Deep Sea Hunter, but Deep Sea Titan

This was the only promise Luo Ting could make regarding the matter of Duiwang: not to kill, and that was all.

He cannot escape the consequences of his insane actions.

Luo Ting waved his hand, put away the Mountain and Sea Scroll, and the scene at the front changed back to the Shennong Temple. In front of the Shennong statue, which was dressed in tattered clothes and looked weathered, Ji accepted the price offered by Luo Ting.

"This fragment of the demon in the north was the method that people at the time sought to deal with it, but now its incarnation is helping people resist the calamities of the demon. It's really interesting."

As Luo Ting spoke, Ji was also examining the inscription on Luo Ting's bronze headdress, which recorded several large-scale outbreaks of evil spirits in the history of Yan Kingdom and Gonggong's fight against them.

Unfortunately, it only recorded the result and not the countermeasures. Lotin also tried to inquire about this with the system, but did not obtain any more useful information.

"Of course, you should have stopped associating with that old man a long time ago."

Luo Ting shook his head, while also reminding Ji not to do anything foolish like his second brother.

Ji was surprised to find that the tall bronze statue was actually walking carefully only on the ridges of the field. Luo Ting's life before his transmigration had instilled in him a basic respect for food. Although he no longer needed to eat, he still maintained the habit of caring for crops.

At this moment, a panicked apprentice of the Celestial Master bumped into Luo Ting, who was too large. Luo Ting simply reached out and helped him up without saying a word.

"The food! The food has been contaminated!"

Luo Ting could sense immense fear and panic emanating from this apprentice of the Celestial Master.

"Don't be afraid!"

The bronze colossus rebuked sharply, saying that fear could contaminate the evil, and cognition could increase the power of the evil—a point that Lotin was quite aware of.

The system classified him as a friendly unit at this point, so the area-of-effect dual resistance of [Iron Sun] also applied to him. Yan did indeed pay tithes to Lotin, so the mental resistance from [Imperial Order] also applied to these Yan people.

However, the increase is not as significant as that of Kazdel and Kazimierz.

The apprentice's reason also told him not to be afraid, but the situation was critical. The rice harvested a few days ago filled the granary. The golden rice heaps had turned into small, dark red hills.

It's a pity that the Summoner Spell [Purify] can't be cast on the entire mobile city, otherwise things would be much simpler.

"This land has long been highly polluted, and an outbreak of pollution was only a matter of time."

At this moment, Laurentina and Skadi also arrived at Lotin's side after he called out in the system chat interface, along with W, who was holding the [Imperial Order].

"Hunter, Sister, just treat the enemy you are facing as Hai Si, and don't overthink it."

Loting rarely spoke to them with such an unquestionable tone as he did now.

“W, if you don’t want to die, don’t let go of that flag. As long as you hold onto it, you’ll be fine.”

"If you see anything dirty, just pretend it's Ines's head."

Luo Ting gathered his men and rushed to the Shennong Temple. At this time, Shu was already in a coma.

It is known that spell resistance helps protect one's consciousness, and restoring mana helps enhance mental strength, so Lotin didn't care about that and switched to the [Light Knight] skin.

That's right. Like the [Mountain Bastion] skin, the [Steel Sun Shield] skin has a special combination effect with the [Light Knight] skin.

"Lord Gonggong, what's wrong with you looking like this?"

Ji had indeed never seen Nautilus before Gonggong, so it was normal for him to be puzzled by the attitude of the Knight of Light of Lotin.

A radiance, powerful enough to scorch the eyes and cleanse evil, burst forth from the [Iron Sun], enveloping the millet within a golden holy shield.

This was indeed effective, effectively preventing the further dissipation of Shu's collapsing consciousness.

At that moment, Lotin suddenly noticed a point he had overlooked.

The Light Knight also relies on human cognition to enhance its power. Among all the skins, only its Tithe is not a physical object, but rather a subjective perception of the honor and awe of the Kazimierz people.

Both are powers based on cognition. Perhaps the Light Knight skin will be surprisingly effective in fighting demons. It's just a pity that it can't unleash its full power outside of Kazimierz, as it has a problem with output power. Otherwise, there might really be a chance that Lotin could purify the demons of the Great Wilderness City on his own.

Chapter 213: Sun Shower

The village chief had already sounded the alarm, gathering the villagers of Dahuang City together to prepare for their evacuation.

They didn't know that it was the millet that had been purifying the evil spirits' pollution here. They only knew that the natural conditions here were harsh, the source stones were severely polluted, and every piece of farmland was something they had desperately fought to salvage from the harsh natural environment.

