Adrian took half a step back, and his chanting abruptly rose in pitch. A wisp of Holy Light brushed past, scorching the few protruding wooden roots into charcoal.
"It is trying to devour copper, and it is also searching for a new host." Lu Yuan sheathed his copper blade. "This proves that its infectious activity still persists. Fortunately, only one of the monsters that rushed out just now underwent a wooden mutation. The situation has not reached its worst stage yet."
"But the overflow from the Bronze Pillar has already begun." Leike coldly added from the side, "If the sealing Copper Pillar is gnawed apart by these things, we may not even have a route of retreat left."
Lu Yuan straightened up and shifted his gaze away from the woodenized Ghoul that was still struggling.
Before he could explain the subsequent precautions to the Archbishop, an extremely faint sting suddenly came from deep within his left eye.
It was an intense pain originating from the depths of his consciousness. Something behind his eyeball slowly stirred, bringing with it an irritating burning sensation. The Worm of Knowledge embedded in his left eye throbbed violently and unnaturally beneath his eyelid.
The Gray-White Text flowing along the edge of Lu Yuan's vision also began to tremble violently.
The once orderly notification instantly became blurred:
[Detected... Sea of Knowledge...]
Accompanied by intense dizziness, the scorching sensation made Lu Yuan instinctively raise a hand to cover his left eye.
He slightly closed his right eye and endured the piercing, low hum that kept echoing through his mind.
The Worm of Knowledge's sudden agitation conveyed a clear message... the Tower of Erudition above, that gateway connected to the Sea of Knowledge, was currently suffering some immense tearing and overflow.
The fluctuations that crossed countless layers of