Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Meanwhile, just as Hughes was meditating to recover his mental strength, Leibni, who was in the corner, had already come to the side of the unconscious bloodline wizard.

Seeing that he was about to begin extracting souls, neither Hughes, who was in meditation, nor the other two showed any intention of leaving.

They had never set foot in this laboratory before; they only came here because the experimental subject had a problem.

Therefore, since they had never witnessed Leibni's methods of extracting souls before, they were determined to see it for themselves today.

Seeing that everyone wanted to watch, Leibni didn't say anything, and then simply raised his right hand.

The next moment, he began to chant incantations, and his thin right hand flashed and became somewhat transparent, emitting a faint white light.

"It's... the Hand of Spirit Touch!"

Upon seeing this, Gak exclaimed in surprise.

"Wizard Leibni, so this is how you've been extracting souls all along?"

There are many ways to extract a soul, but the most efficient and riskiest method is to directly "pull" the target spirit out, thereby bringing out the soul.

After all, the spirit is the vessel of the soul, the form in which the soul manifests in the material world, and the medium through which wizards touch the soul.

(Yes, I did some research and this is the most common explanation I found, so I've decided to use this one for the setting.)

Of course, this is not dragging in the physical sense.

Instead, it requires the use of the "Spirit Touch Hand"—a form of witchcraft that allows the palm to directly touch the soul's substance—to separate the target's spirit from their physical body.

To use this method, the wizard not only needs to be able to thoroughly analyze the target's soul structure, but also needs to pay close attention to the points of compatibility between the soul and the physical body during the extraction process.

Only when the fit between each node is at its weakest can the spirit be peeled away bit by bit.

The most terrifying thing is that once you start, there's no turning back.

Even the slightest mistake during the process can damage the target's soul, making it impossible to retract it into their body.

On the other side, Leibni suddenly lowered his head, staring intently at the bloodline wizard, his eyes flashing with white light.

The next moment, he instantly reached his right hand into the top of the other person's head.

"call out--"

The moment the fingertips touched, a faint white light flashed, and then the already blurred right hand went straight through the slippery scales and probed into the depths of the other's consciousness.

"Buzz..."

Soon after, Leibni's eyes narrowed instantly. With a slight movement of his right hand, he slowly drew out a very faint, pale white phantom from the top of the bloodline wizard's head—the wizard's spirit.

Soon, as the spirit was slowly drawn away, a complete human head was revealed.

However, this was not the hideous snake head, but the head of an ordinary-looking male human—clearly, the original appearance of this bloodline wizard.

As soon as it was pulled out, the spirit head began to struggle violently, emitting shrill screams.

"Ah!! Ah!!!"

But this obviously couldn't affect Leibni, who had already erected a mental barrier around himself.

The shrieks of the soul did not disrupt his rhythm. His movements were sometimes fast and sometimes slow, gradually drawing the other's spirit out of its body.

Soon, the spirit's neck, chest, and legs detached from its body, and a complete spirit was thus pulled out intact.

At the same time, Gak quickly activated the device, sucking the spirit into the glass enclosure.

"Absolutely perfect, Your Excellency Leibni."

Looking at the data displayed on the device, Jak exclaimed in genuine admiration.

"This time you've achieved an extraction rate that's almost 100% again."

Leibni nodded upon hearing this and said nothing more.

"..."

Hughes and the others then began to analyze and process the spirits and the secret source in preparation for the start of the fusion experiment.

And so, two months later...

"ah--!"

With a piercing scream, the spirit completely merged with the secret source, reshaping into a humanoid blue particle body.

This time, however, there was almost no free soul energy visible around the particle, and it remained quietly in place without resistance.

Seeing this, Gak quickly looked at the crystal screen in front of him, and then said in surprise:

"Integration rate 90.1%, as for sanity—it's only 60.1%!"

Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look.

"Hooray, we finally see a glimmer of hope for success! Hooray... This is the culmination of fifteen years of experimentation! (Including the research before Hughes joined)"

Jak burst into wild laughter.

"Guys! If it weren't for this experiment, I'd love to grab you all right now and have a good drink of our dwarven's strongest liquor!"

As a member of the Fugri Spire, no one was more eager for his research to yield results than him, even if it wasn't done using orthodox methods.

Ysera stipulated that if this method were to be used, the fusion degree between the secret source and the soul must reach 90% or higher.

As for rationality, it should be maintained above 60%.

Within this range, not only can the merged Source possess considerable independent thinking ability, but it is also convenient for Ysera to control it.

But at that moment, Lawrence poured cold water on the idea.

"It's still a long way off; the soul of a second-level wizard is the real hurdle."

Their ultimate goal is to merge the soul of a second-level wizard with the secret source, and to maintain this data.

Then, the fused source of secrets was fused with the ice elemental body that Ysera had purchased.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone fell silent, including Gack, who had just been ecstatic.

Lawrence was right. Once they reached the final stage, what awaited them was the soul of a second-level wizard and the secret source of a second-level wizard.

Each of these is on a higher level than him.

Once the experiment begins, not only will the difficulty of fusion increase dramatically, but there may also be constant, potentially fatal dangers.

Most importantly, they have to succeed on their first try.

After all, not to mention that level two secret sources are difficult to synthesize, even the spirit body of a level two wizard is said to have been obtained by Ysera at a great cost...

Therefore, if they fail, they will not only face the fatal risk of the experiment going out of control, but they may also have to endure Ysera's wrath.

"..."

After the experiment, the four people left one after another.

At that moment, Hughes glanced around, then quickly walked in the direction Jacques had gone...

"The Wizard of Gak..."

Soon, Hughes flew away from the Fugri Spire and found Gack, who was flying towards the dormitory area.

"What's wrong, Wizard Hughes?"

Upon hearing Hughes call his name, Jacques turned his head and stopped, suspending himself in the air.