Chapter 287: Borrowing Your Power

Everyone instinctively stepped aside, unwilling to let the white light touch them, but some could not avoid it.

However, the white light caused no harm to anyone!

At the same time, Ai Rui Li Ya's voice suddenly rose, clearly reaching everyone's ears:

"Run! Run quickly! This is a trap, you've all been deceived. Take my sword and leave this place; if possible, return the sword to the Alliance…"

Yet before she could finish, a streak of light shot out from the Crystal.

Lin Yifan instinctively reached out, and a long sword wrapped in holy light settled steadily in his hand.

Two small characters were engraved on the hilt:

【Dawnbreak】 (a broken divine artifact) can be repaired

Grade:??? (unlockable after repair)

Skill:??? (unlockable after repair)

"Is this… a relic of the Light God?" Silver Face exclaimed in shock.

"A relic of the Light God?" Lin Yifan paused, curiously eyeing the sword in his hand.

The sword was entirely golden, its blade etched with exquisite patterns, but at a glance one could tell the designs were not decorative—they were magical runes.

After being grasped, the blade began to grow naturally, stopping only when it matched Lin Yifan's stature.

He gave the sword a gentle swing and found it felt like an extension of his own body—though it was his first time holding it, it seemed incredibly familiar.

As if the sword had always been his.

Yet Lin Yifan was certain he had never seen the sword before, nor had any connection to it,

so where did this familiarity come from?

Lin Yifan was very curious.

However, before he could investigate, the monster let out a deafening roar, and hundreds of faces simultaneously spewed black pus.

Lin Yifan felt a warm pulse from the sword, and Ruan Qingtan's body suddenly radiated the same light.

At that moment, he finally realized why he was resonating with the sword.

It turned out that after all that time, it wasn't he who sensed the sword!

It was the Ruan Qingtan in his arms who sensed the sword!

Perhaps because Ruan Qingtan trusted him 100%, at this moment she inadvertently caused him to sense the sword as well.

Either way, it was ultimately a good thing!

Because Lin Yifan discovered he could control the sword!

He grasped the sword without hesitation, its tip pointing at the monster, bowed his head toward the Ruan Qingtan in his arms, and whispered softly:

"Qingtan, lend me your strength; we'll break out together!!"

The unconscious Ruan Qingtan instinctively raised her hand, and a pure Purify light column descended from the sky, merging with the sword's light.

When the light faded, everyone saw a pair of light‑formed wings sprout from behind Lin Yifan, and his eyes had turned pure gold.

Silver Face gazed at the golden wings behind Lin Yifan, a flash of nostalgia and madness in his eyes; he slowly knelt on one knee, reverently murmuring:

"Great Light God… you have finally returned!"

And the monsters, for the first time, showed a look of fear.

Lin Yifan felt an unprecedented surge of power within him; 【Dawnbreak】 rang a clear, resonant tone in his hand, as if answering its master's awakening.

He stared at the twisted monster in the distance, countless faces of agony reflected in his golden pupils.

"So that's it…" he murmured softly, with a hint of longing, saying:

"Is this the Light God's power? Indeed mighty."

Silver Face knelt on the ground, his eyes beneath the silver mask full of awe:

"The holy light said to Purify all corruption… never expected it to reappear in this era."

Hong Shaoqiang stared dumbfounded at the floating Lin Yifan, stammering:

"Cap—Captain… you…"

"Now is not the time for explanations." Lin Yifan's voice became ethereal and commanding; he lifted 【Dawnbreak】, the tip pointing at the monster's chest Crystal, and spoke slowly:

"First rescue Ai Rui Li Ya!"

The monster seemed to sense the threat, unleashing an earth‑shaking roar.

Its massive body suddenly accelerated, countless limbs contorting into sharp black spears that rained down upon everyone.

"Careful!" Silver Face sprang up, drawing twin blades to prepare for battle.

Yet Lin Yifan merely waved 【Dawnbreak】 lightly, and a pure Purify light barrier enveloped the group. The black spears struck the barrier and instantly turned to ash.

"Protect Qingtan." Lin Yifan glanced back at the still‑unconscious Ruan Qingtan, then sensed his own body, feeling an arcane intuition.

It was his control over the sword, which could last roughly another minute!

So he need not take Ruan Qingtan on the adventure.

Thus he handed Ruan Qingtan to Hong Shaoqiang and Zhao Guo, then turned his head and said: "I'll deal with that monster; that creature won't die, we won't be able to leave either."

As soon as the words left his mouth, his figure turned into a streak of light rushing toward the monster.

In the monster's chest Crystal, Ai Rui Li Ya seemed to sense something, her curled body trembling slightly.

"Hold on, Ai Rui Li Ya!" Lin Yifan shouted, the 【Dawnbreak】 in his hand blazing with dazzling light.

The monster wildly flailed its limbs, trying to block Lin Yifan's approach.

Yet each attack was easily nullified by 【Dawnbreak】. When Lin Yifan finally reached the monster, he noticed countless fine black threads winding around the Crystal—life threads linked to Ai Rui Li Ya.

As Lin Yifan's frantic assaults continued, those tiny black threads pumped a blood‑red energy outward from Ai Rui Li Ya's body.

Lin Yifan instantly realized the monster was using Ai Rui Li Ya's body as its energy source.

In other words, at this moment the monster was actually Ai Rui Li Ya!

He forcibly attacks the monster's Crystal, which is actually equivalent to attacking Ai Rui Li Ya!

If he forcibly destroys the Crystal, he will naturally also hurt her.

This gives Lin Yifan a bit of a headache!

His goal is to save people, but in this situation he has no way to proceed.

But at that moment he felt a warm pulse emanating from the Dawnbreak in his hand.

At the same time, an unfamiliar voice sounded in his mind:

"Use your heart to feel… the boundary between light and darkness is not absolute; they are opposite, they are mutually contradictory, yet they also coexist…"

"Feel the connection between them, and you can control them, allowing light and darkness to transform freely…"

"Who? Who's speaking?" Lin Yifan heard the voice in his mind, instinctively turned his head to look around, but found no one.

However, if someone can communicate directly in his mind, their strength must be extraordinary.

At the very least, killing him would be easy, so there is no need for such extra measures!