The mental tendrils, like skillful scalpels, carefully navigated through the raging storm of Tar's mental energy.

Gu Xi was completely focused, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

This was more difficult and dangerous than any mental manipulation she had ever encountered before.

Tar's mental energy is filled with chaotic, violent, and polluting characteristics. If she is not careful, her mental energy will be assimilated, eroded, or even backfire on her.

Ais's freezing power acted like a sturdy dam, constantly resisting the impact of Tar's mental power, creating space for Gu Xi to maneuver.

The icy blue chill collided violently with the inky black energy, emitting a silent hiss.

He could clearly feel the mournful cries and resentment of his own kind emanating from the depths of that core, which strengthened his resolve to quell it all.

The vines of the cow grass, like a flexible fishing net, constantly comb and guide the leaking spiritual energy of the Tar, reducing the pressure on the core area, while nourishing the ice shield fish ice blocks on the verge of breaking with life energy, maintaining the stability of the seal as much as possible.

The tender bud at the tip of its vine is emitting an increasingly bright green light, clearly having paid a heavy price.

"Whoosh! Something's coming from behind!" Flame Scale suddenly screamed, and the blue-purple flames instantly surged, illuminating the direction of the hall entrance.

Several larger and more distorted modified creatures, drawn by the energy erupting from the core, roared and charged into the hall!

Dangerous arcs of electricity flickered on their metal parts, and their scarlet eyes were fixed on Gu Xi and Ai Si, who were exerting all their strength.

"Leave it to me!" Yanlin shouted and stepped forward.

Gu Xi and Ai Si cannot afford to be distracted right now; they must guard the rear!

The blue-purple flames, like angry spirits, drew beautiful yet deadly trajectories in the air.

Although Flamescale is not as powerful as Ais and Cowgrass, its flames have a natural restraining effect on these corrupted modified creatures.

In an instant, explosions, roars, and the sound of metal twisting echoed from the back of the hall.

Flamescale fought against multiple opponents, and although it was somewhat disheveled, it managed to hold off the modified creatures with its agile movements and reckless fighting style, preventing them from getting any closer to the core area.

"Found it!" Gu Xi's mental power finally touched the core that was enveloped by layers of Tar's mental power.

It was an irregular fragment, only the size of a fist, radiating a soft emerald green light, containing unimaginable and immense life energy, which contrasted sharply with the violent Tal spiritual energy surrounding it.

But the two are strangely intertwined, like a contradictory symbiosis of a deadly poison and an antidote.

"That's it! A fragment of the Seed of Life!" Niu Niu Cao's voice was tinged with excitement. "Be careful! It's tightly bound to Tar's spiritual power; forcibly separating it might trigger an even more violent energy backlash!"

Gu Xi did not act rashly, but carefully sensed the connection between the fragment and Tar's spiritual power.

She discovered that this connection was not a complete fusion, but rather an interdependence in a delicate balance.

The deep-sea creatures at the research institute clearly intended to use the purifying power of the Seed of Life to neutralize Tal's spiritual power, but they underestimated the latter's corrosiveness, ultimately leading to this dangerous symbiotic relationship between the two.