Watching the 'foreign aid' of the exploration team transform into a monster with a human head and a snake god, the legs of the two Chinese scientists, who were already terrified, could no longer support their bodies as they slumped onto the mud. Their upper and lower jaws began to chatter with each other, making a 'gurgling …' sound as their mouths unconsciously emitted rapid breathing sounds.
At this time, Zhang Lisheng, who had regained his god body, looked at the tattered scale that was several hundred meters long in his hand in fascination, as though he could no longer see the two 'ants' under his feet.
As time passed by, the two terrified Chinese scientists slowly regained their senses. Staring at the statue-like Zhang Lisheng with their pale faces, they began to carefully move their bodies in the muddy water millimeter by millimeter, slowly moving towards the wooden door.
One meter, two meters, three meters … As they gradually got closer to the wooden door, their desire to survive grew stronger, and their movements began to accelerate involuntarily.
Unfortunately, just when they thought that they were about to escape, they suddenly saw the human-headed, snake-bodied Fiendcelestial not far away untie a long and thin leather belt from his waist with one hand. He shook it and unfolded it, slowly sticking it to the old leather map in his other hand.
The scale that the demon god shook off was only a few meters long and wide. It was at least a hundred times worse than the giant skin that covered the dead god's corpse. However, if the two were to be compared, the smaller one was bright and dazzling. It even exuded an inexplicable vitality, as though it was still growing on the body of a living animal.
The bigger one, on the other hand, was already gray and tattered with a dim color, revealing an indescribable aura of death.
After the two pieces of leather were pasted together, the smaller scale sucked the bigger one, sticking tightly to it as though it was swallowing it. It continued to extend, and at the same time, the bright color began to fade.
As the small piece of leather grew bigger, the mud in the wooden room began to bubble and boil like a kettle placed on the fire.
Even though they could not feel the muddy water on the ground becoming hot, when they saw this incredible scene, the two Chinese scientists, who were only three to four meters away from the wooden door, could no longer suppress the horror in their hearts.
"Run, run, Worker Zheng, run quickly …" The skinny middle-aged man seemed to be venting the fear in his heart. His face twisted as he roared loudly. He jumped up from the muddy ground and ran madly towards the exit.
"Run, run, run …" The round-faced young man's face was completely drained of blood. His mouth responded subconsciously as he rolled and crawled to stand up. Just as he was about to take a step forward, he saw his companion who was about to step out of the wooden door. His body froze as drops of blood seeped out of his pores and floated into the air.
As the blood seeped out, the skinny middle-aged man's skin had long since been torn to shreds. By the time the blood flowed out, his body was only left with dried flesh and tendons.
Without the support of more than 70% of his body weight, the middle-aged man naturally fell into the muddy water. Surprisingly, he was not dead yet. His mouth was in shock as he cried out hoarsely, "What's wrong? Why, why can't I move …"
In the process of shouting, the skinny middle-aged man's dried body began to slowly decompose and fuse with the boiling mud on the ground. Not long after, he became one.
"Ah, ah, haha, ah …" Upon seeing this horrifying scene, the round-faced young man's emotions completely collapsed. He screamed crazily and covered his head. The last thing he saw was the scene of his own blood splattering.
At the same time that the two Chinese scientists turned into muddy water, the wooden house that they were in began to crack slowly. The entire secret realm also began to shake slightly.
Outside the wooden house, the Chinese explorers felt the vibration of the island under their feet. One by one, they stopped what they were doing and looked around in panic.
"It's an earthquake! It looks like an earthquake!" A slightly plump middle-aged man with a scholarly face who was collecting plant specimens stomped the trembling ground under his feet. After being stunned for a few seconds, he shouted at a tall and slender man who was the closest to him who was about the same age as him, "Xu Gong! Xu Gong! What do you think we should do?"
"Dr. Xu, although this earthquake is not serious, I think it's better for us to be careful in such a place that can't be explained by science. Report to Professor Song and retreat for the time being. We'll come back later if there's nothing else." The tall man gulped and said, "Anyway, we've collected quite a lot of specimens now. It's not like we didn't gain anything."
"Yes, yes, I'm familiar with Professor Song. I'll go report to him. You keep the collected specimens." The bloated middle-aged man nodded repeatedly. When he was about to walk to the wooden house in the distance, he suddenly saw the wooden house shattering into pieces as if it was crushed by countless giant hands, revealing a wet mud ball that expanded to more than a thousand feet tall in an instant.
"What, what is that …" Staring dumbfoundedly at the spot where the wooden house had been destroyed, the bloated middle-aged man uttered the last words of his life. Then, his mouth was blocked by the muddy water formed by the mud ball that had been smashed open.
Outside the light door, when the Chinese sect's true disciples saw the sudden torrent engulfing everything in the secret realm, the first thought that came to their minds was not the explorers inside but to cast a spell to protect Guo Caiying.
