"Slash... Supreme!!!"
Seizing the opportunity, Jing Yuan let out a sharp shout. The Divine Foresight Spirit behind him swung its weapon.
Figures appeared on both sides as well.
They were Jingliu and Blade.
The longswords in their hands swung straight at Shuhu.
Dan Heng appeared behind It, his eyes fixed on Shuhu.
"Hidden moon within the cavern heavens, azure dragon cleansing the world!"
"Go!"
Following his command, the water dragon coiled around his body charged straight at Shuhu.
The attacks of all four landed on Shuhu at the same time.
Terrifying wounds were left across Its body.
But they were completely useless. These wounds had no effect on Shuhu at all.
The aftermath of the attacks faded.
Under everyone's gaze, the wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Before Shuhu's immense vitality, any attack that was not fatal could simply be ignored.
Jing Yuan and the others exchanged a brief glance.
The next second, they all vanished from where they stood, continuously leaving wounds of various sizes across Shuhu's body, trying to wear down Its enormous vitality.
Then, when the chance came, finish It with a single strike.
At the same time, they were also buying time, hoping to hold out until Alliance reinforcements arrived.
In the sky, Cloud Knights warships approached and launched fierce attacks on Shuhu.
The Divine Foresight Spirit's blade fell again and again, making the ground shake repeatedly.
Finding the chair too shaky to sit on, Levi stood up and looked toward the distant battlefield.
Under the combined assault of the four, Shuhu was blocked outside the land and could only stand upon the Ancient Sea.
Because of the incident some time ago, there was no extra life force here for It to use.
As a result, the vitality Shuhu consumed to heal could not be replenished.
And in the middle of this intense battle, It had no time to stop and recover vitality.
If this continued, Shuhu would most likely die a frustrating death.
But with Shuhu's level of vitality, the process of "dying a frustrating death" would take at least three or four days.
Jingliu and Blade, those two inhuman things, could handle it just fine.
But Jing Yuan and Dan Heng could not keep their minds tense and launch nonstop attacks for three or four days straight.
"I've got you."
"Oh ho~"
Watching the battle, Levi blinked.
"Looks like they won't last three or four days."
They're done for now. (Referring to themselves.)
The Divine Foresight Spirit helplessly swung one final slash before disappearing.
Jing Yuan was bound in midair as he looked at the countless faces covering Shuhu's body.
There were humans, beasts, and insects among them.
Countless eyes stared at him.
Jing Yuan immediately felt a chill.
At such a critical moment, his trypophobia acted up.
The next second... he exploded.
It was the same scene of chunks of flesh flying everywhere.
Shuhu had seen this happen dozens of times already.
Just as It was about to absorb him, Shuhu froze and could not help asking the others, "Are all Xianzhou people like this now?"
Installing bombs inside their own bodies, blowing themselves up whenever they were about to die or be captured.
It was one thing for ordinary Cloud Knights to do it.
But for the mighty Luofu General to do the same?
The key point was that the explosion wasn't even powerful.
It couldn't even make It feel pain.
Unfortunately, the others did not think so.
Seeing Jing Yuan suddenly burst apart and vanish without even bones remaining, just like those Cloud Knights before him, all three assumed Shuhu had done it.
Their already red eyes became even redder.
When a former friend died before their eyes, at the hands of a former enemy...
"Prepare to die!"
Jingliu's voice was hoarse as she launched even fiercer attacks. Dan Heng, who still retained some reason, snapped back to his senses and wanted to tell her to calm down.
Against a powerful enemy like Shuhu, losing composure could easily get them killed.
"That's exactly what It wants."
Blade suddenly stabbed himself.
Looking at the eyes that had regained a bit of clarity, Dan Heng understood that this was Blade's method of maintaining his sanity and preventing an immediate mara-struck episode.
"Come with me. Kill the enemy."
Blade left those words behind and followed Jingliu as he charged toward Shuhu.
Watching the two rush forward, Dan Heng lowered his head and looked at the scattered flesh on the ground, unconsciously clenching his fists.
Fragments of Dan Feng's memories flashed through his mind.
"I... no, we will avenge you."
"..."
"There is still one system hour before getting off work."
Leaning against the edge, Levi looked into the distance.
The Denizens of Abundance were only barely able to fight the Cloud Knights evenly because of the resurrection ability granted by Shuhu.
Without that absurd resurrection ability, these people would be slaughtered like pigs by the well-trained Cloud Knight army.
Unfortunately, there was no "if."
In reality, they had it.
And it was the ridiculous kind with no limit on the number of revivals.
Levi grinned.
"How great would it be if I had that ability?"
'Revive the Herrscher of Flames.'
'Who would dare disagree if I called myself invincible?'
'If you had it, you'd be locked up in Shackling Prison.'
Hearing Levi's words, Qingque, who was meditating while playing cards, quietly spoke, 'Stop obsessing over Abundance stuff all day. If you really want immortality, go build a good relationship with the two people behind you.'
As geniuses personally invited by an Aeon to join the Genius Society,
lifespan limits were not a problem for either of them.
Take Herta for example.
She had apparently already broken through lifespan restrictions and returned to youth.
As for Ruan Mei,
Qingque wasn't too sure.
But as a genius in the field of life sciences, lifespan restrictions probably weren't a problem for her either.
'You're their servant on the Luofu. Instead of building a good relationship with them, you spend every day wandering around the Luofu doing nothing like a street loafer.'
"Mind your own business!"
Levi bared his teeth.
She's gotten bold enough to meddle in her husband's affairs now!
Besides, was immortality what he wanted?
Read carefully and listen properly.
What he wanted was "resurrection!" "resurrection!!" "resurrection!!!"
Not breaking lifespan limits and seeking immortality.
For a Herrscher, where "As long as Honkai exists, the Herrscher does not perish," that was not an issue at all.
A few hundred years from now, he might even be the one worrying about Qingque's natural lifespan.
"Hm?"
Fu Xuan raised her head toward Shuhu's direction. Hearing a dragon's roar, Levi also looked over.
"That is..."
Dark clouds filled the sky above the Ancient Sea. Seawater spiraled upward and transformed into water dragons that roared as they charged toward Shuhu.
Drip! Drip! Drip!
Raindrops struck the Transient Bloom Sword before turning into ice pellets and bouncing away. Jingliu stared at Shuhu with crimson eyes.
She said nothing.
She raised her arm high and answered with the sword in her hand.
"Die!"
Blade ignored everything else and attacked Shuhu's body like a madman.
"Not enough... not enough... still not enough!"
"Should we go help? Blade looks like he's having a hard time chopping."
His sword was practically about to start smoking.
"Do you think either of us is a match for It?"
"..."
"Don't go over there and cause trouble."
———
Seeing their attacks, Shuhu no longer dared to tank them head-on. Its massive body nimbly dodged.
"My turn!"
Its branches lightly swept toward them.
An invisible force fell upon everyone, and streaks of crimson climbed into their eyes.
Dan Heng reacted first and immediately began struggling.
But while he struggled, the sand beneath his feet seemed to come alive, slowly writhing.
Trying to swallow all three of them.
Levi blinked and withdrew his gaze.
"Lord Fu Xuan, is it time to get off work yet?"
"Why are you asking that?" Fu Xuan lowered her head and checked the time. "A few more minutes..."
"A few more minutes, huh..."
Looking toward Shuhu once more, Levi revealed an evil smile.
"Follow me, charge!"
'Damn it! We're going in!!!'