"You don't have to do it yourself."
Julian looked at the woman's expectant eyes in the mirror and gritted his teeth. He didn't agree.
Although the woman would do her best to help as long as he agreed, and she wouldn't steal the Soul Apostle even if she knew his goal, he didn't want to owe her too much.
The woman was a bit disappointed. After a moment of silence, a smile appeared on her face.
"How do you need me to help you?"
Julian had already made up his mind. He said in a low voice.
"I need to borrow your Sacred Flask of Life."
The woman immediately thought of something and asked.
"You bought the Boiling Blood Spear?"
Julien nodded.
"I need the Sacred Flask of Life to replace my life force to unleash the Boiling Blood Spear's full power."
"I'll send someone to deliver the flask."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. If you need anything, just let me know."
Julian closed the mirror and took a deep breath. If it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't ask her for help. However, the human descender's strength had already far surpassed his. If he wasn't mistaken, the descender had already become a Soul Apostle and could borrow a large amount of soul force. Julian was no longer a match for the descender. If he wanted to steal the Soul Apostle, he would have to borrow an external force.
The Boiling Blood Spear was a top-grade magic weapon. It could consume life force to deal great damage to the enemy. The more life force consumed, the stronger the damage. Someone had once used this magic weapon to kill a powerful rank 4 Magus.
Originally, Julian was prepared to sacrifice the Crystal King Snake's powerful life force to kill the human descender. He didn't expect the opponent to be so strong in such a short time. Even the Crystal King Snake was killed instantly. Without the Crystal King Snake, he couldn't sacrifice his own life.
Moreover, even if he sacrificed his life force to the Boiling Blood Spear, it wouldn't be enough to kill the target.
In fact, based on the information he had and the strength the descender had displayed, Julian found that if he wanted to kill the target in one hit, he would have to have enough life force to do so. The Sacred Flask of Life had enough life force.
Time slowly passed. Unknowingly, a few months had passed.
On this day, Lin Xiao didn't hunt monsters. Instead, he waited in his temporary residence. At noon, strands of soul force uncontrollably surged out of his body. Exactly 100,000 souls gathered in the space in front of him, condensing into a black humanoid figure whose face couldn't be seen clearly. There was a strange resonance in the void, and a voice appeared in this small space.
"According to the contract, the first ten years have come, so you have to pay me 100,000 souls"
Lin Xiao answered very respectfully.
"According to the contract, I have already prepared 100,000 souls."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xiao realized that the connection between him and the 100,000 souls had disappeared. They no longer had anything to do with him.
The void trembled again. The black-robed figure's voice resounded again:
"You have completed the first stage of the contract. You will receive my reward!"
The black-robed man slowly raised his arm. Lin Xiao hurriedly said,
"Wait a moment."
The black-robed man paused for a moment before he spoke again.
"Please tell me your doubts."
Lin Xiao lowered his head respectfully and enunciated each word clearly.
"According to the contract, after completing the first stage of the contract, I will be free to choose whether to continue the contract or not. Is it true?"
This time, the black-robed man paused for a long time. Lin Xiao stood still and waited.
After about ten seconds, Lin Xiao suddenly felt that something seemed to have changed in the void. It was as if … a gaze was descending. The black-robed man instantly became more spirited. A voice that was no different from before sounded:
"You want to break the contract?"
"Let me see. Hmm, you haven't devoured a soul before!"
An undisguised gaze landed on Lin Xiao, but with his strength, he was almost unable to sense it. He could even sense the interest in this gaze.
"Can you tell me why you want to break the contract?"
The voice seemed to be very interested.
"Is it because you're not strong enough? Or is it because you don't like devouring souls? Perhaps you haven't tasted the wonderful feeling and great power of devouring souls. "
This was obviously a consciousness of the Master of the Uncanny World. Lin Xiao knew very well that his actions had piqued the interest of this unknown existence. No matter what the reason was, he had to answer.
He did not cower and answered very seriously and honestly, "This power is very powerful and addictive.
Even if I haven't devoured a soul before, just borrowing the power on the surface is enough to amaze me. However, it's too dangerous, very dangerous. I can't guarantee that I can always stay true to my heart and not indulge in it. In order not to indulge in depravity, I've decided to give up this power. "
This reason was indeed true, but it was a little euphemistic. When facing an unknown and powerful existence, it was best not to anger it.
After hearing this, the black-robed man remained silent for a long time, so long that he felt uneasy. Until a certain moment, the voice sounded again.
"You're not the first chosen one to reject this power. I've always respected your choice and have never forced you. As you wish, you can break this contract."
These words made Lin Xiao heave a sigh of relief. However, before he could relax, he immediately spoke again:
"I've always advocated fair trade. Since you've already completed this contract, you'll definitely receive the reward you deserve. Accept this reward."
