Escape from the Zerg Nest (4/98)

[Soul Extraction Level 4: Extracts an enemy's soul and seals it inside an appropriate object, including but not limited to boxes, clocks, gems, and bones. The soul can then be acted upon through various means, including but not limited to burning, whipping, crushing, reading its memories, or putting it into a new body.]

[Soul Extraction (Extraordinary Effect): Grants special awareness of certain souls, particularly divine souls and holy spirits, and has a powerful suppressive and controlling effect on them.]

Seeing this information, Liu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. At last, he understood why, despite being locked in a struggle just moments earlier, he had been able to seize that soul so easily in the end.

It was the effect of Soul Extraction's extraordinary ability.

The discovery excited Liu Zhi. He was about to snatch the remaining three special souls while he was at it when he suddenly noticed that all three seemed to react.

The Brain Bug, which looked so intelligent, immediately hid its shining intellect among the countless ordinary souls.

The Queen's soul simply vanished, disappearing from Liu Zhi's sight.

Unlike those two timid souls that had hidden themselves, the Mother Nest's soul seemed to have been activated. It writhed incessantly, as though summoning something and pushing it toward Liu Zhi.

Liu Zhi wasn't sure what was happening. He was looking for an opportunity to take the Mother Nest's soul when a crash sounded outside.

Only then did Liu Zhi realize that extracting the soul had taken too long. The Zerg had already launched their counterattack, and there wasn't enough time to extract the Mother Nest's soul.

Liu Zhi sighed regretfully. He was short on time. If he had more of it, he could have taken the Mother Nest's soul, but now he could only destroy