Once this thought took root, it quickly settled in his mind. He was a Witch Doctor; relying purely on research was not his path. The key to standing out was learning how to pluck things from the shells of other living beings.
Perhaps something of his own would be born, but everything rested on the premise of plundering.
He wanted to see whether these bottle-shaped structures and the rotten mud would produce some special reaction if combined with Hippo Ancient City.
Hippo Ancient City quietly slipped out. Its two pincer-like arms plunged directly into the rotten mud. The mud was loose, but this stirring completely roused the souls within it into an uproar.
"Pain! It hurts so much!"
"Wah, save me! Hurry and save me!"
As though he were stirring a cesspit, the consciousnesses hidden beneath the rotten mud awakened one after another. These consciousnesses were immensely powerful; some even surpassed the Ice Continent. The instant those wills emerged, they stared at Hippo Ancient City like starving ghosts. Within this utterly sealed rotten mud, the ancient city stood out far too much. More importantly, the Tide on its surface seemed to shut all pain outside.
"Feels so good, so good! Let me in!"
"I've transcended! Heavens, I've transcended!"
The moment these creatures approached the Tide, they moaned in comfort. Yet whenever they entered it, they dissolved away like mud flowing in water.
These souls were insignificant. The tolerance of the Starry Sky Chains surpassed everything. On the contrary, Li Ziran's two thick arms directly churned up the rotten mud and smeared it over himself.
Unfortunately, none of the wonderful changes he had imagined occurred. This rotten mud did not possess the slightest nerve, much less any connected passage. It could not sense the Tide at all.
He could not use