Austin started cultivating the Soul-transforming Skill when he found it in the jade slip.
The spiritual sense chain which was transformed by his spiritual sense, entangled the souls that floated around him and dragged them into his Soul Sea.
It seemed that the spiritual sense chain had something special about it. Once it caught souls, they lost the strength to resist. Then, they could be pulled by the chain to anywhere it wanted to go. The souls were tethered to the spiritual sense chain.
Austin was buzzing with excitement. He knew the effects of the Soul-transforming Skill filled him with a spark he had never felt before. He couldn't believe that this skill could really transform the souls in the spiritual sense.
Following the orders that came from Austin's mind, the chain dragged four more souls into his Soul Sea, and the spiritual sense rushed over instantly to refine them.
As soon as the spiritual sense was done, the four souls disappeared leaving behind a few ephemeral shining dots.
The souls naturally had no intention to vanish permanently from the world. However, they had no choice. They could not resist the powerful force of the Spiritual Chain. Their tearful cries and pleadings fell on deaf ears.
Within moments, they evaporated into colorful, shining dots of spiritual sense and were immediately taken in by Austin's Soul Sea.
Then, the spiritual sense chain whipped, caught another four or five souls and pulled them into the Soul Sea. The refinement continued... ... ...
As the souls transmuted continuously and quickly, Austin found the range of his spiritual sense increasing.
1000 meters
1100 meters
1200 meters
1300 meters
... ...
After he had integrated several hundred souls, Austin's spiritual sense reached almost 1500 meters away.
Looking around, Austin noticed that the space around him was empty. The souls that had previously been there seemed to sense the horrible, unforgiving strength radiated by him. They didn't dare to attack him. Instead, they resorted to moving as far away from him as possible.
Far away from Austin, these souls huddled together—pushing each other and rolling around. They constantly looked at Austin, surprised at his strength and afraid to go near him.
"Ha ha. It's good," Austin boasted. 'The Soul-transforming Skill is so powerful that it will help me get out of trouble while also strengthening my spiritual sense.
It seems that only souls are capable of making a substantial attack in this space. If I refine all of them, I'll probably find a way out from here, ' Austin thought.
Violet stared at the souls that had gathered away from Austin and were staring at him with fear. She amazed at the extraordinary strength of Soul-transforming Skill.
Austin had promptly informed Violet of the situation using his mind before he started cultivating the skill.
"All right. I will have to refine these souls first."
Austin, determined as ever, swiftly moved towards these souls and initiated to trap them. He was extremely quick, and the souls did not have even a moment's time to notice him.
The more souls he absorbed, the faster he refined them. It became all too easy for him. In the beginning, he could use the chain to drag only a handful of souls to his Sea Soul at a given time. Gradually, he could pull more, sometimes even eight of them at a time. Finally, at the height of his powers, he dragged a dozen souls at a time and began refining them.
The situation had drastically changed for the souls. Austin attacked them and they ran. Now being pursued by Austin, these souls were fleeing. They were chaotically finding a way out pleading to Austin to spare them. Their whines laced with fear and panic were loud, but Austin didn't pay heeds to them. These desperate sounds lingered on, as the souls disappeared in numbers.
In this space, Austin moved from one place to another in the blink of an eye. He covered a considerable distance in an instant. No matter how fast the souls tried to escape, Austin caught up with them in a split second.
As he absorbed more souls, his spiritual sense kept strengthening.
1500 meters
1600 meters
1700 meters
... ...
After several hours, almost all the souls in the space had been refined by Austin. Only about a dozen souls remained. They were hidden somewhere in the dark corners shivering with fear.
Now Austin's spiritual sense could reach 3000 meters away!
Finally, he exhaled with exhaustion and a sense of accomplishment.
Austin was satisfied with the power of the spiritual sense he now had.
Glimpsing at the remaining souls, he felt it would not make a substantial difference to his spiritual sense if he absorbed them.
As most of the souls had disappeared, the space had become significantly weaker, as if it would fall apart at any moment.
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