Calamity of Tomorrow

Countless spectators were still reeling from the shock brought about by the battle between Zhou Bai and Si Yun. That could be considered the highest level battle of strength between the competitors since the beginning of the Daluo Heaven's Discourse on Dao.

The cataclysmic scenes had left an indelible mark on countless viewers, who had truly felt the terrifying power of the high-ranking cultivators.

During this process, Zhou Bai had also felt strand after strand of dark lines connecting to him, borne of the audience's envy, admiration, and greed for his power.

Zhou Bai selectively harvested a portion of the desires from the spectators' gallery. In an instant, hundreds of people underwent an emotional upheaval, sinking into negativity and despondency.

And through this, Zhou Bai harvested a great deal of greed, which gradually transformed into Greed Steel within his sea of consciousness.

'Great! The yield this time is almost equivalent to ten days of my usual collection.' Zhou Bai became joyous, 'If I continue collecting like this, I might have enough Greed Steel to fuse into third-grade Greed Steel that could rival Blood Talisman Immortal Steel for crafting Ninth Realm Magical Treasures by the end of Daluo Heaven's Discourse on Dao.

'If this continues for half a month, could I even craft another Ninth Realm quality magical treasure?' Zhou Bai's eyes suddenly lit up, 'Craft another beggar version of the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor? Or perhaps something else?'

Christina: "I mean that... mine..."

Zhou Bai: "Pay attention to the competition! It's starting again!"

On the other side, while watching the upcoming battles, most people were unable to concentrate on the fights and remained engrossed in the recent battle between Zhou Bai and Si Yun.

Several of the battles involved companions who had gone to see Zheng Wentian with Hai Yi yesterday.

Watching them showcase far greater combat prowess than ever before within the time-space of Daluo Heaven, Hai Yi felt increasingly that something was amiss.

'What exactly happened yesterday?'

After a whole day of discourse, there were about four hundred competitors left. Besides his battle with Si Yun, Zhou Bai had not been selected to fight again that day.

Conversely, Qian Wangsun fought twice, Zheng Wentian also once, and both defeated their opponents as expected. After all, among hundreds of cultivators, there are only a few like Zhou Bai or Si Yun, corresponding to a one percent chance; it wasn't easy for an average person to get picked.

Other cultivators like Jue Ji, Zhao Yue, Shi Fa, either didn't fight today or faced opponents they could easily defeat.

Especially Jue Ji, who had two opponents today, but both chose to forfeit. It seemed they were intimidated by Jue Ji's bloody methods.

After today's Daluo Heaven's Discourse on Dao, Hai Yi followed Xiang Tong discreetly wanting desperately to understand what had transpired the night before.

The events of the previous night seemed to clash with the recognition of others, fueling the growing curiosity and confusion in Hai Yi's heart.

Following Xiang Tong, Hai Yi noticed her simply eating dinner and returning home as usual, which seeded doubts in his mind, "Could I really have been mistaken?"

He loitered outside, somewhat unwilling to let it go, waiting until around eleven at night. Just as he was about to give up, convinced he had been wrong, a vague black shadow emerged from Xiang Tong's window.

Hai Yi's spirits lifted as he watched the shadow, "Is that Xiang Tong? What is she doing out so late?"

Observing Xiang Tong looking around with a secretive air, Hai Yi's curiosity intensified. He followed her only to find that Xiang Tong's path led further and further off-course until she finally entered a sewer.

"What are you doing going down into the sewers?"

Zhou Bai returned to his dorm room and lay on his bed, watching as the laziness value on his auxiliary cultivation system panel kept rising: 1.06 million.

Zhou Bai revealed a faint smile, "Everyone is working hard today, it's increased by more than 50,000 laziness points already. At this rate, gaining another 100,000 today shouldn't be a problem..."

Christina listened from the side, "Is this faster than doing it by yourself?"

"It's just the beginning," Zhou Bai said with a smile. "The effect of Greed Calamity is to trigger the greed in people's hearts. The more they use my Primordial Spirit weapons, the more they can't do without them, regardless of any cost, they won't give up the Primordial Spirit weapons."

"In the end, they'll be stuck in the mud, constantly providing me with laziness value."

Hai Yi felt incredibly strange in his heart. He followed and entered the sewers. However, Central City was so vast, and the sewer network structure was extremely complicated; he did not dare to probe Xiang Tong with Primordial Spirit power, fearing that he would be discovered.

So, after scurrying around for a while, he actually lost track of her.

Just as Hai Yi was wondering what to do, suddenly the sounds of water gushing from deep underground reached his ears.

"What's that sound?"

He followed the sound and was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him, his eyes widening.

He saw Xiang Tong recklessly unleashing her Primordial Spirit power, which spread out and gathered all the nearby sewage and waste in the sewers, enveloping it with Primordial Spirit power into a ball.

Then from time to time, he could see large chunks of the filth abruptly disappearing, only to be quickly replaced by even more.

Floating in front of Xiang Tong was a small bracelet emitting a faint glow, and under the reflection of the glow, Xiang Tong's eerie expression was revealed.

Watching the large masses of waste disappear, her eyes grew more and more excited.

Hai Yi watched this strange scene in shock, "What is Xiang Tong doing?"

Christina: "Then why let them only sacrifice those things... Wouldn't that slow down the efficiency?"

Zhou Bai replied, "If I let them sell whatever is valuable from the start, it would be too easy to notice something unusual, and they might do a lot of uncontrollable things."

Zhou Bai shook his head helplessly, "Under the control of greed, humans can do anything; how crazy it can get is even beyond my prediction."

"So I thought about it and decided to start with things that aren't easily noticed, telling them to start the sacrifice with some simple things."

"And the simple things that aren't easily noticed turn out to be feces and urine!" Christina said worriedly, "But if the amount they need to sacrifice each day keeps increasing, won't it be discovered in the end?"

Zhou Bai: "Maybe at first they'll be considered perverts? Over time, indeed, they will eventually be discovered, but such things... the longer they can be delayed, the better. The later it is discovered, the better."

He glanced at the slowly increasing laziness value and smiled, "Participating in the Daluo Heaven debates during the day, collecting laziness at night; at this rate, my Greed Steel and laziness value can greatly increase during the time of the Daluo Heaven debates."