The Last Witch Lord

The moment the Medicine Furnace opened for the first time, Li Ban sensed Xiao Suo's aura.

He had simply been too far away to approach immediately.

So, after losing Xiao Suo's aura, he didn't give chase right away. Instead, he stayed nearby to make a few arrangements.

Only after finishing his preparations did he approach the Medicine Furnace, wearing the face of the Night Priest.

Empowered by the Star River, his field of vision was wider than a Solar Priest's. Rather than rushing in blindly, he held his breath and waited for the right opportunity.

When Priest Ai Jing opened the Medicine Furnace the first time, Li Ban finally confirmed it: Xiao Suo's clone was hiding inside.

It wasn't until they were face-to-face that Li Ban realized the man had concealed himself within one of Xiu Ye's clones.

As for how he had managed to preserve Ye's body, Li Ban guessed he had relied on the miraculous functions of the Medicine Furnace.

When the furnace lid closed for the second time, Li Ban didn't immediately try to snatch Xiao Suo's Witch Embryo Shards.

He was waiting.

Xiao Suo was waiting, too.

Xiao Suo pulled Ye up from the ground. Wearing a face identical to hers, he pointed at Li Ban opposite them.

"Xiu Ye, look. This is your chance to survive," Xiao Suo said. "If the two of us join forces and give his Wizard Embryo Fragment to you, you won't be trapped in the white mist anymore. You can be reborn."

Amusingly, all three people inside the Medicine Furnace currently wore Xiu Ye's face.

Xiu Ye stared at Li Ban, not particularly trusting Xiao Suo's words.

She broke free from Xiao Suo and stepped aside, forming a three-way standoff. "Xiao Suo, I am only cooperating with you to completely fuse the Chaos Element. If I detect the slightest hint of betrayal, I will refine you right along with everything else."

Xiao Suo smiled. "Of course."

At that moment, the Medicine Furnace suddenly lifted into the air and began spinning in place.

Xiao Suo glanced upward. "They're trying to reverse the Medicine Furnace. Now is the time, Xiu Ye. Show them who the true master of the Medicine Furnace is."

Xiu Ye gave a self-deprecating smile. She didn't believe that someone who could merely manipulate the Medicine Furnace was its true master.

Otherwise, why wouldn't Xiao Suo operate it himself?

Wasn't it because he realized that, despite bringing the Medicine Furnace here himself, he couldn't completely control it either?

Xiu Ye leaned back, just about to close her eyes.

Mimicking her movement, Li Ban leaned back as well.

Seeing this, Xiao Suo immediately sensed something was wrong.

He raised a hand to stop Li Ban, but right at that moment, a figure suddenly emerged from Li Ban's body.

The figure was illusory, but its facial features were barely visible.

Both Xiao Suo and Xiu Ye froze for a moment.

They had actually just seen yet another Xiu Ye inside the Medicine Furnace.

This was Xiu Ye Number One.

The moment she appeared, she blocked Xiao Suo's strike for Li Ban.

The Nihility State was already a place where spiritual rhinoceros lay dormant.

Inside the Medicine Furnace, it was completely impossible to use the vast majority of spells.

It was only because all three of them had their own special methods that they were able to fight back and forth in here.

Xiu Ye Number One glanced at the darkened Xiu Ye Number Five, knowing that the woman before her was the one who had persevered to the very end and learned the entire truth.

"Xiu Ye, hurry!"

Realizing things had taken an unexpected turn, Xiao Suo immediately ordered Xiu Ye Number Five to speed up.

Though Xiu Ye Number Five cast a conflicted look at Xiu Ye Number One, she closed her eyes anyway.

Immediately after, Li Ban noticed the entire Medicine Furnace stop spinning. Light flared within, illuminating all the patterns etched into the furnace's inner walls.

These illuminated lines began to shift rapidly, before spinning along the interior at an even greater speed.

