"Oh my, how noble — sacrificing yourself to save others."
"What a shame, though. After all, you're still just flesh and blood. Even with barrier techniques to replicate your blood, there's only so much. You can save far too few." Xue Ji sneered.
"Are you sure about that?" But just then, Chu Feng's voice rang out.
Hummm—
As Chu Feng's voice echoed across the sky, light reappeared at the spot where he had been before. In the blink of an eye, his physical body coalesced and took shape — he had fully recovered.
Chu Feng's body was completely restored, his clothing exactly the same as before. The only difference was his complexion, which was noticeably pale. It was clear that detonating his own body and using his blood to save those present had still taken a toll on him.
Boom—
Even so, Chu Feng detonated himself once more. After the explosion, another rain of blood cascaded down, saving yet another group of people.
And so, Chu Feng repeated this over and over — detonating his physical body a full thirty-nine times. By the time his body reformed once again, his face had turned an ashen grey, and his eyes had grown somewhat vacant.
Although Chu Feng possessed an undying and imperishable body, continuously using formation arrays to replicate his blood consumed his Mental Power. After all, he wasn't simply copying his blood — he was also replicating his constitution that was immune to all poisons.
As a result, his Mental Power grew weaker and weaker. Even his soul and origin had suffered damage.
"Chu Feng, stop! If you keep this up, your body and soul will both be destroyed!" The Artifact Refinement Immortal cried out upon seeing this.
Yet Chu Feng merely smiled faintly at the Artifact Refinement Immortal's shout. How could he not know how damaging this was to his body? But he couldn't simply stand by and watch those people be consumed by the venom.
He had to do this. Only by doing this was there any hope of saving everyone.
"Junior Chu Feng!"
The Elf King wanted to stop Chu Feng as well, but the words wouldn't come.
After all, facing the situation before him, he was powerless. The only one who could save everyone right now was Chu Feng.
But he hated himself — hated his own uselessness. As king of the Ancient Elves, here he was watching his people suffer under the venom, able to do nothing but stand aside and place all his hopes on a junior like Chu Feng. The shame ate at him to his core.
"Stupid." As for Chu Feng's display, Xue Ji let out a contemptuous laugh. In her eyes, sacrificing himself to save these people was entirely unworthy.
And even if Chu Feng truly gave up his life, he still wouldn't be able to save everyone present — because Xue Ji held the certainty of victory in her hands.
"Since you're this foolish, I'll show you what despair truly is." The moment Xue Ji finished speaking, a tremendous boom shook the heavens.
BOOM BOOM BOOM—
With that deafening roar, an enormous wave of green venomous rain poured down from the sky once more, engulfing everyone below.
Even those whom Chu Feng had partially healed were now covered again by the toxic liquid, the excruciating pain of venom corroding their bodies striking them anew.
BOOM BOOM BOOM—
BOOM BOOM BOOM—
BOOM BOOM BOOM—
And after that, the sky erupted again and again in rapid succession. Each explosion brought another deluge of venomous rain pouring down upon the crowd.
With the venom continuing to cascade without end, the blood Chu Feng had spread over everyone was completely devoured by the poison. Everything he had done before was rendered meaningless.
"No!!!"