Ever since he had stepped onto the path of a Magus, Grimm had been tormented by the difficulty of advancing.
Before becoming a Magus, he lacked the necessary means to obtain resources. All acolytes could only rely on the resources that fell through the cracks of official Magi to strengthen themselves.
After becoming a Magus, the effects of meditation techniques on Magi were no longer as significant as before. Most of the time, Magi had no choice but to leave their laboratories in order to improve themselves faster and better. They had to travel to various ancient wastelands, ancient ruins, or even some strange and dangerous places, risking their lives in order to obtain some necessary resources.
For them, staying in the safety of a Magus Tower might be able to last until the end of their lifespan. However, the slow increase in the main attributes of their Profession was like a noose around their necks, tightening day after day, year after year.
If they were unable to advance to the next rank before their lifespan ended, what awaited them was a withered body, a weakening of their spiritual force, and the decay of their soul. Compared to a regular person, this process could take up to ten years, until their soul undulations completely dissipated.
This process of waiting for death was so long and terrifying that most Magi who entered the stage of life exhaustion would become even more demonic, crazy, and unimaginable.
Although time seemed to be plentiful for wizards, it was still like a terrible god of death that would visit you on time, using the world's dullest and slowest knife to cut off your connection with the world bit by bit until you fell into eternal darkness.
Hence, using all sorts of methods to accumulate resources and think of ways to increase one's Profession's attributes had become a never-ending theme in the life of a Magus.
The path that Grimm had chosen as an Elemental Magus was a difficult and dangerous path where spiritual force was the main attribute of his Profession. Every point of increase in his basic spiritual force was very meaningful to him. This was because if any point of basic spiritual force was matched with suitable spells and powerful magic equipment, the resulting increase in battle strength would be ten times, or even a hundred times greater.
Hence, the importance of basic spiritual force to Grimm was obvious!
Now, the A.I. Chip's scan told him that there was a method that did not require years of meditation to quickly increase his spiritual force. How great of an impact would this have on Grimm be?
Grim asked the A.I. Chip to scan the Soul Congregation Crystal at least three times, and every time it came to the same conclusion. Only then did he completely believe the A.I. Chip's report.
As for the side effects mentioned at the end of the A.I. Chip's report, Grim did not take them seriously.
This was not because Grim was careless or reckless, but because he knew how difficult it was to increase his mental strength.
He meditated year after year, but his spiritual power data did not change at all. He broke into some extremely dangerous ruins to search for resources that suited him. He served a large family or a large organization for decades just to obtain some resources that they monopolized …
Compared to these difficulties, a little bit of mental backlash or side effects was simply too easy!
Any wizard in Grim's position would choose to strengthen their spirit without hesitation. As for the side effects, it was better to wait until his strength increased before thinking of a way to resolve it bit by bit!
After all, greater strength also meant greater authority and more resources. Would there be no need to worry about not having a way to deal with some minor sequelae?
Of course, the pure holy light in the Soul Congregation Crystal had to wash away the remnant soul fragments of the Paladins. These things were like impurities in the Light of Faith. If they were not removed in advance, once Grim absorbed them into his sea of consciousness, the consequences would be dire.
In the Magus World, there were many Magi who researched evil spells that absorbed other people's spiritual force for their own use. However, all of these spells had to face a terrifying disaster, and that was the backlash of the spiritual force.
It was like clothes of different colours and materials stitched together. On the surface, it looked as good as new, but once it was subjected to a huge pressure, it could fall apart in an instant.
Hence, these Magi invented some special spells or special magic tools to suppress the backlash in the depths of their souls. However, the consequence of this was that they had to carefully control their own mental state. Once their mind was damaged, it was possible for their hidden personality to take over the control of their body, causing them to lose control of their body.
However, the A.I. Chip's method of absorption was obviously different, and even a little unimaginable.
According to the A.I. Chip's scan and analysis, the pure holy light that Grim encountered was completely different from the souls of the dead collected by other Magi. It was more like a type of ownerless' free 'power of faith, and it had the strange ability to dissolve all external energy and consciousness.
By storing them, the remnant souls of the Paladins within the holy light would be able to be sustained for a long time. This was obviously not beneficial to Grim's absorption.
Hence, the A.I. Chip suggested that Grim separate a portion of his consciousness into the Soul Congregation Crystal to fight for the control of the holy light. If the holy light in the Soul Congregation Crystal was fused into one, Grim would undoubtedly be courting death.
