Fu Xuan and Herta stopped talking and held their breath as they stared at the Ambrosial Arbor in the distance.
Rumble!
A huge noise came from Scalegorge Waterscape far away.
The Ambrosial Arbor, which had stood quietly aboard the Xianzhou Luofu, suddenly began shaking violently.
The power of Abundance within it started disappearing at an incredible speed.
Its once lush branches and leaves drooped downward like vegetables left sitting for too long.
But at this moment, no one's attention was on it.
Everyone was staring at the giant tree that had appeared beside the Ambrosial Arbor.
Gulp!
In the silence, when no one dared make a sound, the noise of swallowing, usually impossible to notice, sounded exceptionally clear.
Stelle glanced sideways at a Cloud Knight nearby.
Though his expression was hidden behind a mask, the constant movement of his throat made it obvious that he was extremely nervous.
Under everyone's gaze, the towering tree that had appeared beside the Ambrosial Arbor
stretched lazily like a living being.
A satisfied sound came from somewhere on its body.
Only then did the people in the other realms who did not know the truth realize that this thing was not a motionless tree.
It was alive.
Rumble!
The ground began to shake.
Numerous vines suddenly burst from the floor of the Supreme Elixir Chamber. They touched the dry bones left behind by the smaller Shuhu after devouring members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.
With just a light tap, flesh appeared out of nowhere upon the bones. In the blink of an eye, a living person stood where the skeleton had been.
At first, the revived people did not understand what had happened.
But when they saw the surrounding vines and the towering tree in the distance, and felt their bodies become light instead of carrying their usual heaviness, they immediately realized what had happened.
One after another, they knelt toward the larger Shuhu.
"Merciful Medicine Master!"
The voices overlapped and nearly echoed throughout the entire Alchemy Commission.
Jing Yuan did not look at those revived members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.
The laziness that usually filled his eyes had been replaced by solemnity.
The distant Shuhu moved slightly.
The branches on its body gently swayed toward the Alchemy Commission.
The next moment, green rain began falling from the sky.
Jing Yuan's pupils contracted. He waved at the Cloud Knights and shouted, "Get away! Don't let the rain touch you!"
Some Cloud Knights were unable to avoid it in time and were struck by the rain.
They immediately fell to their knees in pain as golden branches and leaves slowly spread across their bodies.
The next second...
BOOM!
Blood and flesh exploded through the air.
Seeing this, confusion appeared in Jing Yuan's eyes.
The other Cloud Knights were shocked and quickly hid in places the rain could not reach.
The rain fell upon the ground, and patches of green slowly spread across the solid earth.
When it landed on members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus who had died during the purge, the same thing happened as in the Supreme Elixir Chamber.
They stood up once more and shouted toward the distant Shuhu, "Merciful Medicine Master!"
These members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus had always possessed extremely devout faith.
Even without witnessing any miracles of Abundance, they had remained unwavering in their belief despite living on a Xianzhou ship.
Now that a miracle of Abundance had appeared, and had happened directly to them, Levi did not dare imagine how much stronger their faith had become.
Standing beneath the eaves, Levi watched the rain dripping onto the ground.
As expected of an Emanator of Abundance.
A simple wave of its branches was enough to bring the dead back to life.
Turning around, he looked behind him.
Ruan Mei was carefully collecting the rainwater.
Fu Xuan remained expressionless as always.
Herta, meanwhile, was cursing off to the side.
Looking at her current appearance, Levi pressed his lips together as hard as possible to stop himself from making a sound.
Even so, he still attracted Herta's fierce glare.
Relying on the fact that it was only a puppet body, she had accidentally been splashed by a few drops of rain.
As a result, patches of green had appeared on her head and shoulders.
And those green patches were still spreading.
They were almost covering her original hair color.
"Ruan Mei, come help clean this up!"
The so-called cleaning was simply pulling the green grass off her body.
After quite a bit of effort, they finally removed everything from Herta.
"It isn't completely clean."
"Mhm." Ruan Mei looked her over a few times and smiled faintly. "I think it suits you quite well, so I left some."
"What do you think?"
Ruan Mei turned to ask Levi.
Rubbing his chin, Levi looked at Herta and thought for a moment.
"Very... cute?"
The little red flower on top of her head really was quite cute.
Crack!
Cute to death.
Herta threw the little red flower outside.
Shuhu's voice sounded from beyond.
Just like the previous times after reviving, It spoke once more, "I am Shuhu. I am eternity. From this day forward, you shall obtain true immortality."
"What arrogant nonsense."
Fu Xuan sneered at Its words.
It had even started calling Itself eternity.
This wasn't like when It had died back then.
Even though she thought that, the expression on Fu Xuan's face was no different from Jing Yuan's earlier.
Extremely grave.
Although they had discovered the hidden follower of Elation because of Levi, this incident was truly happening on the Luofu.
Not being worried was impossible.
At the moment, she could not see any possibility of the Xianzhou Luofu defeating Shuhu.
Unless reinforcements from the other Xianzhou ships arrived in time.
But even after receiving the news, it would still take a long time for them to rush to the Luofu at full speed.
Whether the people aboard the Luofu alone could hold out during that time was uncertain.
Looking outside, Fu Xuan suddenly remembered something.
"Qingque, where is Levi right now?"
'Why are you asking where I am?'
Levi became alert.
'She isn't thinking of sending me out there, is she?'
"Him? After discovering something strange at the Alchemy Commission, he went to the Artisanship Commission to take shelter."
"Do you know why he came to the Alchemy Commission?"
'?'
He suddenly realized that Fu Xuan might be suspecting him of being one of the followers of Elation.
"Lady Fu Xuan, are you saying..."
"That's probably because of me.", Ruan Mei spoke at this moment.
"Yesterday, he and I came to the Ancient Sea together to investigate. He may have come to check on the progress."
Unfortunately, she had not gone to the Ancient Sea today.
Instead, she had been organizing data sent back from Herta Space Station in her room.
After hearing this explanation, Fu Xuan silently nodded.
While they were talking, the battle outside became more intense.
"Merciful Medicine Master!!!"
The revived Disciples of Sanctus Medicus... or rather, they should now be called Abundance followers... charged forward like bloodthirsty beasts.
They feared neither injury nor death, caring only about tearing a piece of fresh flesh from their enemies.
Behind them, the enormous Shuhu waved Its many limbs.
The constant rustling sounds gave the charging Abundance followers an unusual sense of security.
Shuhu watched the tiny people fighting on the ground with great interest.
Whenever someone died, It would wave Its branches and celebrate for them.
Celebrating their rebirth after overcoming death once again.
But something puzzled It.
Whenever a Cloud Knight died, the corpse exploded.
Blood and flesh scattered everywhere, leaving not even bones behind.
Even Shuhu could not find a single bone to revive.
"Could it be that during my absence, the Xianzhou developed something like this?"
Making their soldiers explode after death...
"Slash!"
Suddenly, a sharp shout rang out.
A golden giant appeared, its size rivaling Shuhu's enormous body.
"Supreme..."