"Buzz... buzz... buzz..."
Pink energy flashing with an eerie sheen radiated outward from the Priest's body like waves of shockwaves.
A familiar mechanical sound kept ringing in Xia Nan's mind. [Dreamweaver Corridor] was rapidly charging at a rate of 0.0003% per second.
But he felt no joy at all. Instead, it only made him feel more and more troubled.
For him, who possessed the [Dreamweaver Corridor] terminal and could automatically absorb the energy of gems he came into contact with, these scattered pink rays were precious energy.
But for other Adventurers who did not have similar equipment, this was a mental check continuously imposed on their will at one-second intervals.
If they failed to withstand even a single round and fell into a charmed state, the energy waves that continued to strike them would then take advantage of the opening to destroy the affected person's will and drag their mind completely into the fallen Abyss.
Xia Nan did not know what the other party's actions were meant to achieve, but reality was not a game. He could not possibly stand there stupidly and watch the entire "cutscene."
No matter what Moen wanted to do, he could not let the other party get his way so easily.
It was just that this aged Priest had clearly anticipated his current state.
Almost the instant he forcibly stuffed the gem into his chest, a semitransparent Pink Energy Barrier once again appeared around his body, protecting that broken body now flashing with radiant light inside.
It blocked Xia Nan, who had intended to interrupt the process, outside.
"Crack..."
Along with the shrill cry of energy vibrating at high frequency, a strange, crisp sound suddenly rang out in the air, as if ice crystals were condensing.
Standing there inside the barrier, Moen's burning white Holy