Volume Dragon: Start by obtaining the Infinity Gems

Chapter 21: Mutated Mind Dragon
At this time in the astral world, Gricket's mouth, which was originally wide open, had become numb. It had been two full hours! The endless ectoplasm kept pouring into the dragon's body. She really wondered what this dragon was made of, and how could it be so pretentious?

Finally, after the dragon's entire body turned silver, the crazy ectoplasm finally calmed down. Those ectoplasms that had not yet entered seemed to be angry and tried to hit Nemesis' body unwillingly, but there was no room for them to enter.

"Is this the end?" Gricket breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that if this continued, some big guys would be attracted by the unusual movement here.

But then, what happened next made her open her numb mouth again.

As the infusion of ectoplasm was completed, the spiritual power of the astral origin began to project towards Nemesis. This was the first step a psychic must take. Except for a few high-magic creatures with special advantages, most creatures would receive psychic energy sufficient to become first-level psychics.

Psionics refers to the power consumed by psychic powers. Unlike spell levels, the use of psychic powers is very free. Like a blue-bar wizard, a psion can invest more or less psychic energy at will to release psychic powers of different powers.

For example, a ninth-ring psychic can devote all of his psychic energy to amplify a first-ring power, and can also use the same psychic energy to release a ninth-ring power.

If expressed in specific data, a first-level psychic has two power points, and releasing a first-ring psychic power requires one power point, a second-ring psychic power requires three power points, a third-ring psychic power requires five power points, and so on.

But this is not the point. The point is that at this moment, the psychic power of astral projection is simply terrifyingly huge.

Endless spiritual energy was constantly infused, even causing fluctuations in the surroundings.

"Damn, so much psychic power, what level is this dragon? A legendary psychic?" Gricket felt that reality was absurd. Even an idealist like her could not believe the scene before her.

What she didn't know was that Nemesis's psychic level started as a sixth-level warlock, and with the blessing of intelligence, his psychic points reached 51 psychic points.

With the Mind Gem's ability to increase spellcasting resources tenfold, his energy points now reached 510 points!
But even for a level 20 legendary psion, the power points are only between 350 and 400!

Therefore, in a sense, Gricket's idea was not wrong. The spiritual energy consumed by entering Nemesis was probably equivalent to that of a legendary psychic.

This is the terrifying thing about the king of the spiritual world - the power of the mind.

The huge infusion of psychic energy finally ended after half an hour. This was a benefit for beginners of psychics. From then on, whenever a psychic wanted to restore his psychic energy, he had to sleep for eight hours like a wizard to absorb enough psychic energy.

Nemesis opened his eyes, a strong silver light flashed in his eyes, and then he regained his calm.

Gricket asked hesitantly, "Are you okay?"

Nemesis shook his head and smiled, "I'm fine. I've never been better."

A light board opened in front of him, showing his latest data.
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Real name: Nemesis

Race: Variant of Tome Dragon (Mind Dragon)
Growth stage: Juvenile dragon
Physical stats – Strength: 13
Agility: 15
Constitution: 16
Intelligence: 24 (16+8)

Perception: 19 (16+3)

Charisma: 23 (16+7)

Supernatural Abilities: 3 times a day - Tome of Dragon Elemental Breath, 3 times a day - Dark Vision, Activate at will - Read Memory, Activate at will - Memory Modification, Activate at will - Common Sense Modification, Activate at will - Mind Control, 3 times a day - Psychic Gas Breath, Activate at will - Psychic Blast

Features: Immune to psychic damage, immune to mind control. Occupations: Warlock Level (Spell, Divination) - 6th level, Wizard Level - 6th level, Psion Level - 6th level

法师（术士）施法资源：戏法——随意，一环法术——13个（智力增幅8），二环法术——11个（智力增幅7），三环法术——9个（智力增幅6）

Power Points Casting Resource: 510
Activated Gem: Mind Gem
Activated ability: Control the mind, increase spellcasting resources tenfold

Witnessed the miracle: the birth of Nemesis
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The influx of ectoplasm completely changed Nemesis' body. He was now a variation of the fusion of the Tome Dragon and the vast power of the astral realm. Like many of his predecessors with alien dragon bodies, he had become a unique dragon species.

The first is the increase in attribute points of various types. All of them are strengthened by one point except intelligence, which is increased by three points, completely surpassing charm to become Nemesis' main spellcasting attribute.

At the same time, the Mind Dragon brings new supernatural abilities to Nemesis. The first is that Dragon's Breath adds the Mind Dragon's unique Mind Gas Breath, which can spit out smoke-like breath that causes mental damage.

The second is the third-ring ability that can be activated at will - Psychic Blast.

This powerful psychic power was originally exclusive to the mind flayers, but even the powerful ones can only use it three times a day.

Finally, there is the inherent characteristic of the Mind Dragon. As the controller of psychic powers, the Mind Dragon is immune to the influence of any psychic power, which is almost as exaggerated as magic immunity.

It can be said that Nemesis is now the nightmare of all psychics and psychics.

"With such a huge amount of spiritual energy, I should be able to activate the gem soon." Nemesis clenched his fists and thought as he felt the surging spiritual energy.

Since obtaining the unknown mysterious gem three years ago, Nemesis has been injecting spiritual power and excess mana into it every day, but after three years, the gem is still not fed.

Now that he has mastered psychic energy, Nemesis has an inexplicable premonition that this kind of energy is what the gem likes and needs the most.

Suddenly, a huge whale cry was heard in the distance, and a huge black shadow was rushing towards here at a very fast speed.

Gricket's face changed, and he said hurriedly, "Hurry up, it's the Celestial Whales. They are one of the most powerful psychic creatures in the Celestial Realm. They were probably attracted by the fluctuations of your promotion to a Psion just now."

The figures of the two flashed in the silver light. The moment they left, Nemesis vaguely saw the huge figure of the Star Whale rushing towards him and its eyes full of expectation.

"The astral plane is really dangerous. Will those creatures attack any spiritual being they see?" asked Nemesis after returning to reality.

At this moment, his entire body turned silver as if he was in the star realm, even the hair on his face turned silver. Any stranger who saw him would probably mistake him for a mutant silver dragon.

Gricket wiped the sweat off his face and said with lingering fear: "The psions in the Prime Material Plane are like thieves in the Astral Plane. Our bodies live in the material world, but we constantly draw energy from the Astral Plane. Many Astral Plane creatures hate us, and that astral whale is probably one of them."

Then, she looked at Nemesis solemnly and said, "Your Excellency True Dragon, I can feel the surging spiritual energy in your body, but I must remind you that there are many creatures in the astral realm that are more powerful than you, such as the giant astral whale just now. When they grow up, they can release the nine-ring supernatural power and are at the top of the astral food chain."

"The most important lesson for a psion is to never be too arrogant in the astral plane."

　Don't think that the Legendary Psion has too few power points. A nine-ring power only consumes 17 power points. In total, the Legendary Psion can release more than nine-ring powers! When I was writing it, I felt that I should weaken the power points. Later, I thought about it and realized that I couldn't compare with the official when it came to balancing. So I wrote it according to the original version.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)