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The upper reaches of the Luo River.

The river was unusually still after nightfall.

Ever since Lin Xuan used the Chaos Pearl to devour the fragments of Zhunti's saintly origin, the river has become peaceful and stable.

The fish and shrimp in the river have returned, and the medicinal herbs on both banks are also regrowing.

The Wu tribe set up three outposts along the riverbank, with the guards changing shifts every two hours.

But tonight, the Golden Immortal-level sorcerer on night duty sensed something was wrong.

Several black bubbles rose to the surface of the water.

It's not ordinary underwater turbidity.

After the bubbles burst, they released a faint, fishy odor.

"Someone come here!"

The shaman on night duty immediately sounded the alarm.

In less than three breaths, two streaks of light shot out from the direction of the Pangu Palace.

One strip is purple, the other is ice blue.

Lin Yan and Lin Shuang.

Ice and Fire Group.

These two children are part of the joint operations team that Lin Xuan has been focusing on training recently.

One is roasted, the other is frozen.

The combined effect can be summed up in four words: no survivors.

"Twelfth Brother, can you smell it?"

Lin Shuang stood by the river, her icy blue eyes devoid of any warmth.

Lin Yan squatted down and brought his nose close to the water's surface to sniff.

"It has a Western flavor."

He spat on the ground.

"This stench is exactly the same as the smell on those bald guys."

A low, mournful sound suddenly came from beneath the water.

It's not the sound of a fish.

It is some kind of large creature that is lurking underwater.

"They're out!"

Lin Shuang gave a soft shout.

A huge hole was blown open in the river.

Five pitch-black monsters emerged from the water.

These monsters looked like hybrids of crocodiles and toads, covered in black scales, each scale inscribed with dense Sanskrit runes.

Puppet beast.

Western religious specialties.

After killing the monster, they would infuse its corpse with Buddhist power and toxins from the Western religion, and then use talismans to control its actions.

Similar to a prehistoric version of a biological weapon.

The five puppet beasts continuously spewed out a blackish-green liquid from their mouths.

After the liquid fell into the river, it spread rapidly, causing fish and shrimp to turn white wherever it passed.

Poisoning.

Although Zhunti's ultimate move in Luoshui was dismantled, he will not give up on disgusting people.

Since we've run out of ultimate moves, let's use our smaller moves.

They sent puppet beasts to poison the Luo River.

Even if I don't poison you to death, I'll make sure you can't drink water.

"Seventeenth Sister, freeze the river surface to prevent the poisonous water from spreading downstream."

Lin Yan rolled up his sleeves as he assigned tasks.

"Leave it to me."

Lin Shuang pressed her hands down.

A white, chilling aura poured from her palms, spreading across the river to both sides.

The blackish-green toxic water solidified into ice shards the moment it came into contact with the cold air.

The entire river surface was frozen into a silvery-white mirror.

The path for the spread of the toxic water has been completely cut off.

"Alright. Leave the rest to me."

Lin Yan rubbed his hands together, and purple flames blazed in his eyes.

The five puppet beasts discovered that the poisonous water had frozen and let out a piercing roar.

They turned to look at Lin Yan.

There was no wisdom in his black eyes, only an instinctive killing intent controlled by the talisman.

"Come on, you stinky thing."

Lin Yan opened his palm.

The purple flames of burning karma ignited in his palm.

This kind of fire doesn't burn ordinary things; it specifically burns cause and effect, karma.

The talismans on the puppet beasts of Western religion?

It's all about cause and effect.

The five puppet beasts rushed onto the ice.

Lin Yan didn't run away.

He stood still, waiting for them to get within three zhang (approximately 10 meters) of him.

"Purple Flame, Lotus Annihilation!"

A giant purple lotus flower bloomed from beneath his feet.

The lotus petals are formed from flames, each petal carrying a temperature so intense it distorts the void.

The moment the first puppet beast rushed into the lotus's range—

All the Sanskrit symbols on his body lit up.

It is not a bright light that has been activated.

It was glowing red-hot.

The talisman peeled off piece by piece like pieces of paper.

Without the control of the talisman, the puppet beast collapsed onto the ice like a puppet with its strings cut.

Immediately afterwards, smoke began to rise from its black scales.

The flames started burning from the inside.

This is the characteristic of the Burning Karma Purple Fire—it burns outward from the source of the causal line.

The talisman is the end of the causal line. Once the end is burned out, it burns all the way back to the original body along the causal line.

Within ten breaths, all five puppet beasts turned into five piles of ashes.

Not even a bone fragment was left.

"Seventeenth Sister, clean up the mess."

Lin Yan clapped his hands.

Lin Shuang nodded.

She withdrew some of the cold air and then released an even more refined layer of ice.

This time it wasn't the frozen river surface, but the frozen ashes.

The five piles of ash were encased in a thin layer of ice, and the remaining toxins inside were completely sealed off by the cold air.

Then she flicked her finger on the ice.

"Click."

The ice shattered into crystalline powder, which sank to the bottom of the river along with the ash.

The river started flowing again.

The toxins were completely neutralized.

"pretty."

Lin Yan squatted down by the river and peered into the water.

The water was crystal clear, and there wasn't a single dead fish in it.

The "Ice and Fire Team" is working together more and more seamlessly.

Pangu Hall.

Lin Xuan watched the entire process via remote live stream.

He held his teacup, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"That old bald monk Zhunti is getting more and more despicable. He's even resorting to poisoning."

Dijiang stood to the side, pursing his lips.

"What else can he do besides being a scoundrel? He couldn't even beat a child in a head-on fight."

The system notification sounded in Lin Xuan's mind.

"Ding! Lin Yan and Lin Shuang have jointly eliminated 5 Western Cult Puppet Beasts. 1 Western Cult Merit Fragment has been obtained."

"Ding! It is recommended that the host refine the merit fragments, which can slightly weaken the overall fortune of the Western Sect."

Lin Xuan carefully put away the fragments.

Little by little, it adds up.

Every bit of Western religion weakened brings Zhunti one step closer to collapse.

"Thirteenth Brother, how are the wedding preparations going?"

Dijiang asked a question.

"Sister Houtu has taken full responsibility, so I just need to wait for the wedding ceremony to be over."

Dijiang snorted.

"You've made things easy for yourself. Thirty-eight boxes of betrothal gifts took me all afternoon to move. You should at least put some effort into your own wedding."

"Brother, you've worked hard."

"What's so hard about it? Go keep your wife company."

Lin Xuan smiled and left.

Dijiang watched his retreating figure and shook his head.

"One, two, three... how many are there now?"

He counted on his fingers for a long time, but finally gave up.

There are too many to count.