Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

Not far from the battlefield, the Yaoqing Immortal Ship, which had not yet slowed down and docked, immediately changed direction.

The engine roared to its maximum speed as it rushed to the aid of Cangcheng, which was in distress.

Everyone racked their brains trying to figure out why the Cangcheng flagship suddenly encountered danger so soon after the general left.

Qi Zhimu had just landed on Yaoqing with his surviving Cloud Cavalry when he immediately headed for the Tianbo Division without any hesitation.

He wanted to understand the current situation in Cangcheng through the Huangzhong Resonance System.

However, the current situation in Cangcheng is disheartening.

Cangcheng Tianbo Company... has lost contact.

The entire Huangzhong Resonance System did not respond to the calls from the other immortal ships at any frequency from Cangcheng.

Qi Zhimu suppressed his worries and spoke in a deep voice.

"Where is Commander Yao Qing? Please arrange the fastest starship for me!"

The main ship of the Immortal Boat is too large, and its maximum speed is far inferior to that of the fastest star raft.

The Yaoqing Immortal Ship is the fastest among all the alliance's main ships, but it will still take at least a few days to get back.

Qi Zhimu's only family and a few friends are all in Cangcheng.

He absolutely could not endure the torment while waiting for Yao Qingqian.

Yao Qing's captain understood Qi Zhimu's current mood and, without hesitation, prepared a star raft for the Cangcheng Cloud Cavalry and dispatched air troops to travel together.

Given the current situation in Cangcheng, Yao Qingyun's cavalry was no more composed than Qi Zhimu.

……

By the time Qi Zhimu and Yao Qing's flight crew arrived at the star system where the Cangcheng Immortal Ship was located, it had already become a hellish place.

In the dark depths of the sky, a crimson demon star named Rahu cried out and sang, rushing towards everyone in Cangcheng with burning mountains and earth.

It hangs high above the clouds above the Cangcheng Immortal Ship, beating ceaselessly like a heart.

The earth's surface slowly cracked open, revealing a shell of rocks, tendons, and tendrils, which then gave birth to countless offspring.

It resembles both an insatiable predator repeatedly feeding and a mother about to give birth.

As the crimson star pulsed like a living creature, its body cracked open, revealing a shell of withered tendrils and muscles that completely enveloped the entire Cangcheng ship.

People screamed on the long street, struggling and rolling in the despair of impending doom.

Golden tendrils grew incessantly in everyone's mouths and nostrils, gradually devouring both people and objects.

"Help!"

The people of Yaoqinghu were all terrified by this scene, but having never seen anything like it before, they still instinctively rushed towards Luo Hou.

Under the nightmarish moonlight, the Yaoqinghu people futilely steered their star rafts, like unshakeable giants that gnawed at them like annoying mosquitoes.

However, with each breath, Rahu summoned countless human-beast ships.

Driven away by them, the densely packed star rafts turned into fleeting sparks in the sky.

Rahu's environment, which resembled the ruminant stomach of a giant beast, created a breeding ground for filth and flesh.

All the immortal beings who were devoured had only one request at this moment—

death.

The blessing of longevity from abundance has become the most terrible curse.

The immortals were repeatedly swallowed and re-swallowed in that warm bed of flesh and blood, undergoing countless dissolutions and reconstructions.

They cannot die during this process and suffer endless torment.

Qinghan stared at this hellish scene, his mind blank.

She never imagined that just days after bringing back news of her triumphant return and nearly a million refugees, Cangcheng would be struck by a cataclysmic disaster.

Countless comrades charged forward, one after another, towards that terrifying breeding ground of flesh and blood, only to become a part of it.

She was afraid; she was terrified.

But she had no way out, and neither did anyone else; they could only move forward.

"Sister, where are you?!"

At this moment, the flesh and blood in the warm bed wriggled and actually condensed into a giant tree, which then landed and walked on the ground.

The giant tree slowly approached Qinghan, who was on the battlefield, stretching out its hundred arms to pierce through everyone who stood in its way, as well as her comrades who fought alongside her.

Qinghan gripped the broken sword tightly in fear, watching the giant tree approach.

A smiling face suddenly appeared on the tree—

That's my sister's face.

"Little sister, it's me! Don't you recognize me?"

"No...you're not her..."

The branches and leaves rustled, and the faces of my comrades, like fruits growing on the treetops, grew one by one, emitting sharp laughter.

In a daze, Qinghan found flowers blooming on her sword, only to shatter into rusty dust within a few heartbeats.

The nimble branches swayed, placing a wreath on her head.

She let the branches and fragrance of flowers embrace her, just as those warm hands had once done...

Meanwhile, not far from the battlefield where Qinghan was located.

Mianxue opened her eyes, and her pupils reflected thousands of incredibly familiar faces, yet all of them had long since lost their vitality.

Her sister's face was among them, but she couldn't find her own.

"I can save her, I can save all of you. With just a wave of a branch in your hands, I can make flesh grow back from bones and petals fall from the mud back to the heart. You know that very well."

The strange tree with a thousand faces was speaking to Mianxue, and also to everyone.

It waves its branches, its trunk deeply embedded in the earth.

"I am the fleeting moment, I am eternity; from me onward, you will attain true immortality!"

Mianxue wept and closed her eyes, having no strength left to resist.

At this moment, she was just an insignificant fruit on this giant tree, unable to argue with any of its roots.

"cut!"

A long shout echoed down from the crimson sky.

The man in silver armor strode through the sky on his sword, controlling thousands of flying swords to sever thousands of branches in an instant.

At the same time, it also severed the branches that tightly bound Mianxue Qinghan, shattering the illusion that enveloped the two of them.

"Oh, it's you again. I thought you wouldn't be able to get back in time."

Upon seeing the familiar-looking man who had rescued the bait, his tone suddenly became excited.

"I'm becoming more and more interested in you. Come on... become a part of me too..."

A dozen or so branches pierced through the space at an instant, binding Qi Zhimu and the other two within them.

Sharp thorns sprouted from the surface of the branches and pierced through their limbs in an instant.

A thousand flying swords pierced through the air, severing the branches in unison and carrying the three of them as they retreated at breakneck speed.

"If you like saving people, then I'll devour you first!"

As the flying sword retreated, the ground suddenly cracked open, and even thicker branches shot up, precisely wrapping around Qi Zhimu and pulling him towards the main body of the flying sword.

"Qi Xiaowei—!!"

Upon seeing this, Mianxue and the other person cried out in broken voices.

Just then, a giant burning sword descended from the sky, burning away the branches and the sweet, rotten smell in the air.

A burly man in heavy armor fell onto the battlefield like a meteor, roaring as he charged toward Shuhu.

The golden branches grew fiercely, tightly entwining their host, only to be burned away by the golden flames.

Suddenly!!!

Teng Xiao's roar, brimming with boundless rage, was not unexpected.

Not long ago, Teng Xiao was the first to leave the battlefield and rush to Cangcheng at full speed, leaving behind Sha Feng.

Clearly, he chose to save Xianzhou rather than kill himself.

Unfortunately, it has a backup plan: it can appear in Cangcheng at near-instantaneous speed.

"The destruction of Cangcheng is inevitable. Do you like the big gift I gave you, Teng Xiao?"

Teng Xiao completely ignored Shu Hu, his voice echoing throughout the entire Cangcheng.

"All Cloud Cavalry will do their utmost to search for and evacuate the survivors; save as many as you can!"