Chapter 287: The Opposite of Love is Indifference
"Madman! Do you have any idea what kind of monster you've unleashed!" Ramdo grew increasingly alarmed as he fought, because Ying Huo's rate of progress was simply too fast, utterly beyond his imagination.
Twenty minutes ago, he could still relentlessly press forward with an overwhelming advantage, shattering all of Ying Huo's resistance time and again. But now, it could trade blows evenly with Ramdo, and even blast the harassing Hai Ge Li Si a few times, severely wounding him and effortlessly knocking him out of the battlefield.
At first, Ying Huo could only use brute force to compress its offensive roots into steel whips. But now, it not only knew how to cover them with an electric net but had also further optimized their material into a carbon fiber structure with greater strength and lower density.
After a round of autonomous modification and evolution, many parts of its tree body had transformed into cannon muzzles capable of unleashing offensive Spirit Arts. Although these Spirit Arts couldn't inflict significant damage on Ramdo, whose divine body was extremely powerful, they slowly eroded his strength like acid rain.
It could even quickly retrieve its severed parts, regenerating them at a despair-inducing speed. Even if Ramdo's every punch could unleash power on par with a minor earthquake, it was barely equivalent to Ying Huo's recovery rate.
Moreover, Ramdo, caught in the fierce battle, discovered that as the fight continued, the enemy's body structure was constantly evolving towards shock absorption, specifically to counter his strength-focused approach.
Originally, his punch would have had a hundred percent effect. After being weakened by the shock-absorbing structure, it now only retained eighty percent. A twenty percent reduction might not seem like much, but against an enemy with monstrous regenerative capabilities, the decrease in output had a profound impact.
In fact, it could even be said that every injury only allowed Ying Huo to evolve further. For a being aggregated from the thoughts of countless individuals, its speed in evolutionary adjustment was absolutely unparalleled.
Nevertheless, relying on the Divine Wrath Flame still fiercely burning on the enemy, Ramdo believed he still had a considerable chance of victory, as one-third of Ying Huo's body was already engulfed in flames.
As long as it couldn't find a way to counter it, if the stalemate continued for another half an hour, it was highly likely to be completely burned to ashes.
Even severing the ignited parts was useless against this terrifying flame, because new sparks would immediately sprout from the severed ends and continue burning.
In its rapid evolution, it continuously tried to reduce its reliance on Bai Mo's power, because Ying Huo knew very well that once Ramdo was killed, it and Bai Mo would immediately reveal their true intentions, drawing swords against each other.
Only power derived from itself could truly protect it, and what it needed most now was time. Given three months of stability, Ying Huo was confident that no creature on this planet would be able to threaten it again.
Bai Mo could sense the changes in Ying Huo at the other end of their connection.
After devouring countless One-Wheel Cult followers, its primary consciousness, which had originally harbored extreme hatred for the One-Wheel Cult, suffered an unprecedented impact. Its hatred for Ramdo was no longer pure; subtle changes had occurred compared to Ning Yan Huo's previous will to destroy the One-Wheel Cult even if it meant pulverizing itself.
Although it could barely maintain its primary consciousness under the protection of runes, countless memories related to faith deeply influenced Ying Huo's perception of the One-Wheel Cult.
"Is it finally going to activate that hidden card?" Bai Mo, observing from the side, keenly sensed the growing unrest in the surrounding geomagnetic field, and the disturbance intensified.
"Warning! Centered on Maysuo, the Maysuo Nation's geomagnetic field is experiencing massive disturbances!" The intelligence department, closely monitoring the situation in Maysuo, quickly received this warning.
The altered magnetic field was almost entirely concentrated in the Maysuo Nation area, but several surrounding countries also experienced varying degrees of impact, all undergoing slight deflections.
The once docile geomagnetic field gradually grew violent under the influence of Ying Huo, the source of the disturbance. Leveraging the prior aerial apple distribution, the entire Maysuo Nation's magnetic field began to be consciously warped in a specific direction.
Ying Huo had originally been a super-organism cultivated through 'Gu' from thousands of hectares of fruit trees. All the apples dropped into the Maysuo Nation were products of this very apple orchard; naturally, they shared an extremely close relationship.
Furthermore, each apple had undergone some minor processing, making them more suitable for the purpose.
Using the apples, whether smashed or left to rot in the wilderness, as nodes, Ying Huo began to distort this massive geomagnetic field, utilizing the magnetic force of the entire nation to shackle Ramdo.
Because Ying Huo realized it couldn't wait any longer. According to its calculations, without activating this move, it would still need at least two more hours of battle to have an eighty percent chance of killing its current enemy. The flames on its body, even with full effort to delay, could only be endured for an hour. It had no confidence in gambling on how much longer the opponent's power reserves could sustain this unquenchable fire.
Therefore, even knowing that this move of distorting the magnetic field using the homologous apples was very likely a trap set by Bai Mo, Ying Huo still used it without hesitation. Personally killing Ramdo and subsequently annihilating the One-Wheel Cult was, at this moment, still the primary consciousness's greatest obsession.
Ramdo soon discovered that an omnipresent, immense repulsive force had appeared in space, suppressing his every movement. However, for now, it didn't have a significant impact, because with his Divine Kingdom integrated into his body, his pure strength was simply too formidable.
"Want to shackle me? It's far from enough!" There was no possibility of escaping the magnetic field's restraint, which existed in every corner, unless Ramdo left this nation. Unfortunately, the strength of the geomagnetic field that could be manipulated was insufficient; it simply couldn't suppress the opponent.
"That which is formed by faith shall be destroyed by faith." For the first time in their prolonged battle, Ying Huo spoke with a chilling, composite voice, serving as Ramdo's death knell.
The moment its voice fell silent, across the Maysuo Nation, those who had abandoned their faith and consumed the fruits of sin began to writhe on the ground, clutching their heads, the intense headaches causing them unbearable agony.
But this pain didn't last long. After a beam of light emerged from the heads of these ordinary people and flew away, their suffering quickly vanished.
Simultaneously, all their emotions towards the One-Wheel Cult also vanished: faith, wavering, hesitation, regret, love—whether positive or negative, all disappeared without a trace with the departure of that light.
Now, they all stood as bystanders, reviewing their past memories.
This was, in fact, quite a terrifying experience. It was like someone you had once loved and hated suddenly becoming a stranger who stirred no emotion within you, despite not having lost your memory. It was akin to experiencing a century in an instant, transforming into an old person with a placid heart, relishing a lifetime of memories.
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