"You be careful yourself!" Bexia replied with a smile. Christine wouldn't do anything without confidence, and her trust was the best response.

"Then watch me perform!" Christine stood up, extended her hand and grasped nothingness. In her hand, silver radiance coalesced into a longbow, and she placed her hand on the bowstring. A silver arrow, shimmering with light, took form.

"Boom—!"

The bowstring was pulled taut, and the arrow shot forth like lightning!

Christine's arrow did not directly target the soul-devouring wraith, but instead aimed at the sky. When the arrow shattered, it instantly transformed into countless silver light raindrops, each individual drop actually a tiny arrow.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

The falling light raindrops were no different from the arrows that were shot. As they descended, they pierced through every soul-devouring wraith, tearing apart their forms and ultimately transforming them all into tiny resentment crystals.

Christine released her grip on the bow, letting it fall at random. As it left her palm, it slowly dissipated into nothingness. She then extended her hands forward, clasping the air, and in an instant, her warblade materialized.

"Haa—!" Christine let out a shrill cry and leaped directly towards the remaining soul-devouring ghost king. It was vastly different from the other soul-devouring wraiths, as the previous arrow rain hadn't caused any damage to it.

Both Bexia and Christine used warblades, but the difference in their blades was significant. Bexia's warblade had a larger head because she favored chopping, while Christine's warblade, though slightly larger at the front than a regular spear, was more for thrusting.

As soon as Christine closed the distance, the soul-devouring ghost king faced an onslaught of attacks resembling a torrential storm. The warblade danced, leaving behind afterimages all over its body, and soon, numerous large and small holes appeared on the ghost king's form. The released black mist, like blood flowing from an ordinary person, inflicted immense pain upon it.

"Roar—!" The soul-devouring ghost king let out a furious roar. The pain provoked its savagery, and black flames rose from its enormous black claws, viciously swiping towards Christine.

"Lightblade Flash!" Fearless and resolute, Christine's lightblade flashed with a burst of radiance. The silver glow, akin to the reaper harvesting lives, instantly pierced through the two ghostly claws, deeply embedding itself in the creature's forehead.

At this moment, Christine's Lightblade Flash had surpassed the limits of the original technique. Ultimately, it was just an ordinary martial arts move; true strength lay in the user. As long as the power was strong enough, even the most basic techniques could transform into something miraculous.

"Hiss—!" The soul-devouring ghost king let out a piercing cry of agony. Instantly, about a third of its body disintegrated. Despite lacking any intelligence, it possessed the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. That impulse compelled it to escape.

But how could Christine allow it to flee? Moreover, the heavily wounded soul-devouring ghost king would not have any chance to escape. On the contrary, its attempted escape only hastened its demise. After all, once it fled, who knew what awaited it from behind—the path ahead was wide open.

"Die!" In a single breath, Christine caught up to the soul-devouring ghost king. Using her blade as a spear, she ruthlessly pierced through its body. In an instant, both figures froze in place.

"Puff—!" The soul-devouring ghost king shrank like a deflating balloon. Unlike the other dissipating soul-devouring wraiths, the ghost king's body did not disperse but instead contracted. Eventually, it transformed into a thumb-sized, purplish-black resentment crystal.

"Master!" Christine returned to Bexia's side, handing over the Calmness Charm, which served as bait, along with the Resentful Soul King's Resentment Crystal.

"I'll watch over you. You absorb these quickly!" Bexia purified the Resentment Crystals and handed them back to Christine.

"Understood!" Christine nodded and threw all the Resentment Crystals into her mouth. Waves of soul power rippled through her, and suddenly she pounced into Bexia's body, sensing the changes within. Bexia smiled.

He had intended for Christine to absorb them well, but now Christine and he had merged into one. It could be said that both of them were absorbing the Resentment Crystals together, each taking half. Moreover, Bexia didn't need to exert any effort to refine them; he only needed to passively accept them.

"If you continue like this, I won't need to cultivate anymore!" Bexia teasingly said to Christine within him.

"Just be a good master. Leave the rest to me, Christine!" Christine chuckled.

"Then won't I end up being completely spoiled by you?"

"Hahaha! Master can become a useless person if you want to!"

"Are you asking for trouble?!"

"Master, I'm so scared~!"

"......" Bexia.

The refining process wasn't long, but the time spent chatting was considerable. Bexia couldn't match Christine's wit, nor did he bother to engage in such banter. Even if she seemed impressive now, there would be a time for her tears.

How should they play next? Bexia's mind briefly entertained an evil thought.

From then on, they would absorb the Calmness Charm at regular intervals. They would also use the Calmness Charm as bait to lure the Soul-Devouring Wraiths. Not every encounter would bring a King-level Resentful Soul King, but ordinary Soul-Devouring Wraiths were abundant, resulting in a decent harvest.

However, Bexia faced a moment of danger. One Calmness Charm actually lured a massive Resentful Soul King, four or five times larger than the previous one he had encountered. Even Christine gave up on it without hesitation, causing Bexia to lose a Calmness Charm.

Of course, Christine didn't believe she was weaker than that Resentful Soul King. But once in battle, she would undoubtedly go all out, and then Bexia's safety wouldn't be guaranteed. So, for Bexia's sake, she made the resolute decision to give up.

"The mist here seems denser. Now even one Calmness Charm can't store it all." Bexia replaced the spent Calmness Charm with a blank one and looked ahead. Despite the thick mist, he sensed something ahead.

Advancing forward more than a dozen times, considering the distance of several kilometers each time, along with their previous flight distance, if he had been going straight in a line, Bexia had already progressed at least two hundred thousand meters. And this time, he encountered something peculiar.

It was a vortex with a diameter of more than ten meters, constantly expelling and inhaling white mist. The mist, which was originally absorbed by Bexia, quickly replenished, especially when he placed the Eight Trigrams Array on the vortex. The Calmness Charms within it were rapidly condensing, to the point that he could accumulate one within four to five minutes.

"Is this the source of the mist?" Bexia speculated.

"It should be!" Christine nodded.

"In that case, let's stay here and cultivate for a while, using up all the Calmness Charms before we seek a way out," Bexia looked at the swirling vortex that emitted mist. To him, this was simply a paradise. If an ordinary person saw this vortex, it probably wouldn't have any effect. After all, not everyone possessed an artifact like the Yin Yang Divine Diagram, which could absorb the power of wandering souls."