Some people were reluctant to leave, but the village chief wouldn't allow anyone to fall behind.

This village chief, a former member of the Sisutai (a local deity), was naturally intimately familiar with the general precautions for fighting evil spirits. She emphasized the need to strictly prevent civilians from being left alone in emergencies, while also guarding against the spread of mass panic.

Judging from the open medicine bottle on the table, Shu had already consumed the [Witchcraft Elixir] and the Mana Potion. In addition, the Holy Shield provided by the [Iron Sun Box]'s active skill [Devotion] had temporarily stabilized Shu's condition.

"Has Shu finally given up?"

In the [Scroll of Mountains and Seas] state, Loting changed the course of the river north of the city in advance, preventing the pollution of the demons in the north of the city from reaching the Great Wilderness City with the flood. However, the pollution of the demons that were originally buried deep in the Great Wilderness City was something that even Loting in the [Knight of Light] state could not do anything about.

This is not Kazimierz after all. Without the faith barrier forged by the Kazimierz people, the Knights of Light cannot be as omnipotent as they are in the Kingdom of Knights. Therefore, Lotin cannot effectively suppress or even purify the deep-rooted pollution in the underground like Millet.

Therefore, Luo Ting had no choice but to try to solve the problem by supporting Shu and other family members.

"Ji, could you transform these evil spirits and demons into forms that are easier to deal with using physical methods?"

"Only by dealing with the emerging demons as soon as possible can we ensure your sister's safety."

At this moment, Nian and Xi arrived at the Shennong Temple. Unfortunately, they did not have time to chat with their third brother, whom they had not seen for a long time.

Nian really wanted to reminisce about the fun times she spent with her third brother reselling Xi's counterfeit paintings, but Shu's situation and the imminent demonic contamination didn't allow her to say that.

"Yes, but I'm not good enough."

"If I could use the creations of the year as my energy source, perhaps I could weave all those dwelling beneath the Great Wilderness City into tangible monsters."

Ji assessed the situation of the demon outbreak in the Great Wilderness City. After abandoning his support for his second brother's crazy plan, some misunderstandings that would have occurred with Nian and Xi in the original plot were avoided.

"Then hurry up and activate the energy core of the Twelve Towers and Five Cities."

"Since the millet is powerless to suppress the demons, I will try my best to maintain the situation."

The light emanating from the giant knight shone brightly against the dark red sky; this was the most effective means of countering the demons that Lotin could muster on his own.

As Ji Zainian and Xi were heading towards the Twelve Towers and Five Cities, a giant knight radiating golden light walked across the field ridge.

The water in the fields disappeared at a visible rate, as if a bottomless abyss was hidden underground, instantly draining all the water from the fields and stripping the land of its vitality.

The once-moist paddy fields were transformed into hardened saline-alkali land in an instant, sprouting countless deep cracks.

Loting was expending his mana to project the blazing light of the Knight of Light, using the death ray that burned away evil to dispel the corruption of the Great Wilderness City. As a result, the ground briefly regained its clear water, and the eerie, rust-red wheat ears also briefly reflected golden light.

Unlike the Radiant Knight's light, Nautilus's Death Ray cannot serve as a beacon in the darkness to guide the lost. Instead, it will blind those who dare to look directly at it. But precisely because of this, it is extremely deadly to the evil spirits hiding in the darkness.

But that's not enough. The pollution caused by cognition must also be addressed by building a fortress at the cognitive level—a powerful supplement to the defenses of the Remnant Year and the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

Under the influence of the [Steel Sun Box] and the potion, Shu's consciousness was forcibly threatened, and thus, her consciousness fell into an unspeakable and terrifying chaos.

Suddenly, a golden rice field appeared out of nowhere in front of her, as if she were in a dream.

She walked a long way, traversing mountains and valleys in the snow and ice, until she reached a boundless expanse of rice paddies.

The abundant rice ears were like gold, a golden expanse.

I don't know who planted them here, nor why they have grown so lushly here.

Shu couldn't help but think that this was indeed something to be happy about.

She remembered the old man, the Shennong worshipped at the Shennong Temple.

I remembered the promise to cultivate fertile land and breed rice resistant to Originium.

"Let's stay here."

She heard a voice calling to her.

Strangely, the excruciating pain of being devoured by demons for a thousand years has actually eased somewhat.

Is it medicine?

Ah, the medicine, the secret medicine that Gonggong entrusted to his younger brother who had finally returned.

