Chapter 859 - 214: Dispelling
"Pain."
Su Changxing felt a sensation of pain coming from his shoulder, as Shen Xuan gripped it with her hand.
Shen Xuan raised her head and said with a smile, "You’re not allowed to hug me!"
Su Changxing looked at her and said helplessly, "You can hug, but I’m not allowed to hug you."
"Yes."
Shen Xuan responded smoothly, seemingly not finding anything wrong, as she wrapped her hands around the back of Su Changxing’s neck and hugged him tightly, whispering:
"I will die."
"I will also try to avoid affecting the other two. I plan to completely dissipate my Power."
Su Changxing pondered and said, "How to dissipate? It’s not an easy thing, it might collapse like a planet."
Shen Xuan showed a mysterious smile, "We have a certain mysterious connection with another world, and our Power comes from there. I should be able to dissipate my Power in reverse as I die, so it probably won’t affect them."
Another world?
Su Changxing heard this and couldn’t help but frown, finding it inconceivable. He asked, "What kind of world is it?"
There’s a certain secret hidden here, possibly related to the Doomsday Game.
Shen Xuan shook her head, "I don’t know either. I can only vaguely feel such a connection. As for what kind of world it is and where it is, I don’t know."
"I only recently noticed such a connection. If I weren’t about to die, I might not have noticed it either."
Su Changxing felt that what Shen Xuan said was the Truth, and this might be the source of their Power, but thinking about this, he had some other ideas...
"You can’t die." Su Changxing said confidently.
"I’m probably beyond saving." Shen Xuan repeated.
Su Changxing said, "I can save you."
Shen Xuan was momentarily stunned, then fell silent, "You don’t need to lie to me, and I don’t need comfort."
Su Changxing said helplessly, "Have I ever lied to you?"
Shen Xuan nodded, "You have!"
Su Changxing pulled her to sit at a nearby table, then said, "This matter isn’t difficult, as long as we disperse the influence in your body from that giant hand, it should work."
"This way, even if we can’t completely solve your problem, you’ll be able to live a little longer."
Shen Xuan nodded, smiling at Su Changxing, "Exactly, what you said makes sense. But how do we dispel the influence on me?"
"That giant hand is probably from a dead God; otherwise, it couldn’t affect the entire world."
"I’ve tried."
Shen Xuan had tried many methods, but without any effect. Instead, it became nourishment for the aura of death, making it stronger and accelerating her demise.
Su Changxing rubbed the bridge of his nose with his index finger, speaking unhurriedly, "You can’t do it, but that doesn’t mean I can’t..."
"Shen Xuan, I’ve long reached a realm beyond your imagination."
At this moment.
Su Changxing’s eyes were full of the vicissitudes of life, as if stars were twinkling within.
Then.
Shen Xuan was stunned to see an astonishing white light radiating from Su Changxing’s right eye, enveloping her.
This white light was soft, bringing a sense of calm.
Since the deep black aura of death was a Power equivalent to a Divine Spirit, it should be countered with the Power of Divine Spirit.
Therefore.
Theoretically, using Faith to dispel the aura of death would be the best choice, but fearing to be targeted by the "Antivirus Software," Su Changxing had to restrain his Power and probe it first.
Su Changxing extended his index finger, pressing it on the black line on Shen Xuan’s face, attempting to use Faith to interact with the deep black aura of death.
According to his expectations, Faith would collide with the aura of death, attacking each other, dissolving in the process, thus reducing the burden on Shen Xuan’s body.
Faith slid along his finger, emitting a glow like fireflies.
When Faith touched the aura of death, they seemed to be stimulated, becoming active, suddenly attracting each other, clashing together, then merging, entwining.
This startled Su Changxing, who quickly withdrew his finger, interrupting the output of Faith.
An indistinct black line appeared on his index finger, then gradually faded, merging into his skin.
He could clearly feel the presence of that trace of Power, merged with Faith, existing within it.
