“Are you guys impressed with my work?” Yang Xiangdi asked, looking at his masterpiece with a smug expression.

“Nope.” x3

Qiao Yu and the others answered in perfect unison.

Yang Xiangdi: “……”

Qiao Yu had dispelled the Lawful Utterance, and Yang Xiangdi had sealed the blood lake.

With these dual suppressions, the Resentful Witch no longer had any means to contend with them.

Qiao Yu alone was enough to overwhelm her.

Everywhere the Yanyue Blade swept, terrifying baleful aura permeated the air.

The Resentful Witch only had to touch it to be scorched, letting out a miserable scream.

At this point, she no longer possessed the ethereal appearance from before; all that remained was a bellyful of resentment.

“You all deserve to die!”

She raised both hands, her ten sharp fingers stabbing towards Qiao Yu’s face.

“Overestimating yourself.”

Qiao Yu kicked out, hitting the Resentful Witch squarely in the chest and sending her flying backward.

Then, he pushed off the ground with his other foot, launching himself like a cannonball to pursue her at even greater speed, bringing the Yanyue Blade down on her head.

Without the blood lake to revive her, the Resentful Witch was sure to die by this strike!

After all, the Resentful Witch was both a member of the opposite sex and a soul entity, so the Yanyue Blade would deal 120% bonus damage to her.

Just as the Resentful Witch was about to be reduced to ashes under the Yanyue Blade, the Silent Town dungeon was about to end, but a flash of sword light suddenly appeared.

Clang!

The Soul Piercer Sword and the Yanyue Blade collided, producing a series of sparks and a metallic clang.

“What the hell are you doing?” Qiao Yu frowned, not understanding why Ma Fei would suddenly betray them.

“Can you not let her soul dissipate, and let Zhang Nianyu the Daoist Priest perform a Rebirth Ritual for her?” Ma Fei’s expression was complicated.

“What, you find her attractive and can't bear to kill her? That doesn't sound like you,” Qiao Yu said, pursing his lips.

“It's not like that!” Zhao Ziyue quickly stepped forward and told Qiao Yu everything that had happened to the Resentful Witch.

Qiao Yu's expression gradually darkened.

He had already killed off most of the wandering spirits outside, and the rest must have been taken care of by other players on the hidden quest.

On one hand, there was the baleful aura value that was just one step away from being maxed out, and on the other hand, there was a woman with a tragic past.

Qiao Yu tightened his grip on the Yanyue Blade, then slowly released it.

“Forget it, Zhang Nianyu! Get over here and get to work!”

Qiao Yu rested the Yanyue Blade on the Resentful Witch's neck to prevent her from resisting, and then called Zhang Nianyu over.

Although Qiao Yu sometimes didn't like being human and was eager to become stronger, he had his own principles in certain matters.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have personally destroyed the altar at the Soul Cleansing Lake back then.

“Ah, I hope you can be reborn into a good family in the next life.”

Zhao Ziyue had already healed Zhang Nianyu's injuries. He slowly sat down cross-legged, and a profound scripture flowed from his mouth.

“The Great Dao is profound and empty, with thought, nothing is not connected. Refine the essence into an immortal, and then become a Vajra body, transcending the three realms of difficulty, and resolving the five sufferings of hell. Returning to the Supreme Scripture, quietly bowing in reverence to the Taiyi Saves from Suffering Heavenly Lord…”

“The Saves from Suffering Heavenly Lord is wonderfully difficult to seek, wearing a robe of rosy clouds and cultivating through countless kalpas. Five-colored auspicious clouds rise beneath his feet, and nine lion heads roam before the Dao. Sweet dew in the basin is often sprinkled, and the willow branch in hand knows not autumn. Asking the master in a thousand places, descending in a thousand places, the river of love is often used as a boat to deliver people…”

Just listening to it from the side, everyone felt a wonderful sense of purification of body and mind.

The Resentful Witch's red hair began to fade slowly, turning towards black, and the expression on her face began to become peaceful.

Just when everyone thought that the matter had come to an end, a sudden change occurred!

The originally peaceful Resentful Witch suddenly erupted and lunged towards the blood sea that had been sealed by Yang Xiangdi.

Fortunately, Qiao Yu was prepared and directly slapped her back with the flat of his blade.

