Endless Journey: Infinite Realms

Chapter 659 Soul Magic

Even if some of Alex’s powers were obviously suppressed in this world, some of his powers were boosted too, a fact that gave Professor Frances a great uncertainty about their situation.

"If what Alina told us earlier was right, then the only powers that Alex can use right now is his Abyss Magic, his Conqueror’s Aura, and his Immortal Cultivation." Like a cat caught in the headlights, Professor Frances willed herself to analyze their situation more.

"His Immortal Cultivaiotn and his Conqueror’s Aura are most likely neutral, since they are not evil-aligned. That is good for us, since only his Conqueror’s Aura is at the Sixth Stage."

"Our problem however, lies on his Abyss Magic since it is boosted as f**k here...."

Even without Alina’s mental message to them earlier, Professor Frances knew that there is a high possibility that Alex’s Abyss Magic was greatly bolstered in this world.

Just the sheer aura that Alex was releasing now was enough to prove this.

"Tsk, so we have a corrupted Alex here, whose main power has been boosted beyond possible limits. With this line-up, is it still possible for us to escape?" Professor Frances doubted that they can really run away from Alex, but she had to do what she had to do. "Ugh.... I guess I have to attempt escape first...."

Upon reaching this line of thought, Professor Frances gave a discreet glance to both Queen Mother and ALina, with the latter already calmed down from her emotional outburst.

"...."

Professor Frances did not say anything to these women at all, but the message contained in her eyes was enough to convey her intent to escape.

"..." Both of these women nodded to the professor as if they were agreeing on her plan, although Alina looked like she was a little unwilling to do so.

"Hey, what are you two nodding there for, huh? Are you trying to talk about a secret-" The nearby Alex noticed this exchange, prompting him to question his companions about it. But before he could complete his question, the three women began to make their moves, leaving him in a state of surprise.

[SOUL GATHER, SOUL DIVIDE, SOUL SCATTER. I IMPLORE YOU, OH SOUL OF THE BEARER, REVEAL THY SELF!]

The first one to unleash her attack was Professor Frances, who chanted these words along with the strange sounds of ringing bells.

"Hong~"

At the instant that the professor casted this chant, Alex’s whole body lurched, as if he had been hit by a massive object.

Alex suffered no physical injury from this change, as there was something else in his body that was affected.

"Slish..."

With a pace comparable to that of a rabbit, an illusory, human-like body slowly came out of Alex, one that bore a great resemblance to him. It has 5 arms and a face similar to Alex, with an assortment of artifacts on its hands exemplifying this unique appearance.

There was lightning bolt on its upper left hand, and a small throne chair on the upper right. A piece of leaf was visible on its lower right hand, and a large pile of black sludge was gathered on the lower left. Finally, there was a ball of light on the fifth hand, one that acted independent of its surroundings.

All of these objects, combined with the illusory body, gave out a frightening pressure on its own, which was able to affect the soul of every living thing that was near it.

"Argh! You damned woman! You dare attack me? F**k you-:

This illusory body was no other than Alex’s ’Soul’, which for some reason, had been slowly dragged out by the spell that Professor Frances had just uttered.

Its appearance was still the same as it looked before, although there were some changes on the way that its body looked.

For one, it looked much more hostile compared to before, with the traces of ’Corruption’ present on his ’Soul’s’ torso. The maggots and the festering wounds on the torso alone proves that.

"Argh! I will kill you once I pull my soul back, you damned woman! Just you wait!"

The sight of his soul being pulled out of his body seemed to have enraged Alex, with his murderous gaze on Professor Frances implying that he was ready to butcher her right now.

This naturally made Professor Frances shiver, but she ignored it as she focused her mind on what she was doing.

[ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX. LET YOUR SOUL BE GONE TO THE STYX!]

"Slash!"

A silent and ephemeral sword suddenly materialized above Alex, which descended on him with a speed comparable to a silent assassin. It seemed to ignore anything else as it plunged to Alex alone, with its sharp blade headed directly on the top of his soul’s head.

"Hey!"

At the sight of this sword, the incensed Alex tried to prevent its descent, but that move was to no avail.

"Spurt!" The sword’s illusory body ignored all the obstacles as it buried its blade on the scalp of Alex’s soul, creating a split that leaked out some of his soul essence.

"Argh!!!!"

The illusory sword then continued its descent, a move which began to carve a massive wound on the soul’s head. This wound continued to grow larger as time passed by, which made the target himself let out more screams of pain.

