However, soon Wen Wen discovered that this might not be the best approach.
The golden sea urchin struggled violently as if driven mad, unleashing a power even greater than when it fought Wen Wen from its rounded body.
Rocks began to shake, trees bent, houses developed cracks, and the ground felt as though it were experiencing an earthquake!
This creature was actually dragging so many things around it with its own strength!
Wen Wen knew he couldn't delay any longer; he had to finish this thing now, or it would become very troublesome.
So, Wen Wen pressed down hard with his hand, allowing the tips of his black hair to drill into the ground, then emerge from beneath the giant sea urchin's body.
The golden sea urchin's spines were indestructible, but its mouth area, the side facing the ground, housed its mouth and excretory organs!
No matter how powerful a creature, its mouth and excretory parts would never be as tough as its outer shell!
If Wen Wen couldn't flip the creature over, he would enter its body from underground!
The black hair, in a rush, burrowed into the giant monster's body through the small openings, separating all its internal tissues from its hard spines. The golden sea urchin stopped its futile struggles; it was now beyond saving.
Once its movements completely ceased, Wen Wen flipped the giant sea urchin over. He took out the Blade of Filth and, with effort, began to cut through the slightly softer spines near its abdomen.
Although its spines had softened somewhat after death, Wen Wen was already feeling fatigued after cutting just one circle. This thing was truly too hard.
After cutting it open, Wen Wen manipulated his black hair to extract a transparent tissue the size of a fist from within its body. Within this transparent tissue were more than a dozen small, flat, white discs!
"If Wei Su didn't lie to me, this should be the universal panacea that can cure all diseases..."
Wen Wen hadn't used lethal force to kill the sea urchin earlier because he was afraid of damaging this panacea. Otherwise, both the Iron Severing Stance of the Nameless Sword Technique and the explosive power of the Corrupted Blood could have easily breached the sea urchin's outer shell.
After obtaining the panacea, Wen Wen thought for a moment and then trimmed off the ends of his long hair, reverting to his short-haired appearance.
The places his long hair had attacked earlier were the sea urchin's excretory organs, and Wen Wen had no desire to walk around with such hair.
Then, Wen Wen licked his lips, looking greedily at the golden sea urchin. The entire body of such a colossal creature was a treasure; taking only the panacea would be a tremendous waste.
So, Wen Wen exerted himself greatly to detach all of the sea urchin's spines. He intended to craft some weapons with these spines; these hundreds of spines were all high-quality materials.
After collecting the spines, Wen Wen was already panting. He then activated the arrangements he had previously placed in the basement. Brilliant lightning erupted in the basement, completely destroying the ritual that had summoned the sea urchin.
The golden sea urchin was dead, and the ritual was destroyed. The sea urchins remaining on the island began to return to the sea, and the mist gradually dissipated.
Sensing these changes, the demon hunters realized that the battle on the other side had concluded.
Thus, Sun Yue led Du Xiaoruan and some assistants straight to where Wen Wen had been fighting, while the other three stayed to protect the medical team.
After a brief rest of about thirty seconds, Wen Wen's breathing returned to normal, and he began to process the sea urchin.
The sea urchin was a treasure trove, but some parts were inedible. After clearing away all the inedible internal organs, Wen Wen began to use his water-controlling abilities to fill the sea urchin with water.
Once filled, Wen Wen used a spine to mash everything inside into a pale yellow liquid.
Then, Wen Wen took out the transparent tissue, counted it, and found there were fourteen panaceas. After considering, he took out six discs and put them away.
"Six discs are enough for me. As for the rest... it depends on your luck."
According to local legends, when a plague struck here in the past, it was cured by sharing the golden sea urchin.
Therefore, the yellow liquid within this giant sea urchin, along with the eight panaceas, was what Wen Wen prepared as a potent remedy for the plague!
...
By the time Wen Wen had finished processing everything, Sun Yue and Du Xiaoruan had just arrived.
Upon reaching the scene, they saw Wen Wen violently prying open the jaw of a heavily struggling infected person, pouring a cup of thick yellow liquid into his mouth.
While inflicting this apparent violence, he muttered, "Yellow soup fills your mouth, banishes plagues, believe me and illness will flee, deceive me and you're a dog..."
"Stop it, what are you doing!"
Du Xiaoruan tried to intervene, but Wen Wen had already poured the suspicious potion into the man's mouth. Seeing Wen Wen's sinister aura, her first thought was that Wen Wen was using innocent townsfolk for human experimentation.
"Shut up, just watch."
Wen Wen took out his Hunter's Identification and flashed it before their eyes. The two could only suppress their doubts and watch Wen Wen's actions.
The infected person who drank Wen Wen's yellow soup coughed violently for a while, then began to vomit profusely.
The vomit consisted mainly of black-red, foul-smelling liquid, within which were golden sea urchin gonads.
Seeing this scene, Sun Yue's expression remained calm, but Du Xiaoruan's face turned pale. Despite having been stationed here for a long time, she still wasn't accustomed to such sights.
During the vomiting, the spikes on the infected person's body began to retract at a visible speed. After a few minutes, the area of his body that had become urchin-like was only about half its original size, and the remaining urchin-like parts appeared much lighter!
"It really works. It wasn't for nothing that I used my eight panaceas."
Wen Wen breathed a sigh of relief. Since it truly had an effect, what Wei Su had said should be true.
What he had given the man was a bit of powder scraped from one disc, mixed with some yellow soup. This was to conduct some experiments before large-scale treatment.
After confirming the effectiveness, Wen Wen gave the man another cup. This time, his reaction was not as severe, and the urchin-like parts on his body only shrank slightly.
"It seems the medicine's efficacy is limited. Repeated consumption will not have further effect."
Having confirmed the efficacy, Wen Wen took the remaining eight panaceas along with the tissues and, using simulated Corrupted Blood power, shattered them. He then sprinkled them into the sea urchin soup and stirred well.
He said to Sun Yue and Du Xiaoruan, who stood there stunned, "The golden sea urchin is dead, and I have destroyed the ritual that attracted the sea urchins. The nightly sea urchin tides will no longer occur."
"Now, quickly send people to distribute this soup to every patient in town, ensuring that each person drinks at least one cup. It should be able to cure some patients..."