Astral Spirit (Second Update!)

Blue crystals clattered to the ground like rain. Every shattered piece held a mesmerizing starlight.

"Phew—"

Looking at the Evil Spirit, now nothing but crystals scattered across the ground, Xia Lun let out a long breath.

The monster's revival and death had both taken him by surprise. In hindsight, though, its death made perfect sense.

The Foresight Club's Sacred Artifact had already dealt the Evil Spirit a devastating blow, and it had long since reached its limit. Its movement just now had been nothing more than a final spasm.

In that state, even the slightest outside stimulus could have killed it outright.

In a sense, the Evil Spirit had been less alive than an empty shell.

If the Evil Spirit had been a house, Xia Lun drawing his sword had been a kick at its crumbling walls. Its supports had rotted through long ago, and that one kick had brought the whole thing down.

The Evil Spirit was dead. Xia Lun felt relieved, but he also felt as though he had thrown a punch at a pillow.

Truth be told, he had needed to steel himself before drawing his sword against it.

The Evil Spirit's power had been terrifying. It could twist space and time with the slightest movement, wielding power like a god's. Raising a sword against something like that had taken courage.

Still, killing it without a fight was a good thing. He was in the real world, after all. Even if he had risked his life in a grueling battle and killed the monster, he would not have earned any Memory Points.

"Now I don't have to worry about that Evil Spirit hunting me down. That takes care of the main reason I came here." Xia Lun exhaled. "Next, I should search the place for anything useful,