Thousand-Faced Dragon

Chapter 456 The Self-Destroyer

"The world is made up of elements."

"Everything in the world can basically be analyzed into the basic particles of elements."

"A breathing hole? A circulation path that even inanimate objects can have? It sounds like a circulation path for elemental particles. What he shattered might be the fundamental stability of matter."

The Rean family doesn't support idlers, so new employees naturally have to work overtime. Well, the truth is that after Rean returned home, he immediately sought advice and information from professionals.

A professional Evolutionist is a true polymath. Perhaps her combat prowess is at the bottom among archmages, but her pursuit and accumulation of extraordinary power and knowledge are absolutely top-tier.

What Rean finds most incomprehensible right now is the way Wu's soul power works.

Ai Li reminded him that he must try his best to analyze the essence of the other party's soul while the spirit is still alive.

The collapse of the breathing vents, the disruption of life's self-circulation, is something Rean can understand.

But why can this ability be used on inanimate objects, and why is it more effective on living people?

Alley's statement is not just random speculation, but a reinterpretation of the classic elemental theory of the world. This school of thought attributes everything in the world to the composition and circulation of elements, and uses the composition of elements to explain all extraordinary powers.

Rean paused for a moment, recalling his mentors' conversation about what to do if he encountered such a situation.
"But this soul-mind ability and soul-mind technique can shatter the soul."

"Ahhh, the soul? I mean, that's the case in most situations."

Sure enough, Ai Li panicked.

For ardent fans of the classic element conception theory, simply asking whether the "soul" exists and how it functions is enough to elicit an amusing expression from them.

Various magical techniques have verified the existence of the soul, but is the soul an element? Does reincarnation exist? If the soul is not composed of elements, then wouldn't the theory of elemental world-building have a clear counterexample?
The soul is the core of supernatural power. If your theory cannot explain this source of supernatural power, then isn't there a big problem with your theory?
Seeing the half-elf, who had been aloof and indifferent to his own treatment since they met, blushing and spouting absurdities, Rean couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Ah"

However, in academic discussions, such a light chuckle can be a sarcastic remark that sends blood pressure soaring, especially when the other person is feeling guilty.
"Did Alcaste tell you this? I always said that the theories of creation by spirits and the union of light and darkness are metaphysics! They are completely unreliable theories from the old era."

Uh, why are you calling her by her first name now? Even if everyone knows there's something wrong with your father-daughter relationship, you should at least put on an act.

But it seems that Rean really did touch a sore spot. He kept saying a lot of things that Rean didn't understand, but there was one thing that Rean understood: Alcaster and Ari's academic directions were probably two conflicting theoretical disciplines from the very beginning.

"No, it's not him, it's another spellcasting mentor. He's much stronger than Professor Alcaster (Rean whispers: although he probably can't beat him)."

Alchemists are another discipline that must study the fundamental theories of the world's composition. However, their theories are relatively conservative. Although they acknowledge some of the basic elements that constitute the world, they also believe that elements can be transformed into other "conceptual possessions" in specific places.

One branch of them, the potion makers, are those who refine those "concepts" into targeted potions.

Alchemists, on the other hand, are the type who don't dwell on things. They are true practitioners; even if they don't know why something works, as long as it works and can be used, that's enough for them.

"I understand. As long as it works, I'll keep this theory for now."

Wu, being illiterate, explained everything as his instincts, as the pulse of life. He believed that as long as the theory was self-contained and the consciousness was firm enough, the power of the soul could turn the impossible into the possible.
But Rean is different; he needs to understand more deeply in order to fully control his soul abilities.

"Aili's theory can only explain a part, a very small part."

"This is a sorrowful yet powerful force of the soul; it is his yearning."

The theory of elements constituting the world is a purely physical theory that directly denies the existence of the soul and the emotions derived from it.

This theory fails to explain Wu's power; if it truly reaches the level of shattering fundamental particles, Wu could directly slaughter gods. In Rean's eyes, who gradually came to understand him, Wu was a killer, but even more so, a suicidal one.
“Listen.”

Rean placed his hand on the stone statue and heard the sound of "life flowing" within it.

"Sure enough, it's so noisy."

Rean understood Wu's catchphrase; he probably genuinely found it very noisy, extremely noisy.

When it comes into contact with an inanimate object, it infuses it with its own energy, which is both a reconnaissance radar and a communication network—a "nervous system" forcibly injected into the inanimate object.

At that moment, Wu heard sounds coming from inside the other person's body, the sound of life flowing through them.

He made his opponent a part of himself and then destroyed him!

"Mobilizing that neural network of energy to forcibly self-destruct. That must be the phantom pain of suicide."

Rean thought Wu was completely insane. He understood his opponents, even inanimate objects, and was simply taking them to their deaths. If it was an inanimate object, he would give it life first and then kill it.

He died repeatedly, was forcibly resurrected repeatedly, and then died again.

Is living really that painful? Or is it that pain is necessary to confirm that one is still alive?

Such a self-destructive individual only brings destruction, but if no one kills him, he will kill anyone who stands in his way.

Even a demon lord as powerful as a god would die in this madness.

"Okay, I can't learn it."

Rean was now certain that this was not a path he could take; it was simply too insane.

However, if modified and combined with other techniques, such as the resonance of the heartbeat or the prosthetic limbs of Kamen Rider, it might become a powerful weapon.

Rean was destined not to reach the end of this path, just like the other heroic souls. It was the culmination of their ultimate lives.

Rean had initially thought that he could just use it to a minimum and take the opportunity to learn more techniques. But Ellie reminded him that if he didn't fully integrate it into his own combat system, he would only ever have a superficial grasp of it.

"My Thousand Faces, Multi-Headed Dragon talent allows me to simultaneously operate multiple soul abilities and assemble them into combat components, which is the most complete path."

Having easily become a fourth-tier monk, Rean was even more eager to become a Grand Knight as soon as possible. Once his main profession reached a higher level, progress in his other sub-professions would become much easier.

But now, it seems impossible to advance to the next level.

Although both are "anger," Su'er's anger and Wu's anger are completely different.

Suer's anger is the anger of the injustice, the igniter who has found his direction, while Wu's anger is that he hates only himself, and perhaps the world as well.

"Great love and small love, uh, great hatred and small hatred?"

During the period when Wu possessed him, influenced by his heroic spirit, he probably couldn't truly understand "great hatred," and thus naturally couldn't become a true Great Holy Knight.

Of course, it's not impossible for a monk to advance to a high-level profession, but if circumstances allow, Rean still hopes that the paladin will become his main profession.

(End of this chapter)