Li Chichang's face was dark, as if it could wring out water.
At this moment, he also understood that he was powerless to reverse the situation; the mission had already been declared a failure.
Without hesitation, he took out a piece of talisman paper from his sleeve and stuck it on himself, his figure slowly dissipating like a bubble.
Chen Mo's eyes flickered with a hint of amusement, and he didn't chase after him but allowed him to leave. He looked down at Huang Nianyun, "It seems your partner has left you to run... It's getting late, time to send you to see your father."
"Wait, wait a moment!" Huang Nianyun said hurriedly, "You can't kill me! These citizens are tightly linked to me; if I die, they won't survive either!"
"So what?" Chen Mo shrugged, "You killed these people; what does it have to do with me?"
"But you're an Imperial Official, how can you..."
"My purpose in coming south this time is to eliminate the remnants of the Gu God Sect. As for these citizens... it's best to save them, but if not, it doesn't matter; after all, Great Yuan has no shortage of ordinary people."
Huang Nianyun was momentarily speechless.
Looking at Chen Mo's indifferent expression, the last glimmer of hope in Huang Nianyun's heart extinguished.
She couldn't understand how, despite planning for so long and being seemingly flawless, every step was seen through by the opponent, as helpless as fish on a chopping board.
"My enemy is right in front of me, but I am powerless..."
"Father, your child is unfilial..."
Huang Nianyun's eyes gradually dimmed.
Just as her spirit wavered, the crimson eyes were like deep whirlpools, injecting soul power into the Sea of Consciousness, seizing the moment to launch the second Divine Skill obtained from the "Ancient Spirit Constitution":
Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns!
Compared to the "Floating Life Dream," the effect of "Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns" is stronger, able to drag the opponent into the Illusory World, even rewriting memories and twisting cognition.
The more scattered the opponent's will, the stronger the effect.
Chen Mo had forced Huang Nianyun to this point as preparation for this moment, destroying her defenses at the life-and-death juncture to ensure the Divine Skill's effect was maximized.
Huang Nianyun's vision blurred, the scene shifted, and unexpectedly she returned to the old home where she lived as a child.
Jiang Qiyuan sat by the bedside, smiling warmly at her.
"Daughter, awake?"
"Dad!"
Huang Nianyun climbed out of bed and rushed into the warm embrace, tears soaking the clothes, "Whimper, Dad, I had a nightmare, it was so scary..."
"With Dad here, nothing to fear." Jiang Qiyuan gently stroked her hair, softly saying, "You've done very well, let go, from now on I'll handle all the problems."
"Mm..."
Huang Nianyun obediently nodded, secretly sighing in relief.
Luckily it was just a dream, she thought her father really died, but that dream was so long and real...
In reality, Huang Nianyun's eyes were closed, muttering spells, the bodies of guests trembled, snow-white worms crawled from their seven orifices, and the "tree-like" state stopped.
Huang Nianyun's body trembled violently, her eyes turned white, and cloudy liquid oozed from her mouth and nose.
But he showed no intention of stopping, his aggressive tactics reduced Huang Nianyun's brain to mush, soon she was silent.
"Tch, as expected, a restriction was placed."
Chen Mo snorted coldly, not surprised.
Yin Tiankou always acted cautiously, especially now with his strength unrecovered, unlikely to show up easily; tracking him might not be so easy.
As the divine sense dissipated, Huang Nianyun's body began rapidly decaying.
Under the backlash of Gu Poison Worms, she quickly turned into a pool of corpse water, and the flesh became nutrients watering the fungus in her abdomen, the mycelia danced, vaguely forming a meat Lingzhi-like shape.
Poof—
Chen Mo raised his hand from a distance, the fungus broke out and hovered mid-air.
Feeling the life force contained within, the Golden Branch and Jade Leaf in his Dantian swayed.
But he didn't hastily absorb it, thinking for a moment, he placed it in the Heavenly Profound Ring, since Yin Tiankou desired to reshape his flesh, it might still be useful.
Elsewhere, Li Yuan was still battling those darts masters.
Half of them had been cut into pulp, even the Gu Poison Worms couldn't restore their bodies, steadily gaining the upper hand.
Chen Mo lightly swung his killing arm, black mist swept through, the darts masters froze in place, then their bodies disintegrated like flowing sand, returning completely to nothingness.

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