Chapter 124 - Manifestation (2/2)

”57?” Aurus could not help but click his tongue...well, nonexistent tongue. A soul strength of 57 was basically one-third of his full soul power, which was 188. If he could only use that much soul power when his soul was outside, wouldn't it become a disadvantage for him in the long run?

And so, Aurus tried again. This time, he willed the soul vessel to condense itself, making the white orb shrink a few degrees, while its light intensified by a few degrees as well. At this point, Aurus felt that the white orb he made had a bit of substance and heft into it, giving him a bit more confidence in his second trial.

Wham!

As he willed the white orb to hit the stone plate this time, a crashing sound resounded throughout the room, albeit very faint. Nonetheless, that made the tower light up more cavities of light than before, seemingly doubling compared to his first try.

A few seconds later, the monotonous voice resounded once more.

”The inheritor has hit the stone plate for the second time. The inheritor has achieved a soul strength of 135. The inheritor still has one more try.”

Seeing a great improvement as to how much soul strength he could exert in the real world, Aurus was somewhat excited. He looked at the shape of the soul vessel for a bit and thought that a ball hitting a flat surface like a stone plate would be detrimental to his final score.

Hence, with the feeling he got as he condensed the white orb into a denser white orb, he willed the soul vessel to change its shape, turning from an orb into a white pillar of sorts. To be honest, it could be described as a glistening white pestle rather than a white pillar.

Nonetheless, it would allow Aurus' soul strength to come out more in hitting the stone plate. Raising the white pestle up high with his command, he urged the pestle to slam on the stone plate very hard, causing a rumble to occur.

Rumble...

Crash!

As that happened, the stone plate started to crack a bit, but was able to withstand the force hidden behind the white pestle, making almost every cavity of light intensify in its radiance afterwards.

Of course, without missing a beat, the monotonous voice of the inheritance resounded once more, revealing Aurus' final result.

”The inheritor has hit the stone plate for the third time. The inheritor has achieved a soul strength of 211. The inheritor has cleared the third trial without any hiccups.”

”211...” After hearing this number come from the monotonous voice, Aurus felt intense shock course through his body as he thought up of a possible conclusion as to why the value exceeded his current soul power.

”That's impossible. Perhaps 2 points of soul strength is equal to 1 point of soul power,” Aurus tried to calm himself down as he thought of this conclusion. Although he was very excited for the reward, the shock of achieving a number greater than his current soul power somewhat befuddled his mind. Around 30 seconds later, he was back to his rational and calm self, sighing as he muttered, ”If that were the case, I have only exerted over 100 points of soul power. Then again, that's enough to clear the trial but...”

At this moment in time, Aurus had ideas of using his soul as a supportive attack, or even a main attack that could allow him to fight while conjuring his spells. With this thought in mind, he decided that he would make soul attacks a low priority for now, he still had to level up his skills, raise his level to max level, raise his allies to max level, as well as work on the three other systems he had. Oh wait, he was already max level after all the killing he had done.

”I'll just devise a plan regarding my methods of getting stronger after I leave the inheritance,” Aurus said to himself as the monotonous voice resounded for the very last time.

”The inheritor has cleared the third trial, the Trial of Soul Strength, with flying colors, exceeding the amount needed to fully reap the rewards by a few times. Due to this, the reward and the key given to the inheritor shall be boosted in order to be equivalent to the effort shown by the inheritor.”

”Oh? So the key isn't the only reward?” Aurus asked himself. No matter what reward it was, it was better than only getting the key from the inheritance.

”The inheritor's reward for the final trial shall be a great skill book regarding the manipulation of the wielder's soul, as well as a Gold grade key of the inheritance, deeming the inheritor as a 1st Class Ruler Candidate.”

”Not only that, after taking every trial cleared by the inheritor into consideration, the inheritor shall also receive...”

”A Comprehension Leaf of the Transcending grade.”

Hearing the rewards that he would get for clearing the trial made Aurus at a loss for words. But when he heard about the Comprehension Leaf being mentioned, he could not help but say, ”Ah.”

”I totally forgot about the Comprehension Leaf.”