Chapter 740: Mysterious Radiance, Brand-New Ability

"When exactly did this kind of change begin?"

Xia Duo lay on his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling. Although there was no absolute proof, he really couldn't think of any other possibility besides his most recent Bloodline Awakening.

Since his Soul was rarely used in daily life, he usually perceived his Soul much like an ordinary person occasionally remembering to pick at their belly button—not very frequently.

The most recent Bloodline Awakening was at the beginning of this month, and now it was just the end of the month. He had been very busy these past two months, and he remembered clearly that the last time he perceived his Soul was last month.

At this moment, the idea he originally had of observing Belief Power through his Soul had been cast to the back of his mind; the new state of his Soul occupied his entire body and mind.

Brewing himself a cup of Bonu Tea and sniffing its fresh aroma, Xia Duo entered a state of extreme focus once again.

"It's different, it's truly different!"

In his perception, his Soul still maintained the appearance of his physical body and had not returned to an amorphous state. His entire body was emitting a faint radiance quite evenly, illuminating a small patch of space around him.

Don't look at it as just a small patch of space; compared to the Void where there was nothing before, this was a fundamental difference.

Xia Duo felt neither joy nor sorrow in his heart, maintaining his state of extreme focus. He could not maintain this state for too long and had to complete his exploration as quickly and as much as possible.

Consciousness and Will are both extensions of the Soul in specific directions, much like the different colors of light on Earth—they are just different forms of expression (frequency), while the essence remains the same (electromagnetic waves or photons).

Xia Duo tracing back from consciousness to the Soul also meant that he could treat his Soul as his consciousness. This feeling was like how, when perceiving only consciousness, one sees the Soul as an external object, but when perceiving the Soul, the Soul becomes the self.

It seemed there existed an essence closer to "Xia Duo" than consciousness, capable of moving between consciousness, Soul, and Will.

Perhaps this is existence, representing the existence of "Xia Duo"!

When Xia Duo treated his Soul as his consciousness, his perspective suddenly elevated, even covering consciousness, Will, and even the various perceptions possessed by his physical body.

Countless pieces of information swarmed in, but he was not in the least bit flustered; he simply experienced this feeling in detail.

Gradually, Xia Duo became familiar with this brand-new Soul form. He discovered that the faint radiance emitted from "on" his Soul did not originate from the Soul itself, but was a radiance sparked when an unknown force collided with the Soul.

As of now, this contact with the unknown force did not seem to cause any harm to the Soul; instead, it was like countless forging hammers continuously tempering his Soul, causing it to constantly strengthen.

This was something Xia Duo could feel within a short period of time.

It was just that he couldn't say whether this change was good or bad. It looked like it only had benefits, but he had no way of controlling whether there were any hidden dangers.

Just as he wanted to continue feeling it, his perspective instantly dropped, like a behemoth being instantly locked inside a small box, which was incredibly stifling.

Looking at the heat vaguely rising from the teacup at his side, Xia Duo rubbed his brow and let out a long breath. He then picked up the teacup and drank it in one gulp, even chewing and swallowing the Bonu Original Leaf inside that hadn't fully steeped yet.

The next instant, an icy torrent rushed straight to his brain from his throat and the tip of his tongue, instantly invigorating his somewhat listless spirit.

Then the chill gradually turned into warmth. For a moment, the scalding heat of the tea itself and the chill and warmth triggered by the tea leaves mixed together, bringing Xia Duo an unprecedented experience.

Even the stifling feeling of having just been pulled down from the high, distant perspective of the Soul to the perspective of the physical body was swept away.

"Drinking it this way is actually quite interesting, it's just a bit wasteful of tea leaves!"

Looking at the shallow layer left in the Hollow Mithril Tea Canister, Xia Duo immediately dismissed the idea of having another cup.

However, just as he was preparing to put away the tea canister, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the back of his hand; wisps of radiance were transmitting out from the surface of his skin.

Xia Duo was shocked in his heart and hurriedly checked the skin on other parts of his body; it was the same as on the back of his hand, also emitting radiance!

"How is this possible?!"

Even though his spirit was somewhat exhausted, he still endured the discomfort and forcibly entered a state of extreme focus, but was knocked out of it the next instant.

This time, detaching from the Soul perspective left Xia Duo's vision white, and he nearly fainted. Only after taking several long breaths did he recover.

But there was no doubt that the radiance emitted from his body was exactly the same as that emitted by his Soul!

This time, he didn't care about the idea of tea leaves being scarce or enjoying it slowly; he directly stuffed two pieces of Bonu Original Leaf into his mouth and began to chew.

In the gaps of his spirit slowly recovering, Xia Duo went to slowly adapt to and control the changes in his Soul, just as he had adapted to his Bloodline Ability in the past.

Gradually, when Xia Duo's mood returned to calm and he looked at his skin again, there was no more radiance transmitting out.

Although the radiance had disappeared, it brought a new problem: he saw "Cloud Qi" again, and he was observing it in his normal state.

It seemed the brand-new Soul state had brought him a new ability—being able to directly see "Cloud Qi".

If "these Cloud Qi" were truly Belief Power or Faith Power, then wouldn't he be able to directly observe Faith Power?

This was too exaggerated!

He wanted to do some more exploration, but his spirit no longer supported him in doing so. Without even needing the assistance of a mind spell, Xia Duo, who had just lain down on the bed, quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Xia Duo woke up from his deep sleep. The first thing he did upon waking was to contact the Tower Spirit, "How long did I sleep? What time is it now? Also, did anyone look for me?"

"Agent Xia Duo, sleep duration not recorded; current time is 9:00 AM; two hours ago, Mistress looked for you and contacted you 3 times!"

Xia Duo immediately checked the Alarm spell he kept on himself and found that only one day had passed, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. If he had really been unconscious for several days, things would have been serious.

Afterwards, he checked the state of his Arcane Fire combined with his Will. At this time, the Arcane Fire was running steadily, continuously drawing energy from the Magic Net and converting it into Arcane Energy for his use.

However, having slept for a day, the Arcane Fire was almost full of energy. Xia Duo immediately cast the 5th Circle Spell 【Create Arcane Crystal】, extracting more than half of the spare Arcane Energy.

It was just that the total capacity of the Arcane Fire was limited; his upper limit of more than half of his Arcane Energy converted into an Arcane Crystal was only the size of a grain of rice. Xia Duo curled his lips and threw it into his Personal Space, and the Personal Space also expanded slightly as a result.

Although it was meat from a mosquito's leg, it was all gained for free from the Magic Net; it would be a waste not to take it.

After checking himself completely, besides being able to directly see "Cloud Qi" and being able to make that radiance from the surface of his Soul appear or disappear on the surface of his skin, Xia Duo did not discover any other abnormalities.

Thinking of what the Tower Spirit just said, that Niya had looked for him three times in a row, there must be something urgent.

Xia Duo hurriedly tidied himself up and then had the Tower Spirit teleport him. As for the exploration of his Soul, it wouldn't be too late to study it after seeing Niya and returning.