Chapter 235 - 105: Soul Pearl Plan, Max Level

"Then how do you use it? Do you swallow it, like a Spirit Pearl?" Liu Mei asked, her gaze shifting from him to the purple pearl. A faint green light flickered in her eyes.

"Why don’t you give it a try?"

Chen Yu looked at Liu Mei and offered her the pearl.

"Oh... I couldn’t. There’s only one." Liu Mei acted shy, but her eyes were glued to the purple pearl, the spiritual craving she felt only intensifying.

"It’s fine. There are probably more in this castle," Chen Yu said, looking unconcerned.

Liu Mei hesitated. Finally, overcome by the intense spiritual desire, she took the pearl.

She sniffed it, but there was no smell.

GULP~

Then, she swallowed the pearl in one go.

BUZZ—!

The instant she swallowed the purple pearl, Liu Mei’s body trembled as a powerful wave of Spiritual Power radiated from her.

A strange purple light enveloped her body.

An expression of pure bliss spread across her face.

Watching this, Chen Yu didn’t even blink.

A moment later, the purple light around Liu Mei vanished, and a flash of purple flickered in her pupils.

A powerful spiritual presence emanated from her, at least double what it was before.

"So? How do you feel?" Chen Yu asked, looking at Liu Mei.

Liu Mei nodded. "It feels great. This pearl provides a huge boost to my Spiritual Power, much more than the green flames did."

"You’ll see when you try it next time."

Chen Yu nodded slightly, his gaze turning toward the building before them, which was over ten stories tall.

"Let’s head inside and check. There might be more."

Liu Mei nodded, and the two of them stepped into the building.

Inside the ancient building, the air was filled with a chilling aura.

The building had nineteen floors in total, with a wooden spiral staircase leading all the way to the top.

The first floor was empty. A quick scan revealed nothing but a Golden Bell on one of the walls.

’A Golden Bell... Don’t tell me every floor above has one of these Undead Skeletons?’ The thought flashed through Chen Yu’s mind.

It was truly strange for there to be so many Undead Skeletons in this castle.

’Could it be that this Great Emperor was responsible for all these Undead Skeletons?’

’Don’t tell me the Great Emperor is an Undead Skeleton too?’

As these thoughts raced through his mind, Chen Yu felt as if a shroud of fog enveloped the castle, making his curiosity to explore it even stronger.

After a moment of thought, Chen Yu stepped onto the spiral staircase, with Liu Mei following behind him.

The two of them ascended to the second floor.

DING~

Just as they set foot on the second floor, the familiar ringing of a bell sounded again.

SWOOSH!

A black shadow shot toward them.

The wind howled.

The air cracked!

BANG!

Chen Yu raised a hand and met it head-on. The black shadow was sent flying, smashing into the wall of the second floor.

It was as if it had been embedded in it.

Looking over, he saw a black Undead Skeleton of the same size.

’Just as I thought!’

Looking at the black Undead Skeleton, Chen Yu confirmed his suspicions.

The next second, the Undead Skeleton embedded in the wall burst free.

"Let me handle it," Liu Mei said, attacking as soon as the words left her mouth.

Qi spread out and a powerful Superpower fluctuation erupted. In a mere instant, Liu Mei had subdued the black Undead Skeleton.

CRUNCH!

Chen Yu stomped on the black Undead Skeleton’s head, crushing it on the spot.

A purple pearl appeared.

Liu Mei quickly picked up the purple pearl.

A strange purple light appeared in her pupils. She looked at Chen Yu, her expression twisting slightly.

"Chen Yu, your Spiritual Power is very strong, so you probably don’t need this. How about you just give it to me?"

’Huh?’

Seeing Liu Mei’s expression, Chen Yu frowned.

GULP~

Just then, Liu Mei raised her hand and swallowed the purple pearl.

The strange purple light appeared once again.

"Heh... heh heh..."

Liu Mei let out a strange laugh, her pretty face contorting.

She looked utterly terrifying.

’No, there’s something wrong with this pearl!’

Seeing Liu Mei like this, Chen Yu instantly sensed that something was amiss.

After swallowing it, Liu Mei seemed to have become more selfish and self-serving.

Moreover, her aura seemed to have changed.

After swallowing the second pearl, this change became even more obvious.

He watched as the purple light on Liu Mei’s body faded. An insatiable expression appeared on her face.

Looking at Chen Yu, Liu Mei said directly, "These pearls are useful to me. They’re all mine."

"Hm?"

Chen Yu stared at Liu Mei. ’To say something like that to my face, has she lost her mind? Could it be? The purple pearl has corrupted her?’

Chen Yu looked at Liu Mei.

"Are you okay?"

Liu Mei smiled happily. "I’m great. These pearls are all mine. The ones upstairs, they belong to me too."

"And what if I don’t agree?" Chen Yu asked, his eyes narrowing.

The "Liu Mei" before him seemed to have become abnormal. If things went south, he wouldn’t show any mercy.

’This pearl has a huge problem. It can even alter one’s mind.’

The Liu Mei in front of him and the Liu Mei from before were now clearly two different "people"!

"Not agree? Why wouldn’t you agree? Don’t force my hand! I don’t want to fight you!" Liu Mei said, her face contorted in a savage expression as she stared at Chen Yu.

’It seems we have a major problem.’ Seeing her expression, Chen Yu was now certain that the pearl had indeed "controlled" Liu Mei.

Both the pearl and the green flames created a strong spiritual craving. Absorbing the green flames hadn’t been an issue. But this pearl... it felt wrong to him. And now, after she’d swallowed only two, a level-eight Martial Artist had been "controlled" just like that.