American Exorcism Male God

A golden glow illuminated from the crystal box, and a look of astonishment flashed across the pupils of the eight-headed sea serpent. The cocoon person let out a terrified howl.

They wanted to stop it, but it was already too late.

The glow naturally came from the Skyre Crystal, as Xu Yi needed only a brief second to activate the Array and trigger the Skyre Crystal.

Hidden beneath the "Dust of Obscurity," an alchemy product with chameleon-like properties, the Skyre Crystal quickly became "one" with it upon contact.

Under the intense radiation of the Skyre Crystal, the crystal box melted like snow - it wasn't as durable as imagined.

A faint cracking sound suddenly came from the crystal box; though slight, it was like thunder to the ears of those present.

Xu Yi, too, showed a stunned expression; the syringe inside the crystal box had actually shattered!

Usually, precious items like the Poseidon Potion were stored in extremely durable containers that were difficult to damage.

Therefore, his initial goal had only been to destroy the crystal box, disrupt the trade, and muddy the waters.

What Xu Yi didn't know was that, due to its uniqueness, the Poseidon Potion must be stored in a "super subcooled" environment and the potion itself was corrosive.

No matter how sturdy a material, under the persistent double onslaught over the years, it would become fragile.

"You dare to play us!"

The cocoon person watched the container shatter and blue liquid splash out, utterly enraged, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Suddenly recalling the prior events, they realized why the other party unexpectedly amended the contract—it was an ambush waiting for them!

The eight-headed sea serpent withstood two Twilight Arrows, wanting to explain something, but then he stopped himself.@@novelbin@@

He remembered Xu Yi's parting call, "Boss!"

That meant, in the eyes of the two, Xu Yi and he were conspirators, and even if he claimed it was Xu Yi's trickery, they would think he was mocking them.

With no chance to defend himself, as altering the contract before was for caution, he could now only swallow his bitterness silently.

Xu Yi, the chief culprit, stared fixedly at the scattered blue liquid in the air, his eyes gleaming.

The Poseidon Potion had merely spilled, not become unusable; it just had to be collected again.

However, disappointment soon clouded his eyes.

The cocoon people wasted no time; producing a metal flask, also an alchemy product, they opened it, and the spilt Poseidon Potion was sucked into the bottle.

Yet to Xu Yi's surprise, despite having recovered the Poseidon Potion, the cocoon people were not satisfied; they were increasingly furious.

One of the cocoon people suddenly extended a finger to the center of their forehead, and their "Chrysalis Armor" automatically split open at the chest, revealing a heart black as ink "leaping" out from within.

The heart hovered in front of the cocoon person, with numerous tentacles writhing and dancing like worms.

The instant the heart appeared, to Xu Yi's shock, he spied a hint of terror in the eyes of the eight-headed sea serpent, trembling as if a rodent in the sights of its natural serpentine predator.

The eerie heart throbbed vigorously, a vertical slit formed on it, and an eye adorned with centipede-like patterns opened from within the slit, coldly watching the eight-headed sea serpent.

The sea serpent's scales emitted dense steam, its speed suddenly increased, not for attacking but for fleeing upward toward the energy isolation barrier.

The two cocoon people did not immediately pursue, instead taking out the previously signed contract and tossing it towards the dark heart.

As soon as the parchment scroll touched the heart, it burst into flame without ignition, and at the same time, fearsome bony wings grew from the heart's back.

With a fierce flap of the bone wings, the heart transformed into a streak of black light, chasing after the eight-headed sea serpent.

The heart's speed was astonishing. Just as the sea serpent was about to pass through the barrier above, the heart caught up and struck the sea serpent harshly.

The heart shattered upon the body of the eight-headed sea serpent, and those "fragments" didn't fall off; instead, they clung to the serpent, with tentacles writhing as if a group of black caterpillars were crawling over its body.

The eight-headed sea serpent let out a mournful howl, its metal body shaking uncontrollably.

Xu Yi watched, his hair standing on end. The serpent was an alchemical beast, and even sturdier than his demigod body; if it was in such a sorry state, he could only imagine a worse fate for himself.

He glanced surreptitiously at the two cocooned people and silently shivered. He had already guessed at their identities.

Suddenly, the tail end of the eight-headed sea serpent split open, its parts forming a metallic flower whose pistil was inlaid with a purple, rhombus-shaped crystal stone.

The crystal stone refracted scintillating light, the luminescence covering the surface of the serpent's body like a light veil, temporarily isolating those "black caterpillars" as it continued to flee upward.

"Don't let it escape at all costs!"

One of the cocooned people roared loudly and chased after the eight-headed sea serpent.

They had used the precious Heart of the Reaper; of course, they couldn't let their quarry escape so easily.

Xu Yi watched both the beast and men depart, waiting silently.

Only after he was sure they wouldn't double back did he emerge from his hiding spot.

He cast a glance at Autowah, who was "sleeping soundly", without disturbing him, and began searching through the ruins of Atlantis.

"Found it!"

Xu Yi eyes sparkled with joy. He moved aside a broken metal load-bearing column and found the remains of a Poseidon Potion injector in a crevice below.

What delighted him even more was the hint of "enticing blue" at the needle of the syringe — the remnant of the Poseidon Potion.

The cocooned people could not possibly have collected all of the Poseidon Potion; there was bound to be some left behind, Xu Yi had foreseen this and thus hadn't fought for it.

It was this very decision that had spared him from disaster; otherwise, he might have ended up taking a bullet for the eight-headed sea serpent.

The cocooned people must have realized this too, but they didn't care — such a small amount of Poseidon Potion was negligible to them.

Xu Yi carefully collected the remaining Poseidon Potion, a flicker of excitement on his face.

Such a tiny amount of Poseidon Potion would be practically useless to others.

But not to him, he was someone who possessed the Philosopher's Stone!

He could use the Philosopher's Stone to replicate the Poseidon Potion.

Xu Yi carefully examined the Poseidon Potion and after a moment, he prepared to put it into his toy space, but his hand suddenly stopped.

The color of the potion seemed to be fading.

He stared unblinkingly at the potion in the tube, his expression changing. It wasn't an illusion; the Poseidon Potion was indeed fading.

The fading of the color indicated that certain components in the potion were evaporating — the Poseidon Potion was deactivating!

He recalled the "alchemical treasury" he had encountered earlier.

There was an important reason why the Poseidon Potion was stored in the alchemical treasury, beyond just security, which was for storage.

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Whether it was the cold mist, the metal vines infused with energy, or the cold crystal boxes, they all indicated the stringent storage conditions required for the Poseidon Potion.

He now understood why the cocooned people, despite having obtained the Poseidon Potion, were still so furious and eager to condemn the eight-headed sea serpent to death.

Without the protection of the crystal box, once the Poseidon Potion was removed from the syringe and exposed to the air, it would quickly deactivate.

"Fifteen minutes, at most fifteen minutes, and the Poseidon Potion will turn completely into waste water!"