The moment the idea crossed Shu's mind, the blazing sun shone down, and thousands of acres of rice paddies were instantly scorched to death.

There was no other reason than that the scene before them was a self-protective mechanism employed by the millet's consciousness when it was extremely weak.

Because it was fake, it was completely burned away by the true sight light of the [Mountain Barrier] - [Eye of the Seasons].

Crying could be heard from the firelight.

The cries came from afar; it was the wailing of a baby, the sobbing of an old man, and the mournful cries of the crops in the fields.

It felt like a scene from forty years ago.

That was also a year of famine.

The struggle is far from over, and indulging in the illusions of the past is futile.

Suddenly, Shu opened her eyes. She looked out the window in confusion, surprised that there was a second sun above the earth.

She rubbed her eyes and refocused her blurry vision before she spotted a silver giant clad in foreign armor.

"Is that Gonggong?"

Shu rushed out of the ancestral hall and was surprised to find that the influence of the evil spirits had been temporarily suppressed.

The energy that suppressed the corruption of evil spirits originated from a distant place. The awe that countless people felt for this armored giant also stemmed from the endless glory brought by his formidable martial prowess.

This is using one form of cognition to combat another.

However, the vastness of time and space prevented this golden, majestic, and holy giant from further expelling the pollution of these evil spirits.

Millet could sense the same energy traces from the holy shield that enveloped him; it was a barrier composed of cognition and faith.

Suddenly, Shu had a plan.

If she, along with Gonggong in this state, and her willing younger brother, were to join them, they might truly be able to purify the evil spirits entrenched in this place once and for all, transforming the invisible enemy into a tangible one, and then annihilating them with absolute superiority in the tangible realm.

"Your Excellency Gonggong, I am here to assist you."

At this moment, the millet also activated its own power, and a gentle breeze and drizzle quietly arrived. Because the Light Knight Nautilus shared the pressure of suppressing the demons, this ancient soul did not disappear into thin air when it was freed from the demons' devouring.

a bolt from the blue.

This is the best description of the current situation.

Unlike the torrential rain that occurred a few days ago when Gonggong completely changed the direction of the river's flow, the rain this time was so fine and gentle.

As the rain fell, the cracks in the earth disappeared completely.

The death ray, which was originally too bright to see, was transformed into a soft rainbow of seven colors by the refraction of raindrops and appeared above the rice fields.

Mulberry and hemp are growing taller every day, and our land is expanding day by day.

It dares to make evil spirits and demons flee, and heaven and earth are renewed with new light.

The demonic riots have ceased.

Next, all that is needed is to fully materialize it, which will solve the pollution problem beneath the Great Wilderness City once and for all, so that we can focus our efforts on dealing with the evil spirits outside the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion in the future.

And the millet will be freed from this land that has bound her for a thousand years.

Chapter 214: The Great Yan Agricultural Guard

The energy architecture and basic physical support structure of the Twelve Towers and Five Cities have been completed, but the internal functional construction is still under construction by the Ministry of Works and cannot be put into normal use.

"If I hadn't witnessed the sick beast in Gonggong's Mountain and Sea Scroll, I still wouldn't believe your rash invention, Nianmei."

In some ways, the plan to create the heart of the behemoth was no less outlandish than the plan to replace it.

Because the artificial behemoth heart of Nian was actually a form of replacement—the second brother risked his own life to try to replace it, while Nian used the mobile city modified by their powers as a container to try to replace the Year Beast with this creation.

But the pulsating heart of the giant beast appeared right in front of Ji without warning. If he still intended to accept his second brother's suggestion, he would probably have already secretly sabotaged the process of seizing the power of the giant beast's heart.

However, Ji has no reason to do so now. Gonggong's appearance also showed him the possibility of completely purifying the evil pollution of Dahuang City, thereby liberating Sister Shu from this land that has bound her for thousands of years.

"I thought you came back because you'd been hanging out with that lousy chess player for too long and gone crazy together."

When facing his elder brothers other than his eldest brother, Nian always spoke without restraint, and he was the same with his third brother, whom he hadn't seen for a century.

She was initially wary of Ji, after all, given his personality, he should get along well with her second brother.

"That terrible chess player is planning to die, and he's going to drag everyone down with him."

"Fortunately, Third Brother, you didn't go along with his nonsense."

He talked a lot, but his hands never stopped coordinating energy supplies.

"Lord Gonggong has proposed a better plan, one that can even save my second brother's life. It's a fair deal, and I have no reason to refuse."

"It seems my sisters have really been playing and having too much fun in this world for too long, and have forgotten who they really are."