Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 693

Chapter 693: Chapter 234: Tan Ming Appears, Inheritance of Faith!

The vitality power absorbed from the plants, though just the most basic life energy, mere nutrients, is far less pure than the essence energy of the Living Water.

But the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse isn’t picky!

As long as it’s energy it can absorb, it takes it all, wasting not a bit.

Over 90% of the vitality energy was devoured by the Battle Armor, leaving only 10%, yet it was still stuffed well.

The energy gap needed for parasitism has been completely sealed, no longer requiring this host to provide.

On the progress panel, the development extent of the Shrinking Earth Giant Louse has reached 80%, no longer changing.

“Does it still need other special conditions to continue its advancement?”

Cheng Ye silently speculated in his heart.

Perhaps in this wasteland, there’s no ordinary person who can be parasitized by a benign infection source and yet provide such a massive amount of energy in a short time.

Moreover, no one else already possessing extraordinary power would still deliberately accept the infection source, allowing two kinds of power to coexist and thrive within them.

These coincidences combined, have seemingly truly led him onto a path unprecedented.

Whether this path is good or bad, it’s still unclear now. But one thing is certain:

These powers are sufficient for him to survive steadily in the crisis-ridden wilderness.

They are also enough for him to protect those around him as he builds Dapo Town and advances his personal ideals, ensuring that all plans can smoothly land without interruption by any unforeseen events.

[Current progress: 75.3/100 (Tan Ming will descend instantly after reaching full value)]

“Almost there…”

Cheng Ye glanced at the progress bar on the panel, put aside all stray thoughts, and continued driving the Blood Shadow Corps as they pushed through the dense forest district.

At this moment, the number of blood shadow figures had already surpassed six thousand.

He couldn’t finely control each figure, only manage to send a command, like making scattered figures gather and focus their strength in fighting against the Crab-man.

Fortunately, the Crab-man also didn’t have unified command, relying solely on brutish instincts, thus both sides were temporarily at a stalemate.

As long as he could arrive at the battlefield in time, he could instantly reverse the situation with numerical superiority; it was completely a one-sided “bullying the small with the big”.

80…

85…

4:00 PM.

Time quietly reached 4:00 PM, as the progress barely broke through the 90 threshold, the last greenery in the dense forest district was stripped of its final bit of vitality.

Buzz——

Indescribable surges suddenly erupted within the cavern.

In Cheng Ye’s astonished gaze, the giant trees, vines, weeds, and even mosses that had long dried up, instantly transformed into a sky full of black flying ash, scattering with the wave.

The cavern suddenly became empty; the previously vibrant aura vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a piercing ominousness.

The world was shrouded in a blood-red hue, in the view was only bare rock, and the bloody portal standing not far away.

Even more bizarrely, the black flying ash didn’t completely disperse, but instead, was wrapped in an invisible force, forming a black hurricane, rushing toward the bloody clouds above the cavern.

Crack!

A flash of bloody lightning tore through the sky, followed by a muffled thunder exploding deep within the blood clouds, with the deep rumbling echoing repeatedly in the cavern.

The power of the Ten Thousand Orders Land Conch was further suppressed, even its energy field that originally covered the entire lake district was forced to shrink around itself, its “one acre three parts land”, unable to spread outward a bit.

What should I do now?

Cheng Ye hesitated, the absorbable vitality was exhausted, should he dive into the lake to find a new energy source?

Yet before he could sort his thoughts, the bloody energy on his body began rapidly extracting, the progress bar that had stopped at 90 instantly plummeted to 30, and continued to fall incessantly.

Meanwhile, the six thousand plus blood shadow figures around him began collapsing too, turning into dark red blood water, pooling together along the ground, rushing toward the bloody clouds above the cavern.

“My name… Tan!”

A solemn male bass suddenly echoed through heaven and earth, carrying a soul-penetrating majesty.

Cheng Ye suddenly looked up, only to see the blood clouds above, no longer in their previous dispersed state, slowly starting to condense into a human form!

First was the head, the cloud mist under the pull of the bloody energy outlined sharply defined contours, the brow bone cut like knives, with deep eye sockets from which two clusters of dark red flames emerged, seemingly able to pierce through everything, a nose bridge high and solitary, lips tightly pursed into a cold hard arc, the jawline appearing strong and neat, each inch of contour exuding an undeniable sense of pressure.

Next was the shoulders and torso, the blood clouds unfolded fluidly downward, forming a red wide-sleeved short shirt, the hem only reaching the waist and abdomen, the neckline and cuffs adorned with fine sunset glow patterns like hair strands, upon closer inspection noticing those patterns are actually countless small runes interwoven, faintly glowing.

Finally, the limbs and stature, the clouds condensed into skeletal outlines, the sunset glow formed muscular textures, each finger long and sturdy, fingertips lingering with faint red glow, as if slightly raised could stir wind and clouds.

The figure stood tall like a pine tree, standing within the blood clouds, clearly just energy forming a shape, but already emanating an extraordinary aura overlooking the world.

Tan Ming, has he formed shape?

Cheng Ye’s eyebrows uncontrollably twitched fiercely, his heart beating like a war drum within his chest.

He never imagined that Tan Ming’s descent would be such a sight, as if an immortal of the pre-Extraordinary Era descending.

But in the next instant, the figure formed by the blood clouds suddenly turned its head, its gaze falling straight onto Cheng Ye.

The solemn male bass echoed once more within the cavern, carrying undeniable majesty:

“On my behalf… investigate… reward!”