Chapter 416 - 136: Mama! You Are All My Good Mamas~

Time ticked by, second by second.

Lynch's face grew paler and paler, but the light in his eyes shone brighter and brighter.

He could feel that as his Profound Yin Qi formed a great net, the pain in his soul intensified, but his efficiency at refining the Abyssal Demonic Qi increased even more dramatically.

The Abyssal Demonic Qi within Brutalus's remnant soul was being stripped away, bit by bit.

As for the stripped-away, violent Demonic Qi, a portion of it was tempered by the Profound Yin Qi and transformed into the purest Yin Attribute energy, which in turn nourished him and strengthened his Profound Yin Qi.

The other portion, which consisted of excessively impure Evil Qi and Negative Energy, was channeled by Lynch into the Demon-Sealing Bottle he had prepared beforehand.

'Almost there... Almost there...'

Lynch could feel the Profound Yin Qi inside him growing at an incredible rate.

What was once a stream of Profound Yin Qi had now become a raging river, surging endlessly through his meridians.

And as his Profound Yin Qi grew, his efficiency at refining the Abyssal Demonic Qi also gradually increased. It even became easier and easier to do so.

The sensation was both agonizing and exhilarating, as if his entire being was being torn apart and reassembled.

Finally...

The last trace of Abyssal Demonic Qi on Brutalus was completely obliterated by Lynch's Profound Yin Qi. Its wails suddenly grew faint.

Lynch let out a sigh of relief and began circulating his Mana to retract the Profound Yin Qi back into his body.

At this moment, although Brutalus's Soul Body was still massive, it had lost its outer layer of black Demonic Qi. It had become transparent and weak, leaving only the purest core of its soul's origin and the tyrannical consciousness accumulated over thousands of years.

"Now is the time," Pale Elegy said, a red glint flashing in her eyes. "Soul Cutting."

She waved the folding fan in her hand, and an invisible blade of light flashed, slicing directly into Brutalus's Soul Body.

The Moon Priestess coordinated at the same time, her moonlight forming threads that guided the trajectory of the cut.

"NOOOO!" Brutalus let out a despairing wail, but it was powerless to resist.

Its wail came to an abrupt halt as its Soul Body was precisely cut into three pieces.

Two pieces, each making up about forty percent of the remnant soul, were taken. One was swept away by the blood-red blade of light, while the second was ensnared and carried off by the threads of moonlight.

The third piece, roughly twenty percent of the remnant soul, remained floating in the air, unclaimed, emanating pure soul fluctuations.

"My share, then. I'll gladly accept it."

Pale Elegy chuckled softly. She opened her mouth and inhaled, and her forty-percent share of the Soul Fragment turned into a streak of light that flew into her mouth.

She closed her eyes, a look of satisfaction on her face. Her Soul Body had clearly become a bit more solid.

She couldn't help but let out a contented sigh. "Mmm... As expected of an Abyss Lord's remnant soul. It's so much more... nourishing than that wisp of a soul from the Lord of Hell last time..."

The Moon Priestess, however, frowned slightly as she looked at her forty-percent share, a trace of hesitation flashing in her eyes.

In her life, she had been a Moon Priestess who worshipped Elune, walking a path of sanctity and purity. Devouring a soul was something that went against her very nature.

Lynch had finished regulating his breath by now. Although his face was pale, his spirits were extremely high.

He noticed the Moon Priestess's hesitation and said sincerely, "Priestess Mother, you are a remnant soul now. If you want to recover, you can't be too picky. You have a blood feud with this Brutalus. Devouring it is not only revenge, but also a way to restore yourself."

Hearing this, a look of resolve flashed through the Moon Priestess's cool eyes.

"You're right, Lynch."

She hesitated no longer and opened her mouth, swallowing her forty-percent Soul Fragment.

In an instant, a brilliant silver light erupted around her. Her once-illusory Soul Body solidified at a visible rate, and her entire aura grew much stronger.

Feeling the surging power within her Soul Body, her gaze toward Lynch softened. "I... have recovered a great deal. Thank you, Lynch."

"We're all family here, no need to be so polite." Lynch gave an honest smile, then looked at his own twenty-percent share of the Soul Fragment, a fiery glint in his eyes. "Then this twenty percent is all mine."

"Little mouse," Pale Elegy warned, "directly devouring a Soul Fragment can give you a quick boost, but even with most of Brutalus's consciousness worn away, there are still lingering remnants in the fragment. Be careful of the backlash."

"I understand," Lynch nodded. "That's why I don't plan to devour it. I plan to refine it!"

With that, he offered no further explanation. He simply sat down cross-legged again, formed a hand seal, and the Profound Yin Qi in his body surged out once more, forming a millstone that drew in his twenty-percent Soul Fragment.

Unlike devouring, this was a complete refinement.

The Profound Yin Qi slowly spun like a vortex, thoroughly crushing and purifying every trace of impurity and every wisp of lingering consciousness within the Soul Fragment. It refined the fragment, bit by bit, into the purest soul origin before merging it into Lynch's own soul.

This process was even slower and more painful than wearing down the Abyssal Demonic Qi earlier.

Lynch could feel Brutalus's tyrannical remnants struggling frantically within the Profound Yin millstone, trying to fight back, but he gritted his teeth and suppressed them wave after wave.

His soul felt as if it were being roasted over a fire one moment and plunged into ice water the next. The alternating heat and cold were unbearable.

But he endured it all.

「An unknown amount of time passed.」

DING!

A system notification that only Lynch could hear rang in his mind.

[You have successfully refined a wisp of the remnant soul of the Abyss Demon Lord Brutalus. Spiritual Power +15]

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