Deterrence

In the world of pestilence, human lifespans were not as absurdly long as they were in fantasy worlds.

Even Plague Exterminators were no exception.

For ordinary Dragons Among Men, reaching two hundred years old already counted as advanced age.

These Medical Dragons who wielded high-level plague extermination powers had a clear understanding of their bodily functions and could, to a certain extent, determine when their end would come.

At that moment, Fang Mi and Xu Huanjun clearly felt that some [substance] within their bodies was shortening!

It was a change that could not be stopped.

What synchronization brought was the aging of bodily functions!

Their lifespans were actually decreasing?

"What is this?"

Xu Huanjun raised his nauseating face and stared ahead in disbelief.

What kind of plague extermination art was this?

And...

His earlier attack had entered the other party's technique domain like a clay ox sinking into the sea, vanishing completely, while something within his own body seemed to have disappeared.

"A plague extermination art capable of reducing [lifespan]?"

Fang Mi staggered, and even the [Brain-Eating—Amoeba] behind her no longer seemed to be enjoying its meal.

Everything about the bizarre Human Dragon before them seemed hidden within a fog.

It was Fang Mi's first time seeing such a strange Human Dragon.

"Is that enough to scare you?"

Zhou Zhi lowered the Plague-Slaying Blade in his hand slightly.

Sure enough.

The art of lifespan reduction was simply too terrifying for Dragons Among Men.

Humanity's ultimate goal was to stay alive.

And Zhou Zhi's True Cell Plague Extermination Art, [Telomere Reduction], continuously tolled the bell of human despair.

The telomere theory held that every gene in the human body had telomeres at both ends. Each time a cell proliferated, its telomeres shortened a little. Once the telomeres at either end of