Chapter 416 Departure

Two days later.

Mid-Panguang, a stretch of empty grassland between the Faceless Sword Sect and the Years Gate.

The grassland was covered with ice and snow, the former grass had long since turned into withered black ashes, and black snowflakes continued to fall from the sky. Grotesque monsters, thoroughly uglified, crawled, rolled, and fought on the ground.

The once peaceful Panguang had been transformed into such a hellish landscape overnight, demonstrating the potency of the Primordial Earth's contamination.

Li Cheng颐, carrying all the seal beads, quietly strolled across this land.

"Eldest Brother, do you see this? This is the evil fruit of our fighting. If not to stop you from destroying the world, I would never have been willing to use such evil power. Now this land has been contaminated, and your responsibility is the greatest."

Li Cheng颐 sighed in his heart.

"..." Huo Qingkong was speechless. The reasoning was sound, but wasn't this guy a little bit wrong himself?

"You two are really interesting. Isn't the issue now who is more responsible? The most important thing is to quickly resolve the trouble after Huo Qingkong breaks the seal in the future," the Demon Emperor watched the spectacle from the side.

"This must be resolved, of course, but the current pollution is also troublesome," Li Cheng颐 said. "Because if not handled properly, it will continue to spread and expand, until it completely covers the entire world, turning all living things in this world into deteriorated, grotesque monsters."

As the new successor of the Flower Emperor, he naturally had the ability to control the Primordial Earth's contamination from continuing, but this required him to stay here at all times.

Because the Primordial Earth's erosion of dead angles was permanent. Unlike the deteriorated monsters that could return to their original state by entering the King's City, and even transform into more beautiful Thousand-Leaf Army soldiers and Flower God Generals.

Once a dead angle or world was Primordial Earth-ified, reversing it might be possible, but Li Cheng颐 didn't know how.

So, the most troublesome thing at the moment was to first control the expansion of the Primordial Earth.

At this time, under Li Cheng颐's mental coverage, he could sense that the expansion of the Primordial Earth in the distance had temporarily stopped, but once he was not here, this pollution would start again.

"So serious!?" The Demon Emperor and Huo Qingkong were both startled.

"Yes, that's why I'm so serious," Li Cheng颐 sighed.

"This power of yours is simply evil!" The Demon Emperor only felt chills all over his body. How could there be such a power purely for contaminating and destroying everything?

The emergence of any power must have its own reasons and purposes. But what was the purpose of this power?

Just to simply destroy the whole world?

"Is there no way to stop it?" The Demon Emperor said in a deep voice.

"Yes, but I have a method," Li Cheng颐 said in a low voice. "Not only can it solve the problem of Eldest Brother's Evil God breaking the seal, but it can also control the spread of deterioration across this land. It's just..."

"Just what?" Huo Qingkong naturally knew that nothing in this world could be without a price. This win-win solution would naturally be the same.

"Just... Eldest Brother, you must truly and completely trust me, believe in me," Li Cheng颐 replied.

Yes, the method he thought of was actually just one.

As long as Huo Qingkong was turned into one of the Flower God Generals, he could naturally be left behind to control the spread of the Primordial Earth, and could also select Thousand-Leaf Army soldiers for the King's City's guard.

Hearing Huo Qingkong's silence, Li Cheng颐 was not in a hurry.

"Also, Zhaoyuan becoming like that is also your responsibility. Don't you want her to return to her original state?"

He knew that when Zhaoyuan became a pig's head, Huo Qingkong didn't say anything, but his heart was definitely suppressed.

The power of the Faceless Swordsman was too evil, to the point of accidentally hurting his friends and family.

Although Zhaoyuan was just his little admirer, she had grown up with him since childhood. Even if he didn't have love for her, he still had a lot of affection.

But now, because of his reasons…

"Speak! What method!" Finally, Huo Qingkong was hooked.

The corner of Li Cheng颐's mouth curved, and he opened his palm. In his palm lay a pale purple, round crystal bead.

"This is a Flower Language Bead. As long as you truly trust me, when you use your power to wrap it, it will merge into your body and, through contact with external flowers, grant you a selectable, unique ability. And among the selected abilities is one that can help you solve the Evil God problem."

Flower Language abilities were definitely of a higher authority and position than the Faceless Swordsman. Li Cheng颐 was certain of this. Just from the simple seal, it could be seen that although the Faceless Swordsman was strong, he was still far behind the Evil Flower.

So, using the Flower Language ability again to control the Evil God, and even dissolve and integrate it into Huo Qingkong himself, was not an impossible thing to do.

After Li Cheng颐 finished his introduction, the Demon Emperor and Huo Qingkong were silent.

There was actually such a powerful and wonderful thing in this world... But, the more powerful it was, the more it would cost.

"Speak, what is the price?" Huo Qingkong asked in a deep voice.

"The price… is actually very simple," Li Cheng颐 said. "That is to be forever bound to me, fighting side by side. And in the future, I may face some extremely terrifying, vast wars that are even more cruel than the battles between you and me before. At that time, I need your help!"

"Is this considered signing a life-or-death contract?" Huo Qingkong said.

"I'm sorry, this is the best solution I can think of," Li Cheng颐 replied sincerely.

After he finished speaking, he stood quietly in place, waiting for the other party's decision.

Although Huo Qingkong was in a sealed state, the Flower Language Bead was not a physical entity but rather formed from Flower Language abilities. It was actually a synthesis of consciousness and certain strangely complex substances, and directly integrating it into the seal bead could achieve the same effect.

