Chapter 178: The Calamity Source Seed's Cruel Method of Strengthening

On a starless night, endless mist permeated the air.

Above Tianhua City, Calamity Aura surged and rolled, and countless alarm sounds rang out one after another across the entire city.

City Lord Xing Mochuan led the City Defense Army to mobilize at the first opportunity, implementing actions against this inexplicably triggered Calamity Invasion, and issued an emergency notice for every household to close their doors, windows, and all ventilation openings tightly, and to stay in their shelters as much as possible without going out.

However, this surging Calamity Mist gathered instantly, immediately transforming into countless black mist-filaments that began to shuttle rapidly in all directions throughout the city.

These things could be said to be pervasive; wherever there was even the slightest gap, they could easily drill inside.

Many people hiding in shelters were instantly infected by these black mist-filaments, convulsing and falling to the ground, soon turning into cold corpses.

Most of these people were ordinary people without Soul Power, and in the face of the powerful Calamity Power, they were completely unable to resist.

Moreover, this Calamity Mist possessed an evil origin capable of isolating air and sunlight, as well as devouring souls; wherever it went, there was utter silence.

The streets and alleys of Tianhua City seemed to turn into a ghost city in an instant, filled with an atmosphere of despair and fear.

Xing Mochuan was burning with anxiety, watching the Calamity Mist before him continue to ravage and devour the lives of innocent citizens.

He knew that he must find the source of the Calamity as soon as possible to stop all of this from spreading.

"Has the source of this Calamity Aura not been identified yet?"

Xing Mochuan was dressed in a set of tough brass-colored battle armor, his feet stepping on a golden broadsword, hovering above the Secret Realm Tower, using his own Soul Power to protect the area of the Soul Profession Office and the Soul Professional Guild.

For the entire Tianhua City, this was the heart of the city; once it was infected by the Calamity Aura, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Reporting to the City Lord, we have currently locked onto an area within a one-kilometer radius around Tianhua No. 2 High School; the specific location is still being further investigated." The subordinate's voice came through the communicator.

Xing Mochuan's brows were locked in a frown, his eyes revealing a trace of anxiety.

"Speed it up! For every second we delay, more innocent people may lose their lives."

"Yes!"

……

At this moment, amidst the mist on the horizon, a black bat had already arrived above Tianhua No. 2 High School.

This bat was precisely what Zhou Chu had transformed into.

Through his keen perception, he had extremely accurately locked onto the location where the Calamity Aura was emanating.

Moreover, Zhou Chu was all too familiar with this Calamity Aura.

Calamity Source Seed!

It was precisely the Calamity Source Seed that was parasitizing Qin Ye.

Zhou Chu could clearly feel that the power of this Calamity Source Seed had been greatly enhanced.

It was vastly different from what he had encountered in the Secret Realm Tower before.

Zhou Chu flapped his wings and soon arrived outside the window of the principal's office.

Through the window, Zhou Chu saw that the principal's office was already in a state of disarray.

The first thing that caught his eye was the corpse of a woman.

Her head was twisted and hung limply by her shoulder, evidently her neck had been snapped, her eyes were wide open, but a layer of gray film covered her eyeballs, and a look of terror still remained on her face.

He shifted his gaze and saw Luo Dachun slumped against the wall, his eyes hollow, his whole body almost withered into a skeleton.

And in the center of the room, a humanoid monster over two meters tall was standing there, its whole body emitting a dense Calamity Aura.

Its eyes, which had originally flickered with an eerie purple light, were now shining even more brilliantly, as if they had been accumulated by some kind of power, and its body had grown significantly larger.

Seeing this scene made Zhou Chu's heart jolt.

This Calamity Source Seed was actually strengthening itself by devouring the Soul Power of Soul Professionals and the souls of ordinary people.

The Calamity Source Seed's method of strengthening was too cruel; if it were not stopped as soon as possible, Tianhua City would be reduced to a purgatory.

Taking advantage of the monster digesting the energy within its body, Zhou Chu broke through the window and entered directly, then transformed into human form; a red light flashed in his hand, and the Blood Mist transformed into a slender sword.

Immediately, his figure moved like lightning, rushing toward the monster, the sword in his hand flashing with an eerie red light, stabbing straight at the monster's chest.

The monster sensed danger, turned its head abruptly, and purple light shot from its eyes; its thick arms lifted instantly, grabbing the sword Zhou Chu had thrust forward.

Zhou Chu was surprised to find that the monster's strength was surprisingly great; the sword in his hand was as if clamped by iron pliers, not moving in the slightest.

Clearly, after this Calamity Source Seed had grown to a certain extent, its strength was already different from ordinary Calamity monsters.

Even with the body of the King-level Vampire Queen, it was slightly strenuous to face it.

However, it was not a big problem; it was still relatively easy to subdue this Calamity Source Seed right now.

If it were allowed to continue growing wildly in this world, it would become increasingly difficult to deal with it later.

"Zhou Chu, you actually dare to come and seek your own death!"

The monster's mouth curled into a cruel sneer, and its other arm swung fiercely toward Zhou Chu.

The Calamity Source Seed carried a portion of Qin Ye's consciousness, so it recognized this person who had suddenly broken in.

But how could Zhou Chu possibly be hit by it?

One must know that the Vampire Queen Lucita was an extraordinary master of swordsmanship, possessing ten thousand years of swordsmanship attainments.

At this moment, under the blessing of Soul Entanglement, Zhou Chu and Lucita had reached a realm where he was in her and she was in him.

He had perfectly possessed all of Lucita's abilities and skills.

Zhou Chu exerted force with his feet, using the reaction force of the sword being grabbed to flip in the air, his legs brought together like a pair of heavy hammers, smashing fiercely toward the monster's head.

The power of the Blood Abyss clan was also quite terrifying.

This blow directly sent the monster flying far away, its massive body crashing through the wall and smashing a large crater in the corridor outside.

Amidst the flying dust, the monster slowly stood up, the Calamity Aura around its body becoming even more intense, and its eyes flickering with anger and unwillingness.

"You scum, I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!" The monster's roaring voice echoed in the corridor, shaking the surrounding walls until they trembled.

Zhou Chu landed steadily, performed a sword flourish with the sword in his hand, which instantly transformed from a sword into a blood-colored long whip, and then he lashed out fiercely, binding the agitated monster tightly.

The whip body flickered with an eerie blood light, and it was extracting the blood and power from the monster's body bit by bit.

The monster struggled continuously, the Calamity Aura on its body burning like black flames, attempting to break free from this restraint.

"Hmph, do you think you can trap me like this?" the monster roared, its arms straining as it tried to use brute force to break the long whip.

However, no matter how desperately it struggled, the long whip only tightened further, even embedding itself deep into the monster's body, and black blood flowed down along the whip.

With its current strength, how could it possibly resist the binding of the Blood Mist that had already transformed into God-level quality?

But the Calamity Source Seed did not seem willing to be subdued, and it looked like it was about to make a desperate final stand.

With a loud bang, the Calamity Source Seed used its own immense power to burst out of the body it was currently occupying, transforming into a mass of black mist so dense it was almost tangible.

The mist churned and surged, with countless pained and twisted faces faintly appearing within it, emitting shrill screams as if the souls devoured by the Calamity Source Seed were wailing.

At the same time, the mist rapidly turned into a viscous, asphalt-like substance, instantly becoming a massive black giant python.