Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 674 674: 672 Improvement

Zhou Bai smiled faintly, thinking to himself, 'I'm not afraid of your vigilance, I'm afraid you won't be moved.'

Watching the Mysterious Lady extend a hand towards him, Zhou Bai returned the gesture with a slight smile and handed over the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword, "Have fun with it."

"Hmph." The Mysterious Lady took the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword and ran off to the side to embrace it without moving.

Even just holding it motionless, the Mysterious Lady could feel a sense of complete satisfaction.

Under the connection of ordinary Primordial Spirit arms, a cultivator's Primordial Spirit power and aptitude would be enhanced.

Yet now, the Mysterious Lady felt a slight sense of her Mutated Power growing within her.

Although the era they were in now was over a hundred years removed from the twisted Heavenly Dao, and nearly all the Mutated Beings lacked intelligence with their Mutated Power being unorganized,

The Mysterious Lady could sense a power inside her, which she called the Power of Deformation, that was growing over time, enabling her to enhance both her mutated abilities and physical strength.

And now, the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword before her was enhancing her Power of Deformation every moment, making the Mysterious Lady grow fonder of this spiral longsword.

On the other side, Zhou Bai watched the Mysterious Lady cling to the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword and chuckled inwardly, 'As long as there's desire, it's good. With desire, I can find a way to control you.'

In his mind, Christina reminded him, "Zhou Bai, this Mysterious Lady is naturally defiant and has betrayed so many people; you must be careful of her."

Zhou Bai replied, "Don't worry. Although I failed before and didn't get to have a proper heart-to-heart with her, I have already formulated a new tactic."

Zhou Bai's eyes narrowed slightly as he watched the Mysterious Lady not far away, thinking, "I must use every power available to me to grow stronger, including the Mysterious Lady's power."

He contemplated over all the behaviors the Mysterious Lady had displayed since they met.

With his photographic memory, every subtle expression and every move of the Mysterious Lady replayed in his mind.

His memory lingered on a few occasions when she seemed particularly excited.

"The Mysterious Lady seems... to react when my contamination level is high. Can she sense the degree of my contamination, or how close it is to mutation?"

"This might also be one of the reasons why she considers me a Mutated Being no matter how I explain it."

Remembering how the Mysterious Lady treated him like family at the Heavenly Demon base, Zhou Bai thought, 'All this time, the Mysterious Lady has been lonely. After all, in her eyes, I am the only intelligent Mutated Being like her in the world, which is why she considered me family.'

At that thought, Zhou Bai's mind shifted, and suddenly, under the effect of the Tianhe Star Explosion sword, he began to float gently upwards; he wanted to increase his contamination level to see if he could get the Mysterious Lady to grow closer to him.

Then Zhou Bai placed the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword next to the Mysterious Lady, occasionally exploiting her fondness for the sword to get her to do simple tasks, like shaking hands, squatting, patting her head...

Christina exclaimed in surprise, "This actually works?" She couldn't resist glancing at Elsa beside her, "Elsa, shake hands."

Elsa gave her a sidelong glance, with an air of disdain, "You don't even have a treat..."

Although the Mysterious Lady was initially resistant, as her dependence on the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword deepened, her acceptance of certain commands gradually increased.

Moreover, she felt Zhou Bai's presence gradually exuding more and more of the scent she liked.

She looked at Zhou Bai, "Zhou Bai's Power of Deformation is constantly improving, isn't it? He really is a genius."

Although she despised Zhou Bai's character, in that moment, Xuan Nü couldn't help but admire his talent. His mastery over the Power of Deformation far surpassed hers.

This mix of love and hatred permeated Xuan Nü's impression of Zhou Bai.

With Zhou Bai's level of contamination increasing, he even seemed a bit more handsome in her eyes.

Xuan Nü, "Sigh... If Zhou Bai could help me, then we definitely could create a world of our own for the mutated beings."

Observing the subtle changes in Xuan Nü's attitude, Zhou Bai thought to himself, "It's about time to try and take things further."

Then Xuan Nü felt an emptiness in her embrace, as the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword had disappeared.

She jumped up from the ground and shouted at Zhou Bai, "Give me back the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword!"

"Do you want a handshake?" Xuan Nü walked up to Zhou Bai and said coldly, "Put out your hand, then give me the sword."

Zhou Bai sighed, "Xuan Nü, your misunderstanding of me runs deep. Actually, I've always remembered the kindness you showed me at the Heavenly Demon base."

"I've been thinking, if there were no distinction between humans and mutated beings in this world, if we had met in an ordinary city as ordinary people, how wonderful that would have been."

Xuan Nü scoffed in her heart, ready to mock Zhou Bai, when suddenly, with him activating the ability to overpower greed, all her desires for the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword dissipated.

In that moment, as Xuan Nü looked at Zhou Bai's dejected figure, she felt a hollowness inside herself too, making the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword seem far less important than before.

Watching Zhou Bai's disheartened expression, feeling her own low spirits, Xuan Nü thought shocked, "What's... what's happening to me?"

Zhou Bai put his hand on Xuan Nü's shoulder, "To be honest, every night after I attacked you, I've been filled with regret.

The thought that you would no longer exist in this world, leaving me as the only intelligent mutated being... That feeling... it's as if I've been abandoned by the entire world, unbearably lonely."

Xuan Nü looked at Zhou Bai, her thoughts churning. The sense of loneliness he spoke of had always accompanied her.

To Xuan Nü, the entire world was so dangerous and chaotic; her identity as a mutated being made humans, immortals, gods, and Heavenly Demons all want to kill her, use her, or capture her. She had no true kin and no one she could truly trust.

After she controlled Sun Jingping to attack Zhou Bai during the debate in Daluo Heaven, she had experienced an overwhelming sense of emptiness and loneliness. It felt as if she were the only person left in the world.

Zhou Bai, noticing Xuan Nü's slightly wavering demeanor, continued, "The End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword was specially forged for you, a weapon only we mutated beings can use. I was truly happy to see how much you liked the sword."

"I just wanted to talk to you a bit more, which is why I hadn't given you the sword outright."

As he spoke, he took the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword out again and slowly handed it over to Xuan Nü.

"Also, this is the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor, I've been wanting to give it back to you for a while."

The Abyss Nether Dragon Armor, regurgitated by Elsa from her stomach, had transformed back into a dragon-shaped pendant and was presented to Xuan Nü.

A hint of sorrow flashed through Zhou Bai's eyes, "It might be a bit late, but I still want to tell you, ever since we met at the Heavenly Demon base, I've also considered you my family. It's just that, back then, I couldn't let go of my emotional ties to humanity."