Apocalypse Forecast

Chapter 712: Chapter 584 Jianmu_1

”Mother! What’s going on!”

By the time Huai Shi reacted, he was utterly shocked. ”Why have I turned into a Second Fifth?”

Having inexplicably reverted to a Mountain Ghost, he could no longer control the rampant Source Substance and the vitality within him, which was on the verge of bursting.

He had advanced again! But there was a problem... his advancement was on the Qing Emperor’s Road!

At this very moment, not only Huai Shi but also the one from Yu Dai Shan and Xuan Niao, who was reviewing official documents, suddenly raised their heads in astonishment. One sensed that a towering tree had suddenly appeared in his courtyard, while the other took out the Authority Relic, the Danqing Volume, and flipped directly to the Third Stage section. Under the lamp, he confirmed the name over and over, feeling the onset of baldness.

Perplexed, they could not understand what Huai Shi was up to.

The Dongxia Genealogy had suddenly gained a new member!

Surprised? Unexpected? Suddenly, the old man felt the urge to cough up blood. Why the hell did you leave the Heavenly Kingdom Genealogy and run off to join the Dongxia Genealogy?

Especially since the Correction Value on this person’s body had started to climb relentlessly...

The Power from the Golden Amber—Demeter—directly leveraged the endless forests around Canberra, cramming one fifty-thousandth of the Correction Value into Huai Shi’s body. In other words, in the judgment of Sky’s Command, Huai Shi held at least one fifty-thousandth of the merit for the fertilization of all of Australia’s lands. Even though it wasn’t much, as a Stigma of the Qing Emperor Group, merely participating allowed him to achieve terrifying growth.

He directly reached full level on the spot. Third Stage complete.

Now, Huai Shi felt as if he couldn’t breathe. Because when his lungs exchanged air, what pulsed through them was a tide of vitality, extending from his limbs and constructing a vast shadow of Yu Dai Shan.

He could even sense a teasing intention coming from the Border, across vast distances. Although he had no idea what was happening, some heartless old lady had apparently broadcast her ridicule first, and then Xuan Niao indicated they were in it together...

Little brother, what’s the matter with you?

”I have to say—” Huai Shi slowly lifted his head and sighed at the enemies before him, ”although I don’t know what’s going on, I think this is definitely your fault.”

As he spoke, poisonous vines, malicious weeds, and man-eating plants erupted from beneath his feet.

The area was teeming with life.

But Huai Shi’s heart was stone-cold... To think that he had risked life and limb for the Heavenly Kingdom Genealogy for so many years, loyal and No Two, only to capsize in the gutter and become a Second Fifth by sheer accident.He would rather hide in the dark and take potshots than betray his organization!What the hell is this international Second Fifth spirit of the Ivy Vine!

Fortunately, he could feel that the essence of the Stigma inside him was nothing more than a Reflection—like the moon in a well or a flower in water—that could disperse at any moment if he treated it roughly enough.

He still had the possibility of ’rejoining the team.’Otherwise, he would have already burst out crying.

However, Huai Shi immediately discovered the advantages of the Dongxia Genealogy: by excluding adaptability to Hell, he also lost the potential risk of being eroded by Hell’s records. In an instant, the wails that had haunted his ears for days vanished, and he felt refreshed, as if reborn.

Especially when Huai Shi spread his arms, unfurling the complex and vast network of vitality from his body.

The shadow of Yu Dai Shan instantly enveloped the entire plot of land. Boundless vitality proliferated vigorously within the blood-soaked soil—poisonous to humans, yet a paradise for the undaunted vegetation. As the shadow expanded, its main trunk emerged, entwined by countless tendrils of life.

It cast its reflection in Hell.

Even Huai Shi was taken aback when he looked up. Because his Stigma was not the majestic and splendid ’Fusang’ known on the Qing Emperor’s Road, but rather a straight tree without a visible canopy or any branches. Like a pillar connecting Heaven and Earth, it became the support for the network of vitality, single-handedly bearing the terrifying scale of Yu Dai Shan.

This brought the network of life fully into existence.

It wasn’t Fusang. It was Jianmu!

At this moment, not just here, but wherever Jianmu fully unfolded, it was like a colossal column propping up Heaven and Earth. It ascended, gradually fading into the distance, its peak invisible. It rooted down, penetrating the soil layers and connecting deeply with the earth below, yet its root system remained unseen.

A jade-green pillar of light enveloped Huai Shi. Its other ends were deeply embedded in the infinite Curses of the Town of Dusk, connecting to the blood rain above and the tide of ash below. It began extracting the omnipresent Curse, transforming it into a vast torrent of Source Substance and spontaneously reshaping Huai Shi’s surroundings.

When Jianmu combined with the hundreds of thousands of life forms from Yu Dai Shan, they formed a structure akin to a miniature framework of laws.

—Projecting the shadow of Yu Dai Shan into this part of Hell!

Even Huai Shi was frightened.

