Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 292 - 291 Acquaintances

In a secluded canyon, a hidden village was built.

Annie was sitting on a tree trunk, and below her was a young man who said anxiously, "The Sect Hierarch has retreated into the cave for his seclusion, but I keep hearing scary noises coming from there. Annie, the Hierarch is okay, right?"

Annie shook her head with a smile, "Don’t worry, he’s the last person who would die."

"Sigh, why didn’t the Hierarch bring us along to Donghua City this time? If we had been there, we definitely wouldn’t have allowed the Hierarch to get so seriously injured," the young man said, slapping his fist fiercely with a look of dissatisfaction on his face.

Annie laughed and said, "You are the secret weapons of the Sky Flipping Sect; you can’t just make an appearance so casually."

After seeing the little boy leave, a look of worry still couldn’t help but show on Annie’s face.

"His injuries from Donghua City were too severe this time."

"Even with his cultivation level, it would be very difficult to recover his halved physique, right?"

She couldn’t help but think of the mutated creatures that had been brought from Donghua City, especially Wang Xuanhua, who used to be a ninth realm cultivator.

After Li Xiuzhu brought them here, he directly took them into the cave where he secluded himself.

Speaking of that cave, a look of curiosity flashed in Annie’s eyes. It was said to be the place where Li Xiuzhu conducted his research on the void and the distortion of the Heavenly Dao, and without his permission, no one was allowed to enter, including Annie and several other key members of the Sky Flipping Sect.

With a bit of concern, Annie headed to her room, and when she awoke the next morning, she heard a continuous tumult of voices in the distance.

Following the sound, she unexpectedly saw Li Xiuzhu standing in the center, surrounded by villagers of all sizes, all happily looking at Li Xiuzhu.

"Hierarch! Your body has recovered?"

"Hierarch, I’m relieved that you’re alright!"

"Hierarch! Take us with you next time! We also want to fight the Heavenly Demon!"

Annie was surprised as she looked at Li Xiuzhu. Although he still seemed a bit frail, his whole being radiated vigor and good spirits, and he was no longer using the energy of his Primordial Spirit to transform into physical strength to maintain life.

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Surprised, Annie walked up to him and felt all over his body, "You recovered this quickly?"

Li Xiuzhu smiled, "You know my situation is special. My original body is not as fragile as that of a mere human, so naturally, I recover quickly."

Annie nodded her head. She knew that since Li Xiuzhu had successfully entered and left the void, his body had acquired the controllable ability to mutate, and his vitality was far stronger than that of mere humans.

But something still didn’t seem quite right to her. Even with a mutated body, recovering so quickly from a halved physique was astonishing.

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A few days later, a young man was brought to Annie, covered in scales that kept growing and then shedding. Annie shot out more than a dozen Primordial Spirit Needles, which pierced the young man’s body.

Gentle forces of the Primordial Spirit flowed into his body through the needles.

Although the scales temporarily stopped growing, the situation remained grim. The other young men nearby asked, "How is he, Annie?"

"Qing Jiao, he’s alright, isn’t he?"

Annie sighed, "The mutation has completely gone out of control, and his mind is slipping into madness bit by bit. I can’t treat psychological issues; now it’s up to him."

After a moment, Li Xiuzhu walked in. Looking at Qing Jiao on the bed, who had lapsed into a coma, he picked him up directly, "I’ll find a way."

Annie said, "Qing Jiao’s anomaly is very serious. What do you plan to do?"

"Don’t worry," Li Xiuzhu touched the boy’s forehead. "I will cure him."

Annie followed him, but she found that Li Xiuzhu was heading toward the direction of the seclusion cave. "The anomaly can’t be reversed, whether he can control it himself depends not only on the method you provided but also on his talent and his own bloodline."

"It’s okay, I can go to the Virtual Void again. That place is where the Heavenly Dao resides, the source of the anomaly," Li Xiuzhu confidently said. "As long as I take Qing Jiao back to the Virtual Void, I can cure him, and even allow him to complete a controlled transformation."

Speaking, Li Xiuzhu had already entered the cave. "Annie, I need to focus on dealing with the changes in the Virtual Void next. You help me stand guard outside, don’t let anyone in, and..."

"Don’t let anyone out."

In the midst of speaking, Li Xiuzhu had already activated the Array placed in the cave, a milky-white light barrier intercepted at the entrance of the cave.

Seeing Li Xiuzhu’s solemn expression, Annie nodded. "Don’t worry, I’ll stand guard outside."

Watching Li Xiuzhu step into the dark cave entrance, Annie slowly exhaled, sat down at the entrance of the cave, and with a thought, a smooth, chaos-colored bead emerged from between her eyebrows.

This was her Protective Dharma Treasure, the Five Poisons Bead, capable of releasing various toxic barriers for attack and defense.

An hour later, one growl after another kept coming from inside the cave, as if some terrifying beast were struggling in a death fight.

Annie furrowed her brow and continued to sit and wait.

After a full three hours, the roaring sounds had long since vanished without a trace, and the entire cave inside and out was quiet, eerily silent.

Li Xiuzhu came out looking pale. "Annie, I need to leave for a bit. Qing Jiao’s condition has stabilized. Continue to stand guard here and don’t let anyone in or out until I return."

Watching the departing Li Xiuzhu, Annie said with concern, "Are you okay? Do you need me to check on you?"

Li Xiuzhu waved his hand and gradually disappeared from Annie’s sight.

Annie could only continue to stand guard at the entrance of the cave, but merely half an hour later, another figure stumbled out, forcefully hitting the Array barrier outside the cave, opened its mouth wide at Annie, and let out a series of growls.

Looking at that familiar silhouette, Annie opened her mouth, somewhat at a loss.

"Sect... Sect Hierarch?"

...

Zhou Bai and his group followed the burly man who might be Kuang Tu’s master, ’Zi Zai Shang Ren’, moving forward, passing by one figure after another in black robes kneeling on the ground.

However, as the faces of those in black robes appeared before them, Lv Chongyang, Kuang Tu, and Yan Hui kept exchanging sound transmissions, revealing shock as they recognized the faces under the black robes.

"This is Beihai City’s Vajra Master, right? I remember he mutated ten years ago."

"That looks like the previous Blissful Master of the Night Army. Didn’t he sacrifice himself on the battlefield?"

"And that old man, I think I’ve seen him before in the military of Donghua City."

Listening to their sound transmissions, Zhou Bai felt increasingly strange. So many people who should be dead were all appearing in this twisted area. What could it be for?

The next moment, Zhou Bai’s gaze sharpened slightly as he saw the statue that had appeared before everyone, revealing its true appearance.

"Dr... Dr. Zhuang?"