Otherworldly Affairs Office

Staring at the human-shaped pit before him, Pei Yan, sitting on a chair, couldn't help but twitch at the corners of his mouth, shivering intensely. While once again sensing the immense power of the Origin Maiden, he couldn't help but feel a tinge of sorrow for Mr. Mu, who had greeted him with a smile day after day. Despite being a formidable force, he was now being pressed onto the ground and rubbed back and forth like a rag.

In contrast to Pei Yan's tumultuous thoughts, Mr. Mu's companions were more pragmatic. Upon realizing that the Origin Maiden had focused her attention on Mu, they all initiated their second escape. Unfortunately, one Mr. Mu was obviously insufficient to quell the fury boiling in the heart of this young lady who had been trapped for over a decade. Gazing at the Origin Maiden levitating from the chair and floating in mid-air, her hands poised together targeting, she clearly had no intention of sparing any of the divine will present.

Boom! The dust stirred up filled the air, and the vine chair trembled slightly, making Pei Yan want to flee and soar into the sky immediately. However, seeing his sister still calmly seated, he suppressed this urge and forced himself to look at the scene ahead.

At this moment, the wide open ground before him all the way to the mountain foot had transformed into a massive deep pit, seventeen or eighteen meters deep and four or five hundred meters wide. The excavated land, along with the people of divine will above, had been lifted high into the air. As the Origin Maiden kneaded back and forth with her hands, this huge block of land swallowed the divine will people and compressed into a gigantic earthen ball, which was then violently smashed back into the deep pit.

After another tremor, Pei Yan licked his lips as he looked at the slowly reacting massive ball in the pit after the smoke had cleared, muttering to himself, "Are those people finished just like that?"

"No, you're underestimating the power of the higher-ups of divine will. This level of damage is far from lethal for them." Gu Shenghui, who had sneakily moved next to Pei Yan, responded in a low voice. Nevertheless, when looking at the relaxed demeanor of the Origin Maiden in the air, his gaze was filled with vigilance and worry. Although the Investigation Department could execute such an attack, casually wielding it with such ease was exceedingly difficult. Can this mantis stalker-catching the cicada while the oriole looms behind-the capture operation of the Origin truly be implemented smoothly?

Just as Pei Yan and Gu Shenghui gazed at the pit with growing anxiety, the Origin Maiden suspended in the air gave a cold snort and lightly tapped her finger towards the spherical mass in the pit. The originally compressed mass of earth disintegrated and collapsed into a viscous quagmire, rolling like chocolate.

After completing this, the Maiden turned her gaze to the three-headed giant snake lying half-dead by the riverside in the distance. With a wave of her hand, the giant snake's body rose into the air and was slowly dragged over. The snake, still conscious, felt its body moving out of control, with the only remaining intact snake head swinging back and forth wildly, its body thrashing about furiously. Every swing of its tail created a wide deep pit impacting the ground, while the venom it spat corroded a swath of the bamboo forest.

"Spread out, keep safe, don't let it hurt you by mistake!" Gu Shenghui turned his head and shouted, ordering. Yet the people from the Investigation Department didn't need his command to know the menace this creature posed, swiftly pulling back to avoid it.

Shortly thereafter, the giant snake was pulled over the newly formed quagmire. Pei Yan did not see the Origin Maiden make any excessive movements, but merely a few casual taps in the air at the snake, and a piercing shriek echoed from its mouth.

Bang! The wounds on the giant snake, already torn, exploded. Pei Yan, seated and expecting a spray of blood and viscera, instinctively covered his face with his hand. Yet there was no sticky sensation as imagined, only the rustling of writhing sounds accompanied by a horrid stench assaulting his senses.

Withdrawing his hand and turning towards the sound, Pei Yan was nearly nauseated by the sight before him. Countless small snakes, like worms, rained down from the ruptured snake's belly, falling into the quagmire. As the swarm entered the quagmire, they twisted and drilled in frantically. In no time, the entire bog roiled and churned as if a pot of boiling water.

Swish, swish, swish! Just as the giant snake was almost hollowed out, one after another, mud-covered figures emerged from the quagmire. Each of them was enshrouded by dozens of small snakes, and the moment they were airborne, they began deploying abilities to shake the snakes off.

"So you're not playing dead anymore?" the Origin Maiden mocked, seeing Mr. Mu in mid-air, previously elegant and smiling, now reduced to a state more pathetic than a beggar.

With that, she flicked her arm, sending the now dry and dead snake body horizontally at the group. A member of divine will immediately responded, stepping forward and blowing a gust of wind from his mouth, morphing into countless Wind Blades, effortlessly slicing the fragile snake body into segments.

Boom! The fallen snake body whipped up a massive wave of mud in the swamp. Pei Yan could no longer sit still, hurriedly attempting to rise and dodge the incoming sludge. However, before the mud wave could land, it solidified mid-air into numerous earthen swords. With a raise of the Maiden's hand, the earthen swords shot upward toward the sky.

"Lotus Step Flower!" A black-robed man among the divine will formed a gesture with his hand, chanting as he pointed at the incoming earthen swords and let out a delicate shout.

Upon his words, the sword bodies in mid-air started to crack, with buds sprouting one after another. The serried earthen swords were disintegrated by the blooming flowers, transforming into a sea of flowers cascading down to the ground. But that wasn't all. As these buds met the swamp below, what was filthy turned into a pool of clear water, with blooming lotuses on the water's surface emitting a fragrance that soothed the soul.

Breathing in the floral aroma wafting through the air, Pei Yan's eyes glazed over, a blissful smile curling his lips. No, this peculiar sensation of joy and lethargy felt wrong — what's going on?

Realizing something was amiss with the fragrance, Pei Yan's internal Suzi promptly switched his breathing mode within the mask. After inhaling a few breaths of fresh oxygen, Pei Yan's mind gradually cleared, and the scenario before him abruptly reverted to normal.

There was no pool of clear water, only the quagmire remained! The falling lotuses stirred the swamp into waves, and the snakes within seemingly unable to bear the floral fragrance, frantically surfaced and devoured the lotuses. As the lotuses were chewed into fragments, one slither after another writhed and convulsed before turning belly-up, lifeless.

In just a few minutes, the entire quagmire was blanketed with debris of flowers and snake corpses, densely packed, making the skin crawl. Pei Yan glanced around and saw that the others had also broken free from the illusion's influence, finally able to relax a little.

"A beautiful spell, I like it. From the Daoist Plane, are you?" the Origin Maiden's voice of appreciation echoed from the sky. With a casual wave, a gentle breeze blew off the hood of the person who initiated the attack, revealing a still attractive middle-aged woman staring at her with terror in her eyes.