125: Chapter 125 Deeper Consumption: Toxins and Mysteries

A brief standoff, like the calm before the storm.

Night Crow and that Silver-Masked Scout from the Star Council were both frantically racking their brains, trying to find that trace of unsettling... discordance amidst this chaotic battlefield.

They both realized that they seemed to have been drawn into a meticulously laid... trap.

But the arrow was already nocked on the bowstring, and it had to be fired.

Having paid such a heavy price, no one could possibly back down now.

I hovered high in the air, coldly observing it all.

I could clearly sense that they were becoming cautious.

Merely using mutated beasts and some simple physical traps for harassment and misdirection was no longer enough to keep them tearing at each other like rabid dogs.

It was time to administer a stronger dose.

The corner of my mouth curled into a cruel arc.

My consciousness once again sank into the Swarm Network.

This time, I was not mobilizing those fearless 'cannon fodder'.

But rather, my most elite, most concealed... 'Assassin Legion'!

Hundreds of mutated flying ants, each the size of a mosquito, their bodies translucent and ghost-like...!

Along with over a thousand direct descendants of the Ice Prison Poisonous Brilliant Mosquito, whose wings made no sound when vibrating, yet whose mouthparts were sharper than steel needles!

Within their bodies, they carried my latest creations: the Advanced Hallucinogenic Toxin, potent enough to instantly drive a Late Stage Essence Rank powerhouse into a frenzy!

And that potent venom capable of instantly paralyzing an opponent's nerves, causing a fatal, split-second stiffness in their body: Deep Paralysis!

"Go."

"Let this feast reach... its climax!"

At my command, this death legion composed of thousands of 'top assassins' melted into the air like specters, silently infiltrating the chaotic battlefield!

Soon, an even more bizarre and bloody scene unfolded on the battlefield!

A Xuantian Alliance powerhouse, locked in fierce combat with his opponent, suddenly let out a terrified scream!

He whirled around and viciously swung his war blade towards the comrade covering his back!

"Traitor! How dare you ambush me!"

He roared, his eyes turning blood-red!

In his eyes, his loyal comrade had somehow transformed into a terrifying monster covered in tentacles and eyeballs, exuding an aura of boundless evil!

Meanwhile, the comrade he had struck stared in disbelief at the deep, bone-exposing wound on his chest before slowly collapsing.

Even in death, his eyes were filled with endless... confusion and... resentment.

Similarly, a Star Council scout who had been using spatial power to blink and dodge enemy attacks suddenly stiffened!

His nearly completed spatial jump came to an abrupt halt at that moment!

And thus, he completely exposed himself to his opponent's terrifying demonic art, powerful enough to shatter mountains!

"Boom!"

Blood and flesh flew everywhere!

Fratricide!

Chain reaction!

Panic!

Suspicion!

Under the intervention of my 'toxin army', the entire battlefield utterly transformed into a hellscape of despair and madness!

"What's happening?! What in the world is going on?!"

Night Crow finally sensed that something was amiss!

His eyes, like black holes, suddenly erupted with two terrifying gleams of light!

He saw that his most elite, most resolute warriors were, as if gone mad, beginning to attack each other!

Moreover, their faces all bore the same, extreme... terror!

"It's an illusion! No! It's poison! Some kind of potent venom that can affect the mind!"

He truly lived up to being a Peak Demon Rank powerhouse!

He actually discerned the root of the problem in such a short time!

His vast spiritual sense, capable of covering dozens of kilometers, suddenly swept out like an invisible giant net, enveloping the entire Ghost City!

He wanted to find that damnable poisoner hiding in the shadows!

My heart tightened!

I knew the most dangerous moment had arrived!

Without the slightest hesitation, I immediately pushed my Swarm Network to its limits!

"Hummm—!!!"

Millions of mutated insects, already lying in wait in every corner of Ghost City, simultaneously released faint, yet distinctly different... energy fluctuations!

Under the sweep of Night Crow's immense spiritual sense, the entire Ghost City instantly became an 'information ocean' composed of countless 'signal sources', filled with noise and interference!

"Damn it!"

Night Crow let out an angry low roar!

He felt his spiritual sense as if mired in a quagmire formed by countless 'mosquitoes'!

He simply couldn't pinpoint the true target from this vast 'information ocean'!

"Since I can't find it..."

A crazed, ferocious grin flashed across his unnaturally handsome face.

"...then I will crush you all, along with this city!"

He suddenly spread his arms wide. A black Demonic Power, brimming with death and decay, surged from his body like a tide!

He was about to unleash an indiscriminate... area-of-effect attack!

He intended to completely erase this region from the map!

—Right at that moment—

"Mo Wen! Retreat quickly! He's going to detonate the 'death laws' in this area!"

Lin Qingzhi's voice, filled with urgency and gravity, suddenly exploded in my mind!

Though severely injured, her battle instincts as an empress remained exceptionally sharp!

The instant Night Crow made his move, she discerned the terror of this technique!

I didn't hesitate for a second!

I immediately ordered my most elite 'Assassin Legion' to retreat to the edges of the battlefield at the fastest speed possible!

Almost the second after I gave the command—

Night Crow's icy voice, like the judgment of death, resounded throughout Ghost City.

"Domain Expansion... All Things, Return to Ruin!"

"BOOM—!!!"

A visible, pure black energy shockwave erupted from Night Crow as the center, sweeping out in all directions!

Wherever the shockwave passed—whether sturdy buildings, frenzied mutated beasts, or even the dust particles in the air—

Everything began to decay, decompose, and dissipate at an astonishing speed...

Ultimately, turning into nothingness!

A portion of my subjects, unable to retreat in time, turned to ash in an instant under this terrifying 'death law', without even a chance to struggle.

I, too, felt a sharp pain from the depths of my soul due to the death of these subjects.

"Damnable bugs!"

Night Crow slapped apart a subordinate who, under the effects of the hallucinogen, was clinging to his leg, weeping and wailing.

His icy eyes suddenly lifted, piercing through layers of rubble and the still-raging Death Domain, locking firmly onto the high-rise building where I was hiding!

There, one of my scouts, used to monitor the battlefield, had just been completely... devoured by his terrifying domain power, having failed to retreat in time.

I've been discovered!