There are three different forms a Soul can achieve which one being stronger than the last. These are Soul Essence, True Essence, and Sacred Essence
Soul Essence is a transformation that unlocked when a Soul has adopted to its own physical or non-physical body.
True Essence is unlocked when a soul has found or created their own purpose in life.
Finally, Sacred Essence can be only be unlocked when a Soul has chosen the path to transcend beyond their own limit.
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"Shit!" Efriet yelled.
He twisted his head at the rest of the Souls and said, "Hey, let's team up!"
"Fuck you," said Bo lackadaisically as he raised a middle finger. "I'm gonna take a nap, while you guys fight with that chick. Later."
Bo then began to sink into the ground. While that was happening, Gun suddenly popped out from under the soil and got some air.
"Aaaaahhhh!"
She then landed squarely on her face.
"Oof."
The others looked at him as if he was crazy, while Eden and Aqua just played dead on the ground.
"The Hel?!" Efriet inquired in rage for the first time. "What's the matter with you all!?"
The ember around him erupted and turned blue, and his eyes changed white.
"Whatever, I'll-"
The next second, his head was rolling on the ground with a red mist exiting his neck.
Eden suddenly opened his eyes and saw his brothers head laying on the ground.
"Guess I wasn't the only one that was getting cut off. But you got it literally," Eden said sarcastically. "Bet that feels better than being poisoned."
"But.. damn.." Eden said weakly as he slowly got on his knees. "You look like a loser!"
Eden tapped into Soul Essence for the second time. He was displaying a maximum output of his what his Soul could handle.
Efriet just a while ago unlocked True Essence and his was swiftly killed. So what could Eden do in that state?
Simple, nothing.
His display of energy made the ground freeze and turn into solid ice as his aura made the air chilling and frost everyone's lungs.
Eden began to walk towards Transcendent while everyone else just looked at him like he was a idiot. The next second, he fell on the ground; headless.
"That does fight him," said Llina as sucked on her thumb.
Transcendent hadn't yet moved from her position, but still she was doing damage. That was how fast she was. Faster than sight.
This was also just fifty percent of her power in her normal form. That was not all.
The rest of Souls were decapitated all at once.
Transcendent made a quite disappointed face at this.
Now, there should be a Notification about Quest being complete. But it didn't.
She then began to approach the bodies and started to count the heads. In total, there were seven.
That meant two more were alive.
"HHHHHHEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYY!!" Kyo yelled as if he was going burst his lungs.
This bought Transcendent attention else where to a dome of metal a few meters away.
The next second, the dome sliced in half.
Suddenly, Transcendent's eyes widen.
Kyo was still standing, headless. He had his head in his hand and his body pointed at it.
The head then said, "You did this, bitch?!"
Kyo wasn't an overpowered Soul. But he did have overwhelming willpower that none of Souls could match.
"Damn you," said Kyo angrily as he tossed his head at Transcendent.
The head was then sliced in half but the came after her her. Kyo's body was right infront of her as he was about to throw a jab. His fingers tightly clenched together to the point they showed veins as well as the read mist exiting his body.
But then it was sliced in a million pieces and pieces of flesh flied past Transcendent.
She then showed another expression of disappointment.
Yet, even after being chopped up, Kyo was still persistent. The pieces of flesh began to hope up and down and head towards Transcendent.
She then smite lightning down on the cubes of flesh and they were evaporated.
Suddenly, a silhouette emerged from the grond below.
"*Yawn* Nap'time's over," said Bo.
He then began to look around and saw all the head less Souls. Bo couldn't do anything but peer in astonishment was at the same time not surprised.
He smirked and said, "I expected that much from a Divine-Grade Weapon, or I may have expected more though."
Suddenly, Transcendent's hand shifted slightly.
Bo saw and anticipated what meant. Yet, hewas to slow to counter or even move.
Bo was then sliced in half which should be the end of it. Or was it?
Bo's lower body erected roots, reaching out to be upper half. The roots planted their selfs into upper half and reattached it to the bottom.
"*Sigh* I saw it, yet I couldn't move. Impressive but disappointed at myself for being so weak."
Transcendent was left in shock, registered by the widen of her eyes.
"(I have quite a disability. My Mana and physical prowess is abnormally low. The allow thing that I have above the rest are semi-immortality and my intelligences?)"
Be was recognized as the weakest Soul Weapon, only being able to destroy a large planet. On the other hand, Transcendent was the strongest and could destroy a whole star to a large solar system.
"Huh?" Bo inquired.
He dropped his gaze to the ground where he saw his arm was chopped in two and was releashing a bright green mist.
