"What... what is this?"
Jing Xun clearly did not recognize the black sphere. His eyes were filled with confusion.
"This is... a Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo."
Gu Jiuyou sounded exhilarated as he continued.
"An extremely exalted lord of the Void Demon race personally entrusted it to us. According to that lord, embedding the Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo in the Earth Veins will corrupt their essence. Then the Earth Veins will no longer produce spiritual qi or immortal spiritual qi, but will instead pour forth origin qi without end. In other words, once we succeed, a new Source-Qi Death Domain will be born."
"Truly?" Jing Xun's eyes blazed.
"How could it be false?" Gu Jiuyou said. "This is also why we must conquer the Gai Family. The Earth Vein deep beneath the Gai Family is one of the many major Earth Veins in the western Purple Star Immortal Domain, and it is connected to Azure Purity City's main vein. Once we contaminate it, the corruption can spread rapidly into the surrounding smaller Earth Veins, and even contaminate Azure Purity City's main vein."
"So that's it!" Jing Xun looked elated. "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry and implant the Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo in the Earth Vein!"
"We must not rush," Gu Jiuyou said. "Before the Primordial Chaos Qi Embryo contaminates an Earth Vein, it is extremely fragile and easily destroyed. Moreover, even after it corrupts the Earth Vein, it can still easily be uprooted along with the vein during the early stages."
With that, Gu Jiuyou swept his gaze toward Su Dian and Gai Lu. His unspoken meaning was plain-they had to eliminate these two first to ensure nothing could go wrong.
"Junior Brother Su Dian, forgive me, then. Die!"
With Jing Xun's fierce shout, his azure shield spun like