After the wound healed, the light on Bexia's body still didn't disappear. It took about three minutes before he reached out and grabbed the elemental stone in his hand. At this moment, he finally recovered from his injuries, but it would still take a long time for his body, restored by elemental power, to fully recover to its previous state. However, at least now he had the ability to protect himself.

"It seems like a lot of elemental power was consumed!" Bexia pinched the elemental stone in his hand, feeling the residue of the consumed power on the surface. Once all the elemental power of this stone was exhausted, it would completely disappear.

"Thank you for saving me!" Bexia casually put the elemental stone into the subspace, then looked at the intimidated girl.

"I... I just happened to pass by and saw you..."

"My name is Bexia, what about you? What's your name?"

"I'm Sakuya."

"Sakuya... Do you know where this is?" Bexia asked.

"This is the area outside the Clint Line!" Sakuya replied.

"Clint Line?" Bexia looked puzzled, as he had no memory of this.

"Aren't you a resident of the Dark Border? How can you not even know about the Clint Line?"

"The Dark Border!?" Bexia was startled, then exclaimed. How did he end up here? He guessed it must have been caused by that spatial vortex.

"By the way, why are we hiding here?" Bexia used the moonstone in Sakuya's hand to look around. This cramped space was almost impossible for him to stand in.

"We are in the Dark Border, and it's already dark outside. Many monsters will start to roam outside. It's much safer to hide here!"

"I see!" Bexia nodded, as if he really understood. But the next moment, his expression changed, because he felt something approaching from outside, and it seemed like a relatively large creature.

"Something is coming from outside!" Bexia whispered.

"Ah!" Upon hearing Bexia's words, Sakuya couldn't help but let out a fearful cry. Although her voice wasn't loud, it still attracted the attention of the creature outside.

"Don't be afraid!" Bexia shielded Sakuya and, with a forceful jump, broke through the oil paper above them. In mid-air, he saw the creature he sensed - a large lizard about four to five meters long. It had numerous different-sized bone spurs all over its body and was chewing on the corpse of some animal, covered with bloodstains.

"Roar!" Seeing Bexia and Sakuya, the monstrous lizard rushed towards them excitedly. If it managed to bite with its small serrated teeth, it would be nearly impossible to make it let go without losing a chunk of flesh.

However, Bexia remained calm. This monster lizard wasn't particularly powerful. He turned his head and looked at Hidden Dragon Cold Star not far away, using the little strength he had left to summon "Magic Hands" and brought it over. He threw it at the monstrous lizard, piercing it from head to tail, and it died instantly.

"Phew! It's safe now!" Bexia landed on the ground and patted Sakuya, who was curled up in his arms like a frightened rabbit.

"It's... safe!" Sakuya cautiously opened one eye and looked at the dead monster lizard on the ground, still somewhat shaken.

"You're amazing! You killed such a powerful monster with just one hit. You must be a really formidable adventurer, right?"

"Average, I guess!" Bexia thought of himself as just average. He was only at a three or four-star level, but in reality, his combat power was quite high.

"Now that it's safe, you should come down!" Bexia's body was still weak due to excessive blood loss. Although he appeared fine on the outside, he was actually weak on the inside. He probably couldn't even exert a tenth of his previous combat power.

"Oh!" Sakuya blushed slightly, but as soon as her feet touched the ground, her expression changed and she fell to the ground, clutching her neck in pain.

"What's wrong with you?" Bexia immediately supported her to prevent her from falling.

"It's nothing... I'll be fine in a moment..." Sakuya weakly replied. This kind of thing happened to all half-demons. After all, they were originally humans. Although they had fused with demonic energy, they didn't completely integrate with it. As a result, the demonic energy would erupt uncontrollably after a certain period of time, causing great harm to the bodies of half-demons. That's why half-demons usually didn't live very long.

"Let me see what's going on." Bexia reached out to try to remove Sakuya's hand, but she tightly held onto it and begged, "Please... don't look!"

"It's okay, I can actually heal." Sakuya's strength was no match for Bexia's, even though he was currently weak. It was a simple matter to remove Sakuya's hand. When he lifted her cloak and saw the sickly pale neck with wriggling black patterns, a wave of evil energy made him furrow his brow. He didn't know why, but he felt a strong aversion to this kind of energy from the bottom of his heart.

"Wuwu -! Don't look..." Sakuya, who had been discovered, burst into tears. Bexia felt at a loss and didn't know what to do. However, he should be able to handle this kind of thing, and he happened to have the skills for it, which he obtained from Strange Phantom.

"Skill: Light of Expulsion!" A white light radiated from Bexia's forehead, and the black demonic energy immediately melted away, as if it had encountered scorching sunlight. Even the black patterns had disappeared.

"I can't do it anymore. My body hasn't recovered!" Bexia felt an overwhelming sense of weakness in his body. He could barely hold onto Sakuya's frail body.

"It's alright, if you move, I won't be able to hold you anymore!" Bexia weakly said.

"Um... I..." Sakuya seemed to have recovered from the intense emotional turmoil. She felt that the piercing pain had disappeared. Surprised, she touched her own neck, and the black demonic patterns seemed to have stopped rioting. She even felt that the patterns had become slightly fainter.

"Did you do this? Big... brother!" Sakuya's wariness towards Bexia instantly dissipated. However, after spending so long in isolation, she still didn't know how to interact with others.

"I haven't fully recovered yet, but I can help you remove these things in the future!"

"Really...? Can these demonic patterns really be removed?" Sakuya seemed to doubt her own ears. This was something that countless people found difficult to do, yet Bexia was able to remove them. It seemed like a dream to her.

"Absolutely!" Bexia nodded. The other person had saved his life, so it was only right to help with something within his capabilities as a repayment, wasn't it?

"Can it really be removed?" Sakuya still had some doubts, so she asked.

"Absolutely!" Bexia couldn't help but smile at her expression, nodded seriously. The Light of Expulsion can indeed remove these so-called magic runes. Just now, if it wasn't for his insufficient magic power, he would have been perfectly capable of removing them directly.