Chapter 539: Chapter 17: The Planet About to Fall Silent (3)

The screen in the control room switched to the Ku Shu that Lin Yu and the others had been watching. It was now much larger than when Lin Yu had first seen it, and the grayish-white lava it occupied had expanded considerably.

Correspondingly, the ordinary Molten River was now mostly red, its temperature having dropped significantly. Both its flow rate and width had also diminished, and the planetary defenses were activating less and less frequently.

After waiting for half the night, the scene everyone had been hoping for still hadn’t appeared.

Suddenly, a section of the Molten River brightened again, and the Fire Elemental Energy in that corresponding area began to rise rapidly.

The Ku Shu, which had been leisurely drifting in the grayish-white lava, immediately sped up and rushed over.

Under the tense gaze of the onlookers, the Ku Shu once again extended its roots into the lava.

This time, the bright white lava did not dim for a long while.

Standing outside the control room and watching the feed Lin Yu had synced, Baining saw this and immediately cheered. Its progeny received its message and also began to cheer.

Inside the control room, however, Lin Yu, Chenxi, and the others frowned deeply.

The Ku Shu on the monitor was in no hurry. It unhurriedly inserted its roots one by one near the bright white lava, then lifted up this distinctive chunk of molten rock.

Then, a seam opened on its trunk like a great mouth and swallowed the lava.

Next, the Ku Shu’s trunk turned crimson, and a great deal of white smoke billowed from its top. Through the Energy Detector on the monitor, Lin Yu and the others could tell that this white smoke was all natural energy.

However, as Lin Yu and his team watched, blackness slowly began to appear in the white smoke. This blackness was all Undead Energy.

Chenxi looked worriedly at Lin Yu. "Sir! It’s..."

"Mm," Lin Yu nodded, showing he understood.

Unable to teleport the bright white lava away, the Ku Shu had chosen to break it down and convert it itself.

Although it wasn’t as fast as when it dealt with the planetary defense mechanism before, it was clear that the creature could complete the conversion on its own.

"I see there’s a Purification Array set up over there, isn’t there?"

Lin Yu pointed to a spot on the video feed. In a corner of the screen were some "rocks" inscribed with special patterns.

"Yes, Sir. We’ve already begun deploying the Purification Array modules sent from the main domain. There just so happen to be a few arrays we set up there today, but there aren’t many, so their effect will be limited."

"Then activate them. Let’s see if we can give ’it’ a hand!"

"Yes!"

Zolt Hard immediately left the control room to arrange for someone to activate the Purification Array.

A few minutes later, the screen erupted in light. The Ku Shu was enveloped by the Purification Array, and its body immediately began to emit countless streams of black smoke as it turned an even deeper red.

The white smoke from the Ku Shu’s top, which had already turned a quarter black, rapidly whitened as the Undead Energy within it vanished under the Purification Array’s effect.

Unfortunately, the Ku Shu immediately brandished its roots and moved swiftly across the ground, leaving the Purification Array’s range within a matter of breaths.

Once it was clear of the Purification Array, the Ku Shu stopped again to convert the bright white lava within it. Blackness once again began to taint the white smoke rising from its top.

This time, Lin Yu was out of options. He watched, expressionless, as the Ku Shu remained near the Purification Array, slowly converting the bright white lava into Undead Energy.

After completing the conversion, the Ku Shu’s trunk returned to its deathly grayish-brown color.

It then sank back into the grayish-white lava and began to drift once more. By now, the Purification Array had long since exhausted its energy and stopped working.

"It was useful, but it wasn’t decisive."

"Next, we’ll focus all our efforts on deploying Purification Arrays. We can’t eliminate the Ku Shu with them, but we can slow them down and buy ourselves some time."

"Chenxi, how’s the analysis of the Ku Shu’s energy conversion ability coming along?"

"Sir, it should be done in the next day or two!"

"Good. Hurry it up..."

"Reporting—"

"My Lord, the analysis of the Ku Shu’s abilities is complete!"

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