At the same time, a massive surge of soul energy gushed from the depths of his soul, like a spring uncovered in an oasis, enveloping him with one hundred and eighty-three years of experiences, swiftly merging into his soul.
This surge of soul energy was the largest and most enduring that Ronan had fused since practicing "Spirit Heart Amber."
Ronan felt as if he were enveloped in layers of hot springs, clearly sensing that his soul was continuously becoming "viscous," with spiritual power branching and sprouting, and a faint sense of unprecedented unease gradually growing in his heart.
This unease instinctively made Ronan halt the action of eating, and as if guided by intuition, he looked towards a location, with a dim light of spirituality bursting in his eyes.
Gradually, at the place where his gaze fell, a blurry human figure emerged, as though a strange shadow had appeared out of thin air, coursing with a strong soul fluctuation belonging to Ronan. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹~𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮~𝚗𝚎𝚝
Ronan paused, looking at the strange black shadow before him, falling into a brief contemplation.
The flames of the "Golden Soul" rose on Ronan, steaming wisps of dark gray smoke.
Ronan stood under the murky mottled sky of the Quivada Oasis, quietly watching the strange black shadow in front of him, which mirrored his contour.
It looked very similar to projections constructed using "Mirror Soul" and "Space Mirror Skill," but in essence, it was completely different.
The former was merely a spell projection, at most mixed with a tiny bit of Ronan’s soul aura, primarily used to confuse the opponent’s senses.
But the latter was entirely composed of Ronan’s soul power.
As for its function...
Under Ronan’s mental command, the strange black shadow vanished on the spot, then reappeared a few hundred meters away.
In an instant, Ronan felt an intense illusion as if he had teleported to that position himself.
The strange black shadow appeared and immediately moved towards several demons lurking in a corrupt forest below.
The demons, in a chaotic coupling, were startled by the shadow and immediately let out violent low growls, their thin membranous wings rapidly unfolded, and they lunged fiercely towards the shadow.
Ronan’s eyes flashed subtly, without resisting.
The forms of the demons passed through the shadow with penetrating sweeps, leaving long trails of smoke, causing noticeable large wounds on the assaulted shadow, which then quickly healed, though the overall figure seemed slightly thinner.
"The projection was attacked, but I myself didn’t suffer any correlating damage..."
"But part of the soul power was consumed..."
Ronan carefully felt the amount of lost soul power and pondered for a moment, then the black shadow in his view floated upwards into the sky like a balloon.
Following the dim light bursting from Ronan’s eyes, the shadow rapidly became vivid, with its surface layer of black seemingly fading bit by bit, and the soul fluctuations it emitted grew increasingly intense, gradually manifesting Ronan’s image.
The syllables of a spell emanated from the shadow’s mouth, as it lightly raised its hand, releasing a strong spell wave.
The next moment, a dazzling deep blue ice blade was thrown out from its dark black arm, slicing through the bodies of several demons flying below in an instant.
The several hovering demons suddenly ceased moving and silently split into halves at the central position, falling to the ground, the surfaces of their corpses as smooth as mirrors, with blood and flesh entirely frozen by ice frost...
In the distance, Ronan, as the main body, exhaled lightly, his eyes taking on a peculiar expression.
He could arbitrarily control the intensity of the soul composing the projection, and when the soul projection reached a certain degree, part of his will could transfer directly onto the projection, equipped with corresponding casting abilities...
This was far more potent than ordinary spell projections.
More flexible, with greater operational space, and free from the threat of death, requiring only consideration of soul power consumption.
Of course, the last point was indeed a major issue, as soul power, unlike spiritual power, was quite troublesome to recover once consumed.
"Furthermore, the current range for deploying this projection is too limited, able to project only within a mere thousand to two thousand meters, barely crossing what distance..."
"Given time, if the multiple spatial distances could be ignored, spanning thousands of miles, or even across half a continent, descending at will... that indeed would be a mysterious and unpredictable method!"
Ronan contemplated, silently retracting the soul projection.
He casually opened his character panel, catching sight of the "Soul Projection" mark at first glance, appearing as a new talent skill in the talent section.
As for the skills section, there appeared—"Spirit Heart Amber (Entry 1/100)" inscription.
Yes, it was not until this "Dream Entry" ended that his "Spirit Heart Amber" was officially entry-level, and the "Soul Projection" also stemmed from the officially entry-level "Spirit Heart Amber."
"Alazan never mentioned that point to me, ’Spirit Heart Amber’ is much more mysterious and powerful than I imagined..."
Ronan’s gaze flickered subtly as he continued to check the panel information.
—This dream entry brought an increase in soul power, boosting his strength progress from the previous 14% to 31%, more than the gains from his previous two dream entries combined.
He was now infinitely close to the Level 4 Intermediate Stage.
In the consciousness space, the Dark Gold Core nurturing the Elemental Spirit had noticeably enlarged, with more traces of Ancient Spirit Text carved on its surface.
Ronan counted the number of Ancient Spirit Texts memorized during this dream entry, twelve thousand five hundred and thirty-two.