Reborn as an Extra Chapter 690: Operation ’Hydra’. Part-8.

Ellie’s circumstances were far more delicate and challenging to manage than Liam’s.

Riya’s initial task was to thoroughly purge the clone body of all remnants and traces of Neo’s blood.

While Liam, being Neo’s son, shared compatibility with Neo’s blood, Ellie did not. Consequently, the clone had to be entirely disentangled from any of Neo’s influence.

This undertaking was akin to meticulously sifting through a vast grain silo, extracting every single flawed kernel of rice.

Riya’s mission was to locate and eradicate every Neo-related cell amidst millions upon millions of others; an immense challenge, even for her, endowed with a potent, legendary skill.

To surmount this obstacle, the group united their efforts in assisting Riya.

Even Rio deferred his own soul-binding task, recognizing the futility of binding Ellie’s soul to a body incompatible with her!

"You focus solely on identifying and marking the cells; I will handle their elimination. Link will provide support with mana and computations, and Lia will assist in predicting locations more swiftly and accurately…"

Riya, acknowledging Rio’s direction, immediately commenced work alongside the team!

With the synergistic application of three legendary skills and one pseudo-legendary skill on the same objective, progress surged forward at an accelerated rate!

The likelihood of errors was minimal, as Riya possessed the ability to perfectly regenerate any cells mistakenly destroyed, thanks to her exceptional healing powers.

Despite their collective endeavor, the entire procedure still required over six hours to finalize!

Fortunately, Raji and Ashtel had not yet returned, indicating that the heavenly tribulation was still ongoing.

"Phew~ With this… we can finally move on to the subsequent phase!"

Following the successful cleansing, the next critical step involved integrating Ellie’s deceased body with the clone, ensuring the body would adopt her bloodline and achieve compatibility with her soul.

This presented another formidable challenge, much like the preceding one!

"If only Ellie’s body hadn’t been so severely ravaged by her soul sacrifice, rendering it incapable of accepting any soul… her original body would have been the superior choice…"

Riya sighed, shaking her head as Link dabbed the perspiration from her brow with his handkerchief and presented her with a sheaf of documents.

"This is the forbidden spell Neo Aldif employed for body merging… will you utilize it?"

In response to Link’s inquiry, Riya shook her head and discarded the papers.

"That vile artifact is worthless! It flagrantly defies the very 'law' of 'life' and ought never to be employed…"

"We absolutely cannot use that…"

Though Riya’s resolve was unwavering, her assessment was accurate.

Neo’s method for amalgamating deceased bodies to forge a perfect clone for himself was utterly inhumane.

He would actually liquefy thousands of corpses and then employ a forbidden demonic incantation to meld this pulpy slurry into a singular form!

This process mirrored precisely how demons manufactured or summoned more powerful demons through the sacrifice of innocent lives!

The 'Drift City Massacre,' which obliterated Rio’s home, served as a stark illustration of this abominable practice.

Indeed, upon discovering the origins of these clones, Rio harbored suspicions that Neo Aldif was complicit, either directly or indirectly, in the 'Drift City' incident from years ago!

"I shall employ a technique of my own devising! I refuse to tread this cursed 'path' of a demonic entity!"

Riya rejected the use of the forbidden spell, opting instead to implement her personal methodology to navigate the present predicament!

She knelt gracefully, and an oppressive aura permeated the entirety of the chamber, compelling Rio and the others to involuntarily step back in astonishment.

Link and the others’ eyes widened in shock as they hastily retreated, comprehending Riya’s imminent action.

Rio even shielded Lia behind him, enveloping them both with his sword intent as a protective measure.

Even Link swiftly erected his defenses, bracing himself for the impending event!

And their forethought proved undeniably beneficial!

As if the very fabric of space and time reacted to Riya’s declaration, minute spatial fissures materialized throughout the room, causing the spacetime continuum itself to pulsate with immense power!

It was as though the 'world' and its fundamental 'laws' had elected to endorse Riya’s resolve; the entire cosmos seemed to offer its assistance as a colossal torrent of mana and the inherent energy of the world's 'laws' began to coalesce.

This gathered energy manifested as a colossal, angel-like halo hovering directly above Riya’s head!

Lia, who had been observing the unfolding spectacle with wide, astonished eyes, felt on the verge of fainting from sheer incredulity!

This was precisely the phenomenon Astra had spoken of!Astra had once declared that forging the 'Sword of Promised Destinies' required the backing of the entire cosmos! And Riya, in this very moment, was engaged in an endeavor of remarkably similar magnitude!