56: This is not a gray leaf!

The Second Young Master's soul had been extracted, and his mutated body was now an empty shell.

A silver light flew over rapidly, splitting off a strand that first covered the remaining empty shell.

Instantly, the four-legged body was enveloped in a burst of silver light.

The color was exactly the same as Ash Leaf's miracle power.

Ash Leaf's soul was also shrouded in silver light; the two clusters of silver light gradually approached and eventually merged into one.

At this point, Ash Leaf's soul had completely integrated into the body of the Calamity Beast.

"How could it be like this..." Ronan's heart trembled.

Since the miracle was named "Survival," even if it didn't heal Ash Leaf immediately, it should have at least prevented her from dying.

But why did it only save her soul and give her a monster's body instead... Ronan once again witnessed the terror of the Godhead.

He couldn't help but ask himself:

As an ordinary person who transmigrated here, can I really control something like a Godhead?

Soon, he realized that this question was meaningless.

The Godhead had long since integrated into his soul; it was an inseparable part of him.

Instead of sinking into self-denial, it was better to think about what other solutions there were.

Ronan looked at the panel.

He found that after performing the "Miracle Bestowal," the values on the panel had changed again:

---Miracle Godhead---

[Owner: Ronan]

[wish power Reserve: 9]

[Status: Severely Damaged (To be repaired)]

[Authorities: Deprivation, Bestowal, Descent]

[Trait: Analysis]

Previously, Ash Leaf's miracle power was 9 units, but there was no information related to miracle power on the panel.

Instead, the wish power had increased by 8 points out of nowhere.

Obviously, these 8 points of wish power came from the miracle power.

Given that the realization of the 'Survival' miracle also required consuming wish power, it was easy to see that 1 unit of miracle power equaled 1 point of wish power.

In other words, bestowing a miracle only cost about ten percent of the miracle power, while the remaining ninety percent became a processing fee.

This is a bit too much of a rip-off... Without another word, he directly activated [Descent], and his soul instantly appeared atop the Supreme Throne.

The cold numbers on the panel only made more sense when used to strengthen the soul and increase Spiritual Power.

He moved quickly, converting all the remaining wish power while keeping 1 point.

wish power Reserve: 9 → 1.

In an instant, the 8 points of wish power transformed into abundant soul energy.

While his soul became more substantial, it also directly increased his Spiritual Power.

According to his original calculation, his Spiritual Power had first increased to 14, and now it had surged to 25; the increase could only be described as terrifying.

One must know that the last increase in Spiritual Power included the bonus from starting the Meditation Method.

But now, it was only the boost brought by his own soul.

Not only that, his depleted Spiritual Power had fully recovered to its maximum value, and his state had reached its peak again.

Sitting atop the Supreme Throne, Ronan felt his control over the Temple Space strengthen once more.

It was also at this moment that he discovered another wisp of blue smoke outside the temple.

His consciousness connected to the temple; with just a thought in his mind,

The entire Great Hall responded, and an invisible, great power immediately seized the wisp of blue smoke, presenting it before him.

This soul was too thin, but Ronan recognized it at a glance; it was the Second Young Master's soul.

Because just now, he had personally witnessed the process of the Second Young Master's soul being pulled from the mutated body toward the spatial wormhole.

As expected, the souls of those who had made a wish would return to the outside of the temple after death.

That being the case, the illusory face in the magic circle must have discovered that the Second Young Master's soul, which it had worked so hard to obtain, had suddenly disappeared. It must have used some means to locate him directly, which is why it launched a brazen attack.

No, there are countless dimensions between the temple and reality; how could it be located so easily?

Ronan immediately dismissed that possibility.

He preferred to believe that since only he and Ash Leaf were still able to move on the scene, the illusory face had marked them.

Ronan decided not to use the Second Young Master's soul as a consumable for repairing the Godhead for the time being.

Shield Mountain's soul had only repaired more than half of the progress; the Second Young Master's soul alone probably wouldn't be of much use.

There were more important things to do now.

Ronan quickly exited the Temple Space and returned to reality.

He looked down at the strange brand on his chest; a massive amount of Spiritual Power gushed out, wrapping around it layer by layer.

