Damn it! Let’s smash the darkness together!

Chapter 1485 - 215: Decayed Lotus Pond, Invoking the Gods Ceremony

"Hmm?"

With one successful strike, Xu Shu was unexpectedly surprised.

He was quite confident in his destructive power; such a fully charged heavy punch would have left any of the "Three Friends of Cold Seasons" lamenting their fate.

But although No-Life Mother’s chest was dented, it hadn’t blown apart, clearly indicating remaining strength.

What kind of technique is this?

Did she soften part of her body to disperse the attack?

This person’s transcendent path is really special... Is it the "Grandmaster’s" force transfer or the "Alchemist’s" mutated body?

Thoughts raced in Xu Shu’s mind, but his hands didn’t slow down at all.

His moves were swift, accurate, fierce, tricky, and powerful, striking No-Life Mother incessantly amidst her cries of agony.

She twisted and turned trying to evade, but faced with a "Warrior" of the same tier up close, how could she escape?

Soon, No-Life Mother’s body was battered and bruised by Xu Shu.

With a scream of "No!", her large robe was shredded completely, exposing her bare body underneath.

"Hahaha... huh?"

Upon seeing the "Vacuum Homeland," Xu Shu was taken aback, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

Exposed before him was a woman-sized human head shaped like a winter melon, with sparse hair, missing teeth, and skin covered in elderly-like sores.

If it were just that, she would merely be an aged crone, fitting the identity and status of "No-Life Mother."

Yet, beneath her head, there was no body, only an esophagus as thick as an adult man’s arm, its length indeterminable, extending underground and continuously reaching into the tightly closed hall at the back.

Notably, this massive esophagus was covered in dark green mucus, with countless molds growing on the flesh, seemingly maintaining a balance between the mold and the dark green mucus. The entire esophagus or "neck" was stretched almost straight, pulsing with No-Life Mother’s movements as she breathed and swallowed.

No wonder No-Life Mother had been sitting in the chair without moving; it turns out she wasn’t unwilling to make a move, but had reached the limit of her distance from the tower behind.

"Is this... the Flying Head Monster?"

Xu Shu speculated.

He was no longer the novice who knew nothing of the Extraordinary World, having heard of a special kind of aberration that seemed like ordinary people, except for a long neck, over ten meters long like a giant snake, which could even allow the head to fly separately, known as the "Flying Head Monster."

However...

"No-Life Mother, so you’re not human?" Xu Shu suddenly showed a sinister smile.

She wasn’t human, indicating she was different from the other members of the White Lotus Sect.

After death... Erosion Crystals will be extracted, right?

"This old woman is indeed human, sir, don’t talk nonsense!"

No-Life Mother was startled by Xu Shu’s greedy gaze.

She had never witnessed such a look in human eyes, especially after they saw her true form!

At once, No-Life Mother panicked, her expression frantic and evasive, her neck twisting uncontrollably.

This time, thanks to the slippery blue mucus on her neck, she finally escaped Xu Shu’s grasp, spinning away and retreating into the grand hall at the base of the tower, the robe that had been an obstacle.

"Hmph, trying to escape?!"

Having ventured in the ruins for so long, finally encountering a "monster," how could Xu Shu let her leave?

Without a word, he chased after her, crashing through, shattering the door at the base of the tower, and forcibly barging in.

Upon entering the tower, he saw a lotus pond about ten meters wide, shimmering and glowing, white mist steaming, with a myriad of white lotus blooming inside.

No-Life Mother’s neck was deeply planted in the lotus pond, as if she were a lotus spirit born from it.

It is often said that something emerges clean even from the mud, whereas at the bottom of this lotus pond is a pile of visible decayed mud.

Oddly enough, the lotus didn’t "remain unstained" but instead continued to rot and decay while new white lotuses bloomed constantly amidst the swirling mist.

Apart from that, there were eight pillar-like Bronze Lotus Lamps set up around the lotus pond.

Pairs of dazed-eyed, lifeless-pupiled young men and women gathered beside each Bronze Lotus Lamp, fervently worshiping as if expressing the most maniacal devotion to the White Lotus Sect.

The purity of faith generated through worship then coursed along tentacle-like lotus vines into the lotus pond, nourishing the pond full of white lotuses and the central piece of the pond—sometimes decayed like withered wood, at other times crystal-clear and vibrant—of the massive lotus rootwood.

And No-Life Mother’s head was perched, unmoving on top of this decaying lotus wood as if on a throne!

"This... yesterday blooming and perishing, today blooming anew?"

"You actually use this thing as fertilizer! I understand, you’re cultivating the Joyful Buddha, aren’t you?!"

Xu Shu’s eyes lit up as he began to speculate.

No-Life Mother didn’t respond; the previous panic vanished, replaced by a face full of malice: "A mere human dares presume to divine the majesty of the old mother? You indeed have some skill, but it’s over now. Become fodder for my lord together!"

Saying this, she lifted her neck, opened her mouth wide, and let out a piercing, wave-like screech!

Swish~

Swish~

The visible sound waves, centered around the lotus wood, scattered toward the surrounding pillar-like lotus lamps, resonating together before surging into the void in eight directions, vaguely creating some resonance, vibrating back and forth!