Chapter 425: Assembly

Chapter 425: Assembly

The Parasitic Immunity Potion spread very quickly inside the Border Great Wall. The Potion Department was really efficient with their testing. After all, many people had been entering the Containment Barrier every day during this time, which meant people died every day. The parasites inside were just too hard to guard against completely. With the Parasitic Immunity Potion, at least most deaths caused by parasites not being discovered in time could be avoided.

Not everyone could afford the Fixation Potion. If the parasite problem became too severe, relying solely on the Fixation Potion couldn’t completely solve the issue either. Other problems had to be considered first… For example, what about the internal organs that were damaged and consumed as nutrients after the parasites were removed? That kind of injury was more serious than losing a limb. Without proper treatment, it could still kill a person.

So, when the Parasitic Immunity Potion appeared, it immediately caused quite a stir, especially among the lower-ranked fighters. Since it was a potion, the cost couldn’t be too high. They could easily afford it. Therefore, this potion was much more attractive to them than something like the Fixation Potion.

However, the Potion Department stated that while they could quickly produce the first batch of Parasitic Immunity Potion, they were currently short on raw materials. If someone could obtain the raw materials, they could get a free bottle of Parasitic Immunity Potion by only paying a small fee. This potion lasted about a day. The duration varied slightly, but one could accurately judge it based on the scent it gave off.

As for the raw materials? Although the parasites were hard to guard against, by now, the relevant parasites had all been studied. As for complete prevention… those things were like mosquitoes or flies. Even though you knew they existed, you could still get bitten. It wasn’t something you could just prevent by being careful, because they were simply too unpredictable. However, if you actively searched for them, it was also quite easy.

In short, the Parasitic Immunity Potion became popular even before it was officially sold. Many posts on the Forum were discussing it. Those with more complicated feelings were the Magic Pharmacists, because this potion was created by the person they least wanted to see succeed.

Zheng Yichen wasn’t paying attention to how things were outside right now, because Oss had been struggling for several days. Every day, Oss searched tirelessly with bloodshot eyes for traces of the Undying Witch. Combined with some guidance from the Church Knights and the Saintess here, he delved deeper into the abilities of his eyes. By observing the residual aura flowing within the Containment Barrier, he could learn many things.

For example, where there was a larger Abyss Entrance, where there were stronger Corrupted Creatures, and so on. However, this wasn’t the information he wanted. Oss worked very hard. Even though he couldn’t directly earn true honor from the Sanctuary Church, what he did could bring greater developmental help to his sister. The knights in the team were all strong individuals.

If it weren’t for the matter of the Undying Witch, they wouldn’t be gathered together. Instead, they would be scattered in various places, leading other knights within the Church. As long as he showed his worth this time, once they learned he had a sister in the Sanctuary Church, how could they not offer some convenience if they encountered her in the future? The premise was that he had to leave a deep enough impression on the people here this time, making them remember this point firmly!

It wasn’t related to his own interests. Because there was someone he cared about more, Oss worked extremely hard. Fortunately, his efforts yielded sufficient rewards. He finally discovered information originating from the Undying Witch. He found an area where the Corrupting Aura showed an extremely intense change. That place was like the situation only found at the center point of an Abyss Entrance. He had never seen the center point of an Abyss Entrance, but many people in the team had. They described it in detail, so even though Oss was seeing it for the first time, he immediately identified it.

“Should we rush to alert her?” Achille was woken up during his rest. Being woken up in the middle of sleep was something that easily annoyed people, but he didn’t mind much. The information Oss provided was too important. Looking at Oss’s somewhat bloodshot eyes, Achille continued, “You don’t need to push yourself too hard. Maintaining sufficient physical condition in a place like this is the main priority.”

Clearly, the fact that Oss woke them up at this time meant he had woken up early from his rest.

“Solving her threat sooner would mean fewer people sacrificed, right?” Oss said. He hesitated a bit when saying this. Although he often chose to help others, well, he still held a little resentment over his past experiences… Hard work? It was mostly for his sister’s sake!

