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The branches of Jianmu began to wriggle again, but this small-scale growth for the tree as a whole was equivalent to another severe earthquake in this area of the Creation Furnace.
It seemed that the branch had absorbed some vitality from the leaked Sui Yang energy. Ren saw flowers blooming on the branches. The emerald golden buds propped up a furnace in the same way as the sin seeds of the immortal boat people. The furnace hung shakily on the branches and looked like a can that was thrown down from the building to pollute the environment. But in fact, if the stove, which looked as big as a palm, fell down without support, it could crush a magnificent building like the Diheng Public Office on the spot.
In the hollow of the Bagua-like platform, a powerful evil creature was born from the divine reality, like an elk. The moment it landed, it paced around the "straw" of Jianmu, extremely gracefully, protecting its "biological mother" so that it could continue to drill into the remaining furnaces to feast without being obstructed by outsiders.
Not only that, the rest of Lin Yue's elegant creatures were also chasing a large group of soul fires and will-o'-the-wisp-like elemental aggregates. Amidst the spiritual "ghosts crying and wolves howling", Blade casually picked up his sword and chopped off the jaw of one of the wolves, but was also hit in the chest by the fleeing strange will-o'-the-wisp.
"……roll."
Ren recognized at a glance that the thing that had just entered his body was "Sui Yang", one of Luofu's specialties.
[Please be kind, big brother, let me hide for a while! ! Those monsters chased us and took us back to feed the Jian4 wood as fertilizer! ! If I had known earlier, I would have been better off squatting in the furnace and continuing to be imprisoned! How come Luofu's ecological environment has returned to its original state after more than a thousand years? Aren't you fighting with the Fengrao people? Can you allow that thing to sprout again? ? ]
Sui Yang, who was wailing inside the blade, cried and huddled against his chest, refusing to move - the horrific scene of his weaker kind being carried away by the evil creatures and thrown to Jianmu as food frightened him so much that he tried all kinds of medical treatments, not even realizing that this man was already a demonic body, and was essentially the same level as the so-called Jianmu Immortal Legacy.
"roll."
As always, he was concise and to the point. Ren would not believe any nonsense that Sui Yang said, nor would he feel pity for them. However, to get rid of Sui Yang, he needed not only his own internal energy, but also Kafka's help.
He ignored the battlefield where a fierce battle had broken out due to the sudden arrival of Jingliu and Sam, and turned back to look at his colleague who was still holding his "chain" -
"Oh, look how pitiful it is, just let it hide for a while, Aren." Kafka had no intention of using the word magic to drive it away, but instead watched the show.
"...?"
Although he had tolerated most of Kafka's boring entertainment in the past, the trouble of Sui Yang entering his body was different from those stupid self-entertainment.
"Rather than letting it be carried back by abundant beasts and birds to speed up Jianmu's resurrection, it is better to temporarily contain it in your body. Once Jianmu's black deer is destroyed, it will not be too late to deal with it - it is safer in your body than in a furnace."
Seeing that he was about to chop her down as well, Kafka had no choice but to explain a little - she wasn't teasing him just for fun.
"Then why don't you do it yourself? Ha..."
"I just adopted one, too - but it seems more afraid of me than you. It's a pity that there's no room for it here~"
㈨It turned out that Kafka was also successfully "attacked" by Sui Yang at some point, but compared to the guy on Ren's side who was unwilling to move, the idiot in Kafka's body seemed to be kept in captivity by her, and no one knew what kind of inhuman torture he would endure.
After a long sigh, Ren's eyes narrowed, and a huge murderous aura rushed down from the top of his head, directly suppressing Sui Yang who was still agreeing with Kafka's generosity for others.
In an instant, the little B Deng screamed as if he had been cut into pieces by a thousand knives, as if he had never seen someone with such unique memories and such extreme emotions.
⑻ But between the threats from the outside world and the devilish emotion of appreciating the blade being killed again and again, it still chose to endure the onslaught of murderous aura. The fear of the rich evil creatures overcame the fear of humans - after all, they are born to parasitize humans.
"Shut up, I'll deal with you later."
2 He strode forward several dozen meters with his sword in hand, but he felt something was wrong - because he actually had a subtle mental connection with the Jing Liu that was dealing with the giant black deer, as if several Sui Yang were communicating with each other.
Jiu Jingliu's figure shot out like lightning, her body broke through the sound barrier, and she chiseled the demon flowers and thorny dead branches that were trampled by Xuan Lu, making them fly all over the sky. Her pink eyes under the blindfold were even more lifeless than when she was sparring with Kong, but under this terrifying performance that seemed like she had completely fallen into the devil's Yin, Ren heard the trembling complaints of Sui Yang in her body.
０【This woman’s mind is full of murderous thoughts! 】
⑤【My side is all about killing, killing, killing——Then why don’t you escape from her body? 】
[It's more dangerous outside! She's such a good fighter, I'll accept it even if she gets sick! It's better to be hungry than to be eaten! ]
[I want to get out! ! Let me out - help! The one I came in from has locked me in her body! ]
Every Sui Yang was complaining about the horror of the body he had taken over, and the one who tried to take over Kafka's body also belatedly joined in the crying and shouting.
