Chapter 192

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"Boom!"

And on the other side, where the power of purification was most brilliant and most dense.

"Huff…"

Jiang Li tightly gripped the Ancient Leaf of Life in one hand.

The magic on his body poured out like a flood, all of it pouring into the Ancient Leaf of Life.

"Gulp!"

At the same time.

Jiang Li kept pulling mana recovery potions from his backpack, gulping them down as if they cost nothing, with almost no pause.

There was no choice; the mana required to release the power of purification at full power was simply too vast. With his own mana, he could not sustain it for even a few seconds. Only by taking medicine nonstop could he barely maintain such a release rate.

Even so.

For the purification of the Dark Demon Spirit Fiona… it was still somewhat

"Roar!!"

At this moment.

Fiona, who had been frozen into an ice sculpture, trembled uncontrollably under the light of purification… strands of dark power, thin as hair, were dissipating into the surroundings.

"Too stubborn…"

However.

Seeing this scene.

Jiang Li felt not the slightest joy.

Instead, his brows knitted tightly, and his heart was filled with worry.

The Abyss Demon Spirit dwelling within Fiona possessed power far greater than ordinary dark power; naturally, it also possessed far greater corrosive and eroding power.

If the degree to which other elves were eroded by dark power was equivalent to tying two things together with a single hair, then Fiona, possessed by the Dark Demon Spirit at this moment… her degree of erosion was equivalent to being glued fast with superglue!

Even with the Ancient Leaf of Life and the power of purification at full power, clearing it away proved extremely difficult.

According to Jiang Li's estimate.

Up to now.

He had probably only cleared one percent of the dark power within Fiona… and that was just the dark power; the most fundamental, most essential Abyss Demon Spirit had not moved a single bit!

Jiang Li even began to think… had this Abyss Demon Spirit already merged with Fiona!

"This won't work…"

Looking at this painfully slow progress.

Jiang Li felt he could not continue like this… He glanced at the upper right corner of his vision.

There was a string of numbers…

【Time remaining until dungeon ends: thirty minutes twenty-nine seconds… twenty-seven seconds…】

"Only thirty minutes…"

"Far from enough for the power of purification to clear away the dark power and the Abyss Demon Spirit!"

Jiang Li gritted his teeth. He looked at the ice sculpture before him… his gaze gradually grew firm.

His left hand paused the action of drinking medicine.

Instead, he drew Hyōrinmaru…

"Whoosh… Boom!"

Jiang Li twisted his wrist.

Hyōrinmaru flashed with cold light. He thrust the sword forward, the tip striking the ice sculpture and creating a small pit… but immediately, countless cracks radiated outward from the tiny pit, spreading across the entire ice sculpture in almost an instant.

"Crack crack…"

Then.

A series of faint cracking sounds rang out.

As these cracking sounds grew denser and louder…

"Boom!!"

With a boom.

The entire ice sculpture enveloping the Dark Demon Spirit Fiona completely crumbled apart.

It turned into countless chunks and shards of ice of varying sizes, some scattered on the ground, others flying and splashing outward.

"Swish!"

And at the moment the ice sculpture shattered.

The Dark Demon Spirit Fiona immediately opened her eyes, her crimson gaze suddenly blazing.

"Roar!!"

Fiona let out an angry roar.

Just as she was about to pounce, Jiang Li acted before her… He did not retreat but advanced, taking a step forward. Under Fiona's bewildered and ferocious gaze, he instantly closed the distance to stand right before her…

"For me… Purify!!!"

Jiang Li murmured in his heart.

His right hand tightly gripped the Ancient Leaf of Life and suddenly extended, pressing it firmly against Fiona's forehead.

"Voom!!!"

Instantly.

The surrounding power of purification was instantly drawn back, all of it concentrating onto the Ancient Leaf of Life.

And the moment the ancient leaf of life pressed against Fiona's forehead, a halo of seven colors rippled out... This was the effect of condensing all the power of purification together; the power of purification had almost undergone a metamorphosis, becoming a force of a higher level!

"Ah... aaaaah!!"

At this moment.

Fiona's entire body stiffened, unable to move.

In her scarlet, bloodthirsty gaze, an expression of immense pain surfaced...