143 Chapter 143

To a person with Claude’s personality, his priority has always been the ‘greater good’

If ten people have to die and suffer for the sake of a hundred lives, Claude would not hesitate to kill those ten

With the countless deaths present around him most of which were just normal civilians, his focus was entirely given to the Clay Doll Master

Seeing the faint flickering souls and Rezen literally crying tears of blood, Claude can already conclude what happened

Before he help people, he would investigate them first. If he learned that they were actually horrible bastards, Claude definitely wouldn’t help them and even imprison or kill them if necessary

As such, Rezen’s background including his parents is something that Claude knows and he recognizes the two faint souls

However… to revive the dead… even those that transcended the 6 mortal ranks would be helpless!

Claude casts Rezen a gaze of pity and he was about to apologize when…

“Hmm?” Claude seemed to have remembered something as an object suddenly appeared on his palm

This object was completely made from crystalline glass and has a round shape. The round glass was divided by a curved line in the middle, forming the symbol of Yin-Yang

This is a treasure that he obtained from the ownerless blessed land. He knew of its functions and how it was incomparably precious to the point that even 7th rank mages would covet it but not even the slightest bit of ripple appeared in his eyes

“Rezen, this item in my hand is called Yin-Yang Mirror. I can’t revive your parents but I can store and preserve their souls inside the mirror…” Claude explained and Rezen’s heart was stirred

His eyes that have long fallen to despair cracked with the hope that Claude gave him. It was to the point that Rezen would do anything to get that mirror even if he has to completely fallout with Claude

A person would only know how important something is when that something was taken away from them. Rezen has realized that far too late

“G-give me…” Rezen said, his voice trembling. He is even ready to attack if his most admired man doesn’t give the mirror to him

“I will but nothing in this world is free. While the Yin-Yang Mirror can preserve the soul of your parents, it also requires the sacrifice of other people’s souls!”

“I don’t care if you kill even a million evil people. But the moment that I learned that you used the souls of the innocents, I’ll be the first one to hunt you down. Do you understand?”

Claude’s personality has always been firm. For the greater good, even Rezen, a junior that he views favorably would be sacrificed by him

The Yin-Yang Mirror trades souls for souls and can be considered an evil item

However, Claude wouldn’t twitch even if a million souls of evil people has to be sacrificed for the souls of two kind people

“I-I u-understand! I promised! P-please, give the mirror to me!” Rezen pleaded and Claude nodded his head before using the mirror

Not all souls are at the same level and currently there is a perfect sacrifice to use the Yin-Yang Mirror

“Come here!” Claude said and the black hands pulled the bound Clay Doll Master’s body near him

One of the black hands moved and easily squashed the head of the Clay Doll Master. Just like that, a 6th fusion rank mage died

Since the [Spirit Field] spells are still active, as soon as Clay Doll Master died, his soul materializes

However, he was just like the other souls, unmoving and unfeeling

Claude injected his mana into the Yin-Yang Mirror and it released an attractive force that absorbed the souls of Rezen’s parents and Clay Doll Master

Soon, the crystalline glass mirror had a sudden change. It originally has a translucent color but now, one side of it was black in color and the other side was white

The black side contains the soul of the Clay Doll Master while the white side has the soul of Rezen’s parents

“The Yin side would eventually weaken and its color would lighten. The moment that the Yin side completely vanishes, the souls being maintained on the Yang side would also dissipate. Be mindful of the energy reserves”

In layman’s terms, the Yin side of the mirror is like the battery storage and that energy was what helps maintain the souls on the Yang side

“T-thank you! Thank you brother Claude!” Rezen said tearfully, his chest filled with gratitude as he thanked the man repeatedly

His parents might have not revived but perhaps, there is still hope considering that Rezen now has their souls

“Alright, this is just something I should do. For now, you can stay here and take a rest while I exterminate all these trashes. But considering that you seem to have experienced a lot today, with your strength, I believe that you could walk out of the city on your own” Claude said as he naturally saw the abnormal number of Rezen’s mystic gems

Without even waiting for a reply, Claude’s body already rose in the air amidst Rezen’s lingering gratified gaze

“The treasure that I just gained was actually put to use this fast… this kind of fortune… why do I have it…” Claude said in his head, his heart a bit anxious

He felt like he would soon know the reason for his fortune that could make both gods and demons turn green in envy

However, since there is something that should be prioritized right now, Claude threw these thoughts at the back of his head

His dark-type mystic gem was already outside in the world but Claude summoned another mystic gem. The element of this mystic gem is something that he doesn’t have before!

While his dark-type mystic gem was black in color and has spells that are on the negative and sinister side, the other mystic gem he summoned was completely different

It was incomparably pure and holy. It was a light-type mystic gem!

The element of water and fire might look like opposing sides but they could still be combined into smoke or boil-type magic

As for the dark and light attributes, those two are extreme opposites. Unless a mage was unlucky to have equal comprehension talent on those two attributes, they normally would only choose to condense either dark or light-type mystic gem

To increase one’s power while not breaking through the next rank, combination magic is one of the best ways!

Fire and wind, earth and water are elements that are easy to combine but as for light and dark… no one has ever achieved the fusion of the two

However, Claude Preston, the Dark Saint of humanity has once again shown why his name has a legendary intonation to it

His dark-type mystic gem floated on his right while his light-type mystic gem floated on his left

Strong energy undulations were released by him to the point that the winds were stirred, fluttering Claude’s clothes and hair

Suddenly, visible changes appeared in Claude’s appearance. His original blue eyes changed in color

The right side turned black while the left side turned white. In fact, the same was true for his hair! They were cut in half with one side black and one side white

The aura he emitted attracted the attention of everyone in Greenwood City. They unconsciously turned to look at him as if they were looking at a god

Weennggg

Without a warning, a large magic circle big enough to cover the entirety of Greenwood City appeared, blocking even the [Spirit Field] and [Poison Purification] magic circles

“[Combination Magic: Yin-Yang World!]” Claude muttered like a god

The world seemingly momentarily stops. Whether it be the fleeing survivors or the frenzied terrorists, all of them stopped whatever they were doing as they sensed that the whole city was engulfed by the power of the Dark Saint

Shinggg!

One side of the city was covered with brilliant white light while the other was submerged in deep darkness

The effect of Claude’s spell was similar to the combination of Florine’s [Great Eternal Forest] and [Healing Feast] spells where the trees and vines attacked the enemies while healing the allies

The magic circle that Claude created has turned into a Yin-Yang symbol. The survivors felt that their energies were rejuvenated

All the injuries and exhaustion vanished, they were instantly brought back to their peak, and while inside the [Yin-Yang World], they are even one rank stronger than they originally were!

As for the side of the terrorists, their ranks were suppressed by a level as if that was the cost of boosting the survivor’s powers

Not only were they suppressed but they were also attacked! Countless demonic black hands formed and swallowed them

These demonic hands can differentiate between allies and enemies. Only the terrorists were attacked

While Claude’s spell is similar to Florine’s, it was clear to see that it was on a completely different level