Hollow Knight: Ascension of the Blazing Sun
Chapter 84

The first clash between Lifeblood and Soulfire-wait! What's the Void doing here?

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Lin Jin would never allow such an extremely dangerous invasive species to exist in his territory.

He could forgive himself for not discovering it before, but now that he had, he had to do everything he could to eliminate it.

Once again, Lin Jin felt incredibly fortunate that he had not let a moment of success lull him into slacking off.

If he had chosen to rest and recuperate after the success of his first expedition,

he might have woken up one day to find his entire realm infected by Lifeblood emerging from underground, transformed into a blue hell.

Hovering above the mist-shrouded lake, Lin Jin's left hand changed from orange-red to a much hotter deep blue-a sign that he was getting serious.

"As the saying goes, fight magic with magic." Thin currents of electricity flowed through Lin Jin's flame-formed eyes.

"And only higher life forms can subdue other higher life forms."

"The question is, can you withstand my Soulfire?"

Blue flames gradually rose and gathered in Lin Jin's hand, forming a sphere.

The heat was intense.

Yet the fireball did not burn the air. Instead, it kept its heat perfectly contained within.

Though it shared Lifeblood's blue color, the power in Lin Jin's hand was an unmistakable symbol of destruction.

Lin Jin hurled the flame in his hand, sending it straight down onto a water wraith about to attack a mantis warrior.

"Yah!"

In an instant, enormous flames engulfed the water wraith's entire body.

After one agonized scream, the water wraith's vine-entwined body was physically vaporized.

"Hey, it worked!"

Delighted, Lin Jin watched the spectacular results.

Just as he had suspected, these monsters were all husks infected by Lifeblood. Since they had only been infected after death, the threat they posed after revival was far less than that of

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