At that moment, Lu Zixun profoundly realized what distortion truly was.
Inside this power, despair, fear, and sorrow, all sorts of negative emotions filled the air.
At the same time, whispers also started echoing around Lu Zixun’s ears.
"You are human, not a demon! Why would you help the Demon Clan!"
"You were born a noble being, to become a Guardian God of humans? Do they really regard you as a god!"
"Embrace the Void, you can gain more!"
Initially, Lu Zixun could understand the whispers.
But as the distortion infiltrated his body, his consciousness began to blur gradually.
Raising his claws and clutching his head, Lu Zixun’s tail began to show signs of shellification, starting to split around him.
Just when Lu Zixun could no longer withstand the distortion and was about to use the Sky-splitting Gem to rewind,
a strange creature with one eye but three tails jumped out, and after a fierce roar, the whispers by Lu Zixun’s ears disappeared.
The light on Sky Pool 01 also dimmed.
"Ding—Host has successfully absorbed Pure Distortion, initiating the Star Map, illuminating the Shining Star."
Climbing out of the bathtub, Lu Zixun felt reborn.
Taking deep breaths of fresh air, was this the power of distortion?
At that time, looking at the personal panel, the previously highlighted Bleak had now dimmed.
The roar in his mind just then must have been Bleak lending him aid.
He whispered softly, and Lu Zixun glanced at his Twisted value, his mouth twitching a bit.
Twisted value: 180/200
Lu Zixun was almost caught in a state of distortion.
Unexpectedly, pure distortion was so terrifying; it was quite unbearable.
However, this adventure was still worth it, the ability held by the Star Map brought a gleam of joy to his eyes.
"Shining Star Map (9%), able to add Void Power to Spiritual Energy."
The Void held not only distortion but also star rivers.
Lu Zixun summoned his Spiritual Energy, which now differed from its usual appearance, carrying specks of stars within it, looking incredibly beautiful.
’Extreme Cold·Moon Wheel’
Guang Han Moon appeared in the room, and under the augmentation of Spiritual Energy, the temperature around instantly dropped to absolute zero.
Even the Repair Liquid in the bathtub was frozen into ice.
Ice Blade punctured through Guang Han Moon, its strength capable of instantly killing J-level strength individuals.
However, Lu Zixun noticed, although the power of Spiritual Energy had increased significantly, because of the boost from Void Star River, each minute of use increased his Twisted value by one.
If continued, Lu Zixun would eventually be overtaken by distortion.
"This is troublesome."
Hastily retracting the Guang Han Moon, Lu Zixun looked at his Twisted value, feeling an immense headache at that moment, wondering how to eliminate this Twisted value.
When in doubt, ask the system; this was always Lu Zixun’s style of doing things.
Fortunately, this time the system didn’t feign death but gave a response: "Ding—Host can use Feeling Value to eliminate Twist Points, one Twist Point requires ten thousand Feeling Value."
Lu Zixun found it somewhat unbelievable. So many feeling values were needed just to eliminate this?
Wasn’t this practically robbery?
Looking at his current feeling value of over nine hundred thousand... Lu Zixun had once thought he was a tycoon.
Unexpectedly, in just one day, Lu Zixun had gone from heaven to hell.
"Let’s eliminate half for now..."
"Ding—ninety-one thousand feeling values deducted from the Host, ninety-two points of distortion eliminated."
The moment the system eliminated the distortion, Lu Zixun felt much more comfortable.
That feeling of possibly undergoing shellification at any moment was unbearably uncomfortable.
He just didn’t know whether this distortion elimination feature of the system could be used on others.
A path to sudden wealth appeared in Lu Zixun’s mind.
Having achieved significant gains from this operation, Lu Zixun called on Ge Changming to gather information about the Sky Pool.
In the Star Map, Lu Zixun noticed that, apart from Shining, there were many black stars that were neither accessible nor usable.
However, judging from one Sky Pool’s ability to illuminate 9% of the stars with pure distortion, there should be ten more Sky Pools scattered outside.
Though he didn’t understand what exactly a Sky Pool was, Ge Changming still noted it down, planning to have the intelligence team investigate further.
"Brother Xun, regarding the battle for supremacy, the Demon Country’s deployment is complete. Shadow and Zhen Zhuoxiu are already leading the assassination squad to ambush the Insect Clan’s command. Meanwhile, En Shuo and West Garden have also set up ambushes on the necessary routes through Zhenfei and the Three Prefectures."
Pausing for a moment, Ge Changming continued, "Before Zhen Zhuoxiu left, he wanted me to tell you something—An Xiao is missing."
Had it not been for Ge Changming’s mention today, Lu Zixun would have entirely forgotten about that Elf girl.
That just got interesting. Had she gone off to find the World Tree on her own?
Thinking it over, Lu Zixun felt he shouldn’t bother about An Xiao.
If she managed to find the World Tree, that would be her fortune. If not, there was nothing Lu Zixun could do.
Lu Zixun couldn’t possibly send someone to search for her on the eve of the battle for supremacy.
"Okay, I understand."
Nodding, Lu Zixun asked, "Did you find out where Sha Fei left from when I asked you to investigate?"
"If nothing unexpected occurs, she should have departed from Zone 9. We’ve already arranged for hundreds of J-level Demon Ability Users to head there for protection."
Lu Zixun figured that, if the people of Zhenfei and the Three Prefectures thought to kill Sha Fei, they would consider eliminating her first.
Indeed, considering the current situation, the Three Prefectures and Zhenfei appeared to be allies.
Ge Changming had suggested securing Sha Fei’s safe participation in the battle for supremacy.
"I’ll also be going there, tell our brothers not to expose themselves."
After some thought, Lu Zixun said, "Bring me some Power of Faith later."
Sitting on the sofa, Lu Zixun swung his tail with a sigh.
It had been a long time since he appeared in front of the residents of the Demon Country, and now the daily influx of Power of Faith the system received had dwindled to nearly nothing. Indeed, humans are forgetful creatures.
"Okay, I understand."
In the office, after discussing several key points about Sha Fei’s victory in the battle for supremacy, Ge Changming walked out, satisfied and clutching a small notebook.
Shortly thereafter, Ge Changming’s secretary delivered the Power of Faith, and after absorbing it, Lu Zixun finally breathed a sigh of relief.
With so much Power of Faith, it was enough to maintain his human form for five full days.
Reasonably speaking, just under Tang Tianyu’s command, trying to win this battle for supremacy would still be extraordinarily difficult.
However, Lu Zixun had thought of a good idea.
The Insect Clan members who knew of Lu Zixun’s transformed human appearance were already dead.
And he could conveniently use this identity to enter Lin Siyin’s squad.
This way, he could protect Lin Siyin and also help Tang Tianyu strategize.