Chapter 1434 - 475: Just Tell Me If He’s Alive or Not (6k)_3

But it wasn’t over yet. The moment the cage took shape, Bai Yi decisively severed the control and once again used "Conceptual Attribution" to unload "Silence" from himself, transforming it into the other side of superpower corresponding to Life.

Hunter’s originally emerald green magic power that represented Life now transformed into a pale gray symbolizing "Apoptosis."

After Hunter’s armor had been shattered by the two blasts of "Chaos" magic, he had no means to avoid the erosion of "Apoptosis" with only magic protection left on his body surface.

The already heavily weakened magic power was frail; "Apoptosis" didn’t require much strength to penetrate and seep into Hunter’s surface.

The Extraordinary Plant transformed from "Apoptosis" also gained the 8th Rank priority shared by Bai Yi, becoming another layer of Hunter’s final weakening along with the power of "Apoptosis."

After multiple abilities piled up together, if Hunter could see the panel, he would definitely see a string of negative statuses added to himself at this moment.

Clearly, Bai Yi, his target, was within reach, but under the dual Binding of the "Silence" cage and Extraordinary Plant upon him, and with a soul within him that didn’t belong to him interfering, Hunter could not move an inch.

Let alone continue Attack — even self-detonation was impossible, as the magic power inside him no longer responded to his intentions after so many weakenings.

It was as if even his body no longer belonged to him.

Through the tightening gaps in the plant, one could only see the unwillingness in Hunter’s eyes in the end.

"You are really hard to kill...

Even in this state, you still have the strength to struggle. Fortunately, my methods are ultimately a notch above yours.

Rest assured, you won’t die so easily. Soon, you’ll be by my side in another form."

Bai Yi spoke mysteriously, delivering the final words into Hunter’s mind before the vines completely obscured all vision.

The power of the superpower erupted on the soul level; when the palm opened again, a soul struggling in pain had already appeared in the soul perspective.

"Finally got it!

I really wonder what you’ve hidden inside your soul...

Heh, speaking of which, should I also take away a portion of that Great Mage’s soul?"

Bai Yi thought half-jokingly, exhaling deeply with relief, as the elaborate plans finally resulted in capturing Hunter’s soul, or more accurately, Hunter’s memories.

Next, I only need to go back and analyze it once to uncover all the memories Hunter might have buried.

With the soul temporarily taken with superpower, Bai Yi glanced at the body enveloped by the Extraordinary Plant and "Silence" magic power, pausing mid-action.

After removing the soul, the remaining body should no longer serve a purpose.

However, this leftover body must also be dealt with.

After all, proof of Hunter’s death must be left for the Gemini Emperor, ensuring that the Emperor is convinced all knowledge within Hunter’s mind has no chance of seeing the light of day.

Otherwise, merely leaving a body that has only lost its soul — essentially unharmed — makes it hard to explain how Hunter died.

Since the soul has been taken, no clues should be left behind.

Once again channeling superpower, he reloaded himself with the power belonging to "Chaos," with rising purple-red magic power enveloping his right hand.

This time, without a soul to mobilize the body’s magic power, "Hunter" was indistinguishable from an ordinary Extraordinary Material, no longer able to resist her power.

The power of "Chaos" entered Hunter’s body, quickly eroding every inch of his flesh along the internal body structure.

Every cell within was decomposed into the most primitive magic power, then assimilated by the power of "Chaos," continuously growing, ultimately tearing open rifts from the body surface, gushing forth.

Watching the cracked body, Bai Yi slowly nodded.

"This should be about enough."

Grabbing the Extraordinary Plant entwining Hunter, reconnecting with the Soul Armor, Bai Yi returned to the witch with Hunter’s corpse.

During the brief time he dealt with Hunter, several witches had already helped her tightly bind the Great Mage with several layers of Binding.

Although these witches themselves were not truly 8th Rank Mages, they had each temporarily learned a combat-related 8th Rank Spell, lacking true 8th Rank Spell abilities.

But as members of the witch unit, they could at least use the existing rune technology in the territory to create a restriction device based on an Array without issue.

Moreover, as "protagonist" witches, each had their own fortuitous encounters and means.

For instance, Lunning had performed a Holy Light Seal Technique using his Radiant Cross, while another witch with a special spell talent used her talent to perform a unique Control Magic.

It’s hard to say they were exquisite or powerful, but they were more than enough to restrain an already severely injured Great Mage until she returned.

Upon seeing Bai Yi teleport back, the Great Mage merely snorted coldly, averting his gaze to the side.

"I’ve already lost, I won’t deny it. Do with me as you will."

Even though he spoke of admitting defeat, there was not a hint of concession in his tone.

Clearly, having seen Bai Yi specifically go to kill Hunter without touching him, he had already figured out that Bai Yi wouldn’t kill him.

As for other costs?

Before this attack, preparations had already been made for the possibility of losing everything, including Life, in case of failure.

Though at the time, he didn’t believe he would lose at all.

However, just as he had guessed, Bai Yi, wanting to maintain the image of being close to the Gemini Civilization and continue wielding greater influence, truly wouldn’t have an easy time killing him.