Li Ban instantly felt the internal rules of the entire Medicine Furnace undergo a complete change.

At that moment, Xiu Ye Number One suddenly returned to his side, her voice ethereal.

"Li Ban, I can feel it. Xiu Ye Number Five is controlling the Medicine Furnace."

Even though they were now separate individuals who could no longer fuse back together, the similarity of their souls allowed them to sense each other's states and actions.

Outside, all the mist was surging toward the Medicine Furnace.

Priest Ai Jing had hoped for this phenomenon, but the Medicine Furnace was absorbing the white mist far too quickly.

She didn't believe she was capable of mobilizing the Medicine Furnace to this extent right now.

"The Medicine Furnace is absorbing the white mist on its own."

"Could Li Ban have done something inside?"

After Li Ban entered the Medicine Furnace, the Cat Girl had also hurried over from a distance.

Now was no longer the time to worry about the Chaotic Green Silk Algae on her body.

"Step back!" Priest Ai Jing didn't answer the question; instead, she immediately ordered everyone to retreat.

Priest Qian Que initially didn't want to fall back, but with a single look from Priest Ai Jing, Chu Qi and Priest Hao Ze pulled him away.

"Priest Qian Que, your physical condition is still unstable. It is best if you don't use any more spells."

"Someone has activated the Medicine Furnace from the inside," Priest Ai Jing finally explained. "I need to confirm whether it is operating according to my intentions. If not, it must be stopped."

How could they stop it?

Through brute force, of course.

But Priest Ai Jing couldn't be certain of the outcome. If she resorted to brute force, the priests around her might not be able to withstand the fallout.

She had to make them keep their distance.

The priests finally fell back, though they didn't go too far. They stopped ten zhang away from the Medicine Furnace.

Priest Ai Jing pressed both hands against the Medicine Furnace. Even though there was no visible fire, the surface was as scalding hot as burning charcoal.

'When did this Medicine Furnace get so hot? Is a refinement really happening inside?'

'Li Ban, if you fall into danger in there, should I open the furnace to save you?'

Priest Ai Jing owed Li Ban a massive debt of gratitude, so she naturally didn't want him to encounter any danger.

But the Medicine Furnace concerned the very fate of the Nihility State, and Li Ban had volunteered to enter it himself. Ai Jing was afraid that opening the furnace would allow Ye to escape, and equally afraid of ruining Li Ban's original plan.

As the Medicine Furnace absorbed massive amounts of mist, visibility in the surrounding area steadily increased.

Meanwhile, inside the Medicine Furnace, Ye had completely activated it.

Receiving the message from Ye Number One, Li Ban finally learned some of the information he had just missed.

"Xiu Ye ultimately became the white mist permeating the entire Nihility State? Is that why she has the ability to operate the Medicine Furnace now?"

"What is she trying to do?"

Xiu Ye Number One didn't have time to answer before Xiao Suo launched his attack.

Seeing this, Li Ban immediately unleashed his starlight, attempting to freeze Xiao Suo in place for just a moment.

However, the moment his starlight appeared, a domain of utter darkness materialized out of thin air inside the Medicine Furnace.

All the light was sucked into a black hole, never to emerge again.

Li Ban clearly felt his own Star River being drawn in by another force.

He instantly withdrew his starlight.

This was the very first time he had encountered something capable of resisting the power of the Star River.

Xiao Suo smiled, finally revealing his true objective.

"Xiu Ye, refine everything! I don't want anything else—I only want his starlight!"

Right then, the three remaining Xiu Yes inside Li Ban's Cubic Space spoke up almost simultaneously. "Li Ban, put us into the Medicine Furnace!"

The Medicine Furnace spun faster and faster until the few of them could only see each other as blurry phantoms.

Li Ban stared intently at Xiao Suo's position, gritted his teeth, and released the remaining three Yes.

Moving in perfect unison, the four Xiu Yes threw themselves into the inner walls of the rapidly spinning Medicine Furnace.

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