Although Elina was extracting everything from him, Hao Yun didn't think this justified his consciousness transferring to Elina's body. But—was this reason really invalid? Hao Yun suddenly recalled the scene of his battle with the Destroyer Black Gate on Mu Xing Star. It was precisely because the consciousness of the partially unmerged Amutzen and the demonized King of Er that had been devoured by the Destroyer Black Gate appeared in time, helping Hao Yun and the others to restrain the Destroyer Black Gate, completely turning the tide of the battle, and ultimately giving them a chance to escape from that black hole.

Could it be—this was the drawback of the Mold Spirit's energy when devouring other lives? The consciousness that was swallowed along with the life consumed by the Mold Spirit's energy didn't immediately merge but could exist inside the Mold Spirit's energy for a period of time? And as long as this consciousness was strong enough, could it, like Amutzen and the others, cause some disturbance to the devourer's original body? Thinking of this, Hao Yun couldn't help but feel uplifted because he now felt that there might still be a turning point in this whole situation!

Thus, rekindled with the fire of hope, Hao Yun quickly calmed his mind, trying to ignore the pain he shared with his distant body as much as possible, and attempted to call out with his consciousness: "Balance Ring, can you hear my voice?"

Although Hao Yun was uncertain whether his actions were effective, he still tried calling several times in a row. After receiving no response, Hao Yun silenced his consciousness once again, preparing to further submerge his consciousness deeper. However, this time, as Hao Yun further silenced his consciousness, a slightly blurred starlight pierced through the chaotic darkness in his consciousness, accurately shining on his line of sight. Although the starlight seemed very weak, Hao Yun still saw a warm and colorful energy soon after, and quickly, within that colorful energy, he saw a faintly familiar yet unfamiliar female face.

"Balance Ring? Is it you?" Hao Yun asked excitedly in his consciousness. But the female face did not respond, instead showing an extremely displeased expression and coldly staring at Hao Yun with resentful eyes. Even so, Hao Yun could feel that the female face had tacitly confirmed his guess.

Clearly, what was released was extremely holy positive energy, but the actual displayed emotions were full of hatred, without a hint of openness or peace. "Hmph! The Balance Ring is indeed hypocritical, good at putting up a front in front of others, and engaging in shameful activities behind the scenes! Otherwise, how could she perfectly display two completely opposite emotions?" Seeing the Balance Ring's unfriendly attitude towards him, Hao Yun couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Insolence! How dare you gossip about me behind my back like this! Aren't you afraid that I'll punish you?" It seemed that the Balance Ring had sensed what Hao Yun was thinking and sternly rebuked him without speaking.

"Hmph! You're not my leader now. Whether I scold you or not is none of your business. If you have the energy to punish me, you might as well figure out a way to deal with Elina! We're both now Elina's prisoners. If we continue to let her rampage like this, your little life might not be guaranteed either!" Hao Yun retorted defiantly.

Although the Balance Ring was very angry with Hao Yun's attitude, as Hao Yun said, the current situation was equally disadvantageous to the Balance Ring. Therefore, even though the Balance Ring harbored dissatisfaction towards Hao Yun, she also knew that now was not the time to waste time arguing with Hao Yun.

So, the Balance Ring once again closed her lips tightly and said, "Rest assured, I'm not as fragile as you. But, if I had a way to deal with Elina, I wouldn't be wasting time here with you! Ah! In order to better optimize the Spirit Realm, I have consumed too much energy! Otherwise, even if there were more Guardian Spirits dispersed throughout the Spirit Realm, my original body would still have enough strength to resist the power they give Elina."

Hearing the Balance Ring sighing like this, Hao Yun's hope that had just ignited was immediately extinguished halfway. So Hao Yun continued to ask in distress, "So what should we do now? Are we just going to stay here and wait for death?!"

At this moment, Hao Yun had already felt that the potential in his body was almost completely drained by Elina. Next, as long as Elina continued to draw the power from Hao Yun's body, Hao Yun's life would completely perish. As for whether Hao Yun's remaining consciousness, existing in Elina's body, could survive for how long and whether it could defy fate and defeat Elina, Hao Yun felt that even if his luck in this desperate situation was good, it would probably be difficult to fulfill this wish.

Just as Hao Yun didn't know what to do next, the Balance Ring reminded him with a ethereal voice, "I think you shouldn't be asking us how to resist Elina, but rather, what you should do next?"

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Hao Yun fell into silence upon hearing this, once again remembering the repeated reminders from Guardian Uryll and the Mold Mother—noticing that if they wanted to stop Elina, the key lay in their choices.

But how exactly could one determine what was the most correct choice? As the moment of destruction approached, Haoyun still had no clue. He could only shake his head helplessly.

"Hoo—! I can feel it, the blessings they've bestowed upon you are very special, and very dangerous. Hoo—! Being manipulated by them, I'm truly quite—unwilling!" The Ring of Balance continued, its voice suddenly becoming strained, making it difficult not only to speak but also to finish a sentence in one breath.

