The crack in the sky grew wider and wider, but the Sequence 4 who could summon lightning had no time to worry about anything else.
There was nothing he could do. Without his lightning suppressing them, the ground would have already been completely overrun by spores.
Even though he was desperately suppressing them with lightning, some of the spores were still spreading in all directions.
At this rate, Central City would completely fall in less than two hours.
Yet, that Sequence 4 remained indifferent. The reason was simple: this was Central City, and it was teeming with powerful experts.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
One figure after another soared into the air as layers of dark clouds gathered, tightly shrouding the blood-red crack.
Waves of terrifying energy accurately bombarded the ground, incinerating the hyphae and spores.
But they all knew very well that the evil god summoning ritual had already succeeded. What they were doing now was merely drinking poison to quench their thirst.
Just the spores and the mere sight of the evil god could cause mutations. Once the evil god actually descended, how many living souls would be left in Central City?
Perhaps only those top-tier families stood a chance of survival.
After all, only they were wealthy enough to line their entire houses with gold to minimize the corruptive influence as much as possible.
While everyone was lost in thought, a peaceful voice echoed throughout Central City.
“A half-acre pond opens like a mirror, where sky-light and cloud-shadows linger together.”
“How can the pond be so clear? For there is a source of living water flowing in.”
The moment these words were spoken, everyone in Central City was startled, immediately feeling a new surge of strength welling up in their hearts.
At that moment, the sky above Central City began to shimmer like a vast ocean, wrapping the entire city within its embrace and blocking out all of the evil god's influence.
The transcendents who were busy destroying the spores recognized the voice as Wan Tianqing's, and their hearts instantly settled.
After all, that was Wan Tianqing—the man who could hold up the collapsing sky!
As long as he was there, no problem was a problem.
Right at that moment, a pair of skeletal, red hands grabbed the crack and violently tore it open.
A terrifying torrent of air surged from the spatial rift, instantly dispersing the dark clouds.
The wind swept toward Central City but was blocked by the invisible ocean.
Though the ripples on the water's surface grew larger and larger, it ultimately managed to block the wind.
Or rather, it absorbed it.
In midair, the evil god tore the rift wider, and half of its body emerged.
The moment it revealed itself, the creatures around Central City began to mutate!
Wild animals, travelers, and all flesh-and-blood life outside the city began to undergo mutations!
Their flesh and blood dissolved, melting into pools of bloody water.
Then, from the pools of blood, mushrooms began to sprout.
The mushrooms were incredibly vibrant and crimson, with the faces of those very creatures growing on their surfaces.
The citizens inside the city instinctively looked up, but due to the refraction of the invisible ocean above, they could see nothing.
Yet for some reason, everyone felt an intense palpitation, as if they were being stared down by some terrifying creature.
Only the Demigods and Sequence 4s dealing with the spores knew that the evil god had emerged.
Whoosh!
From the direction of the Security Headquarters, a golden light shot up into the sky!
The golden light was so dazzling, it was as if it were the sole protagonist of heaven and earth!
Several Sequence 4s squinted and saw that within the golden light was an elder, an elder wearing a 'shroud' like a cloak!
Whoosh!
The golden light pierced through the invisible ocean, flying straight toward the evil god.
The evil god seemed to sense the threat from him as well, and its hundred-meter-long arm slapped toward Huang Quan!
Huang Quan exhaled slowly, his gaze suddenly turning razor-sharp.
Strands of divinity surged from his body, transforming into chains that wrapped around the evil god's form.
But the moment they made contact, tiny red mushrooms began to sprout on the chains, frantically absorbing the energy from them.
They caused the chains to decay and disintegrate.
“Your strength is actually quite decent.”
Huang Quan praised, his attacks becoming increasingly fierce!
The divine chains transformed into whips, lashing the evil god before him.
These chains seemed to carry some sort of special power, tearing the evil god's flesh open and preventing it from regenerating.
“If we just rely on these chains, how long is it going to take to kill this evil god?”
“Let me out! Let me eat it! Let me eat it!!!”
“All you know is eating day in and day out. Do you have any idea how hard an evil god is to digest?”
“Besides, we belong to the Ward Guard pathway. Being this crazy will only distance us further from our power!”
“Power? What use is power?!”
“Don't we want power just to live a more comfortable life? If we have power but still have to hold ourselves back, then what's the point?!”
“Hurry, hurry, hurry! We finally managed to borrow the Shroud, don't let it go to waste! We haven't unleashed our mythical form in a long time!”
Crack!
The spatial rift widened even further, and more of the evil god squeezed through.
It resembled an incredibly massive centipede—its body was long and slender, with rows of arms lining both sides.
“Hurry! Hurry!!!”
That crazed voice sounded extremely urgent, and the other voices gradually faded away.
Huang Quan closed his eyes slightly. When he opened them again, his smile slowly contorted.
“Good stuff... such good stuff!!!”
As he spoke, the divinity on his body gradually evaporated, forming a blurry phantom behind him.
It was hard to describe what that phantom was, but the corruption it radiated was not the least bit inferior to that of the evil god!
Even the mushrooms on the evil god's body began to wither!
This was exactly why a Sequence 3 could not easily make a move.
With their mythical forms, their corruption was not a single bit weaker than that of an evil god!
Hum~
The Shroud he used as a cloak glowed faintly, and surges of strange power merged into the phantom.
The blurry phantom gradually solidified and lunged toward the evil god!
“Hahaha!”
Huang Quan laughed maniacally. The evil god reached out with a single hand, seemingly intending to crush him to pieces.
But the moment it drew near, the phantom behind Huang Quan split open a massive mouth and bit down on the evil god's arm.
Crack.
Blood splattered everywhere as the evil god's arm was bitten clean off.
The blood from the wound plummeted toward the earth, but before it could hit the ground, it transformed into flesh-and-blood, mushroom-shaped monsters.
Splat, splat.
These monsters fell onto the invisible ocean and were completely dissolved.
Vaguely, the sound of reading could be heard from within the invisible ocean.
...
Central City.
“Eat~”
“...”
Yin Yang didn't even know what to say. He could only say that this Wannian Platform was quite reasonable—it knew it had to eat when it was hungry.
But just as he continued trying to communicate, an incredibly violent divinity rose within the Wannian Platform.
If not for the barrier protecting him, Yin Yang would have already wanted to run!
This divinity was far too violent, far exceeding that of a Demigod!
Vaguely, he even sensed a familiar power.
“A natural transcendent?”
While Yin Yang was pondering, several more powerful forces rushed toward the Wannian Platform!
Every single one of them was a Sequence 4!
This made Yin Yang marvel even more. Central City truly was Central City—a land of hidden talents indeed.
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