Upon entering the base, when Hao Yun's battle armor immediately began absorbing the dense mold spirit energy within, it quietly generated a solid protective shield using the newly acquired energy. Unfortunately, while this shield could resist attacks from surrounding enemies, it couldn't prevent internal skirmishes among the team members inside. This gave Dr. Chu the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, ultimately resulting in Eva sustaining serious injuries while trying to protect herself.

"Damn it, are you deaf? My sister's asking you a question!" Seeing Hao Yun repeatedly ignore Elsie's sister, Elsa couldn't help but curse. At the same time, she swung her scepter once more to attack Hao Yun and his team.

Because Elsa's previous attack had been easily neutralized by Hao Yun's shield, this time she deliberately increased the attack's intensity to ensure she could penetrate the shield and directly threaten Hao Yun's life.

Elsa swung her scepter, releasing a cyclone imbued with powerful divine force. As it approached the shield, the cyclone rapidly expanded, enveloping Hao Yun and his team within moments. Everyone expected this highly volatile cyclone to explode after enclosing them, but unexpectedly, instead of detonating, the cyclone rapidly collapsed inward along with the surrounding space, attempting to crush Hao Yun and the others into spatial fragments.

Elsa was confident in her new move. She believed that despite Hao Yun creating such a sturdy shield after losing the protection of the Spirit Realm, it could only maintain its strength for a short time. As long as she continued to exert sufficient pressure on the shield, it would inevitably collapse due to lack of residual strength.

Accompanied by chilling crackling sounds, the swirling energy continued to ruthlessly compress Hao Yun's shield. As time passed, Elsa's confident and sharp eyes gradually revealed an expression of disbelief. The standoff between the two sides continued, and Elsa felt an increasingly powerful repulsive force from her scepter. She had to double the injection of divine power into the scepter to prevent the collapsing cyclone from releasing a stream of purple-red energy that could break through the shield.

Seeing Elsa struggling more and more in her confrontation with Hao Yun, the other Purifiers present also stepped forward to assist her in attacking Hao Yun's shield. Even Adam and Eve launched an attack on the shield in the field. However, unlike the other Purifiers who were eager to use all their skills against the shield, Adam and Eve only tentatively attacked it a few times. Their behavior of not fully attacking the shield wasn't out of mercy for Hao Yun, who was their flesh and blood, but simply out of curiosity to test the strength of the shield created by Hao Yun.

Among the Purifiers, only Elsie's sister did not attack Hao Yun from start to finish. However, this time, she did not stop the other Purifiers from attacking Hao Yun. It seemed that she was also curious about the powerful shield created by Hao Yun and wanted to try to find a way to counter the attacks of the Purifiers through the shield. At the same time, there was a hint of greed in Elsie's sister's eyes. It seemed that she really wanted to know how Hao Yun had created such a powerful energy shield and hoped to have the opportunity to possess such abilities herself.

Due to the fact that the Yin Spirit Realm battle armor was not only activated without any warning but also inexplicably created a stronger protective shield than before, the attacks of the Purifiers, although impressive, did not disturb the calmness inside the shield, not causing even the slightest ripple due to external attacks.

However, the Purifiers' inability to deal with this shield situation did not calm Dream Jia's nervousness. So she asked seriously in the system channel, "Hao Yun, how much longer can you hold on?"

Hao Yun, after checking the data provided by the system, answered uncertainly, "Uh... this shield should be able to hold for a long time, a very long time."

"According to the system display, although the Yin Spirit Realm battle armor charges slowly using the mold spirit energy within this base, after it was inexplicably strengthened, it gained the ability to create a more robust protective shield with even less energy. So, judging by the concentration of mold spirit energy here and the speed at which the armor converts energy from it, we should be able to hold them here for a long time," Hao Yun further explained.

Then, Hao Yun somewhat self-critically added, "Ah! Just now, after tangling with them for so long, how did I forget to ask them about mold spirit energy?"

Dao Lao squinted at the Purifiers in front of him and said, "The situation with mold spirit energy is indeed very strange. Although only our mold spirit energy tracking priests have the ability to use the mold spirit energy tracking system to capture mold spirit energy, other priests' Spirit Realm work systems should also be able to sense the presence of mold spirit energy."

Dream Jia continued, "That's right. And as long as they encounter mold spirit energy, priests have the obligation and must promptly report the situation in order for the constables to handle it and dispatch personnel as soon as possible to capture the mold spirit energy. However, even though they already know our identities, they have never actively mentioned anything about mold spirit energy to us. Isn't there something peculiar about this? Since their purification tasks are so important, are they not afraid of mold spirit energy causing destruction? Or is there some clandestine dealing between these guys and mold spirit energy?!"

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Dream Jia remained skeptical of Elsie's group despite the various proof documents they presented, suspecting that they had obtained false evidence through some special means. Another reason was that Dream Jia truly did not want to admit that Elsie's group's actions were sanctioned by the Spirit Realm. She did not want her beliefs to collapse, so she continued to try to prove through constant questioning that Elsie's group were merely traitors.