"Ring of Balance, are you alright?" Haoyun asked, frowning.

"No— I'm fine. It's just that their power has greatly restricted me. So, I can't, I can't stay here for too long. I can only, as much as possible, create a shield here to prevent Elina from sensing our conversation." The Ring of Balance spoke intermittently. As her complexion gradually worsened, the colorful energy supporting her head also rapidly lost its original brilliance.

The Ring of Balance interrupted Haoyun, who was about to ask a question, and continued, "Hoo—! Hoo—! In fact, I've already found yours—. I didn't expect them to have been able to exist all this time without my discovery. It seems that everything has been calculated. Hmph! Although I don't want, don't want you to get them, but there's no way, a hero can't afford to suffer losses." By this point, the voice transmitted into Haoyun's consciousness by the Ring of Balance had become very weak.

"What have you found? Did you discover some kind of power within me?" Seeing the Ring of Balance's voice growing weaker, Haoyun anxiously asked.

Through the Ring of Balance's words, Haoyun already understood. The Ring of Balance deliberately ensured that Elina could not perceive it, and sent a strand of her consciousness along with the positive energy overflowing from her body into Elina's body. The purpose of the Ring of Balance doing this was to have a brief exchange with Haoyun. However, the Ring of Balance failed to convey the most crucial information to Haoyun, which meant that the Ring of Balance's attempt to forcefully meet Haoyun's consciousness under the suppression provided by Guardian Uryll and the Mother of Moulding was futile.

Haoyun saw that his calls could no longer elicit a response from the Ring of Balance, so based on the Ring of Balance's words, he began to think hard, "What of mine? What exactly did the Ring of Balance find of mine? Hoo—! Haoyun, pull yourself together! Think carefully! If you delay like this again, your life may really be in danger!"

Haoyun tried to urge himself to concentrate, but as he did, he also began to feel a stronger pain through his consciousness. Because Haoyun's entire body had become thoroughly blurred at this point, with cracks appearing all over his body's surface. Even the cracks on certain parts of Haoyun's body's surface had begun to break, exposing the flesh and blood underneath.

"Hmm? What's that?" Just as Haoyun was extremely anxious and at a loss, he suddenly saw several specks of light like fireflies flying into his field of vision from somewhere.

These specks of light were so pure that they appeared dazzling in this chaotic darkness. Haoyun immediately realized the unusual nature of these specks of light, so he quickly tried to focus his gaze forward, wanting to examine these lights more carefully. It was this action that caused the specks of light to quickly notice Haoyun's consciousness and immediately turn their heads towards him, flying rapidly. After these specks of light flew in front of Haoyun's eyes, they immediately became very active. These lights chased each other as if welcoming Haoyun's arrival, filled with joy.

Watching the few specks of light happily dancing in front of his eyes, Haoyun couldn't help but feel a strange familiarity. Haoyun felt that these dancing lights were like old friends he had lost contact with for many years, making him feel instantly familiar upon seeing them. However, it seemed that they had been separated for too long, to the point where Haoyun couldn't remember their names at all. This feeling of knowing but not being able to recall the answer made him feel uncomfortable, so Haoyun wanted to bring his consciousness closer again, so that he could carefully observe these lights and recall those memories that were so close yet so far.

As a result, just as Haoyun thought of bringing his consciousness closer again, the few specks of light, as if hearing his thoughts, immediately stopped playing and all flew to his eyes. Then, before Haoyun could lock his gaze on these specks of light, they burst with even brighter light and began to expand at a visible speed.

"Hmm? What, what's going on?!" Just as Haoyun wanted to figure out why these specks of light suddenly burst into brighter light, Elina's questioning voice suddenly echoed from all directions into Haoyun's consciousness. Then, Haoyun felt a pair of terrifying eyes suddenly appearing above him, starting to stare at the area where he was.

Oh no! Discovered! This was Haoyun's subconscious first reaction. Without thinking, it was clear that if Elina found Haoyun's consciousness was active inside her body, she would definitely find a way to eliminate Haoyun's consciousness! Therefore, Haoyun hurriedly tried to hide his consciousness to avoid Elina's pursuit. However, what Haoyun didn't expect was that just after Elina's terrifying eyes appeared, his consciousness immediately seemed to be frozen, unable to move at all.

"It's you?! You actually entered my body?!" Elina roared with her voice as piercing as metal scraping across a blackboard.

Haoyun's heart immediately chilled halfway, and Elina's piercing roar shook him with continuous screams. Haoyun understood that after being discovered by Elina, he might soon face disaster! As a result, before Elina's attack arrived, the few specks of light that continued to expand and increase in brightness suddenly burst open, and used the light beams erupting from within them to launch an attack on Haoyun ahead of time. All the light beams flew towards Haoyun's consciousness, and in the blink of an eye, they all entered Haoyun's consciousness.