Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 401: Seizing Heart, Slaying Evil_1

"It seems you’ve made plenty of preparations to escape." The Dean excitedly finished listening to the theories Wang Linchi provided and observing some of the live experiments.

If Wang Linchi hadn’t deliberately hidden something, they indeed had a chance of survival.

As for guaranteeing Wang Linchi’s 100% success, the Dean dared not say such a thing. If success were guaranteed, Wang Linchi wouldn’t have needed to seek his help.

"Well, of course. Do you think everyone is like you, only thinking about fighting and killing?" Wang Linchi mocked.

The Dean and the Game System pretended not to hear. This was mainly because Wang Linchi spoke the truth, and they couldn’t refute it.

However, Wang Linchi secretly glanced at the countdown generated by the Thought Mirror. Only ten minutes remained until the twenty-four-hour mark. He wondered if Ye Tian would succeed. If not, his only recourse would be to continue deceiving them.

To buy time, he would undoubtedly have to use his actual knowledge as a smokescreen. If he presented the Dean and the Game System with irrelevant data and plans, they would immediately see through his bluff.

Wang Linchi’s Protagonist’s Aura wasn’t strong enough to fool them with mere words.

"With only nine days left, we simply don’t have enough time for verification." The Dean quickly calmed his excitement.

"So, we only have one chance. I hope everyone will cooperate sincerely and refrain from any underhanded tricks. Otherwise, if I can’t leave, I’ll fight to the death against whoever sabotages this," Wang Linchi warned.

"Naturally. I want to live," the Dean expressed his stance immediately.

The Game System didn’t respond verbally but expressed its stance in its own way.

"Alright, next, we’ll need..." Wang Linchi began to rattle off a long list of items.

The Dean and the Game System recorded everything.

Wang Linchi couldn’t be expected to gather everything himself. This was about escaping, so they naturally had to act together, rather than leaving it all to him. Besides, they didn’t trust Wang Linchi, so they had to be involved in the entire process to prevent any deception on his part.

Why isn’t he here yet? It’s been over three minutes... Wang Linchi glanced at the countdown, which had now gone into negative numbers. He felt a surge of anxiety, worried that if Ye Tian failed, he would suffer a tremendous loss.

"These are generally the materials we need. Do you have any questions..." Wang Linchi hadn’t finished speaking when he was interrupted.

He wasn’t interrupted by the Dean or the Game System, but by the sounds of battle.

The sky shattered, and an invisible shockwave directly impacted Wang Linchi and the Dean.

He’s here! Wang Linchi was inwardly ecstatic. He knew without a doubt it was Ye Tian. However, the Ye Tian of this moment was likely no longer the Ye Tian he once knew.

"What’s happening? What is fighting the Game System?!!" The Dean was caught completely off guard. Though a part of him felt a thrill, he was mostly overcome with shock.

Seize this chance. Get rid of the Dean to prevent future complications. The voice of the Fate Devil God whispered in his mind. It was incredibly faint, almost at its breaking point. After uttering these words, it sounded as if it was about to fade away completely.

Wang Linchi acted without hesitation. Taking advantage of the Dean’s distraction, he pierced his body with the Thought Field.

"How dare you!" The Dean reacted instantly. He now understood that the entity attacking the Game System was Wang Linchi’s doing.

BANG!

The upper half of the Dean’s body exploded, and the Saint Master’s figure swiftly snatched a heart.

This heart was entwined with countless chains resembling blood vessels. Even if the Dean tried to pull it back, he couldn’t break free from these chains.

In the next instant, the upper half of the Dean’s body regenerated. The chains were embedded in his flesh, but it was too late; the heart had been ripped from his body.

This proved that the heart and the Dean were not one and the same entity.

"Damn it, you’ve been scheming for my heart all along!" the Dean roared furiously.

Then, his upper body exploded once more. The Saint Master had already dragged the heart to Wang Linchi’s side.

This thing can’t be severed. Wang Linchi immediately realized the chains were incredibly troublesome. They seemed to possess the immortality of a Mythology Level Soul Kind, and he couldn’t shatter them at all.

Meanwhile, the Dean recovered again. As a Dual-series Soul Seed of Mythology Level, apart from his tendency to boast annoyingly during battles, the Dean was quite formidable.

