic creatures, quickly rotting further beyond recognition.

Having already been targeted, Lin Tianming felt discussing the Wraith God wouldn't matter much now.

Unable to hold back, he asked, "What's attacking us? The corpses on the ground are being pierced, but I can't see anything?"

Tianshui responded, "Sometimes not seeing is a blessing. When you see it, you'll regret it."

[The Wraith God is an unnameable deity. Seeing it means you're already dead.]

???

Hearing Tianshui, Ye Qingxue, and Feng Lan describe the Wraith God so terrifyingly, Lin Tianming, if he were still his pre-reincarnation self, might have been scared. But in this world of awakened abilities, where high-level Awakened Ones can move mountains, Lin Tianming felt more curiosity than fear.

If Tianshui, Ye Qingxue, and Feng Lan could also hear thoughts, they would undoubtedly scold Lin Tianming for his foolishness.

Hmm?

At that moment, Lin Tianming heard a terrifying soul-stealing voice from behind.

"A body... I need a body... A human vessel to help me descend into this world!"

At the same time, Tianshui, Ye Qingxue, and Feng Lan, as if stimulated by something, shuddered while running.

Tianshui immediately reminded Lin Tianming and the others, “Cover your ears, don’t listen to that thing’s whispers, or we’ll all go mad!”

“Tianming, do not listen to its whispers!”

“Brother Tianming, stop dawdling and cover your ears!”

Mad?

Seeing the three of them shuddering, Lin Tianming, who felt perfectly fine, was puzzled.

“I need a body... a body... give me one!”

Following the three who had their ears covered, Lin Tianming heard the soul-stealing whispers from behind again. Under these eerie and horrifying whispers, blood began to stream from Ye Qingxue’s eyes.

“No! Covering our ears isn’t working. It has infused its whispers with a power that can directly reach our minds. I feel like my head is about to explode!”

[Damn it! If I were a god, even if I couldn’t necessarily defeat it, I could at least resist these damned whispers! This ungrown mortal body is too weak!]

Feng Lan, like Ye Qingxue, was also tormented by the whispers, becoming mentally disoriented.

“I feel like my mind... is about to collapse!”

Even Tianshui, a near-top-tier awakened, couldn’t withstand the whispers, and her legs gave out as she fell to the ground after Ye Qingxue and Feng Lan.

[This life... the Wraith God of the Ice and Snow Secret Realm has revived... Is my life, Tianshui, going to end here?]

Seeing the three of them fall so easily, Lin Tianming realized that the Wraith God's whispers, which had no effect on him, inflicted unimaginable damage on them.

“Teacher Tianshui, Qingxue, Feng Lan, can you understand what that thing behind us is saying?”

Though her mind was almost driven insane by the whispers, Tianshui managed to maintain a sliver of reason.

“I can’t understand... that’s not a language we can comprehend...”

Seeing Lin Tianming standing unaffected, Feng Lan stared in disbelief, “Tianming, you... why haven’t you fallen?”

Ye Qingxue, recalling how she and Lin Tianming had previously entered the Lost Land, remembered being driven mad by the beautiful angel’s whispers from the Eternal Night Star Palace, while Lin Tianming had remained unaffected.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxue urgently told Lin Tianming, “Brother Tianming, run! Don’t worry about us. This situation is different from last time. Since you can resist that thing’s whispers, you have a chance to escape!”

[I can’t escape... Good luck, Brother Tianming...]

[Those incomprehensible whispers are back! Damn... it hurts... my head is about to explode! I’m going to go mad!]

Hearing Ye Qingxue’s plea for him to escape and her almost maddened thoughts, Lin Tianming’s expression darkened.

Feng Lan and Tianshui’s thoughts were the same as Ye Qingxue’s, being tormented to the brink of madness. Their bodies, due to their deteriorating mental states, were writhing uncontrollably.

“I am the Lord of Winter. Submit to me, become my follower, and find a suitable human vessel for me. Help me descend into this world, and you will receive everything you desire!”

The whispers continued.

If this went on, they would surely end up like the corpses they saw before, driven mad by the Wraith God’s whispers, dying in excruciating terror and twisted into unrecognizable forms.

Determined to see what could make three reborn goddesses so fearful, Lin Tianming decided to turn around and see the true form of this Wraith God.

Despite her torment, Ye Qingxue kept an eye on Lin Tianming. When she saw him attempting to turn around, she panicked, “Brother Tianming, don’t turn around, don’t look at it!”

“I want to see what this so-called Lord of Winter really is! Are they so ugly that they don’t want anyone to see them?”

Hearing Lin Tianming refer to the Wraith God as the Lord of Winter, Tianshui, Ye Qingxue, and Feng Lan immediately understood that Lin Tianming might have been chosen as its follower and learned its name.

But openly calling the Wraith God by its name was a grave disrespect, likely bringing terrible misfortune!

Feng Lan quickly told Lin Tianming, “Tianming, don’t call its name!”

All the cryptic thoughts and words from Feng Lan, Ye Qingxue, and Tianshui along the way had frustrated Lin Tianming. Since he wasn’t affected by the whispers, he decided to do what others feared.

“I will look at it, I will call it by its name, I will listen to its whispers. I want to see what it can do to me! Lord of Winter? More like Winter Pig!”

Hearing Lin Tianming, a mortal, daring to show such disrespect to a Wraith God, Tianshui, Feng Lan, and Ye Qingxue felt a chill in their hearts.

It’s over... Tianming will likely die faster than they will!