I can find treasures in my dreams.

Bond's face was full of resentment: "Damn Great Xia people, do you think you can get the Warhorse Shield by extracting my soul?"
"Stop dreaming! My awakened Purification ability can dissolve my own soul, so you'll get nothing."

The so-called "purification" simply means removing various negative states, such as sluggishness, weakness, etc. Anyone who has played games can easily understand this.

This is a relatively niche auxiliary ability, and it can only be considered a low-grade one among many abilities.

As Bond spoke, tiny sparks of light ignited within his soul, and his body began to blur.

This is undoubtedly what he meant by "self-dissolving the soul".

Yang Fan suddenly said in a mocking tone, "Did I give you permission to dissolve your own soul?"

He immediately activated his superior-grade ability, the "Myriad Manifestations of the Heavenly Demon Eye," and raised his hand to shoot out a Myriad Manifestations of the Heavenly Demon Eye, which instantly and forcibly merged into Bond's soul.

After a while.

The scattered glimmers of light faded from Bond's soul, and his soul regained its clarity.

Bond immediately looked terrified and stammered, "What...what did you do to me?"

Because this guy discovered that he could no longer control his own soul.

This is precisely the effect of a superior supernatural ability; this guy has been implanted with the Myriad Manifestations Mark and has become a soul puppet.

Yang Fan didn't explain, and continued in a mocking tone, "Do you think your purification ability is still your ability?"

Bond froze for a moment, then realized the terrifying meaning behind those words. His voice trembled even more violently: "You... what are you going to... do to me?"

Yang Fan immediately unleashed another supreme treasure—the Soul-Stealing Cicada.

"squeak!"

A clear chirping sound was heard.

A lifelike jade cicada appeared out of thin air before Bond's eyes.

It flapped its wings like a real cicada, circling Bond rapidly.

Bond felt a terrifying sense of dread, like "prey being targeted by its predator": "What the hell is that? Get away from me!"

Yang Fan's mind stirred slightly, and he issued a command: "Extract supernatural abilities!"

"squeak!"

Jade Cicada cried out again, striking Bond's soul like lightning.

next moment.

Bond screamed wildly.

“Ah~ It hurts~”

The wailing sounded as if the victim was being torn to pieces.

This is normal.

The essence of superpowers is the mutation of the soul. Extracting superpowers is equivalent to splitting the soul, and the pain is an understatement.

One second later.

"squeak!"

The jade cicada flashed out and appeared in Yang Fan's hand.

Bond's ghostly image had noticeably faded.

This guy could no longer sense his own superpowers, and the look in his eyes was as if he had seen a "terrifying demon king who crawled out of hell".

This method of taking away other people's superpowers out of thin air completely shattered Bond's worldview.

Didn't the Great Xia people explicitly state that "superpowers cannot be taken away"?

What exactly is going on?

Yang Fan grasped the jade cicada and silently uttered, "Activate purification."

He immediately felt a slight chill in his mind, and a mental ability was added to his list of superpowers.

He wasn't interested in just a low-grade superpower.

Rather, it's a connection related to superpowers.

Yang Fan focused his attention for a moment and immediately sensed something within Bond's soul that gave him a strange yet familiar feeling.

This is undoubtedly a treasure – the Warhorse Shield.

He smiled with satisfaction: "Just as I expected."

He had previously speculated that Bond must have awakened his superpowers before obtaining the treasured Warhorse Shield.

When the treasure merges with the soul, it establishes a connection with the entire soul. Since superpowers are part of the soul, they also have a connection.

This was precisely his purpose in extracting supernatural abilities.

But that was not enough to seize the warhorse shield.

Yang Fan stepped forward and extended a finger toward Bond's forehead.

Bond was no longer the tough guy he had been before; he cried out in terror like a woman, "Don't come any closer!"

Yang Fan frowned and snapped, "Shut up!"

Bond was "forced" to shut his mouth.

Yang Fan activated another mid-grade superpower, "Spirit Beast Messenger," and a faint light flashed from his fingertip as he touched Bond's forehead.

