"Hurry, take out the sword and hold it in your hand!"

By the lake in the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, Katrina urged Lin Yi anxiously.

Lin Yi quickly placed the sword case on the ground and opened it.

Then, without hesitation, he gripped the hilt.

As soon as Lin Yi's hand touched the sword, that familiar feeling of being watched surged back into his mind.

At the same time, Lin Yi's life value started dropping:

"-1000"

"-1000"

"-1000"

...

But Lin Yi couldn't focus on that at the moment; instead, he looked at Katrina:

"What should I do next?"

With a serious expression, Katrina said:

"There's nothing you need to do next, no matter what happens, do not move."

Watching his life value gradually slip away, and the unshakable feeling of being watched, Lin Yi had no choice but to stand still, gripping the sword with both hands:

"Alright."

Then, under Lin Yi's gaze, Katrina landed on the ground, walking gracefully like someone in physical form to a spot five meters away from Lin Yi.

Katrina reached her slender hand forward, a pale yellow energy shooting out from her palm.

This energy finally wrapped around the sword Lin Yi was holding, and soon, a force that made Lin Yi's heart palpitate emanated from the sword, accompanied by an eerie voice:

"Ah! Such pure power of the soul."

With this voice, the feeling of being watched also vanished from Lin Yi's heart.

Next, the phantom of an odd-looking old man emerged from the sword's body right under Lin Yi's eyes.

[Elda] Lv80

Soul Body (BOSS)

Life Value: 150 million/150 million

"150 million?"

Lin Yi had a look of astonishment on his face:

"Is this old guy Elda?"

The sword is called the Elda Holy Sword, which means this old man is actually the sword's owner?

This scene completely dumbfounded Lin Yi.

Could he be that so-called 'Demon'?

Just then, Katrina's voice suddenly sounded in his ear:

"Don't move."

"Gulp~"

Lin Yi resisted the urge to retreat, watching the opposite side gradually form a twisted face phantom before him.

This is a demigod level BOSS!

Lin Yi couldn't help but be nervous.

Perhaps the reason he had the illusion of being watched earlier was because this guy was eyeing him.

As soon as Elda's soul body appeared, his gaze was like looking at a naked beauty, fixed intently on Lin Yi:

"I've waited thousands of years, finally meeting a pure soul body."

"It's just perfect!"

The more this guy spoke, the more excited he became.

If he weren't a soul body, Lin Yi suspected he'd be drooling by now.

Seeing him with an expression like he couldn't wait to devour him, Lin Yi felt a chill in his heart:

"What kind of nightmare is this."

Suddenly, Katrina's pained voice erupted in his ear:

"Quick! Help me."

Lin Yi turned to look, only to see Katrina, dressed in tight-fitting red, kneeling in pain on the ground.

Her slender fingers were directly embedded into the ground.

This sudden scene left Lin Yi bewildered:

"What's wrong with you?"

"How can I help you!"

At that moment, a tremendous force enveloped Lin Yi instantly.

Elda's phantom suddenly let out a crazed laugh:

"There's actually another soul hidden here, truly heaven's blessing for me."

"I, Elda, will finally return to the light of day, hahaha~"

Then Lin Yi was shocked to discover that the life value, which was losing '-1000' per second, instantly soared to '-10000', ten times the original amount.

With only around 500,000 life value, Lin Yi saw his value imminently dropping to 50%.

At this time, Elda's gaze became more and more terrifying to Lin Yi.

Just as Lin Yi was about to do something, a system interface suddenly popped up:

"'Floating Holy Ring' Artifact Spirit 'Katrina' is detaching, please choose:"

[Agree to Detach] [Refuse and Force Bind] (Force Bind: Equipment Attributes +50%)

The sequence of changes left Lin Yi with no time to think.

At this moment, Katrina spoke again with difficulty:

"Quick, agree… ah!"

But before she could finish, Katrina felt like her body was being torn apart, letting out a cry of pain.

Seeing this, Lin Yi dared not hesitate: [Agree to Detach].

"Boom~"

An energy wave visible to the naked eye rapidly spread from Lin Yi as the center to the surroundings.

Elda's soul body was forced back by the impact of this energy wave:

"What is this..."

But soon his face of pain quickly replaced with terror, he pointed at Lin Yi holding the holy sword in disbelief, exclaiming:

"You!"

At that moment, Lin Yi's hair stood on end, and his clothes moved like a gale without any wind.

Lin Yi had a pained expression, speaking with difficulty:

"Katrina, what are you doing!"

"Stop!"

Lin Yi suddenly realized he was gradually losing control of his body.

This was clearly Katrina competing with him for control of his body.

At this thought, Lin Yi was horrified.

The next moment Katrina's urgent voice suddenly echoed in Lin Yi's mind:

"Trust me, I won't harm you."

Lin Yi was now exerting maximum effort to resist that foreign force.

Hearing Katrina's words, Lin Yi was frustratedly furious:

"You better give me a satisfying explanation later."

With that, Lin Yi surrendered himself completely, relaxing entirely.

At that moment, a foreign power surged into Lin Yi's body.

Only in a matter of moments.

Lin Yi found himself completely losing control of his body except for retaining consciousness.

Now Lin Yi was like a viewer experiencing the world through his 'Lin Yi' body.

Despite losing control of his body, Lin Yi suddenly discovered his consciousness could still access the system interface.

When he instinctively opened his personal attribute interface, the sight shocked and stunned Lin Yi:

"What the hell!"

ID: Lin Yi

Level: Lv85 (Possession Countdown: 40s)

...

Elda's soul body seemed to realize something dreadful was about to happen, he let out a sharp scream, turning into a wisp of green smoke attempting to return to the holy sword.

However, 'Lin Yi' snorted coldly:

"This sword in your hands is a sheer waste of heavenly material."

Then, reaching out suddenly, he grasped the wisp of smoke in his hand as if it were tangible.

Seeing no way to return to the holy sword, Elda furiously broke free from 'Lin Yi's' grip, regaining his soul body.

Suspended in the void, Elda gazed at 'Lin Yi' in terror:

"How can this be!"

Though outwardly unchanged, Lin Yi now exuded an aura and eyeing disdain that signaled he was no longer the easy prey he once was.

Frightened, Elda said:

"Sir, we have no personal enmity."

"Why must you be relentless?"

'Lin Yi' sneered coldly:

"Did you spare those you harmed?"

"You!"

Infuriated, Aidar retorted:

"Utter nonsense! I did not."

But 'Lin Yi' suddenly shot like a bullet towards Elda:

"Then you must die."

Facing 'Lin Yi's attack, Elda snarled in fury:

"I'll fight you to the death." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

...

While Lin Yi and Katrina were battling for control over his body, a figure silently appeared on a mountain peak in the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, uttering a soft surprise:

"Why is he here."