“Zhang Nianyu, are you even capable of this? Why is your Rebirth Ritual technique also so poor?” Qiao Yu asked.

“It's not that my Rebirth Ritual technique is not good, it's that the Ghost King, she is unwilling to be reborn!” Zhang Nianyu's brow furrowed: “She still has unfulfilled grudges!”

“Still has grudges?” Qiao Yu raised an eyebrow.

“Perhaps I know what's going on…”

Ma Fei raised his finger and pointed to the sealed blood lake.

“The three people who caused her to become like this are still in this blood lake.”

The Resentful Witch cast a grateful glance at Ma Fei.

“That’s easy, Earth Explosion Jutsu!”

Yang Xiangdi waved his staff, and a beam of energy shot into the sky, directly obliterating the blood lake along with it.

The top of the cave was directly blown through, and a small mushroom cloud rose.

Everyone vaguely heard three miserable wails in the explosion.

As the blood lake was annihilated, the Resentful Witch’s expression finally returned to normal.

She took the initiative to sit cross-legged, facing Zhang Nianyu.

Zhang Nianyu closed his eyes and began to recite the scriptures again.

This time, there was no obstruction, and the Resentful Witch's monstrous resentment began to be resolved.

Finally, she turned into a translucent figure. She bowed gently forward, and then slowly dissipated into the air.

And with the Rebirth Ritual of the Resentful Witch, the originally gloomy sky of Silent Town returned to normal.

The dazzling sunlight fell from the sky, shining into the underground cave through the hole blasted open by Yang Xiangdi.

[Ding! The hidden quest has been completed. The system will distribute rewards based on the players' ratings. Please check your rewards.]

Afterwards, a series of Otherworld system prompts almost stunned Qiao Yu. This also prevented him from noticing that Qiu Xin, with a resentful expression, quietly opened the gate of light and left the dungeon.

[Player Qiao Yu rating: S-grade! The S-grade rewards are now being distributed to player Qiao Yu: Level +1, Free Attribute Points +100, [Equipment Upgrade Stone] x1, [Equipment Awakening Stone] x1]

[Ding! The player has successfully performed a Rebirth Ritual for a Ghost King. Detecting that the host has a compassionate heart, rewarding 100,001 points of baleful aura value.]

[Ding! The baleful aura value has been maxed out at 100,000/10,000. The enchantment effect has been upgraded.]

[Enchantment (Ultimate Stage): Damage bonus against soul entities increased by 200%. Players wielding this weapon gain 150 points of intimidation against soul entities.]

Warm reminder: The baleful aura value is too heavy. This weapon cannot bear the load. Please upgrade the weapon as soon as possible!

S-grade!

Qiao Yu gasped. He had been wandering in the Otherworld for so long, and this was the first time he had received an S-grade rating. But these rewards were indeed tempting!

But the Otherworld system actually said that he had a compassionate heart? Hehe.

Qiao Yu couldn't help but laugh at himself. If those ghosts who had been killed by him knew about this evaluation, they would probably curse him.

He checked the two items from the S-grade reward.

[Equipment Upgrade Stone]: A-grade one-time item. Can upgrade any piece of equipment to A-grade and enchant a special effect.

[Equipment Awakening Stone]: A-grade one-time item. Can allow any A-grade or higher equipment to awaken a weapon spirit.

Even though Qiao Yu was prepared, when he saw the effects of these two items, he couldn't help but be overjoyed!

He had obtained an Equipment Upgrade Stone before, but the Equipment Awakening Stone was a big surprise.

One had to know that awakening a weapon spirit was only possible for equipment strengthened to +7 or higher.

Once a weapon spirit was awakened, the weapon would be more convenient to use. When the weapon spirit slowly grew, the weapon could even leave its master to fight independently.

“Use all of them!”

Qiao Yu did not hesitate and used all two items on the Golden Dragon Yanyue Blade.

“Use successful! B-grade equipment [Golden Dragon Yanyue Blade] has been upgraded to A-grade equipment [Candle Dragon Yanyue Blade]!”

“Use successful! [Candle Dragon Yanyue Blade] has successfully awakened the weapon spirit [Zhu Jiuyin]!”

“Detecting that the baleful aura value is too heavy, the enchantment effect of the Candle Dragon Yanyue Blade has been upgraded to the ultra-ultimate stage – Blade of Baleful Aura!”