Chapter 197: Ke Yin

She stared at her hands in shock: "I have long failed to master a more efficient 【Dual-Hand Casting】, yet I learned it so easily? What exactly did you do?"

"Just a little trick."

Lady Kali scowled at his smug look and struck back: "Don't get carried away. This Plague Mage Amel is no simpleton; he knows and has learned countless spells, his magical knowledge is extremely vast, and he cannot lack means to escape, yet he insists on fighting us right here."

Rod nodded.

He had long sensed something was off; aside from the opponent fighting like a desperate Spiritual Warrior, a mage would never tank hits like he did.

Furthermore, Amel's soul vessel was blood seeping into the ground, and before this, no one except Tally had discovered it.

Even if, after his current body died, the blood fled to a distance, everyone present would likely assume he had simply died a normal death.

"Then the question arises: how will you contact his soul vessel? It is a pool of liquid that can flee at any moment."

Lady Kali pondered for a moment, watching the battlefield from afar.

Over there, Vivian seized the opportunity and accurately flung a 【Polymorph】 spell.

With a *poof*, that Amel turned into a sheep.

The Druid's Owl-Bear form roared fiercely to the sky, layers of mana pressing down, forming a spell upon her.

【Dragon Power Art】.

The Owl-Bear's massive body expanded again, and on parts where feathers could not cover, tiny scales could be seen growing.

She swung her massive bear claw, which glowed with red light.

*Boom! *

Various spell shields were shattered.

The sheep instantly exploded into a burst of blood.

However, in the next moment, a figure rose from the ground once more; this time, it was a Halfling.

Lady Kali watched this scene and immediately sensed something.

"When he recondenses his body, the blood serving as the soul vessel will flow through the new body once, then seep into the ground to hide. This moment of flow is my opportunity."

They had failed to notice before because they did not know the blood served as the soul vessel; once understood, mages could quickly use different spells to observe it.

This is also why their spells take knowledge as power.

Rod: "Simple, I'll just kill him a few more times until you can catch him."

Lady Kali: "To avoid suspicion, I will join the fight to observe; I plan to strike after his third body death. Human, have your ghoul lover return, and to be safe, have the surrounding undead creatures withdraw from the battlefield."

The long war of attrition seemed to show signs of ending.

Pan Ni obeyed the order and left the field unwillingly.

Rod and Lady Kali then entered the combat circle.

The Druid Half-Werewolf was also a fellow with extraordinary patience, fighting from start to finish without even taking a break.

Although the opponent was a Plague Mage with superior means, lacking stronger offensive methods, facing a siege by two Seventh-Rank, one Half-Step Seventh-Rank, and two top Sixth-Rank opponents, he was easily defeated.

The group's siege quickly defeated two of his bodies in succession.

When he first saw Lady Kali enter the field, he was quite wary, but as she took no action afterward, he gradually shifted his attention to the Druid and Rod, who had stronger offensive capabilities.

When he stood up for the third time, Amel transformed into an old human woman and stabbed her staff violently into the ground.

A power of a domain rapidly spread out.

A patch of green plague mist, emitting a foul stench, spread across the designated area.

This Plague Doctor finally unleashed his signature move—【Plague Domain】.

The Druid's Owl-Bear form hindered her speed; she could not dodge in time and was contaminated by the plague within.

Her body stiffened, and she immediately withered.

Rod endured the plague mist directly and lifted her out of its range.

The other three contestants were in the rear ranks and were not affected.

Lady Kali did not directly contact the Druid but flung some spells at her from afar.

"Her vitality and mana have both been drained; she has contracted at least fifteen diseases."

The Druid could not maintain the Owl-Bear form and transformed into a Blue Wolf, which consumed less body mass.

She stood firmly, looked at the other four, and then walked dejectedly toward the rear.

This Half-Werewolf knew she was powerless to continue fighting and voluntarily retreated to the back.

Lady Kali: "She will be fine; Druids are equally skilled in medical healing."

Amel's voice came from within the plague mist:

"I have never been a steadfast person; I have held countless jobs and possess knowledge of countless professions. Given many temptations and many voices, I would choose to listen—endless magical knowledge, I want it; the mysteries of germs and life, I want those too. But when someone tells me I must choose one, I would rather abandon both simultaneously."

"And you, Warden Rod, Elf Lady Kali, you are qualified substitutes." Amel issued a benevolent smile, "It was not in vain that I spent nearly a century's worth of resources to delay..."

With those words spoken.

Within the 【Plague Domain】, the mana light of a ritual array flickered.

In the next moment, everyone could clearly perceive two strange energies, incompatible with Spiritual Mana, peeling away from Amel's body.

These two strange energies did not blend with each other and mutually repelled.

It is hard to imagine them appearing simultaneously within Amel's body.

Rod's face suddenly changed drastically.

He could sense Aether and Psionics within them, that is, the aura of the Extra-Dimensional Space.

And this aura was precisely the scent of 【Ke Yin】 he had just learned about not long ago!

Unlike the 【Lust Ke Yin】 within Vivian's body, these two Ke Yin carried the attributes of Despair and Plague respectively.

"He is switching the candidate for 【Ke Yin】! Lady Kali! Leave this place!"

The words had barely fallen.

The two 【Ke Yin】 shot toward the elf and him respectively!

The two things came extremely fast, and their targets were extremely clear.

Even when Tally leapt out from the shadows to block in front of him, that 【Plague Ke Yin】 passed straight through her without leaving a trace, heading straight for Rod.

Watching the 【Ke Yin】 about to enter the two bodies.

The water orb gifted by Miss Xiao Ke in Rod's arms burst open in an instant.

In a flash it split in two, flying ahead of the two 【Ke Yin】 at an even greater speed.

The two 【Ke Yin】 actually both tried to dodge that water flow, forcibly twisting their momentum to veer off elsewhere.

But that water flow would not let them go, circling and chasing them midair, and after several seconds successfully captured both 【Ke Yin】.

Reforming into a water orb, it dropped to the ground with a splat, then bounced a few times.

"What?"

Amel voiced an incredulous question.

How could Rod still tolerate this guy?

His reaction was extremely fast; 【Wailing Heaven-Shaker】 activated in an instant, pink-purple wrath-fire surging skyward.

At the same time, the pale-white mist behind him condensed and rapidly rose, forming the battle soul of a massive bronze dragon.

"ROAR!!!"

An immensely powerful dragon roar blasted open a shockwave! Sweeping away the dirt and ash along with the plague mist!

And Rod vanished from where he stood in an instant, closing in.

The giant dragon battle soul behind him made the same slashing motion as him, except Rod swung his sword while the battle soul swung its claws, viciously chopping down at Amel, who was still standing dumbfounded at the center of the domain.

(End of chapter)