Choices and Return

When Chen Rui woke, a day and a night had already passed.

The Super System's Spirit Energy Protection was still continuing automatically, and the results of Deep Analysis had come out.

The True Flame Shackles, which Isyorul had called a divine artifact, were indeed no ordinary item. According to the Super System's prompt, the artifact had transformed into a strand of "law energy" that stubbornly coiled around Chen Rui's body. Without Spirit Energy Protection, the True Flame Shackles would continuously devour his soul power and life force until he died completely.

Keeping Spirit Energy Protection activated in the short term was feasible, but the cost of this protection was exceedingly high: one thousand Spirit Energy Value and one unit of Faith Crystal per minute. That amounted to 1.44 million Spirit Energy Value and 1,440 units of Faith Crystal per day, far exceeding the Super System's current output. He could still draw on some reserves for now, but it would probably become impossible to sustain later on.

After its analysis, the Super System provided two solutions. Once either solution was initiated, it could not be stopped, so he had to choose with care.

The first solution was "Destroy Law." It required a one-time expenditure of five million Faith Crystals to completely destroy the True Flame Shackles. It would take three months, during which he would be unable to use active spirit energy skills.

The second solution was "Absorb Law." It required a one-time expenditure of five hundred million Spirit Energy Value to gradually absorb the True Flame Shackles' law power into the Super System. However, the time span was somewhat long; under normal circumstances, it was expected to take around two years. During that period, he would be unable to use Faith Battle Transformation.

If other factors were not considered, both