This is the mark of a spirit beast.

Both of their bodies trembled simultaneously.

"Ah~"

Bond screamed like a woman again, and his ghostly figure grew fainter and fainter.

Yang Fan let out a muffled groan.

He used the Spirit Beast Mark to transform Bond into a "Spirit Beast," and then used this to unleash his soul power, forcibly inserting a spiritual hand into Bond's soul.

"Om~"

Jade Cicada trembled slightly.

Hundreds of bright light threads suddenly emerged from the jade cicada and instantly darted into every corner of Bond's soul.

This is a new ability that Yu Chan recently developed—soul penetration.

The combination of spirit beast imprints and soul penetration allows for an extremely deep grasp of another person's soul.

this moment.

Time seemed to slow down all at once.

Yang Fan seemed to have become Bond, experiencing Bond's entire life.

He grew up in a declining industrial city on the Blue Lion Islands, attended a terrible public school, received a poor public education, and after graduating from high school, he could only barely make ends meet by doing odd jobs.

By chance, he came into contact with a theft ring and joined it.

In the following years, he and his partners did a lot of things, including forced labor, rotation, and solo production.

Until the age of superpowers arrived, the Blue Lion Kingdom suddenly fell into chaos.

But Bond's life didn't get worse; on the contrary, it got better and better because he awakened his superpowers, his physical abilities improved significantly, and he became a key member of the theft group.

The collapse of social order emboldened theft gangs, who began committing crimes with abandon, including theft, robbery, murder, and kidnapping.

Bond still thinks it was an absolutely wonderful time.

He had tasted the flavors of many women, so many that he couldn't even remember them all.

He liked to grab them by the neck and then vent his anger on them in the most brutal way, and a few times he even accidentally killed them.

However, this is not a big deal at all. Just sell the body to a recycling group. There are too many hungry people outside, and the body will soon disappear without a trace, not even a trace of bone will remain.

Soon.

The theft ring is about to pull off a big job—stealing a batch of valuable items from the Royal Museum.

The leader hadn't originally planned to target the Royal Museum, as it was heavily guarded, but this time was different.

Some of the museum's insiders were willing to act as accomplices for the theft ring.

So one night, the theft ring launched its operation and very successfully stole a large number of valuable items from the museum.

Although times have changed and cultural relics are not as valuable as before, their total value is still astonishing.

Bond received a large sum of money and a collection of artifacts, and lived a life of revelry for a while. A month later.

Trouble has finally arrived.

But Bond was very cunning and had prepared for this day in advance.

He knew all along that engaging in this line of work would inevitably lead to big trouble, so he secretly prepared an identity.

As for the original owner of this identity, he was, of course, secretly killed by him.
He later learned from the media that almost everyone in the theft gang, including the leader, had died, and he was very glad that he had prepared a backup plan.

He moved to the kingdom's capital, bought a house, and found a respectable woman, intending to live a quiet life for a few years until things calmed down.

Another two months passed.

He had a little wine, forcibly dragged his wife onto the bed, and reverted to his old ways, accidentally killing her.

In his panic, his emotions fluctuated violently, and he unexpectedly awakened his purification ability.

He tried to purify his wife's body, which miraculously erased all suspicious traces, making the body look like it had died of natural causes.

He immediately reported to the police station. The forensic doctor examined the body and found nothing abnormal. In the end, the deceased was given the cause of death as "heart attack," thus closing the matter.

Having tasted success, he frequently went out at night to commit evil deeds, then used purification to erase the traces, committing more than a dozen crimes without being exposed.

after that.

One rainy night, he unexpectedly discovered that one of the artifacts he had stolen from the museum was exhibiting an incredible phenomenon.

This is a shield.

A phantom shadow emerged from the surface of the warhorse shield, practicing various ancient martial arts techniques.

He studied it for several days, and once accidentally cut his finger on the shield.

Blood gushed out, and the warhorse shield mysteriously disappeared, yet he could sense that the shield was still inside his body.

