The silence that fell over the Iron Lung Pumping Station was profound, broken only by the drip of stagnant water and the heavy breathing of the four cultivators after taking down the weakened cultists.
The once thick, malevolent Qi and oppressive dread in their surroundings noticeably lightened. The pervasive Qi-taint receded like a drained tide, but naturally not enough to cleanse the whole area.
Nevertheless, without the curse array, the lingering rogue entities had dissipated like smoke or fled where they could thrive in negative energy.
The unconscious cultists lay slumped on the grime-covered floor, moaning faintly as the pure Qi from the Harmonizers IronOx_7 activated began neutralizing the corrupted energy in their systems.
"Curse array neutralized," Li Fang's voice, still the deep, modulated tone of Spark-Prime, echoed through their comm-links.
The distant, grainy drone feed in the Iron Heart Forge was showing his team recovering.
