\nIn the sea that was Bai Yunfeiās mindscape, the last of Bai Yunfeiās soul had been driven into a ācornerā as it was facing its most dangerous foe ever.
Bai Yunfei mightāve had a chance to fight back if he reacted earlier, but the moment was lost now. Without even half his soul remaining, Bai Yunfei was nothing more but a travel-weary man at the end of a road!!
āAm I really going to dieā¦?ā
He ālooked upā at the beast that was the Bloodsoaked Demon Lordās soul. He was finding it hard to concentrate now that he was essentially at the end of his rope and the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord being right about to pounce on the last of his soul.
A strange pulse rippled across his mindspace then, causing Bai Yunfei to grow alert. The Bloodsoaked Demon Lord wasnāt āaboutā to pounce on him, he was being stopped by something!
Now that he was a little more focused, Bai Yunfei could just barely make out a semi-transparent barrier right in front of him. The barrier was preventing the Bloodsoaked Demon Lordās soul from crossing it!
āThatāsā¦Sentinel!!ā
Bai Yunfei gasped. The +13 additional effect had activated!
+13 Additional Effect: Automatically activated when the soul is on the verge of destruction. Become immune to all soul injuring attacks for 5 seconds. Cooldown of 24 hours.
āThisā¦this is my chanceā¦I canāt die hereā¦I just canāt!!ā
His fighting spirit swelled back to life all at once. In an instant Bai Yunfei was back and ready to fight once again!
He was about five seconds into the effect of the Soul Sentinel Scarf. It was time for him to make his counterattack!
On the other side of the barrier.
āWhat is this!? What is this power!?ā
It was only when he was about to pounce on Bai Yunfeiās soul when he found out about the barrier. Somehow, this mysterious power was able to stop him from breaking through it!
What shouldāve been a guaranteed victory was now at a standstill due to an unexpected development. The unease it caused made the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord feel tense. The barrier in front of him wouldnāt break no matter how hard he tried!
Several seconds passed before the Bloodsoaked Demon Lordās ābodyā became unable to move. For some terrifying reason, his soul was being enveloped by something and was draining it!!
Noā¦it wasnāt his soul that was being drained. The parts of Bai Yunfeiās soul he devoured earlier was being taken away!
Thunderstruck, the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord watched as Bai Yunfeiās soul began to āswellā in size. Gradually, his soul was beginning to return to its original size before he began to devour it!
Horror struck the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord for the second time since he entered Bai Yunfeiās mindspace.
There was no way the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord could possibly react to this turn of events, and neither was he even able to stop it. He was powerless as the rest of the soul he took from Bai Yunfei was ādetachedā and returned to Bai Yunfei so the latter could be back at full power!
This wasā¦the +13 additional effect of the Soul Sealing Mandate!
+13 Additional Effect: Revert the state of the soul 10 seconds prior. Activated automatically when off cooldown and soul is in danger of destruction.Cooldown of 24 hours.
Time was an important factor in this battle. Bai Yunfeiās soul ten seconds ago, even after including the five seconds of immunity from the Soul Sentinel Scarfās effect, was when it was at its most pristine state. Rewinding the soul back ten seconds meant having the same state as before the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord attacked him!
The Bloodsoaked Demon Lord furiously roared. This was impossible! He charged at Bai Yunfei since the barrier was gone now, he had to end this battle quickly!
Possessing Bai Yunfeiās body required the element of surprise! He had to make use of the little time he had to devour his soul!
āAgain?! Come and die then!!ā
Things were getting back on track for Bai Yunfei now. Calm and recollected, Bai Yunfei sneered as he waited for the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord to get close!
The scenario the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord fear most was coming true! Not only was he unable to successfully devour Bai Yunfeiās soul, but he was now also being pressed back!
The art of Possession was a double-edged sword. Not only was one able to devour the soul of another, but it also allowed their soul to be opened up to that same possibility!\nGenerally speaking, the one trying to Possess the other would have the advantage. That was why it required the element of surprise to take over the body of the other. This was also why the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord was so patient during his battle with Bai Yunfei.
