Chapter 157: White Strange Mist

The next day.

Because the Yin energy was becoming increasingly dense, the Protective City Array of Bei'an City was vaguely unable to hold it back. The money of that County Magistrate, Lord Ren, was also not inexhaustible, and the array was faintly on the verge of collapse.

The Yin energy pressed down on the city like black clouds, about to invade.

At the moment of collapse.

Li Heng could only helplessly intervene.

Borrowing the name of a deity avatar, he caused the radiance of the divine path to envelop the entire city, while secretly using the Great Sun Divine Intent to sweep through once, allowing the Yin energy in the city, which had been slightly exceeding limits, to return to a normal concentration.

The commoners, who had been somewhat desperate, fell into cheers, crazily praising the Greatness of "You" and contributing massive amounts of Incense Wish Power. If not for the intervention of the Government, these commoners would even have wanted to add titles like Heavenly Venerable or True Monarch to "You".

This also left Ma Suxuan, who had seen the city was about to fall and had already planned to retreat and run away, stunned. This deity could actually even purify and defend against Yin energy? What kind of origin is this?

However, Ma Suxuan also temporarily dismissed the thought of retreating.

But only a few days passed.

The situation outside the city continued to deteriorate, and reinforcements from the Prefecture did not arrive; the messages sent out were like clay oxen entering the sea.

This could not help but make Ma Suxuan realize that her own backup plan had also run into problems; otherwise, it would be impossible to delay for so long. She made a prompt decision and immediately found the deity named "You".

"It is now clear that there is no hope for reinforcements from the Prefecture."

Ma Suxuan said in a deep voice.

"Then what do you want to do?"

Li Heng spoke indifferently, playing the role of the deity.

"I want to abandon this Bei'an City and take my people away. As for you, although I am not clear how strong your power is, since you could kill the three members of the Wang Family, you should be able to transfer some commoners through a Shifting Technique."

Ma Suxuan had already stated it very clearly.

Abandon the city, abandon the majority of the people.

Li Heng was thoughtful upon hearing this, then slowly spoke. "This deity admits that if there are no reinforcements, this method is the most appropriate. However, just a moment ago, another mutation occurred outside the city."

"Another mutation?" Ma Suxuan was slightly surprised.

Weirds were rampant outside the city, and Ghost Domains stood one after another; the Yin energy was dense to the extreme, almost having shape and substance. Could such a terrible situation actually undergo further mutation?

Li Heng nodded, "That's right."

At the end of his words, the golden-light divine figure pointed a finger out.

A scene suddenly appeared before the human and the god, presenting exactly the situation outside the city...

Ma Suxuan looked; the scene showed a Ghost Village that had already been completely wiped out at the beginning of the mutation and had now turned into a piece of Weird territory, where the Yin energy was dense and many Weirds were wandering.

She looked somewhat confused; wasn't this very normal?

She had become accustomed to this situation these past few days.

Ma Suxuan cast a questioning gaze toward Li Heng. Li Heng shook his head slightly and pulled with two fingers, enlarging the scene to specifically present a certain corner. While this corner was dense with Yin energy, wisps of white mist also appeared...

At first glance, this was nothing much.

But when she observed carefully, these white mists were actually gradually infecting and assimilating the Yin energy, and these mists also possessed the characteristics of the previous Yin energy...

"What is this!" Ma Suxuan was greatly shocked.

This thing could actually devour and assimilate Yin energy?

Li Heng did not answer; he retracted his two fingers, shrinking the scene, and went directly above Bei'an County, overlooking the full view, revealing Bei'an County shrouded in Yin energy, as well as the slowly appearing white mist...

"Look at this bird..."

He pointed in the scene to a bird that had already turned into a Weird. At this moment, this Weird bird was about to pass through a cluster of white mist to fly out of Bei'an County and head to other places to plunder blood-food.

Then... this bird disappeared.

Yes, one could only see this bird enter this cluster of white mist, but could not see this bird come out. Yet this cluster of white mist was not large, at most only five or six meters in area.

"At the speed this thing is appearing."

"You would probably be surrounded before you even ran out of Bei'an County. When that time comes, under the shroud of this white mist, how do you want to run? Do you still want to tunnel underground? That won't work either."

"There is even more white mist under the ground."

Li Heng said in a deep voice.

Ma Suxuan knitted her brows tight; what kind of wicked thing was this? And what kind of wicked place was Bei'an County? It hadn't had such problems before, so why did they appear at this very time?

Of course, she still had a chance to run.

She had a Space Secret Treasure left by her family on her person, which could allow her to break the Void and escape directly. But this secret treasure was limited to one person's use and could not bring others at all.

Should she let Ling Yun die here?

That was impossible; she would rather die herself!

"It seems we have to go and test this white mist. But you don't seem to be panicked; do you have some way?"

She looked at Li Heng and asked with some doubt.

She had heavy suspicions about this deity.

It appeared overnight, as if it had fallen from the sky. If not for various signs indicating that this was a benevolent deity, she would have thought this White Strange Mist was created by this deity.

"I have my own way for this, but it requires time."

"During this time, you can boldly test this white mist; as long as you don't get yourself trapped inside, I can provide you with a safety net."