However, it was like a plate of loose sand. All the souls of the Paladins had become incomplete, and they only knew to instinctively cling onto the holy light, wailing day and night for their pitiful fate.
This situation was obviously suitable for Grim to defeat them one by one.
Grim's split soul only needed to defeat them one by one and snatch the holy light they possessed, and it would gradually grow stronger day by day. Once the split soul had completely devoured all the souls and gathered their holy light together, it would then choose to self-destruct, allowing the strengthened split soul to become nourishment for the holy light.
This way, there would not be any side effects when Grim chose to fuse with the holy light to strengthen his spiritual force!
As for the problem of purification after Grim absorbed large amounts of external spiritual force, that was another problem. After all, with his authority and wealth, a regular spiritual purification ceremony would not cause his family's finances to collapse.
However, it was difficult to split a portion of a soul in such a crude and desolate place. He would have to wait until he returned to the Magus World and use the alchemy laboratory in the Magus Tower to carry it out.
Just as Grim was pondering over the following questions with the Soul Gathering Crystal in his hand, deep in his soul, he was attracted by a strange scene from afar.
This was a small path in the forest about 30 miles east of Grim's cave.
An apprentice-level Wind Spirit that was completely transparent was floating above the forest. It was slowly patrolling along a unique trajectory. And at this moment, three figures of different heights suddenly approached from afar on the forest path.
They were all wrapped in thick black traveller's cloaks, and even their faces were covered by their hoods. It was impossible to see their occupation and identity. However, one could only tell from their vague figures that they were a man and two women. Their movements were strange.
Wind Spirit, who was left here by Grimm to act as his eyes and ears, immediately lowered his altitude and stuck close to the dense canopy of the trees. He quietly gathered a faint breeze and blew it towards the three of them.
However, just as the breeze was about to reach the three, the smallest of the three suddenly raised its head, and a pair of eyes that were as bright as the morning stars coldly stared at the Wind Spirit.
In the next second, Wind Spirit's soul connection with Grimm was cut off.
Originally, the Wind Spirit's spies were all controlled by the A.I. Chip. Their daily patrol routes, investigations, and scanning were all passed to the A.I. Chip for it to control. If there were no police reports, the A.I. Chip would be in charge of handling all the miscellaneous daily information.
But now, the A.I. Chip projected the scene of the spies in the distance into Grim's mind. This meant that the situation he was facing had exceeded the scope of a normal police report, and he had to handle it personally.
"A.I. Chip, can you confirm their identities? Are they Paladins or Magi? "Grim asked in a low voice.
In truth, Grim would rather fight two Grade 3 natives than a single Grade 3 Magus. After all, the sorcery that Sorcerers mastered was too complicated and too strange. Many times, even if a Magus was stronger than another Magus, he could still lose his life because of some of the more sinister spells.
The A.I. Chip quickly projected the last scene of the Wind Spirit's death in front of Grim's eyes, and gradually enlarged it.
The originally dim shadow of the hood gradually became clearer as the projection zoomed in.
This was the face of a charming woman. Her face was delicate and beautiful, and her face was delicate and white. Her rosy skin was full of vitality, and even the fine hairs on her skin were smooth and smooth, without the slightest blemish. However, what attracted Grim's attention was not her beauty, but her strange eyes that suddenly lit up, as well as the strange crystal embedded in her forehead.
Grimm repeatedly admired such a beautiful face, but his heart was strangely heavy and depressed.
Magi … Without a doubt, they were definitely Magi from the Magus World!
This also meant that there were a few more enemies who had barged into Envik's plane to kill him. As for the mastermind behind the scenes, it was possible that he was sending more hunters to this place!
The female Magus who had revealed her traces was definitely a Grade 3 Magus. From her appearance and the way she used her abilities, she seemed to be a Spirit Warlock, a special profession that could use mental spells.
But were the other two at Grade 3 or Grade 4? If they were all Grade 3, what would their individual abilities be?
After inspecting his gains, Grim, who had been a little complacent, was immediately disturbed by the sudden appearance of these enemies.
The enemies had already started to kill the spies he had set up outside, and from the direction they had come from, it seemed that they had come from Hakans City. This meant that there was definitely a terrifying person among them who was adept at tracking.
It seemed that he would have to fight them if necessary!
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