Wizards begin by accessing the Inspiration panel.

Chapter 154 Spirit Reincarnation Ritual

Looking at the empty cave hall where only he remained, Richard regained his composure and walked to the side of the Spider Woman Shadra's corpse.

The Spider Woman's corpse still exuded a terrifying aura. Because she was still in a fused state with the Human-Faced Demon Spider, her entire size was also exceptionally large.

Especially the lower half of its body, which is entirely the abdomen of a human-faced demon spider, while the upper half of its body is an extremely graceful human woman. The two are so naturally integrated that they give people an unusual sense of beauty.

If the goddess Rose, worshipped in the Underdark, truly exists, then one cannot help but marvel at her magnificent divine power.

Its lower body has long, thin, dark limbs that emit a faint glow, clearly indicating their extreme hardness. The two pairs of bladed arms on its upper body are even sharper, still gleaming with a cold light.

Crystal, however, was still fast asleep, her body pressed against the Spider Woman's face.

"Crystal, Crystal?" Richard whispered Crystal's name in his mind.

"What's wrong, Daddy?" a childlike voice rang out, and Richard could even picture a little girl half-asleep.

Richard couldn't help but chuckle and asked, "Why are you asleep?"

"I just finished a big meal and I feel really sleepy. Besides, Dad, you're busy doing 'naughty' things with someone, so I'm going to bed now!"

Richard was immediately embarrassed! This little brat actually knows about this?

"Um, this is a secret! It's just a little secret between you and your dad."

"Uh-huh."

"Can you let Stephania out now? Daddy has something he wants to ask her."

"Okay, is five minutes enough?"

"That's enough."

After a rustling sound.

"Master, it's me!" Stephania's familiar voice came, her voice tinged with joy and excitement.

"You told me before that you wanted to find the corpse of a Spider Woman, which was really too difficult. But by chance, I found you a Spider Woman's corpse this time, but..."

"Ah!!! Thank you so much, Master, but what is it?" It was clear that Stephania was almost crying with joy.

"No need to thank me, but the other party died while in a state of fusion with the Human-Faced Demon Spider. I don't know if transferring your soul there could break this state, so..."

Richard was interrupted by an excited Stephena before he could finish speaking.

"Master, it's alright, it's alright. Even if it can't be removed, I don't mind. It's just a little ugly. As long as I'm strong enough, it doesn't matter." Stephania seemed a little incoherent, perhaps worried that she would miss this opportunity.

Richard was surprised that Stephanie agreed without hesitation.

After a while, Stephania seemed to have regained some control of her emotions and spoke:

"I've seen information about the Spider Woman fusion in ancient books at home. The Spider Woman fusion is one of her strongest forms. Master, finding a recently deceased Spider Woman fusion corpse in the outside world is incredibly difficult. Master, you are truly amazing!"

"Master, how did you obtain such a corpse? Can you tell me?"

Richard, feeling a little smug listening to Stephena's flattery, said, "Stop flattering me. Since there are no problems on your end, I can start preparing for the spirit incarnation ritual now."

"Okay, thank you, Master. You've worked hard." Stephania couldn't contain her excitement and thanked her repeatedly.

Richard brought up the Inspiration panel, and saw in the [Witchcraft] section: Spirit Reincarnation Ritual (Beginner 1%)

The spirit rebirth ritual is currently only at the very beginning stage.

This is normal. Even at Gurus Academy, the spirit rebirth ritual is a relatively niche form of witchcraft, and there are not many apprentices who study it. Moreover, it is even rarer to find a witch apprentice who can master it to the level of proficiency or above.

Richard has never upgraded it since he acquired it, because there's really not much use for this ritual.

Clearly, the Spider Woman's corpse is a rare sight. If Richard wants to ensure the success of Stephena's reincarnation ritual, he must first improve his control over the spirit reincarnation ritual.

If Richard hadn't received a large amount of energy points this time, he might have hesitated about how much control he should exercise over the ritual.

Now, this problem no longer exists. Richard plans to directly push the spirit rebirth ritual to its limit before making any further decisions.

