Chapter 247: Power of Merit, A Surge in Strength, Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars Art

As Melissa Wirge continued to cast the Nine Heavens Soul Purification Incantation, the entire Underground Space began to change. The chill, murky gloom slowly thinned. A clean, lucid presence spread through the air. Pierce Looske felt it clearly. The oppressive resentment that had made his skin crawl was fading, little by little, as if scrubbed away by an invisible tide. Melissa formed seals with both hands, her lips moving in an unbroken stream of profound, arcane syllables. With each cadence,...