Chapter 174 The Red-haired Woman in the Crystal

Inside the enormous, bizarre organ, a dozen heavy black chains bound a blood-red crystal, taller than a man, in mid-air. A thin layer of red mist floated around the blood-red crystal, constantly releasing tiny specks of light that spread in all directions along the chains. And inside the crystal, a red-haired woman in a strange long dress was sleeping peacefully, or at least she seemed to be.

"Eat it?" Hao Ren was startled by Vivian's idea. "Have you really been infected by Lily?"

"It's just a re-fusion," Vivian waved her hand. "Do you remember when we eliminated the first red-haired evil spirit on Mars, and I absorbed its power? It seems the only way to eliminate these evil spirits is for me to assimilate and absorb them. Conventional tactics have limited effect on these things."

Hao Ren recalled the experience of dealing with the evil spirit Vivian before. That powerful monster once put everyone in a difficult fight, and Vivian was the one who finally eliminated her. Although Vivian didn't use any special means to "eat" the remains of the evil spirit at that time, according to the ability of decay she suddenly mastered later, she obviously absorbed the other party's power.

Facts have proved that Vivian has a natural suppression ability against this kind of "evil spirit", but... can this suppression work every time?

"We know too little about this thing, what if this time fails?" Hao Ren looked at Vivian worriedly, "And this one is obviously not the same breed as the evil spirit summoned from the magic book last time, she's mutated, are you sure?"

Vivian reached out and stroked the red crystal, and finally slowly placed her hand on the forehead of the red-haired woman in the crystal, as if she could sense the other's temperature: "I learned the specific method from the blood crystal, and I also remember the experience of the first absorption, there will be no problem."

Hao Ren frowned: "Last time you absorbed that evil spirit after she was completely weakened, but this one in front of you is stronger, and there is no sign of weakening at all so far, will you be affected by her instead?"

"If I face the blood demon god head-on outside, I will indeed be at a disadvantage, but I am very confident here," Vivian smiled and pointed to the thick ancient chains, "See these? She is weakest on her own throne, these things are sealing her power. The combat power of the blood demon god outside is almost entirely supported by the blood of the First Born, and you can see this evil spirit, she doesn't even have the ability to move."

"This machine can also provide some technical support," the data terminal interjected, "Oh, of course not the kind that explodes. This machine will monitor Vivian's mental state. If mental pollution is detected, you can directly put her into your portable space—the inspector's portable space is the most powerful means of sealing, it comes with the Shir system encryption rules, and nothing can penetrate it after it is closed. As for whether this guy in the crystal will have any changes later, we can only adapt to the situation. This machine suggests that you set up some explosives around, even if it can't fundamentally eliminate her after she loses control, it can weaken her."

Hao Ren pinched his chin and nodded slowly. At this moment, a slight "crack" sound suddenly attracted his attention.

He looked around and saw a tiny crack suddenly appeared on the surface of the blood-red crystal. Although the crack was very small, it must have just appeared!

The thin blood mist floating around seemed to be attracted by something and began to slowly drift towards the blood-red crystal, while the red-haired Vivian in the crystal shook her eyelids slightly. Vivian, who was putting her hand on the crystal, quickly retracted her hand as if struck by lightning: "Make a decision quickly, the battle just now seems to have weakened the seal!"

"Just do as you said," Hao Ren nodded vigorously, "But be careful, I will put you into the portable space if anything unexpected happens."

Vivian prepared immediately and began to set up her power around the crystal without saying a word. A wisp of thin blood mist diffused and rose from her side and enveloped the crystal. Unlike the blood mist around the crystal, which had a chaotic and dark atmosphere, the mist released by Vivian obviously had a clear and pure feeling—this difference is difficult to describe in words, but Hao Ren could clearly feel that the cold hostility in the surrounding air was gradually being suppressed.

The two strands of blood mist produced a silent confrontation in the air. Although they looked similar in texture, they formed two distinct groups: the mist around the crystal rotated rapidly, trying to get rid of Vivian's suppression, but the owner of these mists was in a sealed state, and they were easily dispelled. In the end, the blood mist created by Vivian successfully formed a spherical shield around the crystal.

As magic power was continuously injected, this layer of spherical shell became more and more solid, finally showing a liquid-like texture, and a large number of complex runes gradually emerged in this liquid blood mist.

Using her own blood as a casting material, Vivian created a three-dimensional complex magic circle in this way.

She put her hands on the surface of the magic circle and reminded in a low voice: "I'm going to start."

The next moment, all the runes on the magic circle emitted a bright light, and an ear-piercing scream came from the blood-red crystal. The runes flowed quickly, releasing tiny light particles like millions of meteors that bombarded the surface of the crystal. The latter disintegrated in response to the bombardment, and the released huge force almost made Vivian lose control of the magic circle. Hao Ren immediately put his hand nervously on Vivian's back, ready to use his portable space to save the situation at any time, and the data terminal also began to fully monitor all the energy flow at the scene.

Red light rose in Vivian's eyes, and she began to mobilize all her power to control the magic circle. Out of absolute trust in Hao Ren, she even removed her perception of danger and all other self-protection spells—in this way, once the evil spirit in the crystal counterattacked, she would not even have the strength to move her body.

And such a full effort achieved results, the magic circle regained stability, and the evil spirit in the crystal finally began to be weakened little by little.

Accompanied by a series of crackling sounds, the red crystal sealing the evil spirit finally shattered completely, and the red-haired Vivian inside was completely exposed to the bombardment and decomposition of countless light particles. Under such a powerful stimulus, this evil spirit finally woke up, her eyes suddenly opened, and Hao Ren saw a pair of eyes that he would never forget in his life.

Those were a pair of chaotic and manic eyes, without the boundary between the whites of the eyes and the pupils, all that could be seen was a piece of turbid and chaotic dark red. In these eyes, there was no trace of human reason and emotion at all, even more crazy than the evil spirit summoned from the magic book at the beginning!

In an instant, a lot of questions flooded Hao Ren's mind: Where did this kind of evil spirit come from? What have they done? And why did they become like this?

These questions had no answers, and the evil spirit trapped in the magic circle at this time also began a violent counterattack. She let out a shrill howl and frantically attacked every rune around her with beast-like instinctive offensives, constantly impacting the seemingly weak spherical barrier.

However, as had been proven before, Vivian's power had a natural suppression against "evil spirits."

All the attacks were blocked back, and the magic circle that had already been activated was not so easy to break through. The evil spirit withered at a speed visible to the naked eye under the bombardment of countless light particles, but her momentum of attack did not weaken at all. After seeing this scene, Vivian finally couldn't help but say softly: "Enough, don't continue to be crazy, at least at the last moment, fall with dignity."

The evil spirit seemed to have heard Vivian's words, she turned her head in a daze, and at this moment, the rain of light finally completely shattered her entity.

The light of the magic circle gradually faded, and Hao Ren watched the end of everything nervously.

The crystal from before had completely disappeared, the broken chains were floating around, Vivian stood in mid-air in the center of it all, and she was holding a nearly translucent phantom in her arms, and that phantom had her appearance.

"I... tried hard..." the "evil spirit" said in a low voice, the madness in her eyes gradually faded, "Let me go back..."

"I know, you did it," Vivian gently pressed the other's hair, "Come back now."

The "evil spirit" nodded, turned into specks of light and gradually disintegrated, but she did not dissipate, but slowly merged into Vivian's body. Before the fusion process ended, Hao Ren seemed to see her turn her head to his side, and the nearly transparent lips trembled slightly.

Then everything was over.