Seeing Haoyun and the others staring at her without speaking, Elina spoke with a tone of disappointment, "What's this? Shouldn't you three be very eager to see me? But why is your reaction so indifferent? It really disappoints this trapped prey of mine! Hmph."

Haoyun and the others continued to watch Elina closely, as if facing a formidable enemy, afraid that any negligence on their part would give Elina a chance to strike. Their lack of response stemmed from their extreme nervousness. Despite the powerful protective shield created by Haoyun using the Underworld Spirit Armor, they were unsure how long it could withstand Elina's attacks.

"Oh? What's going on? Looks like you know each other?" Elsie asked surprisingly after hearing Elina's words.

"That's right. Because of some things, I have become the prey pursued by these three gentlemen," Elina calmly replied as she leisurely paced around the protective shield created by Haoyun.

"Oh," Elsie responded simply. From her tone, it seemed she had no interest in the grievances between Elina and Haoyun's group.

"How's your work going?" Elsie asked again.

"Rest assured, everything is proceeding according to plan," Elina replied.

"Then why are you meddling here? Can't you see we're busy?" Elsa asked unfriendly. She swung her scepter again and launched an attack on the protective shield covering Haoyun and the others.

Although Elsa's tone was very unfriendly, Elina did not want to argue with her. She just gave Elsa a disdainful look and continued to converse quietly with Elsie as if no one else were around. Dao Lao keenly caught a piece of information from the brief conversation among these three—it seemed that there was no deep bond between this group of Purifiers and Elina; their relationship appeared to be merely a simple cooperative one.

Therefore, Dao Lao questioned, "Elsie, do you know who she is?!"

"I don't know. What does it matter to me who she is?" Elsie replied nonchalantly.

Judging from Elsie's attitude, she naturally knew who Elina was, but she simply didn't care about it. This made Dao Lao extremely uncomfortable. Even if the conflict between Haoyun's group and Elsie's group was significant, it was an internal issue within the Divine Spirit Realm. However, now that this group of Purifiers openly cooperated with the Mould Spirit Energy, the conflict between Haoyun's group and these Purifiers would naturally escalate into a fundamental issue beyond the red line of the Divine Spirit Realm.

Therefore, Dao Lao sternly pointed out, "Elsie, Elina is a wanted criminal who fled from the 13th district of the Underworld Spirit Realm to collude with the Mould Spirit Energy. You dare to conspire with her privately, which is a serious crime against the bottom line of the Divine Spirit Realm! I hope you stop immediately, assist us in apprehending Elina as soon as possible, and return with us to the Divine Spirit Realm to surrender! Perhaps, considering your timely recognition and contribution, we will plead with the Pursuit Office to go easy on you and give you a lighter sentence!"

After carefully listening to Dao Lao's reprimand, Elsie replied indifferently, "Heh! What grudge exists between you has nothing to do with us."

"Oh? Are you implying that you are protecting this wanted criminal wanted by the Divine Spirit Realm?" Dao Lao frowned and questioned again.

"Protecting? Hehehe. Sir Dao, let's stick to the facts. I've said it already: what happens between you is your own business. This is clearly maintaining neutrality, not intentionally siding with her. If you want to arrest her, go ahead, and we won't interfere," Elsie responded in a manner that showed she didn't care.

Dao Lao raised his eyebrows and said, "Neutrality? Elsie, please don't forget, you are a priest. Purifying and even eliminating the Mould Spirit Energy are important duties of yours! If you encounter the Mould Spirit Energy, not only do you not actively attack it, nor do you report information about the Mould Spirit Energy, but you also deliberately conceal the facts and secretly collude with it. Then, you are betraying the Divine Spirit Realm! Where does neutrality come into play?!"

Elsie shrugged indifferently and said, "Oh well! Let me put it this way: because we are from the Dark Layer system of the Divine Spirit Realm, the disciplines and bottom lines we need to follow are clearly different from yours."

"What's the difference?" Haoyun, whose sudden pain had eased somewhat, asked, straightening his body.

"Simply put, purifying the timeline, ensuring the stable development of the Divine Spirit Realm, and assisting the Divine Spirit Realm in expanding its territory are our important duties. Therefore, our attitude and approach to all other matters are based on their impact on our purification tasks," Elsie explained.

"In other words, if Elina is beneficial to our purification work, then we will cooperate with her. As for the issues she herself has, as long as they do not affect our purification tasks, those issues will forever be hers to resolve. So, unless Elina's problems affect our purification tasks, we will not intervene against her, even though she has now become a fusion of Mould Spirit Energy," Elsie continued to explain.

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"According to your logic, as long as it is beneficial to purification work, you can choose Elina or choose to eliminate us? And this is also the right given to you by the Divine Spirit Realm?" Dream Jia asked from a different perspective.

Elsie pursed her lips and said, "In theory, that's true. However, we priests are bound by the iron rule of not killing each other. Even if it is to ensure the smooth progress of the purification task, if we take action to kill a priest, it will still cause us a lot of trouble. Besides, we really don't want to do anything to you. So, I hope you can recognize the reality and stop continuing to affect our mission!"

