I Intend to Give Them a Child

Seeing the duration of the Holy Light Great Wall grow shorter and shorter, Chen Chong's solemn face, drenched in sweat, gradually twisted into a grimace. He shouted unwillingly:

"Two minutes left. Priest, get ready to restore my mental power. If we can't think of a way out, once the Holy Light Great Wall breaks, we'll have to break out!

"Assassin, get ready to regroup. I'll smash open a passage straight ahead and lead the charge. You're responsible for clearing out the small fry behind me!

"Mage, get ready to accelerate!!"

Cao Sansui clenched his hands tightly and was just about to speak when Cheng Shi suddenly stood up. He calmly asked Nangong:

"Have you learned Overload Heal? I need Time Walker to cast Area Acceleration one more time—the widest range possible."

At Cheng Shi's words, everyone looked toward him. They all thought he had found a way to break through their predicament and spoke up one after another:

"You have a way?"

"You..."

Cao Sansui's spirits rose as well, and he said:

"No need for Overload Heal. Just fill my mental power. I have Overload Casting!"

Overload meant overdrawing. This casting method could overdraw all potential within a period of time in the future and use it to upgrade the current spell, enhancing its effects.

Cheng Shi gave Cao Sansui an approving glance and thought, 1900 really is easier to work with. However, he still shook his head.

"It might not be enough. I need a very large range. Nangong, can you do it?"

Nangong gritted her teeth and glanced at the army of Dread Demons outside the Light Screen before nodding.

If they didn't give it everything they had now, they would die immediately. They could no longer hold anything back.

"Now?"

"Now!" Cheng Shi replied decisively.

Overload Heal could overdraw one's future healing power in advance. To a certain extent, it was equivalent to raising the target's maximum mental power, making it extremely useful in desperate situations.

Nangong nodded resolutely and stood up. In front of everyone, she slowly took off her tightly buttoned black shirt, revealing the body she had kept concealed beneath it.

The moment her shirt fell away, countless glaring, twisted wounds resembling centipedes entered everyone's view.

They were densely packed, spreading from her neck to her chest and arms. Her fair, tender body was covered in countless scars!

Xia Wan's brows knitted tightly at the sight, while Cao Sansui's pupils contracted sharply.

Cheng Shi raised his brows in surprise, recognizing her identity.

She was actually a follower of Decay.

"Blood-Swapping Priest?" Chen Chong blurted out in astonishment.

Decay was the second god of the Sinking Path. It was the climax of Sinking and the final grave of the universe.

Its Edict of Passage was to accelerate decay, so its followers often mutilated themselves in order to fulfill the Edict of Passage.

That was also where Decay's divine power lay. The faster each follower of Decay decayed, the more divine power they received in return.

That was why everyone called Decay's priests Blood-Swapping Priests. They could exchange their own lives for the lives of their teammates.

The more severely they injured themselves, the more vigorously their teammates recovered.

Of course, severe injuries could also lead to death. That was the will of Decay. Thus, how to balance suicide and saving others was a topic every Blood-Swapping Priest discussed tirelessly.

Nangong did not waste any time. She merely furrowed her brows and clenched her teeth, then drew a serrated dagger from her waist and, without hesitation, sliced open a cut across her abdomen.

Next came the space between her ribs.

Then, following the hideous scars covering her collarbone, she made a third horrifying cut.

After completing the three offerings, she prayed softly:

"All living beings shall decay. All things shall wither."

A dense radiance carrying the stench of decay rose from her wounds and gushed outward. In the blink of an eye, it gathered into a stream that poured into Cao Sansui's body.

Cao Sansui suddenly felt his body fill with power. His mental power was completely restored, and he felt so good that he even wanted to roar a couple of times.

Feeling the surging power within him, his confidence returned somewhat, though only to a limited degree.

He looked solemnly at Cheng Shi and asked word by word:

"I can use 'Overload' to accelerate the area nearby, but afterward, there's a very high chance I'll become crippled until twelve hours later. Cheng Shi, can we hold out for twelve hours?"

Cheng Shi smiled faintly.

"I don't want to die, and I won't die."

Annoyed by their rambling, Chen Chong immediately turned around and shouted angrily:

"Save the showing off for later and get to the damn point! Priest, if you have a way, spit it out!"

Cheng Shi nodded and stopped keeping them in suspense. He instructed everyone:

"The timing is crucial. Listen carefully.

"After the Holy Light Great Wall ends, I need one second to cast a spell. Xia Wan, can you buy me that time?"

Xia Wan tightened her grip on the arrow behind her back. She looked up at the countless Dread Demons blocked outside the Holy Light Great Wall and nodded gravely.

"I can swallow the Genesis Grass Seed and gain Its attention. That way, when the power of reproduction surges, I can fire five arrows at once. But I can delay them for only one second at most."

This was the most Xia Wan had ever spoken, and also the most solemnly.

Cheng Shi had long anticipated that this was the only thing she could do. He nodded to show his approval.

Chen Chong looked anxious and shouted again:

"You're a priest. What spell are you casting?"

"Don't worry." Cheng Shi smiled and shouted, "Song Yawen, I know you can probably hear me. Listen carefully. The moment the shield breaks, I need you to return to my side and prepare Death Funeral!"

"Death Funeral?"

Everyone froze for a moment. Nangong, whose breath was already weak, opened her eyes wide.

"Not hostile... Good..."

"He's the Death Weaver?"

"You knew he was a follower of Death?"

Cheng Shi ignored their confusion and continued:

"I know you have many questions, but don't worry about them. You don't need to concern yourself with the Death Domain. You only need to reap as much as you can when the time comes.

"Song Yawen, this concerns whether we live or die. I'm not joking."

Chen Chong grew anxious again. "What if he..."

"He won't. Followers of Death don't die easily, because their Lord of Grace also needs people to act on His behalf and bestow His grace."

Cheng Shi laughed, easing the atmosphere somewhat, though it did not help much.

Seeing that none of them had much of a sense of humor, he curled his lips and continued:

"Cao Sansui, the most crucial step is this: the instant after I finish casting, release Area Acceleration. Target the largest possible area of the ruins, excluding the area protected by the shield."

Cao Sansui's expression changed, and he exclaimed in shock:

"What? The entire ruins?"

Cheng Shi nodded firmly. "The entire ruins!"

"You... 1500 points?"

Cheng Shi was stunned, then smiled and nodded again. "1501."

Cao Sansui clearly didn't believe him. Could someone with 1500 points possess such confidence and bearing at the moment of life and death?

Even 2000-point big shots wet themselves at death's door. It wasn't as though he had never seen it happen.

"I have to warn you: the potential of time will balance out the speed. If the range is this large, the area where we are will become extremely stagnant. We might even be unable to move!

"Are you sure?

"This is suicide, Cheng Shi!"

Although Cao Sansui felt that Cheng Shi was hiding his score, his heart was truly pounding. If he were the one making the choice, he genuinely wouldn't dare do this.

After all, the reason Time Walkers could usually rank among the top-tier classes was that they could slow down their enemies and accelerate themselves, creating an advantage in time and thereby making all kinds of responsive moves.

But if the situation were reversed...

Wouldn't they be completely at the mercy of others?

"I'm sure. You wouldn't want to accelerate yourself!"

"Fine! But how are you planning to do it?"

Cao Sansui asked with a grave expression, clearly doubtful.

"As one part of the plan, we have to know how you intend to lead us to survive."

Cheng Shi laughed.

"Me?

"I intend to give them a child."