Feixiao raised an eyebrow, curiously looking at Bailu.
She figured her reputation had surely preceded her, just as she had heard of Bailu. But to be recognized face-to-face so easily...
Bailu nodded and replied matter-of-factly, "The general told me yesterday, if you run into any trouble in Luofu and see these three, just go straight up and get help."
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"..."
"..."
Feixiao and the others were speechless.
Involuntarily, an image of Jing Yuan's smiling face floated into their minds.
"Haha, of course there's no problem. As long as it's something I can help with, you've come to the right person," she muttered in her heart while smiling.
"Alright, let me take a look at your condition."
Bailu held Feixiao's hand and made her bend down, carefully staring at her wrist.
"General Feixiao is afflicted with an illness called 'Moon Rage.' Miss Bailu, do you have any way to help?"
"Moon Rage?!"
Bailu let out a surprised sound, and the expression of those in the room also visibly changed.
She had heard of Moon Rage , this condition mostly appeared among the foxian of Yaoqing, and it was very rare in Luofu.
For pure-blooded Borisin people, this thing was more like a side-effect-free enhancement skill. But for mixed-blood foxians, the condition was essentially a battle against themselves.
"How is it?" Feixiao asked softly.
She didn't hold much hope for Bailu curing her, especially after seeing the expression on Bailu's face, which only confirmed her doubts.
If it were curable, it wouldn't have looked like this from the start.
In the end, it was just a fleeting dream.
"You really came at the right time. If it were the old me, I truly wouldn't have been able to handle this."
As Feixiao was still in a daze, and Jiaoqiu and Mo Ze were looking on joyfully, Bailu slowly said.
"You can really treat it?" Feixiao was somewhat in disbelief.
"Mm... calling it a treatment isn't quite accurate. I can only suppress it. That's all I can do for now. If you can wait until I grow a bit more, I might be able to cure it completely. That depends on the timing."
"She can," Jiaoqiu said with a serious face.
Bailu glanced at this odd group and shook her head, puzzled.
Then she opened the gourd, tipped its mouth toward her palm, and poured.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, a crystal-clear... candy bead came out... candy bead?
Feixiao suspiciously looked at the pretty candy bead and cautiously asked, "This is the medicine?"
Having often been tormented by Jiaoqiu's various potions, she had a bad impression of such things, except for dietary remedies.
"What candy bead? This is something I condensed using the power of the Vidyadhara High Elder. Hurry up and eat it. It took me a lot of effort to make this one."
Bailu annoyedly used her palm to block Feixiao's mouth.
Feixiao was already leaning forward, so it was just right to feed it directly.
"Mmm mmm mmm, eh? It really works? I feel much lighter now."
Feixiao was shocked as she looked at her hands, turning them over and over in disbelief.
"Is the power of the Luofu's Vidyadhara High Elder really that miraculous?" Hearing Feixiao's words, Jiaoqiu was also astonished.
He had turned to the Healer Lady of Luofu because he had no way to treat Feixiao's Moon Rage.
But he never imagined that just a single dose would make Feixiao feel this much better.
"No, it's not completely healed yet. It's more like a heavy load buried in my body has been brushed away."
Feixiao furrowed her brow slightly and clenched her right fist.
The feeling was very obvious.
Before they could ask more, Bailu stood with her hands on her hips, hung the gourd on her tail, and said grumpily,
"I already said I can't completely cure you right now. To cure you completely, at the very least I'd have to wait... uh."
She started counting on her fingers, then finally gave a rough estimate.
"At least five years... though I can't say for sure." She muttered the last part softly.
"Five years?" Feixiao rotated her wrist, nodded slightly, and smiled. "That's enough."
After making it through so much, what's five more years?
...
Things that stay near Godzilla gradually begin to resemble Godzilla.
No matter how far they eventually are from him, in at least some aspects, the resemblance becomes apparent.
Godzilla has no interest in influencing people, or rather, no interest in turning them into copies of himself, so subconsciously, people aren't affected too strongly. At most, they become stronger, their power increased.
Bailu was like this. The power of the Vidyadhara High Elder within her, under Godzilla's influence, began rushing wildly in a new direction.
Godzilla's ability to alter the environment could be seen as a manifestation of life itself, and so Bailu's healing ability advanced another level.
On the other hand, this little healer girl's combat power had also reached the point where fighting ten or twenty Vidyadhara warriors at once wasn't an issue.
Just the strength of her tail alone was enough to send those annoying guys flying.
But Bailu didn't care about any of that.
Healing people was a desire that had been forcibly instilled in her from the moment she became aware of the world.
Seeing patients smile after recovering made her happy, but that didn't mean she liked healing, she liked the result of healing: the victory.
Right now, all she wanted was to sleep...
"Can someone please come take a look quickly? What's wrong with Bailu? Nothing bad happened, right? Could it be some hidden illness suddenly acting up? Is there a doctor who can help? No no, wait, Bailu is the doctor, there's no way she wouldn't know her own condition, maybe it's, "
Thud!
As her best friend continued rambling nonstop in her ear, Sushang mercilessly landed a punch.
Even if you're going to ramble, can't you say something positive?!