There is no need to think about it, it is definitely Kafka's bad taste, she started to play with her prey again.
...And compared to Sui Yang, who have a very strong will to survive, in a sense, they are indeed not human.
Sam was the only one who was not possessed by Sui Yang—the remaining energy in the void was still running, and the thick psychic shield prevented those dirty things from coveting him, only being able to do so.
But the little girl didn't realize that everyone around her, including her temporary comrade Jingliu, had been usurped. She kicked the black deer's antlers, breaking most of them.
The black deer twisted its head in pain and fell to the ground, letting out a series of shrill screams that were completely unlike those of an animal in mimicry, shocking Sam and Jingliu's subsequent pursuit and beating to a halt.
Sam could hear its strong desire to survive, and it seemed to be possessed for a moment, and he loosened his fist with a bit of reluctance.
But the former Sword Master would not have any mercy on these evil creatures' screams of pain for survival. She had already abandoned the compassion of ordinary people when she fell into the devil's Yin - just now, perhaps because of the big Yang in her body, this damn thing was still shaking its neck, looking for an opportunity to kill her.
The sword blade slashed across its slender and graceful neck, and the deer head did not fall off, but disintegrated in the air as if it had been hit by a cannonball.
If it happened to an ordinary creature, no matter how powerful its self-healing ability was, it would have died. However, a part of the black deer's body was connected to the mother like an umbilical cord, and a constant supply of energy was supplied to it. It actually performed a "separate operation" in front of the four people. The head that was blown apart reassembled in the sky, and the moment it landed on the ground, it turned into another kind of evil creature. The body that should have fallen down quickly condensed wood fibers and grew a new head. It was extremely weird.
"...quite a few have already been absorbed...Tell your companions to disperse quickly and not get in the way of us clearing Jianmu."
The hunters figured out the trick - the Shenshi had to be connected to the oven, and then to the giant deer, so that it could fight and nurse at the same time, and drink Suiyang's energy as a recovery medicine.
[Companions? Suiyang will devour each other——Are you from Xianzhou? 】
Then why were you discussing so "joyfully" just now?
"I'm not. I don't care if you guys compete or eat each other. Get them out of here or we'll kill them together."
【Ugh, ugh, ugh! ! 】
The blade has turned completely black.
Sam, who had been deceived by the black deer's cry and had a little sympathy for it, had already seen its ugly face, and the flames around him rose again.
381. I will set the sea on fire!
"The black deer has an auspicious appearance, but it steals the flames of the furnace, seeks sympathy from others, and harbors evil intentions..."
After experiencing many battles, the pink light in Jing Liu's eyes had faded, leaving only a tragic blood color.
"Deserves to be killed."
While Xuan Lu was wrestling with Sam, she didn't care whether the cavalry with their feet embedded in the ground could dodge or not, and she shot moonlight towards Xuan Lu's four hooves.
"!"
Sam, understanding her intention, immediately pushed his wrist upwards, flames gushing out behind him, and he raised his body straight up. The ice blade just touched the soles of her boots and cut off the creature's four legs. In addition, the "sky fire" fell on its head, and the plant-textured flesh was carbonized in an instant, like a half-roasted whole deer, which was neatly placed in front of the four people.
But even if this fellow, whose fighting power was only slightly stronger than that of the Doomsday Beast, was beaten to death in every way, he would recover quickly within five breaths. The Hunter and the Sword Master used almost all the methods they could think of, but they could only slow down its recovery speed at most.
"Too many Sui Yang have been captured. Can you take out those that have not been fully digested?"
Although he intended to complain that Jingliu didn't care about the lives of his temporary comrades during the fight, seeing her increasingly confused eyes, Sam knew that Mo Yin was very powerful, so he subconsciously stayed away from her and secretly drew a line to avoid being accidentally hurt by her -
But the blade was not so particular. He flashed directly onto the edge of Jingliu's sword. Those who didn't know might even think he was blocking the sword for Xuanlu. But when the moonlight cut one of his arms and threw it away, he gathered all his strength and slashed the sword on Xuanlu's head along with the remaining force of the ice blade. With two sword strikes in an instant, he cut a perfectly smooth cross-section of the deer's skull.
This fatal tactic scared the Sui Yang in his body and made it scream. It also "enjoyed" the pain that Blade's body endured to an equal extent, but Blade felt very happy when the wood chips flew on its face, as if it was whipping itself through the pain.
The arm that had already flown away turned into freeze-dried fragments and dissipated in the air, but within less than five breaths, his arm grew out again. What was even more outrageous was that even the clothes that were cut off by Jingliu were restored. The rich power of the sin-seeking flesh and blood laces recognized the cloth as part of the blade's body, preventing this grown man from being in the embarrassing situation of having less and less cloth the more he fought.