"Hahaha, this is my..." The Dean, recovered once more, laughed when he realized Wang Linchi was powerless against his heart.

But before he could finish his sentence, he exploded again.

"Well, then there’s no other way," Wang Linchi sighed.

His original plan was to play it safe: first take the heart, then devour the Dean.

Now, that seemed impossible. He had to devour the Dean first; otherwise, if the Dean didn’t die, he couldn’t obtain the heart.

The Divine Lord Flash arrived in an instant, striking the Dean’s regenerating body with a punch.

Soul Absorption activated instantly. Wang Linchi could see the chains immediately dim by a third.

"Wait, how did you do that? This is impossible!!!" The newly recovered Dean sensed something was wrong and couldn’t help but exclaim.

Then his head was gone. The Saint Master wouldn’t answer; he simply blasted him again.

"Damn it, you forced my hand! I’m going to..."

"Wait a minute, you can’t..."

"Can’t you just let me finish a..."

"..."

The Dean was incredibly unlucky; he never managed to finish a single sentence. Under the combined assault of the Saint Master and Wang Linchi, his body grew increasingly pale.

Even the chains became dangerously unstable, covered in rust, and extremely fragile.

Seeing this, Wang Linchi reached out once more.

CRACK!

This time, he utterly shattered the chains.

With the chains’ binding gone, the heart’s beating slowed, and its surface began to change.

It started to revert from its flesh-and-blood appearance to its original stone-like state.

"How dare you..." The Dean, both shocked and enraged, lunged at Wang Linchi, trying to reclaim the Stone Heart. However, the moment he moved, the Saint Master blasted him again.

The Dean didn’t possess the ability to grow stronger through battle. On the contrary, under the Saint Master’s Soul Absorption, he grew progressively weaker, his power dropping from Mythology Level to Legendary Level. This decline was, of course, also due to Wang Linchi seizing the Stone Heart.

"Impossible! How could you obtain the Stone Heart? It was passed down by my ancestors! How could it possibly acknowledge you!!!" The Dean barely managed to roar out a complete sentence before seeing Wang Linchi put the Stone Heart away.

Then his head was blasted apart again.

"Maybe it’s because I outplayed you?" Wang Linchi rarely spoke, but it seemed the Dean didn’t hear him.

From the very beginning, Wang Linchi had only been wary of the Dean. As an Erroneous Sin possessing the nature of a Soul Kind, the Dean was significantly countered by him. Were it not for unique existences like the Game System, even a Mythology Level Soul Kind could be used as fodder for Soul Forging Methods and secret techniques.

When the Dean recovered this time, his power had plummeted to Epic Level. Having lost most of his strength, he couldn’t accept that he had fallen to such a state.

"Do you have anything else to say? I can give you a chance for some last words," Wang Linchi said, calmly looking at the Dean.

He wasn’t afraid of a Mythology Level entity, let alone one at merely Epic Level.

Hatred flashed in the Dean’s eyes.

"If I die, you won’t be able to leave this world either! You’ll perish along with it!" The Dean was indeed a ruthless man. He didn’t beg for mercy or hurl insults, merely adopting an air of ’if I go down, we all go down together.’

"You’re right. But I’m sorry, I’m a man of my word," Wang Linchi said, casually inventing an excuse.

The Saint Master never kept promises. The real reason he was killing the Dean was, naturally, because he wanted the Stone Heart. He had merely concocted a noble-sounding pretext so the Dean would offer less resistance in his final moments.

Wang Linchi had no reason to provoke the Dean unnecessarily. If the Dean had a sudden burst of power and caused trouble, Wang Linchi wouldn’t be able to handle it.

As for revealing that he had played both sides, instigating conflict between the Dean and the Game System, and then letting the Dean die with full knowledge of this deception—that was out of the question. Some secrets were best taken to the grave.

"Ye Tian... it was Ye Tian, wasn’t it?!" The Dean stared intently at Wang Linchi.

"Yes," Wang Linchi nodded, answering the Dean’s question. He continued, "You’ve said what needed to be said, and you’ve asked what needed to be asked. I’ll send you on your way now. If there is an afterlife, I hope you’re just a hospital director, not a madman."

The Dean looked at Wang Linchi. This time, he didn’t resist, knowing he stood no chance.

So, he might as well depart quietly, affording himself some dignity and, in a way, the world as well.