"*Sigh*"
Bo simply reattached it to his body with roots that came out of remaining part of his hand his body.
He inquired inwardly, "(Now, how do I overcome this foe? Oh, I have the answer.)"
Bo raised his hand and suddenly in a hundred meter radius, the ground be to levitate. Large trees and bushes grew turning the place into a abnormal jungle that was from another world, which it was.
"(.. I can't. This wall his simply too large for me to climb.)"
"(With my supremely lame capabilities, I'm unable to match the others. So I stand no chance against this beast. Yet, my chances of surviving is over seventy precent. So I'll increase my chances by patienly chipping the wall away.)"
Observing the situation, his chances of surviving was accurately seventy precent. Now in his own territory this percentage would increase.
But then lightning strikes from above and setting the woods on fire, disabling his one advantage of cover
The trees then severed in half as a powerful slash of electric energy came towards Bo.
Bo, seeing the attack jumped into air, yet knew that was a heavy mistake. He had no choice though since it take to long to duck.
Bo landed on a branch and his worries eased as he saw no sign of Transcendent. But he was out of the woods yet - literally.
Bo suddenly felt a chill behind his neck. He began to sweat from the pure terror he felt from his heart.
He smirked, "Damn. Her aura is utterly terrifying."
Bo turned his gaze and saw a Monster behind. It was Transcendent and she was surprisely angry.
But for reason, Bo's chances increase for a zero percent to a ten percent chance of survival.
Bo has a disability where he is unable to release all his power. He believes it is because it's just low but it was on par with Transcendent at Fifteen precent power, or even a hundred. Not being able to used this sealed talent meant that he was weak.
Transcendent was then blast away, and was flying towards the sky and then exited atmosphere with the heat burning her body slightly.
She suddenly halted. Some of her face was burnt off. Not because he atmosphere burnt her but the pure power of the blast that set her out of it. Parts were her left eye and the right side of her jaw which showed her canines, molar and premolars with the all releashing a white hue.
Transcendent just floated in space and peered down at the planet that had a population density of for one.
Something flashed in her eyes and suddenly a wide smile came across her face. She once has the face of an angel but now, she possessed the grin of a demon.
A ear-to-ear smile which seems to tear her face. Her aura turned black and suffocating. The presence along was immense that it would fell anyone else with dread.
This is a brief explanation of a Souls anatomy. A soul in a human or any other physical entity is contained in what keeps the alive, like the heart. This meaning that their either mist or liquid form, but most times can turn or be both.
A soul a physical body as five parts that allow them to be active but a Soul without a body is just empty. These Souls can not be contained in the Physical Realm and most be placed in the Astral Planes.
To simplify it a true Soul does not have a physical form or body and in turn can be anything that it desires to be.
Another object then exited the atmosphere. It was Bo
He was surrounded by a green aura and the feeling that he possessed the aptitude to control nature was obvious.
Bo felt if he had dominion over life, progress and existence in the grasp of his palm. No, his whole body.
Soul Essence was the equivalent to Awakening for a entity possessing a System.
Seeing this, Transcendent infused with the properties of plasma. The amount of plasma lit up a small area aroma her, which should be impossible in space. In space there is no atmosphere to scatter light which means there must be an atmosphere.
Transcendent of charging her weapon realized that she could breathe knew this was the work of Bo.
"Ahh, why did I even come out her. She's lucky that her body is strong enough not to freeze," said Bo.
Transcendent swang her sword at Bo's neck. A burst of white light of electric energy which was moving at the speed of light.
In a instant at the speed faster than light, the aftermath was devasting. All comets, planets and stars were destroyed, scaling this feat to 4-A, Multi-Solar System Level and Faster Than Light Speeds.
But where was Bo?
Transcendant was also wondering. this her self as she started to look around confused expression.
"Yo, I'm up here," Bo called.
Transcendent looked behind her and to saw at most fifty gigantic entities that ware the size of three planet, stacked on each other.
A small creature that had wings went up to Transcendent's right ear. It looked like a pufferfish with big eyes and long mouth.
"I seriously hope you don't have fetish for feet because.." it said in Bo voice.
The next second, she was stomped by one of the creatures.
"*Sigh* I should've said the opposite," said Bo in a disappointed tone.
He turned around and was decapitated instantly.
Behind her was a portal liked on of the Dungeon Gates. She now had dominion over space and could teleport anywhere. This was the power she gained after slightly tapping in into Soul Essence.
Even though he unlocked Soul Essence, it wasn't enough to defeat Transcendent and her overwhelming power.
[Quest Completed]
Somehow, the weakest Soul managed to make the strongest even more stronger.
To Be Continued...
Next Chapter: The Final Floor.