"Continue to carry out missions with Elina? Are you saying that the Spirit Realm will allow you to cooperate with Mould Spirit Energy?" Hao Yun questioned with a tone full of doubt.

"Well... precisely, it could be considered as tacit consent! Although, for our underworld system, Elina poses no issues. However, she did cause quite a stir within your surface system. So, for now, we can only consider the bigger picture and establish a limited cooperation with her. As for what happens after completing the purification task... well, we'll have to wait until after this mission ends to discuss that!" Sister Elsie replied.

"Phew! Alright, even if what you're saying is true. I still don't understand, Elina has now merged with Mould Spirit Energy into a mature Mould Spirit Energy form. What beneficial things can she do for the Spirit Realm?" Hao Yun pointed at Elina and asked, then coughed heavily twice.

"Oh my! Lord Hao, I advise you to rest for a while! Your body won't recover in a short while! If you continue like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to maintain this protective shield for much longer!" Elina pretended to be concerned, saying while using the dark red energy vortex surrounding her to neutralize the purple-red electrical light released from the shield, and slowly approached the edge of the shield.

Then, Elina slowly raised one hand and lightly tapped the surface of the shield, before sighing, "Wow! Such a powerful shield! My strength is indeed lacking! Hmph, the things that guy creates are indeed extraordinary!"

After saying that, Elina turned around and slowly disentangled herself from the entanglement with the shield, and stood next to Sister Elsie. Because of the confrontation just now, both sides present had a very intuitive understanding of the strength of this shield. So when everyone saw Elina approaching the shield so easily, they all showed surprised expressions.

"What's going on? Elina, do you recognize this energy barrier?" Sister Elsie asked with great curiosity.

Elina shook her head and replied, "I have not seen such a shield before. But that doesn't stop me from sensing the aura emanating from it and realizing that this shield was made by an old acquaintance of mine."

"Oh? So, is your old acquaintance a priest? Or is it Mould Spirit Energy?" Sister Elsie changed to an interested tone and asked.

"Ah! How should I put it? My old acquaintance is more like a lingering spirit. However, considering it's just a minor character, let's not dwell on it!" Elina replied disdainfully. Hao Yun and the others naturally understood very well that the Countess was by no means a minor character worth mentioning. Therefore, from Elina's response, the three immediately realized that the reason Elina wanted to avoid the topic related to the Countess must be because she had reached some kind of agreement with the Countess.

"Oh? So, do you know how to break through this energy barrier?" Seeing that Elina did not want to mention her old acquaintance, Sister Elsie changed the topic and asked. After all, compared to understanding Elina's old acquaintance, she was more interested in the energy barrier in front of her.

"Of course I do. If I guess correctly, this energy barrier is created using the Spirit Realm armor he wears. I was fortunate enough to hear him introduce the mysteries of this transformation method, so naturally, I know some ways to break it. However, because the strength of this energy barrier exceeds my ability range, even I cannot break it in a short time. Moreover, if I forcibly deal with this energy barrier, I may also suffer backlash for violating some taboo set by him. Hmph! Using Mould Spirit Energy to transform the equipment of the Spirit Realm, that guy is really creative!" Elina explained, ending with a sarcastic tone. Those with keen eyes could see that Elina's actions were entirely out of jealousy towards her old acquaintance.

After Elina finished explaining the situation, Sister Elsie cleared her throat and asked with a stern and sarcastic tone, "Oh, I didn't expect this energy barrier to come from this! Hmph! I said three adults, you accused us of colluding with Mould Spirit Energy privately, but you yourselves are secretly using Mould Spirit Energy to provide equipment for you. What you did—doesn't it seem a bit unreasonable?"

"As Mould Spirit Energy pursuit officials, shouldn't you three keep yourselves clean? If we cooperate with Mould Spirit Energy to better complete the purification task, then why do you three conceal and privately use spells provided by Mould Spirit Energy? Could it be that you three are the suspects who betrayed the Spirit Realm and colluded privately with Mould Spirit Energy? The true purpose of your three coming here is actually to sabotage our purification task and disrupt the stable development of the Spirit Realm?"

Even though Haoyun's forcible use of mold spirit energy had its reasons, his actions seriously violated the prohibition of the Spirit God Realm. Moreover, Haoyun was a pursuer of mold spirit energy. Therefore, their knowledge of the law-breaking behavior, Dao Lao and Dream Jia knowingly condoning and sheltering Haoyun, who had violated the laws and regulations of the Spirit God Realm, indeed warranted severe punishment from the Spirit God Realm.

Elsie naturally understood the concerns in Haoyun's and his companions' hearts. Seeing them glaring at her angrily yet momentarily at a loss for words, she smiled knowingly and continued, "I believe, esteemed ones, you are well aware of the grave harm your current actions could bring to the Spirit God Realm! How about this? If you willingly surrender your ill-gotten gains to me and submit yourselves peacefully, I will overlook this due to the kinship between Adam, Eve, and Haoyun. Furthermore, Haoyun, you can still receive my recommendation and be promoted as a Purification Envoy out of turn. Others deserving of promotion will likewise ascend, and those meant to become Holy Spirits will achieve that status. Everyone will be happy. What do you say to that?"