'Master, I think you need to make your move. I don't think I will last long, and this guy is clearly almost in the late realm of Foundation.'

Unable to do anything with his limited power, Tinayu resorted to his trump card, his master.

For the soul of a Mahayana cultivator, this much shouldn't be much to subdue, right?

'Okay, no need to worry too much. Just step back and make sure no one entered this chamber. It will be over in a moment.'

Master Xueyin replied softly while looking at the elemental in front. If she were in her heyday, such a weak creature would be no different than a mortal.

But since her death, and existing in a soul from, she hadn't gained a fraction of that power yet. Still, she could easily handle this Elemental, especially since it was an intangible existence just like her soul.

As Tinayu nodded and backed down to the tunnel as his master ordered, Xueyin left the ring she had been inhabiting all this time.

Her graceful figure floated atop the searing magma while her condescending gaze landed on the raging Elemental.

Despite being in a spirit form, one could see how beautiful and graceful she was. Even Tianyu was gazing at his master's figure shamelessly.

"INTRUDER! DIE!"

As soon as Xueyin appeared, the Elemental seemed a lot more restless than before. It seemed it felt the danger of death.

Maybe that's why, this time, it directly accelerated its promotion by rapid absorption, while simultaneously attacking Xueyin with a fiery inferno.

This time, the attack was so big and fierce that even Zhiran's Shrinking Step might not have saved him.

"Stop!"

But, surprisingly, one word...just one word from Xueyin managed to stop that inferno in its track.

"Reverse!"

Xueyin didn't stop after that; rather, she just lightly spoke once again as if casually.

But seemingly as if her voice was a divine revelation, the Inferno that clearly belonged to the Elemental changed its direction, attacking its master.

"What?"

The situation changed so suddenly and fast that both Tinayu and Elemental reacted in shock.

No matter how they looked at it, this situation seemed absurd. But for Xueyin, this was just too easy.

'I can barely use the Dao in my soul form, and it seems not that strong. Fortunately, it is an Elemental.'

Xueyin thought, smiling bitterly. Despite showing such an incomprehensible power, she wasn't satisfied.

After all, reversing an attack wasn't that incredible for someone of her realm. Anyone who had touched the Dao could do that.

In fact, Xueyin actually didn't really have the strength right now to use her dao yet. The only reason she could even affect that inferno was that the figure in front was an Elemental.

A being that was very close to Dao itself. And since her field was also fire, she managed to affect it somehow.

'But that's the extent I can do.'

Xueyin thought, shaking her head with a disappointed look as she saw that the Inferno did nothing to Elemental.

Well, that was to be expected since she was unable to add her intent yet.

Still, her test just now clearly showed that she was very far behind her goal of recovering her strength, let alone getting the revenge she wants.

'Well, then, let's just kill it swiftly. I hope this lucky guy can help me regain my strength soon.'

Xueyin put aside her bitterness for now and finally raised her hand.

"Swish!"

As soon as she did that, all the dense spiritual power throughout the chamber gathered around her hand as if summoned by an incredible force.

"Suppress!"

Then she abruptly pointed her hand at the Elemental that had just shaken off its own attack.

"Boom!"

Unfortunately for it, before it could fully gather itself, a heavy pressure slammed down on its head.

The wisp of elemental light that formed its core flickered violently, as if crushed under an invisible mountain.

Its entire body dipped, trembling uncontrollably, unable to withstand the sudden, overwhelming weight pressing it into the ground.

In an instant, the Elemental felt that death was so close to it.

"Refine!"

But before it could sever the link from the spiritual vein and regain its full power to tide these difficulties, another soft word of the woman shielded its fate.

"NOOOO....! Human, leave me alone!"

The pressure before was already overwhelming, but when she said 'Refine', the Elemental really learned what it meant to be cooked alive.

Really, even though he was a fire itself, he was practically being cooked inside a transparent cauldron that was giving infinite pressure.

'Is this the Cauldron Suppression Art master told me about before? So strong!'

Tianyu, who was looking at an Elemental being refined alive inside a transparent Cauldron, couldn't help but marvel in surprise.

Really, Mahayana cultivator was totally different even when she was at her weakest.

It didn't take long for the transparent cauldron to suppress and refine the Elemental.

Although it tried everything in its power, it was still refined without a shred of resistance in the end.

Its frantic struggles grew weaker and weaker until even the faint glow of its core dimmed completely, leaving only a quiet ripple of essence swirling inside the cauldron.

To be honest, from every angle, it looked like this Elemental seemed to have found its nemesis. It was really unlucky.

The fact that Master Xueyin was an Alchemist with extreme control over fire did it no good.

If there were another enemy in the middle of the foundation realm, it might be hard for her to eliminate them this quickly, as evidenced by how weak she looked just by using this much power.

"Okay, it is done. Now, quickly take the Essence and leave this chamber at once."

Although she was feeling quite weak, Xueyin didn't show it to her disciple. Rather, she urged Tianyu to grab the essence and leave this place at once.

After all, she already noticed the empty core behind the Elemental. It seemed someone had already come here before them.

"Haha...thank you, master. Don't worry, I will definitely return this favour of yours."

Mo Tianyu laughed loudly with a smile and came close to the floating Essence. This was the thing that could help him make a perfect foundation.

Of course, he was happy.

"It is good that you know. I am using quite a bit of my power. So, I will rest for a bit."

Xueyin nodded after hearing his words and drifted toward the ring, intending to rest to recover her power.

However, just when she saw Tianyu about to grab the essence floating in front, a strong premonition of danger suddenly made her entire body tingle,

"Watch Out!"

The sense of warning came so abruptly that Xueyin was totally surprised. But as a strong person, her reaction was still quite fast, as the moment she felt danger, she shoved Tianyu out with extreme force.

"What?"

Tianyu didn't even have time to react before he was directly thrown out of the chamber.

However, the next second, he really felt thankful as suddenly he saw a massive palm directly flattening the entire central chamber forcefully.

It was so fast and destructive that it destroyed even the Spiritual Vein below.

Even Zhiran, who was about to reach the centre, was shocked by such a massive outburst all of a sudden.

'What happened?'

Mo Zhiran was totally confused as he didn't think Elemental was this powerful.

'Is it...that person?'

For a moment, he thought someone behind Tianyu had attacked. But he quickly shook his head again as he could already feel an aura of someone up ahead.

A vast aura of someone who was in the realm of the Late Foundation Establishment.

"Haha...how lucky. I never thought I would come across such a high-level soul in this place. Tch...tch...it seems running here wasn't a waste of time."

Then he heard a loud voice of a middle-aged man echoing throughout the chamber.

Now that he was out of the tunnel, he could finally see what was happening inside.

Just as he thought, he immediately saw Mo Tianyu sprawled on the ground.

Beside him, he also saw a graceful figure of a soul at the center, standing proud as if she were the rightful master of this entire chamber.

Her presence alone carried an undeniable authority, and even in her soul form, her posture radiated a cold, effortless arrogance that made the surroundings seem dim in comparison.

Unfortunately, though, her situation didn't seem normal as she was surrounded by a transparent barrier that was flickering with complex runes all around.

'Soul-Sealing Runes?'

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