The pressure and fear from Benedict Beast gave Grace a strong urge to scream.
Yet at this moment, she couldn’t utter a single sound, mouth agape, unable even to beg for mercy.
She could only watch helplessly as the Spiritual Energy within her was continuously being drained away.
No...
Don’t consume her.
She doesn’t want to die.
As if hearing her inner cry, a wisp of Black Mist swiftly spread throughout the room.
Accompanied by a man’s disdainful voice, "Indeed a worthless wretch."
The Black Mist rapidly enshrouded, and just as it was about to envelop Benedict Beast, the door was slammed open with a command following fast,
"Heavenly Talisman Appearance, Invisible Ghosts, Prosperous Union, Seal!"
Accompanied by the command, a Jade Talisman flickered with spiritual light and floated into the air, and in the next second, the Black Mist that had filled the room seemed to be bound by spiritual light and dragged into the talisman.
One wisp after another.
The Jade Talisman quickly became muddied, yet the Black Mist continued to pour incessantly into the room.
Scarlett Jennings instinctively knitted her brows at the doorway.
A sinister male voice echoed faintly from the void, the voice of Mr. Nian,
"I know you can seal the Black Mist, but I am not like that fool Nolan Snyder. My Black Mist is not so easily absorbed."
Scarlett Jennings’ heart leapt as she instinctively looked at the Jade Talisman hovering in mid-air.
Only to see the Jade Talisman quickly turning black from absorbing the Black Mist, even faintly showing signs of breaking from within.
Her Jade Talisman couldn’t hold so much Black Mist.
Scarlett Jennings decisively retracted the Jade Talisman and simultaneously tossed out a Spirit Talisman, which tightly wrapped the blackened Jade Talisman.
The voice cackled twice, then spoke again,
"Your talisman can’t seal me, and next up is my turn."
As his voice fell, the Black Mist in the room swiftly gathered, soon forming a thick Black Mist, bypassing the Benedict Jade and heading straight towards Scarlett Jennings.
Scarlett Jennings stood firm, coldly watching the rolling Black Mist approach, yet she said,
"My talisman may not seal everything, but that doesn’t mean I have nothing else."
As she spoke, she dodged the Black Mist attack, casually reaching into the Hundred Objects Box, and pulled out a... turtle.
The System Turtle drooped its head, yet instinctively paddled its limbs.
Without thinking, Scarlett Jennings tossed the System Turtle toward the direction of the Black Mist, simultaneously commanding,
"Stop being emo! The energy you’ve asked for is here!"
The System Turtle, sensing the power of the Black Mist, immediately showed some disdain.
[This thing is nothing compared to Fortune.]
Despite the disdain in its voice, the body reflexively began absorbing the surging Black Mist into its system as soon as it was thrown into the mist.
The Black Mist visibly diminished, to the surprise of the man, as another wave of Black Mist poured into the room.
He attempted to use the previous method to explode the turtle.
Unexpectedly, the powerful core of the System Turtle welcomed the Black Mist without hesitation, absorbing one wave after another, showing no signs of discomfort.
Realizing the turtle’s extraordinariness, Mr. Nian finally ceased emitting Black Mist,
"What kind of turtle is this?!"
Clearly a seemingly ordinary Wood Pattern Turtle, why could it absorb so much of his Black Mist?
Scarlett Jennings did not answer.
Yet she could hear the exuberant roar of the System Turtle in her mind,
[I am the Divine Turtle System born of the Heavenly Dao! A mere Black Mist trying to choke me?! Ha!]
Just as it had in Lloyd Village, the system, upon absorbing the Black Mist, could directly control the mist, allowing its entire turtle body to float in the air.
At this moment, the System Turtle seemed to have perked up, perhaps attempting to prove its capability, and it turned its target toward Grace, who had been bitten over there.
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