Gao Wu: After transforming into a soft girl, I became a calamity?

Wangchuan raised an eyebrow slightly, seemingly unsurprised.

"Haven't you already drained her dry? What use is a useless pawn?"

Jiang Mian kept Xu Xiaoan around to mislead her.

Now, it seems to be of little use and has become a burden.

But she is, after all, at the pinnacle of [Chaos], and now she only listens to Jiang Mian.

If it recovers someday, it will be quite a problem.

However, the probability is extremely small, even smaller than the probability of a calamity peak occurring among humans, making it virtually impossible to recover to its full glory.

Jiang Mian did not offer much explanation for this:

You should know that I am a patient with the disease.

A knowing glint flashed in Wangchuan's eyes.

Sure enough, her illness problem hasn't been resolved yet; she wants to treat [Wuxiang] like a "leek" to be cultivated.

According to that guy, Withering, even at the peak, one cannot escape the mental torment of disease.

The fifth stage, in particular, is the most difficult.

Because he lacked inhibitors, he scoured almost every available source of psychic material, including but not limited to:

High-sequence calamities of the Nightmare and Chaos paths, as well as Awakeners of the Soul and Radiance paths.

They even took a lot of the soul crystals she had.

"Okay, I understand."

Wangchuan nodded, then took out a black bead from somewhere and tossed it to Jiang Mian.

The current [Formless] is shrouded in deathly energy and can't make any waves.

It's not even qualified to be used as material before reaching the fourth tier, so it's better to use it to stabilize [Apocalypse] for now.

Moreover, the majority of the power of [Formless] is with Jiang Mian, so it would be useless for her to take it.

Jiang Mian took the bead, his gaze darkening.

"This is... Xu Xiaoan?!"

"Um."

Wangchuan nodded.

"It got a bit of a shock and shrank back inside, but it's still alive."

"..."

Jiang Mian did not reply.

Through the resonance of the power of shadow, she can easily "touch" the soul hidden deep within.

Xu Xiaoan's condition was not good to begin with.

After this ordeal, things got even worse, reaching rock bottom.

If Xu Xiaoan could still touch the threshold of the third level before she left, now she's struggling even to reach the first level.

It's likely that the death mark has recurred once more.

In its extreme state, [Formless] will activate its survival instinct, compressing its body and soul into the core of chaos, and then fall into a long slumber.

It will only slowly awaken when the condition improves slightly enough to support the functioning of the "personality".

The problem is that the time when the death mark will truly erupt is getting closer and closer.

She originally thought that with the resources at her disposal, as long as she fed it quickly enough, she could easily solve the problem and raise a formidable henchman.

But now the progress has been reset to zero again, and it's even worse than before, I'm afraid...

Just as Wangchuan said, it's like a useless chess piece, with almost no value left.

Jiang Mian originally only regarded her as a tool and did not have high hopes for her.

Asking Wangchuan to return it would only mislead the other party into thinking they have a huge flaw.

Even so, she felt inexplicably annoyed.

If someone destroys your things and doesn't even apologize, but instead threatens you with their status, even the best-tempered person would be upset.

Not to mention that she was already "narrow-minded".

Wangchuan has thoroughly enraged her, and she is now on the verge of death!

After a long pause, she finally raised her head, her tone eerily calm:

"You did this on purpose?"

At this moment, Wangchuan clearly sensed the violent will beneath her calm exterior.

Indeed, if a spiritual resource that is almost infinitely regenerating is smashed to pieces and its recovery is nowhere in sight, anyone would be furious.

The problem is, she really didn't do it.

When she caught Xu Xiaoan, she realized she couldn't escape.

As if it had taken the wrong medicine, it began to actively merge with the power of the death mark, while saying things like "I'm sorry" and "I don't want to cause trouble."

He even forcibly activated the power of "Eternal Day" within his body, attempting to counteract it and take the opportunity to self-destruct.

It really gave her a headache that it ended up like this.

If Xu Xiaoan really dies, then the feud will become very serious.

Wangchuan shook his head and briefly recounted what had happened.

"……OK."

Jiang Mian remained silent for a moment, then put the bead back into her pocket.

Xu Xiaoan's feelings for Shen Qiuyu stemmed from discovering that Shen Qiuyu was in trouble.

Fearing that the warning mechanism would be triggered, they told her not to come to the rescue, but this was blocked by Wangchuan's subordinates, which led to this situation.

"I've made a note of this."

This was the first time Jiang Mian had ever found the little guy adorably silly.

Regardless of who she was before, Xu Xiaoan now can perhaps be regarded as a real person.

Regardless of whether Wangchuan was behind it or not, the responsibility lies with her.

As for the withering, once Ye Chenyang returns and resolves his identity issue, he can wash his neck clean and wait!

However, Wangchuan merely nodded slightly.

She had anticipated all sorts of reactions from Jiang Mian, but she hadn't expected him to be so calm.

As a calamity, possessing something akin to "inherited memories," Wangchuan was born knowing a great deal of information.

Using the souls and memories contained within the Other Shore as a template, she adjusted and honed her personality to be sufficiently stable and mentally mature.

[Withering] Although not very old, he has had a "rich" life since childhood, so there is no need to say more.

She had also looked up information about Jiang Mian. In this world, he was not an isolated case. It was quite rare to have such a mindset and cunning.

Wangchuan secretly noted it down and said nothing more.

Jiang Mian calmed herself down and glanced at them one last time.

Then, she turned around, transforming into a shadow, blending into the night, and disappeared into the depths of the back mountain.

Wangchuan stood there, watching her figure disappear into the night sky.

The woman in red drifted closer and spoke softly:

"My lord, are we just going to let her go like this?"

"Can you stop that cataclysmic flood?"

The woman in red fell silent.

[Overturning the World] already possesses the strongest thunderous power in this world.

After evolving, its strength becomes even more unfathomable.

That was probably just a clone, but it could indeed unleash the power of an eighth-tier being.

With the number and skills of its clones unknown, and given that it is severely injured, it may not be able to capture its opponent and could even completely break off relations.

Who knows what a crazy "apocalypse" will do?

"boom!"

Just then, a burst of intense light suddenly erupted from the direction of the foot of the mountain.

Half of Base City was instantly illuminated as bright as day!

Wangchuan suddenly turned around.

At the center of that light, a brand new eighth-tier aura was slowly rising.

"?!"

……

Meanwhile, Jiang Mian fled into the deep mountains.

He only glanced sideways at the commotion at the foot of the mountain.

It has nothing to do with her.

Jiang Mian continued deeper, like a black meteor streaking across the sky above the mountains and forests.

Countless desperados hiding there looked up at the sky, exclaiming "Holy crap!" one after another.

As dawn broke, Jiang Mian slowed down slightly and stopped in a clearing in the woods.

Immediately, she unfolded the [World], and the surrounding scenery began to change rapidly.

The ground beneath my feet turned into pitch-black seawater, and the sky turned azure blue.

Not far away, Yin Mengyao was lying listlessly on Huo Hai's back, chatting idly.

"That guy already came in and checked things out a while ago?"

"Yes, yes, the ruler also told us to obey him."

"..."

"Oh, right... wait a minute!"

Upon seeing Jiang Mian enter, Huo Hai quickly stopped talking, flapped its wings, and swam towards her.

"dominate!"

Jiang Mian nodded, stepped onto its broad back, and took out the black bead from its pocket.

"This is?"

Yin Mengyao frowned, somewhat puzzled.

"Xu Xiaoan".

Jiang Mian sighed and asked:

"Can your area-of-effect damage be applied to calamities?"