From the back of the Xuanlu Cave, Ren reached out to grab the weak ghost fire that showed a scattered outline, but he couldn't grab it. His body had been invaded by a Sui Yang and could not accommodate other foreign objects.
In just this moment of opportunity, the black deer's antlers and its split head recovered as before, expelling the blade from its body, and raised its head to hit his belly, knocking him away.
"…That Sui Yang no longer has his own consciousness."
[Yes, yes, once we are caught, the emotional energy absorbed from humans will also be converted into nutrients. Otherwise, why would we have to escape——]
"Who asked you? Shut up."
[Ah... it hurts! ]
The hole in Blade's chest where the antlers had pierced was so big that one could see his alveoli, and his leaky chest could still make sounds as usual - but both Sam and Kafka seemed to be accustomed to such bloody and weird scenes, and they only filled in his gaps when he flew out of the front line -
"The amount of time that can be contained is limited, and the evil creatures will firmly grasp the delicious food in their mouths..."
Kafkara moved the spider silk, trying to give a hint to the black deer, but its heart, or "inner core", was completely empty, without the basic emotions that a life should have. Its body was an extension of Jianmu. No wonder the Suiyang, which most life forms can parasitize, not only cannot bite back at it, but is also used as nutrients by it.
"It's a little difficult."
"If it's difficult, don't do it. Jingliu, try to cut off the Xuangen and sever its umbilical cord."
"Unless you can cut off the entire factory, Ying Xing, you'd better not be too fanciful."
After the frenzied attack, Jingliu picked up the fallen eye mask, put his sword on his back and frowned, and started to deal with Xuanlu.
"So you still have some sense."
Sam's tone was odd, as she actually spoke with some logic.
"——Little girl, I'll give you a chance. Can you light the branch that holds this evil creature?"
After Jian Shou put on the blindfold, she lost her captivating gaze, which actually gave Sam the illusion that she was actually quite gentle:
"It depends on how much time you can buy. If the burning is not complete, it won't be enough to damage the bud core."
The most difficult thing in fighting against abundance is eradication. For something like this that is directly connected to the mysterious root, at least most of its mass-energy must be converted before it can be barely suppressed.
Mirror-style swordsmanship can't do it, and neither can Kafka and Blade... Among the people present, only Sam has the means to quickly turn it inorganic.
"You are also a swordsman, I won't be wrong - how about burning the cuts to cut off their nutrients?"
“…Can you do it?”
Sam, who was pointed out by Jingliu for his real ability, was stunned and questioned Kafka.
Kafka tilted her head slightly.
The best way she could think of was to ask people from the Ten Kings Division to detain those Sui Yang to prevent new vitality from pouring into Jianmu. At the same time, she asked people from the Engineering Division to manually shut down several pipelines that were still providing energy to Jianmu and abandon several intact baking furnaces. The helmsman then ordered to suspend the main power supply to the engine.
Although...2...it will completely shut down this Jiuchao giant foundry,0 and further reduce the speed of the Sanxianzhou - otherwise the black deer ⒋ will never be killed. Even if the deer are dead, insects, fish, birds, beasts and anything else will continue to emerge.
...But Kafka herself rejected this plan which was almost consistent with Sora's initial judgment.
Even if Kong gained the absolute trust of Xianzhou and gave a "treatment plan" on behalf of the hunter, and risked a major power outage in Luofu to carry out an eradication operation, Jing Yuan might not have the determination - Luofu had many enemies, and if they gave up the maneuver, endless numbers of rich people would come to seek them out. The losses caused by the detention would also cause heavy damage to the commerce on the ship, causing panic among the residents who were blocked from the news.
It's simply an unsolvable question, it's too difficult.
"Don't worry, I will keep suppressing it until you, little girl, carbonize the connecting points of the branches—"
Jingliu was somewhat arrogant, as if she was dissatisfied with Sam's doubts about her physical strength and skills, and was also urging Kafka to nod quickly.
Compared with the solution that requires mediation and adjustment from many parties, attacking wood with fire seems too traditional and wastes everyone's physical strength. But for Jingliu, the method is not important, as long as it works.
"Go ahead, Sam."
As the external brain of the team, Kafka will make decisions for everyone when Elio is not present. With her nod, Sam will have more confidence regardless of whether the tactics are reasonable or not.
"Ah."
The core has been lit, and fire is gushing out in the shape of a cross. This is the first time since Sam boarded the ship that he gave up his fists and feet and drew his two swords.
There was no need to hide it. The evil before her was something she had to eradicate, even if it would allow Jing Liu to see her cards...
The golden flames continued to heat up along the edges of the two swords, and the sparks burst into the air with the steaming feeling of the engine, as if the sky was burned and heated by her.
And "I will... set the sea on fire!"
9 As if out of self-confidence, or perhaps her mood was affected by the armor's amplification, Sam uttered bold words under her visor that were definitely not something a girl of her age should say.