He had only wanted to give it a try, but he hadn’t expected the old woman to be so generous as to actually let him borrow it! To allow someone like him, a mere Second Fifth, to borrow a portion of the Qing Emperor’s Power—even if only a projection—and misuse it at will?He felt flattered. Was he really that popular?Perhaps he should go back and apologize properly...

Yet, in just the snap of a finger, such an astonishing Transformation had already descended upon Huai Shi. In the blink of an eye, the old hen had turned into a battlecruiser. His once-regressing Stigma, Soloist, had suddenly transformed and advanced once more. Not only did he instantly reach full level, but he also somehow managed to remotely borrow a complete set of divine armor.

When Huai Shi looked up, staring at the advancing enemy formation and the storm of javelins launched by the Minotaur phalanx, a pleased smile touched his lips.

This was getting... interesting.

With a casual motion, Huai Shi pulled the Sword of Virtue from the ground beside him and pointed it forward.

In an instant, countless trees shot up side by side, drawing decaying vitality from the blood rain and growing wildly, forming a high wall directly in front of Huai Shi. Accompanied by violent tremors, the grim, twisted wooden walls constantly emitted cracking sounds. Just as quickly, in the snap of a finger, they withered, their embedded javelins falling with them back into the mud.

Their growth was too fast, their decay too swift. Pure matter that grew so quickly was not destined to last.

If that’s the case, then I’ll try another method—

He raised his hand.

In front of hundreds of Eyes of Nightmare, Huai Shi snapped his fingers.

In a flash, Jianmu trembled. Amidst the vast projection of the mountain’s vitality, countless emerald glows descended from the sky, landing on every member of the Snake-man Undead Army. In an instant, a barely visible circlet of sharp thorns formed around each of them.

—Ultra-Wide Area Thorn Halo!

The terrifying scale of the ability stunned not only the enemies but even the Venerable Elders, who were so overwhelmed by this sudden boon they could barely hold their swords. With just a snap of his fingers, Huai Shi’s Source Substance was exhausted, but in the next, it was replenished by Source Substance drawn from Disaster and Curse!

Is this the thrill of being a healer? I love it!

Smiling, Huai Shi snapped his fingers a second time.

Emerald glows once again descended from the sky, merging into the bodies and mounts of each member of the Undead Army. They quickly transformed into pure vitality, healing wounds, replenishing blood, and erasing all scars.

Huai Shi felt as if he had become a humanoid version of *War and Peace*, with an endless supply of Halos and buffs to bestow.

When the third snap sounded, every member of the Undead Army under the vitality network suddenly swelled, their eyes emitting a dark green glow. After Huai Shi adjusted the vitality network to best suit the Undead Army’s environment, it was as if this contingent from the Snake-man Village had returned to the sacred forests of ancestral legend, where endless vitality poured into their bodies for free. They couldn’t wait to roar and gallop, to spill some blood—whether their own or the enemy’s, it mattered not!

In that moment, the vast tide of the Undead Army, in its charge, collided head-on with the defensive lines of the Minotaur Warriors.

”For The Eternal Ring!!!”

The Revered Elder yanked off his cumbersome mask, raised the Banner high in one hand, and drew the Long Spear from his back with the other, roaring, ”For eternal victory!”

Despite being light cavalry, they charged as if they were heavy cavalry clad in full Armor, choosing the most brutal and violent path!

The moment the dark green torrent collided with the black wall, a brutal CRASH echoed in everyone’s ears. Like a flood bursting a dam, Heaven Collapse-like turmoil erupted, scattering countless metal fragments and blood like silt.

The Elder’s body was instantly pierced by two Short Spears, but his Long Spear was deeply embedded in the face of a Minotaur Samurai. The huge Lizard reared up, stomping down on the prey before it, while the Elder, having extracted the javelins from his body, thrust forward again amidst the frenzied charge!

The gaping wounds quickly closed under Huai Shi’s control and vanished, leaving only faint, wood-like patterns. What were once fatal blows now merely left behind controllable, underlying conditions.

When the frenzied Undead Army realized this, they truly became an Undead Legion, fearless in the face of death.

The war horns sounded again.

The roar ”For The Eternal Ring!” rose once more from the tide, and wherever it passed, the Minotaur Warriors’ famously solid defensive lines crumbled.

A grim and bloody elegy played out anew across the land.

The battle tipped overwhelmingly in their favor.

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”Prepare to order a retreat.”

Twenty-six kilometers away, the Colonel slowly raised his head from the scope and said to the Doctor, whose face was pale, ”Abandon the fight for that sector. Redistribute our forces to other areas while the command structure is still intact...”

The Doctor was silent for a moment before saying dryly, ”I will take responsibility for this.”

”It’s not your responsibility alone.” The Colonel sighed, ”Looking at it now, Huai Shi’s threat level is even higher than anticipated. It’s very likely Pant Delong will mobilize their entire troupe against him alone.”

The two exchanged glances but said no more. The aircraft quickly climbed, disappearing into the clouds.