Chapter 695: Chapter 695: The System Is Back Again!

The pressure and fear from Benedict Beast gave Grace a strong urge to scream.

Yet at this moment, she couldn’t utter a single sound, mouth agape, unable even to beg for mercy.

She could only watch helplessly as the Spiritual Energy within her was continuously being drained away.

No…

Don’t consume her.

She doesn’t want to die.

As if hearing her inner cry, a wisp of Black Mist swiftly spread throughout the room.

Accompanied by a man’s disdainful voice, “Indeed a worthless wretch.”

The Black Mist rapidly enshrouded, and just as it was about to envelop Benedict Beast, the door was slammed open with a command following fast,

“Heavenly Talisman Appearance, Invisible Ghosts, Prosperous Union, Seal!”

Accompanied by the command, a Jade Talisman flickered with spiritual light and floated into the air, and in the next second, the Black Mist that had filled the room seemed to be bound by spiritual light and dragged into the talisman.

One wisp after another.

The Jade Talisman quickly became muddied, yet the Black Mist continued to pour incessantly into the room.

Scarlett Jennings instinctively knitted her brows at the doorway.

A sinister male voice echoed faintly from the void, the voice of Mr. Nian,

“I know you can seal the Black Mist, but I am not like that fool Nolan Snyder. My Black Mist is not so easily absorbed.”

Scarlett Jennings’ heart leapt as she instinctively looked at the Jade Talisman hovering in mid-air.

Only to see the Jade Talisman quickly turning black from absorbing the Black Mist, even faintly showing signs of breaking from within.

Her Jade Talisman couldn’t hold so much Black Mist.

Scarlett Jennings decisively retracted the Jade Talisman and simultaneously tossed out a Spirit Talisman, which tightly wrapped the blackened Jade Talisman.

The voice cackled twice, then spoke again,

“Your talisman can’t seal me, and next up is my turn.”

As his voice fell, the Black Mist in the room swiftly gathered, soon forming a thick Black Mist, bypassing the Benedict Jade and heading straight towards Scarlett Jennings.

Scarlett Jennings stood firm, coldly watching the rolling Black Mist approach, yet she said,

“My talisman may not seal everything, but that doesn’t mean I have nothing else.”

As she spoke, she dodged the Black Mist attack, casually reaching into the Hundred Objects Box, and pulled out a… turtle.

The System Turtle drooped its head, yet instinctively paddled its limbs.

Without thinking, Scarlett Jennings tossed the System Turtle toward the direction of the Black Mist, simultaneously commanding,

“Stop being emo! The energy you’ve asked for is here!”

The System Turtle, sensing the power of the Black Mist, immediately showed some disdain.

[This thing is nothing compared to Fortune.]

Despite the disdain in its voice, the body reflexively began absorbing the surging Black Mist into its system as soon as it was thrown into the mist.

The Black Mist visibly diminished, to the surprise of the man, as another wave of Black Mist poured into the room.

He attempted to use the previous method to explode the turtle.

Unexpectedly, the powerful core of the System Turtle welcomed the Black Mist without hesitation, absorbing one wave after another, showing no signs of discomfort.

Realizing the turtle’s extraordinariness, Mr. Nian finally ceased emitting Black Mist,

“What kind of turtle is this?!”

Clearly a seemingly ordinary Wood Pattern Turtle, why could it absorb so much of his Black Mist?

Scarlett Jennings did not answer.

Yet she could hear the exuberant roar of the System Turtle in her mind,

[I am the Divine Turtle System born of the Heavenly Dao! A mere Black Mist trying to choke me?! Ha!]

Just as it had in Lloyd Village, the system, upon absorbing the Black Mist, could directly control the mist, allowing its entire turtle body to float in the air.

At this moment, the System Turtle seemed to have perked up, perhaps attempting to prove its capability, and it turned its target toward Grace, who had been bitten over there.

At once, the turtle enveloped in Black Mist shot like a cannonball towards the other.

