Three days later, the puppet and the monster advanced a thousand meters. The enemy finally noticed her presence and took action, using the agile mud to change into various shapes to move forward and quickly approach to carry out the decapitation operation.

The elites are extremely fast, and their attacks are like thunder and lightning.

Almost as soon as the dark shadow flashed by, a sharp blade emitting a ghostly green light approached his chest.

The mud transformed into a slender human figure, twisting her waist to perform the most extreme movements a human can make, and thrusting forward with a sharp blade in her hand—

A clang resounded, and Xi Heng quickly gathered his resentful fire and longsword to counter it.

Upon contact, a ghostly green light seeped into the blade, causing it to freeze for a moment before the sword, fueled by resentment, snapped in two.

The girl dodged the attack by leaning back. Although she was not injured, when the enemy's attack passed in front of her, a faint green color appeared and connected to her body, leaving a small dark green mark.

There was no pain, but an intense sense of death bloomed in my heart.

Xi Heng quickly activated his spatial abilities to retreat a thousand meters, and looked up to see that the enemy had been suppressed by a large number of reinforcing monsters.

Taking advantage of the time, he didn't hesitate to extend his sharp claws, dig open his throat, take out the chunk of flesh, and throw the bloody flesh with a little ink stain on the ground.

The ability of 'transformation' immediately causes flesh and blood to spontaneously replenish themselves, filling the gaps.

The piece of meat that was thrown away was eroded and obliterated by the ink marks, turning into ashes and disappearing.

"If it's any slower, this thing might spread throughout her body..." Xi Heng frowned slightly; this was the first time she had encountered something so terrifying.

With her current physique, she has no power to resist it.

Just as using spiritual power can trigger 'transformation', changing the physical state.

The moment it touches even a speck of dark green, its body will wither and decay rapidly—it's like an unchangeable rule.

The girl felt a sudden threat, and without thinking, she raised the broken sword in her hand and looked ahead.

Suddenly, the black mud that had come to assassinate her turned into liquid and emerged from the horde of monsters, then transformed back into human form and took light steps to attack.

Xi Heng raised his hand and unleashed a wall of resentment, creating a thick barrier.

The opponent then pierced through the barrier, unleashing a sharp, almost imperceptible spiky attack.

She tilted her head to dodge the spikes, and the longsword in her hand, wreathed in flames, became stained with the eerie purple aura of 'Shan'.

Since ordinary power could not counter the opponent, they would use strange and equally powerful objects to fight—

The purple aura, under her control, formed a sword shape and shot straight at the opponent's chest.

The enemy had no concept of dodging; they only used sharp blades and longswords to exchange blows, clearly trading injury for injury.

Spatial fluctuations were visible; the dark green blade, though clearly close, vanished as if erased from view.

Xi Heng's sword pierced directly through the enemy's chest.

A burst of purple energy erupted, counteracting its dark green body.

The black mud figure then stopped moving, and many pustules and rotten flesh suddenly proliferated on its body surface, which then withered and decayed under the influence of the dark green color.

It constantly struggles against itself, causing the black mud that makes it up to gradually collapse.

“It really worked…” Xi Heng took a half step back.

While dark green can easily corrode external objects, it will only freeze in place when it comes to blackish purple of the same level.

Limbs of varying sizes, pustules, and pupils grew from the surface of the black mud humanoid, and even a brain was placed on its head, all of which were quickly corroded into meaningless ashes.

Humanity's overly large teeth emitted eerie cries.

A moment later, he knelt down, covering his newly grown head with both hands, trying to save it, but it eventually corroded into ashes.

Gradually, the purple and eerie green light around it dimmed, and its entire body began to collapse from head to toe, turning into black, hard lumps scattered on the ground.

Xi Heng let out a breath and rubbed his neck, where he had just torn off a piece of flesh.

The flesh restored by the purplish-black aura was not its original gray porcelain appearance, but rather hardened skin like that of the surrounding monsters.

She scratched it with her fingernail and heard a rubbing sound, and then a faint purple light flickered under her skin.

"It feels strange to touch, but for some reason, I don't feel any aversion to it..." She thought it was just an external avatar, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Now, Xi Heng's body has developed several more cracks, and the purplish-black flesh and blood oozing from his neck stand out starkly against his porcelain-like skin.

It's as if the gray porcelain skin is just a decoration, and only after it's broken can the eerie flesh underneath be revealed.

Spending too much time among this strange group, though one's mindset remains unchanged, one's body inevitably becomes assimilated by the power within.

The girl shook her head, not thinking much about it.

As I regained my composure, I heard a soft, crisp tinkling sound from beside me.

Looking towards the source of the sound, he saw the dark green blade that had attacked him earlier fall to the ground.

This weapon just grazed seven inches from my neck, and even though it didn't actually hit me, it brought a great deal of danger. With such an effect, it must be considered a pretty good weapon no matter how you look at it.

Xi Heng instinctively wanted to use his spiritual light to grab it, but then remembered that he was still in the midst of the strange group, so he switched to using his spatial power to cover it and store it in a newly created isolated space.

After a brief respite, he raised his hand and summoned even more flesh and blood puppets to continue the battle.

This time, the main body was several hundred meters further away from the front line.

If anything goes wrong, they immediately retreat back into the Kuroshio interior.

The purple light of the Black Tide is countless times greater than that within her body. If a powerful enemy attacks, she only needs to hide in the Black Tide and wait for a moment to quell the attack.

Time passed gradually, and ten days later...

Whether it was dawn or night, the battle never ceased for a moment.

The monsters have no concept of fatigue; they disregard life and death, knowing only how to clash, wear down, and fight.

Ultimately, it was the bridge where Xi Heng was located that was the first to break through the defenses of the dark green mud. She was not the only one who made contributions; Hei Chaoye sent several powerful enemies to fight alongside them.

