Seeing Xue Yinping's shadow collapse, Chen Lin immediately felt a weight lift from his heart.
The relief of surviving a disaster welled up within him.
But before he could celebrate, the scattered shadow transformed into countless gray threads and spread in every direction.
He inwardly cursed how tenacious she was.
Xue Yinping had merely been corrupted by that bizarre creature, yet she was already so difficult to kill. He could only imagine how formidable the creature itself must be.
Perhaps it could not be killed at all.
With that thought, Chen Lin abandoned any hope of killing her and continued searching for a way to escape.
First, he still needed to buy time.
Either his soul origin essence or Death Gaze had to recover before he could do anything else.
But in this cramped space, there was nowhere to dodge.
The gray threads were densely packed, leaving not a single gap.
In desperation, Chen Lin could only channel his inner star force and release the Star Ring to defend himself.
It actually worked!
Most of the gray threads were blocked.
But there were too many of them. One still broke through the Star Ring's barrier and flashed into Chen Lin's body.
Instantly, his flesh and divine soul began slipping out of his control again.
Yet the strange omen within his soul soon vanished on its own.
Even with its origin essence depleted, his soul could not be shaken.
His soul was special, however; his body was not.
Nor did he have any soul power to spare to resolve his loss of bodily control.
Chen Lin felt his body growing hotter and hotter, his blood beginning to boil. Under its influence, his thoughts became muddled.
His other abilities were affected as well.
He could no longer use either his innate power