[With your pitiful self trying to covet the body I desire! Get lost for grandpa!]

As if the sound of jade cracking, Grace, unexpectedly struck by the system, was directly sent flying.

Her body landed heavily, making a thumping noise.

Grace tried to get up but found that much of her Spiritual Energy had been drained, leaving her spiritual body too weakened to muster any strength.

Struggling to rise, she immediately collapsed back to the ground, unable to move any longer.

Having successfully sent flying one after another, the System Turtle seemed to enter a frenzied state, the body enveloped in Black Mist whirled around the room, emitting arrogant laughter akin to a villain,

[Hahahaha~ I feel my body full of power!]

[The system is back! Who?!! Who dares call me a failure now?!!]

[Elias Quinn! Open your eyes wide—yesterday you treated me with indifference, but today, you can’t reach my heights! Hahahaha!!]

The phrase “extremes breed reversals” rings true.

The system was as introverted before as it is manic now.

Scarlett Jennings: …

This system has finally gone mad.

Since Scarlett Jennings was the only one who could hear the system’s voice, even the man hidden in the shadows could only see the strange turtle harrying his Black Mist around the room.

He attempted to summon the Black Mist back, only to realize that the mist absorbed by the turtle no longer obeyed his control.

Mr. Nian cursed in his heart and was about to continue taking action when Scarlett Jennings, who was originally standing, suddenly moved, a Spirit Talisman thrown out, transforming into a Spirit Light Chain directly striking where he was hidden.

The Spirit Light Chain seemingly collided with a barrier, and in the next second, the barrier broke down into Black Mist, revealing Mr. Nian who was concealed within.

Just as she had previously seen through the Image Keeping Talisman, the two finally faced each other for the first time.

Mr. Nian looked at Scarlett Jennings’ somewhat tender face and sneered coldly,

“You’re rather perceptive, no wonder Nolan Snyder fell into your hands.”

“You guys are also quite cautious, shrouding yourselves, always hiding tightly.”

Scarlett Jennings spoke, suddenly pretending to disdainfully look at the opponent,

“Your people seem quite cowardly; this one is probably just another decoy, right?”

Mr. Nian heard her slightly mocking tone, and his gaze became more sinister,

“I am not like those who rely on substitutes.”

“Oh.” Scarlett Jennings looked at him, her apricot eyes seemed to glimmer, “Not a double, that’s good.”

As her words fell, several Spirit Talismans flew from her hand.

The talismans glittered with spiritual light, quickly forming a circle to trap the opponent as she invoked a mantra.

At the same time, she directly produced two Spirit Talismans, one red and one black.

The same killer moves she had used against Nolan Snyder in the past.

Knowing that Mr. Nian is more formidable than Nolan Snyder, she wouldn’t take risks.

“Heaven and Earth Fire, Myriad Techniques Burn…”

As Scarlett Jennings began her incantation, Mr. Nian sensed the danger, eyes narrowing deeply, he acted without hesitation.

His hands whirling the spell, Black Mist again overflowed around him, but different from before.

The moment the Black Mist overflowed, it seemed to materialize, forming a black balloon, swiftly expanding outward from him as the center.

Scarlett Jennings watched as the Talisman she used to trap the opponent dissolved into black water upon encountering the black balloon-like thing.

Scarlett Jennings frowned, sensing a foreboding premonition, her mouth quickly reciting the incantation; however, the expansion rate of the opponent was visibly faster.

Seeing the Black Mist Ball on the point of rupture, Scarlett Jennings gritted her teeth, retracting the Spirit Talisman while quickly erecting a barrier.

But once her gaze swept over the unconscious Adam Jennings on the sofa and Grace in the corner, her heart tightened slightly; without hesitation, she raised her hand to place the barrier drawn by the Spirit Talisman over Adam Jennings and Grace.

Simultaneously.

Bang!

The Black Mist Ball exploded.