525 Great Leap Forward (2/2)
”... What about Big Brother?” Cai Xia asked.
Wang Lu said, ”Fully using his power in running the array to prevent the water from pouring down. He can't get away from his post right now, so I'm fully responsible here… What, do you want to protest against this arrangement?”
”No… Although I don't like you, I know how to prioritize things, so please give us the orders.”
”The first is to clean up the sewage.” Wang Lu said, ”All the sewage must be cleaned up, including the contaminated area. Don't miss a spot.”
”And how should we clean up?”
”Exorcise. Treat this thing as if it's a demon race. You should've been taught the way to exorcise, right? Although it has been two millennia since the last great war of immortal and demon, I have the impression that this should be a compulsory course in the Teng Cloud Hall. I just don't know if this is also important a hundred years ago…”
”Do you mean what happened just now was demon race's doing?” Cai Xia didn't hear the latter part when Wang Lu talked to himself. She was already surprised when she heard the first couple of sentences. ”Haven't they all died in the desert?”
”The soul of the deceased has not yet dispersed. In short, I'm afraid we have to spend a long time to deal with the demon race.”
Wang Lu said, bent down, picked up the sewage with his palm, and then swallowed the sewage in front of the horrified eyes of everyone.
”Tsk, it's indeed a familiar taste.”
We meet again… Black tide.
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”Sure enough it's the black tide… I can't believe that guy can still move the black tide in his remnant soul state.”
”The reason why he tried to delay us through various means is just to create this black tide besieging a city scenario. Fortunately, it's only a small black tide that has shrunk more than ninety percent of its original. If it's the big black tide that we saw in the desert, even if it is not enough to eliminate Fenrir, at least it could completely destroy our group easily.”
”Yeah, fortunately, the big black tide has been sealed off by you.”
In a simple bedroom, Ouyang Shang was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, sighing with emotion when he said those words. His body was brimming with a trace of immortal spirit aura.
This was a small uncontrolled energy dissipation when he was fully operating his golden core. Since Ouyang Shang couldn't even perfectly control his body's magical power, it could be seen how difficult the current situation was.
Wang Lu asked, ”How is the situation outside?”
”Not very good. Blessed Fountain has been completely polluted by the black tide. Fortunately, the source of the pollution is above the water surface, and the repair array is activated fast enough. Otherwise, if more water pours down, things will not be as simple as it is now.”
”I have already mobilized them to clean up the place. This could also be considered as letting them warm up… So, do you want to rush out?”
Ouyang Shang pondered for a moment. ”That's difficult. By the present situation, only the two of us could rush out. The others will find it very difficult to withstand the black tide… Unless the circumference of your Non-Phase Sword Defense can maintain its highest intensity while expanding to the area of over a hundred feet.”
Wang Lu said, ”After I reach peak Jindan Stage, I may be able to do it… In short, we can only hold this place first and think of other ways later. But, this could turn into an unprecedented protracted war. The place is being completely wrapped by the black tide, how long do you think can it last?”
Ouyang Shang was silent for a while before he spoke, ”Up to three years… After all, this dragon palace was just hand built by a wild flood dragon who hasn't received systematic training, and our arrival time is too short to make a comprehensive transformation. Now, even if I overdraw the foundation of the dragon palace, I can only push it to persist for up to three years, under the premise that no such accident can happen again.”
”Rest assured, I will be responsible to make it up if an accident happens again, and it will unlikely to go so far as what happened just now where the roof is overturned.”
”Hmm, if you aren't here, I wouldn't have dared to give out the three years guarantee.”
”In three years, in order to reverse the situation, the key here is the people outside. You know them better than I do, so what do you think?”
”Regardless of what, being trapped in a dead end, three years is not enough. But since we have this dragon palace and if we regard this black tide as a nutrient, perhaps it can be done.” Ouyang Shang said, ”It's just that, it would be a bit hard and dangerous.”
When it came to this, even Ouyang Shang himself broke into laughter.
Compared with the horror that befell the Spirit Sword Sect in Wang Lu's timeline, what was a mere hard and dangerous effort?
This was already a very good outcome… The power of the black tide was a tenth of its original power, and the demon king that came from an unknown origin only has a remnant soul left. In the face of such a situation, what else was there to complain about?
”Humph, since that devil didn't drag my defense line down at the first moment… In the next three years, I will let him see the potential of the golden generation.”
”In three years, I want everyone in this Dragon Palace to reach Jindan Stage!”