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Chapter 281 - 218: Reincarnation (6100 words) _2

Chapter 281: Chapter 218: Reincarnation (6100 words) _2

He had originally thought that such a fierce collision would lead to a swift end to the battle. However, the actual process was much longer than he had imagined.

As time passed, Mu You’s magic power began to decline at a visible rate. He had already utilized all available recovery methods, yet the input could not keep up with the output, making it impossible to persist indefinitely.

Two hours later, his magic power was completely exhausted.

Mu You’s consciousness began to waver, a symptom of excessive spiritual power consumption. But he dared not arbitrarily sever his connection to his magic power, especially since Vivian was still fighting. He could only continue to force himself on.

After struggling for another hour, Mu You finally reached his limit. With his head spinning and a sudden sharp pain in his consciousness, he fell into unconsciousness.

...

When Mu You woke up again, daylight was already shining brightly around him.

The mottled sunlight shone through the gaps in the tree crowns and into the forest, making his eyes sting slightly.

After regaining clarity within two or three seconds, Mu You quickly glanced at the time. He was immediately shocked: it was already three o’clock in the afternoon the following day?

He had been unconscious for more than ten hours, and the forest’s closing time was approaching!

Where was Vivian?

Mu You quickly looked around. In front of him was still the massive pit. But the noise from underground had stopped, and the surroundings were silent.

He checked the prompts in his mind again, only to find that the life span consumption of the Reaper’s Pact only stopped an hour ago. Altogether, nearly two hundred and eighty years of life had been consumed!

Adding in the more than three hundred years consumed by the binding of six additional items earlier, his original life balance of more than a thousand years had plummeted below five hundred, leaving only 443 years.

"It is used up so quickly..."

At this moment, Mu You indeed experienced what it was like to spend at ease. But he had no time to dwell on it, as he jumped down into the cave and entered the ground to assess the situation.

Upon landing, he was met with an unbelievable scene.

The underground was still filled with a dark purple hue, as it had been the night before.

In the open space illuminated by the purple fluorescent stone, a canary lay on the ground, its legs stiff and body unnaturally contorted. Underneath its golden feathers, what appeared to be tumor-like flesh balls grew uncontrollably, clearly a sign of black magic seeping through and running rampant.

"Vivian?!"

Mu you promptly rushed over and picked up the canary. However, the bird was already rigid, its feet twitching, and its eyes completely black. There was no sign of life, but the tumorous flesh on its body was still slowly spreading.

Did Vivian die?

Mu You’s pupils contracted. He couldn’t comprehend: Vivian was still in high spirits when he left last night. Now, after waking up from sleep, she’s nothing more than a corpse?

If it were so dangerous, why didn’t she say so earlier? They would have given up the corpse and left directly...

"What is that look on your face? You look like you’re about to send me off the deep end..."

At that moment, a familiar voice sounded in his head.

Mu You turned his head to look. A familiar crow flew over from the other side and landed on his shoulder.

"Uh, Vivian? You’re okay..."

As soon as he saw the arriving crow, Mu You instantly understood. Vivian’s soul hadn’t dissipated; it had left the canary’s body and transferred to the crow’s body.

"The bird variant body is too weak to withstand the pressure of black magic, so I transferred myself to the crow’s body. The crow is a familiar I have personally trained. It is much stronger in physical strength and it also has the natural ability to automatically absorb normal magic power, which greatly alleviates my dependence on your magic power." Vivian explained.

"That’s a relief..." Mu You let out a sigh of relief, as he had genuinely thought that we would have to part ways with his master after waking up from his sleep.

Once he regained his senses, Mu You finally had the time to observe his surroundings.

At the moment, the forest spirit still maintained its deer-like form rooted in the Fountain of Youth, a dozen meters away. However, the once fierce forest spirit now had its red eyes reverted back to a gentle blue and the black aura dissipated, instead starting to absorb the surrounding aura.

All the black aura of the Black Forest flowed along the tree roots into the ground, circled around the forest spirit and formed a gentle vortex, finally being absorbed entirely into the forest spirit’s body.

Even the canary at his feet was affected by this absorption; the black magic that had once run rampant within it quickly calmed down, and the tumorous flesh gradually receded until the bird looked as it once did.

After absorbing all the black magic in the surrounding air, the forest spirit looked up towards them and beckoned. A branch stretched out from the ground, tying up the canary. Then the branch grew longer and handed the canary over to the forest spirit, immersing it in the water of the fountain that was radiating life.

The Canary, whose body had been twisted and rigid, miraculously revived after being immersed in the fountain for a few moments. It fluttered its wings to fly, shaking off the water droplets from its feathers, and finally landed on the forest spirit’s head.

The forest spirit disregarded the canary’s presumptuous actions, turned to look at Mu You, and gave him the once-over: "Is this the disciple you have chosen?"

The forest spirit’s voice was still that mixed, airy sound, yet it was much more rational compared to its ferocity the previous night.

"Yes."

Vivian nodded: "As you can see, I no longer have the ability to fulfil my promise. The remaining tasks will be handed over to my disciple."

"Are you...certain?" The forest spirit looked at Mu You again, seeming somewhat hesitant. The core is the essence of a forest spirit. Possessing the forest spirit’s core is equivalent to possessing the forest spirit’s power. Especially as its core is filled with the pollution of black magic. If it falls into the hands of someone with malicious intent, it would be a disaster for the world.