[Host detected practicing Level 0 sorcery spirit rebirth ritual. Do/Do you wish to consume energy to gain inspiration for practicing the Level 0 sorcery spirit rebirth ritual?]

Richard didn't hesitate to drag the slider to 10000 and select "Yes!"

With a dizzying sensation, Richard's soul arrived in the dream space. This time, he found himself in a spacious underground hall. In the center of the room was a blurry figure, who was bending over and carefully drawing something on the ground.

The next second, he possessed the figure. As soon as he was possessed, he realized that he was drawing a witch array for a spirit reincarnation ritual.

The shape of this magic circle was different from the inverted pentagram (summoning magic circle) and hexagram (teleportation circle) that Richard used before.

The shamanic array for the spirit rebirth ritual is a circle with an outer diameter of about three meters, containing two standard squares. The four vertices of one of the squares are located at the six, nine, twelve, and three o'clock positions on the circle.

The other square is the original square rotated 45 degrees clockwise.

Only after this witchcraft array has been drawn accurately can the next step be taken.

Although this was Richard's first time describing this witch array, his previous experience with summoning witch arrays allowed him to learn it very quickly.

Especially with the support of a massive amount of inspiration, Richard's improvement speed was simply like a rocket.

Richard drew the Reverse Witch Array again and again, each time becoming smoother than the last, from stumbling and faltering before to completing it in one go now.

After an unknown amount of time, Richard was able to easily complete the step of drawing the witch array.

After completing the drawing of the magic circle, the next step is to sketch out all eight runes of the spirit reincarnation ritual in one's mind and construct them into a magic model.

As he began to sketch, Richard soon understood the meaning of the eight runes.

These eight runes correspond one-to-one with the eight points on the two squares of the witch array.

Richard began to sketch the eight runes in his mind.

Having already drawn runes so many times, Richard grasped the knack of creating his first rune after several attempts.

With the help of a wealth of inspiration, the first rune in the spirit rebirth ritual was successfully drawn in less than three attempts!

After quickly sketching out the first rune, Richard continued to sketch out the second rune in his mind.

Next came the third and fourth runes.

After hundreds of attempts, Richard finally managed to draw the eighth rune!

Thus, a complete model of a spirit rebirth ritual was constructed from these eight runes.

The second step is complete. Next is the third step, which is also the most crucial step.

The third step requires placing the corpse needed for reincarnation between two squares, while simultaneously inserting the spirit into the corpse using witchcraft.

The higher the degree of control over the spirit rebirth ritual, the greater the compatibility between the spirit and the new body after the ritual is successful.

However, if the compatibility between the spirit and the new body is already low, then even with a high degree of control, it's already quite good if you can ensure the ritual doesn't fail.

Seemingly sensing that Richard was about to proceed with the third step, a phantom, combined form of Spider Woman's corpse appeared naturally in the space, along with a motionless spirit form of Stephania beside her.

So Richard began the third step of the process.

Richard moved the Spider Woman in her combined form to the very center of the magic array. At the same time, eight intermediate-level magic stones were created out of thin air at the intersection of the outer ring of the magic array and the vertices of the two squares, serving as the energy supply for the entire magic array.

Of course, since Richard is currently in a dream, this process only requires Richard to think about it, and the eight intermediate magic stones will be automatically generated and placed.

Soon after, accompanied by Richard's chanting of spells, the elaborately drawn magic circle on the hall floor began to shimmer with a pale green light.

Mental energy was injected into the magic array at a special frequency through the spiritual reincarnation ritual model in the mind, and immediately, the center of the magic array shone brightly with green light.

Richard focused his mental energy on Stephana's spirit, and instantly, her spirit was drawn into the air by the energy of the magic array and quickly began to be stuffed into the Spider Woman's body.

But soon after, with a scream from the spirit, it vanished into thin air!

The spirit rebirth ritual failed!

Normally, in reality, if such a ritual fails, it will cause a certain backlash to the caster. The severity of the backlash depends on the caster's strength; the stronger the caster, the lighter the injury.

But in the dream world, Richard doesn't have to worry about getting hurt at all.

After some thought, Richard began his attempt again.

The second attempt failed!

