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Chapter 415 - Two Hundred and Eighty-One: Like the Back of One’s Hand_2

Chapter 415: Chapter Two Hundred and Eighty-One: Like the Back of One’s Hand_2

But now, it seems it should be enough.

Li Qingyan activated her cultivation technique, flames flaring in her eyes. She asked softly,

"Absorb it all?"

Xu Yuan glanced at Li Qingyan, pondering slightly,

"With your cultivation level, it should be enough to supply the Origin Qi needed for this Black Death Bacterial Armor... But it doesn’t really matter, if your cultivation is not enough, I have plenty of Source Crystals."

"Heh... you’re quite generous."

Li Qingyan let out a light chuckle and flew to the center of the tunnel.

Standing in silence for a few moments, Li Qingyan shed her black robe to reveal the perfect curves enveloped by Black Death Bacterial Armor below. Then, she lightly touched the mycelial mat on the ground with her slender jade finger.

The next instant,

Bright red Origin Qi radiated from her body, illuminating the entire tunnel like daytime, while the intertwined brown-red mycelial mat on the ground began to boil instantaneously.

The restlessness of the mycelial mat continued for about ten or so breaths.

When it subsided, the once flat Black Death Mycelial Mat had swelled with numerous tubular channels resembling blood vessels and flesh.

Spreading from Li Qingyan at the center, they connected all the Black Death Bacterial Armor in the tunnel.

Seven hundred and thirty-two sets of Black Death Bacterial Armor, seven hundred and thirty-two tubular channels like blood vessels and flesh.

"......"

Upon witnessing the scene, Xu Yuan’s eyebrows slightly raised, but before he could voice his questions,

"Glug—"

a swallowing sound echoed through the silent tunnel.

Xu Yuan frowned and followed the sound.

He saw bulges appear at the junction between the mycelial channels and the Black Death Bacterial Armor, then slowly moved along the channels toward Li Qingyan at a steady pace.

"Glug—"

"Glug—"

"......"

In the vast underground tunnel, only the constant swallowing sounds remained.

Under Xu Yuan’s gaze,

Li Qingyan’s fitted Black Death Bacterial Armor was like a voracious beast, continuously drawing vitality from the rest of the Black Death Bacterial Armor in the tunnel through the mycelial channels.

The Bacterial Armor being drained of vitality quickly withered visibly to the naked eye.

As time elapsed,

the previously dull surface of the Bacterial Armor on Li Qingyan began to develop some patterns, continuously emitting a strange and profound dark red glow.

It was about to end...

Just as the thought flashed through, Xu Yuan sensed something was amiss.

Although most of the Bacterial Armor had been sucked dry, resembling "mummies," there were still more than twenty sets that remained sturdy.

This was... Green-level Black Death Bacterial Armor?

Realizing this, Xu Yuan immediately understood that these most likely belonged to the Third Grade Great Masters of the Underground Palace.

For Third Grade Great Masters, ordinary Bacterial Armor offered little to enhance their combat abilities.

Anyone with a normal IQ would know to absorb the Bacterial Armor reserved in the Underground City to synthesize stronger ones, in order to gain more powerful strength.

Two quarters of an hour later,

the absorption process was nearing its end. The originally vibrant underground tunnel had become utterly desolate, with only one set of Bacterial Armor persisting under Li Qingyan’s devouring.

But under the combined extraction of numerous mycelial channels, the last piece of Bacterial Armor quickly withered as well, turning into a piece of dry vine armor...

Everything returned to calm,

the tall and valiant woman stood quietly at the center of the tunnel, looking down at the now completely transformed Bacterial Armor on her body.

"Crack—"

The dead mycelium was crushed underfoot,

Xu Yuan stepped forward, while observing the intricate dark red glow emitted from the patterns on her Bacterial Armor, he said with a soft laugh,

"How does it feel?"

"Very strong."

Li Qingyan raised her eyes, bending them into a smile, "And it obeys me like an arm commands a hand."

In the midst of speaking,

A flash of light in her crimson pupils caused the dark red bodice-fitting Bacterial Armor to morph around her body.

With a surge,

The Bodice Princess was no more.

The Wrapped Chest Princess had returned.

The Black Death Bacterial Armor directly transformed into the likeness of the red robe dress that Li Qingyan usually wore, complete with a wrapped chest.

However, if one looked closely, one could find some intricate dark red patterns on this red robe.

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuan sighed and said with a teasing smile,

"That ability of the Bacterial Armor to change form is quite convenient. When we return to the military, you’ll no longer need to worry about your wrapped chest breaking again."

Li Qingyan approached him, her eyes playfully fixed on him,

"Looking at your expression, Xu Yuan, it seems you might regret it a bit? Do you want me to change this dress back?"

"What’s there to regret? Isn’t it more torturous to look but not taste?"

Xu Yuan gave the woman a look, then turned to walk toward the upper end of the passageway,

"Let’s go. Judging by the time, the four people above should have come to a decision by now."

Li Qingyan chuckled and followed, her red dress fluttering in the wind,

"Do you think they will agree?"

"Bai Muxi herself probably won’t be willing, since that Jade Pendant allows her to temporarily become a Primordial powerhouse."

Xu Yuan thought briefly, then said with a light smile, "However, the offer I made is one they can’t refuse. Just the method to break through to Primordial alone is probably enough to cause infighting among them, let alone the opportunity to possess Cultivation Techniques and a chance to flee this Underground City."

As he spoke,

Xu Yuan glanced at Li Qingyan:

"Besides, now we have ’Princess’ you, right? With that Bacterial Armor, it should be much easier for you to kill them, shouldn’t it?"

Li Qingyan’s beautiful eyes flashed with amusement,

"If they are unwilling, are you prepared to force them?"

"Hey, don’t put it in such an ugly way,"

Xu Yuan waved his hand and narrowed his eyes with a smile, "How can a win-win situation be called forcing? This is convincing others with virtue."

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"Once we hand over the Blood Divine Stone to them, our Seven City Alliance will lack Primordial strength for a short period."

A sound-shielding barrier formed by Origin Qi surrounded the altar, within which Li Xing’s reprimand echoed, "This is akin to giving the power of life and death to those two people from the Upper Realm."