"It's because she didn't release her soul form for too long. The red cheetah disappeared as soon as Freya appeared with her bamboo snake. And Freya also withdrew her soul form back, so they don't run out of mana."
"But, on second thought, I also have to recover my mana―I will meditate for a while." Arine's decision was followed by Freya, who also wanted to recover her mana.
"Okay. I will look after you." After ensuring his three colleagues meditated without hindrance, Paskha walked over to his teacher, examining up… more precisely, towards the fifth level.
"Master, does releasing the soul form consume mana?"
"Shadow power can also be named the spiritual power of a soul master, and the difference is we borrow the spiritual power from the soul beast, which is our soul form. After all, spiritual soul forms are spiritual power itself. To use and control it, of course, it will drain mana."