"Oh my, how truly noble — sacrificing yourself to save others."
"What a pity, though. In the end, you're still nothing but flesh and blood. Even with the barrier technique replicating your blood, there's only so much to go around. The number of people you can save is far too few," Xue Ji sneered.
"Are you sure about that?" Yet at that very moment, Chu Feng's voice rang out.
Hummmm— As his voice echoed, light blazed once more in the sky where Chu Feng had been moments before. In the blink of an eye, his physical body reconstituted itself, fully restored.
Chu Feng's body had recovered completely — even his clothes were exactly as before. Only his complexion was somewhat pale, making it clear that self-detonating his body and using his own blood to save those present had still taken a toll.
Boom— Yet despite that, Chu Feng detonated himself yet again. After the explosion, another rain of blood cascaded down, saving yet another group of people.
And so Chu Feng repeated the process over and over, self-detonating a full thirty-nine times. By the time his body reformed once more, his face had gone ashen and his eyes had grown somewhat vacant.
Although Chu Feng possessed an undying and imperishable body, constantly replicating his blood through the array 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, and even his soul and origin essence suffered damage.
"Chu Feng, stop! If you keep this up, you'll be obliterated — body and soul!" Upon seeing this, the Immortal Armament Refiner cried out in alarm.
But to the Immortal Armament Refiner's cries, Chu Feng simply smiled faintly. How could he not know how damaging this was to his body? Yet he could not simply stand by and watch as those people were consumed by the venom.
He had to do this. It was the only way there was any chance of saving everyone.
"Young friend Chu Feng!!!"
At that moment, the Elven King desperately wanted to stop Chu Feng, but the words wouldn't leave his mouth.
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 it — hated his own uselessness. As the king of the ancient elves, here he stood watching his people suffer from the venom, able to do nothing but stand aside and pin all his hopes on a junior like Chu Feng. He loathed himself for it.
"Foolish." As for Chu Feng's display, Xue Ji let out a derisive laugh. In her eyes, Chu Feng sacrificing himself to save these people was simply not worth it.
Moreover, even if Chu Feng truly gave his life, he still wouldn't be able to save everyone here — because Xue Ji held the means to certain victory.
"Since you insist on being so ignorant, I'll show you what despair truly looks like." The moment those words left Xue Ji's lips, a deafening boom resounded.
BOOM BOOM BOOM— With that thunderous sound, yet another massive wave of green venomous rain poured down from the sky, blanketing everyone once more.
Even those whom Chu Feng had partially healed were now engulfed again by the venom, the agony of it corroding their bodies returning in full force.
BOOM BOOM BOOM— BOOM BOOM BOOM— BOOM BOOM BOOM— And after that, the sky exploded again and again in rapid succession. Each detonation brought another deluge of venom raining down upon the crowd.
As the venom continued to pour, the blood Chu Feng had previously used to shield everyone was completely devoured. Everything he had done before was now rendered meaningless.
"No!!!"
Seeing this, the senior members of the ancient elf race could no longer contain themselves, screaming in desperation.