That night, Sakura accepted the advice of the mysterious black-robed man and took the dark blue source stone, as well as the pendant that represented the divine envoy.

Sakura Takeran has become a severely infected person, but it is slightly different from the normal infected person.

Because what he came into contact with was not an ordinary source stone, but a source stone unique to the deep sea, which the black-robed man called the dark blue source stone.

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It is well known that horrific disasters such as natural disasters can spawn randomly in all corners of the world, and this area includes all areas except Sherag, and of course, the sea.

Natural disasters breed source stones, and if the location is in the ocean, then source stones will grow on the ocean floor.

Somewhere in the ocean, however, grows a mysterious ore called blue pigmentite, which was used by Dr. Kane and Hemmer in drugs to suppress ore diseases, and it is clear that blue pigment has the property of suppressing the energy of the source stone.

If a natural disaster befalls the sea, and it happens to coincide with the sea area where blue stone grows, this deep blue source stone will have a very low probability of occurring.

Blue stone can suppress the source stone breeding, in this case, the small amount of source stone that still grows has more powerful energy.

It can also be called crystallization, and the body color will also be bluish.

This extremely rare dark blue source stone has all the characteristics of ordinary source stones, such as the surging energy it contains, as well as its strong pathogenicity to ordinary people.

In addition to this, it also has another ability, that is, all people who become infected as a result of touching it will awaken the powerful Source Stone Skill 100%.

And in order to cooperate with this source stone technique, the blood of the infected person will also undergo subtle changes, the original racial characteristics will be degraded, and the aura will become closer and closer to the deep-sea species.

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There is no doubt that Sakura Takeran was actively infected with the ore disease brought about by this dark blue source stone.

But like he said, gaining power comes at a cost.

The black-robed man once said that once people other than the deep sea species were infected with the ore disease caused by the deep blue source stone, they would instantly become severely infected, and almost 99% of the people would die of organ failure within one day of infection.

It depends on the individual's physique, but there are very few people in the world who have the physique that can withstand this kind of dark blue source stone.

However, if they do not die instantly, those who survive will awaken their powerful powers and become monsters.

For example, the current doctrinal Divine Missionary accepts only two kinds of people as Divine Messengers.

One, a hybrid of the deep-sea species and the Terra.

Second, people who survived the deep blue ore disease.

Because of the previous Victorian incident, the Divine Mission was almost wiped out, and the only one who survived was Black Snow.

In this case, the Divine Mission needs to absorb more strong people.

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That night, Ying Wulan accepted the "shortcut" proposed by the black-robed man.

Perhaps because of his physique tempered for decades, as well as the strong obsession in his heart, he miraculously survived after being infected with the Deep Blue Source Stone.

The black-robed man said that with his awakened power, he might replace Hei Xue and become the strongest divine envoy, because Hei Xue couldn't do swordsmanship.

In the duel with Xiao Yunye just now, Ying Wulan did not introduce this deep-sea source stone technique, but simply used the sword technique that he was proud of.

And now, he intends to no longer be limited by his technique.

There is no reason to be strong, and if there is, it can only be called an excuse for the loser.

For example, if he lost to Xia Feng in the past, there would be no reason to mock Xia Feng for taking a shortcut, on the other hand, if he defeated Xiao Yunye now, there would be no unfairness.

Because, no matter what kind of power he has, he is still himself.

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In the courtyard, feeling the strange aura emanating from Ying Wulan's body, as well as the abnormal changes that occurred on his body, Xiao Yunye's hand holding the sword unconsciously tightened.

"I see, for the power you desire, you chose to fall willingly and fall into the devil's path, Sakura Wulan, you have to be more paranoid than your grandfather."

Sakura Takeran's expression remained unchanged.

"Xiao Yunye, you are not qualified to lecture me, if you think I am wrong, then defeat me."

At this moment, Xiao Yunye let out a wry smile.

"Heh, do you want me to use this sword in my hand to defeat a monster like you?"

Hearing Xiao Yunye's words, Ying Wulan's voice became cold.

"I'm not a monster."

Xiao Yunye narrowed his eyes and replied in a deep voice.

"But you're no longer human."

....

Although Xiao Yunye didn't know about the deep-sea species, he still knew about the causes and consequences of the previous Victorian incident.

In the final decisive battle under the walls of Lentinium, Xia Feng faced a deep-sea species that was different from "people", and the breath of those monsters was the same as that of Sakura Wulan at this moment.

Looking at Ying Wulan, Xiao Yunye asked the last question.

"Ying Wulan, have you already joined that cult?"

Sakura Wulan slowly lifted the Sakura Knife and saw that this was also the last question he wanted to answer.

"The person who gave me the source stone said that if I can survive, I will be a member of the Divine Mission, but before that, I will first become the number one in the world and defeat you and Xia Feng!"

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Xiao Yunye didn't ask anything more, or maybe he already had a general understanding.

Of course, Sakuratakeran's so-called "that person" will not prevent him from becoming the number one in the world, because the necessary condition for becoming the number one in the world is to defeat Xia Feng.

In Victoria's final battle, Xia Feng killed three oracles by himself, and for that mysterious cult, Xia Feng may be the biggest threat in the world.

Xiao Yunye knows very well that there are some things that do not need to be picked out, and there is no need to pick them out.

Even if he said to Ying Wulan now, "You have been used", Ying Wulan will not change his mind, and even Ying Wulan himself knows that he has been used.

But he still chose it this way, because this is the path he decided to take.

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"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Ying Wulan's figure disappeared on the spot, and in the next second, the dark blue blade struck from the side.

Xiao Yunye raised his sword to block.

"Ding!"

The huge force rushed straight in, and the right hand holding the sword was extremely sore, and the old body shifted for the first time in the confrontation.

Obviously, Ying Wulan's awakened source stone technique has the effect of greatly improving physical fitness, and with his already superb sword skills, his overall strength has risen to the realm of terror.

But in addition to this "passive", there are obviously other special abilities.

"Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!"

The flying cherry blossoms are more than twice as fast as before, and while they are fast, they are even more powerful.

When he couldn't dodge, Xiao Yunye could only choose to raise his sword to block.

The swords collided, and the huge force shook him and made it difficult for him to support it.

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The current Sakura Takeran has surpassed him in agility and strength.

If he was ten years younger, Xiao Yunye would think that he had the strength to fight.

However, now this old body is probably a little difficult.