296: Blood Demon Liu Qinghe

"There are so many Infected, we can kill them all."

The pretty young girl's face paled. Just half a day ago, she was merely a person barely making ends meet in the Vast Sea Survivor Base.

"We are Level Five Experts. What can a mere Infected do?"

The heterochromatic man crossed his arms, proudly looking down at the Infected below.

The pretty young girl composed herself, biting her lip lightly: "I'll deal with these Infected as quickly as possible. Don't let them leave Jiangcheng."

"Leave it to me."

The heterochromatic man's eyes glowed. His left eye, a silver pupil, emitted a soul-shattering light, while his right eye, a blood-red pupil, dissolved flesh and bone. Even among all A-Rank Talents, his was an exceptionally powerful Talent.

Pupil light overflowed, slowly condensing into two giant eyes behind him. As the giant eyes opened, two divine lights, one silver and one red, seemed to pierce through the earth. Wherever they passed, the bodies of the Infected disintegrated, and their murky souls instantly collapsed.

Within the Corpse Tide, a vacuum path was directly cleared.

But after this attack, the heterochromatic man was noticeably much weaker, having consumed a significant amount of Exotic Energy from his body.

"You two hurry up too, block the Corpse Tide from leaving Jiangcheng. I'll go deal with the mutated Infected inside to reduce the losses of the Base's defense forces."

The heterochromatic man finished speaking, preparing to mount his beast and descend, but just as he turned around, a hand gripped his neck.

"Who... is it!"

The heterochromatic man was terrified. Who had appeared on his mount so silently?

It was a disheveled man. The man looked up, his red eyes seemingly carrying a terrifying mental contamination.

In just an instant, the heterochromatic man's eyes became vacant, and the blood-eyed man's hand reached for the neck of the person in front of him.

Suddenly, the heterochromatic man snapped awake. Without thinking, he directly jumped off his mount. Beneath him was the Corpse Tide, but in his eyes at this moment, this Corpse Tide was much safer than that person.

The heterochromatic man's heart pounded. In his eyes, a trace of scarlet still lingered. He could feel that his mind had developed serious problems, and even his body... He looked at his hands, covered in numerous black spots. He was contaminated, he was turning into an Infected. How could this be? He was a Level Five Expert, he was a top A-rank Talent Holder. He continuously denied this conjecture in his heart.

But the truth was, he had personally witnessed too many people turning into Infected. At this moment, he looked too much like them.

The desire to kill, the bluish-black skin, and the teeth... "Impossible, this is impossible. How could I turn into an Infected!"

The heterochromatic man had lost his previous spirited demeanor, becoming like a madman who had lost his mind. He hadn't even noticed that even the Infected on the ground were no longer paying attention to him as he was about to fall.

At this moment, the other two newly promoted Level Five Experts of the Star Council Alliance in the sky were staring intently at the person standing on the heterochromatic man's mount.

Intense crimson contamination twisted the exotic beast mount, causing the mount to roar, its body swelling in lumps, sharp teeth growing from its bird-like beak, its claws becoming heavy, and its vibrant golden feathers turning into black and red scales. The dense contamination aura was almost impossible to disperse. In just a dozen seconds, a four-level exotic beast with extraordinary potential had actually turned into a Pollution Beast!

"Who are you?"

The pretty girl's voice trembled. She suddenly regretted making her current decision, regretted signing that contract, and then quickly becoming a Level Five Expert.

The person in front of her was completely beyond her level to deal with.

The sword in the hand of the sword-wielding youth had already struck first!

This sword was his Talent, but in front of the strange man, it was gently grasped by those ordinary-looking hands, and then, crushed.

Pfft!

The sword-wielding youth suffered a heavy blow. Without thinking, his mount immediately turned and fled.

Seeing this, the pretty girl no longer cared about the Alliance's punishment and likewise turned and ran.

Liu Qinghe did not pursue them. His mission was to let this group of Infected break through.