Upon realizing this, Dream Jia questioned, "Hey! If you really are an official acting on behalf of the Spirit Realm, then can you explain why we've found traces of mold spirit energy here?"

This was the first time Haoyun's side had mentioned mold spirit energy in front of a group of Purifiers. They had hoped to use this leverage to expose Elder Elsie and her associates' lies, forcing them into a position where they would have to reveal their deception.

However, to Haoyun's team's disappointment, Elder Elsie, upon hearing Dream Jia's inquiry, only responded with a meaningful smile. Then, she feigned surprise and asked, "Oh? I thought after severing the connection between the three of you and the Spirit Realm, you wouldn't have discovered that person! Oh well, it seems we were careless!"

"Who is this person?!" Haoyun immediately pressed, his heart sinking. As expected! Elder Elsie's attitude clearly implied that she assumed they knew about the existence of mold spirit energy. These people were indeed secretly colluding with mold spirit energy! The events here were certainly not as simple as they had claimed!

At this moment, Elder Elsie shrugged and jokingly said, "If you tell me who that person is, can you also tell me why your battle armor from the Dark Yin Spirit Realm is so special? Can you tell me how you managed to create such a powerful protective shield?"

Haoyun looked at Elder Elsie warily, inwardly sneering: Hmph! Unexpectedly, Elder Elsie has quite selfish motives! Other Purifiers are either thinking about how to persuade us or how to deal with us. Yet here she is secretly coveting my battle armor. It seems Elder Elsie is even more cunning than she appears. I must be doubly vigilant against her.

So Haoyun casually mocked, "This shield was just created using very common spells. You won't be able to break it, which only shows that your strength is too weak! As for the battle armor from the Dark Yin Spirit Realm on me, it's just a very ordinary piece of merchandise. If you like, after I return to the Spirit Realm, I can buy you one from the Dark Yin Spirit Realm!"

"Hehehe, Master Haoyun sure knows how to joke. The battle armor used in the Dark Yin Spirit Realm can't compare to the one you have on you? Moreover, if I'm not mistaken, this powerful shield should have been created by the battle armor on you, right? Although I don't know much about superficial systems, I believe it's absolutely impossible for armor there to create such a strong protective shield." Elder Elsie responded.

Haoyun had to admit that Elder Elsie's insight was extremely sharp, causing him to worry if she would find a way to break through this shield. Would she expose Haoyun's team completely to the Purifiers' crosshairs?

Therefore, to prevent Elder Elsie from discovering a way to break the shield, Haoyun felt it was better not to continue discussing topics related to the spirit realm armor with her. After all, for them, this armor and shield were their only reliance at the moment. They had to continue using this shield to confront the Purifiers to retain a chance of turning the tables.

Thus, Haoyun now needed more time for the Dark Yin Spirit Realm armor to complete its charging. But at the same time, they couldn't continue to stall with Elder Elsie's group like they were doing now. Eva's condition was getting worse, and she didn't have much time left. So, if they wanted to rescue Eva, Haoyun's team had to quickly think of a strategy to break through. Otherwise, Eva would only face a slow death as the outcome!

Ah! It wasn't just ten thousand; if they couldn't find a way to escape from here, wouldn't the fate awaiting Haoyun's team also be a slow death? Thinking of this, Haoyun and the others could only sigh helplessly in their hearts. Therefore, Dream Jia asked on the system channel, "Haoyun, since your battle armor has been enhanced and is currently absorbing essential energy from the mold spirit energy here, can you now activate the Drill Dog Hole skill again and forcibly lead us away from here?"

Because when Haoyun activated the Drill Dog Hole skill, he would weaken himself and could potentially cause serious underlying harm to his body. Therefore, Dream Jia actually didn't want Haoyun to use this skill again. However, considering that their team was in dire straits and it was extremely difficult to break through, Dream Jia had to bravely propose this idea.

Of course, Haoyun had also thought of this method, so after Dream Jia raised the question, he immediately replied, "Ah! I also want to try again, but it seems unlikely!"

Then, Haoyun explained in detail to Dao Lao and Dream Jia about how he had secretly retained some mold spirit energy after the battle on Yongmu Star. He also told them that the reason he was able to successfully activate the Drill Dog Hole skill both times when chasing Adam and Eve here and when transporting everyone here was because he forcefully used that stored mold spirit energy. However, now that the mold spirit energy he had hidden away was exhausted, even if the armor was fully charged, he couldn't activate the Drill Dog Hole skill again.

Furthermore, Haoyun also mentioned that he had considered collecting the pervasive mold spirit energy here for future use of the Drill Dog Hole skill. However, the mold spirit energy here was neither in an extremely weakened state nor in a free state after being expelled from the host body. In addition, Haoyun currently lacked the Phoenix Thorn to act as an energy converter, so he had no way to forcefully capture the mold spirit energy here for pursuit.

Apart from these two issues, Haoyun also lamented another, more important reason that prevented him from activating the Drill Dog Hole skill again. After he activated the Drill Dog Hole skill this time, the system sent him a warning - due to the poor assessment of the Dark Yin Spirit Realm armor's condition on his body, it had temporarily restricted his use of the Drill Dog Hole skill. Please repair your soul body first, then try again.