"She's just tired. Strange, a treatment this simple shouldn't cause such fatigue."
Fu Xuan looked at the soundly sleeping Bailu in confusion. A drop of clear liquid hung from the corner of her mouth. When had she fallen asleep during treatment?
Moon Rage… Is the power of the Luofu's Vidyadhara High Elder really that strong?
Or is it that something went wrong specifically with Bailu's generation? After all, the power of the Vidyadhara High Elder in Bailu wasn't exactly calm when it arrived.
"Phew, it's good that she's okay. When she wakes up, please let me know. I want to thank her."
"Of course," Jing Yuan nodded.
...
After Feixiao and the others left, Fu Xuan turned her head and spoke to Jing Yuan.
"General, what exactly is going on?"
Having coveted General Jing Yuan's position for a long time, she knew him all too well. This guy clearly discovered something.
"Just a bit of speculation," Jing Yuan didn't explain and instead looked at Yukong.
"Yukong, do you still remember the strange plants you saw in Jarilo?"
Hearing this, Yukong was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
"Those plants, influenced by Godzilla, all grew to enormous sizes. Some even possessed considerable power. Even Yanqing had to exert some effort to deal with them."
Poor Yanqing had already become a unit of combat strength.
"As expected."
"General, are you suspecting that Bailu's condition was caused by Godzilla's influence?"
Jing Yuan gave a slight nod. "It was just a guess earlier, but after Yukong's statement, I now have an answer."
If nature was affected, then life would be too. Bailu's powers were related to healing, so being influenced was within reason.
Understanding this made him feel more at ease. At least there was no need to worry about any damage to the Vidyadhara High Elder's power. Luofu could not afford another Moon Rage crisis.
Wait! Maybe this time it can?
Shaking his head, Jing Yuan stopped thinking about these chaotic matters.
Thinking about Feixiao, who had temporarily suppressed Moon Rage, he smiled faintly.
Now that General Feixiao's illness was under control, didn't that mean this victorious general's combat strength was unleashed?
The battlefield soon to come would surely be the stage of the Great Generals!
He said so!
...
Looking down from above the universe, one could behold a spectacular sight.
Two massive starships, larger than typical planets, lay silently in the cosmos, revealing not a single flaw.
Luofu and Yaoqing.
These were the names of the two planet-level ships.
At the same time, far away, a world-ending aura spread out, as the massive Antimatter Legion began to appear in growing numbers, gradually cloaking the entire sky.
The Antimatter Legion, a vast force that followed the Aeon of Destruction, Nanook, wherever they went, only ruin followed.
"Two Xianzhou Ships, huh..."
Scorching Flare half-squinted his eyes, unable to hide the excitement in them as he gazed toward the region where Luofu and Yaoqing were located.
The Xianzhou Alliance was indeed powerful, at one point, they even fought back against the Abundance's Emanator, Shuhu. Phantylia, not yet fully destroyed, now remained imprisoned in the Hexagonal Seal.
What a pity.
"If only Zhuming were here, what a scene it would be," Scorching Flare couldn't help but think.
Not that he wanted to meet General Huoyan of Zhuming, it's just that aboard that Xianzhou was the sealed leader of the Heliobi, Flint Emperor.
Flint Emperor, who once shone brightly in the war against the followers of Abundance. If he were released, and three Xianzhou were destroyed at once, that kind of spectacle would be rare in all the world!
"But two Xianzhou are good enough. Yaoqing… Yaoqing…"
Scorching Flare muttered to himself.
The Luofu Xianzhou had lost many elites in the battle thirty years ago. Compared to the heavily damaged Luofu, he preferred Yaoqing.
Destroying this Yaoqing, known for hunting Abundance Aberrants the most ruthlessly, would definitely sting the Alliance deeply.
"Where should I start?"
Scorching Flare pondered.
Don't think the Emanator of Destruction lacks brains.
Even the inhuman Phantylia could think to use a Stellaron to stimulate the Ambrosial Arbor and forge a unique body, how could he fall behind?
He had once ignited of the sun of New Bethlehem, and it's surface was turned to glass by the immense radiation.
He had created a massive cyclone that devastated the ecosystem of Aedirn.
He had pierced straight through the Moonshield's outer shell, launching an attack on the planet's core and destroyed the entire world..
He knew how to use his mind.
Wherever he brought destruction, he always used the fastest method to annihilate planets and even entire star systems.
It wasn't that he lacked more cinematic methods; it's just that what he pursued was the explosive power and beauty of destruction in its purest instant.
Which meant: show off power?
Hah.
He far preferred to ceaselessly obliterate everything and embrace it all in destruction's embrace!
"Right, the Luofu's Ambrosial Arbor."
Scorching Flare's eyes lit up.
The Ambrosial Arbor, even though intel said it had withered again, destruction's power could just as well make it thrive anew.
Let these two Xianzhou perish under the joint blow of Destruction and Abundance.
...
The Scalegorge Waterscape Realm.
Ancient sea waves surged, the sound of crashing tides unceasing.
Vast waves swept across the land, and Godzilla's tail hung beneath the ocean floor, bringing the dryness of land, the breath of the sea, and also absorbing energy from the minerals.
