Chapter 299: Terrifying Pollution

The voice had just fallen, and it was only a fleeting moment.

Li Heng instantly felt that this Shaojun had become very different; it seemed as if some power had descended from the dark unknown, and his core had become insane, cryptic, and indescribable.

Analyzing it further through the words Shaojun just spoke.

This was likely some kind of Gospel descent.

At this moment, the Weird Official Report in Shaojun's hand seemed to sense a threat, directly erupting with a black light that enveloped his entire body, seemingly intending to engage in a tug-of-war with that power.

In that moment, it actually did not fall into a disadvantage.

Li Heng raised an eyebrow.

This Weird Official Report is quite fierce, isn't it?

But the next moment, the Weird Official Report directly withered.

The black light vanished instantly, and the surface of the report, which had been flat and smooth, became wrinkled, just like waste paper that had been drained of water and then dried under the scorching sun, all shriveled up.

Li Heng nodded; this was the normal progression, after all.

If a mere Strange could contend with that Pollution Power, why would the Heavenly Humans of this Heaven and Earth have ended up in such a miserable state?

However, from that momentary confrontation, he had also glimpsed the core of the Strange, a type of extremely specialized rule.

Relying on this rule, the Weird Official Report could even briefly contend with that Pollution Power. It was only afterward, because its power was too minuscule and there remained an essential gap, that it fell into a disadvantage.

Li Heng's eyes flickered.

The power of the Strange could barely contend with the Pollution Power.

Then, what about that Jade Slip Divine Ability, which was suspected to be a product of sublimation?

"Heh, what other means do you have now?"

Shaojun held that Weird Official Report and tore at it with force. Then, the Official Report remained unscathed. He was stunned for a moment before realizing that this type of thing seemingly could not be destroyed, so he simply threw it on the ground and looked at Li Heng with a cold sneer.

"You don't seem to be afraid?"

Li Heng did not answer, lost in thought.

He had originally thought that the potential of the Strange was limited to this.

This Weird Official Report had contended with that Pollution Power and fallen into a disadvantage. He had originally thought this would cause the divine wonder of the report to dissipate, reducing it to an ordinary newspaper. But now it seemed he had underestimated it a bit.

This Official Report had actually not been torn apart by this Shaojun.

Could it be that its immortal and indestructible characteristic still remained?

"Even if you don't speak, you cannot escape death!"

Shaojun sneered and struck out with a palm, wanting to suppress and kill Li Heng.

He was full of confidence now.

In his current state of Gospel descent, he was invincible.

Let alone this mysterious person hiding his head and showing his tail before him, even if the Heavenly Human Limit, that person formerly known as the First Saint, Wang Sheng, were here, he would have the confidence to behead him.

This is the power of the Gospel, this is the power of True Reality!

Of course, using this heaven-defying power came with a price.

With his current cultivation and this frail body, he could only bear this True Gospel power for a short while at most. Once the power receded, he would also die suddenly.

That did not matter; his life was not worth pitying.

As long as he killed this mysterious person and passed the message to his companions, letting them be cautious and not let the descent of the Promised Land be affected, then his mission would be complete.

In fact, his confidence was also well-founded.

Because a World had actually been derived under this palm of his.

This World was not orderly; instead, it was filled with chaotic pollution, and the space-time that constituted the world had also turned into constantly writhing flesh and blood, spreading all kinds of poisonous principles.

Li Heng concluded.

Even a Heavenly Human would not be able to escape disaster when facing this palm.

The lethality of this palm was unknown, but the pollution it spread had already reached the level of Heaven and Earth, far beyond what any living being could withstand.

If it were not for the fact that he cultivated the Great Sun Path and also had the essence of the Visualization Divine Ability to suppress it, then the moment he saw this palm and perceived the polluted world, he would have long since gone insane and deformed.

Under this palm, the surrounding environment was affected.

Space-time changed, deforming into constantly writhing flesh and blood. The Heaven and Earth Principles and Order Divine Chains that constituted the Heaven and Earth also began to activate, becoming polluted and twisting into worms. The entire ground also turned into a mire of flesh and blood, making Li Heng's body feel as if it were trapped in a swamp.

Murmurs, whispers, roars.

All cryptic things, indescribable, seemed to be manifesting under this palm, infecting all things and all spirits.

However, Shaojun's eyes were becoming increasingly joyful and bright.

To him, this was True Reality, this was the Gospel.

Li Heng's gaze was calm.

He did not trigger even a shred of his cultivation, taking this palm head-on, letting the pollution within it strike into his body, ravaging his entire being, and allowing the deformation to spread to all his limbs and bones.

Soon, he turned into a mountain of flesh, constantly writhing.

Shaojun withdrew his palm, feeling somewhat disappointed.

He had thought this mysterious shop owner was very strong, but it turned out to be just this; he was about to collapse without even being able to withstand one of his palms? If he had known, he wouldn't have risked his life so early.

He sighed.

He shook the three heads that had grown out at some unknown time, intending to immediately operate the Secret Technique to notify his companions of the matter. He was not far from death and had to seize the time.

The Secret Technique was cast, turning into a Rune Mark that tore through the Void.

Shaojun breathed a sigh of relief; as long as this Rune Mark escaped into the Void, his companions should all be able to receive the information and then hide themselves to avoid being slaughtered.

But the next moment.

Just as that Rune Mark was about to escape into the Void, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed the Rune Mark in its palm.

Shaojun was stunned, and when he looked closely, he gasped.

It was actually the shopkeeper who had blocked him just now.

But hadn't he collapsed into a mountain of flesh?

How is he still alive, and looking perfectly fine at that!

Li Heng's expression was calm as he continuously analyzed the Rune Mark.

