"What happened?" Song Qiuya hurried over, worry written all over her face.
Chen Lin's expression was grim.
He extended his divine sense into the painting.
Within the Mountains and Rivers Painting, the small spiritual vein that sustained the entire pocket world was shriveling at a terrifying rate.
The Heaven-Devouring Beast, trapped inside, was not being suppressed at all. Like a mouse that had fallen into a grain bin, it opened its enormous mouth and frantically devoured the spiritual vein and the dense spiritual energy within.
The pocket world began to shake, its mountains collapsing and its rivers drying up.
The Star Moon Demon Saint hurried over. One glance at the scroll turned the demon saint's face pale. "My lord, it's eating the spiritual vein. This brute has too great an appetite. The spiritual energy in the painting will last three days at most. Once those three days are up, the spiritual vein will run dry, the artifact spirit will die, and this Deity Transformation Spirit Treasure will shatter completely. When it breaks out, we'll lose even our last barrier."
Three days.
Despair appeared on the faces of Heavenly Hatred True Lord and Changqingzi. They had thought the crisis was over, only to discover that their execution had merely been postponed by three days.
"Who said I intended to wait three days?" Chen Lin cut in coldly.
He lowered his head to look at the scroll, which kept trembling as more cracks appeared.
This Divine Transformation Spatial Spirit Treasure was the finest resource he currently possessed. Nurturing the women and building Chen Family Village's foundations all depended on the spiritual vein inside it.
But now, he could no longer save it.
Chen Lin raised his head and glanced at the sky.
"Today is Saturday." He turned to Song Qiuya. "Notify the