222: Chapter 222 The Purple Light in the Breath of the Abyss

Unexpectedly, at the moment Mu Changqiu left with Qian Wanyao, Xing Yaoyan suddenly felt a sensation of her Soul being stripped away from her Spirit Sea, and she abruptly recalled that today was the day of the meeting for the Star Cult's top ten priests.

But... that fellow Huan Wuxing didn't say what time it would be...

After finally finding an excuse to send Qian Mo away, she hurriedly used the Spirit Crystal she had left in the room to Swap over. After quickly setting up an Illusion Array to block out all sound and sight, she then sank her consciousness into her Spirit Sea to search for the source of this feeling.

Within the Spirit Sea, the Soul body of Huan Wuxing, who would usually provoke her every time she came, was floating quietly in the golden Power Of Will without any movement. If not for the invisible protective film still maintained around her Soul, blocking the influence of the Power Of Will's flow on her, Xing Yaoyan would have really thought she was dead.

Xing Yaoyan's Soul Avatar rubbed its chin thoughtfully and ignored her, turning to fly toward the upper part of the Spirit Sea where a large amount of yet-to-be-digested Breath of the Abyss had gathered.

"Navigator, you've finally come..."

Before the black Breath of the Abyss, the blue ghost fire within Xiao Dao's bone mask flickered unsteadily.

It clearly let out a huge sigh of relief upon seeing the young girl's arrival.

"The disturbance just now came from these Breath of the Abyss. According to my investigation, one cluster among these Breath of the Abyss suddenly underwent a strange mutation. I tried to decompose it, but it could actually resist my decomposition methods, and... it can even ignore the constraints of your Star Swallowing Art..."

It pointed its finger at a small, conspicuous part within the thick black mist that was emitting a purple light. Its tone was very solemn, carrying an irrepressible fear.

As a Star Beast born to suppress the Breath of the Abyss, this was likely the first time it had encountered a Breath of the Abyss that it was helpless against and completely unable to understand...

In the distance, the Star Souls that Xing Yaoyan had just subdued in recent days watched from afar, looking somewhat nervous.

After all, they had all lived lives of hiding and danger in the outside world; they had never experienced an environment like this, where they could comfortably stay in a place filled with Astral Power without worrying about their Star Souls dissipating.

As tenants, they truly did not want anything to happen to the house...

Further away, the damaged Star Souls were huddling together, trembling all over, seemingly having a stress response to this suddenly appearing aura.

However, this did make things much easier for the Chaos Beast that was guarding them.

But, despite the reduced workload, it didn't feel any joy. As the earliest tenant of this Spirit Sea and the one who helped Xing Yaoyan resist the sixth-rank "Soul Washing" attack, it could sensitively feel that this space seemed to be facing an unprecedented, unknown, and terrifying invasion...

"It's okay... everyone, don't panic," Xing Yaoyan spoke.

As soon as these words were spoken, almost all the Star Souls breathed a sigh of relief.

Xing Yaoyan quietly looked at that cluster of purple light.

She wondered if it was her imagination, but she actually felt a faintly familiar aura...

This purple light flickered rhythmically as if it were breathing. Although it felt extremely disgusting and loathsome, Xing Yaoyan sensed a deep-seated and complex emotion from it.

Although she knew the term "deep-seated" might seem a bit inappropriate here, Xing Yaoyan felt it was the best adjective to describe her current feeling toward this aura.

Xing Yaoyan closed her eyes and quickly cleared those strange feelings from her mind, not allowing her subsequent actions to be disturbed.

Her hand solemnly reached toward the purple light. Except for the core area of her Soul, she began to slowly relax her mind and try to accept the "call" of this purple light.

Since she had already decided to use the Star Cult card, she had long been prepared.

Besides, she didn't feel any life-threatening danger from it, so... it should be fine.

As she let go of her mind, Xing Yaoyan felt the purple light gradually grow larger in her eyes, finally occupying her entire consciousness.

She then felt as if her consciousness had sunk into the sea, becoming very sluggish and stagnant.

But soon, she suddenly felt a sense of ease, and all restraints were dissolved.

Xing Yaoyan came to her senses and found that her field of vision was no longer the golden ocean of Power Of Will in her Spirit Sea, but a huge, somewhat vintage wooden round table.

In the center of the round table was a large cluster of colorful hyacinths, surrounded by thick black fog. The entire space was filled with a sense of oppression.

Around the round table, besides her, nine other black silhouettes of various shapes were already seated.

They were all dressed in white robes with white hoods. Everyone's face was blurred, and their gender could only be vaguely determined by their different builds.

Xing Yaoyan hurriedly looked down at herself and was instantly surprised to find that she was also wearing the same attire as the others.

She looked up again and continued to observe her surroundings: this space seemed to be a giant meeting room with poor lighting, illuminated only by candles. In front of everyone was a nameplate marked with traditional Chinese numerals.

Wait... Chinese characters?!

Xing Yaoyan was startled.

She had heard from Huan Wuxing that this space was a creation of the Star Cult Leader. Could this so-called Star Cult Leader also be a transmigrator like her?

If this were reality, Xing Yaoyan's forehead would surely be covered in fine beads of sweat right now.

"Oh! The new priest sure puts on airs, actually being the last one to arrive..."

An arrogant voice with a strange accent suddenly rang out in the space.

Xing Yaoyan turned her head to look and found that the words were spoken by the tall figure behind the nameplate that said "Three."

The Star Cult's Third Seat, "Magneto"? I remember his build wasn't this tall...

"Fear Demon... are you bored out of your mind again?"

From the First Seat, that familiar enchanting black shadow chuckled and teased, covering her mouth.

Seeing this woman speak, Fear Demon's figure clearly trembled with some fear, but he didn't back down verbally.

"Phantom Demon! Don't think I'm afraid of you... if my ability weren't coincidentally countered by yours, I would..."

"Alright, alright. If you're bad, practice more."

"You!"

Xing Yaoyan had experienced Huan Wuxing's sharp tongue before.

Now, it seemed Fear Demon had been directly poked in his weak spot and was on the verge of losing his composure.

But to her surprise, although Fear Demon looked like he was about to stand up, he remained firmly seated in his chair, motionless.

This seemed to be some kind of rule in this space; no one could leave their seat or use their abilities.

Xing Yaoyan had discovered this as soon as she arrived.

Over there, Huan Wuxing made a mocking gesture as if to say "what can you do to me," clearly enjoying provoking this tall guy and watching him want to hit her but be unable to do anything.

"Big Sister Phantom Demon, Brother Fear Demon, why do you two have to put on this show every time we have a meeting..."

The figure in the Second Seat spoke with the weary tone characteristic of a middle-aged office worker, sounding somewhat speechless.

"You're making our new priest laugh at us..."

This must be Magneto...

Xing Yaoyan suddenly remembered that the original Second Seat, "Thunder," had been killed by Yun Long. Now, moving up in order, the previous Third Seat, Magneto, had become the current Second Seat.

"Well then..."

Magneto suddenly turned his head to look at Xing Yaoyan, who was still playing dead. Even though his face was blurred, Xing Yaoyan could still feel the sharp, scrutinizing gaze in his eyes.

"Before we officially start the meeting, let's first have this newcomer announce their code name..."