In the center of the battlefield in the distance, screams rang out without end.
When they saw that their fallen companions stayed dead instead of getting back up, the Denizens of Abundance, who had always relied on the power of Abundance and feared neither injury nor death, were stunned.
But the Cloud Knights were not.
They kept swinging their weapons without stopping, striking these Denizens of Abundance hard now that they had lost the ability to revive.
"Run... Run!"
One after another, the Denizens of Abundance fell to the ground, never to rise again. Bright red blood spread across the earth.
Seeing this, those who were still standing immediately retreated toward the Supreme Elixir Chamber.
The tide of battle had completely turned.
Earlier, the Luofu Cloud Knights had remained on the defensive, resisting the fearless attacks of these enemies who could not die.
But after their power of resurrection disappeared...
Their true nature was exposed.
Now they ran toward the Supreme Elixir Chamber like headless flies.
Among the Cloud Knights, the soldiers carrying ranged weapons all aimed their guns at the fleeing enemies.
Just as they were about to fire, Fu Hua descended from above and raised a hand to stop them.
"The enemy has already lost its fighting spirit! Hear my order! Form groups of five and capture every remaining member of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus alive!"
"After that, send them to the Ten-Lords Commission and interrogate them to uncover the remaining members hiding inside the Luofu."
This time, they would wipe out the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus from the Luofu once and for all.
"If anyone resists..." Fu Xuan looked coldly at the fleeing figures. "Kill them on the spot!"
"Yes, ma'am!"
Following Fu Xuan's orders, the Cloud Knights formed groups of five, weapons in hand, and headed toward the Supreme Elixir Chamber to capture the remaining members of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.
Soldiers constantly passed by Fu Xuan, causing the loose strands of hair by her temples to flutter.
She stood at the edge, looking at the mushroom cloud rising in the distance.
———
[Meanwhile]
The people fleeing to the Supreme Elixir Chamber did not hide.
Instead, they knelt near Shuhu, repeatedly bowing toward the distant mushroom cloud.
They hoped the mighty Shuhu would use His divine power once more and turn the battle around.
He was the only one they could pray to now.
Unfortunately, Shuhu did not answer their prayers.
As the aftermath of the explosion faded and the mushroom cloud slowly disappeared, Shuhu's charred body standing above the Ancient Sea was revealed.
Levi sat atop the tree canopy, looking at the speechless Denizens of Abundance.
He flashed them a bright smile.
"Why did you stop?"
"Keep kneeling!"
"Keep kowtowing!"
Pfft!
The sound of flesh being pierced rang out.
Levi looked confused.
'I haven't even attacked yet...'
The next moment, a sharp pain shot through his butt, twisting his face into an expression of agony.
Turning around, he saw that the Void Lance had struck perfectly, right in his butt.
"(Xianzhou profanity)! Sirin!"
Just as he reached back to pull it out, he slipped because he was too close to the edge.
He fell straight off the tree canopy.
With a splash, he sank into the Ancient Sea and didn't come back up for a long time.
Seeing this, Jing Yuan, who had just walked up behind him, widened his eyes awkwardly.
He thought to himself that he had come at the wrong time.
He should have waited a little longer.
With things looking like this, it almost seemed as though he had pushed Levi down.
Fu Xuan glanced at Jing Yuan, who was standing on the tree canopy doing nothing but striking a pose, then looked at the spot where Levi had sunk into the Ancient Sea without resurfacing.
She sighed.
"Qingque."
"Ah? Yes! Lady Fu Xuan!"
Qingque had just arrived. She didn't expect Fu Xuan to call her name immediately, and after freezing for a moment, she quickly ran over.
Looking at Qingque, whose expression was unusually serious, Fu Xuan said, "The remaining work of capturing the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus is now your responsibility."
"Huh?"
Qingque was startled and hurriedly waved both hands.
"No, no! Lady Fu Xuan, I can't do that kind of work!"
Hearing this, Fu Xuan, who was about to lead the Cloud Knights to deal with Shuhu's body, shot her a fierce glare.
"You'll do it whether you can or not!"
"You can fight alongside the Cloud Knights just fine, but escorting a few prisoners to the Ten-Lords Commission is somehow beyond you?!"
"Who are you trying to fool?!"
"I've already given the order. All you need to do is send them to the Ten-Lords Commission. You don't need to worry about anything else!"
With a sweep of her sleeve, Fu Xuan led the Cloud Knights toward Shuhu's location.
Seeing this, Qingque sighed.
Levi caused all this.
But in the end, she was the one who had to deal with the aftermath.
"Sigh... I just hope Lady Fu Xuan will let me off..."
"What are you staring at? Hurry up and go catch them!"
"Oh."
Stelle and March 7th didn't think much about it.
They followed behind the Cloud Knights toward the Supreme Elixir Chamber.
Qingque blinked.
"They're actually that obedient?"
'I just said it casually!'
———
Looking at the Cloud Knights ahead, Stelle suddenly realized something.
She wasn't even a Cloud Knight.
Why was she listening to Qingque's orders?
"Damn it! I got tricked!"
Grinding her teeth, Stelle turned around to go settle the score with Qingque.
But March 7th grabbed her.
"She's an important person on the Luofu. We'd better not offend her."
What if she secretly used that amazing divination of hers against them?
Besides, helping out a little wasn't going to cost them anything. They might as well do her a favor.
Who knows.
"Maybe she'll even tell our fortunes for us!"
If her future luck turned out to be amazing...
Then she could wander around the Luofu.
Maybe somewhere in a forgotten corner, she'd find some plain-looking secret manual.
Only after practicing it would she discover it was an unmatched martial art.
Then it would be the great heroine March 7th's time to shine.
Watching March 7th skipping happily, looking full of anticipation, Stelle's face kept twitching.
Fortune-telling?
As if Qingque would do that.
No, to be accurate, she could tell fortunes.
If the diviners of the Divination Commission couldn't perform divination, it would be like Cloud Knights not knowing how to use weapons. The Luofu would be doomed.
Although Qingque could perform divination, she definitely couldn't do anything as unbelievable as what had happened earlier.
If it was only fortune-telling, then sure, she could satisfy March 7th.
But if you wanted anything more than that, forget it.
Qingque couldn't do it.
You'd have to ask Levi.
Levi was easy to ask.
Just take off your shoe and he'd come running.
———
Above Shuhu's remains, Jing Yuan withdrew his gaze from the corpse and looked at the white-haired girl who had walked over, greeting her warmly.
Unfortunately, Sirin ignored him completely.
She walked to where Levi had been standing and looked down.
There was still no sign of Levi surfacing.
It had already been nearly ten minutes since he fell into the water.
Even the bubbles that had appeared before were gone.
"Do you think he drowned?", Kiana asked.
Otherwise, why weren't there even any bubbles anymore?
Sirin shook her head slightly.
"He's not dead."
'A Herrscher drowning...'
'What kind of joke was that?'
Like her, Levi was also a Herrscher.
He didn't need oxygen to survive.
As long as he had enough Honkai Energy.
And the amount of Honkai Energy inside Levi was enormous. Although his previous attack had used up quite a bit, he still had far more Honkai Energy than an ordinary Herrscher.
There was basically no chance he had drowned.
"Rather than drowning, it's more likely that the water pressure crushed his body."
Compared to the first possibility, the second was much more believable.
So why hasn't Levi come back up yet?
Since he wasn't dead, why was he still underwater?
Did a mermaid fall in love with him?