Bamboo Mound

The obvious benefit is that he and the spirit core at his waist seem to be one, and as soon as he has a thought, the other side completes the command!

However, just as he relaxed after finally succeeding due to days of tension, a sudden change occurred!

Suddenly, he felt the bamboo joint at his waist shake violently, as if the spiritual core inside was frantically hitting the inner wall of the bamboo joint, trying to break free from his control!

He was also feeling unwell and had no time to pay attention to the unusual activity of his spirit core.

An unnamed stench, like a tidal wave, seeped into every pore of Ning Chang's body. In an instant, an overwhelming sense of nausea and weakness enveloped him, causing him to instinctively kneel on the ground and vomit.

But how could he vomit anything since he no longer needed to eat? In the end, only a few drops of saliva and tears fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a strange sensation came from my chest and abdomen, and a strong feeling of suffocation followed before my nausea could subside!

"What's going on... ugh... is it an attack... cough... uh..."

Taking advantage of the brief respite from the nausea, Ning Chang hurriedly activated his Heavenly Origin Spiritual Body, shielding some of his senses. Although his body was still difficult to control, at least his mind became clear again.

After all, the sudden attack did not cause pain, and the Heavenly Origin Spirit Body was able to alleviate some of the effects, which was not its main function.

Under his investigation, he found that the muscle tissue of his entire body, centered on his waist, was like the withered and lifeless green bamboo, with spiritual energy and moisture rapidly draining into the air and turning into rotten threads that were only slightly thicker than bamboo filaments!

Especially the intestines and lungs, which are now completely rotten, which is the source of the feeling of suffocation!

After recovering a little, he hurriedly used his spiritual power to scan the surrounding mountains twice, but found no trace of spiritual power within the range. If it was an attack, it meant that the opponent's strength was far above his own!

"No... I can't just leave it like this... Rejuvenation Pills!" Ning Chang gritted his teeth, struggling to control the constantly dissipating spiritual energy, and took out all the medicine bottles containing third-tier Rejuvenation Pills from his spatial bag. He then forcefully smashed them onto the ground, scattering dozens of pills inside that were radiating immense spiritual energy!

The corruption had severed the tendons in his arms, and the Heavenly Origin Spirit Body was dissipating rapidly. The affected spiritual energy was no longer able to open the elixir bottle with the precision required, so it had to be crushed and then pulled into his mouth.

These are all the healing pills he has on him right now. If he can't resist the corruption, then he can only leave it to fate.

But when he managed to stuff the Rejuvenation Pill into his mouth, the stimulation to his throat caused him to feel nauseous, shattering his already fragile Heavenly Essence Spirit Body and spitting the pills out to the side.

"Ugh...cough cough...heh, is that all..."

"Why do I always...forget to learn the telepathy spell..."

He had clearly asked Xie Jun for the techniques of spiritual power transmission and soul transmission after he came out of the secret realm of the Heavenly Illusion God, but he put them out of his mind in order to rebuild the scale of the Green Spirit Bamboo Forest.

At this moment, with the final collapse of his heart, Ning Chang was completely lifeless from the neck down. Fortunately, due to the decay of his internal organs, the nerves that were used for transmission were gone, and the feeling of nausea was no longer present.

After this abundant spiritual energy left his body, due to the large concentration difference with the outside world, it all gathered on the top of his body and slowly faded from the outermost layer!

Seeing this, Ning Chang, who was about to close his eyes, had a flash of inspiration. Even though his body was completely decayed, he was still thinking of giving his head a chance to fight back. So why didn't he take a chance?

Taking advantage of his last moments of clarity, he absorbed the spiritual energy dissipating from himself and activated his Heavenly Origin Spiritual Body with all his might to stop the spread of corruption in his neck. He also used spiritual energy to supply the energy consumption of his head. After doing this, even the lingering dizziness disappeared!

"Phew~ a glimmer of hope amidst despair, but this is still quite difficult to handle."

He breathed a sigh of relief and focused intently on observing the current situation.

"The cultivation world is still too amazing. However, I can't store spiritual power with just my head. I can only absorb and use it immediately. Right now, while my spiritual power is still intact, I can easily resist corruption. But it will be difficult once my spiritual power dissipates."

"Moreover, we have to go all out just to resist now. Even a slight breakthrough in corruption will directly affect our spirit, and we won't be able to spare any energy to activate the communication talisman in the space bag."

"Is it because of the withered growth...?"

As he was thinking about how to survive, his gaze fell on the green bamboo groves at the edge of the valley and he found that they also showed signs of withering and ceasing to grow, even though Ning Chang had never used the withering growth method on those green bamboos!

Because the valley was not very large, he did not leave many bamboos inside the valley, and most of them were outside the valley walls and mountains, which is why he did not notice the cause of the illness at the first time.

"In that case, I think I know the reason."

The Azure Bamboo and the Spirit Core are closely related; they prosper together and suffer together. Just now, I used my Spirit Core to connect to the Azure Bamboo that had the side effect of withering growth, causing the Spirit Core to wither and decay as well. Naturally, this will affect the normal Azure Bamboo.

And through so many practices, I can be seen as having merged with the spirit core, which is why we withered, grew, and decayed together!

A hint of self-mockery and helplessness flashed across his face. He shook his head habitually, only to realize that he couldn't shake it for the time being.

Although he was forced to sever his direct connection with the spirit core, countless communications still established a mysterious line between him and the Azure Spirit Bamboo. As a result, even after they were separated, he was still treated as a plant and continued to decay!

"Then let's try destroying the spirit core first, or rather, this is the only method I can try."

Looking at the bamboo joints that were still throbbing violently in the distance, a resolute glint flashed in his eyes.

Unlike the almost completely rotten Green Spirit Bamboo, this bamboo joint has only lost its color and has not shown any signs of becoming fibrous. In other words, the hardness of the Green Spirit Bamboo has not been greatly reduced. In his current state, he cannot easily break through it.

In other words, while resisting corruption, one must devote a considerable amount of energy to launching an attack!

With great difficulty, he summoned a slightly smaller green bamboo leaf and then separated two additional thin lines of spiritual energy, half-illusory and half-real, to approach in advance and prepare to fix the position of the bamboo node.

He planned to use the shrinking technique to first shrink the bamboo leaves, then carve fine marks on the bamboo nodes, and then let the bamboo leaves return to their original size on their own. He would then use the magnification technique to crack the bamboo nodes, thereby destroying their inner spiritual core.

Just as the spiritual energy climbed up the bamboo joint and was about to exert its power, the pulsating bamboo joint suddenly exploded without warning, and the shimmering spiritual core inside shattered instantly, turning into dust.

"Ah, no wonder."

Through the broken pieces of bamboo, he discovered that the inside had been filled with a solid blue bamboo wall, which thickly wrapped the spirit core, thus resisting the corrosion and erosion for so long!