Wen Wen let out a long sigh of relief after receiving Tao Qingqing's report.
"If that's the case, I can't afford to be slow anymore."
The blood-colored mark wouldn't harm Wen Wen, but others wouldn't fare as well.
Assuming all seven thousand voters each had fifty years of life remaining, within the next five hours, they would each lose over ten years of their lifespan every hour!
The loss of life would cause irreversible damage to those individuals, something that couldn't be recovered even by stopping Lovis's descent in time.
Therefore, the faster Wen Wen resolved the issue, the less loss those people would suffer. If he drained twenty to thirty years of life from each of them, even if they were saved, they would struggle to live normally again.
Life force, or lifespan, wasn't as simple as losing one year of life meaning living one year less.
Once the things contained within that year of life were extracted from the body, it would cause immense additional damage to the human body.
It was like having a healthy kidney that could add two years to your life, but if that kidney was forcibly ripped out through violent means, it wouldn't just mean losing two years; you might just die on the spot.
However, before that, Wen Wen needed to deal with his own problem. He didn't want this blood-colored mark to drain his strength like a leech.
So, Wen Wen overlapped his left and right hands, transferring the mark to his other hand.
As the mark transferred, a silver crescent moon lit up on Wen Wen's palm, and then the mark vanished from the back of Wen Wen's hand as if it were red paper catching fire.
Many women possessed strong possessiveness, and goddesses were no exception. Therefore, it was basically impossible for this mark to usurp the position of the crescent moon mark.
After resolving his personal issue, Wen Wen snapped his fingers, and four steel wings suddenly appeared behind him. These four steel wings flapped wantonly, deflecting all attacks directed at Wen Wen.
Then, amidst the torrential storm of attacks, Wen Wen rapidly approached the Book of Lovis.
As the red energy pillar continued to strengthen, a strange power spread through every inch of the surrounding soil, initiating a large-scale异化 (yìhuà - mutation/transformation).
The leaves and branches of the trees began to turn white, birds nesting on the trees fell from them, their feathers gradually changing to a texture like dragonfly wings, the ground churned incessantly, and small creatures like earthworms, centipedes, ants, and pill bugs all emerged from the soil, undergoing terrifying transformations in their bodies.
Fortunately, this villa was built in the suburbs far from the city, and the surrounding population was not large. Otherwise, just capturing the mutated humans would have required significant effort from the local hunter's association.
This was the distorting power inherent in Lovis's divinity, the primary reason why he was isolated on the planet and had to hide in the Pale Forest.
Any life that approached him would be distorted by him; superhumans could only endure for a longer time.
The Book of Lovis flipped pages rapidly, releasing runes one after another towards Wen Wen. This time, the runes were no longer energy attacks but were aimed at Wen Wen's will.
Various mental attacks were so frequent that even the warehouse administrator's chest badge couldn't completely block them.
Fortunately, what put Wen Wen at ease was that the main purpose of these mental attacks was to trigger negative emotions or awaken residual spirits of powerful beings within.
If someone with less strength were to come here, they might completely lose control within a minute or two.
But these had little effect on Wen Wen. If he truly managed to agitate the will of the person in the black robe, it was uncertain who would be unlucky.
In short, after some twists and turns, Wen Wen finally stood before the Book of Lovis, extending both hands simultaneously towards the rune book. His right hand, adorned with the Disaster Gauntlet, began to rapidly absorb the power of the catastrophe, while his left hand remained empty.
Wen Wen's heart beat rapidly, and then the power within his blood-colored heart converged onto his left hand, beginning to absorb this blood-colored power within a safe range to strengthen his heart.
At that very moment, the rift in the sky had grown large enough, and an eye Wen Wen was somewhat familiar with appeared outside the opening.
Lovis crouched in the Pale Forest, his face filled with anticipation.
He was like someone about to move to a new home in a big city, curious about everything there.
After admiring the scenery for less than two minutes, Lovis's expression changed, as he saw Wen Wen standing outside the rune book of Lovis, like a vampire, absorbing the energy intended for his descent.
"What is this bug doing? That's mine!"
Lovis was outrageously angry at Wen Wen's actions, and it was likely that the hurried nature of the descent ritual was also related to this little bug.
Lovis didn't know much about Xia Weiyi's descent plan.
Although Xia Weiyi had explained the plan to him through the rune book, due to his limited understanding of the real world, it was all the same to him.
With only simple communications each time, Lovis couldn't understand things like the internet.
But Lovis at least knew that this plan would take a year to succeed, and by then his descent would be undisturbed.
Therefore, descending hastily at this time undoubtedly carried many risks, hence he wanted to crush this little bug!
"This little bug seems to be stealing my energy, but can you handle it?"
With a slight movement of Lovis's finger, the energy absorbed by Wen Wen's left hand surged.
It was no longer passive absorption but active influx.
This put immense pressure on Wen Wen's heart, and his body began to show a certain degree of transformation in various places.
But Wen Wen cursed in a low voice, and countless chains were released from his body, encircling the rune book, causing the energy absorption rate to more than double.
At the same time, the Black Body power within him began to clear the transformations in his body and adapted to the amplified Black Body power.
Although Wen Wen's cultivation level was only Upper Sequence, due to the special nature of the Black Body power and various other means, he was already considered a True Sequence level expert.
As for Lovis, he was merely a Star Realm God. His attack across the dimensional barrier at Wen Wen could at most cause Wen Wen slight discomfort but couldn't inflict substantial damage.
However, Wen Wen's counterattack, by increasing the absorption force, could make Lovis stomp his feet in frustration.
Lovis immediately wanted to cause more trouble, but the spatial barrier was only so large, and the power he could infiltrate was extremely limited. Moreover, Wen Wen was already on guard, and the same methods would not be effective against him.
Furthermore, Wen Wen's method of absorbing the power of catastrophe reminded Lovis of some unpleasant things.
Some things that had appeared in the Inner World but had since disappeared...