Chapter 1055 - 327: Marking_2

This is a complete world with unique rules and seemingly without human existence.

After staying on the water for a while, Su Changxing once again activated the Boundary-Breaking Lamp, preparing to directly head to the World of Heaven.

The space shattered, the ship plunged into the white mist, precisely the White Ice Illusion Mist. Indeed, the White Ice Illusion Mist had already spread into the subspace, and to leave this area, one must pass through the White Ice Illusion Mist.

Su Changxing calmly used faith to light up the Crimson Flame Divine Lamp at the bow of the ship, casting the cyan mixed with orange light over the entire ship, dispersing the white mist.

Unlike the real dimension, the White Ice Illusion Mist in subspace lacks distorted monsters, leaving an empty scene, yet obscuring the view ahead.

Guided by the Boundary-Breaking Lamp, the ship advanced smoothly without any incidents, but after a long while, the vessel continued navigating through the White Ice Illusion Mist.

Until they arrived at a world entirely covered by the White Ice Illusion Mist, twisted monsters roamed the ground, squeezing other creatures into a small space, which continued to shrink.

"What is this place, that it’s also within the coverage of the White Ice Illusion Mist?" Su Changxing showed a puzzled expression, then noticed his phone had signal and connected to the Doomsday Game.

[Notification: Celestial Gate Defense Battle failed, Celestial Gate broken, Star Domain’s three hundred worlds will suffer demon invasion]

Celestial Gate was broken?

Su Changxing couldn’t fathom why this was happening; he clearly drove the Ice Kingdom’s army out before leaving and captured all Celestial Calamity Demons.

Theoretically, the Celestial Gate couldn’t be breached unless some other unforeseeable event occurred.

The entry of the White Ice Illusion Mist into this world was just a bit, yet it inevitably led the world towards apocalypse.

Su Changxing couldn’t do much about it, unable to clear the White Ice Illusion Mist in this world, he could only use faith as a shield to completely seal the world from outside, but this would only delay its extinction at most.

[Warning: You have been marked by a bounty from the Three Religions, you could be hunted by their players at any time.]

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The expedition’s Undead Tide advancing over the desert allowed Su Changxing to discover easy targets, the White Frost Withered Tree, a Tier Seven Extraordinary Creature of the plant type.

Though stronger than ordinary Tier Seven Extraordinary Creatures, it doesn’t flee upon sensing danger like others, only to be slowly eroded when encountering the Undead Tide, eventually meeting a gruesome fate.

Thus, he deployed swift-moving Extraordinary Zombies from the Undead Tide to scout, searching for similar Extraordinary Creatures in the desert, forming fifteen teams heading in different directions.

This significantly improved the hunting efficiency of the expedition’s Undead Tide, as scouting teams identified targets, steering the Undead Tide with purpose rather than aimless searching.

After consuming several Tier Seven Extraordinary Crystals consecutively, Su Changxing reached another critical threshold for enhancement.

Thirst v2 — Thirst v3

[Fury V2 (Divinity):

Truth: Each zombie within the Undead Tide gains extraordinary resistance, reducing the influence by extraordinary powers.

Thick-skinned V1: Each zombie within the Undead Tide receives enhanced life force, increasing resistance by 20% against strikes, puncture, and impacts.

Marching Speed v6: The Undead Tide moves faster, each zombie within gains 35% increase in speed, agility, and resilience.

Thirst v3: During battle state, the Undead Tide constantly devours the target’s life force, recovering 2% every five seconds, while zombies devour the target’s flesh, recovering 4% life force every second, including physical form and completeness.]

With the Thirst aura elevating and the constant expansion of the Undead Tide, the expedition now hunts the White Frost Withered Tree with minimal damage.

On the other side, the purple tentacles continue to grow, the coverage of a carpet of flesh expanding, forcing Su Changxing to retreat and maintain a certain distance.

In nearby areas, previously unseen creatures and extraordinaries gradually appear, giving the impression of nonexistent boundaries between illusion and reality within the White Ice Illusion Mist, with fantasy beings acting based on a certain logic.

Su Changxing could clearly feel the world swiftly marching towards demise for some unknown reason.

The Tentacle Monster seems to be one reason, like it’s growing independently on a large energy source.

This so-called "energy" originates from this world.

It’s a replacement cycle—a dynamic balance where nonexistent creatures arise, leading to the inexplicable disappearance of certain original beings.

Once this balance shifts greatly, an avalanche occurs, driving the world irreversibly towards apocalypse, towards demise.

Su Changxing plans to confront the Tentacle Monster after elevating Thirst to v4, to halt its unchecked growth.

Meanwhile.

The expedition’s Undead Tide marches directly towards the Swamp Forest in the desert, progressing silently, with zombies restrained from making extra noises, while distant dragon roars are heard.

Earlier exploration by scouting teams discovered this Swamp Forest, inhabited by a group of Swamp Earth Dragons, communal Extraordinary Creatures with young ones around Tier Eight and adults at Tier Seven, numbering about twenty.

Su Changxing intends to annihilate the Swamp Earth Dragons completely, despite the risks involved with the current strength of the Undead Tide, the potential gains are considerable.

The Extraordinary Crystals of these Swamp Earth Dragons are enough to push him to the next enhancement tier, advancing to Tier Seven.

The Undead Tide is massive, with nearly a million zombies; despite advancing silently, the Swamp Earth Dragons of the Swamp Forest detected them from afar.

These Swamp Earth Dragons likely originated from pre-apocalyptic lizards, evolving under extraordinary powers due to the activation of their bloodline’s power.

Though equipped with huge wings, the Swamp Earth Dragons can’t fly due to their larger body size, hindering their mobility instead.

Seeing hordes of zombies approaching, the Swamp Earth Dragons are puzzled, not understanding why these weak creatures dare to attack.

A Swamp Earth Dragon standing at the edge flung aside more than ten zombies with a kick, and unleashed dragon breath, spewing out flames that covered a large area before it.

They are genuinely dragon-like creatures capable of using dragon breath and controlling flames, rendering the numerous low-level zombies insignificant threats.

Unless absolutely famished, the Swamp Earth Dragons have no interest in the debris, merely wanting to drive away these nuisances to keep their territory clean.

Flames roared, sounds of snapping branches from within, and silhouettes moved, subsequently, swathes of zombies aflame charged forth.

Faced with such circumstances, the Swamp Earth Dragons were initially dazed, the scene unfolding differently from their expectations, retreating a few steps, and releasing dragon breath with even more flames and accompanying winds.

The zombies’ life force was extraordinary; even with most of their flesh burnt away, bones charred black, they continued rushing forward, lunging at the Swamp Earth Dragons.

The first Swamp Giant Dragon at the edge couldn’t retreat in time, surrounded by flaming zombies, it continuously twisted its body to fling off the zombies, whilst repeatedly slamming the ground with its hands.

These seemingly insignificant zombies proved more troublesome than imagined, even when a single swipe crushed a patch of them, their sheer numbers overwhelmed.

Other Swamp Earth Dragons quickly reacted, emerging to battle the Undead Tide, spitting dragon breath as flames spread among the horde.