Soul Trigger

Chapter 81: Corpse Wax Fluctuation
Ji Li extracted the few spiritual essences in the frost scar to replenish his body, and carefully observed the dragon man not far away -

Honestly speaking, apart from the strange vision that was suspected to be covered by the other world, which made him feel uneasy, even those golems just now had never brought him such a strong sense of threat as the dragon man.

When facing those golems, his soul trigger only throbbed slightly, which was a threat, but not great.

But this dragon man is completely different.

The black crescent blade that had just been unsheathed was several times more powerful than the thrill he felt when he first encountered the Spider Woman in this world.

In other words, if he had not been cautious and not rushed in rashly, he would have been half dead if he had not died from the knife just now.

If you think about it carefully, these strange ruins, this door of flesh and blood, and the level of strange phenomenon that was just triggered, it seems that those things outside are not qualified to guard them.

It is obvious then that this dragon is the real guardian, and as for the golem, it is just cannon fodder and a mouthpiece.

As Ji Li pondered, a sharp ice spike slowly grew out of the palm of his icy claws, and he shot out at the dragon man.

Keng——

At a speed that even the trajectory analysis of the Ascension Protocol could not capture, the dragon man had already turned around and sat down.

At this moment, the ice spike that was cut into two pieces fell to the ground with a clang, and with a burst of sound like boiling hot oil, it was corroded by a deeper black color.

"You are indeed very strong... But you won't move until you step into this room."

"That is to say, apart from Henson outside, the truly valuable things are hidden in this room..."

Ji Li looked in the darkness at the densely packed spiritual circuits on the wall of the side room.

The spiritual circuits looked extremely complex and densely packed.

Whenever Ji Li concentrated his attention to see the direction of the circuit, as the spiritual essence inside the circuit flowed, he would suddenly feel unclear.

When I looked again, I found that those circuits had changed a bit and their direction was completely different from before.

Based on Ji Li's knowledge of the spiritual circuit 2, this should be a very sophisticated "anti-theft" method.

From an implementation perspective, this involves integrating the visual or perceptual maze circuit into the main circuit itself, creating a confusing effect and doubling the learning cost.

As for the spiritual circuit in this side room, in addition to requiring superb technology to crack, Ji Li guessed that certain conditions would also have to be met before anyone could observe it at will.

As for what the conditions are... Brother Long over there is sitting very straight.

Henson's spiritual circuit does not have such an anti-theft design.

Ji Li glanced at the flesh-punk-style door:
"...If you can't defeat this dragon and can't learn this spiritual circuit, there's no point in opening that door... Is that what you mean?"

If we have the treasure but cannot get it, then the only thing we gain from this trip is probably intelligence.

Ji Li looked at Brother Long, then simply faced him and sat cross-legged at the door, imitating his behavior.

He was going to open his soul space to see what changes had occurred after absorbing the fragment.

And just as he sat there, as his sight and angle changed, a few changes also occurred in the side room——

The spiritual circuit on the wall was flowing, and the dim light seemed to change slightly.

A strange red light shone on the dragon man's face, and the 299-year-old man was almost startled by his appearance.

The dragon man's eyes were wide open, with deathly gray pupils and light gray whites, staring at Ji Li.

Ji Li tilted his upper body to the left, and his eyes moved along with it.

Ji Li turned to the right, and his sight also deviated in the direction he was twisting.

This thing was staring at him.

But Ji Li was sitting outside at the moment and he didn't do anything.

Brother Long, my old bones can't stand you scaring me like that.

At this moment, the contents of this spiritual prison have been basically explored. Ji Li tried to contact the rats outside to come in and keep watch.

Seeing that the spiritual essence in the Frost Mark was almost exhausted, he exited the state of Dark Ice Storm.

An ice storm rose and dissipated with quite a lot of noise, but the dragon man still didn't react and just stared at him.

It was obvious that the changing red light was not just for Ji Li and Brother Long to look at each other affectionately, there must be other reasons behind it.

Ji Li followed the light and scanned the dragon man's body, his gaze naturally falling on the knife in his hand -

The knife was relatively wide and completely black. There were some serrations on the back of the knife. The overall shape was simple and exquisite, and there were some dragon scale patterns on the handle.

Ji Li was surfing the Internet some time ago and saw an international news report that some cultural relics were unearthed in Shulong, and the style of this thing was very similar.

But in Ji Li's opinion, it was just like how ordinary people look at works of art unearthed from the Stone Age.

The knife was placed flat on the knee, and the red light happened to shine right at the center of the knife.

Ji Li looked closely, and under the red light, the pitch-black blade was shining with spiritual light out of thin air——

Ectoplasm circuit?

