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Chapter 131 - 130: Fusion Is Power! (Thanks to Ya Shen Ya, the Alliance Leader)

"It’s alright, just a scratch!" Shuyue Liu hurriedly said, "Let me try again!"

Chen Xuan crushed a Blood Orange and applied it to her wound, "Do you have so many lives to spend?"

"This time, just half... no, thirty to forty years of life will be enough!" She didn’t wait for the wound to completely frost over, eager to stand up.

"Let me go." Jiu suddenly said, "I can also wield one level of the Demon-Slaying True Sword. Besides, I’m still young, even if it costs me fifty years of life, I can afford it!"

"And me." Hua added, "I can bear half of the burden for my brother, just twenty years will be enough!"

"You..." Shuyue Liu was stunned for a moment, then shook her head, "No... even if you can use the Wind Riding Talisman, you can’t yet handle it proficiently. Once the roots catch up to you, forget casting spells, you’d be struggling just to dodge."

Jiu remained silent.

That was indeed the truth. Even a genius like him couldn’t master the Wind Riding Talisman in just half an hour.

"Not good, that thing looks like it’s about to burst!" Xu Xuanling, who was guarding nearby, suddenly exclaimed.

Everyone looked over and saw that the membrane at the bottom of the droplet had become almost transparent, with all the blood vessels clearly visible, and the shadows inside distinctly outlined.

It wasn’t really the fetal membrane becoming transparent; rather, it had been stretched to its limit, the surface turning from thick to paper-thin, like a water-filled balloon. If more water was added, the thinnest part at the bottom would instantly split open.

"I don’t need to dodge the roots." Determinedly, Jiu said, "Even if it grabs me, I will cast the spell!"

He kneeled down and kowtowed to Chen Xuan and Shuyue Liu, "Without the help of Immortal Master, I might have died long ago. This life I’ve lived to this day, found my master’s whereabouts, and avenged my family, I have nothing else to ask for. Now that I have a chance to repay the Immortal Master, I don’t want to miss it."

Then, Jiu stood up, took out a Wind Riding Talisman that Shuyue Liu had given him before, ready to take off.

"Wait!" Chen Xuan called to his student, "I might have a way to help you avoid those roots."

He picked up the scanner, aiming it at Shuyue Liu, "If you feel any discomfort, be sure to tell me."

Chen Xuan, using a secretive method of transaction, infused "Curse: Flesh and Blood Hunger" and "Decomposition and Re-Fusion" into Shuyue Liu.

He didn’t need to explain the purpose of these abilities because she would gain all his usage experience.

"Do you feel like you’re burning up, craving blood?"

Shuyue Liu blinked, "I don’t feel anything unusual."

It seemed the Blessed Holy Maiden was still exerting her power; even clearly marked as a curse, its side effects could be suppressed!

When Chen Xuan had previously experienced the curse, he thought instead of using it himself, it might be more suitable for Shuyue Liu, after all, he couldn’t equip the ability of the Holy Maiden himself.

But even if there’s no thirst, one can’t consider it foolproof, after all, this curse affects not only the mind but also changes the body.

At this moment, Shuyue Liu suddenly understood Chen Xuan’s intention. She immediately ran to the edge of the pit, casting Fusion on a root lunging towards her!

In an instant, the root embedded itself into Shuyue Liu’s hand!

The scene made everyone’s heart tremble, anyone watching would have thought the enemy attacked first, and she didn’t dodge in time.

Yet the impossible happened. The roots continued to burrow into Shuyue Liu’s arm, as if trying to burst her. But no matter how they burrowed, Shuyue Liu remained unharmed.

Until the bottom of the root was pulled out, spraying blood into her palm, everyone realized it wasn’t the enemy invading Shuyue Liu, but Shuyue Liu absorbing them!

"It’s fine... I can use it as a new cost for Fusion!" she shouted to Chen Xuan.

The others didn’t understand what she meant, but Chen Xuan understood completely, he immediately nodded to Jiu, "Go! Immortal Master Liu will shield you!"

Jiu nodded and resolutely flew skyward. His use of the Wind Riding Talisman was shaky, barely keeping him level — but that alone was more than most could manage to just lift off.

Shuyue Liu also took off from the pit’s edge, maintaining a distance of several dozen meters from Jiu.

