Chapter 216: Chapter 180: Astounding Secret (4)
Just then, the High Priest’s soft voice could be heard. "A human boy like you, able to evade so many powerful Magical Beasts to get in here... it’s clear you have extraordinary abilities! Which means you... must have some untold secrets. For some reason, I find myself unwilling to harm you, yet I desperately want to know what those secrets are. So, I can only send you into a deep sleep. When you awaken, I will already know what I wish to know, and you... you won’t be any different."
As she spoke, the High Priest let out a soft sigh. "It’s truly strange. In over ten years, this is the first time I haven’t been able to bring myself to harm a human."
As she spoke, Ling Xiao felt a vast yet incredibly gentle Spiritual Power begin to envelop his entire body. His heart seized. ’This High Priest’s Spiritual Power is far stronger than I could have ever imagined!’
’Even with my Spiritual Power at the Peak of Middle Stage Golden Core, combined with the Spiritual Barrier forged from my iron will, it feels like it’s about to be breached!’
But the one who was even more surprised was the High Priest of the Beast Race!
She let out a small gasp of surprise. "Huh?" Then, with a soft snort, she increased the pressure of her Spiritual Power. At that moment, the Spiritual Power in Ling Xiao’s mind was like a spring being furiously compressed! No matter how powerful her Spiritual Power was, it could only squeeze the spring tightly together; it could not destroy it.
The High Priest’s Spiritual Power retreated as quickly as a receding tide. A thin sheen of sweat appeared on her fair forehead, and her face was slightly flushed, but her eyes blazed with intense anger. She stared at the handsome young man lying on her bed and viciously raised a hand, her expression twisting into a ferocious mask. Then, she hesitated and lowered it again.
She stared, her mind racing. ’This boy’s Inner Strength fluctuations are clearly not that high. At most... he’s at the level of a Demon Swordsman. So how is his Spiritual Power this powerful? Could he have some kind of treasure on him?’
As the High Priest considered this, her gaze fell upon Ling Xiao’s body. Though he was young, his body was already fully developed, no different from a grown man. For her, a woman, to strip him of his clothes for an inspection was out of the question. But the thought of ordering those Beastmen to do it felt even more improper.
Torn with indecision, the High Priest’s face twitched, and a ferocious look returned to her features. ’You’re forcing my hand!’ she thought. ’If you don’t wake up tomorrow, if you become a mindless vegetable, don’t you dare blame me!’
Just as she was about to once again unleash her Spiritual Power in an overwhelming torrent toward Ling Xiao, she was startled to see the young man on the bed open his eyes. His ink-black pupils were filled with an expression of pure disappointment.
The High Priest froze, utterly stunned. It felt as if she had taken a heavy blow to the chest. Her immense Spiritual Power violently backlashed, causing her to spray a mouthful of blood. She pointed a trembling finger at Ling Xiao but was unable to utter a single word before her body went limp and crumpled to the floor.
Ling Xiao let out a long sigh of relief. He had channeled his Spiritual Power into his eyes, and sure enough, the shock had caused the High Priest’s own massive Spiritual Power to backlash and injure her.
’Otherwise, trying to defeat this terrifying woman with my own Spiritual Power would have been a complete joke!’
’This woman, the one who looks just like Ye Zi... she’s the first truly... powerful expert I’ve met since coming to this world!’
Ling Xiao gazed at the woman’s limp form on the carpet, a bitter smile touching his lips. He could neither leave immediately nor kill her. Even if she had no connection to Ye Zi, Ling Xiao was unwilling to kill her. After all, the woman had only wanted to obtain his memories; she had no intention of taking his life.