The Black Tide faction gradually gained the upper hand, while the Green Mud was constantly eroded in territory, and its territory slowly shrank.

After another month of fighting, the entire canyon area was filled with monsters, and finally a result was achieved.

The black tide, which had been stagnant for a long time, slowly surged forward, and from it condensed the body of an ordinary-looking woman. She was also covered in purple light and had hard skin, like a standard model rather than a real human body.

As the man walked past Xi Heng, his faceless head glanced in her direction.

He raised his finger again, casting a ray of purple light.

Light speed cannot react in time; before Xi Heng even realized the other party was looking at him, his shoulder had already been hit.

Immediately, countless cracks appeared on the skin of his left arm and shoulder, the gray porcelain was peeled off, and a clear and obvious purplish-black arm was revealed underneath.

In an instant, the entire arm underwent a 'transformation'.

The girl blinked.

This purplish-black humanoid is extremely powerful and should not be challenged.

Xi Heng took a half step back and looked down at his transformed arm. He felt that the power within it was several times stronger than before, and he had gained several special abilities.

For the supernatural, this input of purple light should be considered a kind of gift...

She then responded with a strange expression of gratitude, and when she looked up, she saw the purplish-black humanoid figure in front of her nod slightly, also conveying a semantic fluctuation.

Xi Heng roughly translated it as follows:

"As a major grievance, following 'Shan' is the best choice."

Clearly, the other party also sees themselves as a major grievance.

Before the girl could even think of a response, the purplish-black figure had already reached the bridge, climbed onto the railing, spread his arms, and leaned forward, falling freely.

A cold wind blew across the cliffs and canyons, once again howling out strange, mournful sounds.

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Volume 1: Chapter 356, Dissolving the Ice Barrier

The wind blows through the canyon, creating a continuous whistling sound.

It sounded like a huge voice howling from the bottom of the valley.

As the perfectly proportioned purplish-black human figure leaped off the black bridge, the surrounding battle suddenly fell silent, as if by prior arrangement.

The black slime individuals that had been pushed far away all stopped fighting and retreated. The beasts also stopped moving at the same time, not even lowering their raised claws.

In just a few minutes, the two sides, who had been locked in fierce fighting for more than a month, slowly began to draw a line of peace.

The black mud gave up the fight, and countless beasts no longer surged forward like a flood.

Xi Heng walked to the bridge and looked down at the bottomless cliff, thinking to himself—that human figure that just fell must have gone to collect its spoils.

The spoils of war were:

"finger……"

She softly uttered the two words.

The girl's hand, transformed into a purplish-black color, touched the railing and grasped it slightly, unconsciously leaving a faintly glowing purplish-black palm print.

Whenever she wanted, the area she touched would transform and expand, bursting forth with massive amounts of flesh and blood, which would then coalesce into monstrous creatures or her own form.

This ability was acquired after receiving a gift from the purplish-black humanoid, and it is called the 'Mark'.

"What kind of finger could possibly be so powerful as to provoke a war between two bizarre factions?" Xi Heng sensed that this object was extremely important.

“The vengeful spirits and evil spirits of other realms only think of revenge and destruction, and care about nothing else. But this strange place has something that they would pursue even if it meant abandoning attacks on humans... Maybe they didn’t come here to kill cultivators, but for this kind of treasure?”

"Ultimately, what is the true nature of this eeriness?"

These were questions that Xi Heng, a girl from the countryside, could not answer.

Even after spending so long in a great realm like the Heavenly Realm, they still couldn't find any clues.

"As your cultivation level increases sufficiently, will you gradually be able to understand?"

The cliffs and ravines in the field of vision were incredibly deep, with only a vast expanse of black mist that seemed to stretch endlessly into the distance.

The word 'finger' lingers in my mind.

Xi Heng recalled the white-robed cultivator he had seen earlier sealing off the rift.

If that crack were to fully expand, it would probably look like what we see now.

There are so many fissures in the earth in the northern snowy region, yet the great cultivator only sealed that one; there must be a secret hidden there.

She compared the two fissures in front of her with the two fissures she had seen in the past and found that although they looked different, they had similar characteristics.

"There might be a finger or something similar down there."

You can go and take a look yourself.

Although a cultivator has painstakingly cast a seal, reckless movement may break the seal and release the monsters inside the crack, causing chaos in the world.

But there are already enough demons and monsters running rampant in the world, so one more won't make a difference.

Even if it is indeed just that one group that is different, the harm will only be to this world and this time.

Xi Heng can turn back time, so many things don't matter to her.

The girl gazed at the bottom of the cliff, made up her mind, and then went there.

The Black Tide army is temporarily stationed here, and it is unknown when it will move again.

With nothing to do, she began to observe her purple arm, which had changed its appearance.

"The intensity of the purple light seems to be much stronger than that of the other beasts. Is it really a gift?"

Xi Heng's diligent efforts to collect light runes on the battlefield also attracted the attention of the Black Tide.

So after Kuroshio transformed into human form, he also brought her some gifts.

The purple arm grants her more than just the mark; it also allows her to transform her arm into a unique quality that adapts to the current situation within a short period of time.

For example, if a powerful explosion is coming, simply extend your left hand forward to block and absorb the impact and intense heat.

Most magical attacks can be countered with this left arm.

At the same time, their control over transformation has become much stronger, allowing them to unleash more spiritual light without triggering physical transformation.

As a result, her external avatar is now able to fight against the main bodies of other late-stage avatar cultivators.

If an opportunity can be found to inject purple light into the enemy's body, there is a high probability that the enemy can be defeated directly.

Its strange characteristics cannot be overcome by those at the Nascent Soul stage.

“It seems there is an even more special power…” Xi Heng could sense it.

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