A strange energy began to s.h.i.+eld her body at once. Amazed, everyone watched as Huangfu Rui slowly ceased her trembling and her soulforce was slowly starting to "recover"!!

The stench of death quickly faded away from her. It was as if life was slowly starting to re-enter her body!

The +13 additional effect of the Soul Sealing Mandate!

+13 Additional Effect: Revert the state of the soul 10 seconds prior. Activated automatically when off cooldown and soul is in danger of destruction.Cooldown of 24 hours.

A blue light flashed from the Soul Sentinel Scarf a second later. Five seconds had finally pa.s.sed.

And in five seconds, Huangfu Rui was able to make a return from her journey to death.

……

“Phew…”

Heaving the breath he didn"t even know he was holding, Bai Yunfei raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead.

He…had done it!!

Hands clenched together, he threw his head back to let out a whoop to the skies.

Huangfu Rui was saved! The Soul Sentinel Scarf had told him that Huangfu Rui"s soul was pristine and clean! It was…without the Symbiosis Imprint!

That told Bai Yunfei all he needed to know—with Dongfang Ming dead, Huangfu Rui and Zi Jin could both be saved!

Dongfang Ming had thought he had Bai Yunfei, but he never could"ve been able to imagine the absolute powers of the Soul Sentinel Scarf and the Soul Sealing Mandate! With used together, it could perfectly negate the Symbiosis Imprint!

The plan had been as such:

First use the Soul Sentinel Scarf to safeguard Huangfu Rui when the Soul Sealing Mandate"s effect wore off. Dongfang Ming"s soul would collapse and spark the collapse of the Symbiosis Imprint. That would mean Dongfang Ming would die first and Huangfu Rui"s soul would start to decay, but she"d at least be protected from death for at least five seconds. Then once those five seconds pa.s.sed, the Soul Sealing Mandate"s +13 additional effect would activate!

And that meant Huangfu Rui"s soul would be returned to a state ten seconds before when it wasn"t on the verge of collapse. However…the Symbiosis Imprint wouldn"t be restored with her since Dongfang Ming was already dead. And that meant…Huangfu Rui could make a perfect recovery!

The only problem had been the cooldown of this +13 additional effect. Bai Yunfei had previously used the effect in his battle before, so Bai Yunfei did have to delay the decision for several hours. That was the reason for the several hours Dongfang Ming was stuck in the Core World.

It was all thanks to the wisdom of the spirit within the Soul Sentinel Scarf. Because of its research into Huangfu Rui"s soul and wisdom, Bai Yunfei was able to learn of the possibility and make a proper decision.

And that decision lived up to everyone"s expectations.

……

“Mom…I"m tired…”

That was all Huangfu Rui could mumble right now. She seemed tired, but not due to the nervous gazes everyone was giving her. Physically speaking, she was fine and unharmed, but perhaps due to the danger her soul was in a moment ago, she was spiritually drained and needed to rest.

A faint smile began to creep onto Bai Yunfei"s lips, but he forced it away so he could turn back to where Dongfang Ming had been.

“The core!”

The demonic core was still floating there in the air, much to Bai Yunfei"s surprise and anxiety.

Sealer had said that the core would be destroyed when Dongfang Ming died, had it been wrong?

Truth be told, Bai Yunfei was curious about the core. He"d be lying if he said he wasn"t. Given that it was a legendary demonic armament, Bai Yunfei wanted to at least see what kind of stats the core would have…

And so Bai Yunfei took a step forward, his palm outstretched.

But right as his fingers were about to touch the core, the core began to disintegrate into powder! His fingers didn"t even touch it yet!

“So it"s actually destroyed…”

He sighed to himself. What a shame. But the stats of the core was nothing in the long run, as he had no interest in actually using it or even having possession of it. It being destroyed only saved Bai Yunfei the trouble of destroying it himself—something like that shouldn"t exist in this world.

Just thinking about how this demon armament had turned his "senior brother" Dongfang Ming into a demon that had brought such a crisis onto the Crafting School and drenched them in a sorrowful battle had Bai Yunfei s.h.i.+vering.