The black-robed man suddenly collapsed, turning into a ball of pitch-black soul force that rolled in front of him. It was like boiling water, boiling and rolling. As the soul force rolled, he was surprised to find that the various impurities and soul force in this hundred thousand soul force were rapidly disappearing. The color also slowly turned from pitch-black to clear.
“？？？”
Amidst his surprise, the ball of soul power was quickly purified and turned into a transparent ball of light that was as clear as water. It quickly shrank into a crystal ball the size of an egg and flew in front of him, landing on his forehead and sinking into it.
In an instant, Lin Xiao felt his mental strength, which had just advanced, increase crazily. It felt like someone had scooped up a ladle of solidified mental strength water and poured it into his mind. The surging feeling and the strong increase in mental strength stimulated him so much that he could not help but let out a long moan.
That feeling was like being in the self-masturbation stage. That kind of continuous pleasure was like dying from immortality. He was almost addicted to it and could not extricate himself.
In this indescribable and continuous surging pleasure, there was a tempting … There was no sound, but he could feel a tempting will guiding him.
There were no traces, but it really existed.
As everyone knew, a man's willpower was at its weakest when he was about to launch. Most of the requests made at this time would bypass the willpower and make a decision. Under this kind of influence, Lin Xiao's almost non-existent willpower immediately reacted and said loudly:
"No, I don't agree!"
The pleasure disappeared in an instant, and everything became still. Lin Xiao stood still on the spot. A speck of dust floated only 0.1 millimeters away from his pupils.
After an unknown period of time, a substantial thought appeared in Lin Xiao's mind:
"As you wish!"
The voice quickly disappeared, and he could feel that this willpower had really left. However, Lin Xiao was not happy at all because a strange mark had appeared in his mind core at some point in time. At the same time, there was a message.
The general meaning was that the Master of the Uncanny World thought highly of him and decided to give him a chance to go back on his word. If he left this mark, he could rely on this mark to save his life in the future.
However, if he activated the mark in the future, it would mean that he would accept a new Soul Apostle contract and officially become a Soul Apostle.
Lin Xiao wanted to give up, but when he thought about how this thing could save his life, he still couldn't bear to do so.
He had to admit that this move hit his weak spot directly. He was now lacking a trump card to save his life.
Retracting his mind, Lin Xiao felt a little complicated. This wave of feedback had directly increased his mental strength by N times, causing the upper limit of his mental strength to exceed the limit of a Level-3 Wizard. In other words, as long as he was willing, he could immediately prepare to advance to a Level-3 Wizard.
Whether he could succeed or not was one thing, but at least his mental strength had reached the standard.
Not only that, but there was also extra mental strength and more than 200,000 souls left after deducting 100,000 souls. These had not been taken away by the Master of the Uncanny World.
These souls were now a problem. He had not renewed the contract and had lost the ability to imprison souls as a Soul Apostle. These souls would soon go out of control one by one, and he had to find a way to deal with them.
There was a way to deal with them, but in the future, he would not be able to use the mental strength of these souls to stimulate his mind, and the growth rate of his mental strength would have to be greatly reduced.
Fortunately, he had passed the most difficult stage. With this reward of mental strength and the remaining 200,000 souls, advancing to a Level-4 Wizard would not be difficult.
In most worlds, a Rank 4 Sorcerer was already considered an upper-middle level Sorcerer. They had enough power to protect themselves. As long as they didn't go overboard, they would be fine.
He took a deep breath and opened his mouth. The souls all over his body flew into his mouth and disappeared like a torrent.
Soon, the 200,000 souls were devoured. He closed his eyes and sent his consciousness into the Fortune Cube. The 200,000 souls had been purified into the purest soul power and temporarily stored in the Magic Cube.
Yes, it was soul power, not mental strength.
The Master of the Uncanny World had already devoured the soul power when he took away the 100,000 souls, and the remaining soul power essence was rewarded to him.
The main essence of the soul was soul power, and mental strength was just a side effect.
Compared to the strength of the soul's essence, the strength of the mental strength was just a side effect of the soul's essence.
Now that he had removed all kinds of residual thoughts and spirit imprints through the Fortune Cube, what he obtained was pure soul power and mental strength, which was equivalent to …
"Wait! I can obtain the identity of a Soul Apostle and then use the Fortune Cube to refine and obtain soul power. "
However, he immediately rejected it.
"No, I'll be easily discovered."
The Fortune Cube was his biggest trump card, and he could not expose it.
The Master of the Uncanny World controlled souls and was very sensitive to souls. To do something under the nose of such an expert … It would be difficult!
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