Primordial Ancient Serpent-Chapter 244: The Ever-Expanding Doomsday Force

After a few days.

Whoosh!

Gu Chuan's figure flickered as he arrived at the region where the Petrification Doomsday had spread rampantly. The entire area had turned into a petrified world, a vast expanse of gray, with eerie gray air currents swirling everywhere.

Wherever these currents flowed, they transformed all life and matter—whether living beings or minerals—into lifeless stone sculptures. A potent and overwhelming curse power permeated the surroundings, lingering like an inescapable death sentence.

The endless gray air currents condensed, forming a boundless petrified continent. Within this desolate land, countless stone sculptures stood frozen in time—the remains of those who had failed to escape the curse. This place had become an eternal cursed domain, where no life could survive.

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Yet, as Gu Chuan activated his All-Seeing Eye to analyze these sculptures, his expression shifted.

"There is life within these stone figures... They are still alive?"

His divine vision pierced through the petrified husks, revealing the truth—though their bodies had turned to stone, their consciousness had not perished. They remained aware, able to think and dream. Their vitality drained at an imperceptibly slow rate, almost stagnant, akin to being frozen in time.

In some ways, this was fortunate—they had not died.

But from another perspective, it was a fate worse than death. If they could never escape the petrification, their minds would remain conscious for eternity, imprisoned in an unbreakable stone shell, suffering endless solitude.

And unlike beings in stasis, these petrified victims were fragile. If their stone forms were shattered, their existence would be completely erased, with no chance of revival even if the petrification was somehow lifted.

"What an insidious power of erosion..."

Gu Chuan narrowed his eyes. As he stepped into the cursed zone, he immediately sensed the omnipresent petrification force attempting to invade his body, altering his very cells and genetic structure.

However, his Karma Barrier stood firm, effortlessly resisting the corrosion. These cursed energies, potent enough to devastate gods, could not harm him in the slightest.

Still, while he remained unscathed, this power posed an unparalleled threat to others. Even Chaos Demon Gods who had comprehended eighty-one Daos would be helpless against this overwhelming petrification.

And, disturbingly, the power continued to grow. If the Petrification Doomsday's erosion expanded any further, even Gu Chuan might struggle to resist its influence.

Suddenly—

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Countless petrification serpents slithered out from the cursed domain, hissing as they surged toward him from all directions. Their bodies pulsed with the terrifying essence of the Petrification Curse, weaving a seamless net of death.

For any ordinary Chaos Demon God, encountering such a swarm meant certain doom. Even the smallest scratch would lead to full-body petrification, leaving them frozen for eternity.

Boom!

With a mere wave of his hand, Gu Chuan shattered the void. A terrifying ripple spread outward, obliterating the serpents instantly. Their petrified remains disintegrated into dust, vanishing into the chaotic abyss.

"So, these are the legendary Petrification Serpents—the guardians of the Petrification Doomsday, harbingers of destruction."

Gu Chuan's gaze deepened. He had read about them before. These cursed creatures acted as the agents of the Petrification Doomsday, spreading its power across Chaos, turning entire Divine Kingdoms into lifeless stone wastelands.

It was said that anyone caught in the gaze of a Petrification Serpent would be instantly turned to stone, regardless of their power or status.

They were Doomsday Messengers, harbingers of despair, bringing devastation wherever they roamed.

"The spread of this catastrophe must be stopped."

Gu Chuan clenched his fists. If left unchecked, the Petrification Doomsday would eventually consume all life in Chaos.

But even as his Divine Sense expanded, scanning every fragment of time and space, he could not locate the core of the Petrification Doomsday. It seemed to be both everywhere and nowhere, eluding his perception.

"If I can't find the source, then I can't eliminate it completely..."

After a moment of contemplation, he made a decision.

"Forget it. Let's deal with the Virus Doomsday first."

With a flicker of movement, Gu Chuan vanished from the cursed wasteland, shifting his focus to another apocalyptic threat.

A day later, he arrived at a region ravaged by the Virus Doomsday.

Before him lay a once-thriving civilization—a kingdom built by gods. In the past, it had shone brightly as a beacon of progress. Now, it was a land of silence and death.

The divine creations that had once flourished here had succumbed to a horrifying fate. Those infected by the virus had transformed into mindless zombies and monstrous abominations, attacking anything that still lived, spreading the infection further.

What made this apocalypse even more terrifying was the incubation period of the virus.

No one could be certain whether someone was infected just by looking at them. Thus, to prevent further outbreaks, all survivors were forcibly quarantined, regardless of whether they displayed symptoms. Entire populations were confined, forced to live in isolation, trapped in a desperate struggle for survival.

"These viruses... are horrifying."

As soon as Gu Chuan entered the infected zone, he sensed it. A countless number of airborne viruses filled the atmosphere, swarming in the chaotic air currents, seeking new hosts to infect.

Yet, no matter how aggressive they were, the Karma Barrier surrounding his body made him untouchable. Any virus attempting to invade was instantly repelled.

But that was not what disturbed him the most.

These viruses were not just infectious.

They were evolving.

Rapidly.

At an exponential rate.

The usual approach to handling a virus was to analyze, understand, and develop countermeasures. But this was different. These viruses did not remain static. Instead, they devoured Chaos Energy, adapting, mutating, and improving themselves in ways that defied conventional understanding.

Gu Chuan activated his Chaos Eight Trigrams Technique, attempting to calculate the evolutionary trajectory of these viruses.

But even this divine method—capable of simulating infinite future possibilities—could not keep up.

Billions of new mutations were emerging every second.

At this rate, the Virus Doomsday would soon reach a point where no known countermeasure would work.

And then...

Even the gods might fall.