There was no circuit pattern on the blade. Only when the red light shone on it would the spiritual circuit flow faintly, once every few breaths. Ji Li asked the Ascension Protocol to help him remember the general shape of the spiritual circuit, and asked Haozi to go back to the giant structure to get the engraving tool for him.

More than a quarter of an hour later, Ji Li tried wearing the engraving tools, and more than half an hour had passed.

He picked up a few pieces of relic stone slabs from the altar outside, flattened them with his claws, and tried to practice carving directly on them, but all failed.

"It's not that simple. A spiritual circuit is not just about shape. There are also spiritual frequency and amplifiers to be injected, as well as the choice of materials."

Ji Li removed the material container from his wrist: These materials are the most common spiritual circuit engraving materials.

But generally speaking, a decent spiritual circuit would require specific materials from the creator, not to mention the things in this strange relic...

Ji Li's eyes fell on the stone slab, and his heart moved:
How about trying this slate?

Logically speaking, the environment in the Lingbi Prison is made up of spiritual matter, so the floor tiles that were removed are naturally also made of spiritual matter.

One of the most valuable things in the Reflection World and the Limbo is the natural materials in these worlds.

Things like walls, stone bricks, mud and ash, the main source of income for those Mist Walkers, besides relying on evil, is to trade in these things.

The difference is that the real material has some anomalies.

For example, stones in the shape of genitals, excrement that emits a fragrance, bricks in the shape of human faces, etc.

Floor tiles fit this description perfectly and can interfere with vision.

With the blessing of necromancy, Ji Li directly pinched it into small pieces and ground it into powder using the tools of the engraving set.

Then use this powder to replace the material in the container and re-burn it——

This time he didn't carve on the floor tiles, but directly on his arm.

As time went by, when the last stroke was completed, Ji Li was shocked to realize that most of his spiritual essence had been lost, and a slight sense of fatigue came from the depths of his soul -

It is true that the engraving of the spiritual circuit will consume the energy and spiritual essence of the engraver, but if the spiritual circuit is engraved on a person, the strength of the person being engraved is also a very important factor.

Because during the imprinting process, the spiritual essence circuit will gradually absorb the spiritual essence of the imprinted person to fill and fuse.

Because this thing is carved for others, not for the engraver himself, it must of course be adapted to the spiritual essence.

If the depth of the Well of Soul or the purity of the spiritual essence is not up to standard, the imprint is likely to fail.

In addition, some unique spiritual circuits have more strange physical requirements. For example, the spiritual circuit suitable for the Delusion breaker may not be suitable for the Mourner.

At this moment, this spiritual essence circuit absorbed 40% of Ji Li's spiritual essence. Although Ji Li's own soul well was not known for its abundant spiritual essence, the consumption was indeed a bit too much.

The moment he raised his tool claw, the spiritual circuit quickly disappeared from his arm, and a trace of spiritual reflection passed along the circuit.

"Done?"

Ji Li raised his bone claw, sensed the strange spiritual circuit, guided the injected spiritual essence to flow, and waved it towards the wall -

Five red crescents with black backgrounds burst out and swept towards the wall, and five deep and huge claw marks were directly imprinted on it.

At the same time, it was crackling, emitting bursts of green smoke, and rapidly corroding towards the edge.

"It actually succeeded..."

He glanced at his dragon buddy who was still glaring at him:
“Thanks for the gift of nature.”

After a few more claws, Ji Li’s spiritual essence was almost exhausted.

Although the consumption was a bit high, he was very satisfied with the lethality demonstrated by the little dragon man just now. After taking a sip of the Soul Well supplement, he returned to the giant structure with satisfaction and attracted a rat -

He had previously thought of developing into an engraver, because the money came quickly, the position was high, and it was perfect for expanding his network.

Now that he has mastered a successful technique, of course he has to try it on other things.

I just don't know if this rat can withstand the power of this engraving...

In less than ten minutes, when the spiritual circuit on the Black Ice Rat was only half engraved, Ji Li heard a scream.

Its entire body exploded on the spot, and ice cubes and slag splashed all over Ji Li's face as he was concentrating.

Shushu's endurance and total spiritual essence were still too weak. Ji Li spat out the ice that splashed into his mouth.

As for the prisoner, she doesn't have much spiritual essence left and it's almost been sucked dry.

Considering that this woman might still have value in the future, Ji Li decided not to harm her for the time being.

After finishing a series of tests, Ji Li entered the soul space and saw the new features that had been unlocked:
A huge stone tablet appeared in the gray space. Ji Li walked forward and saw three marks of different shapes and directions on the tablet:
[Shadow's Hoof]

【Gift from Brother Shit】

[Dead wax fluctuations]

[Do you want to inject cognitive index and improve the spiritual circuit? ]

(End of this chapter)