Calamity of Tomorrow

As the power on which aberrations rely to survive, Zhou Bai had always been curious about what would happen if the degree of contamination inside a Mystery Maiden's body kept increasing.

He had also once injected the Mystery Maiden with contamination through the Fool's Disaster.

However, the sustained state of the Fool's Disaster was only temporary, and its effects mainly triggered the four states of "delusion, fear, despair, and madness."

This power, which led people toward madness and deformation, simply made the Mystery Maiden, who was already an aberration, feel pleasure.

So now, what would be the reaction through the power of Madness's Picture?

While watching the contamination value on his panel continuously decrease, Zhou Bai looked at the Mystery Maiden and said, "I'm now injecting the Power of Deformation into your body. How do you feel?"

If saying that just having the Power of Deformation extracted felt like having muscles torn and skin peeled off, with flesh being ripped out of her body, then at this moment it felt like an unceasing surge of power suddenly welled up inside her, expanding her strength in every aspect.

First, the Power of Deformation that Zhou Bai had just extracted was fully returned to her.

Then Zhou Bai's own contamination was continuously injected into the Mystery Maiden's body.

Accompanying the injection of a full 100 points of contamination from Zhou Bai, the Mystery Maiden let out a light grunt, "This feels completely different from before..."

Zhou Bai knew that she was referring to the state prompted by the activation of Fool's Disaster when, with greater wisdom than the opponent, contamination was injected, causing the four states of "delusion, fear, despair, and madness."

The Mystery Maiden said, "The previous injection of the Power of Deformation only gave me mental pleasure and allowed me to see some interesting illusions."

"But this... this is different... entirely different..."

The Mystery Maiden closed her eyes, her face filled with joy and satisfaction, "This power, it has completely enhanced my abilities in every aspect, and even..."

She abruptly opened her eyes, a demonic purple light emitting from her pupils, "... even allowed me to gain new evolution."

Then one could see the Mystery Maiden's hairs begin to dance, like Spirit Snakes, emitting hissing sounds. Following that, a bright red blood flowed from her hair roots, dyeing her into a redhead.

Her forehead flesh burst open, and a curved horn grew out aggressively.

The skin all over her body began to crack, and a vast number of scales grew out. At her joints, bones spurs emerged, forming an exoskeleton that started to wrap around her vital parts.

The scales and exoskeleton converged together, resembling pieces of purple armor, enveloping her body and radiating circles of pale purple halos.

At the same time, the Mystery Maiden shouted, "Enough... Enough! Stop it! If more power is transmitted, I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt."

Zhou Bai looked and briefly calculated that he had injected a total of 105 points of contamination; it seemed that this was the Mystery Maiden's current limit.

The Mystery Maiden, feeling the Power of Deformation roaring tumultuously within her, slowly said, "I need time to adapt to this intensity of the Power of Deformation. After I've adapted, you can try injecting more."

Seeing the Mystery Maiden's performance, Zhou Bai nodded with satisfaction, "Very good, Mystery Maiden, you are indeed very suitable for the Seeds of Madness."

The Mystery Maiden nodded, her face dreamy as she looked at Zhou Bai, "Zhou Bai, I will certainly not let you down. Just like you trust me, I trust you one hundred percent."

"One hundred percent trust?" Zhou Bai thought to himself upon seeing the Mystery Maiden's appearance, "If you want a person's absolute trust, then deceive them. If you want a person to believe you completely, then go ahead and deceive them. Only through absolute deception can you obtain absolute trust."

Christina listened to Zhou Bai's sigh in the sea of knowledge and said with some concern, "Zhou Bai? Are you alright? In fact, if Xuan Nu is willing to turn over a new leaf, maybe we could consider accepting her, be honest with her, and then get along with each other well..."

"It's impossible," Zhou Bai declared categorically. "She thinks I'm a deformed being; her goal is to turn the world into a domain for deformed beings. She wants me to deform, wouldn't that mean death for me? Our stance from the beginning has been a fight to the death, with absolutely no room for compromise."

Zhou Bai added somberly, "The basis of my interactions with Xuan Nu is built on lies. Lies are the only way we can maintain our relationship."

Christina: "Sigh~~"

Next, Zhou Bai's floating body revolved around Xuan Nu, observing the changes in her body as he spoke, "We'll test the actual enhancement of your combat strength next..."

"And test the enhancement of my abilities as well."

A cold glint appeared in Zhou Bai's eyes as he thought about the situation with Zi Yang True Monarch.

Once he had adapted to the newly increased combat strength, he was going to truly retrieve the Dao Treasures 06.

He felt that, after sealing the Dao Treasures 06 with the Shadow of Deformation and bringing it directly out of the gate, he had run into Zi Yang True Monarch, who was guarding the entrance.

After a brief clash, he managed to escape using the versatile ability of the Shadow of Deformation while Zi Yang True Monarch struggled to suppress the deformation and his body went berserk.

'Can't they catch me? How is that possible.'

'Hmph, did they let me go on purpose?'

Zhou Bai sneered inwardly, aware that these immortals and gods would not truly let him go. They were likely letting him leave on purpose, secretly tracking him, aiming to find his true body.

'They don't know that I can instantly learn Dao Treasures 06 using the Shadow of Deformation and the value of laziness, so they only think I am desperate for Dao Treasures 06; that's why they want to wait for me like a rabbit by the tree stump.'

'Well... it's fine. I'll just use them to hone my newly gained strength.'

Although Zhou Bai had already completed his cultivation of Dao Treasures 06, both Christina and Elsa still needed to cultivate it.

Especially since Christina could awaken her memory again after her cultivation, Zhou Bai was set on obtaining that memory.

Furthermore, besides that, Zhou Bai had an irresistible reason to snatch back Dao Treasures 06; that was for the sake of Dao Treasures 07.

Because this time reading Dao Treasures 06, Zhou Bai also discovered that some content related to the subsequent search for Dao Treasures 07 was different from before.

Dao Treasures, as a miraculous existence for studying Heavenly Dao and the Void Mysteries, capable of contemplating the powers of the void, this statue could be stored within the void.

And 07, 08, 09, and 10, these four Dao Treasures possess increasingly mighty magical powers. Doctor Zhuang, in his repeated sealing efforts, found that they still influenced the Material World and that the impact would grow over time.

Therefore, Doctor Zhuang directly sealed them within the void.

Although there are almost no concepts of time and distance within the void, they exist in the Material World. Different concepts of space and time in the Material World still hold a special significance for the void.

The upcoming Dao Treasures 07 required Zhou Bai, bringing Dao Treasures 06 to the target location, to perform a special ritual to break the seal and summon Dao Treasures 07 from the void.

So whether it was for the growth of his own strength, Christina's memory, or Elsa's power enhancement, Zhou Bai needed to take back Dao Treasures 06.

With that in mind, Zhou Bai tested the strength growth of both himself and Xuan Nu, while simultaneously adjusting his battle strategy, planning to snatch Dao Treasures 06 back.