He just stood there, watching quietly as the tentacle rapidly approached Aishwarya. Closer, closer, and closer...

But it could never touch her in the slightest.

Seeing this, Lin Qi could confirm that Aishwarya had mastered at least one space-related Ability.

Aishwarya frowned, her expression even more grim than before. Her skin was taking on an increasingly dark, soy-sauce-like color.

"Wake up!"

Her Spiritual Power surged.

From Lin Qi’s perspective, he could clearly see Aishwarya’s terrifying Tier Four Wizard Level Spiritual Power transform. It formed Spiritual Tentacles far thicker than the unlucky bastard’s own and made contact with him.

Soon, the unlucky bastard’s Sea of Consciousness was stabilized.

The humanity returned to his single, crimson eye, though it remained somewhat vacant.

"Control your Spiritual Power. I will help you separate it from your physical body again."

Aishwarya seemed to know exactly what to do, as if helping her descendant recover was second nature.

This procedure confirmed Lin Qi’s suspicions.

’Just as I thought. Advanced Level Wizards have a thorough understanding of the Tentacle Monster transformation—they can even control it.’

After about five minutes, the unlucky bastard’s Tentacle Monster state was undone, and he reverted to his human form.

He lay prone on the ground, completely naked.

A groan escaped his lips.

"Grand...mother, I think I’m... bleeding internally. I feel like my organs... are damaged. Save... me."

Severe pain wracked his body—the agony of a ruptured kidney.

It wasn’t just his kidney; his head was throbbing in pain too.

His Sea of Consciousness had been directly assaulted by the Holy Light, leaving it severely traumatized.

If injuries like these weren’t treated promptly, even an Extraordinary Professional wouldn’t be able to withstand them.

Aishwarya didn’t rush to save him. Instead, she calmly asked, "Where did the Holy Light erupt from?"

As a high-ranking individual and a Wizard Professional herself, Aishwarya was very familiar with the Holy Light of the European Big Business Alliance.

The unlucky bastard was terrified of Aishwarya, his grandmother, and immediately forced himself to endure the pain in his body and head.

"I’m not... sure, but it seemed to come from... inside me."

The unlucky bastard was innocent in all this. He had just been in the Meditation Room, in Meditation, when this unexpected disaster struck.

He had barely survived, only to be interrogated by his own grandmother.

"Inside you?"

Aishwarya froze for a moment before a very unsettling thought occurred to her.

Just then, Lin Qi’s fourth message arrived.

[You’ve probably guessed it by now. There’s a problem with the Extraordinary Items the Europeans gave you. All Wizards who analyze these Extraordinary Items will have a seed of Holy Light planted inside them. The higher the rank of the item, the more powerful the Holy Light it contains. Coincidentally, I have a way to detonate this seed. And, similarly, I also have a way to remove it from a Wizard’s body.]

This was the key to Lin Qi’s plan.

Lin Qi had discovered the trap the European Big Business Alliance had set for Aishwarya, and it would now become his bargaining chip.

As for whether Lin Qi actually had the ability to remove the landmine the European Big Business Alliance had left for Aishwarya?

Of course, he could.

The European Big Business Alliance’s methods weren’t particularly sophisticated. Or rather, the way these Exotic Spiritual Particles were hidden was too crude.

After a Wizard analyzed an Extraordinary Item, the Exotic Spiritual Particles would enter their body. Then, through normal metabolic processes, the particles would accumulate in the kidneys, effectively becoming a bomb.

This would certainly be a major headache for an ordinary Wizard, who wouldn’t know the principle behind it, let alone where the landmine was buried.

But to Lin Qi, these Spiritual Particles accumulating so conspicuously inside the Wizard’s body were practically highlighted.

It didn’t require a complicated procedure. As long as the kidney was intact, you just had to take them out.

As long as the kidney didn’t rupture, the damn thing wouldn’t detonate on its own.

If Lin Qi was worried about the danger of removal, or about someone else discovering the key to it, he could use a more direct method.

Get a cutting machine and slice off everything below the neck.

Then, activate Rapid Growth and let the body regrow.

Guaranteed to work!

And no one would ever discover the secret.

Of course, this sort of thing wasn’t difficult given the technological level of the Cyber World. If Lin Qi were to perform such an operation, there was still cutting-edge technology that could replicate it.

But before that could happen, Lin Qi’s message was one that Aishwarya would find very difficult to refuse.

Aishwarya responded, "How do I know this isn’t a conspiracy of yours?"

Aishwarya’s reply carefully avoided mentioning the word "Europe," maintaining her caution.

But Lin Qi could see that Aishwarya was already wavering.

This landmine wasn’t just buried in her descendant’s body; she had one inside her too. And hers was even bigger. If it detonated, the explosion would be louder than the other six landmines combined.

Her leverage and her very life were all held in the hands of the Europeans.

Aishwarya had already lost any standing to negotiate with the European Big Business Alliance.

She had no choice.

Either she could continue to be a dog for the European Big Business Alliance, but Europe’s Witch Hunt was real, and sooner or later the Alliance would hunt her down too.

Or she could cooperate with Lin Qi, assuming what he said was true and he was genuinely willing to help her remove the hidden danger from her body.

If so, she could at least save her own life. At worst, the leverage against her would simply fall into someone else’s hands.

Lin Qi wasn’t in a hurry. Instead, he left Aishwarya hanging for a while.

He only had one message left to send within the twenty-four-hour period. Lin Qi was waiting for a change in Aishwarya’s emotional state.