"What is happening?" He puzzled over it, logically speaking, two forces of different natures should collide and clash.
Could it be due to the special nature of Faith?
It seemed unlikely.
"Did you notice anything different?" Su Changxing asked Shen Xuan, observing her condition, finding no significant change from the previous.
Shen Xuan shook her head, "I didn’t feel anything, but when you touched me with your finger earlier, that thing seemed to become active."
"Active?"
"Yes, it seems to accelerate their erosion of my body..." Shen Xuan widened her eyes.
"..."
Su Changxing pondered, once again placing his finger on the black line on Shen Xuan’s face, guiding Faith to interact with the aura of death.
Since he couldn’t dispel the deep black aura of death from Shen Xuan’s body, guiding it out should also be possible.
Currently, this thing didn’t seem to affect him much, as Faith could seemingly suppress it.
This time.
He guided more Faith to impact the aura of death, and finer white lines appeared amidst the black line on Shen Xuan’s face, continuing to spread.
Indeed, the situation was the same as before, his Faith rapidly merged with the deep black aura of death, forming a unified whole.
He used Faith to drag the merged aura of death out of Shen Xuan’s body.
This process seemed simple, but Su Changxing was extremely vigilant, aware that unexpected situations could arise at any moment, due to the nature of this Power’s operation, he was essentially crossing the river blindly.
The tip of Su Changxing’s finger was densely packed with fine black lines, which gradually disappeared, merging into his skin.
A considerable amount of deep black aura of death seeped into his body, and only then did he feel the familiar aura: decay, Bloodthirsty, madness, and substantial death.
This was also the essence of a Zombie-like Entity.
The owner of that arm was indeed a Zombie-like Entity, only powerful to the extent of being akin to a Divine Spirit.
Shen Xuan also noticed the black lines on Su Changxing’s finger and immediately understood, observing that there was slightly fewer of it within his body, just a small portion, but enough to relieve his current symptoms:
"You led that thing into your own body; you’re not afraid of dying?"
Su Changxing looked up at her, shook his head and said, "This thing doesn’t seem to impact me much."
This was the Truth.
Thinking back to how he managed to stay alive in the No-Man’s Land’s forbidden zone for so long was indeed strange.
"Seems to have some effect, let’s continue." Su Changxing once again touched the black line with his index finger, guiding Faith to pull the aura of death.
Due to being monitored by "Antivirus Software," he couldn’t mobilize a large amount of Faith all at once, so he had to repeat this process multiple times, removing it bit by bit.
"Mm~"
"Very comfortable."
Shen Xuan stared wide-eyed at Su Changxing, speaking softly.
Su Changxing stopped his hand and looked at her, saying with some irritation:
"I didn’t ask for your feedback... Because we can’t be sure what this thing is, we can only resort to such a clumsy method, but it might be difficult to completely purge it."
"Mm." Shen Xuan nodded, seemingly not caring much about it.
Su Changxing looked at her expression and said curiously, "Aren’t you afraid of death?"
Shen Xuan countered, "Why fear it? Death is a kind of return."
"Makes sense." Su Changxing nodded.
Then.
He continued to cycle through the process, his finger brushing across the black line on the skin.
"Mm~"
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"Mm!"
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Shen Xuan occasionally emitted soft hums.
Extracting the aura of death bit by bit from Shen Xuan’s body.
The aura of death entered his body, encased by Faith, gathered together to form a peculiar, complex Talisman.
Su Changxing recognized the Talisman’s structure as similar to the Divine Text, though he hadn’t seen it before.
When the process reached 122 cycles, the black lines on Shen Xuan’s face had noticeably reduced and became finer.
Within Su Changxing’s body, the aura of death accumulated to a certain degree, like an awakening self-consciousness, conducting certain "activities."
Such activities were fast and orderly, occurring between each unit of aura of death, like a swarm of small people perpetuating and proliferating their civilization.