The [Erosion Desire Witch], as its name suggested, possessed abilities related to desire.
From the moment it was born, it had the basic ability to plant [Desire Seeds] within people's minds.
If one was forcibly planted, and the host's will was strong enough, they could slowly wear it away.
Conversely, if the host lacked resolve, their desires could nurture it into vigorous growth.
The scope of what counted as desire was remarkably broad.
Greed for wealth, cravings for carnal pleasures, and countless other things could all become conditions for a seed to sprout, ultimately turning the host into the witch's sustenance.
The situation in Number Five Base City was clearly the latter case.
More terrifyingly, this thing possessed a chain-reaction ability.
Once one of them was triggered, it would greatly increase the "germination rate" of nearby seeds.
There was even a chance that part of it would split off and "infect" other people.
In other words, once one person was hit, the whole family suffered.
But there were limitations:
The probability of "infection" decreased with each transmission, and someone could only be infected if the carrier of the contagion stirred up their desires.
"So that's how it is?"
During the great battle some time ago, the [Erosion Desire Witch] had been severely wounded by You Hui.
Jiang Mian had thought it had followed Oblivion River to the northern Mist. She had never expected it to remain in the Core Circle, right under Old Gu's nose.
To an eighth-tier Awakened, a distance of over a thousand li was really only a few extra steps.
It had probably done this because it was certain Old Gu could not watch both ends at once, deliberately making trouble for him.
"Those people already had thoughts of profiting from the nation's disaster. Reason had merely