Chapter 169: Soul Hunting

When Su Jing put the pale blade back into the eye-catching knife holder on the altar, it was like turning on a switch, and the elements in the air vibrated to form a huge spatial vortex. The woman's form of pale mist let out a sharp howl, sucked in by the whirlpool, and then disappeared into nothingness.

“……………… That's it? ”

The boss, who looked like he had a good momentum, was sealed like this, and Sadako Yamamura and Su Jing both had a feeling of punching the air. After waiting for about two minutes to confirm that this powerful ghost was really sealed, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Jing took out his tablet and took a picture of the magic circle and runes on the altar for archiving. Sadako Yamamura struggled to read the symbols, trying to decipher the meaning with her own shallow knowledge of enchantment.

"Well, it looks like some runes of protection and confinement. It seems that the wizards of the past were unable to kill her completely, and judging by some of the evil protections, she transformed herself into some more evil creature during her lifetime, such as ...... Vampires and stuff like that. Then, according to the soul theory of this world, certain strong-willed souls are still able to maintain their will after death, break free from the pull of the land of annihilation, and hover in this world. Then some of the ghosts who are proficient in necromancy can ...... It should be ......"

"This kind of little boss that we can solve with any of us, why take it so seriously." Su Jing shrugged her shoulders, but Sadako Yamamura was unmoved and continued to read the runes on it.

Because she hadn't been in contact with the enchantment science that she was best at in the soul realm for a long time, she had to use the tablet she got from Su Jing to flip through some of the knowledge that had been recorded, and identify them one by one. See her serious look. Su Jing also smiled slightly. He didn't hate this serious character, but thought Sadako Yamamura was cute at this time.

It took about half an hour to decipher the runes above. When Sadako Yamamura raised her head again, Su Jing no longer knew where she had slipped away. This guy who can't stand the boredom must have found another place...... I guess it's reading a book or repairing equipment. Thinking that Su Jing might have left this underground cave in order not to disturb herself, Sadako Yamamura smiled slightly.

The altar is located like a vast underground forest, and the crypt has a tall dome, and the cold light spills through the crack above the altar, making the taiga beautiful as a dream. A small stone altar is surrounded by a stream, and behind the altar is a small waterfall from which the clean water of the underground river gushes out in an endless stream.

She took a breath of the icy air, the moist moisture that made her feel very pleasant. Sadako Yamamura, who loves humid areas by nature, walked to the edge of the stream and picked up a handful of clear water with her hand. He threw himself on his face and carefully washed the dust and sand that had been stained by the battle. Then she spent a few more minutes rinsing her long hair, then tied them in a simple bun on top of her head.

She reconfirmed Su Jing's location, and her spiritual power told her that the man was moving slowly in the tomb in front of her, perhaps looking at the specialties of the Skyrim Province.

What she did next, she didn't want him to know.

Sadako Yamamura flicked her wrist, then walked over to the altar and placed her hand on the hilt of the sword. Feel the heavy texture of an ancient weapon that has gone through the ages, and lift it up.

The slender sword was lighter than she had imagined. It's perfectly balanced. Even Sadako Yamamura, who doesn't know anything about martial arts, feels that dancing is extremely easy. The icy blade was carved with subtle runes, and a black soul stone was embedded in the center of the extremely unobtrusive grip, and the surface was carved into a non-slip pattern.

But that's not the point. When the core of the circle was removed, the leylines of the entire cave trembled slightly. Sadako Yamamura had already "seen" the spiritual waves trembling and distorting in the air. In the pale soul light swirling, the center of the spatial vortex opened again, and the woman composed of mist and white light recondensed her form. She looked at Sadako Yamamura with a resentful gaze. But adventurers are confident. She quickly stepped forward and pressed her hand in front of the ghost's forehead. Staring at her with indifferent eyes.

One iceberg collides with another, and the larger one wins without question. As Sadako Yamamura coldly crushes the other party's spirit with her own will. It was like crushing the opponent's will with a grinding disc full of jagged teeth, and she drew more power from the opponent's spirit body every second. The other party's form gradually blurred, and the spirit known as the Pale Lady stretched out her fingers, as if trying to resist the cold-blooded hunter with a spell, but Sadako Yamamura, who was destroying her thought circuit, would never let her have the space to weave a new spell, and she took this opportunity to bite the other person's spirit more violently, and completely destroyed the other party's soul before the other party had a chance to cast even the smallest frost spell.

