"Old Xu! Switch forms!"
Night Cherry Tangle's voice exploded through the squad channel, interrupting the Water God's complaints.
Old Xu froze for a moment, and the Sacred Codex of Reincarnation in his hands immediately flipped over. The pages, which had originally radiated a gentle green light, instantly turned gray-white, and dense deathly energy began to spread.
"Stop!" Night Cherry Tangle shouted. "Don't switch to death energy—switch to vitality! Push the life force to its maximum!"
"Are you insane? The monsters in this hellhole love eating pure vitality more than anything!" the Water God shouted while dodging acid. "You're feeding it!"
"That's exactly what we're going to do." Night Cherry Tangle stared at the giant mouth crazily chewing the illusion of flowing water. "Since it eats everything, we'll let it eat its fill."
"Dawn, get ready to cover us."
"Water God, compress all your Shadow Current to the limit. Don't release it—knead it into a ball!"
"Song Ling, once the Water God's ball takes shape, freeze it to death with your strongest Absolute Zero!"
A string of orders was issued. The members of Peak Squad did not ask why; their bodies had already reacted instinctively.
The Water God cursed, then slammed the Ice Abyss Staff in his hand against the ground.
The scattered, deep-blue streams of water around them rapidly flowed back, compressing furiously in his palm. The corrosive properties of the shadows were forcibly kneaded into the current, forming an extremely unstable black water ball.
"Old Xu, pour the vitality into it!"
Old Xu pressed both hands against the Holy Scripture. The dazzling green light almost dispersed the dark-purple mist around them. Vast amounts of Life Origin continuously poured into the black ball in the Water God's hands.
The instant the pure vitality came into contact with the Shadow Current,