Unfortunately, the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord never took into account that Bai Yunfei would have two powerful Regalias helping him. The Soul Sentinel Scarf and the Soul Sealing Mandate were overwhelmingly powerful in terms of matters relating to the soul! Because of those two Regalias, the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord failed to capitalize on the initial strike!
It was commonly asserted in this world that opportunities wouldnāt be granted twice. However, that assertion was merely a suggestion for Bai Yunfei. In this battle, the +13 additional effects of the Soul Sentinel Scarf and the Soul Sealing Mandate granted him that āsecond chanceā!
And he wasnāt going to make the most out of this second chance. Now that he knew what was going on, he wouldnāt be making the same careless mistakes as before. It was time for him to launch his counterattack!
The Bloodsoaked Demon Lord was speechless, even as he continued his charge. How in the world did things end up like this? He had no words, no idea, no escape plan for this. All that was left was his rageāwho cared if his opponent managed to turn back the clock?! That just meant heād have to try it again!!
He didnāt think heād lose this battle even if his advantage was gone. In the end, Bai Yunfei was an Early-stage Soul Saint and he was a Mid-stage Soul Saint. How could he lose?
The Bloodsoaked Demon Lord roared. He was trying his best to find an opportunity to eat Bai Yunfeiās soul butā¦no such opportunity was presenting itself! Bai Yunfei might just be an Early-stage Soul Saint butā¦he still had another Saint-leveled avatar with him to help!
From the outside, this was a battle without explosions or smoke. The entirety of the battle was taking place inside Bai Yunfeiās body so it looked like Bai Yunfei was just standing strangely in place while his body twitched and spasmed periodically.
According to ālogicā this was a fight that couldnāt be interrupted, but thenā¦
āYunfei! Let me help!!ā
While the two Saints were ālockedā in combat, a new consciousness intruded onto the ābattlefieldā to join the fray!
Bai Yunfei was elated to hear the voice, but the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord wasnāt!
Eating Bai Yunfeiās soul, even at his peak, wouldnāt be too difficult for the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord if he was at full strength. But he wasnāt. Losing the Bloodbath was a tremendous blow to his strength and left him fighting on par with Bai Yunfei and his avatar.
If Xiao Qi joined the fight then the chances of victory would favor Bai Yunfei instead of the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord!
As much as he loathed to admit it, the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord knew he wouldnāt be winning this fight. It was time for a retreat butā¦it was too late for that!!
Since he didnāt think heād fail to Possess Bai Yunfeiās body, the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord didnāt leave a backup or escape plan. His physical body was gone, so his soul wouldnāt last for long if he left Bai Yunfeiās body.
In other wordsā¦the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord was unable to escape!
āāāāāāāāāāāāāāāā
The situation was a carbon copy of less than a minute ago, but instead of Bai Yunfeiās soul being the one to be mostly devoured, it was the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord! Thanks to Xiao Qiās assistance, the two were able to eat away at over half of the Bloodsoaked Demon Lordās soul!
āNo! No!!! I beseech you, donāt kiāā
The Bloodsoaked Demon Lord was in despair. He was already brought down to the level of begging for his life, but Bai Yunfei wasnāt that merciful of a person. Relentlessly, Bai Yunfei swooped down and ate the rest of the Bloodsoaked Demon Lordās soul!
As such, the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord was now truly dead!
In an actual battle, Bai Yunfei had all sorts of equipment and even a Saint-leveled avatar to help him, but fighting the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord would still probably end up as his loss. Unfortunately for the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord, he thought itād be easier to Possess Bai Yunfei. Had he chose otherwise, the victory mightāve been his.
āPhewā¦we finally won!!ā
Bai Yunfeiās soul drew out a long breath as he began to wind down from the battle.
āWho wouldāve thought the Bloodsoaked Demon Lord had something like that up his sleeves? Thank Heavens that I had Sentinel and Sealer with me, or my soul really wouldāve been goneā¦ā
It had truly been an extremely dangerous battleā¦
Bai Yunfei felt happier than ever after living through his most recent brush with death. After calming himself down, he closed his āeyesā and decided to return to the real worldā¦
When his eyes opened, Bai Yunfei blinked several times when he saw what was going on around him