Achille shook his head slightly. He saw Oss’s insincerity but didn’t say much about it. Instead, he started arranging other matters. First of all, they definitely couldn’t alert the Undying Witch. One had to consider that alerting her might very well cause her to do something even more dangerous. After all, this was inside the Containment Barrier. Who knew if she had mastered some special method that could trigger a major disaster?

Moreover, several days had passed. She would have made new preparations as well. To be honest, inside here, she held a greater advantage than the Sanctuary Church side!

“I’ll go investigate,” Deya volunteered.

Achille pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly. Among those present, sending Deya to investigate was the most suitable. First, she was a Saintess. Even if discovered, she could handle many dangers. At the very least, she could hold out until they arrived for support. Furthermore, her strength and the type of her power were different from traditional Church Knights. She could conceal herself from some of the Undying Witch’s detection and defensive measures.

Unlike them, the Holy Element Mana within their bodies was like a big glowing ball, easily spotted from far away.

“Can I go along?” Zheng Yichen stepped forward and asked. Achille looked at Zheng Yichen with a more scrutinizing gaze.

“What do you want to do?”

“Can’t I just be curious?”

“No.”

“Forget it then.”

Zheng Yichen curled his lip slightly. There were some things he didn’t mention. Their whereabouts might have been exposed. Oss indeed discovered something wrong through the abnormal flow of the Abyssal Aura. Zheng Yichen also sensed the trace of his own portion of Mana. This portion of Mana was currently in a state of consumption, which wasn’t the case before. Since it was happening now, there was only one situation: the Undying Witch had discovered something amiss and activated some prepared measures.

Inside the Underground Base, Dan Marina looked at Annie, Irene, and Loris sitting in other spots. “I say, there’s a little accident over there. You all can’t just stay idle either.”

“Oh, understood,” Irene nodded. She didn’t ask for a reason. “When do you need us to act?”

Her willingness to act without asking for reasons wasn’t just because of Zheng Yichen, but also because what the Undying Witch was doing this time was truly too excessive, even somewhat crazy. If she did other things, as long as it didn’t interfere with Irene, she wouldn’t care much. That was the current relationship between Witches. They didn’t interfere with each other, each doing their own things. Whether causing trouble or something else, even if one was about to die from their own actions, as long as it didn’t implicate others, there was no interaction.

But this time, the Undying Witch clearly showed an attitude of wanting to drag the whole world down with her. That wasn’t something that could be easily ignored. If another Abyssal Calamity broke out, it wouldn’t just disrupt humans; even the Witches couldn’t avoid it. The Magic Disaster didn’t care who you were. Even Witches would be targets for the Abyssal Monsters. In fact, Witches were even more actively hunted targets for the Abyssal Monsters!

They were even willing to sacrifice dozens of times more to capture a living Witch. As for the purpose… besides using them as nurseries or Matriarchs to breed more special Fiends, Witches themselves were an extremely special ‘material’ to them. Tracing back to the origin of the Arcane Arts, the very root came from the Abyss. The principles of the Arcane Arts originated from the Abyss, so the beings in the Abyss mastered even more Arcane Arts and other methods.

However, Witches weren’t easy to deal with either. At the very least, a Witch’s power couldn’t single-handedly crush the Magic Disaster, but it was enough for self-preservation. Besides, everyone clearly understood the fate after being captured. Before capture, a Witch would also put up a fierce fight back… in extreme cases, they might even destroy themselves!

Irene didn’t want another new Magic Disaster. So, her reason for acting this time wasn’t for any other purpose; it was purely to eliminate the trouble that was the Undying Witch!

“Ah~ I don’t have any objections either. After all, what she did this time was really too much,” Annie waved her hand, expressing agreement. As a senior among Witches, she had experienced the most. She had fully experienced the events of the Abyssal Calamity. Due to the particularity of her own abilities, she had been a key focus for the Abyssal Creatures in the past.