In an instant, he felt a connection in the dark suddenly become intermittent.

This brand was indeed a tracking method.

I'll have to find a way to completely remove it later... Ronan had stayed in the Temple Space for a long time, but only a moment had passed in reality.

At this moment, Ash Leaf's soul had integrated into the Calamity Beast's body and had already passed the adaptation process.

Ronan saw the Calamity Beast's four legs gradually move, and the blood vessels on its body began to throb.

He had thought he would welcome a Calamity Beast version of Ash Leaf, but unexpectedly, veins suddenly bulged on the Calamity Beast's head, and its eyes snapped open.

These eyes had only whites, with hideous blood vessels distributed around the sockets.

There was neither the agility of humanity nor any shred of reason.

This isn't Ash Leaf!

Ronan was startled.

Immediately after, the Calamity Beast suddenly twitched and fell into a frenzy on the spot.

In the left eye, which originally had only white, an agile eyeball suddenly appeared.

This eyeball made the left half of the Calamity Beast's face look a bit more humanoid.

Ronan looked at the left eye.

The moment their gazes met, he knew that this was the real Ash Leaf.

It seemed that...

For some unknown reason, Ash Leaf had not completely taken control of this Calamity Beast's body.

Or perhaps a competitor for control had appeared out of nowhere.

The Calamity Beast threw its head back and howled angrily.

The agile left eye receded back to white, and then, as if it had completely lost its sanity, it began to attack the surrounding Polluter corpses indiscriminately.

Often with just a sweep of its forelimbs,

Numerous Polluters, along with the stone-tiled floor of the square, would be smashed together.

It rampaged all the way, destroying everything in its path, gradually approaching the Altar in the center of the square.

Seeing this, Ronan immediately recovered from his shock and worry.

The Calamity Beast's body had regenerative abilities, so there was no need to worry for now that Ash Leaf's soul would dissipate because the Calamity Beast died.

What was more important now was himself.

He ran to Evil Axe, who was unconscious on the ground nearby, and reached into Evil Axe's pouch.

After some fumbling, Ronan pulled out the deposit for this mission, a beginner healing potion.

He pried the mouth open, unscrewed the potion bottle, and slowly poured the pale green liquid into Evil Axe's mouth.

Before long, Evil Axe woke up slowly, "Captain?"

The effect of taking the beginner healing potion orally was even better than applying it topically.

Boom.

As Ronan had expected, the sound of crumbling and cracking rang out from the Altar in the center of the square.

Like an excavator, the Calamity Beast launched a fierce attack on the Altar blocking its path.

"Let's go!" Ronan said succinctly.

When Evil Axe turned and saw this scene, he was scared out of his wits.

He remembered Red Star saying,

'This Altar contains several unknown magic circles inside...'

'If it's damaged at will, it's very likely to cause the magic circle's energy to go out of control, triggering a chain explosion...'

...and words like that.

He suddenly sprang to his feet with a kip-up, and the waist bag hanging on his chest bumped him lightly.

Evil Axe paused for a moment, then quickly followed Ronan's lead.

Ronan ran to Ash Leaf's original body, hesitated for two seconds, and then managed to put the Grey Elf body into the storage pouch.

With the preservation technology of the Adventurers Guild, there was no need to worry about the state of this body for a short time.

Ronan always had a hope in his heart.

The souls of those who made wishes would wander outside the temple after death.

If there was a way to reconstruct bodies for these souls, would it mean they could be resurrected?

He just didn't know if those bestowed with miracles would receive the same treatment... "Boom."

Under the Calamity Beast's continuous claw attacks, the Altar's walls collapsed, revealing the chaotic runes inside.

"Evil Axe, carry me into the cave!"

Ronan made a prompt decision and quickly jumped onto Evil Axe's back.

He could already see the runes inside the Altar flashing incessantly, a precursor to an imminent chain explosion.

"Captain, which one do we choose?"

Evil Axe ran wildly with Ronan on his back but stopped in front of several cave entrances.

"Choose that one."

Ronan raised his hand and pointed to a cave entrance he had chosen once before, but by a twist of fate, he hadn't been able to enter.