"Ugh!"
The child trembled violently, pain instantly contorting his face.
Jiang Fan spoke in a grave voice.
"Hold on!"
"Otherwise, you'll die!"
Just as the child was about to break down, resolve returned to his face...
The process lasted roughly as long as it took to drink a cup of tea.
When the last trace of sinister poison dissolved completely, the child collapsed to the ground, utterly drained.
Though he was drenched in sweat, his face looked more relaxed than ever before...
Next, Jiang Fan turned his gaze to the second child...
Then the third... the fourth...
A full two hours passed.
The Blood-Colored Demon Seeds inside all dozen or so children dissolved completely...
"That's still not enough!"
Jiang Fan raised his head and beckoned.
The timeworn Soul-Devouring Ancient Mirror immediately flew out of the spatial storage and hovered above the children's heads.
Its reflective surface faced downward.
"Absorb!"
Wisps of extremely faint, almost invisible gray-black smoke drifted from the crown of each child's head.
These were the final remnants of soul power left behind after the demon seeds had been purified.
Though they no longer posed much of a threat, they would damage the children's vitality if left inside their bodies for too long.
But under the suction of the Soul-Devouring Ancient Mirror, every wisp of gray-black smoke flowed into the mirror...
When the final wisp was absorbed by the Soul-Devouring Ancient Mirror.
"Whew!"
Jiang Fan let out a long breath.
With a wave of his hand, the mirror's radiance faded, and it flew into his grasp.
Looking at the children again, they were still weak from having their life origin drained by the demon seeds for so long, but the ashen pallor of death had completely vanished from their faces.
In its place were bright eyes and