So, as long as Huo Qingkong was willing, everything was not a problem.

Li Cheng颐 had even chosen a suitable Flower Language, one that could help Eldest Brother strengthen himself and gradually integrate and devour the power of the Evil God.

He had actually encountered this Flower Language a long time ago, also here, at the Faceless Sword Sect.

He didn't expect that the encounter at that time seemed to be preparing for now.

"Will I still be me?" After a long while, Huo Qingkong slowly spoke again.

"Of course. The Flower Language Bead will not change anyone, it will only create an eternal bond between us," Li Cheng颐 said with a gentle smile on his face.

Hearing this question, he understood that Eldest Brother, this super-fighter Flower God General, was confirmed.

"Then… I agree to you."

Huo Qingkong's voice was finally firm, no longer hesitant.

"You won't regret it!" Li Cheng颐 said seriously.

Gently holding the Flower Language Bead, he looked up at the sky, where the strands of invisible power radiating from there were becoming more and more repulsed by him.

Obviously, the complete departure he had always wanted was finally about to be achieved.

Turning around, Li Cheng颐 rose from the ground and rapidly returned towards the distant sword sect.

With the Thousand Faces Sword Canon in hand, the next step was to obtain the Qiankun Bag that stored supplies, and everything would be completely finished.

"When are you planning to leave?" The Demon Emperor suddenly asked.

"Tomorrow, perhaps. The matter should not be delayed. In the future, my godmother and Eldest Brother will be here, and I can return here at any time," Li Cheng颐 said with a smile.

"I really want to follow you, completely leave this place, and go to that boundless Profound Sea to explore the unknown…" the Demon Emperor sighed.

Li Cheng颐 didn't say anything. There weren't many positions for the Twelve Flower God Generals. He could still give one to Eldest Brother, but he was unwilling to casually give a position to an unfamiliar old guy like the Demon Emperor, who lacked trust and strength.

Seeing that he didn't reply, the Demon Emperor also fell silent helplessly.

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The next day.

The Black Sea.

The enormous Panguang Dead Angle, twisting and wriggling its body, with a *poof*, drew countless dark red smoke, forcibly pulled a silver-white stone out of its body, and threw it out.

*Whoosh!!*

Li Cheng颐 was that silver-white stone.

His whole body was curled up, using the repulsive force of the dead angle to pull him. The Shadow Dragon King's wings suddenly unfolded behind him, flapping and flying towards the depths of the boundless Black Sea.

Looking at the familiar expanse of darkness ahead and around, and the strange dead angles of various colors in the distance, Li Cheng颐 felt a sense of freedom and joy, like a fish returning to the sea.

He had been constantly improving his strength in the Panguang Dead Angle, not daring to stop for a moment, and now he finally had a little time to relax.

With the good luck +2 he had accumulated over the past few years, he felt that even if he encountered the King of Death Angels, he would...

"Wait, where is the King of Death Angels!?" Li Cheng颐 suddenly froze.

Where was that huge monster, the size of a dead angle, that had been chasing him before?

He flew at full speed, looking left and right, hoping that the guy would pop out from somewhere, so that he, with his greatly improved strength, could try his sword and see if he could win now.

But the puzzling thing was that there wasn't a single monster around.

The King of Death Angels' huge body was completely invisible, not knowing where it was hiding.

'Wait…' Where am I??

Li Cheng颐's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

He had just used the power of the dead angle to fly out at full speed, but he couldn't control the direction. He didn't know how far he had flown.

At this time, his surroundings were like an infinite starry sky. In the distance were clusters of strange dead angles of varying sizes and distances. They were like fish in the dark environment of the deep sea, wriggling their bodies, stretching out a large number of tentacles, capturing and expelling various substances and impurities.

Li Cheng颐 scanned his surroundings, and all the dead angles were unfamiliar.

Looking back again, the Panguang Dead Angle was only the size of a sesame seed.

The repulsive force just now was very strong, instantly throwing him far away. His own flight was only a very small part of the driving force.

In the dark, infinite Black Sea, Li Cheng颐 floated alone, and one strange dead angle after another swept past him.

In the entire Black Sea, other than dead angles, there was only black, viscous, smoke-like seawater.

It felt like being soaked in black mud.

Li Cheng颐 had the innate high-level bloodline of the Shadow Dragon King, so swimming was still relatively easy.

During the fusion with the Flower God's Garment, the strengthened Shadow Dragon King's bloodline filled in many of his previous, incomplete Shadow Dragon talents.

One of them was Shadow Flash.

In the Black Sea, the Shadow Flash of the Giant Shadow Dragon King mainly used its own size as the basic unit of measurement.

Generally, the maximum distance of a single Shadow Flash was about a thousand times the Shadow Dragon's own length.

But Li Cheng颐's previous Shadow Flash distance had always been only at the hundred-meter level.

After this strengthening, the distance of his normal Shadow Flash had been greatly increased, with the single maximum reaching ten kilometers, or ten thousand meters.

If he transformed into his White Deer body, the distance would increase greatly according to his body proportions. Li Cheng頤 hadn't tested the specific amount, but compared to the previous three small Shadow Dragons, it would definitely not be short.

At this time, flying in the Black Sea, he carefully sensed the Evil Flower's summoning ability.

The Flower Language Bead's sensing power, apart from Eldest Brother in Panguang, had no connection with anyone else.

'…I don't know if this direction is correct, but, let's try it first.'

(End of this chapter)