With the three commanders of the defense forces—one mad, two fleeing—the soldiers on the ground instantly scattered. The commanders had run, so why should they stay and wait to die?

Liu Qinghe's body emitted a blood mist. The blood mist quickly engulfed the thousands of Transcendent Users. Some of the weaker second level individuals instantly showed abnormalities: twitching, spitting blood, their bodies tearing and regenerating. In just a dozen seconds, when they stood up again, they were already mutated Infected, becoming a part of the Corpse Tide.

In Jiangcheng

Chairman Wang and her group were fighting the Undead Race. The mere aftershocks of the attacks had already annihilated countless Infected.

"What is that thing? Is it a person? It's an Infected!"

Chairman Wang's heart felt heavy. This time, she knew that person was not of the Undead Race; he was completely transformed from a human. What exactly were these exotic races up to?

"Xiaoyue, I'll hold them off. You hurry and reinforce. Absolutely do not let that Corpse Tide leave Jiangcheng, and that person too."

Chairman Wang's eyes gleamed with a chilling light, "Kill him."

Yao Xiaoyue nodded, breaking through towards the outside at extreme speed. Several Undead Race members tried to block her, but around the Seat of Wang, the four elements evolved, and wisps of gray power descended, accompanying the rhythmically mysterious exhalations from her mouth, entering her body.

If Tang Ping were here, he would immediately recognize this as the Xuan Yuan Breathing Technique.

That gray power seemed extremely domineering. After entering the Seat of Wang's body, she, who was already extremely powerful, became even more terrifying. Her hands were enveloped in a hazy gray power as she struck the chest of the Undead Race Elder blocking her.

The Undead Race Elder's face drastically changed. The terrifying power made him feel a threat of death. He was an Undead Race Elder! This feeling filled him with immense dread, and he exerted all his strength to extract all the power from his body to protect himself.

However, those hands easily broke through the shield and struck the chest of this Undead Race Elder. The powerful force sent him flying backward, and a large hole exploded in his chest. But even so, this Undead Race Elder did not die, merely became extremely weak.

"Be careful! The power this person controls is strange. My race's Undying Power is actually unable to repair the injuries it causes!"

The Undead Race Elder exclaimed in shock, no longer bothering to block the opponent, and hurriedly turned back to the secret realm. He had to expel that power from his body as quickly as possible.

After one strike, the Seat of Wang's body trembled, and the veins on her arm ruptured, crimson blood soaking half of her clothes. Clearly, the situation was not as easy as it seemed. She opened a bottle of precious Emerald Aura healing medicine and quickly swallowed it. This made her feel much better, and then she intercepted the Undead Race Elder who was chasing Yao Xiaoyue.

This Undead Race Elder had clearly noticed the terrifying attack another Elder had suffered just now, and for a moment, he dared not engage the opponent.

Everyone is selfish. The failure of this breakthrough was a matter for the clan, but getting injured was a personal matter, and such a terrifying injury at that. With such an injury, he couldn't even guarantee that if he suffered the same, he would still be able to retain his Elder position.

Therefore, this Undead Race Elder chose a stalemate.

This was also exactly what the Seat of Wang wanted.

The situation once again fell into a strange stalemate.

However, what neither the Star Council Alliance nor the Undead Race noticed was that beneath this ancient city of Jiangcheng, in a place where countless corpses were buried, a giant crimson heart pulsed. Those tunnel-like bloodlines rooted themselves underground, absorbing all nutrients.

Yao Xiaoyue arrived, but unfortunately, the blood-eyed man's strength was not at all weaker than hers. She was entangled.

And the Corpse Tide on the ground... she could only watch helplessly as it left Jiangcheng.

A hundred miles away

A six-winged exotic beast, entirely crimson gold, with six blood-red eye patterns glaring from the center of its wings. Its body was like a passenger plane, stirring up wind and clouds as its wings flapped. On the crown-like keratin on the head of the giant moth-like beast, a figure stood.

"Almost there."