"Of course!"
"After all, I wouldn't want someone harvesting Vidyadhara marrow from a living body."
Su Ran casually glanced at Dan Shu.
Bailu naturally noticed that look.
Instantly, the way she looked at Dan Shu changed completely.
Harvest… Vidyadhara marrow?
Me?!
Bailu immediately switched sides and ran behind Su Ran, staring warily at the Chief Alchemist.
"Is she still useful?"
Jingliu looked toward Su Ran.
She had no intention of letting a follower of the Plagues Author live.
If this woman no longer had value, she could send her on her way immediately.
"If you kill her now, it might alert the enemy."
After all, this was someone cooperating with Phantylia.
And today she had openly brought the Healer Lady here herself.
If she vanished without a trace afterward, suspicion would obviously fall here.
That would definitely alert Phantylia.
And then the Luofu would suffer greatly for it.
Jingliu was displeased, but helpless.
If this person truly was that important, then she indeed couldn't kill someone with such a sensitive identity purely for personal reasons.
"But then again, it doesn't really have anything to do with me."
The one Phantylia intended to harm was the Xianzhou.
He wasn't even a Xianzhou native.
So even if the enemy was alerted, what did it matter to him?
In fact, even if Phantylia learned he already knew her identity, so what?
It wasn't like she'd just flee because of that.
After all, the one trying to destroy the Luofu was her, not him.
"I'll return shortly…"
Jingliu seized Dan Shu by the shoulder and leapt straight out the window.
"Where did she go?"
Bailu stared curiously at the now-open window.
"To chop off some abomination heads alive?"
Su Ran thought for a moment before giving that explanation.
Honestly, it wasn't far off.
If Bailu hadn't been present, blood probably would've already splattered three feet high inside the room.
Jingliu definitely wouldn't have cared about Su Ran's feelings that much.
But with Bailu here, she naturally didn't want the little girl witnessing something so gruesome.
"Ah?"
So that scary big sister was actually that violent?
Bailu had thought she seemed pretty nice.
There had even been a strangely familiar feeling coming from her.
"Come on, let's go eat something."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!"
Bailu nodded repeatedly.
Anyone willing to take her out for food was automatically a good person!
For the first time ever, she found herself not entirely resenting the decision the healers had made regarding her.
Wasn't this far more enjoyable than staying in the Alchemy Commission healing patients all day?
Finally—
She could go eat delicious food!
Today, Clara finally met someone even shorter than herself.
Bailu: "I'm still growing taller!"
"Ahem… why isn't your mara flaring up?"
Now transformed into her Denizens of Abundance form, Dan Shu stared at Jingliu in astonishment.
That smoke should've triggered this woman's mara!
So why had it done absolutely nothing?
From the earlier conversation alone, she had already determined Jingliu was also Xianzhou native.
But she never could've imagined the special smoke prepared by the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus would be completely ineffective against her.
"My mara has already been removed."
"Did you forget why you came to seek Su Ran in the first place?"
Jingliu showed no intention of mercy.
The moment she saw Dan Shu's abomination form, killing intent surged within her.
"So it's true…"
"That man really can remove mara…"
It wasn't some false rumor spread online after all.
The pain on Dan Shu's face quickly shifted into delight.
"Phantylia… you've arrived!"
Jingliu's expression sharpened as she sensed an enemy approaching from behind.
"Oh my~"
"What an interesting sight."
"The former Sword Champion of the Luofu has actually returned to the Xianzhou. How truly eye-opening~"
Tingyun lightly tapped her folding fan against her palm.
As she looked at Jingliu's body, greed flickered within her eyes.
If the former Sword Champion of the Xianzhou personally destroyed the Luofu—
What endless terror would that bring to the people here?
But before Phantylia could enjoy the thought for long—
The sound of wings beating suddenly echoed around them.
All three immediately looked skyward with grave expressions.
A massive blue insect hovered overhead.
"..."
Something even more terrifying than the Denizens of Abundance had appeared on the Luofu.
If Abundance abominations were impossible to kill completely—
Then the Swarm of Propagation was truly endless.
Abominations merely possessed overwhelming vitality.
But the Swarm?
The Swarm was infinite.
Even Phantylia felt deep fear toward this creature.
The destruction brought by Destruction was deliberate.
But the destruction brought by Propagation was indiscriminate.
And more importantly—
This insect radiated an aura no weaker than the other Lord Ravagers.
That alone proved one thing.
It was an Emanator of Propagation.
"Ahem… Sword Champion."
"I trust you understand the dangers of the Swarm."
"How about we temporarily join forces and eliminate this Swarm Disaster Emanator first?"
Phantylia's meaning was obvious.
Set personal grudges aside for now.
This insect posed the greater threat.
Once it was dealt with, they could discuss matters between themselves afterward.
After all, Phantylia still hadn't obtained what she wanted.
If the Swarm destroyed the Luofu first, then her entire plan would be ruined!
They could not ignore tomorrow's Luofu!
"Even a Lord Ravager feels fear?"
Even Jingliu was stunned by Phantylia's shamelessness.
She had assumed all Emanators of Destruction were lunatics.
"Of course~"
"After all, I wouldn't want to see the Luofu destroyed by the Swarm either~"
Because that would completely ruin her aesthetic of destruction.
She had arrived first.
How could someone else steal her stage?
Phantylia genuinely wanted to ally with Jingliu.
And she genuinely wanted both sides heavily injured afterward too.
Because by herself alone, she still wasn't enough to pose a fatal threat to this Emanator of Propagation.
If things went badly, even she herself could be in danger.
"And what if I refuse?"
Jingliu leapt upward and landed directly atop Skaracabaz.
She had already noticed something strange.
If this truly was an Emanator of Propagation—
Then why wasn't it instinctively reproducing?
Why had it simply stood there watching silently without making any moves?
This thing…
Wasn't it brought here by Su Ran?
After jumping onto the Emanator's body and feeling absolutely no resistance—
Jingliu became even more convinced of that thought.
Phantylia: …
Watching the insect and Jingliu seemingly ally together—
She felt her brain buzzing violently.
Had she drunk too much last night and still not sobered up?
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