"It's over. Come in."
Youlan's voice came from inside the courtyard. Upon hearing it, Lu Xueling strolled in at an unhurried pace, while Nana dashed inside in a flash.
When she entered the secret chamber, the corpses of the Great Saint Spirit and Second Saint Spirit had long since vanished. Yet the blade marks and shattered stones on the floor were enough to show that a fierce battle had taken place here—though it had clearly been a one-sided slaughter.
"This..."
Nana was utterly dumbfounded. She had always believed Valkyrie Armor was powerful, but seeing Youlan single-handedly overthrow this branch headquarters left her even more shocked.
This girl, who was five years younger than her, had solved every problem with nothing more than three rings of cultivation and a single suit of armor.
The entire process had taken less than two minutes. Nana could not imagine how Youlan had done it.
Everything had changed far too suddenly.
"Nana." It was not until Lu Xueling slowly entered the secret chamber as well and called her name from close by that Nana suddenly snapped out of it.
"Go find your parents. There isn't much time. I still have other matters to attend to, so if you have anything to say, say it quickly. Youlan and I will wait outside."
As he spoke, Lu Xueling took out a grayish-black object resembling a gemstone.
"Absorb."
The moment that word fell, all the deathly baleful aura and resentful souls in the area were sucked into the gray gemstone. Naturally, the souls of those two Evil Soul Masters were swallowed as well!
"Every little bit counts." Lu Xueling put away the gray gemstone and flashed out along the path they had come with Youlan.
Once outside the underground hall, they happened upon the eight Saint Servants gathered