There was a part of Bai Yunfei that thought to upgrade Dongfang Ming during the battle. Since he was a "demon armament", the Upgrade Technique would work, but that was just a thought and nothing more. Not only was it foolhardy to try upgrading Dongfang Ming, there wouldn"t be any time to do so.

By extension, that meant he gave up on upgrading the demonic core inside Dongfang Ming. That was something even more impossible than the last task. And even if it was possible, there was no doubt he"d fail to beat Dongfang Ming in terms of compatibility. The core was most definitely a lifebound armament of Dongfang Ming, and unless Dongfang Ming was dead, Bai Yunfei would never allow Bai Yunfei the time or opportunity to upgrade the core to it being a soulbound armament.

But now that the core was gone, everything was fine and dandy again.

……

“Hm? This is…”

Whilst Bai Yunfei was in the middle of his own thoughts, there was something else that was happening.

Where the core had turned into dust from, s.p.a.ce was warping in on itself. Focusing in on a central point, there was suddenly an explosion of energy!

“What"s going on!?”

Alarmed, Bai Yunfei took a cautionary step back as he tried to a.n.a.lyze the unfolding mystery in front of him. The energy had already transformed into a twister-like form of power with enough energy to force even him to want to retreat farther back.

And by the time he reached the others, Bai Yunfei noticed someone from the group had flown in the opposite direction.

“Rui!!”

A terrified shriek erupted from Cang Yu. Eyes widening, Bai Yunfei realized with a start that the person that had gone was Huangfu Rui!

“What"s going on?!”

Again, Bai Yunfei was in shock. Wondering if something had gone wrong, he could only watch along with the others as an unbelievable event unfolded in front of them…

Huangfu Rui had been hoisted into the air by the strange energy before she came to a stop. The energy around her immediately rushed into her body as if attracted to it. Flames roared to life around her as elemental fire materialized all around to surround her in a pillar of fire.

Meanwhile, the soulforce within Huangfu Rui was spiking dramatically…

“Is this…the King"s Phenomenon?!”

Bai Yunfei questioned two seconds later.

He was right—this was the King"s Phenomenon! Huangfu Rui was becoming a Soul King? Right now?!

“Eh? Is this the core"s energy? It could be used this way? Hm…this probably has to do with the Symbiosis Imprint…”

The spirit of the Soul Sealing Mandate appeared. Perched on top of Bai Yunfei"s shoulder, the tiger stared at the King"s Phenomenon with a surprised look.

“Do you know what"s going on, Sealer?” Bai Yunfei nervously asked.

“This is the remnant energy of the core, you can say it"s the realization of Dongfang Ming"s energy. Because of the Symbiosis Imprint, the energy is attracted to that girls soul. It"s basically a free meal.”

“Oh?” Bai Yunfei was intrigued, “But will there be any problems?”

“Relax, it"s pure energy.”

“Alright then…” Bai Yunfei sighed. Beside him, Cang Yu and the others were relieved to hear Sealer"s words as well.

Now that he thought about it, Huangfu Rui had always been a genius. Her talent had allowed her to become a Peak Late-stage Soul Exalt, but she had never been able to make the breakthrough to become a Soul King. Perhaps it was because of the Symbiosis Imprint that she had been limited. But now that it was gone, this energy was seemingly here to make up for it…

“Snrt snrt…”

A strange noise could be heard from somewhere down on the ground before a white streak of light shot up toward Huangfu Rui.

It was…Xiao rourou, the red magiboar! Stunned, Bai Yunfei realized that the red magiboar was in the middle of a breakthrough too now.

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Knowing now that there was no harm at play here, and that this was a pleasant surprise, Bai Yunfei drew his attention away. Without even waiting for Huangfu Rui or Xiao Rourou"s breakthrough to finish, Bai Yunfei turned away. There was something else he had to do.

Even though Huangfu Rui was fine, it didn"t mean Zi Jin was. It was time for him to save his master"s life…
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