Lin Yi could not make heads or tails of it, but now was clearly not the time to puzzle over it.
He turned toward the man leaning against the dead tree, and his thoughts started wandering again.
This guy's still alive, but that's about all he can manage.
Still, he brought someone out of there alive and held on this long even after that thing targeted him. He might have something good on him...
No, no. Since when did I get so calculating?
The man's nearly dead, and I'm thinking about what he has on him?
Besides, I'll have to go in there later. Keeping him alive means I can ask him about the way, right?
Lin Yi shook his head to clear away those thoughts. Then he turned his right hand over, and the Myriad Star Core appeared above his palm.
"Third Soul Skill, Starlight Purification."
The Soul Skill could not heal injuries, but it was highly effective against other negative effects.
If he cleared those effects, he would not have to carry the man out.
But Lin Yi soon remembered one crucial detail.
This seemed to be his first time using Starlight Purification.
Never saw that coming.
The first person I use Starlight Purification on is a strange man?
If I'd known, I should've used it on his sister earlier.
I mean...
Better for the first time to be on a beautiful woman than some big guy, right?
What a waste...
Lin Yi lamented inwardly, but his hands did not stop.
Starlight poured steadily into the man, stripping away the lingering negative aura bit by bit.
Leaning against the tree trunk, the man's unfocused gaze gradually sharpened, and his breathing steadied.
More precisely, he was much more aware than before.
But inside, he was far more conflicted than