Encouraged by Chen Rui, Adeline joined the games as well. However, the Naga girl did not take part in Oliphis and Lalalia's battle game, instead choosing her favorite single-player development game and soon immersing herself in it with great relish.
There were still several hours before they returned to the Blue Pool Mountains of Dark Moon. After thinking for a while, Chen Rui released Ben Hong from the Super System. Since Ben Hong had genuinely submitted, there was no need to keep her confined within the Super System any longer.
After absorbing Quiliana's ** power, Ben Hong's damaged soul had more or less recovered. Though her strength had declined slightly from before, she was still a bona fide peak-stage Pseudo-God—the strongest trump card in Chen Rui's hand.
Having left the Super System, Ben Hong felt as though a lifetime had passed. This was the first time she had breathed ** air since the battle at the Temple of Light—assuming a soul body even needed to breathe.
Ordinary soul bodies could not survive for long in a normal environment unless they ** into undead creatures or relied on the power of some special treasure.
Even Guladam, a dark-element mage proficient in necromancy, had taken an enormous risk when ** himself into a corpse lich. For an ordinary soul, ** would be the loss of independent consciousness, turning it into an undead creature left with nothing but battle instincts.
Ben Hong possessed an extraordinarily special and immensely powerful soul talent. She could survive freely in soul form without relying on any external force, and had even coexisted with the Source of Destruction inside the Silver Casket all these years.
However, without a body, some abilities could not be used, or could not be brought to their fullest extent.
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