C1454 The Soulblight!

Unlike the Shadow Mountain in the Land of Terror, the Rainbow Ocean before them was a kaleidoscope of colors, teeming with vibrant and deadly poison. This made Shadow Mountain appear all the more bizarre and enchanting.

Luo Yue's phantom writhed in agony against the vivid rock face, surrounded by weak ghosts and Terra Fiends that swarmed her soul like mosquitoes. Her spirited body was defiled by these creatures, endlessly tormented by malevolent thoughts and intentions. Her own spiritual wisdom was on the brink of collapse.

Atop the colorful mountain peak, a flower basket sat conspicuously. This unique artifact, once infinitely useful to her, now bore clear signs of damage. Witnessing her tormented phantom, Yu Yuan's Lunar Spirit burst forth from the Dragon Slaying Stage with a grave demeanor.

"Uh!"

He uttered softly, relieved to find that his Lunar Spirit could still withstand the Defiled World after leaving the Dragon Slaying Stage without discomfort.

"White Bone..."

He called out the name without reservation, acknowledging the gravity of the situation.

"This is somewhat problematic."

Transformed into human form, the tall and striking White Bone had swirls of white lightning flickering deep within his eyes. He was assessing Luo Yue's spirited body with his unique perspective, and then spoke, "There are 7,360 ghost and devil souls that have been infused into her spirited body, forcibly merging with her soul, thoughts, and consciousness."

White Bone's face darkened. "I can exterminate all 7,360 ghost and devil souls in an instant, but doing so could harm her, potentially leading to her death."

"Her current state is akin to being afflicted with a soul poison, with the 7,360 ghosts acting as the toxin that has permeated every one of her thoughts and consciousness. I can eradicate it all, but there's also the risk of erasing her original consciousness."

White Bone elaborated with precision.

By his account, not only could he annihilate the 7,360 ghosts and devils, but he could also obliterate ten or even a hundred times more with equal swiftness. He had the power to destroy any and all soul spirits and Terra Fiends present or hidden!

Yet...

There was a high probability that he couldn't fine-tune his control, which might result in Luo Yue's death alongside the ghosts and Terra Fiends.

"Is there no way to extract those ghosts and devils that have infiltrated her soul and consciousness? Can't you meticulously cleanse them one by one?" Yu Yuan inquired, puzzled by the dilemma.

"This isn't my area of expertise," White Bone admitted calmly.

Amidst the vibrant hues of Shadow Mountain, Luo Yue suddenly came to her senses. She saw the God of Ghosts, White Bone, her mentor in pharmacology from three hundred years prior, and cried out, "Several Terra Fiends have been conspiring against me in secret. They've used Demonic Sound Guards to bewitch me, causing me harm..."

Her explanation was cut short as she was abruptly engulfed by a surge of agitated devil souls.

Her phantom in Shadow Mountain appeared as if it had been stained with colorful ink, transforming into a kaleidoscope of colors.

"Luo Yue, I vow to slay every Terra Fiend responsible for this attack in the Defiled World," White Bone declared with gravity. Hidden within him, streams of the Lunar Meridian began to flow gently. He covertly invoked several strands of Mind Magic.

"Don't worry excessively. Once I've eradicated all the ghostly presences, I can still retrieve your primal soul mark. As long as the soul mark remains, I can revive you at the Root of the Lunar Meridian. You'll have the choice to cultivate necromancy with your spirited body or to return as a human. I promise you a life of stability."

A silvery light streaked beneath White Bone's skin, indicating his resolve.

As the first-ever ascendant to the status of God of Ghosts and the spokesperson for the Root of the Lunar Meridian, he possessed the unique power to resurrect Luo Yue, allowing her to choose her fate as either a ghost or a human.

He was poised to act.

"Hold on!" Yu Yuan interjected sharply.

Taken aback, White Bone turned to look at him standing atop the Dragon Slaying Stage and earnestly assured, "Trust me, I won't let her perish so easily. I will fulfill my promise without fail."

"Let me have a try," Yu Yuan insisted.

"Try? Try what?"

"I'm going to save her!"

No sooner had he spoken than White Bone witnessed Yu Yuan's Lunar Spirit burst forth like a firework, transforming into a shower of soul beads that cascaded over the vivid Shadow Mountain.