Li Heng said calmly.

At this moment, his Great Sun Visualization progress had already reached forty-eight percent, and his own cultivation accumulation was already incomparably sufficient, about to reach the level of overflowing, breaking through to the Third Heaven.

Once he reached the Third Heaven, his combat power and essence would rise to a higher level.

Then this White Strange Mist would not be a cause for concern.

Still the same saying: those whose essence is inferior to the Sun, stand aside!

"How can I believe you?"

"Because you can only believe me now."

Ma Suxuan fell silent upon hearing this, "That is true. I will prepare as soon as possible; I hope I can wait for your good news."

Leaving these words behind, she hurried away.

Li Heng, in his divine form, narrowed his eyes slightly, sensing the entire Bei'an County; Weird were running rampant outside the city, reaching the level of a Weird Wave. The reason he had not taken action to hunt them during this time was to let them grow a bit fatter, so he could obtain more Source Power later.

But now, the appearance of the White Strange Mist had disrupted his plan.

To think it dared to swallow the Source Power he had lost outside!

Once he breaks through to the Innate realm, he will show it!

Bei'an City, Inner City, inside the County Government.

Ren Hai paced back and forth in the courtyard, somewhat agitated. His surname was Ren, so he did have connections, which was why, like Ma Suxuan, he had contacted the Prefecture long ago.

Yet his situation was the same as Ma Suxuan's: like a clay ox entering the sea.

This could not help but make him suspect that those above had abandoned this place.

He felt a faint regret in his heart; had he known it would be like this, why would he have spent money to maintain the Great Array? Wouldn't it have been better to just run away? Why end up now with his money burned out, having to rely on a god of unknown origin for help?

Originally, if he could successfully defend the city during such a Great Tribulation, then after the Calamity ended, he could use his connections to take this matter straight to the ears of the heavens and boast of it as a great achievement.

Not to mention a promotion in official rank, even going directly to the Capital was possible!

But now, he had lost the gamble...

Now, the one maintaining the city was not him, Ren Hai, but that god named "You"; when the Calamity ended, even if he had merit, it would be split in half...

The risk and the reward were clearly not proportional.

Moreover, as the County Magistrate, he knew that the food in Bei'an County was already running low. In a while, perhaps the merchants would still have something to eat, but the common people would definitely starve to death.

In the end, riots would absolutely occur, triggering a civil uprising.

By then, if he were still staying here, even after the tribulation ended, he would likely be punished by those above, accused of administrative incompetence; by that time, even if his family helped him, he probably wouldn't be able to be an official anymore.

Such a major event, combined with this Great Tribulation, could not be suppressed.

Then he might as well just run.

This way, he could use the excuse of seeking reinforcements, which wouldn't count as fleeing or abandoning the people. Anyway, without reinforcements, staying here was just waiting for death!

After thinking it over, just as he made up his mind to use the Luck within his Official Seal to help him break through the dense Yin Qi and escape this Bei'an County, he heard Ma Suxuan's summons.

Ren Hai was slightly surprised; could there be a solution?

Forget it, go and see first.

He took his Official Seal to the meeting place and discovered that Ma Suxuan had not only called him, but also the heads of various factions within the city and the True Qi Realm Grandmasters.

Clearly, there was going to be some major action.

These True Qi Realm Grandmasters and faction heads gathered together, looking at Ma Suxuan with some confusion.

Ma Suxuan did not waste time and spoke of the White Strange Mist. "This mist is quite Weird, so you and I must go out of the city to investigate it. Otherwise, if this white mist is allowed to spread to Bei'an City, it will cause a great disaster."

"But the current concentration of Yin Qi..."

Ren Hai asked in confusion.

"Do not panic about this; I will apply a Qi Membrane to you all, which will allow you to walk freely for another two hours."

Ma Suxuan said calmly.

The crowd was even more astonished.

Applying a Qi Membrane to so many of them? This Innate from the Demon Suppression Division was really spending a fortune. It seemed this White Strange Mist was truly no small matter to make an Innate attach such importance to it.

"We will naturally obey the adult's command."

They answered in unison.

After all, they still held full trust in the mysterious level of an Innate, even harboring the unrealistic fantasy that they were omnipotent, so they did not pay much attention to the terror of the White Strange Mist.

It could even be said this way.

If they didn't know that Bei'an City had an Innate suppressing it, Bei'an City would not be so stable right now. They probably would have scrambled to retreat at the very beginning of the mutation.

No one wanted to stay in such a dangerous environment waiting for death.

For example, our County Government, the great Master Ren...

Even those factions that didn't retreat, unwilling to give up the foundation they had built, would likely have fought until their brains were bashed out over the competition for resources within the city, and many people would probably have died.

"Good, let's set off now."

Ma Suxuan waved her hand, manipulating the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and the group was covered in a Qi Membrane with excellent protective effects and extreme toughness, then she ordered everyone to take flight, flying together toward the outside of the city.

Li Heng watched the figures leaving in the sky, his heart extremely calm, gradually reaching the state of "guarding stillness and sincerity, reaching the extreme of emptiness." At this moment, the progress of his Great Sun Visualization had reached forty-nine percent.

It was time for him to go into seclusion and break through.