As Xiao Xue's [Heart Sword] slashed out, the Fire Spirit instantly froze in place.
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Medusa was just about to say something when she heard Xiao Xue's warning.
She subconsciously turned around, and by the time she had turned, a long spear was already gripped in her hand.
Then, she saw a frozen Heavenly Flame kitten floating not far behind her.
Medusa: "..."
She hesitated for a moment, but the long spear in her hand still didn't thrust forward.
Then, Medusa heard Xiao Xue behind her say, "Protect me."
After saying this, Xiao Xue sat down cross-legged, and her Soul Power surged out of her body frantically.
She wanted to use [Heart Sword] to erase the memories of this poison flame Fire Spirit.
Although tampering with the Fire Spirit's Soul by force still carried the risk of backlash.
But compared to before, it was much safer!
As long as she was cautious, the possibility of being counter-attacked by the Fire Spirit was actually not high.
On the contrary, there was a high probability she could turn this Fire Spirit into a blank-slate cat that knew nothing.
When the time came, it would be much easier to give it to Xiao Yi Xian to raise.
Medusa looked from one to the other, her spear having nowhere to strike, so she could only stand aside and act as a bodyguard.
The Netherworld Poison Flame had developed intelligence for many years, and its memories were quite numerous.
It even contained some of the memories of that fire slave Medusa had dismantled.
Even though Xiao Xue had lived two lives, her experience was not as extensive as this Fire Spirit's.
Therefore, this task wasn't exactly easy.
After all, the amount of memory was one thing.
But if the Fire Spirit realized its memories were being erased, it would surely fight back desperately.
Because when a person's memories are completely erased and cannot be recovered...
In a sense, that person is already "dead."
Even if the Fire Spirit fought back, it wouldn't necessarily pose a threat to Xiao Xue;
But what Xiao Xue wanted was a Heavenly Flame that possessed intelligence.
If the Fire Spirit fought back, for the sake of her own Soul's safety, Xiao Xue would have no choice but to directly obliterate its intelligence.
Fortunately, the Netherworld Poison Flame's Soul Power was not very strong and could not escape Xiao Xue's control.
Thus, nothing like breaking through suppression or backlash happened during the process.
After Xiao Xue cleared the last trace of the Fire Spirit's memory, she slowly withdrew her projected Soul Power and let out a long sigh of relief.
With the mental reinforcement from her Heavenly Fox Bloodline, Xiao Xue finally made it through the process safely.
The Fire Spirit, its memories erased, had fallen into a deep sleep and was easily packed away into an empty storage ring by Xiao Xue.
Once it woke up, it would be a harmless Heavenly Flame kitten.
Of course, it might still accidentally burn or poison a person or two without even realizing it.
So when the time comes, some "basic education" will be particularly important.
As Xiao Xue subdued the Netherworld Poison Flame, the System notification for task completion sounded.
[Ding! emergency task completed. The System is evaluating your performance. Please wait patiently.]
Following the same routine as always, Xiao Xue closed the System interface and tried to stand up.
"Let's leave this place first. I'll find a spot to heal your injuries."
Medusa said as she helped Xiao Xue up.
"No need to go far," Xiao Xue shook her head and pointed to the ancient tree nearby.
"Let's just go under that tree."
While processing the Netherworld Poison Flame's memories, she had also gained quite a bit of information.
For example, the reason there were no living creatures within a hundred meters of that ancient tree was due to the presence of the poison flame Fire Spirit.
The Netherworld Poison Flame wasn't born here; it was brought in by that fire slave.
The fire slave that Medusa had sliced into pieces was once a Dou Venerate expert and a Dou Venerate-level Poison Master.
After obtaining the Netherworld Poison Flame, she wanted to use the geographical advantage of this underground world to refine it.
As a result, since she wasn't the Protagonist, she unsurprisingly messed up and ended up losing herself in the process.
As for how this underground world was formed, Xiao Xue didn't get any relevant information from the memories.
However, just like how the Immortal Cave of the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor was right beneath Jia Nan Academy but remained undiscovered...
This underground world, although it didn't have a pack of Dou Venerate-level lizards guarding it or a Nine-Star Dou Sheng as a gatekeeper...
...it was deep underground and located beneath a region filled with toxic miasma in the Izumo Empire.
So, it made sense that it had never been discovered.
And now, the Netherworld Poison Flame had been subdued by Xiao Xue.
Thus, the former territory of the Fire Spirit and fire slave became the safest place in the entire underground world.
After all, other places might still have poisonous creatures and such, where one could easily be caught off guard.
But within a hundred meters of the ancient tree, it was completely bare, with nothing at all.
The battle between Dou Zongs just now had also caused quite a significant commotion.
Stronger Demonic Beasts possessed intelligence and wouldn't approach on their own.
Hearing this, Medusa nodded and flew Xiao Xue near the ancient tree, slowly landing.
Xiao Xue sat down cross-legged without ceremony, took out several Medicinal Pills from her storage ring, and swallowed them whole.
Then, she let the Bone Chilling Flame act on its own to help her refine the medicinal power of the pills.
Medusa, meanwhile, placed her hands on Xiao Xue's shoulders, using her own Dou Qi to help clear the meridians damaged during the battle.
The [Moon Shadow] move had almost drained her Dou Qi.
And having just output Soul Power for a long time, even she couldn't ignore this level of fatigue.
Although [Upgrade] meant "Full HP + Full MP," after the Dou Wang stage, each star rank required a significant amount of experience points.
And the [Upgrade] move could often be used for emergencies and saving one's life.
Now that the battle was over, Xiao Xue naturally wouldn't waste a [Upgrade] opportunity here.
Even if she had plenty of experience points, she only had four or five "no cooldown" Breakthrough opportunities.
Breaking through to Dou Huang required time for [Advancement].
So, every [Upgrade] opportunity was extremely precious.
Xiao Xue was refining the medicinal power while Medusa placed her hands on her shoulders, using Dou Qi to clear her meridians.
While letting the Bone Chilling Flame move on its own and Medusa work on her body, Xiao Xue opened the System panel in a three-pronged approach.
The [emergency task] was complete; time to reap some rewards again.
Unsurprisingly, the rating was still [S].
The System had only asked Xiao Xue to escape the pursuit of a six-star Dou Zong-level Fire Spirit, but instead, she had directly subdued the Netherworld Poison Flame.
Although Medusa had also lent a hand, [Moon Shadow] and the final memory erasure were both done by Xiao Xue.
And these two parts accounted for the bulk of the contribution.
The [Moon Shadow] had directly heavily wounded the Fire Spirit, and the final subduing of the Netherworld Poison Flame was also Xiao Xue's doing.
Thus, Xiao Xue's rating still reached the [S] rank.
Under the ancient tree, Xiao Xue was already rubbing her hands together in anticipation of the rewards she could reap this time.
The previous [emergency task] reward had given Xiao Xue a seventh-grade pill, a [Soul Power Upgrade 50% Off Coupon], and a [Protector Black Robe].
Since the opponent last time was the Hall of Souls, most of the rewards were Soul-related.
Presumably, this time the items given by the System wouldn't disappoint her either.
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