Chapter 3164: Withering

Besides the lingering fear, Liu Wenxing still had a bewildered look on his face: "What on earth is going on?"

The garrison commander told him: "One of our important duties guarding the border pass is to monitor water quality. The Long River of Lin State has flowed into our territory..." Liu Wenxing still didn't understand: "I don't get it."

"Our country has long ordered that if there is green mold in this river water, once it flows into our country, it must undergo living water treatment before it can be used for drinking by the people and livestock. So you don't need to worry; the water sources within our country are all very safe."

This family has been here for a while, and they had already drunk the antidote in the living water, so at this moment they did not turn into desiccated corpses.

Liu Wenxing then caught the clue: "You mean, the people in the opposite town turned into desiccated corpses because of the green mold in the water?"

"Yes. That is the divine power of the Great Heavenly Demon." The garrison commander continued, "We have long notified the neighboring countries, but they all ignored it." The initial harm of green mold to humans is not great, like a cold.

.. …" Liu Wenxing's throat was dry, "Then, how many people exactly died in Lin State tonight?"

"We don't know that; it might take a couple of days to find out."

"And what are those blue light points flying into the sky?"

The border garrison commander shook his head; how would he know? But this certainly isn't a good thing.

Only the immortals involved can see clearly that these commoners' life essences have all been sucked out and sent to the Lingxu Holy Venerable!

The mere Peach State is just a tiny microcosm of the rapid withering of billions of living beings in this world. ￥￥￥￥￥

Boundless.

Lingxu Holy Venerable snapped his fingers, and Red General's heart gave a sudden thump, as if something ominous had occurred.

In the following thirty breaths, she manipulated the divine puppet and blasted Lingxu Holy Venerable apart again. But this time, before Lingxu Holy Venerable dissipated, he gave her a strange smile.

After another full thirty breaths, Lingxu Holy Venerable's whereabouts became unknown, unlike his previous rebirth. Red General didn't know what trick Chi was up to, but she seized the time to urge Crystal Orchid to bloom across the Ark's domain. Since Lingxu Holy Venerable didn't show himself, it was a good opportunity for her deathly power to seize ground.

However, just then, the ground suddenly shook violently, as if the Ark had suddenly flipped over. Red General stepped back to steady herself. And in the Boundless, the originally five-flower-bound blue-shelled insect suddenly swelled in size, and its strength increased exponentially.

Taking advantage of the momentum, it struggled free and actually broke loose from the Nebula Chains.

This was the first time the Great Vase's use of the Nebula Chains to capture prey had failed!

The blue-shelled insect shot like a cannonball and directly slammed into the opposing law crystal vein.

Hong Man Da Saman looked on in horrified dismay:

"Red General, the blue-shelled insect's size and strength have suddenly surged, and this time the broken crystal vein is thick!"

That certainly isn't a trivial detail. Great Vase let go, and Red General knew full well. The blue-shelled insect is the embodiment of the Ark and Lingxu Holy Venerable's power; Lingxu Holy Venerable was originally being pressed and beaten by her, showing signs of fatigue—where did this tremendous strength come from?

Could it be?

Suddenly, a heavy snowfall began in Panlongcheng, swirling wildly, blowing overhead and covering everything.

This small expanse of heaven and earth seemed to have a snow curtain hung up, making the scenery several zhang away indistinct.

In just over a dozen breaths, the snow inside and outside the city could already bury the knees, with no time to melt. Even the Great Saman looked on with a changed face. How many living beings has Lingxu Holy Venerable killed to turn deathly power into this sky-filling blizzard!

"Green mold." Red General clenched her fists, "Lingxu Holy Venerable has finally used the green mold!"

She finally understood, this is the use of green mold.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared behind Tongming Zhenjun. He only had time to turn halfway when this person already slapped him on the celestial cap.

With a soft "pop," Tongming Zhenjun's head exploded, and red and white matter flew everywhere!

A bit of brain matter splattered onto the killer's face; he reached up to wipe it off, then said contemptuously:

"In life and death, you're all trash!"

Fortunately, the divine puppets had long lost joy, anger, surprise, and fear; Tongming Zhenjun being blown up by Lingxu Holy Venerable in one move did not affect Yingcheng Tian from attacking him from both sides—one side with tremendous force, the other with astonishing speed. Though Red General had some trouble dealing with Chi and company earlier, even using the God of Death's Labyrinth to forcibly separate the two brothers before she could dispose of them one by one. However, the head monster Yingtian only lunged within one zhang of Lingxu Holy Venerable, like sinking into a stagnant mud pool, its speed suddenly dropping a hundredfold, its impact naturally weakening, and being flicked by Lingxu Holy Venerable to the other side.

And Nengtian's giant hammer was already fast approaching Lingxu Holy Venerable's occiput, when suddenly Yingtian appeared in front of the hammer, and Chi instinctively pulled back his strength.

Only a soft "puff" was heard as the brothers struck each other, both being bounced away.

Red General also transformed into Lei Ting, chopping down toward Lingxu Holy Venerable's celestial cap.

Lingxu Holy Venerable slightly lifted his head, extended his left arm, and caught the heavenly thunder with one hand!

The lightning's light illuminated the four wilds, but Chi firmly gripped the spear tip of the Ying Lei Qiang, pulled back hard, and with the momentum raised his halberd, smashing hard into Red General's ribs!

The Great Saman on the city gate heard a bursting sound, which was very piercing to the ears.

Afterward, Red General was once again blasted into the city wall.

This time, the walls of Panlongcheng could not hold her again, and were directly smashed through a large hole!

Red General was blown from the Ark's domain straight into the southern gate square of Panlongcheng.

This high wall and thick wall, repeatedly reinforced by He Lingchuan countless times, could not withstand this single strike from Lingxu Holy Venerable!

"Red General!" Hong Man Da Saman exclaimed in shock, but he struggled to manipulate the Nebula Chains and tug the blue-shelled insect, which was abnormally difficult, and he couldn't maneuver at all. The ground was all red snow, and the blood Red General coughed up showed no color, but there were tiny hard particles. She could barely draw breath into her lungs, because her chest cavity had been punched in, her ribs broken who knows how many, and the injury to her viscera was worse than last time. She barely lifted her head, glaring at Lingxu Holy Venerable: "Just how many people have you... killed!"

In her feeling, Lingxu Holy Venerable's power had at least more than doubled!

"Ten-something hundred million? Who knows?" Lingxu Holy Venerable shrugged, hands behind his back, walking leisurely across the Heavenly Bridge, "Counting death tolls—isn't that what you, the Death God, should be doing?"

This is called, the Way of the Gods: diminish what is insufficient, supplement what is excessive.

The battle between Lingxu Holy Venerable and Red General was too fierce, the consumption too great, so they had to activate the backup plan to absorb more energy from outside. This move carries serious drawbacks; unless absolutely necessary, Lingxu Holy Venerable does not wish to use it.

Long ago, he had already spread green mold among humans through the Heavenly Palace. Once the living beings in the contaminated areas drank water containing stored spores, their brains would be infected by green mold. Only states like Cangyan and Mouguo within the war alliance had prepared antidotes for their people and cleaned the water sources.

This green mold normally does not affect the host's life, only causing slight changes in temperament, but these hosts have since become Lingxu Holy Venerable's reserve grain, to be taken and used at will.