221: Chapter 221 Core of Pollution Purification

[Quest Objective: Use Lord Energy to completely purify this polluted lord core.]

[Quest Reward: Based on the purification difficulty and the core's original quality, a Special Treasure Chest ×1 will be issued!]

"A polluted lord core?"

Lin Tian looked at the prompt, his eyebrows twitching as thoughts raced through his mind.

"It's somewhat similar to Mo Yu's ring of filth forbidden, but also different... This seems to be formed after an original lord core was polluted?"

"That phantom, could it be a Lord who lost their sense of self after being polluted and became a Puppet of the pollution source?"

He felt he was touching upon some deeper secrets of the "pollution." However, now was not the time for deep investigation.

"Collect!"

With a thought, he wrapped the ominous core in a burst of pure Lord Energy and carefully stored it in his storage space.

Purifying it would likely require finding a quiet, safe place and making full preparations.

"Lin Feng, don't rest yet! Expand our gains and wipe out all the monsters!"

Lin Tian put away the core and immediately gave Orders to Lin Feng, whose face was slightly pale after dispelling his skills but whose Battle Intent remained high.

"Yes, sir!"

Having lost their leader's command and the support of the core pollution source,

the army of Polluted Monsters, numbering in the tens of millions, though still frenzied, had become a disorganized mess, left only with the instinct to attack and the desire to devour.

Led by generals like Lin Feng, Lin Yin, Lin Yan, Commander Lin Yu, and Lin Yan, Lin Tian's army, with morale soaring, began a full-scale counteroffensive!

The battle continued from evening until late at night, and from late at night until the dawn of the next day.

The sounds of shouting, explosions, and the howling of monsters almost never ceased.

The soldiers took turns going onto the battlefield, their physical strength and Mental Energy exhausted to the limit.

But everyone gritted their teeth, for they knew this was the final purge, the key battle to completely occupy this alternate dimension!

When the last organized group of Polluted Monsters was surrounded and annihilated near a huge corrosive pit deep in the wasteland, the final howl of a monster came to an abrupt end.

The entire filthy, bloody alternate dimension, which had seen fighting for countless days and nights, suddenly fell into an eerie, ear-ringing silence.

Only the sound of the wind whistling over the scorched earth and blood scabs remained, along with the heavy, bellows-like breathing of countless soldiers.

It was over.

All the Polluted Monsters, from the weakest worms to the terrifying phantom leader from before, had been completely wiped out.

Lin Tian stood on a high ground, surveying his surroundings.

After this day and night of bloody battle, although his officers and soldiers were exhausted, their spirits were exceptionally high, their eyes filled with the joy of victory and the relief of surviving a catastrophe.

More importantly, through this battle, the soldiers' Ranks and experience points saw another massive surge.

"Finally... we've taken it."

Lin Tian let out a long sigh of relief, feeling the heavy burden on his shoulders lighten a bit.

Through the comprehensive reconnaissance of the Void Ranger and Lin Yan's perception of the earth's pulses, he had already roughly mapped out the scale of this alternate dimension.

Approximately five thousand kilometers in radius! This was almost equivalent to the area of a small continent!

Although the environment here was harsh, that was due to the influence of the pollution Aura.

Now that the pollution Aura had vanished, the environment should gradually recover.

It was undoubtedly an excellent training ground, and even more so, it would be his stable "back garden" and private space in the future.

"Order the entire army to rest in place for a few hours! Treat the wounded and count our spoils!"

Lin Tian issued the Order to rest.

"Also, in my name, announce to the entire army: This battle is a great victory! From this day forward, this alternate dimension is officially incorporated into the jurisdiction of Lin Tian City!"

"Victory! Victory! Victory!"

The exhausted soldiers used the last of their strength to let out earth-shaking cheers, the sound waves echoing for a long time over this land that had just been baptized in blood.

Sunlight pierced through the slightly thinned layers of filthy clouds, spilling over Lin Tian and his army.

Though everyone was wounded and exhausted, a brand new Aura, as solid and heavy as the conquered land, was slowly condensing upon this army.

A bloody battle had finally reached its conclusion.

Lin Tian was in no hurry to lead the army back to the city; instead, he found a relatively clean high ground with a wide view and sat down cross-legged.

While the soldiers were busy resting and cleaning up the battlefield, he took out the polluted lord core, which was still emitting weak, ominous fluctuations, from his storage space.

The basketball-sized crystal floated quietly above his palm, its purple-black cracks looking like ugly scars.

Deep within the core, a speck of dark light pulsed weakly, like a dying heart, emitting a filthy and desperate Aura that triggered an instinctive repulsion.

"Last time when dealing with Mo Yu's ring, I used Lord Energy to forcibly wash it away..."

Lin Tian recalled, taking a deep breath to focus his mind. He reached out his right hand, pressing his palm against the cold, ominous crystal.

The unique energy within his body, originating from his own lord core and symbolizing "Order," "Creation," and "Authority," began to flow out slowly, like a trickling stream, cautiously probing toward the polluted "wound."

Sizzle!

The moment the two diametrically opposed energies made contact, a violent reaction occurred!

It was like pouring cold water into a boiling oil pan!

A piercing "hissing" sound, like strong acid corroding metal, suddenly exploded!

The purple-black cracks on the crystal's surface instantly began to writhe like living things, emitting bursts of thick black smoke.

Within the black smoke, it seemed as if countless tiny, distorted faces were screaming silently, frantically resisting the purification of Lin Tian's energy.

"Quite the resistance!"

Lin Tian frowned and increased his energy output.

Pure Lord Energy, tinged with a faint platinum glow, wrapped around the entire crystal like an invisible flame.

It began to inch by inch, slowly and firmly burn and dispel those filthy purple-black patterns.

This was a process of slow grinding, and even more so, a competition of will and endurance.

Lin Tian could clearly feel that the residual polluted will inside the crystal was filled with malice, madness, and a desire for destruction.

They were like maggots in the bone, tightly entwining the faint Origin light deep within the core, constantly counterattacking and trying to erode Lin Tian's energy or even pollute him in reverse.

Time passed minute by minute.

Fine beads of sweat gradually broke out on Lin Tian's forehead. After consecutive battles and harvests, his majestic energy, which had reached diamond 9-star, poured out continuously like a floodgate being opened.

The "hissing" sound waxed and waned, and the black smoke rose continuously only to be annihilated by the power of purification.

The purple-black cracks on the crystal slowly faded, lightened, and disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After more than ten minutes of continuous high-intensity output, even with Lin Tian's solid foundation as a diamond 9-star, he felt waves of emptiness hitting him, and he felt a faint ache as his energy reserves were about to hit rock bottom.

The pollution level and resistance intensity of this thing far exceeded that of the ring!