Wang Nan's spirit power was completely depleted, and even the light from the spirit tool thrusters on his body had dimmed.
Gongyang Mo's seven-colored wings flapped, carrying him into the air to embrace Wang Nan.
"Xiao Nan, how are you?" Gongyang Mo looked at Wang Nan with concern, his emotions still unsettled.
Even in Shrek Academy, which produced many geniuses, Gongyang Mo had rarely heard of anyone at the rank of Spirit King being able to directly confront an opponent with a spirit power rank of seventy and not be defeated. Moreover, Wang Nan had directly defeated his opponent.
"I'm fine," Wang Nan grinned. Although Ji Tongxuan's spirit power had reached rank seventy, he only had six spirit rings and did not possess the true strength of a Spirit Saint. In the end, Wang Nan still won.
However, Wang Nan had borne the full impact of the final blow. Even with the defense boost provided by Gongyang Mo's fourth Spirit Ability, he felt his internal organs churning, and the bones in his arms felt as if they were broken. His right arm, which had a Spirit Bone, was in better condition, but his left arm was almost unusable.
Furthermore, Wang Nan had no spirit power left, and his body felt much heavier. Wang Nan laboriously raised his right hand, struggling to grasp the recharging spirit tool hanging around his neck.
Wang Nan was also afraid that he might encounter a situation where he didn't have enough spirit power to open his storage spirit tool, so his recharging spirit tool had always been hung around his neck, rather than placed inside the storage spirit tool.
Compared to his depleted spirit power, Wang Nan's mental force had increased significantly. At this moment, he was precisely controlling the spirit power from the recharging spirit tool to slowly flow into his body.
It wasn't until the two landed on the ground that Gongyang Mo took out two emerald green medicinal pills and had Wang Nan take them. After a quarter of an hour, Wang Nan finally felt much better. With Gongyang Mo's support, he stood up straight.
Wang Nan looked around. The ground here was stained blood-red, mixed with many fragments of organs. The three low-rank Evil Soul Masters who had been knocked unconscious by Wang Nan's spirit tool cannon at the beginning were still unconscious.
Gongyang Mo also saw the three Evil Soul Masters.
"You rest for a bit. I'll go tie them up first," Gongyang Mo said, about to move towards them.
"Wait," Wang Nan pulled him back, then coughed twice to alleviate the discomfort in his chest, and took off his Invincible Shield from his chest. "Take this with you. You forgot what I told you. The methods of Evil Soul Masters are unpredictable, and it's possible that one of these Evil Soul Masters has already woken up and is waiting to ambush us."
As Wang Nan spoke, his eyes carefully watched the three unconscious individuals. Seeing that they remained motionless, he then allowed Gongyang Mo to proceed.
While recovering his spirit power, Wang Nan continuously surveyed his surroundings.
Soon, he saw what he was looking for—a blood-red Spirit Bone.
Spirit Bones are different from spirit rings. Spirit rings dissipate with the death of a Spirit Master, but Spirit Bones remain. Therefore, some large families almost always have inherited Spirit Bones.
Wang Nan slowly walked over and picked it up.
Undoubtedly, this was an external Spirit Bone, a sternum. Ji Tongxuan had relied on it to block Wang Nan's 'point' while his Spirit was sealed.
This Spirit Bone was about the length of a palm, with red lines resembling blood vessels on it. When Wang Nan held it, he noticed it was still trembling slightly, and a faint 'thump-thump' sound, like a heartbeat, seemed to emanate from the Spirit Bone.
"Is this Ji Tongxuan's Spirit Bone?" Gongyang Mo, who had quickly tied up the three Evil Soul Masters, came to Wang Nan's side.
"Yes, you—"
Wang Nan had only spoken a few words when Gongyang Mo interrupted him. "Then you should quickly put it away. Absorb it as soon as you return to the Academy. An external Spirit Bone is even rarer than a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone."
"After all, you defeated Ji Tongxuan head-on, and I, a support system Spirit Master, don't need it anyway." Gongyang Mo said, winking, and then held Wang Nan's Invincible Shield up to his eyes. "If you still feel bad about it, how about giving this to me as an exchange?"
Wang Nan looked at Gongyang Mo and suddenly smiled. How could the value of an Invincible Shield be compared to an external Spirit Bone? Gongyang Mo said this only to make himself feel at ease accepting this external sternum.
In truth, without Gongyang Mo's assistance, Wang Nan's own spirit power would not have been enough to sustain that final strike. However, after hearing Gongyang Mo's words, Wang Nan didn't say much, only silently noting the matter in his heart, and then put the external sternum into his storage spirit tool.
"Alright, then it's yours. Let's go, we should go check on those children first." Wang Nan said, single-handedly untying and putting away his cloak, so that anything on it wouldn't scare the children.
Gongyang Mo took out an illuminating spirit tool from his storage spirit tool and followed behind Wang Nan.
Entering the house, there were twelve children, both boys and girls, either lying or sitting. The older ones were around ten years old, and the youngest were only six, having just undergone their Spirit Awakening.
As Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo entered the room, the light from the illuminating spirit tool dispelled the darkness. All the children looked up at them, with a hint of fear in their eyes.
Only a girl, about twelve or thirteen, near the window, had a calm look in her eyes. Two nervous little girls were leaning against her.
"Grumble~"
A sound came from an unknown child's stomach.
"Sigh," Wang Nan sighed, looked around, and finally walked towards the young girl near the window. He took out some food from his storage spirit tool and handed it to her. "You all can share and eat first. It's too dark to travel now. I'll take you back to Tianming City tomorrow morning."
Watching the girl take the food, Wang Nan gestured to Gongyang Mo beside him. "Let's go out first. They won't dare to speak with both of us here."
"Okay," Gongyang Mo nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he turned back and left the illuminating spirit tool in the room.
Outside the house, Wang Nan kicked an Evil Soul Master awake.
The Evil Soul Master seemed not to have figured out the situation yet. As soon as he opened his eyes, he tried to fight Wang Nan but only calmed down after realizing he couldn't break free from the chains on his body, no matter how much he struggled.
The chains on these Evil Soul Masters looked ordinary, but they were actually used by Shrek Academy to restrain ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts. This Evil Soul Master, with only a spirit power of Rank thirty, how could he possibly break free?
"Tell me, what are you doing here?"
This Evil Soul Master had backbone. Seeing no hope of escape, he remained silent.
Wang Nan shook his head, no longer asking. He didn't know any interrogation methods anyway; he would just take him back to Tianming City and let the White Tiger Duke question him.