"Argh!!!"

Such wound is painful to look at, and even the usually numb Professor Frances could not help but wince, as she knew the pain that Alex is going through right now.

"That attack is my Soul Severing Sword. It is only meant to deal with the soul of living creatures, so it is impossible to use it on material attacks. But its potency on souls is so high, that I consider it deadly...." Professor Frances muttered to herself as she willed the illusory sword to move more. "But I never expected my sword to be this effective..."

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When Professor Frances had become Alex’s companion, her power only lies on the manipulation of biological and living beings. She did not learn any magic at that time, and the closest that she had were her usage of magic-wielding slaves.

But after some missions with Alex, Professor Frances received a book from him which let her discover her talent in one particular kind of magic.

That magic was Soul Magic, a magic that was highly compatible with her latent talent.

Soul Magic, just like the Spiritualist Power that Tong’er uses, is an ability meant to deal with Souls and Spirits of any beings.

But unlike the Spiritualist Power which lies more on the control of these souls, the professor’s Soul Magic is aligned more with attacks and transformations on the souls themselves.

This makes it so that Professor Frances’ Soul Magic was more on soul attacks and soul defense, while the Spiritualist Power was more on summoning and spirit manipulation.

Professor Frances was fine with this distinction, as she found the aspects of her Soul Magic extremely useful for her.

Through her Soul Magic, Professor Frances was able to discover new ways to craft living beings.

She discovered how long can a creature live without a soul, and on how much damage a creature can take on its soul before it dies. She was also able to create creatures whose souls were made up from stitching different souls together, a pure monstrosity that she loved to make.

These creations alone were enough to increase Professor Frances’ power, but this was not the real benefit that the Soul Magic gave to her.

The best thing that Professor Frances obtained from her Soul Magic was that it gave her the ability to now fight her enemies personally, something that she was not able to do before.

"Hmph, since I am only a creator and not a fighter, the ones who usually fight for me are my created beings. That is not bad. But in some situations, that will limit me, just like today..." Professor Frances muttered as she idly watched the damage her sword was making on Alex’s soul.

She seemed to be slightly pleased with what she was seeing, and the further enlargement of the wound has increased her pleased feelings. "Heh, it’s a good thing that I was able to train my Soul Magic back in the Traveler’s World. If I did not do that, I doubt I can even hurt Alex’s soul...."

With her diligence as a researcher and her extreme talent for Soul Magic, Prfessor Frances was able to easily strengthen this power of her own, to the point that it became her main power now.

In fact, during the 7-month time that Alex was in coma, Professor Frances used all of that time to strengthen her Soul Magic.

With that long of a training time, it is not surprising that the Professor was able to make her Soul Magic reach the Sixth Stage.

Alex alone only took a few months to make his Abyss Magic and Esper Power reach the Sixth Stage. So for Professor Frances to do the same feat is not that shocking.

"Hehe, with my Sixth Stage Soul Magic, I gained the power to attack and maim the souls of my enemy directly. So don’t be angry with what I am doing to you Alex. You just left me with no choice..."

Professor Frances might seem happy that her power was working on Alex, but she did not express this happiness in a rowdy way, as she knew that she was still far from winning.

Although Professor Frances could see that her Soul Magic was abel to damage Alex’s soul, this damage was not enough to incapacitate him.

The wound on Alex’s soul might seem large, but Professor Frances knew that once her sword disappears, the large reservoir of soul power inside Alex will quickly heal this wound.

Of course, this will not be a problem as long as Professor Frances can maintain her sword.

But because of Alex’s powerful soul, Professor Frances realized that her sword can only last for 10 more seconds.

This meant that Alex will only stay incapacitated for 10 more seconds, before he will be free to attack again.

"Ugh, and here I thought I am already winning. So I can only pin down Alex for 10 more seconds before he starts massacring us? This is not good..." At this point, Professor Frances knew that she alone cannot delay Alex.

She had been using all of her might just to keep her sword existing, and even that was only enough to keep Alex stalled for 10 seconds.

10 seconds is not enough time to facilitate their escape, so something else must be done to Alex right now.

Fortunately for Professor Frances, she was not alone.

"DARK MANIFEST: SCROLL OF THE ABOMINATION"

\\u003cNATURE DOMAIN: DESCENT OF THE TREE GOD\\u003e

"Woosh woosh woosh!"

Queen Mother and Alina, both who did not do anything after Professor Frances attacked Alex, has finally unleashed their respective abilities right now.