Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 305 - 191: Exhausted Ox (3)

Chapter 305: Chapter 191: Exhausted Ox (3)

The thought that suddenly surged in Qin Chu’s consciousness made his scalp tingle.

Could it be that Silf had been chosen since her birth in this world?

Twenty-six-year-old Silf, twenty-six blood-red threads.

This was definitely not a coincidence.

What exactly did those mysterious and weird beings want to do?

The scenes glimpsed from Silf’s soul made Qin Chu realize that the Void’s erosion of this world was deeper than he had imagined.

If this was the case for Silf, could Karsas be in the same situation?

What about the other members of the Hero Team?

Qin Chu’s consciousness seemed to tremble slightly; this discovery was too astonishing... Qin Chu suddenly thought of Catherine. Although she was controlled by City Beauty Love, the control exerted by the Magic Potion compared to the erosion of the Void’s power probably paled in comparison, right?

If Catherine’s situation was the same as Silf’s, with the Void’s power inside her and it activated one day, could she break free from the bondage of City Beauty Love and immediately turn traitor?

In an instant, a multitude of thoughts surfaced in Qin Chu’s consciousness.

A long time passed before the fluctuations in his consciousness gradually subsided.

Qin Chu’s consciousness looked forward again, Silf did not seem to notice his presence, her soul still curled up above the Blood Pool, where the blood boiled as if about to erupt.

The surging blood had even submerged Silf’s little feet and was rushing up along her smooth calves.

In the Blood Pool, Qin Chu could even see faces floating on the surface... and deeper still, the vague outlines of bones.

Three faces—if Qin Chu’s earlier glimpse into Silf’s memories was correct—then they should be her father, mother, and... her younger brother.

These three individuals, who should have been closest to Silf, had been killed by her own hands.

There must have been some very tragic events in the past, but Qin Chu had no interest in probing into those.

His consciousness was just slowly approaching Silf’s soul; saving Silf was secondary to Qin Chu, even negligible. What Qin Chu wanted more was to obtain a method to combat the erosion of the Void from Silf’s soul, which, to him, was a suitable test subject.

As Qin Chu got close enough, Silf, who had been murmuring incomprehensibly, seemed to sense something and suddenly raised her head.

Her dim and hollow eyes stared in the direction of Qin Chu’s consciousness—she had noticed the intruder.

Immediately after, those eyes became redder and redder.

Qin Chu inwardly cursed, realizing this was bad.

Sure enough, the next second, the somber Miss Silph suddenly opened her little mouth and let out a piercing scream.

This time, Qin Chu finally heard clearly what Silf was saying, which was:

"Ah~~~~"

The piercing scream spread like a shockwave, stirring up tumultuous waves at once in this Soul World.

Because he had been through it once before, Qin Chu’s soul strength was incredibly exaggerated, but one thing that had to be understood was that this was Silf’s home field; the sharp shriek even caused the entire consciousness space to tremble, almost on the verge of collapsing.

Black tornados raged all around, with the Blood Pool looking as though it had turned into a tsunami.

Qin Chu’s consciousness trembled. In a purely soul state, Qin Chu still possessed all of his Strength, but the trouble was that his defensive power had become zero due to the disappearance of his body, and any impact would cause significant damage to his consciousness.

But Qin Chu did not want to leave just like that.

He cared not for Silf’s life or death, but Qin Chu feared that this kind of erosion might one day appear on himself, on Angelica, on Candice...

Qin Chu aimed to find a method to deal with this situation from this prime specimen before him.

Watching the black tornadoes sweeping over from all around, Qin Chu’s consciousness suddenly soared into the sky.

The next instant, a soft white light burst forth from him.

It was as if a sun had risen in this gloomy Soul World.

The gentle light, in rays sharp as swords, sprinkled towards the sky and onto the ground, instantly evaporating the black muck it touched into a withered yellow desert, and tearing a huge hole in the gloomy clouds above.

The Holy Light shone on Silf, turning her screams into wails of agony.

The Holy Light collided violently with the blood-red threads entwining Silf, like a red-hot iron rod against hard ice, the sizzling and cracking sounds incessant and bringing near-endless pain to Silf.

Her soul convulsed and spasmed severely as it floated in mid-air.

In an instant, her soul even began to appear somewhat ethereal, insubstantial, and if this situation continued to unfold, it might not take long for Silf’s soul to completely vanish.

This was not the outcome Qin Chu wished to see; after all, if a similar situation occurred to Angelica, would he have to directly destroy Angelica’s soul?

Frowning slightly, Qin Chu dispersed the Holy Light from his body.

With the destruction and obstruction from the Holy Light gone, massive amounts of darkness and filth began to spread rapidly again below, the black slime filling the entire space.

Whooshing sounds... The Blood Pool’s surface surged with waves tens of meters high, the sticky blood pouring downwards.

The blood transformed into twisted shadows that rushed at Qin Chu’s consciousness, howling and flailing their claws in a wild attempt to tear Qin Chu’s consciousness to shreds.

