The flesh-and-blood structure of sixth-level wizards, along with the contents on bodily modification, gave Leilin a great deal of inspiration and insight.
Moreover, the abundant Life Energy of the Throne of Flame had greatly benefited his constitution.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at his data panel.
Several new lines of data had already refreshed on the Chip's display.
【Ding! Advanced cellular structure detected. Simulating… Host has absorbed a massive amount of Life Energy. Constitution has increased!】
【Ding! Host's soul has strengthened. Spiritual Power has reached a bottleneck. Breakthrough to Half-Moon stage!】
【Ding! Host's physical data has changed. Re-collecting…】
Below that, the Chip refreshed Leilin's updated data.
【Leilin Farell — Warlock, Fifth Rank — Bloodline: Komoan Serpent Emperor (Full Form) — Strength: 76 — Agility: 62 — Constitution: 176.9 — Spirit: 2003.5 — Mana: 2003 (Mana is synchronously determined by Spiritual Power) — Soul Force: 200 (Half-Moon)】
The breakthrough in soul force had long been within Leilin's expectations, but the explosive surge in constitution still came as a pleasant surprise.
He possessed the secret treasure of the Phoenix Egg, so a rise in soul force was no issue — as long as his constitution could keep up, everything would be fine.
It was actually rather laughable. Most warlocks saw their constitution grow far faster than their spiritual power. But Leilin was different. He progressed too quickly, his spiritual power soaring ahead, leaving his constitution far behind ages ago.
"A Half-Moon true spirit, with this level of soul force!"
Leilin's consciousness sank into his spiritual core. At this moment, his true spirit was still in that flawless, perfect state, and the cool, luminous soul force already filled half the volume of the full moon — a half-moon scene.
"This level of true spirit is already remarkably powerful. Unfortunately, compared to a sixth-level wizard, it's still quite insufficient…"
Leilin sighed, recalling the Throne of Flame's true spirit, which had blazed like the blazing sun, and the soul force that had been nearly solidified.
That degree of true spirit could be said to have reached a certain pinnacle — it could even persist for a very long time without needing a wizard's body.
Immediately after, he couldn't help but laugh at himself for being too greedy.
The path of a wizard was one of accumulation. The Throne of Flame not only outranked him in level, but had spent dozens — even a hundred — times longer pursuing the truth. Leilin was confident that once he also advanced to Dawn, his true spirit would not be one bit inferior to the other's.
"And then there's this…"
Leilin began taking stock of his spoils. When they had stormed Duze City before, he had been allocated a massive collection of treasures — part of the accumulated wealth of a sixth-level power. Even Morning Star or even Radiant Moon wizards would go mad with jealousy over it.
But for Leilin, these were all external things, and he didn't care too much about them. What caught his attention far more were the records stored in the Chip.
"Dual Soul Division?"
Leilin looked at a file within the Chip, a contemplative expression surfacing on his face. This was the benefit he had extracted from blackmailing Melinda — a terrifying technique said to be capable of splitting a wizard's true spirit!
It could divide a wizard's true spirit into two parts, forming a unified yet independently willed individual. It could even separate out unwanted emotions or memories from the wizard's original self, with extraordinary results.
"Sometimes, psychological problems truly become obstacles on a wizard's path forward. This technique would be even more effective for warlocks. I'd wager even Aofa and the others would gladly trade their entire fortunes for it…"
Leilin stroked his chin. With this soul-splitting technique in hand, they could completely separate out the bloodline-driven emotional volatility along with a split soul fragment.
In a sense, this was also a method to completely cure the emotional instability disease of warlocks. A perfectly rational warlock would retain all the original advantages while eliminating all the drawbacks — a terrifying thought. But there was still a small problem.
After the true spirit was divided in two, the split soul fragment would, in a certain sense, become an independent individual. It might even develop, just like Melinda, a will entirely its own — one deeply hostile to the original wizard.
Worse still, because they had once been one and the same, the wizard could not simply destroy the split soul fragment, as it would inevitably damage their own true spirit. They could only choose exile or suppression, which meant the隐患 remained.
"Regardless, the value of this technique is immense. If the situation hadn't been so urgent at the time, Melinda would never have handed it over to me…"
Leilin thought back to the Melinda of that time. That witch had originally been one with the Throne of Flame — it seemed something had gone wrong during the soul-splitting process, and now she had returned for revenge.
"Having lost a portion of her energy and bloodline, plus the unresolved split in her soul — even if Melinda recovers, maintaining her original strength will be extremely difficult…"
Leilin's eyes flickered with light. This was precisely the situation he had deliberately engineered.
The original will of the Throne of Flame was finished. As for Melinda, healing the damage to her soul, not to mention the physical injuries Leilin had inflicted, were no simple matters.
If she could even maintain her sixth-level rank, that would be heaven-sent.
Therefore, Leilin was certain that the Throne of Flame's forces would lie dormant for a very long time. And even if Melinda took direct control, she was not the original Throne of Flame — whether she would even come after Leilin again was an open question.