Chapter 825: Memory Storage
“?” Uphiel was stunned. Before he could even understand what was happening, the Spade Person’s left hand lit up with a bloody radiance, piercing directly through his abdomen and touching his soul.
Then, under Uphiel’s terrified and bewildered gaze, it forcefully passed through the Spirit Pressure defense, tearing the Spirit Base from the surface of the soul body. Wisps of Spirit Particle chains snapped one by one. The soul-level searing pain caused Uphiel to let out another despairing howl.
A-class · Spirit Base Infant Transformation · Spirit Grasper, this ability allows the user to capture the Spirit Base from a remnant soul after the target dies.
However, Uphiel was only on the verge of death, and forcefully stripping the Spirit Base was difficult. Xia Feng spent a full half hour finally pulling out the Spirit Base.
Uphiel was completely dumbfounded. Spirit Base! Stripping his Spirit Base?!
How could a mere Venerable One like the Spade Person have such power? This Spade Person was definitely not normal! One heaven-defying method after another. If someone told him that the Spade Person was actually the reincarnation of one of the Three Saint Star Gods, Uphiel felt he would believe it.
Of course, more importantly, Uphiel realized that his Spirit Substance soul body had lost the protection of its Spirit Pressure and Spirit Base. In his terrible state, he would die soon.
This time, he would truly be annihilated!
Damn it, damn it! This ignorant fool! Uphiel’s reason completely collapsed. He let out a crazy, manic laugh, mocking, “Spade Person! Go die. You’d better pray that my reason is above 30 before I die, or else! Even the resurrection rules of the Sumeru Realm won’t save you or me!”
Xia Feng, however, ignored him. He opened his palm, and a brilliant golden ring, resembling the Ruyi Jingu Bang, appeared and spun in his palm.
[B-class Spirit Artifact · Spirit Beast Ring]
[You can store special spirit bodies such as ‘Remnant Spirits’, ‘Undead’, and ‘Heroic Spirits’ within the Spirit Ring, extending their existence time. The extended time and the number of Spirit Rings depend on your Mental Power.]
[Current Spirit Ring Quantity: 6 (Can store 6 special spirit bodies)]
This was a Spirit Artifact belonging to Angi, the Saint Pastor of the Black Moon Holy See. It was an excellent method for storing remnant spirits and undead. Even if a remnant spirit had lost its Spirit Base, its Mental Power was depleted, and its reason had collapsed, it didn’t matter. Once it entered the Spirit Beast Ring, its lifespan would be preserved, and it would remain in a living state!
Perfect!
“Birdman.” Xia Feng held the golden ring and pointed it at Uphiel.
Under Uphiel’s incredulous and shocked gaze, golden light surged.
“Receive!”
The damaged spirit body of the six-winged angel detached from its body, contorted ferociously, and suddenly disappeared into the golden ring.
The golden ring was metallic, and in its reflection, a slender, grayish-white humanoid spirit body could be vaguely seen, ferociously roaring at the outside.
Uphiel: “!!!”
Heaven-defying!
The method of stripping the Spirit Base plus an unknown item for preserving remnant spirits had completely shattered Uphiel’s dream of leaving the Sumeru Realm and seeking revenge on the Spade Person!
According to the resurrection rules of the Sumeru Realm, having a reason above 30 would allow for resurrection, but it would not restore the damaged soul of the Spirit Master.
If the Spirit Substance or Spirit Base was damaged, they would remain damaged after resurrection.
Now that his Spirit Base was gone thanks to the Spade Person, all the strength he had painstakingly cultivated for thousands of years was destroyed in one fell swoop! He could never return to the peak state of the Dark Controller Sage!
Of course, there were indeed some conceptual means in the world that could restore the soul’s state from the conceptual domain.
However, any domain involving concepts was the authority of gods or S-class Dao Fruits. The methods capable of restoring a Spirit Base were likely fewer than a handful, and most had probably become extinct before the chaos of the ancient times.
Hope was lost for this life.
Was this the price of greedily seeking the Dao and retracing the path of a Venerable One? Uphiel felt lost, his mind becoming slower and slower, his ferocious roars growing weaker. The chaotic thoughts and memories in his mind scattered bit by bit, dissipating unknowingly.
He slowly forgot the current moment, forgot the past, forgot why he was here, forgot where he was going. His consciousness became muddled, and he fell into a deep sleep.
[A-class Spirit Artifact · Memory Storage Cup]
[Memory Loss: The greater the damage dealt to the target, the more significant the memories the target loses.]
[Memory Storage: The lost memories of the target will be stored in the Memory Storage Cup.]
[Memory Obfuscation: When the target sees ‘information related to lost memories,’ they will subconsciously ignore it and not consider any suspicious points. However, if the target’s realm is far higher than yours, obfuscation will not work, and the target will most likely recall their lost memories.]
This was a Spirit Artifact copied from Jin Shiyin, and it was quite useful. During combat, enemies might experience ‘memory loss’ due to being attacked, forgetting what they were doing or even forgetting to defend.
This was similar to the ability of Xia Feng’s previously owned [Saint Hand Guanyin · Heart Stealing Ring], which could also make the enemy’s momentary thoughts disappear.
However, that was only for an instant, while the Memory Storage Cup could, with accumulated damage, extend back half an hour, an hour, or even longer periods of amnesia.
While contemplating, Xia Feng crushed the Spirit Base taken by the Spirit Grasper and refined it instantly.
It formed a Spirit Infant at the Peak Sacred Realm. If this Spirit Infant were released, its power would be equivalent to a full-power attack from a Peak Sacred Realm expert.
Very practical!
After doing this, Xia Feng’s gaze fell on the birdman’s corpse.
On the corpse was a mysterious ring emitting purple light, four item cards of various colors and radiance, and a large handful of crimson pebbles.
Xia Feng picked up the Ash Stones and counted them; there were only 13, which was rather poor.
However, it was normal. Uphiel had bought the Shared Life Curse and even a High-class Lucky Card with a loan, so having 13 left was still quite a lot.
But Uphiel’s account for Seat No. 4 was likely in debt and would need to be repaid in the next round.
[Currently possess Ash Stones: ( +13) 92]
After storing the Ash Stones, Xia Feng picked up the four item cards.
[You obtained Level 0 · Ash Land Scan Card x2]
[You obtained Level 1 · Loan Card x1]
[Loan: You can borrow 50 Ash Stones from the mall and must repay 70 Ash Stones in the next settlement phase. If you are unable to repay, all senses except sight, hearing, and smell will be forcibly sealed, and you will lose one month of action ability. If you are still unable to repay after two rounds, you will be forcibly killed.]
[Note 1: If the current player’s Ash Stone count is ≥ 700, this card becomes invalid and cannot be used to borrow.]
[Note 2: Each player can use the Loan Card a maximum of two times.]
Good heavens, so this was a Loan Card? Uphiel had used one before, and there was still one left.
[You obtained Level 2 · High-class Lucky Card x1]
[After using this card, there is a 90% chance of a negative effect, such as all Ash Stones in your hand disappearing, all item cards disappearing.]
[There is a 9% chance of converting into a Level 1 card.]
[There is a 0.9% chance of converting into another Level 2 card.]
[There is a 0.1% chance of becoming a higher-level Level 3 item card.]
Uphiel indeed didn’t dare to use this thing, as the risk was too terrifying.
After storing the four cards, Xia Feng picked up the last mysterious ring.