The third time, a failure!

After dozens of attempts, Richard frowned.

He had a slight idea of ​​why it failed. Stephena's spider woman bloodline was a bonus for this spirit rebirth ritual. According to Richard's scoring, it would be +10 points.

However, the key issue is that the corpse that Stephanie is to reincarnate into this time is a combined corpse, which is troublesome. The compatibility between the human and the Spider-Man is obviously very, very low, so low that points should be deducted. Richard's score would be -80 points.

Therefore, with this combination, the score drops to -70 points, and the success rate is less than 30%!

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A 30% success rate was clearly far from enough. Before Richard could continue thinking, his soul rapidly returned from the dream to his body.

Richard brought up the Inspiration panel and saw that the [Witchcraft] section showed "Spirit Reincarnation Ritual (Master, 89%)".

Although there were no special effects, Richard felt that he had gained a deep understanding of the spirit reincarnation ritual. It seemed that no matter how low the compatibility was, he had a 20% or 30% chance of successfully carrying out the ritual.

Given this, Richard thought for a moment and then chose to continue with the ritual to enhance the spirit's reincarnation.

[Host detected practicing Level 0 sorcery spirit rebirth ritual. Do/Do you wish to consume energy to gain inspiration for practicing the Level 0 sorcery spirit rebirth ritual?]

Without hesitation, Richard dragged the slider back to 10000 and selected "Yes!"

With a dizzying sensation, Richard's soul arrived in the dream space. Looking at the illusory, combined Spider Woman corpse in the space, and the motionless spirit form of Stephania beside him, Richard continued to practice step three.

After hundreds or thousands of experiments.

Richard felt he had broken through some kind of boundary; it seemed that no matter how poorly the two were compatible, Richard could forcibly reincarnate his spirit into a corpse.

However, even if successful, whether the spirit can properly control the body is another matter entirely.

Moreover, if the compatibility is too poor, there will be a strong rejection reaction, which Richard cannot solve no matter how high his level of control over the reincarnation ritual is.

With a dizzying sensation, Richard's soul returned from the dream to his body.

Upon opening the Inspiration panel, I saw that the [Witchcraft] section displayed "Spirit Reincarnation Ritual (Limit)".

After thinking for a moment, Richard said to Stephanie, "Let's begin now!"

"Okay, thank you, Master!"

Because Richard had already drawn the magic circle for the spirit reincarnation ritual thousands of times in the dream, he completed the magic circle almost in one go, taking only a few minutes, to Stephanie's astonishment.

Stephena initially thought Richard was just being perfunctory, but after carefully examining the magic array Richard had drawn several times with her meager knowledge of magic arrays, she couldn't find a single flaw.

It was then that she realized her understanding of Richard was far too superficial.

After Richard finished drawing the diagram, he dragged the Spider Woman's corpse to the center of the two squares of the witch's array, preparing to begin the reincarnation process. After all, he was extremely familiar with the entire reincarnation process.

However, unlike in the dream, in the real-life witch array, Richard still needs eight intermediate magic stones to be placed at the intersection of the outer ring of the witch array and the two square vertices as the energy supply for the entire witch array.

In the dream, this process only requires Richard to think for eight intermediate magic stones to be automatically generated and placed, but this is obviously not possible in reality.

After placing the intermediate magic stones, a short while later, accompanied by Richard's deep chanting, the carefully drawn magic circle on the ground began to shimmer with a pale green light.

Richard's mental energy, through the spiritual reincarnation ritual model in his mind, began to be injected into the magic array at a special frequency, and immediately, the center of the magic array shone brightly with green light.

Suddenly, Richard turned to look at the location of Stephanie's spirit. Stephanie felt that Richard's eyes were like black holes as he stared at her. Immediately, she felt an invisible, enormous force lift her entire spirit up and fly into the air.

The next second, he was directly stuffed into the combined form of the Spider Woman's corpse.

At this moment, the green light became so dazzling that it was impossible to look directly at it!

A few seconds later, the entire magic array seemed to have exhausted its energy and suddenly became dim and lifeless.

It's like entering a period of deep reflection.

(End of this chapter)