Chapter 379: First Blood (1/2)
The Blue Soul used the Soul Cornea and created soul tendrils one after another, attaching the souls of the Shoe Fishes to the River Whale's soul. It soon made a circuit of sorts, one where all their souls were connected in one way or another.
Once it was done, the Soul Cornea tugged the soul of a Shoe Fish's Frenzy Parasite, shaping a thin soul tendril. It lacked the foundation for the soul tendril to extend any longer. Jyorta thought for a moment, pulling up the memory of a movie from his previous life.
Finding Nemo!
He pulled up all the memory fragments related to the movie and dumped them into the soul of the Shoe Fish's frenzy Parasite, forcibly increasing its foundation. There was a bit of his ego on them, forming a white layer over the memory fragments.
Jyorta didn't take any measures to destroy his ego on the memory fragments, watching them interact with the local memory fragments. There was a lot of friction, with the egos of both sides getting damaged.
As the Frenzy Parasite developed based on the host, its ego was undeveloped as compared to its peers parasitising bodies of other races. So, his ego soon won the battle, dominating the soul. The soul soon stabilised, allowing the soul tendril to be extended further.
The Soul Cornea connected the soul tendril to the soul of the River Whale's Frenzy Parasite. Using the same process as before, it connected the souls of the Shoe Fishes' Frenzy Parasites to the soul of the River Whale's Frenzy Parasite.
Now, an entire circuit had been created. The souls of the Shoe Fishes were connected to their respective Frenzy Parasite's souls. Their souls were also connected to the River Whale's soul while the souls of their Frenzy Parasites were connected to the soul of the River Whale's Frenzy Parasite.
The Soul Cornea arrived at the soul of the River Whale; its form bulged as something resembling a sphere moved through it. A hole appeared on its from that opened like a snake's as the Hoberman Sphere was ejected.
This was the second Hoberman Sphere the blue soul had made over the month. And, unlike the previous one, the souls forming it weren't subsouls, but rather normal souls that he had obtained from his explorations.
This was his cautious nature coming into play. He dared not leave any subsoul beyond his control in fear that it would attempt a breakthrough and head to the Mental Realm. There, all it would ever do is feed the Mind Hound and make it stronger.
Every time he thought about it, Jyorta felt fear. It was an instinctual feeling, originating from both his mind and soul. The fact that he felt a response from two paths instead of just one further scared him. So, he dared not take any risks.
'There is still the threat of Wenina Marble. How should I even deal with her? Hope she doesn't attempt to breakthrough in the meantime.' Jyorta shuddered at the thought. Wenina Marble was the nurse taking care of him during the end of his coma. He had converted her Wisdom Parasite's soul into his subsoul and used it to clinch victory in his fight against the previous Jyorta's soul.
Once that was done, he immediately returned the subsoul to its owner. After all, he couldn't extract it out of her Wisdom Parasite, for that would kill it. Now, this was a threat looming over him, weighing on his mind ever since.
She was an Area Controller back then. And, more than two years had passed since then. There was no guarantee that she hadn't attempted a breakthrough to Tier 3.
Before he came to the military academy, he was still in hiding. From his point of view, only Rhachis Ancestor Light, his sister, and his grandfather knew of his identity. And, he didn't have any guarantee that they would support him, except his sister. Even then, his sister didn't have much power or sway in the grand scheme of things.
But now, he knew that wasn't the case. Psychic Ancestor Marble, Rhachis Ancestor Strongest, Atika Light, and Mary Veera; they would all lend him a hand as long as he contributed enough for them to make a move. His mindset was different from back then, same for the confidence to make a move now that he had a sort of backing, though flimsy.
'I can only be optimistic.' Jyorta shook his head, focusing on the task at hand. The Soul Cornea ejected the Hoberman Sphere into the River Whale's subsoul. He had modified it a little now. It was the false persona—of absolute servitude, resolution, and compassion.
The Hoberman Sphere looked no different from a regular sphere as it approached the soul core. Then, like a fisherman's net, the Hoberman Sphere expanded, enlarging its jaw as it swallowed the soul core whole.
It then contracted, fully enclosing the soul core within it, unleashing its influence. The soul of the River Whale's Frenzy Parasite trembled for a second before stabilising, the effect of the influence pervaded it.