I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch

"Mr. Xia, please protect the spellcasting for me."

"Alright."

Although Xia Feng didn't understand why, he still unfolded the Bronze Hidden, covering themselves, and then he vigilantly watched the surroundings.

Mu Qingtong stood behind Xia Feng, her eyes closed, and a smoky purple crystal shone on her cool, small forehead, twinkling with an increasingly divine light.

At the same time, Xia Feng also received a response from his heart.

[The excessively violent Divine Power that nearly destroyed the rules already established by the Heavenly Destiny Stone had been rapidly analyzed by Mu Qingtong. After reinterpreting the underlying rules, she helped the stone perfectly absorb the Divine Power, converting it into Life Power. In the process, your spiritual power received an unexpected increase of 100Soc, a significant boost.]

[Current spiritual power: 558Soc]

Above 300 is the realm of General Fifth, and 500 to 1000 for True Fifth. Xia Feng hadn't anticipated this pleasant surprise, which elevated his spiritual power by a significant tier.

Like sweet springs nourishing the soul, his whole body felt at ease, and his thoughts became more agile, as if fine electrical currents were swiftly circulating in his brain. Xia Feng truly sensed the exhilarating feeling of a climax.

A full 100Soc of spiritual power, if he were to exchange for time in the Evil Dragon Space, would probably take 24 hours of uninterrupted absorption over an extended period.

Speaking of Evil Dragon Space, Xia Feng suddenly remembered something, and a drop of golden water shimmering with strange light appeared in the palm of his hand.

This was Origin Water; when he had awakened the Pale Seal, he had sensed this drop of Golden Water within Freya's body and thus extracted it.

It didn't react in his hand, and it couldn't be absorbed by the Evil Demon Heart, nor did it trigger any reaction from the Dragon God's True Name.

Xia Feng was somewhat puzzled. The Origin Water was very likely related to the Origin Egg, but for what exact relation, he surmised that he would need to ask Evil Dragon Miss.

He threw the Origin Water back into the space of the Nash Holy Bow and turned to look at Miss Mu.

Mu Qingtong still had her eyes closed, her hands joined in front of her, and rings of pale purple patterns rippled out.

This time, luck had also been on his side.

The Shadow Puppets used specific Divine Grace Spiritual Clothes to concentrate Divine Power, but they couldn't change the structure and nature of that Divine Power; the weapons they formed were still made of pure Divine Power, which could be directly absorbed by the Heavenly Destiny Stone.

If real deities were to use Divine Power for attacks, they would definitely change the structure of the Divine Power to gain more formidable strength, and such attacks formed by Divine Power would no longer be absorbable by the Heavenly Destiny Stone.

[Life Power conversion in progress——]

[Current Life Power: 7]

[.....]

[Current Life Power: 192]

Mu Qingtong could feel the thread of terrifying Divine Power within the Heavenly Destiny Stone continuously dissipating and shrinking, while the Life Power swelled.

.....

Beneath the city walls, the old soldiers silently gazed into the distance, no one speaking.

The end of the battle had happened too quickly; they hadn't even had time to think, and were still in a state of shock.

When they saw the appearance of the enemy's A-tier Spiritual Clothes, they had lost all hope, but then came the Q-face person and K-face person, each using A-tier Spiritual Clothes in succession.

They utterly confounded the enemy.

And just as they were relaxing, the enemy brandished a Divine Spear...

They'd become numb and didn't believe the spear could pose any threat to the two cloaked figures.

Then...

Then, indeed, as they had expected, the spear, which was garbage, was easily dealt with by the Q-face person. Too weak.

After all the enemies on the blue whale were dealt with...

The old soldiers finally snapped out of their successive shocks, which had made them numb, and fell into a long silence.

Although they were too far away to clearly see the figures of the enemies on the blue whale, they were all too familiar with the whale itself.

It was the "Swallowing Sky Whale" of the Lidong Army, a life form created by Divine Relics with an incredibly powerful teleportation ability, greatly enhancing the mobility of the Lidong Army.

And the self-destructing A-rank Spiritual Clothes, Shiva's Heavenly Form, were also an heirloom of the Lidong Army.

From this, it could be basically determined that those who could control the Half-Dragon Army and guide the Evil Beast to besiege the city were not the Evil Clan but the Empire's Human Race itself!

"So, who exactly have we been fighting against while defending the city for thirty years? And for whom were we protecting it....."

After a long silence, finally an old soldier murmured softly, but still found it somewhat unbelievable what he saw before his eyes.

Previously, they did not believe the three outsiders who said the Bailu Battle had ended thirty years ago, but now the truth seemed even more cruel than what had been previously told—

Not only had the Bailu Battle ended thirty years ago, but the Empire had also been disguising troops as the Evil Clan to attack them, trapping and killing them in the city for thirty years, with a total of a hundred thousand soldiers and civilians dead!

But this... how absurd it seemed.

They also really couldn't fathom what the purpose behind the Empire doing such a thing could be. Or perhaps it was the Lidong Army acting on its own?

What then was the Lidong Army's goal? What benefit could they possibly get from trapping and killing them?

A group of old soldiers stood with pale and blank expressions, with eyes dimmed by despair, still harboring doubts. Perhaps they were all overthinking it?

"Alright, gentlemen, let's not jump to conclusions before we've clarified the truth!"

Li Zaisi took a deep breath, and with a serious look surveyed everyone, "If we want to know the truth, then we must all survive and return, return to the Empire, and witness the truth with our own eyes."

The crowd snapped back to attention, and after a quiet two seconds, they stood at attention and said in unison, "Yes!"

Lin Musen stood by, his eyes appearing lost and his mood subdued as he watched this group of old soldiers, equally puzzled about what exactly the Lidong Army intended to do.

"Lord Lin, please be a witness when the time comes," Li Zaisi turned around, his demeanor serious and earnest, "to let the world know that we are not criminals, and that we are without shame in front of the Empire!"

"Of course."

Lin Musen's expression became stern as well, he looked around at all the old soldiers, his gaze solemn, "Rest assured, gentlemen, if there is indeed injustice and conspiracy, the Imperial Laws will vindicate you!"

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[Current Life Power: 819↑]

[Current Life Power: 1203↑]

...

[Current Life Power: 8708]

Divine Power had been completely dissipated, Life Power surged significantly, and the surface of the Heavenly Destiny Stone emitted an even more dazzling mysterious purple light.

As the halo circulated, it quietly entered Mu Qingtong's forehead, and she slowly opened her eyes.

"Is it done?" Xia Feng asked curiously, "How was the harvest?"

"Not bad," Mu Qingtong nodded in satisfaction, "Unprecedented gains."

Based on past experience, 1000 Life Power Points were enough to wish for a very rare spiritual material. The highest she had ever accumulated was just over a thousand Life Power Points.

Of course, she had not absorbed Divine Power many times.

Now with a full 8000, she could seriously consider what she wished to gain.

After thinking for a while, she raised her eyes with a light smile, "Mr. Xia, what gift would you like?"

"Me?" Xia Feng was somewhat surprised, stroking his chin, "Miss Mu, are you offering me a submission gift?"

"It seems you're not that interested."

Mu Qingtong nodded, then turned to walk towards White Emperor City, "Alright then, never mind if you don't want it."

"Hey, hey, don't go," Xia Feng hurried after her, "I want it, I do want it, I'll take anything you give, I'm not picky Miss Mu."