Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 698 - Four Hundred Thirty-Four Part_2

Chapter 698: Chapter Four Hundred Thirty-Four Part_2

But before his mind could relax, Taishiran instinctively sensed a dangerous aura.

Then he saw the sea of snakes swept up by the tornado explode without any warning.

The surging Energy Mechanism directly scattered the sky-touching tornado, and the viscous substance that formed from it hurtled towards the ground due to the tornado’s kinetic energy.

At the same time, just as Taishiran was about to dodge the falling viscous substance, he suddenly found his body momentarily stiffened.

Quickly inspecting his body internally, Taishiran’s pupils contracted sharply as he looked up at the celestial being’s abundant figure in the sky.

After Luo Bingli left, during his spellcraft clash with Lou Ji in the air, she had somehow managed to sneak an unknown poison into his body without his awareness.

The poison wasn’t particularly fierce, otherwise, he would have noticed it straight away, and under normal circumstances, his cultivation level would allow him to neutralize it in an instant. But its sudden eruption effectively cut off any chance he had to evade the falling substance.

Lou Ji actually wanted to kill him with the smallest amount of Origin Qi possible.

Watching the green viscous substance getting closer and closer, Taishiran felt a hint of a sigh flash through his heart, then slowly closed his eyes.

Upon seeing his reaction, Chief Lou’s beautiful eyebrows subconsciously furrowed slightly.

Had this Mortal Transcendence accepted his fate?

Or could it be...

Just as the thought flashed through,

the countless droplets of viscous substance had already fallen, corroding everything they touched—earth, stones, tiles—leaving behind a mass of black charred hollows instantly covering the ground.

And the Mortal Transcendence wearing an iron mask was completely enveloped by the highly corrosive viscous substance, with the cringe-inducing sizzling sound incessant to the ear.

Lou Ji was certain the man hadn’t dodged, but he emitted no sound whatsoever—no screams, no cries of pain, no curses.

A flicker of confusion passed through her beautiful eyes; Lou Ji felt his death was a little too easy—so easy it was as if he still had an ace up his sleeve...

"Hum!!!!!"

Just as the thought crossed her mind, a tremendous hum suddenly erupted from the man’s location.

The violent gale nearly forced Lou Ji to squint, until she quickly formed a shield with Origin Qi and finally perceived the change below.

The green viscous substance that wrapped around him was instantly cleared away, and under Lou Ji’s perception, Taishiran’s aura changed as well, becoming somewhat fluctuant.

Noticing this change, a hint of amusement flickered in Lou Ji’s eyes instead of panic.

To use Changtian’s words, this Mortal Transcendence was probably entering the second phase now.

The aura he was now displaying was somewhat familiar to her.

It was a bit like...

"Death Wandering Heaven Technique?"

Her soft murmur floated into the air, and looking directly at Taishiran, Lou Ji’s gaze became evaluative, "I didn’t expect you to know such a forbidden and lost technique."

Standing on the ground covered in corrosive viscous liquid, Taishiran looked up at her and replied with a gentle laugh:

"Chief Lou recognizes this technique?"

"There’s a rat in the burial village who also practices this forbidden technique, but his cultivation is not as high as yours."

Memories flashed through Lou Ji’s eyes as she casually asked, "You do understand the price of using this technique, don’t you?"

With a calm look in his eyes, Taishiran replied with a smile:

"Of course, I’m aware. To fight against you, Chief Lou, I can only rely on the Death Wandering Heaven Technique."

Lou Ji stared into his eyes, her tone slightly puzzled:

"I truly don’t understand. With your level of cultivation, if you were intent on escaping, I couldn’t have kept you here. Now that your assassination attempt has failed, staying here to fight me to the death, is it really worth it?"

The Death Wandering Heaven Technique—a technique that sacrifices life for a temporary boost in immense combat strength.

And its principle is quite straightforward:

Within a certain realm, the amount of Origin Qi stored in the Dantian far exceeds the limit that the meridians can withstand, even for a saint without exception.

The more powerful the spellcraft employed, the greater the burden the meridians have to sustain.

There is a threshold for the meridians, and once it breaks beyond a certain limit, they will shatter. Operating spellcraft with shattered meridians and even without an enemy strike, one may very likely fall into Qi deviation, self-implode and die.

