Published: March 2, 2025
Under the unspoken agreement between the two, the small matter of the virtualization being cleared was simply brushed aside.
Looking at Wen Yu in front of him, he once again began to familiarize himself with the application of his newly acquired skills—including soul perception, the new soul battlefield, soul separation, and even the ability to enhance his spirit pet's skills onto himself.
After a few more hours, once Wen Yu had fully mastered everything, the demon lord nodded, and his soul form slowly retracted back into his physical body.
Gently tapping the ground with his finger, the sound attracted Wen Yu's attention, and the demon lord spoke.
"I've taught you everything you need to know; now it's time for you to fulfill your promise."
With that said, the demon lord pointed at the giant light sphere nearby.
...
The soul form and physical body slowly merged into one, and Wen Yu opened his eyes while gradually moving his physical body.
A series of creaks emanated from his body, and fearing that the soul separation might bring about negative effects, Wen Yu carefully checked his physical condition.
The demon lord beside him scoffed, "The negative reaction in your body is from when you just 'ran into a wall'..."
Wen Yu immediately felt embarrassed and quickly canceled his combat state.
When the little soul beast reappeared on Wen Yu's shoulder, he instantly felt its changes.
...
This change was not unexpected for Wen Yu—the skills of the little soul beast had all been inscribed onto his body, and now the little soul beast had no usable skills left!
"A small change; there's no need to be surprised. In fact, soul masters can only utilize their skills in a combat state, which is a small limitation for soul masters. Now all the ownership of skills belongs to you; your soul beast can only enhance your physical attributes and help you learn skills."
"Um..."
Wen Yu pondered for a moment and quickly accepted this fact—this was a good thing. The fact that skills could only be used in combat had always been a point of criticism for him. When entering combat, the little soul beast needed to merge with his body. Although the time seemed short, as levels increased and enemies became stronger, the reaction time outside of combat became shorter, which ultimately counted as a weakness in his profession.
Moreover, since the little soul beast itself had no direct combat ability, this situation was more suited to Wen Yu's current circumstances.
With this in mind, Wen Yu no longer worried about these small matters and turned to the demon lord.
"What should I do next?"
"Very simple. Since the skills have been imprinted onto your soul body, in a state of soul separation, your soul body can use dark divine light. As far as I know, dark energies should have an absorption ability. Ah, I almost forgot you also have dark absorption... That makes it even simpler. In a soul separation state, directly use dark absorption on this light sphere to completely drain its energy."
Hearing the demon lord's suggestion, Wen Yu thought for a moment before decisively standing up and instantly activating the soul battlefield.
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The gray Barrier symbolizing the power of the soul battlefield slowly unfolded, and then Wen Yu's soul form began to drift out.
The range of the soul battlefield slowly shrank until it completely enveloped Wen Yu's soul body.
After adapting briefly to the soul separation state, Wen Yu raised his right hand.
A black light shot out instantly and struck the Great Light Sphere; a tangible collision erupted, and immediately, the originally brilliant Great Light Sphere showed a black mark.
The black mark stretched and expanded like a dark poisonous snake, and simultaneously, an invisible black line connected the mark to Wen Yu's soul body. In the next moment, a surge of immense power was transmitted.
Endless soul energy surged into Wen Yu's soul body. He felt his soul body rapidly expand, accumulating more and more soul power, which was then continuously compressed into nutrients to strengthen his soul body.