After the blood light was injected, the Witch King's corpse on the ground began to tremble slowly.
Hermione saw that things were going badly and raised her wand, casting several spells at the Witch King's corpse.
Although she knocked off quite a few things, she still couldn't stop the corpse from slowly rising.
Because the divine punishment had temporarily disrupted the magic circulation in Ryan's body, he could only pull out the Liberator pistol in his left hand and repeatedly fire at the rising corpse.
After emptying a clip, he successfully broke the corpse's left arm, causing it to fall back to the ground due to imbalance.
While Ryan was fumbling to change the clip, the corpse, which had fallen to the ground after its arm was broken, stood up.
Then, a thick mass of blood gushed from the wound, reattaching the severed arm to its shoulder.
When it raised its face and looked at Ryan and Hermione, both Ryan and Hermione were startled by its appearance.
Unlike the dignified old man with red hair and beard who had been sitting on the throne, this body was rapidly decaying, possibly due to being separated from the powerful magical protection of the Bloodstone.
Ryan could see pieces of rotten flesh falling off its face.
"Incendio!"
One of Hermione's spells hit it, setting its clothes on fire, but the flames quickly extinguished when they reached the skin, leaving only a charred mark the size of a bowl.
Unfortunately, this still didn't stop it from moving forward.
"Petrificus Totalus!"
Another spell struck it, but this time, this purely controlling spell had no effect at all.
It still walked steadily towards the two of them, step by step.
Ryan emptied his clip again, but unfortunately, the leg bones were stronger than the arm bones.
The bullets left several deep, bone-exposing wounds on the corpse's leg, but still couldn't stop the living corpse from approaching step by step.
Ryan realized that the Witch King's corpse, attached to the Bloodstone, was rapidly decaying, so for the Bloodstone, it likely needed a new body.
Thinking of this, he decided to take a gamble.
"You step aside first, I have a way to deal with it," Ryan said softly to Hermione after standing up with her support.
Hermione, however, shook her head stubbornly and continued to cast spells at the living corpse.
In desperation, Ryan could only temporarily knock Hermione unconscious with a hand chop, then struggled to prop himself up and dragged his feet towards the living corpse.
As soon as he got close to the living corpse, it grabbed him by the collar with its right arm and lifted him up.
Ryan could even smell the decaying odor emanating from its arm.
Enduring the stinging pain in his meridians, he circulated the Zixia Divine Skill to form an internal energy cycle, and the suffocating sensation from his constricted neck disappeared.
At this moment, the living corpse opened its mouth and said in a harsh voice, like fingernails scraping a blackboard: "You, you are mine now.
What a wonderful body, I will make good use of it."
After speaking, it suddenly opened its mouth wide, the rotting skin at the corners of its mouth was completely torn open, and its jaw directly touched its neck, opening its entire mouth like a snake at a one hundred and twenty-degree angle.
Ryan could see a mass of thick blood churning in its throat.
At this moment, the living corpse extended its left hand, attempting to pry open Ryan's mouth.
It seemed that the mass of blood in its throat was the original Bloodstone, but under the bombardment of the divine punishment, it had lost all its defenses, leaving only its most vulnerable core.
This opportunity was simply too good.
Ryan suddenly stretched out his hand and plunged it directly into the living corpse's mouth.
Then he sent a signal to his sea of consciousness: "It's time for revenge!"
Countless soul-state magic-devouring worms gushed out from Ryan's sea of consciousness, then rushed along Ryan's arm directly towards the Bloodstone's core.
"No!"
The Bloodstone let out a piercing scream, but it was already powerless to stop any of it.
Although each soul-devouring worm could only wear down a tiny bit of its core before vanishing into thin air after colliding with it, they still rushed towards the Bloodstone one after another.
Ryan could even vaguely hear the hearty laughter of the souls on those completely vanished soul-devouring worms, expressing their satisfaction at their last moments.
The Bloodstone's screams grew fainter and fainter, finally fading into nothingness.
The entire corpse also began to slowly burn from the inside out.
Pale blue flames burned brighter and brighter until the entire corpse was reduced to ashes before slowly extinguishing.
After the flames extinguished,
specks of light, like fireflies, floated up from the ashes.
These light specks gathered together, circled a few times, and then stopped.
Subsequently, one light speck flew out from within and transformed into the appearance of a female soul.
Ryan recognized her as the story-soul who had previously claimed to be the Witch King's daughter.
"Thank you," the soul said, performing an ancient gesture towards Ryan.
"Thank you for helping my father achieve complete liberation, and for completely eliminating my father's enemy and avenging him.
At the same time, the others also wish me to tell you, thank you for helping them fulfill their revenge."
"As a token of our gratitude, we have prepared some gifts for you," the soul said, waving her hand.
Two drops of blood flew out from the ashes on the ground.
"The evil soul on that stone has been completely destroyed, but it left behind this essence which is perfect for you.
It can help you strengthen the magical power in your blood and gain some new abilities."
Because the residual power of the divine punishment was still circulating within Ryan's body, Ryan easily determined that the energy contained in these two drops of blood was beneficial and harmless to humans.
So he did not stop them, allowing the two drops of blood to smoothly enter their bodies.
Sure enough, after the blood entered his body, Ryan felt that his injuries had healed significantly, and at the same time, he could feel some impurities in his blood being removed, and a strange power surged within him.
After watching Ryan accept the gifts, these light specks, which were souls, circled around him a few times and then slowly dissipated.
Before completely dissipating, the Witch King's daughter's soul said to Ryan: "This so-called divine kingdom is supported by the power of the Bloodstone, so naturally, after the Bloodstone is destroyed, it will quickly return to chaos.
However, by injecting magic into the largest floor tile where the throne was located, you can open the door to the outside world.
At the same time, there is a small floor tile next to the largest one, and beneath it are all the Bloodstone's belongings."
After speaking, the Witch King's daughter's soul waved at Ryan and disappeared.
Ryan walked to the palace door and looked out.
Indeed, this space began to slowly shrink.
Large amounts of gray mist surged in from all directions, constantly devouring the existing space.
It was time to evacuate.
Fortunately, Ryan's physical injuries had already recovered at this time due to the drop of blood he had just received.
He woke Hermione, then supported her, who was still a bit dazed, and led her to the floor tile.
Ryan first pried open the small floor tile and found only a beast-skin bag inside.
Without bothering to inspect it, he first hung the beast-skin bag on his waist, then infused magic into the largest floor tile.
As a bit of magic was infused, a golden beam of light shot down from the position of Sirius in the star map on the ceiling of the great hall, creating a resplendent golden gate out of thin air in the center of the hall.
After Ryan and Hermione passed through the gate, it immediately disappeared.
Soon after, gray mist surged into the great hall, devouring the entire space and erasing everything that had once existed there.
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