" This won't work! What... if I absorb them? " He quickly put his plan in motion and tried to absorb the apparitions to make them part of him but he realized there was a barrier preventing him as they were like completely different beings. Each apparitions had a totally different structure, personality, element and everything that makes them them.They were totally different beings that exists indipendently no bonding or absorption can happen. It is only replacement.
" As expected, I am fucked up for sure! How can I be this unlucky! It is over. " His soul was sinking slowly by slowly into the abyss.
" Ding "
" Body and soul separating..."
[ 50%... 40%... 30%...]
" Body straining under many different souls..."
" This system! "
Ryan stopped the annoying notification so that he can think properly.
" Wait! wait! The book! How can I forget about it? It had absorbed my previous soul in that dimension, hadn't it? These mindless apparitions should be the same. " He recalled expectantly with a sigh.
He flicked his wrist and a book appeared on his palm. He allowed his consciousness into the book before muttering, "absorb. "
The ridges of the book's cover glowed red and a taichi symbol in the hole spun in a clockwise direction emitting spiritual energy and dark energy rays which spun in the same direction forming rings of dark energy and spiritual energy that existed indipendently without blending.
The apparitions in his body together with those in the surrounding all over the planet came flooding into the bottomless hole without resistance like a neverending river into the abyss. It was like moths attracted to light in the dark. They can't help but rush in excitedly.
" That was too close. Phew! " He heaved a sigh. " Those beings scared me silly. What are they? He asked Miao curiously.
" Those were warriors and ordinary people who died here a long time ago and sealed in this planet never to ascend to the next life. After millions of years, they have lost their intelligence only relying on their instincts like beasts now. "
" The corruption has completely eaten their essence leaving an empty husk that can not even think what is wrong or right. The abyss lords on the other hand, had taken their soul cores away. Even if they are given a chance to ascend now, they will dissipate into nothing when they passed through the void. "
" The body is like a shell that houses a soul, when the shell is taken away, the soul is left open to the outside world. They will start seeing things that are not there. As time goes by, they will find themselves being able to see the chaos, happenings and everything of the abyss and the void turning them to mindless beings. "
When someone peek into the abyss, those of the abyss also see them. A dangerous move especially to those who are living or those who encountered a premature death. The abyss is on another level of existance, a lawless land ruled by the abyss lords. Their power can not be compared to those on the immortal plane after all, those lords can annihilate powerful domains like Kreator IC999 with just a wave of their hand. All these is not new knowledge to him as Samantha had already told him many of these things.
" Why did those apparitions tried to possess me? I heard that they feed on depressed souls, since when did they start possessing passers-by? " Did Mr Blind say they feed on souls or is he not aware that they also possess? Where did he found this incomplete info? Mr Blind should do a lot of reconnaissance in these parts of the planet to provide the students with the right information, or is he really blind, a coward maybe? I need to ask him when I return to the academy.
" That is their instincts. Your body is like a house for them where they can hide from the oppression of the abyss lords who view this world through them. But by possessing you, they have to kick out the owner of the house. She answered indifferently.
" So scary! What will you do with the apparitions then or had they disappeared just like that? "
" The apparitions? They are useless to me. How can lower beings help the great me? Are you an idiot? " Miao was contemptuous. " They can only help you by bringing your constitution alive. I can only help you to refine them to match your soul aura and element then it will be easier that way in absorbing them. Since they can not ascend or think, let them help you instead. "
" They will not try to possess you again after I refine them. So no harm will come to you. On the contrary...