Inside and outside the Imperial City, gunpowder smoke and the omnipresent cold weapons stirred into a chaotic mixture.
Xu Qing saw foreigners blatantly boasting that the warship cannons had arrived at Jinggu Harbor, heralding the era of firearms leadership.
However, in the next moment, the foreigner grasped his own throat, as countless insects flew out from his mouth, and upon contact with sunlight, instantly turned into ashes...
This is Xu Qing's God Corrosion technique learned from the Pope. This technique doesn't create things from thin air but summons larvae that exist on the edge of 'hell,' using turbid air and dark malice as their breeding ground.
These insects live by relying on turbid air and dark malice, and they can also perceive similar auras produced by the evil thoughts of living beings.
When sensing such an aura, the God Corrosion insects will select a host to parasitize, constantly magnifying the host's malicious roots to serve as their living soil.