A triple benefit.
He had continued to sleep, until this moment.
Godzilla slowly opened his eyes.
The ground began to tremble.
Many minerals fell in a domino effect. Layer upon layer collapsed.
But because there were so many, even after falling, the mountain of ore appeared even more leveled.
A pair of cold, emotionless slit pupils stared into the sky.
His powerful vision wasn't confined to the inside of the planet ship, he saw them.
The Antimatter Legion was approaching.
His takeout is on the way.
Scorching Flare is quite particular, his appetizer consists of ten Doomsday Beasts.
Where did he get them from?
Godzilla didn't want to know. All he could see was his takeout racing toward him, both ways.
"Roaaar!!!"
A roar startled the nearby Cloud Knights. They had already noticed when Godzilla got up, but now that they heard his roar, it felt like their hearts stopped beating.
"What happened? Did something alarm him?" Ji Yi didn't understand, but he knew that every time Godzilla acted like this, it was a sign.
"You all stay here, I'm going to report to the General!"
With a quick command, Ji Yi rushed toward the Exalting Sanctum.
...At the same time, the Divination Commission had become a giant detection hub.
"Detected a large amount of imaginary number energy reaction, confirmed as the Antimatter Legion!"
"Ten Doomsday Beasts paving the way, hmph, what a grand display!"
"Calculating the Antimatter Legion's attack trajectory…"
"All departments be alert, maximum alert! Everyone stay sharp! This is the battle to defend our homeland!"
Inside the Divination Commission, Fu Xuan sat.
Just as Qingque said, though the Master Diviner wasn't tall, her abilities were sky-high.
Now that Luofu was facing a test, with the Divination Commission holding strong, no difficulty could bring them down.
"General, we've located Scorching Flare's position and already sent it over," Fu Xuan said sternly.
Her virtual projection was in a meeting with Jing Yuan at the Strategics Office.
Not only him, Yukong was also present.
...
Jing Yuan nodded slightly:
"Have all battlecruisers ready. Once the Antimatter Legion enters the encirclement, don't hold back! Don't worry about costs! Launch the attack immediately! Throw ten times the resources at them if needed!"
In war, no matter the type, it always comes down to hard power, financial strength, material resources, and manpower.
Luofu had been recovering for thirty years, not something a single Lord Ravager could compare to.
Another reason…
"General, currently Luofu has sixty thousand elite star skiff pilots available. We must use them wisely this time."
Yukong's expression was serious. War was never a one-person affair. Sixty thousand elite star skiff pilots, this was all Luofu had left to offer.
In the war thirty years ago, Luofu lost hundreds of thousands of star skiff pilots.
Replenishing troops among the long-life species took time.
This time, she must bring these pilots back alive!
...
Xianzhou Yaoqing.
"What a big commotion."
Feixiao rolled her shoulders, a crazed smile curling on her lips.
"We Yaoqing can't fall behind. Victory! Victory!"
Jiaoqiu and Mo Ze exchanged a glance and shook their heads helplessly.
Since Feixiao's Moon Rage was temporarily suppressed, she'd become more and more arrogant.
If it weren't for them stopping her, she would've already charged into the Antimatter Legion with her weapon.
That won't do. Soldier versus soldier, king versus king, this is the iron law.
...
Astral Express.
"They're attacking already? Pom-Pom thinks we need to guard the Express. The Express mustn't be damaged, pom!" Pom-Pom drooped it's ears, worried.
"Don't worry, Pom-Pom. We've already talked with Jing Yuan, the battlefield won't come near the Express." March 7th gave a thumbs-up confidently.
"If they can fight to the Express, wouldn't that mean Luofu's defenses have collapsed?" Stelle added mercilessly.
"Uh, hehe, don't interrupt!" March 7th gave a sheepish laugh, then tried to glare at Stelle in mock anger.
Welt and Himeko exchanged a glance and shook their heads.
War is cruel, but those two…
Wait! Welt suddenly thought of something curious.
Back on the Xianzhou, Stelle had contacted Yukong on Jarilo via her phone, which led to Godzilla answering the call for help.
But now she's on the Xianzhou, and with Godzilla's perception, there's no way he wouldn't sense the enemy.
That means…
"This kid has built-in plot armor."
At that moment, the way Welt looked at Stelle completely changed.
In his eyes, Stelle had become a lucky player blessed with a 'Boss Summoning' buff.
...
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, this is way too many. Just how many did Scorching Flare drag over here?"
At the same time, the IPC's early-dispatched support also detected the commotion in the distance.
The dense Antimatter Legion made their skin crawl.
"According to intel, Scorching Flare destroyed everything in his path, this legion likely gathered along the way."
Swallowing nervously, the ship captain opened the channel to contact Supervisor Topaz.
"Supervisor Topaz, the Antimatter Legion has already launched their attack. When do we move in?"
Interastral Peace Corporation.
Topaz looked at Jade.
On the surface, they were commanding this battle. In reality, there were other hidden players.
They could achieve their objectives within limits, but the primary focus was always the higher-ups' goals.
"According to the established plan, support the Xianzhou!"
"Yes!"