The troubles she encountered were far greater than other Witches. However, her strength matched her status. All the schemes of those Abyssal Creatures were crushed by her sheer power. But not everything was absolute. Once the Abyssal Calamity truly broke out, the returning Abyssal Monsters would only be more rampant and powerful, especially after being suppressed for so long.

Their accumulated power would be stronger. Witches didn’t want to die easily. So, knowing about such a crisis, they would only become more proactive in eliminating it! As for because of Zheng Yichen? Let’s put it this way: except for Loris and Dan Marina, the factor concerning him only occupied a small part. Zheng Yichen wasn’t their beloved… at most, they just thought his abilities were quite good, offering many opportunities for deep interaction.

It was far from reaching the point where they would take such risks to act for him.

“But are you confident in permanently dealing with her?” Annie asked again.

The Undying Witch was truly too troublesome. As the Witch of Life, she had a more intuitive understanding of how strong the Undying Witch’s immortality was. One could just refer to herself. Anyway, Annie now found it difficult to be killed by various means. Even if she suffered a complete hit from that Curse of Destruction, which only appeared once briefly before vanishing but was defined as having the highest level of danger, it would only cause her some trouble.

At most, she would sleep for a period like the Undying Witch. Her Life Ability no longer only affected the physical level; it could deeply influence even the Soul level. Therefore, without a foolproof method, trying to exterminate her was extremely difficult.

“Of course. Although it might not be possible to kill her directly, making her completely harmless is enough,” Dan Marina said with a faint smile. “As for confidence, about eighty percent.”

“Eighty percent?” Loris thought for a moment. An eighty percent chance was high, but considering the Undying Witch’s immortality and the subsequent impact on Zheng Yichen, she felt an eighty percent possibility wasn’t high enough. There was still a twenty percent chance of failure!

“What if we include Qin?”

“Including her could indeed increase the success rate a bit more. Her ability is also very effective against the Undying Witch,” Dan Marina said. Qin’s ability was related to emotions. The Undying Witch clearly wasn’t devoid of emotions, so Qin’s ability would still work on her.

“I’ll go find her!” Loris glanced at Dan Marina. This woman couldn’t have not thought of Qin, yet she didn’t mention her actively. She was obviously doing this on purpose for some reason. “How much time do we have left?”

“Half a day. That includes the time to get to the Border Great Wall,” Dan Marina said. The Underground Base was far from the Border Great Wall, but the people here weren’t ordinary. Getting to the Border Great Wall wouldn’t even take half a day, so discussing now wasn’t too late.

“Understood. I’ll be right back,” Loris nodded, leaving her seat. She wasn’t worried about the Witches here causing any damage to the Underground Base in her absence. Once they knew about this place, preventing them from causing damage wouldn’t be easy. So, prevention was meaningless. Besides… Dan Marina’s attitude toward Zheng Yichen… Loris cared about that!

Cared she did, but it was also because of this attitude that she could leave here with peace of mind. It was a rather contradictory mindset… she couldn’t avoid it either. So, during normal times, except for necessary discussions, she avoided meeting Dan Marina whenever possible. It was also quite troublesome. Two Witches took a liking to the same non-human creature. Although her own situation was initially influenced by a Contract, now only Dan Marina herself knew whether the Contract’s influence still existed or if she just went with the flow.

Loris felt the latter possibility was greater. Otherwise, given her strength, she couldn’t have ‘fallen’ so quickly due to the influence of a powerful Contract. It should have taken at least several years, right?

The matter with Qin was resolved easily. Loris didn’t even waste much breath. Afterward, five Witches quietly arrived at the Border Great Wall without anyone else knowing. Five Witches acting together already made it easy to attract attention, but relying on Dan Marina’s power, they could conceal their traces for a short time.

When Zheng Yichen learned about this from Lena, his mind was blown. This… was truly a luxurious lineup!