[…Guardian…last…chance…]
[…The keyhole…is not the keyhole…but…the eye of balance…]
[…It requires… the power of twins of the same origin… to counteract… and annihilate… in order to… break… the cycle…]
[…One is to devour (the fungus master)…The other is to protect (me)…or…]
[…One is the creation (clone)…The other is the residue (original body)…]
The information stopped abruptly, and the connection of the plant network was interrupted again, as if it had exhausted its last strength.
Xu Shuangyao's bloodstained pupils suddenly contracted!
The Eye of Balance? Twin Powers of the Same Origin Counteracting Annihilation?
It wasn't about sacrificing the key to ignite it! Instead, it required two forces of the same origin but completely opposite to collide with each other at the seal keyhole, triggering an annihilation reaction, in order to destroy that fragile balance point and interrupt the core energy circulation!
Two forces... Devourer (Fungus Master) and Guardian (Plant Network), or... Creator (Clone) and Residue (Pei Du Original Body)!
The flame of hope suddenly sprang up, but was instantly covered by a deeper coldness!
Where is the guardian power (plant network)? It is so weak that it is almost non-existent! And the power of the Fungus Master is vast and boundless!
So, only Pei Du and his clones are left?!
But Pei Du... he was being devoured by the Master! His own strength was like a firefly in front of the Master! How could he, as the "One Pole," fight against the clone that represented "perfect creation" and was completely controlled by the Master's will?!
Unless… unless he could break free! Reclaim his own power! Or even… use the power the Fungus Master had instilled in him?!
This idea was crazy and bold! Xu Shuangyao's heart began to beat wildly, almost jumping out of her throat! She struggled, using up her last bit of strength to raise her head, her bloodshot eyes fixed on the area on the left where the fungus mist was swirling and the energy was raging—where Pei Du and the clone were!
"Pei Du..." She used up all her life force and screamed silently in her mind, "Do you hear me?! This is not a sacrifice! This is a confrontation! You and it! You and that 'perfect' you! At the keyhole... collide! Annihilate it! Only you can do this! Take it back! Take your power... back!!!"
This cry from the soul, mixed with the truth conveyed by the plant network and Xu Shuangyao's own burning will, was like the last piece of firewood, once again thrown into the dying red flame deep in Pei Du's consciousness!
"Take...back...?!"
Pei Dun's core of consciousness, burned by the will of the Fungus Master and about to sink completely, was like being thrown into a scorching iron! The scream transmitted by Xu Shuangyao's soul and the message of "annihilation of the twin powers of the same origin" were like the final and most powerful shot in the arm!
Eye of Balance? Twin Hedge? Annihilation?!
Him and that "perfect" shell?!
It wasn't being used as firewood, but as... a weapon! A weapon to destroy this cage, to destroy the ambitions of the fungus master?!
"Ho...ho...ho..." A low roar of near-insane excitement, a mixture of extreme pain, boundless rage, and despair, was squeezed out from Pei Du's constricted throat. The burning red in his left eye suddenly stopped fading amidst the boundless green flames. Instead, like tempered steel, it erupted with a more restrained and dangerous gleam!
Take it back? Okay! Then take it back!
Didn't the fungus master want to devour him, turn him into nutrients, and become part of that empty shell? Then it would have to force its power and will into his "residue" body!
Injection... is opportunity!
"Come on!!" Pei Du, deep in his soul, issued the most frantic challenge to the cold, vast will of the Fungus Lord. "Don't you want it?! Don't you want 'completeness'?! I'll give it all to you! All of it! I'll stuff you to death!!"
He no longer resisted the mycelial spikes that corroded his flesh! He no longer resisted the icy energy infused by the Crown of Thorns! Instead... in a near-suicidal manner, he completely opened up his shattered mental defenses, actively and frantically... sucking it in!
He sucked in the mycelium that had penetrated his body, the original power of the Master! He sucked in the alien energy that the Crown of Thorns had forced into his body during its burning, transforming his body! He even... sucked in the Master's immense spiritual torrent that was attempting to drown his will!
It wasn't fusion, but rather... predatory devouring! Like a starving beggar, he madly pounced on a feast wrapped in poison! He wanted to turn this deadly "nutrient" into his own!
“Ugh, ahhhhh!” The backlash from this action was instantaneous and terrifying! Pei Du felt as if every cell in his body was being forcibly torn apart and reassembled! His nerves wailed under the overload of energy! His brain seemed to be bursting by the influx of cold will and violent data! His skin cracked inch by inch, revealing the madly squirming muscles underneath, covered in a black stratum corneum and newly formed pale mycelium tissue. His entire body was transforming into an inhuman monster at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The Crown of Thorns seemed to sense the abnormality of his "active cooperation", and the green light surged, and the erosion speed suddenly accelerated!
"Stupid!" The Fungus Master's voice carried a subtle hint of suspicion, but more of a sense of control and coldness. "Actively embrace annihilation? I'll grant you that!"
More mycelium tubes coiled up, and a more powerful torrent of energy and will was injected into Pei Du's body!
Pei Du's body swelled and twisted even more severely. His left eye was completely covered in a pale white color, and his right eye was also covered with a thick layer of green film. He made meaningless, beast-like hoarse sounds from his throat, as if his sanity had completely collapsed.
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