He then discovered that the Warhorse Shield had endowed him with extremely high combat talent; he could learn the power techniques he saw in the videos with just one glance.

More importantly, the Warhorse Shield also gave him unimaginable defensive power, reducing the damage from force by more than 90%.

If the Warhorse Shield is manifested, it can reflect all damage 100%.

For the first time, he developed ambition.

Given his weak purification abilities, he wasn't particularly interested in joining the official ranks, because even if he did, he wouldn't be taken seriously.

It's different now.

With the aid of the Warhorse Shield, he could definitely become a genius superhuman in the Blue Lion Kingdom.

A month later.

He came into the view of Lionheart Laureate.

Three months later.

He was excitedly called a "tough guy" by the Blue Lions.

Because he's really tough.

Five months later.

His physique value rapidly increased to 98 points, approaching the limit for advancing to warrior, and he was appointed as the deputy chief of Lionheart Laurel.

He earned an even more imposing nickname—the Angry Lion.

He also gained the favor of a powerful nobleman and became engaged to his beautiful daughter, about to reach the pinnacle of his life.

Therefore, he was extremely careful to hide his past, fearing that his experience with the theft group would be exposed, and he didn't even dare to show his warhorse shield to the outside world.

And then.

He was sent to the North Island battlefield to gain experience under the arrangement of a high-ranking nobleman.

Everyone felt that with the Great Xia army stationed on the North Island battlefield, there shouldn't be any major safety issues.

He himself thought so too, but he never expected that it would be a terrible nightmare.

"A terrible nightmare?"

Yang Fan chuckled softly, fully waking up from Bond's memories.

At this point, Bond had lost all his memories, leaving only an empty shell of a soul.

Yang Fan immediately sensed that the connection between himself and the Warhorse Shield had been greatly enhanced compared to before.

But it's still a little short.

This small difference is not enough to make the treasure choose him.

Yang Fan extended a finger and trembled it slightly. A strange, pale flame suddenly emerged from his fingertip.

This is a secret technique learned from the "Qingyang Book".

Its name is—Flame of the Soul.

This is a powerful secret technique that only strong knights can master.

The nourishment for the flames of the soul is, of course, the soul itself.

Therefore, Yang Fan's mental value will decrease by 5 points every second, and this decrease is permanent.

Ten seconds later.

Your mental strength has been permanently reduced by 50 points.

The pale flames had clearly grown much larger.

Yang Fan twitched his finger, and the Soul Flame detached from his fingertip, instantly striking Bond's soul body.

"call!"

The flames instantly intensified.

The soul's physical form began to burn fiercely.

"Ah~"

Bond began to wail unconsciously.

Not long after.

The soul and the body have vanished.

Only a faint, illusory light remained in the air.

This is the purest essence of the soul, refined by the fire of the soul; it is a tonic for the soul.

Yang Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead and grasped the faint light with his palm.

The essence of his soul silently seeped into his body, and a faint coolness immediately rose in his mind.

The mental value increased by 15 points.

This trade resulted in a loss of 35 spirit points, which was clearly not worth the risk.

Yang Fan smiled broadly and said, "Come out!"

The voice just fell.

"Keng!"

A loud clang of metal clashing was heard.

A silver-white tower shield appeared out of thin air.

This essence of his soul finally made the treasure admit that he was Bond, and that Bond was him.

The seventh treasure is finally in my hands!

By combining various treasures, supernatural abilities, and powerful methods, an incredible miracle was successfully created.

Yang Fan raised his right hand with excitement, and the warhorse shield flew over automatically and landed steadily in his hand.

He examined it carefully and was even more pleasantly surprised: "It seems I underestimated you."

He swung the warhorse shield forcefully and laughed, "Bond doesn't know much about Arcana, but I know you're probably not the complete Arcana. The complete you is most likely a more powerful, higher-level Arcana."

"Keng!"

The treasure trembled again.

It seemed to be a response to his words. (End of Chapter)