What had been confirmed by the Star Melter was that this constantly migrating, destructive plant civilization was divided into two parts.
The first was the Mother Bean Emperor; the second was the Bean Soldiers.
A hundred years ago, the Mother Bean Emperor had been suppressed and sealed by the Celestial Star Saint with the aid of the Star Source Holy Mountain during a head-on war against the Super Refining civilization. Meanwhile, countless Bean Soldiers continued to absorb the earth's vitality and grow beneath the vast expanse of the Super Refining civilization's Wind Eye.
The current situation was rather interesting.
According to the Celestial Star Saint, there were two ways to resolve the crisis.
The first was to destroy the Ashen Bean Soldiers lurking underground one by one. But finding the hidden Bean Soldiers—and figuring out how to destroy them—was a problem.
The second was to release the Mother Bean Emperor from its suppression and seal, then destroy the central nervous system of this civilization before the tens of thousands of Bean Soldiers could protect it.
Both methods were feasible, but for the Super Refining civilization and the Academic World, they were both desperate prospects.
"How much time is left?"
Reilo suddenly asked.
The Celestial Star Saint was taken aback, then replied in a low voice, "Are you asking how much time I have, or how much time until those Bean Soldiers mature?"
Reilo was taken aback as well.
He had already sensed that the other had reached the end of his strength and was only holding on through his immense Law Power, shielding himself from death and barely staying upright.
From a biological perspective, the other was already dead.
Now, the slightest injury, a trace of law contamination, even a stir of wind or a moment of wavering resolve could