"Ah—!"
"No—!"
The shrill screams rang out once more, though they were shorter and sharper than Huo Wushuang's.
The two's vitality and cultivation poured toward Liu Ruyan like a bursting flood.
Their faces aged rapidly, their auras withered, and their Golden Cores dimmed and shattered...
In just two or three breaths, only two withered corpses, as if they had been air-dried for hundreds of years, remained in place.
The aura around Liu Ruyan climbed another notch, steadily resting at the Middle Stage of the Golden Core!
After finishing all this, she slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the runes in her palm completely dissipated.
The "Samsara Seal" that had shrouded the surrounding hundred zhang quietly lifted.
The Disciples of the Jade Pool Immortal Palace all stood frozen on the spot.
Everything that had just happened was too shocking, too subversive to their understanding!
Senior Sister... she could actually directly absorb the enemy's Lifespan and cultivation to achieve a Breakthrough?
Such a method was unheard of!
It looked... even a bit like the legendary Demonic Technique or evil arts!
Especially Ye Ling'er; she clutched the wound at her ribs, her eyes fixed intently on Liu Ruyan.
Watching her Senior Sister's complexion recover its rosiness and even appear more radiant, and feeling the aura on her that was now more than a notch stronger.
Her heart began to beat violently, beyond her control.
A chill, mixed with unspeakable, complex emotions, quietly sprouted from the bottom of her heart.
Lingering fear.
Yes, lingering fear.
She had never imagined that the gentle and quiet Second Senior Sister, who was like a refined young lady, would actually possess such... eerie Divine Ability.
The scene of stripping away Lifespan and devouring cultivation was deeply branded into her mind, making her involuntarily shiver.
If... if she were to become an enemy of Senior Sister... As soon as this thought arose, she forcibly extinguished it.
No, that won't happen. Senior Sister did it to save us, to protect her fellow Disciples.
But... that kind of method... Ye Ling'er's heart was in turmoil.
Liu Ruyan seemed to notice the strange gazes of her fellow Disciples, especially the fleeting panic in Ye Ling'er's eyes.
The faint radiance that had risen on her face due to the Breakthrough slowly receded, and she returned to her usual gentleness.
She walked over to Ye Ling'er, first checking her injuries, then looking at the other injured Disciples, and softly ordered:
"Treat your injuries first and clean up the battlefield. Collect all the enemies' Storage Pouch and Magical Artifact."
"Ye... Yes, Senior Sister." Liu Lie and the others snapped out of their daze, quickly agreeing and starting to act.
It was just that their movements were a bit more cautious than before.
The way they looked at Liu Ruyan also held a bit more undisguised fear.
Liu Ruyan sighed in her heart.
She had not intended to display "Samsara: Seize" in front of her Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters.
When she first cultivated the Reincarnation Dao Scripture and saw this recorded Divine Ability for the first time, her heart had also been shaken, feeling that this method was too domineering and ruthless, bordering on the Demonic Path.
She had even hesitated about whether to Cultivate it.
It was her Master, Gu Han, who summoned her to the main hall when she was hesitant and said those words to her—
"Ruyan." Gu Han was sitting upright on the cloud bed at the time, looking at her with clear and calm eyes.
"Cultivation Technique and Divine Ability themselves have no distinction between good and evil, right and wrong. If used for right, they are right; if used for evil, they are evil."
"The Reincarnation Dao Scripture is a supreme Dao method; its core lies in the word'Samsara', to comprehend the cycle of life and death, and to transcend destiny."
"Remember, power is just a tool. What matters is the heart of the Cultivator."
"There is no need for psychological burden. As Disciples of the Jade Pool Immortal Palace, we only seek to have a clear conscience in our actions. To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself."
Her Master's words were like a stabilizing force, completely settling her mind.
Yes, what fault could a Cultivation Technique have? The fault lay with those who abuse power and harbor evil intentions.
Today, if Huo Wushuang and the others had not been so aggressive, how would she have been forced to use this forbidden technique, which carried such a heavy burden, ahead of time?
Casting "Samsara Seal" was already her limit; if she did not immediately replenish her consumption with "Samsara: Seize", she would likely fall into weakness immediately, and the situation would be completely out of control.
To protect her fellow Disciples, she had no other choice.
Liu Ruyan collected her thoughts and walked to the side of Ye Ling'er, who was silently bandaging her wounds. She squatted down and asked in a gentle voice:
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