Complete Release

"Captain! This side's under control!"

Auston turned back and saw that all his corpse puppets had been locked inside the small room. His face darkened.

Ling Chu had already taken the chance to rush near the fifth node.

The Ghostfire Command Sword stabbed forward again. This strike carried neither mental illusions nor disorientation. Auston's remaining soul power was no longer enough to support such tricks. He could only concentrate all his mental power at the sword tip, trying to make Ling Chu lose consciousness in the most direct way possible.

She abruptly flung up Death God's Cloak.

"Return to Silence!"

The instant the pale blue soul power gathered at the sword tip touched the cloak, it was like crashing into a bottomless black hole—it vanished outright.

All that remained in Auston's hand was an ordinary rapier stripped of its soul glow. He froze for a moment.

Ling Chu had already poked her head out from behind the cloak.

"Gone?"

The next second, she released the mental shock she had just absorbed without changing it in the slightest.

Pale blue soul light blasted back into Auston's chest.

He had clearly never experienced the Ghostfire Command Sword's mental attack striking himself. The connection between his soul and corpse suddenly jolted violently, throwing him off balance as he staggered backward.

His vision turned white, and his soul suffered a devastating blow!

Ling Chu swung her scythe, taking the opportunity to shatter the fifth node.

[The illegal restraint on 30 normal undead souls has been removed.]

At that moment, the Ghostfire Command Sword in Auston's hand completely lost most of its glow. Only the blue crystal at the center of its guard still emitted a faint light.

The worst change was to his body.

After losing the power provided by thirty undead