Yes, she devoured this powerful spirit.

With the success of this move, a dark joy flashed in Sadako Yamamura's eyes. It's like taking drugs, and I'm growing myself in this way. Guilt was like another wonderful embellishment, which lifted her mood and made her taste the sweetness of crossing the taboo.

A massive amount of thought fragments upset her spirit, which was what she expected. Forcibly hunting the full power of a spirit in this way will inevitably suffer this consequence. This is also the reason why so few mages dare to do this. But for some gifted soul predators, these questions are like cleaning up the kitchen utensils after a meal, and there is an innate instinct to teach them to clean their minds and memories. Sadako Yamamura closed her eyes, her slender eyelashes trembling slightly in the cold wind.

She was careful not to touch the Pale Lady's memories of life, even though they would likely have given her all the knowledge of a powerful necromancer so quickly. This is undoubtedly lucrative, but it is accompanied by an addiction to the seizure of memories and the collapse of one's own personality under the backlog of memories of others. This is a taboo that she naturally knows, and Sadako Yamamura erases all these memories as if she had written them off with an eraser, or thrown them into a trash can in the deepest part of her brain. It has to do with the way every psychic psychic person meditates.

And for Sadako Yamamura, it was a wooden library built on the coast, and it was also her home in her own spirit. Below the library is the sandy beach, where the warm tide laps against the deserted sand, and a few seagulls occasionally fly under the clouds.

This is her "memory library".

In the memory library, she threw all the boxes of books into the fire in the fireplace, and watched as the Pale Lady's memories turned to ashes in the fire. Sadako Yamamura breathed a sigh of relief, and she knew that it was because her ability had not reached a higher realm. When her spiritual power has risen to a six-star or higher level, she can extract other people's memories and use them for her own use without any scruples.

When she opened her eyes again, she still held the slender pale sword in her hand. The prompt of the system came quickly.

[The four-star adventurer Sadako Yamamura defeated the three-star plot character "Lady Shirachi" and completed part of the "Lost Legend". 】

[Reward 500 general points, three-star item "Pale Blade".] 】

"Hey...... Did you sneak away so quickly? Su Jing walked out of the crypt of the tomb, still holding a troll skull in his hand, "I still want to see what the female ghost looks like." Just a quick glance, the face seems to be okay. ”

"I won't give you a chance." Sadako Yamamura smiled and waved the thin sword in her hand.

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Snowy City.

This is the only neutral zone in the entire Skyrim Province. The lord of the city, Barguf the "Great Shorer", was a cautious man. In the struggle between the Empire and the Storm Cloak, he has always tried to maintain his neutrality. Although he ostensibly claimed to be loyal to the Empire, the people of the entire Skyrim Province knew that he had never contributed to the Empire. More often than not, he focused his energies on running his own one-third of an acre of land, hoping to just sit back and watch both the Imperial Army and the Stormcloak lose.

It is for this reason that Snow Man City has become a buffer zone between the Imperial Army and Snow Man. Due to its strategic location, in the center of the frozen tundra, it was able to easily send elite warriors of the "Brothers-in-Arms" in either direction, so the soldiers on both sides were reluctant to rush to the opponent until they had a firm grasp of the city. Two weeks ago, Turlius, supported by a large number of magic scrolls, decided to take the risk of a surprise attack, and at one point managed to cross the snowy city and pull out one of the strongholds of the Stormcloak, but unfortunately he was repelled by the Stormcloak before he could continue to expand his victory.

A day later, Barguf would receive news that General Turius had been assassinated, signaling a drastic change in the strength of both sides.

But judging from the current situation, he can no longer care about the news that is coming in the future. In this game in which the two sides assassinate each other's main generals, he once thought that he could be safe and sound, but now standing in front of him is the strongest killer.

The Brothers-in-Arms, the most prestigious warrior union in Skyrim Province, is headquartered in Snowman. Led by the Circle Society, this organization gathers the bravest warriors in all of Skyrim. Each of the warriors here has a strong physique, extraordinary martial arts, and a superhuman will.

And now, the blood of the brave men of the comrade-in-arms has covered the solid wood floor of Longxiao Palace. The palace that once captured dragons was the royal palace of Snowman, occupying the highest mountain position. On the way up the mountain, it was already covered with the corpses of the guards of the snow-filled city.

And the elite warriors of the comrade-in-arms group are the last line of defense.

A line of defense that is already on the verge of collapse. (To be continued......)