In an instant, White Bone sensed what seemed like countless incarnations of Yu Yuan penetrating the mountain's facade and forcefully merging with Luo Yue's spirited body. Each fragment of Yu Yuan's Lunar Spirit, now with a will of its own, harnessed energy from the Dragon Slaying Stage, precisely targeting and purging the contaminants within Luo Yue's spirit.

Whoosh!

A frigid beam of frost shot from the Dragon Slaying Stage, merging with a minuscule Yu Yuan, no larger than a grain of rice.

In the blink of an eye, Yu Yuan transformed into a slender, white ice dragon, instantly freezing a malevolent spirit lurking at the core of Luo Yue's spirited body, before shattering it violently.

Within Luo Yue, her remnant soul pulsed undisturbed, unscathed amidst the chaos.

Whoosh!

A prismatic dragon's breath burst forth from the Dragon Slaying Stage, blending with another Yu Yuan, morphing into a miniature Chronowyrm. It ensnared a Terra Fiend concealed within Luo Yue's mind and obliterated it with a burst of space magic.

Whoosh!

A stream of dark green light soared from the Dragon Slaying Stage, with a tiny Yu Yuan astride it.

It was as though he was mounted upon a venomous, dark green dragon, devouring the toxic miasma that had infiltrated Luo Yue's Primal Soul, purifying a portion of her brain from contamination, leaving it pristine and lucid.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Dragon's breaths were ceaselessly summoned by Yu Yuan, either merging with one of his forms or directed by a diminutive Yu Yuan to eradicate ghosts and Terra Fiends, scouring Luo Yue's soul of its impurities.

Thousands of Yu Yuan, outnumbering the 7,360 specters, were individually frail but gained formidable strength from the dragon's breath and draconic power of the Dragon Slaying Stage.

Yu Yuan's Lunar Spirit astonishingly split into millions of copies in a mere moment.

In a single breath, millions of Yu Yuan operated autonomously, each engaging in their own battle!

Amidst the vibrant hues of Shadow Mountain, a wondrous Soul Battle unfolded. Yu Yuan wielded unfathomable theurgy to aid Luo Yue in her detoxification, causing the ghosts and Terra Fiends that had seeped into her spirited body to screech and disintegrate one by one.

Even White Bone, the God of Ghosts, was taken aback by this spectacle, his face etched with incredulity.

He was aware that across the vast expanse of the Star River, only the elder of the Star-Spawned Terror, the Demon God Bertain, could split his devil soul into millions in an instant.

Each devil soul could exist independently, wielding its own array of dark arts.

White Bone had never imagined that in the vast expanse of the Everlands, there would be a being capable of splitting into ten thousand consciousnesses like Bertain. While each individual consciousness was not as powerful as a single one of Bertain's devil souls, they were not at a significant disadvantage in terms of numbers.

"Remarkable, truly remarkable. You never cease to amaze me."

White Bone's face showed genuine appreciation as he came to a profound realization: Yu Yuan, having lived two lifetimes, was far from ordinary and could not be viewed as such.

Before long, Yu Yuan had annihilated all seven thousand three hundred and sixty ghosts and devil souls. Luo Yue, weakened from the ordeal, managed to escape the vibrant Shadow Mountain and retrieved her flower basket. Floating before White Bone, she said, "I never expected a creature would dare to launch such a sudden and treacherous attack on me at this time."

With a whoosh, a thick and pure stream of shadow energy cascaded from White Bone's palm, showering down upon Luo Yue's head. Her soul's injuries began to heal at an astonishing rate, and her eyes slowly regained their sparkle.

"I'm relieved you're okay."

The many incarnations of Yu Yuan spoke in unison, converging before her and White Bone to coalesce into Yu Yuan's Lunar Spirit form.

"You've become this powerful?" Luo Yue asked, her voice filled with surprise and uncertainty.

"I've always been this strong," Yu Yuan replied with a smile. After successfully detoxifying her, he had also grasped the subtleties of Wraithbinding. What he had achieved with the Heaven-Opening Sword Array in the Glimmerdrift Nebula, he could now accomplish in the Everlands with his Lunar Spirit. It appeared that this was the essence of Wraithbinding, an innate gift.

"A formidable opponent is approaching."

Yu Yuan snorted coldly, narrowing his eyes as he gazed to the left and recognized a familiar phantom. "Du Jing is here too!"

"He's the reason I was brought down here!" exclaimed Luo Yue in shock.

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