Online: I Can See Health Bars-Chapter 1188 - 522: My Era! (2)

Putting aside prejudice, the two started a deep discussion.

From the initial inquiry by Ding Hui, Sheng Yuan’s response, to their mutual exploration, even Ding Hui’s proposed hypotheses on potential developments, all made the already elderly Sheng Yuan’s eyes light up with excitement.

That array technique, which had stagnated for years, seemed to have new insights, making him yearn to deconstruct, expand, and enhance the existing arrays.

Unfortunately, now is not the time!

He must suppress that impulse.

At least, wait until Lord Hai Lin and that monster have decided their battle before modifying and handling the array.

Sheng Yuan and Ding Hui’s discussion was intense, but the deputy captain of the guard team beside them couldn’t hold it anymore.

Because from his perspective, everything that came out of these two people’s mouths was gibberish, completely incomprehensible.

Seeing them go on endlessly, he immediately emptied his mind, becoming a wooden puppet.

From Ding Hui’s decision to change the array, stop the bloody chaos in Sunset City, to discussing the array’s expansiveness and improvements with Sheng Yuan, he had almost forgotten his initial purpose.

And behind them, the continuously operating array was affecting the outcome on another battlefield.

...

On the city wall.

Bam!!!

After a strike, the Qingling Taoist slid back several meters, halting his movement.

"Marvelous, marvelous, marvelous!"

Qingling Taoist repeatedly praised, sensing the unparalleled power from Lord Hai Lin.

"No wonder, no wonder you dared to challenge me, no wonder you have the confidence to confront me head-on, it turns out to be this!"

At this moment, Lord Hai Lin was in a bizarre state, half-human, half-demon, with his demonization long surpassing 50%, possibly even over 70%, making his whole condition slightly uncontrollable.

The wildly trembling pupils indicated the amplification of power he was enduring, gradually pushing him to the edge of losing control.

"Ha... ha... ha..."

Lord Hai Lin gasped heavily, his skin already transformed into fish-like demon scales, hanging above him was a small lantern emitting a strange ghostly light, akin to a guiding lamp of the underworld.

The scales all over him were like armor, barely any human features left, exposing only the arm with seven eye-like tree patterns.

Five of those eyes were completely shut, with bloody tears streaming.

Only the last two eyes were stubbornly open, fixed upon Qingling Taoist.

Now, it’s fair to say, Lord Hai Lin, from top to bottom, had almost no human traits left, his demonization so advanced that even he felt his scalp tingle, with frequent instances of consciousness lapses.

That’s the emblem of excessive demonization, transforming into a demon...

But in this state, Lord Hai Lin still made such an appraisal of Qingling Taoist.

"Monster!"

Qingling Taoist laughed.

"Monster?"

He pondered over the word, then extended his right hand.

"Do you know what I have sacrificed to become a monster?"

Transforming his palm into a fist, tightly clenching his fingers.

Qingling Taoist coldly declared.

"You know nothing! The suffering of believers far outweighs the petty demonization backlash you Demon Martial Artists endure!"

"Die, monster!"

Without hesitation, Lord Hai Lin charged forth, needing to settle Qingling Taoist while still retaining his sanity!

Otherwise, he would either die or be completely demonized, becoming the monster that would destroy Sunset City.

"The path to the future now only has one way left!!"

Lord Hai Lin roared, delivering a punch.

Boom!!!

Terrifying power caused the whole Sunset City to tremble, even causing the array at Sunset City to subtly fluctuate!

Such an exaggerated attack, Qingling Taoist couldn’t completely block, spitting blood while being sent flying, crashing heavily onto the street like a fallen meteor, kicking up massive dust resembling a sandstorm, merely the aftereffects smashing everything nearby into pieces.

Blood and debris intermingled, scattering explosively, cries and pleas echoing together, yet unable to affect the intense combat between the two in the slightest.

Like gods fighting, mortals suffer.

The fate of mortals isn’t within their considerations.

But the injured Qingling Taoist still keenly caught something.

"His aura has weakened, though a mere subtle reduction, I’ve precisely captured it!"

From the ground, Qingling Taoist’s eyes flashed with madness and ferocity.

"It made sense, I should have realized earlier. Since his Demon Martial Artist’s enhancement power is bound to the living of Sunset City, it means if suddenly there were massive casualties in Sunset City, the number of dead and injured exceeding half, even slaughtering the entire city! Then losing the Demon Martial Artist’s amplification ability, that guy’s actual power would plummet, becoming practically useless!"

It’s the erosion of [Spirit] affecting my thoughts!

From discovering the truth of his power boost, I should have linked to this!

Qingling Taoist clenched his head, as if wanting to insert his fingers into his brain, frantically twisting and scratching to alleviate the pain!

"No hesitation, as long as doing this, as long as this..."

Boom!!!

The Spirit Shield shook violently!

The ground suddenly sank, a fearful force making his Spirit Shield creak!

As Qingling Taoist adjusted his stance, Lord Hai Lin launched a sneak attack.

Accompanied by the eye-like tree pattern on Lord Hai Lin’s arm closing another eye.

The frightful punch, its exaggerated power, pressing Qingling Taoist’s eyes almost roll back, yet his aura in that instant, bizarrely surged up!

Spirit, at that moment, briefly seized his body.

And...

Slice!!!!

Nothing was clear.

Lord Hai Lin barely saw how the opponent attacked, yet he was already hit.

A huge wound, top to bottom, nearly splitting him in half!!

The horrendous slicing force split open his forehead, severed demonized scales, and cut flesh down to the skull, the terror only propelling him backwards, crashing through multiple residential buildings, before finally landing and stopping.

Touching his face.

The skin on his forehead already peeled back, touching exposed skull bone, further below touching the exposed nasal bone, even a line-like cut splitting the chest open, exposing the beating heart inside.

Only now did Lord Hai Lin comprehend the terror of that strike.

"Just now... what was that?"

Not something from Qingling Taoist, in other words, not Qingling Taoist’s previous exhibited power!

"That’s not Qingling Taoist’s strength, that is... the power of Spirit!!!"

"He’s finally utterly consumed by Spirit’s influence..."

Just as Lord Hai Lin thought this... a fierce beast-like roar suddenly sounded from ahead!! 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Push him back!!!!"

A terrifying shockwave exploded from Qingling Taoist’s surroundings, launching everything away, leaving only him trembling intensely, gasping, clutching his chest.

The once tidy hair bun unknowingly fallen, amidst disheveled hair, revealing an eye, glaring terrifyingly at Lord Hai Lin.

"Not over, not yet over! I can still fight, I still can!!"

He roared angrily at Lord Hai Lin: "This is..."

"My era!!!!"

Seemingly overexerted, or perhaps exerting all his strength, Qingling Taoist’s eyes gradually rolled upwards...

And then, his aura abruptly changed!

Oddly, after the transformation, Qingling Taoist elegantly extended three fingers, touched his chin, and calmly said.

"Even if I die, even if I lose control, the possessed me will still seize Sunset City, completing my plans... Is this what you want to say? My, dog."

Clearly using Qingling Taoist’s voice.

Clearly Qingling Taoist was speaking.

But Lord Hai Lin was unmistakably certain... that guy was no longer Qingling Taoist!!