Osaka.
Above the ruined city, Lin Qiye slowly sheathed Zhanbai and let out a long breath, fatigue surfacing in his eyes.
He looked down over the city below. Deep black blade marks interwove into a vast circle roughly two kilometers in radius, its intricate patterns filling the interior in a dazzling tangle.
This was Lin Qiye's first time drawing a Magic Array on such a massive scale, and also the first time he had truly used a "forbidden spell." In Merlin's Forbidden Spell Codex, this was one of the few forbidden spells Lin Qiye could currently wield.
"Almost done..."
Lin Qiye murmured to himself.
At the same time, Black Pupil and the other two orderlies dragged the bodies of two Corpse Beasts back to Lin Qiye. Following his instructions, they placed them, along with the two Corpse Beasts Yurina Takishiro had just slain, at the very center of the forbidden spell.
Although these Corpse Beasts had been created by the Red Moon's corruption, they still contained vast remnants of divine power, making them ideal fuel for this forbidden spell. As for the lingering power of the Red Moon within them, it would not cause much negative impact as long as it was not used for Dimensional Summoning.
Lin Qiye returned to the McLaren and lightly patted its body. The pixel-constructed vehicle swiftly broke apart, and a heavy silver square stele crashed from beneath the chassis onto the ground with a dull boom.
The stele was no more than a meter in length and width, yet it was unimaginably heavy, made of some unknown material. Its surface was carved with densely packed mysterious symbols, as inscrutable as heavenly script.
So this was the Heart of Purification...
Lin Qiye pressed his palm against the stele's surface and poured Mental Power into it.