Serlandir couldn't figure out the reason for his resurrection, so he couldn't continue to act against him, maintaining a superficial peace.

Herag focused his mind, directing his attention to the bloodline mark on his chest, and slightly activated the Thunder God Ancestral Bloodline Power.

An intimidating aura radiated out, and these mosquitoes instantly fell like raindrops.

Each of these mosquitoes was extremely weak individually, and simply couldn't withstand the eruption of bloodline aura from Herag at close range.

Herag extended his hand and absorbed, gathering all the mosquito corpses together, then burned them to ashes with a Fireball Technique.

Suddenly, there was some commotion from nearby, and when he turned to look, Franz's headless body had already retreated underground and slipped away.

"Still not dead, huh."

Herag didn't expect that this old man's life energy would be so tenacious, feigning death right in front of him.

But he guessed, it shouldn't be so easy for the old man either.

Herag employed Magic Sense while deploying Shenlan's environmental detection, investigating the situation underground.

Franz's headless body quickly went underground and stopped after reaching a depth of one hundred meters.

Subsequently, countless vine-like plant stems extended from Franz's body towards the surface.

The ground began to tremble slightly, and many people in the slums noticed the anomaly below, but couldn't understand what was happening.

Herag continuously monitored the motion of these vines, and just as they were about to erupt from below his feet, he used Flash to move away.

Several person-width thick vines surged skyward, with Franz's upper body at the end of them.

His lower body had fused with these vines, leaving only the headless half of the upper body.

Herag felt the head he was holding in his left hand move, and saw Franz's head turn to face him: "I'll make you regret it, you doomed everyone in Silver Moon City."

"What are you planning?" Herag asked.

Franz coldly laughed: "I've been setting things up in Silver Moon City for so long, though now it's too early. But I don't have much time left, so I have no choice but to initiate it. Once I activate the mechanisms in Silver Moon City, everyone in the city will be sent to the Abyss Plane as sacrifices for the gods."

"Then, the gods can open the passage to the Wizard Plane with the flesh and souls of these beings as offerings. Unfortunately, neither of us will have the chance to witness this scene, and see the rebirth of this world..."

Franz's expression gradually turned fanatic, muttering words Herag couldn't understand.

Herag noticed that the vines underground were rapidly spreading, seemingly aiming to cover the entirety of Silver Moon City's underground.

"Where does the power of these vines come from?" Herag pondered calmly, without panic.

The almost unlimited growth of these vines must be unreasonable; there must be a source of their power.

After observing for a while, Herag looked at Franz's lower half, which had transformed into thick vines.

He quickly used Shenlan's environmental detection to ascertain the internal situation of the vines, spotting a grey light sphere.

"What is this thing?"

Herag noted that this grey light sphere had a very strong Abyss Plane aura.

He immediately realized that it must be the source of the vines' power.

Once realizing this, Herag took out a heap of Fire Salamander Bombs.

He threw all these Fire Salamander Bombs towards the vines and immediately detonated them.

The explosion echoed, the sound deafening.

After the smoke cleared, Herag looked over to see the vines full of potholes from the explosion but still not damaging the inner sphere.

"You might as well give up. Even if your attack hit it, it's impossible to cause any harm to the Divine Core." Franz sneered at Herag's actions, seemingly not worried at all.

"Divine Core?" Herag had never seen or heard of such a thing before.

Franz, appearing confident, said slowly, "The Divine Core is a highly potent energy source condensed by gods themselves, with the energy inside only absorbable and usable by beings from the Abyss Plane. Only beings from the Abyss Plane can see it. You wizards from the Wizard Plane can't see or touch it. Wait, how can you see it?"

It seemed that being decapitated had affected him a bit, as Franz only now realized Herag could see the existence of the Divine Core.

A Divine Core is a very special item, condensed by powerful beings from the Abyss Plane, containing a portion of their power.

To prevent its discovery and destruction by wizards, the Evil Gods from the Abyss Plane cleverly hid it using Rule Power.

After hiding it, only Abyssal Cultists of Franz's level or other beings from the Abyss Plane could sense and see the Divine Core.

If other wizards came here, they wouldn't be able to discover the existence of the Divine Core.

Unless Parker himself came, there would be some possibility of detecting traces of the Divine Core.

But now Parker is on the Elf Plane and can't attend to this place.

Once the vines spread throughout the city, Franz could initiate hidden methods to transport all life to the Abyss Plane.

Actually, Franz had not completed his preparations, which originally required a long time.

Starting now would likely not achieve the goal of transporting everyone.

But due to sudden circumstances, Franz is merely relying on the Divine Core's power to survive temporarily.

In a short time, Franz's soul would completely collapse, so he had no choice but to start early.

Herag did not answer Franz's question but looked at the Divine Core within the vines thoughtfully.

He drew out a Longsword, approached the vines, and started slicing through them.

With great speed, the wood shavings flew swiftly as the Divine Core was quickly revealed inside.

To ordinary people, there was nothing inside.

But in Herag's eyes, a grey sphere of light was floating there.

Herag felt an inexplicable allure from this sphere, as if it could be greatly beneficial to him.

He reached out and touched the Divine Core, feeling a rush of coldness from his fingertips.

This chill flowed from his fingers into his body, finally disappearing into the bloodline mark.

"This thing can be absorbed by the bloodline mark?" Herag quickly realized what was happening.

Upon careful sensation, it wasn't the bloodline mark that absorbed it, but the Thunder God Ancestral Bloodline within him.

After absorbing this chill, the Thunder God Ancestral Bloodline Power in him seemed to strengthen slightly.

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