"We have come to assist you by the order of the Lord Bone God."
"His Lordship said that the situation in the Western Region is critical and feared a great upheaval. He commanded us to come and help, heal your daughter, and suppress the divine remains."
At the mention of that Lord, Tuoba Feng’s heart settled slightly.
He had witnessed the Lord’s methods; if he had sent people, they were bound to be powerful reinforcements.
"You are the divine doctor the Lord mentioned?"
"Good, good!"
"My thanks for the Lord’s concern!"
"Follow me. The situation with the divine remains is not optimistic; we must hurry."
As he spoke, Tuoba Feng drew the long blade from his waist and made a deep slash across his own wrist.
Squelch!
Fresh red blood surged out, but it did not fall to the ground. Instead, it suspended in the air, transforming into a crimson script that imprinted itself onto the mottled stele before the Yellow Spring Crossing.
"Blood of the Grave-keeper, open the Yellow Spring Road."
Hum—
The stele vibrated, and in the center of the previously empty ferry crossing, a massive black vortex appeared out of thin air.
"Go!"
Tuoba Feng took the lead and charged into the vortex.
Su Xue and Piao exchanged a glance before following closely behind.
Light and shadow blurred, and when they opened their eyes again, the world had changed.
The three of them were now standing upon the lands of the Western Region.
Tuoba Feng’s expression shifted instantly.
As far as the eye could see, yellow sand filled the sky.
And within that yellow sand, a boundless multitude of black-spot monsters were writhing and howling frantically across the land.
Their sheer numbers were enough to make one’s scalp tingle.
They had even crowded the entrance of the Yellow Spring Crossing, piled layer upon layer like mountains of writhing flesh.
"How could it be like this..."
Tuoba Feng’s hand gripped his blade, trembling slightly.
He hadn't expected that in just a few days, the black spots in the Western Region would have become severe to this extent.
There were so many it felt like the world could no longer contain them.
Previously, they had only spread around the graveyard, but now even the Yellow Spring Crossing was densely packed with black spots.
Tuoba Feng’s heart burned with anxiety; he felt a voice in the depths of his soul frantically urging him.
Hurry.
Hurry to the god's tomb.
Xiaoyun is waiting for him in the god's tomb.
The god's tomb is too dark, filled with black spots everywhere.
Xiaoyun is all alone.
Xiaoyun is afraid.
Tuoba Feng shook his head violently, dispersing the voice that had inexplicably appeared in his heart.
But the more he shook his head, the more irritable and urgent the urging became.
The black spots were the corpse spots resulting from the corpse change of the divine remains. If so, what kind of terrifying scene must the god's tomb—the source of the black spots—be right now?
Xiaoyun was still there!
She was so afraid of the dark, so timid...
Once such a thought arose, it could no longer be suppressed.
"Argh! Get away, get away from me!"
Tuoba Feng’s eyes turned blood-red as he let out a beast-like roar.
He slammed his hand against the stone coffin on his back.
Boom!
The stone coffin’s lid lifted slightly, and dozens of heroic spirits charged out from the coffin, pouncing toward the endless black tide ahead.
At the same time, the black-spot monsters, who had long been ravenous, also discovered these three fresh portions of blood food.
"Roar—!"
The monsters collectively let out a piercing shriek, surging toward the three like a black tidal wave covering the sky and earth.
Seeing this situation, Su Xue raised her slender hand.
"Universal Spring."
A soft emerald-green light instantly diffused into the surroundings. As the light interlaced, translucent orchids miraculously gathered above Su Xue.
They swayed gracefully in the wind and sand, emitting sparks of starlight like a grand rain of flowers falling upon Tuoba Feng and the gathered heroic spirits.
Tuoba Feng felt a jolt throughout his body.
The hidden injuries left over from the fierce battle at the Star-Picking Platform, as well as the extreme fatigue from his forced march just now, were instantly swept away under the nourishment of this floral rain!
His depleted spiritual energy and soul power began to boil, and his heavy body became light as a swallow.
Even the inexplicable agitation from before receded slightly.
Tuoba Feng felt his rationality returning.
Furthermore, the heroic spirits that were originally somewhat ethereal grew more solid after being touched by the life force, and the weapons in their hands emitted a faint green glow.
"This... this is?"
Tuoba Feng was deeply shocked.
The one the Lord called a divine doctor was indeed extraordinary!
Tuoba Feng was overjoyed, and he swung his long blade violently.
A blade qi extending a hundred feet swept out. With Su Xue’s enhancement, the power of this strike was a full thirty percent stronger than before!
Boom!
The wave of black-spot monsters in front was instantly torn open, and hundreds of them were reduced to powder in the blade qi.
Seeing this, his heart settled a bit. Now, he just needed to find Xiaoyun.
With this divine doctor here, even if she couldn't eradicate the black spots, she could surely ease Xiaoyun’s pain, and maybe... maybe even reverse the corpse change!
Tuoba Feng swung his blade again, repelling another patch of black spots. In the brief opening, he did not forget to clasp his hands and shout his thanks to Su Xue.
"Many thanks for your assistance, Divine Doctor!"
Su Xue waved her hand, supporting a protective barrier for Piao as well, and then spoke with a gentle expression.
"You may just call me Su Xue; there is no need for thanks."
"Since we follow the Lord’s orders, we are comrades-in-arms."
"The priority is to find the source."
"Good! Then let us kill to our heart's content!"
Tuoba Feng’s heroic spirit surged as his blade transformed into a bolt of black lightning. Leading the army of heroic spirits, he charged into the heart of the black-spot monsters.
On the other side, Piao felt a warm glow over her body after receiving Su Xue’s support, as if she had inexhaustible strength.
She looked at the densely packed black-spot monsters surging around them, a hint of excitement appearing in her heterochromatic pupils.
So many... delicious things.
"Locust Swarm."
Piao whispered, and her hands suddenly dispersed into countless tiny locusts, instantly locking down dozens of pouncing black-spot monsters.
She recalled the Lord’s instructions: Use divinity to suppress them first, then eat.
Her divinity of gluttony was fully activated, and in the void behind her, a greedy set of mouthparts vaguely emerged.
Piao opened her mouth wide and took a fierce bite out of a bound black-spot monster.
Crunch!
A dull sound echoed.
Piao’s brow furrowed.
'It’s hard.'
It nearly broke her teeth.
Piao chewed the contents of her mouth with difficulty, her cheeks bulging. She felt as if her mouthparts were gnawing on a thousand-year-old piece of ox-hide—hard and resilient.
Something was wrong.
According to the Lord, the black-spot monsters were composed of death qi and something similar to divinity.
Now, the weak divinity on the monster was suppressed and neutralized by her divinity of gluttony, and the death qi within the monster was also disrupted by Su Xue’s life domain, reversing it into vitality.
As such, this thing should have its strength greatly reduced and become very fragile.
Even if it wasn't as easy as eating tofu, it should at least be like eating cartilage—crunchy.
But this texture... why was it so tough? So hard?
"Mm... Gulp."
Piao struggled to swallow the first bite. While continuing to gnaw, she looked back to observe.
The last time she had come in, though she wasn't this strong, she hadn't stayed idle while the monsters tried to eat her; she had bitten them back several times.
Last time, clearly without Su Xue and without using divinity, she had been able to bite through them.
Why was it that after becoming stronger this time, she couldn't bite through them instead?
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