It was also because of this delay that the torrent shattered the light door and turned into thousands of fireflies that disappeared in the air. Not long after, the jungle returned to its calm state, as though nothing had happened.
At this time, in the Tiantai Mountain, Zhang Lisheng's Leather World had already swallowed a quarter of the divine kingdom left by Nuwa and expanded to ten times its original size. It only stopped expanding when the luster was only left with a few millimeters.
"Has it reached its limit already?" Clenching the two pieces of scales that seemed to have merged into one but were still two layers of one big and one small when he carefully rubbed them, the Wizard Li God saw that the piece of skin that belonged to him was no longer expanding.
After a long time, as though he had found a connection, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes to quietly feel the surging power of faith contained in another 'world.' Then, he dropped the scales and stretched out both of his hands.
When his palms and shoulders were level, Zhang Lisheng abruptly opened his eyes. His eyes gleamed with star-like brilliance as he gripped the air with both of his hands and made a tearing action.
In an instant, the air in front of the Wizard Li God tore apart like a curtain. At the same time, hundreds of thousands of totem poles and statues in the 'world' that he ruled began to ignite a blazing flame.
The power of faith that had been accumulated for a long time transformed into a pure white brilliance that boiled and rose into the sky. It gradually gathered into a ball of light that was brighter than the stars in the Wizard Li World. One by one, it passed through the cracks in the sky and descended into the Tiantai Mountain secret realm, before rushing into Zhang Lisheng's Leather World that seemed to have decayed.
Waves of halos flashed by one after another, and the scales began to regain their luster bit by bit. More than ten minutes later, it had become as vigorous as before it was swallowed and integrated with Nuwa's divine kingdom.
However, at this time, the flashing luster had yet to end. It continued to sweep across the Leather World over and over again, but it did not penetrate into it. Instead, it slowly gathered on its surface.
When it had accumulated to a certain extent, the power of faith overflowed and scattered in the air before drifting towards the Wizard Li God.
Just like how humans had a certain amount of food, the power of faith that a god could absorb every day also had a limit. Even if Zhang Lisheng had already ruled a complete 'world,' he could only absorb the power of faith provided by two to three million believers. This was also the reason why his power was still far behind even though he had far more believers than the ancient gods.
However, when the power of faith that drifted out of the Leather World came into contact with the Wizard Li God, he was shocked to find that the power of faith had completely integrated into his body.
After being nourished by the massive power of faith, the divine power in Zhang Lisheng's body began to accumulate continuously. When it reached its limit, it slowly expanded his body.
As the light converged, this process of elongation and enlargement continued to accumulate, causing Zhang Lisheng's scale-skin that was covered with the patterns of mountains and rivers to become tighter and tighter. In the end, it actually split open from his spine.
"The Leather World and I are originally one, so when it devours the divine kingdom left by Nuwa and benefits from it, I can also evolve again?" Sensing the sharp pain on his back, the Wizard Li God had an uncontrollable painful expression on his face. However, a faint smile crept upon the corner of his mouth as he muttered to himself. Abruptly, he struggled with all his might in the skin that was binding him.
The entire secret realm shook along with Zhang Lisheng's movement. After that, a bald head of his broke free from the scale-skin.
After the skin on his back had completely fallen off, the Wizard Li God reversed the joints of his arms and tore the scale-skin off his body completely. At this time, his body that was originally 200 centimeters tall had already doubled in size, reaching a height of more than six meters.
"Looks like I've grown a lot taller." Looking down at his arms, chest, and the long snake tail behind him, Zhang Lisheng, who had not looked so tired for a long time, panted heavily. "However, this kind of 'forced upgrade' is just too painful! Too painful!"
As he was speaking, he threw the scale-skin that he had just shed onto his divine kingdom. Looking at the Leather World that began to slowly devour and expand again, he smiled in delight.
It seemed slow, but in fact, the effect of the expansion and contraction was very obvious. Seven to eight minutes later, the molted skin left by Nuwa became the same size as Zhang Lisheng's divine kingdom and finally completely integrated into the Leather World.
"It's at least 50 times larger than the original area.
Unfortunately, at least one-tenth of the distorted evolution creatures and the barbarian god's corpse that I gave life have died in order to offset the dying aura of Nuwa's divine kingdom. "Picking up the new Leather World, Zhang Lisheng sensed it with his hand and muttered to himself," However, without their sacrifice, perhaps I wouldn't have been able to complete this evolution. Is this also considered as the fusion of life and death?
No matter what, as long as Taotie is fine, the gain is much greater than the loss. In that case … "
As he was speaking, his gaze shifted to the ancient god's remains not far away. After pondering for a while, he threw the Leather World into the air and commanded his divine kingdom to expand to cover Nuwa's remains completely.
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