As these shadows were about to engulf Qin Chu’s consciousness, Holy Light burst forth from him again, shattering the approaching shadows. He immediately contracted the light, and his consciousness shot down, heading straight for Silf’s soul.

Right before Silf opened her mouth to let out a second scream, he seized one of the threads on Silf, yanked it forcefully, and in the next second, his consciousness swiftly retreated, sliding out of Silf’s soul space.

Hum...

Qin Chu’s body trembled violently, his vacant gaze returning to normal.

He withdrew and sat down on the bed with a thud, his body almost completely soaked with sweat, large beads of it continuously rolling down from his cheeks.

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He glanced at the time, only a few minutes had passed.

But those minutes felt more exhausting than the previous hour.

His muscles were continuously spasming, and his consciousness was a piercing pain. However, this time’s gains were still considerable. Qin Chu opened his palm to reveal a soft, hazy white light shaping into a spherical orb, within which a slender, worm-like entity writhed.

Deprived of Qin Chu’s support, Silph collapsed onto the ground.

Her condition was even worse than Qin Chu’s, her mouth frothing as if she had been poisoned.

A long while passed before Silph’s consciousness began to slowly return. She wasn’t even clear on what had happened in the Soul World; she only felt an unbearable and nearly maddening pain, as if she were being torn apart.

After lying on the ground and panting heavily for a good while, she slowly got up, tidied her disheveled clothes, and then hastily checked the mark on her chest.

Then, a wild joy spread across her face... The mark on her chest had nearly vanished, leaving behind only a very faint layer that was hardly visible.

Although she didn’t know whether it might worsen again in the future, at least for now, this was very good news.

Only then did Silph look up at Qin Chu. Seeing his pale face and sweat-soaked back, she was taken aback. It seemed that healing her had exhausted Qin Chu to the point of collapse.

She struggled to stand up, her body still uncomfortable, her legs trembling uncontrollably as she walked.

An inadvertent movement aggravated a wound and immediately sent a searing pain through her.

"Qin Chu, are you okay?" Silph asked cautiously.

Qin Chu managed a weak smile, "I won’t die."

"My condition, how is it?" Silph asked again, fear in her voice.

Qin Chu took a deep breath and lifted his right hand, presenting the object wrapped in Holy Light to Silph. A crimson thread, resembling an iron wire worm, was desperately wriggling. It seemed to possess its own consciousness, its end spinning wildly as if attempting to drill through the Holy Light’s barrier.

Every touch against the barrier formed by the Holy Light inflicted a burning pain on the crimson iron wire worm, causing it to instinctively curl up into a ball.

Seconds later, it attacked the Holy Light barrier again, repeating the process endlessly.

This weird entity made Silph’s scalp tingle: "What is this?"

"It’s something I pulled from your soul..."

Qin Chu’s words immediately turned Silph’s face pale.

"This is the root of your erosion. There are a total of twenty-six of these things on your soul..."

Hisss...

Silph shivered involuntarily, the hair on her neck standing on end.

The thought of having twenty-six of these weird entities crawling on her soul nearly made her head explode.

Fear... More than fear, it was disgust.

"I’m sorry, I’ve tried my best, but I only managed to pull out one," Qin Chu said with some regret. "I had hoped to destroy all these things, but there’s a high chance your soul would be reduced to ashes along with them. They’ve almost fused with your soul."

Looking at the fatigued hero who was still apologetically facing her, Silph suddenly felt that this man wasn’t so disagreeable after all.

But that meant it would take twenty-five more times?

"So should we start the next one right away?"

Qin Chu’s eyes widened, and the next second he shook his head desperately: "No, no, no..."

"Silph, have you gone mad?"

"Even if you can endure it, I can’t take it!"

The field plow isn’t bad, but the ox will die of exhaustion.

Actually, he just needed some time to study the thing in his hand.

Cleansing these entities from the soul seemed like a good way to remove corruption and restore those who were eroded, but this method seemed rather cumbersome.

And the process was full of danger.

Compared to Silph, Qin Chu was even more concerned about Catherine... After all, Catherine was currently a very useful spy Qin Chu had planted within the Hero Team.

Whether it was Rose Vesper or Asina, they might suspect each other, but both believed Catherine was on their side. Such a spy was still of great value at the moment, and Qin Chu wasn’t ready to throw that away just yet.

Silph pouted in frustration. Unable to immediately cleanse her soul of these disgusting entities, she felt extremely dejected.

If possible, she’d rather spend three days and three nights to resolve all the trouble at once.

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Time went on, day by day.

Candice had long since closed the hotel and left the Imperial City.

At this moment, she was in the Demon’s territory, waiting for an audience with Karsas.

The task given to her by Lord Horus was very important; she had to converse with Karsas in person to understand his true intentions.

"Look, that wretched half-breed is back."

"The Demon’s land will be defiled because of this filthy mongrel."

"Doesn’t she know that she’s unwelcome here?"

"If I were her, I would have died of shame already, her very existence is a dirty taint..."

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