Chapter 167
After some time, Michelle stared at the cultivators in front of her. From the twelve thousand, a thousand were already curled up on the ground, sleeping. The rest had their souls still trapped. And, except for the five thousand who had their souls in the same pendants as the pendant Nyxaroth broke, Michelle knew of no way to free them safely.
She glanced at the pendants spread out on the ground and sighed. She couldn’t find anything useful in Rivenaar’s memories, and both Cold Flame and Nyxaroth had already told her what they knew.
"Noctis, do you know something about Soul Seeking Pendants?" Michelle suddenly asked into the darkness.
And the answer was just as she had expected. "No, My Lady. Soul Seeking Pendants are only used here in the lower realm, so I don’t know anything special about them. Just the basic information that you already know."
Hearing that, Michelle frowned. She didn’t like the situation. She didn’t have any information other than the fact that there was some difference between the resistance the pendants put up when she inserted her soul energy into them.
Michelle wanted to think about it for a while longer, but she heard a slight groan from the crowd in front of her. She quickly put away the pendants in front of her and retreated to the staircase.
One after another, some groaning, some silent, the thousand cultivators started waking up, all confused and groggy. Their muscles were stiff and sore after not being used for a long time.
They looked around, and seeing the stiff, lifeless bodies standing still around them, they got scared, not daring to move an inch.
Michelle was waiting just for that, but she still gave it a few short moments before appearing. Since she couldn’t use spirit energy at the moment, she summoned Cold Flame, and he, in the shape of an eagle-sized bird, nestled on Michelle’s shoulder, bringing forth his blue flame. Like that, the two descended the stairs.
The thousand cultivators all shrunk their necks back in fear when they saw Michelle. She was so beautiful, but the presence she carried was horrifying. Though they couldn’t feel any spirit energy from her, that presence was enough to make them cautious.
And the bird on her shoulder exuded danger and dominance.