BOOMMMMM!!!
The still air was swept up in a wave of fire.
A fierce wind rushed at them. Even from nearly a hundred meters away, they could feel the intense heat unleashed by the explosion.
After the blast came thick smoke and dust, lingering in the air for a long time.
Feng Ling raised her head slightly. Before she could make out the state of the Mountain, her nose caught the rich, burnt stench of scorched flesh and blood.
The surrounding mist had begun to turn red as well. Combined with the scene before her, like a sea of blood and a mountain of corpses, the horror atmosphere was pushed to the limit.
The flesh on the Mountain began to writhe outward in huge clumps, as though something inside were struggling to crawl out.
Feng Ling lowered her voice and said to Ye Zheng, "It's making gods again."
—Creating a False Deity, having a group of Rats carry it away to consume Tribute and replenish its energy.
"The Mountain is too large to move normally, so it can only absorb energy this way. Otherwise, such a huge mass of flesh couldn't maintain its vital functions," Feng Ling continued to speculate.
Ye Zheng stared ahead and said quietly, "It isn't a Mountain anymore."
After the last explosion, the Mountain had collapsed like a cake with its center caved in. After the second explosion, it looked like a cake that had been flattened after being dropped—like a cream cake flipped upside down. The flesh-colored cream at the bottom mixed with the dark-red jam inside, constantly spilling outward in a sticky, mushy, disgusting mess.
One Humanoid Rat after another crawled out of those revolting mixtures.
They were draped in bloody skin and flesh, with human heads like meat tumors perched on top and