At this moment, Zhao Changhe had no time to worry about the impact of the Tome of Troubled Times or the blind woman.0

He was focused on stabilizing Lady Three’s precarious condition, though it did not appear very optimistic. The Sea Emperor’s confidence was justified. The trident that he had been using was likely some kind of divine weapon, and its damage was extreme. Physical protection alone was not enough.0

It was not just her body that had been devastated by the power of the water element. The trident also carried a soul-extinguishing aspect. Lady Three’s soul sea was now incredibly fragile, like a candle flickering in the wind—gone was the carefree spirit of the big sister cradling a little one, replaced instead by a shadow of weakness, barely clinging to life.0

The only reason her soul had not been utterly obliterated was that the trident was not actually specialized for soul annihilation. It merely carried a similar property, though obviously inferior to that of Dragon Soul Wood, and the fact that it struck her abdomen rather than chest or head also played a part. It showed that such items were not exactly unique,...0