The siege from other cultivators showed signs of exhaustion, partly due to the continuous consumption of Spiritual Qi, also due to the seemingly endless intestines and roots. Anyone thrown into this battlefield with no end in sight would gradually feel despair, with the enemy never diminishing while they constantly suffered injuries and even deaths.

The severe damage the Flesh and Blood Tower had suffered before had now recovered about halfway, the tears still existed, just no longer gushing blood like before.

With the overhead fetal membrane on the verge of collapsing, those bitterly fighting couldn’t help but think — no matter win or lose, this battle was almost over.

Roots quickly detected the approaching duo.

They surged from all directions, aiming to shoot them down.

Shuyue Liu immediately triggered Decomposition and Re-Fusion, engulfing all those enemies — an incredible scene unfolded, thousands upon thousands of roots extending from the pit converged on Shuyue Liu alone, as if those lines were rays emanating from her!

The area before the Flesh and Blood Tower had never been so clear.

Chen Xuan was also closely monitoring her situation.

From the current perspective, this Forbidden Ability was indeed quite powerful, with a beauty akin to stepping on one’s own foot with the other. Initially, it only required using a small piece of one’s own flesh as the cost to trigger the first fusion, after which the Flesh and Blood Hunger effect could enhance by using the fused flesh as a subsequent cost, thereby creating an endless loop.

Usually, after many fusions, one’s humanity would be diluted, becoming indistinguishable from a Demon Fiend, but the Holy Maiden’s immunity to curses could counteract such tissue distortion, maintaining human form. Meanwhile, the spiritual and flesh absorbed in fusion wouldn’t disappear, remaining within Shuyue Liu.

This foreign substance would definitely have adverse effects if it lingered long-term, much like uncontrolled cancer cells. But if a target was found, using them all up as a cost could rid the curse’s danger.

Hua tightly clenched his hands, eyes fixed on the figures in mid-air, not daring to look away for a second.

Xu Xuanling, waving flags for Shuyue Liu, shouted, "Go, Master!"

Chen Xuan slightly turned an ear, discovering it wasn’t just his disciples, other sect cultivators were also cheering for the duo.

"Go... Show them what you’ve got!"

"We can hold on a bit longer!"

"Long live the Immortal Alliance!"

Jiu finally reached the edge of the curtain formed by intestines - this was clearly his best chance to act. Behind him, Shuyue Liu suddenly showed a painful expression, body shaking, rapidly dropping in altitude.

"Master looks... strange!" Xu Xuanling couldn’t help exclaiming.

Chen Xuan noticed as well, with her hands pressing her head hard, seemingly enduring intense discomfort, even the roots absorbed within had begun to mutate, raising scary worm-like coils on her arms and shoulders.

Was it the curse acting up?

No, according to the ability description, the Holy Maiden completely restrained the curse, unable to exist in a situation where a small amount could be endured, but larger intake would lose control.

Spiritual Qi amplification... Demon Fiend’s flesh...

Right, Chen Xuan suddenly realized, it was the consciousness contamination Shuyue Liu had mentioned earlier. If a cultivator draws on the power of Demon Fiends to reinforce Spiritual Qi over time, it could create an Inner Demon. While these roots might appear as some biological body, essentially they remained Demon Fiends. Although Flesh and Blood Hunger’s effect and a cultivator’s voluntary absorption method differ, the common point remains: both involve plundering others to strengthen oneself, a classic case of arriving at the same destination by different routes.

So Shuyue Liu’s condition had nothing to do with the curse, it was simply a result of absorbing too much Demon Fiend power in a short time, affecting her self-awareness?

Gotta think of a solution!

Chen Xuan quickly rummaged through his inventory, his gaze landing on a certain ability.

"Indifferent" Level 1.

This was a green ability, initially traded to him by Shuyue Liu, originating from the battle at Jiufeng City in Yunzhou, where she’d forcefully taken it from a Loose Cultivator.

It sounded unkind but it was a type of mental ability, enabling one to build high mental walls to reduce external influence.

Since this ability was already inventoried, it couldn’t be reclaimed after trading again, so it would remain with Shuyue Liu. However, Chen Xuan couldn’t worry about that now, he aimed the scanner at the unsteady Shuyue Liu in the sky, using a secret transaction method to press the button.

The effect manifested almost immediately.

Shuyue Liu instantly regained her downward control, returning to the same height as Jiu, continuing to fuse more rebellious roots into her body.

Jiu, at this moment, threw the sword in his hand!