That palm strike from Shaojun just now was truly not simple; the consequences it caused were just a hair's breadth away from exceeding his expectations. If not for his Visualization Divine Ability and the Source Power he possessed, he would have truly died.

When he received that palm strike earlier.

He could perceive everything within his body undergoing mutation and collapse. Under his will of non-resistance, even the supreme status of the Great Sun could not resist the Pollution Power of this force, and it collapsed.

It could pollute him without him even resisting.

One can imagine just how terrifying this power is!

Moreover, he discovered something else.

This kind of mutation and infection was not limited to the physical body and soul; it even extended to the level of time, intending to infect the past version of him and completely sever the foundation of his existence.

It could be said this way.

Once the infection is complete, even backtracking through time and space could not save oneself.

Of course, in order to investigate the essence of this Pollution Power, he had indeed allowed the infection to complete fully; the version of him in the past time segment had also completely fallen, becoming polluted and mutated.

Logically speaking, he should have been beyond saving.

However, as he had expected, his Visualization Divine Ability was as unreasonable as ever; as long as there was Source Power, it could truly accomplish anything, directly purifying this pollution away.

Li Heng did not quite understand the principle behind it.

Both the past and the present were polluted; how could this be saved?

Could it be relying on the future?

But the present determines the future; if there is no present, the future is also a void, or perhaps it is ethereal and illusory.

However, he could be certain of one thing.

Source Power and the Visualization Divine Ability are the eternal gods.

He also gained some harvest from this death-defying experience.

For example, he completely understood the terror of this Pollution Power.

He strongly suspected that if anyone were to be completely infected, it would absolutely be a dead end, even for an Ancient Immortal God.

Unless someone possessed an unreasonable cheat like his.

In the past, he had complained that these Ancient Immortal Gods were somewhat useless.

Clearly, they had already transcended into holiness, transcended the World, were titled Dao Ancestors, and could even involve themselves with time and space; why could they still be polluted, be plagued by Calamity, and be made so wretched that they directly became Dead Remnants?

But now... his evaluation remained unchanged.

These Ancient Immortal Gods are still useless.

However, useless is useless, but he could also understand it now.

It is not that our army is incompetent, but that the enemy has a Gundam.

This Mysterious Calamity, this power of Pollution Mutation, and that indescribable Unknown and Great Terror are simply too unsolvable; even time and space can be infected along the way, so what could they do?

At this moment, Shaojun struck at him with another palm.

Shaojun was terrified to the extreme at this moment.

He did not expect this mysterious shopkeeper to have such methods; even after turning into a mountain of flesh and collapsing, he could still return to his origin. This was completely and utterly unreasonable.

Could it be that what he killed just now was only a clone?

Li Heng still did not resist.

It was nothing more than risking death one more time; he was eager for it.

With more experiences like this, he might be able to analyze a sliver of the essence of these Pollution Powers and come up with more efficient countermeasures, so he wouldn't have to rely solely on brute-forcing it with Source Power.

He dared to conclude.

In the entire Great Void and the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, there might not be anyone else with an opportunity like his. After all, for anyone else to have an opportunity like his, it would mean complete infection, and they would have long since died or turned into monsters.

Li Heng turned into a writhing mountain of flesh once again.

However, due to his own dark humor, the mountain of flesh changed its shape slightly.

At this moment, Shaojun withdrew his palm and frowned.

He never expected that this person would again offer no resistance.

Could it be that this person knew he could not resist this palm?

He stared at the mountain of flesh that Li Heng had transformed into for a long time and couldn't help but be stunned. The shape of this mountain of flesh was a bit strange; why did it look a bit like a meat sandwich? For some reason, he felt that the more he looked, the more it resembled one.

After a while, Li Heng still had not recovered.

Shaojun breathed a sigh of relief; surely he must be dead now.

He once again used a Secret Technique to condense a Rune, causing it to tear through the Void at high speed, not wanting any more accidents to occur.

But an accident occurred nonetheless.

Li Heng's palm grabbed this Rune in his hand again, continuously analyzing this Rune. Combining it with the one he had grabbed earlier, it could be said to be a double analysis delivered for free.

Seeing Li Heng recover at some unknown time.

Shaojun was completely dumbfounded.

He was no fool; realizing something was wrong, his expression turned horrified. A terrifying guess surfaced in his mind, and he blurted out, "You... you, you are not afraid of the power of True Reality!"

Li Heng smiled slightly. Shaojun had gifted him two Runes, and he had already cracked this Rune and the communication Secret Technique. Then, with a slight movement of his mind, a communication Rune belonging to him condensed into existence.

Shaojun's heart sank upon seeing this, feeling a sense of foreboding.

"What are you trying to do!"

"Nothing, I just see that you are lonely and miserable, and I want to make you all neat and tidy. For example, let all your companions come to rescue you, and let you escape with your life, how about that?"

Li Heng let out a soft chuckle.

Shaojun's expression turned gloomy, and a cold sneer appeared on his face.

"You really are a despicable villain; you still want to cause trouble for our companions now, but don't even think about it, you have no idea where our companions are."

Li Heng did not reply, offering only a faint smile, neither confirming nor denying.

In truth, he did indeed possess the locations of all the members of this organization. After all, he had wandered around the place where that organization held their gatherings and had obtained all their Qi signatures; as long as he wanted to, he could certainly find them.

But he did not want to go to such trouble.

He waved his large hand.

A hole in the Void slowly emerged.

Feeling the familiar aura drifting from this hole, Shaojun's expression froze, and he was completely stunned—what was going on?

This hole led to,

it seemed, the Secret Realm where they held their gatherings!

The place they referred to as,

the Promised Land!