The heart within her chest.
Her arms.
Her neck.
One side of her shoulder.
In other words, apart from the first Origin Substance implanted in her brain and one other, five of the Origin Substances in her body had been precisely countered by the attacker at the same time. This was the main reason her power had been so drastically weakened and sealed.
Lin En's eyes flickered.
"The locations of implanted Origin Substances should be top secret, shouldn't they? Especially for Ophiel."
He knew very well that for high-ranking Ability Users, the locations of their implanted Origin Substances were absolutely critical. Especially in a duel between equals, once an opponent targeted them, they could plunge you into an abyss beyond salvation in an instant.
His words plunged everyone around him into dead silence.
Because unless all her information had been leaked...
The only possible explanation was that the attacker knew Ophiel extremely well.
But that...
Lin En said nothing. He sat beside Ophiel's bed, brushed his hand over the wound on her neck, and asked intently:
"What about her soul?"
He did not believe Ophiel would die so easily.
Leaving himself aside, take Salgon, for instance. During their first confrontation, Lin En had torn him apart until only a skeletal head remained, yet he was still alive and kicking. Once someone transcended the mortal realm, their body was merely a vessel. As long as their soul remained, they were not truly dead.
Everyone held their breath and looked toward the cleric.
She lowered her head and said:
"We examined her. Her Highness Ophiel's soul also... also suffered very serious damage at the time. That erosion, which penetrated deep into her Origin Substances, attacked her will first. By the time we found her, only a very small portion of Her Highness's