The moment had nearly arrived... Cold sweat had soaked through Huo Yuhao's clothes. He knew he was close to the limit of what he could control. "Let go, Qiu'er."
The golden-red threads snapped, and the flow of reversed spiritual power stopped.
Huo Yuhao hadn't borrowed much spiritual power, but the spiritual power lent by two Soul Kings and a Soul Emperor was already more than enough for him.
Although his spiritual power cultivation was comparable to a Soul King's, he was still struggling.
If Chi Qiu hadn't kept a tight grip on his hand, maintaining the connection and exchange between their spiritual powers, he would probably have been crushed by now.
The green vortex of spiritual power that had covered the entire Absolute Defense Soul Tool also disappeared. Now, all that remained was the pill of spiritual power floating before Huo Yuhao.
To everyone else, the pill seemed feeble, with no power leaking from it at all. Only Huo Yuhao knew how much effort it had taken to keep it from exploding on the spot.
Then he reached out with a hand slick with cold sweat and gently pinched the pill. The moment he did, his other hand suddenly clamped down hard on Chi Qiu's.
He had briefly raised his spiritual power to the level of Tangible and Substantial. The strain it put on him was considerable.
His jade-green eyes, seemingly veiled completely by spiritual power and revealing no emotion, fixed on the multicolored pill. He parted his lips and slipped it into his mouth, as if eating a cherry.
As he swallowed, seven-colored light suddenly shone from his jade-green eyes. Then the vertical pupil seemed to catch fire, releasing a blaze of light.
"Qiu'er, use the fusion skill."
Chi Qiu's Eye of Destiny immediately stirred, and golden-red light shot