Chapter 167
"Is this the place?" Lu Tong carefully observed his surroundings, paying special attention to the ground to prevent anything from bursting out of the ground.
"Yeah" Fang Ze looked at this strange yet familiar scene with a complicated gaze.
After becoming a Disaster King and gaining control over Disasforce, he rarely returned home. If he wasn't training at the D.E.R division's training grounds to use Disasforce to train his abilities, then he would be going to various places to fight. There wasn't anyone at home anyway.
But now that the entire world had fallen into a disaster, his home had also become unrecognizable.
The original residential area had been completely covered in purplish-black vines, these vines had heart-shaped leaves that were almost black in color and covered the entire residential area.
As everyone looked at these purplish-black plants, they felt an ominous feeling lingering around them. At times, they could even sense that these purplish-black vines weren't plants, but rather living creatures.
"Let's just destroy these things" Fang Ze went silent for a bit, then said: "Stand behind me"
His Disasforce poured out in a frenzy, turning the purple-black plants into dust under the influence of his Disasforce and burning them up under the intense heat.
With a scream, the vines quickly wriggled and madly swung about. A black dot slowly rose from afar, the source of these purplish-black vines seemed to be coming from her body.
She flew into the air and spread her arms wide, the endless purplish-black vines seemed to be her dress, beautiful and ominous at the same time.
"A Qiao!" Fang Ze hurriedly stopped his Disasforce and stared at the woman who had transformed into the Lord of Vines in shock and anger.
That woman was He Qiao. Her upper body didn't look any different from a normal person, only her skin was a bit pale, her expression was a bit ferocious, she held a standard-issue longsword in her hands.
However, starting from her waist, blood vessels began to grow from under her skin, turning into purplish-black vines. The vines formed from these blood vessels were constantly wriggling, branching and whipping at their bodies.
"Damn it, how did she become like this?" Fang Ze used his Disasforce to protect himself, so the vines directly collapsed as they struck him. However, with each vine that collapsed, the vines around He Qiao's waist wriggled a bit, as if more blood vessels were growing from them and turning into vines.
Each of the vines here originated from He Qiao's body. He recalled He Qiao's painful screams when he destroyed the vines on a large scale.
"Wang Yuan!!" Fang Ze bellowed, leaping into the air towards He Qiao.
Countless vines rose from the ground and formed a web in the air, blocking Fang Ze's path forward. If he used his Disasforce, he would naturally be able to destroy these webs, but with that scream still lingering in Fang Ze's mind, he had no choice but to temporarily retreat.
The eight of them had no choice but to retreat from the residential area. They watched from afar as the vines once again spread and covered the entire residential area. He Qiao, who was floating in the air, slowly descended. Her expression gradually calmed down, and then she disappeared into the vines.
"Essence transformation." Chang Xia's expression was solemn as he explained the reason for He Qiao's transformation.
This situation had happened to Yu Guang Ming, Ye Kong, and even Fang Ze.
Those who had released their [Origin] would be infected by the essence of their [Origin], causing their rationality to crumble, allowing them to become infinitely closer to their [Origin].
For example, Ye Kong's [Origin] was [Collapse]. During the process of releasing his [Origin], his entire being was completely infected by [Origin], eventually turning into a collapsing, fragmented creature.
Fang Ze also encountered a similar situation in Yue Bu. He was restricted by the leather jacket man's ritual altar, unable to control his [Handle], and a portion of Disasforce forced him to release his [Origin] and get closer to it.
If Liu Bian hadn't interrupted the ritual in time, as well as a bit of luck, his rationality might have collapsed as well.
And now, He Qiao's symptoms were exactly the same as [Essence transformation]. Furthermore, her rationality had collapsed to the point where it was almost non-existent, leaving only her instincts.
"There's still a chance to save it." Fang Ze blamed himself. Because of Yue Bu's conspiracy, for He Qiao's safety, he didn't bring He Qiao to Yue Bu with him.
Originally, he thought that since there were people here to protect her, she wouldn't be in any danger, but after Negri triggered the Great Cataclysm, he also lost contact with He Qiao, and when they met again, He Qiao had already turned into this mindless monster.
He Qiao's ability was the [Sword of Life], she was able to use the sword in her hand to order plants to grow and spread, and when she used her ability, a vine would wrap around the blade of her sword.
Now that she had also manifested as a vine during her [Essence transformation], it meant that He Qiao's [Origin] was related to vines.
At this point, aside from her upper body, the rest of her body had already turned into vines, and the more she destroyed the vines, the faster she would undergo [Origin Transformation]. In the end, He Qiao's entire body would turn into a vine monster, losing everything that was human.
"Let me see how you intend to resolve this problem" Negri sat in the darkness, his gaze piercing through everything to observe Fang Ze's decision.
He Qiao was still very healthy at the start. Even in an apocalyptic environment, her abilities weren't weak, so she was able to cooperate with Fang Ze's personal guards to deal with any danger. But as she continued to use her ability, she gradually approached the second stage of release.
Furthermore, with Lanshan's help in promoting the evolution of the [Spiritual Inception] germs with her Authority, she finally welcomed her second stage of release.
Compared to the first stage of release, the second stage of release was much more dangerous, as the influence of [Origin] on a person was far more terrifying. If it was a normal Combatant, with enough hard training and mental preparation, they would be able to escape from the infection of [Origin].
However, He Qiao's ability was improving too quickly, and this improvement was most likely brought about by external forces, causing her willpower to no longer be strong enough to resist the infection of [Origin], which led to the disaster.
Naturally, Negri also played a part in this. The information Killer J obtained from the leather jacket man contained quite a bit of information regarding Authority Holders and the Apocalypse Stone Tablet, as well as a lot of mystical knowledge regarding ritual altars that used Disasforce to force a person to release their [Origin].
Through this knowledge, Negri was able to guide He Qiao into her current half-converted form.
"Can you give up on your companions? Fang Ze? " Negri didn't believe that the so-called [Protagonist Aura] could be used limitlessly, and there was a limit to the miraculous power it could unleash, otherwise [Fate] would be invincible.
Logically speaking, the current He Qiao's rationality was on the verge of collapse and was already in a hopeless state. To save He Qiao, Fang Ze would need to perform a miracle.
Only by performing miracles time and time again would Fang Ze's [Protagonist Aura] weaken, giving Negri a better chance to seize it.
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