The Death Wandering Heaven Technique, however, can break this limit,

by using a secret technique to temporarily harden the meridians, allowing them to handle a large amount of Origin Qi without repercussions.

The simplest example,

Ordinary Mortal Transcendence, in order to protect the meridians from damage, required continuous operation of Spellcraft, which might exhaust the Dantian’s Origin Qi in two to three quarter-hour periods.

However, under the use of the Death Wandering Heaven Technique, this duration could be shortened to half a quarter-hour or even less.

A Spellcraft that would have taken three quarter-hours to complete could now deplete its energy in half a quarter hour, resulting in a doubling of the Spellcraft’s power!

But in this world, a perfect technique does not exist, for the temporarily hardened meridians via the Death Wandering Heaven Technique would shatter completely after the spell’s duration due to backlash.

And yet the person before him had chosen to use this sinister technique without hesitation.

Seeing that the opponent had no intention of immediately taking action, Taishiran asked with a smile,

"You must have heard Symbol Daoist friend’s transmission just now, right, Chief Lou?"

Since the black fog obstructed the locking of the Energy Mechanism, Fu Qinggeng didn’t communicate through secret sound transmission but directly spread the voice throughout the city.

Lou Ji, who was amid the fog, naturally heard the changes that were happening on Changtian’s side and replied in a light voice,

"If I had not heard it, I wouldn’t be chatting with you right now. That woman who instantly killed two undergoing Mortal Transcendence poses no immediate threat to Changtian."

Taishiran laughed offhandedly, not caring about what the other had said,

"Since you’ve heard it, Chief Lou, why ask such a question?"

A peculiar expression flashed in Lou Ji’s eyes,

"For the sake of the human race?"

"Naturally."

Taishiran said with a smile, corners of his lips hooked, "If my life can end the calamity of this world, then my death, Taishiran, is insignificant."

Having said that,

Taishiran glanced back at the depths of the black fog, his voice firm,

"And besides, I’ve promised her that after this mission, I would repay with my life, but now it seems my life could be put to better use."

"The calamity of this world..."

Lou Ji’s eyes narrowed slightly, she ignored the second half of his sentence, and said with an eerie smile, "The calamity of this world? Does Jiatiange no longer plan to pretend?"

Taishiran shook his head slightly, raised his hand, and in an instant, a spiral whirlwind that seemed to vibrate the space itself coalesced in his hand, saying with a light chuckle,

"Chief Lou,

"Before I die, I will destroy everything—the corpse of Elder Tian, Symbol Daoist friend’s corpse, and... my own corpse.

"This assassination mission won’t leave any evidence, and the world will only know that Xu Changtian of the Prime Minister’s Mansion has become a monster, one that poses a threat to the entire human race."

"Tsk..."

Lou Ji let out a scoff, eyeing the whirlwind in his hand for a few breaths before looking down at Huizhou County, which no longer resembled a city, and said softly,

"You claim to act for the human race, yet what of the commoners below? Are they not humans? If it weren’t for you, they might still be living peacefully."

"Chief Lou, we protect not just a certain group or an individual, but the entire human race,"

Taishiran said, locking eyes with Lou Ji, "To sacrifice a hundred to save a thousand, such a decision should not be difficult for you, should it?"

Lou Ji smiled gracefully, "Indeed, it isn’t."

"Heh..."

Taishiran chuckled, then his voice turned more somber,

"Chief Lou, given your status, you must be aware of the catastrophe the foreign ghosts caused to the human race ten thousand years ago. You also heard what Symbol Daoist friend said. Do you truly believe that the monster is still the Xu Changtian you know?"

Lou Ji raised an eyebrow, her expression amused, "Are you trying to persuade me?"

Taishiran looked into her eyes and said, with measured emphasis,

"Minister Xu, in his lifetime, aspired to create an era of peace and prosperity, whereas Xu Changtian, as the start of the great calamity, is the source of disaster."

After a moment of silence, Lou Ji spoke softly,

"You’re right, Xu Yinhè’s ideals indeed were such."

At that,

Lou Ji changed her tone, crossed her arms in front of her chest, raised a slender jade finger to her cheek, curved her beautiful eyes, and said with a chilling smile,

"But... if Changtian is the calamity, then let me, Lou Ji—oh no, let the Prime Minister’s Mansion—become a part of this great calamity."