Chapter 725: Soldier Of War, Divine To Spiritualist

Chapter 725: Soldier Of War, Divine To Spiritualist

The remaining remnants of the 43th and 49th squad of the Helix-Titan Battalion had gathered with the others, forming a united front within the scorched field as they discussed amongst themselves, nursed their grievous wounds, and dwelled on their experiences. A few soldiers were off alone despite being physically present, their gazes absent and dazed.

Since the fiery explosion and almost instant transformation of the Battlefield's environment, resembling a mythical hellscape of burnt corpses and melted bones, the titans were animated in their actions. They awaited further orders from their leaders.

Tai Hao sat with his legs outstretched and his torso upright, holding his sides as he grimaced with pain from time to time. That human soldier had dealt him a serious blow, and his pale as snow expression was evidence of his blood loss. Fortunately, he was triumphant and had the last laugh. While he walked away with a bloody stab wound, his opponent walked away to the next world.

He had removed his helmet, revealing his full facial features. Despite his pale complexion, he could be considered mildly handsome, with slim-like eyebrows and an aquiline nose. This alongside his sharp features gave him the feeling of an ancient general or king of the mortal world. With his short, tousled black hair and wet with drying blood, the valiant image of a victorious yet deeply scarred warrior befitted him.

Zi Fu still wore her helmet, her features still guised under its metallic sheen, and she walked over to Tai Hao and patted his shoulder. Unlike the rest, she was ready for battle at all times, never letting her guard down no matter the circumstances.

Tai Hao lifted his gaze to see Zi Fu and he breathed out a small smile, "Yeah?"

"Thank you," she said with her heartfelt emotions fully imbued within each syllable.

Tai Hao was taken aback for a moment, and then his smile proceeded to enlarge, becoming slightly more brilliant. "You're my ally. There's no need." After saying this, he chuckled softly.Cheêck out latest novels at novelhall.com

Zi Fu gave him a brief stare, then looked elsewhere. The hellscape of burnt earth and smell of roasted flesh was still lingering within the air. It caused slight discomfort to the nose. "You saved my life; there's always a need." If Tai Hao hadn't aided her, she would've long since met her end at the hands of those human or celestial soldiers. Perhaps he would've died too. But together, they had survived. So her feelings were genuine.

Tai Hao's smile lessened and he sighed, "You've always been like this, huh?" When he said those words, he lifted his gaze towards the murky sky and roiling clouds that showed signs of continued battle against their race's Ascended. However, his emotions were quite complex and conflicted.

In this Battlefield, these Ascended fighting to protect him, these soldiers that fought alongside him, were all his greatest support and cherished allies. Each life he saved could eventually lead to his own victory, yet outside of this Battlefield, if Tai Hao and Zi Fu were to meet, they might be forced to fight to the death.

The complex situation of the Battlefield versus the outside world was quite intense, a sharp contrast. There was no unquestionable racial solidarity there, only tangible benefits, division of loyalties, and interests. Out there, it would be in his best interest to bring Zi Fu's head to his clan. Here, he risked his own life to save her, fighting side-by-side.

He didn't know whether his thoughts were mocking himself, the Battlefield, or the outside world.

The two remained silent.

Just then, a faint spiritual strength swept them. Zi Fu's heart throbbed fiercely as she gripped her sword, looking around as she saw a figure garbed in black martial arts attire, completely unlike the battle robes or armor of the typical Battlefield participant.

Tai Hao exclaimed softly, grimacing as he tried to rise, "Spiritualist?" The others reacted too, with many entering a battle position as if on muscle memory or instinct. It was only when they saw the human figure that had shown up randomly, taken out a Squad Leader, and became one himself.

Every little bit helped, and he wasn't certain how much he'd receive or all the rewards that the War Spirit offered. Who knew if just one exact War Soul was enough to give him that exact reward or not.

Thinking like this, he couldn't help but slightly chuckle as he sent his wood origin force into the bodies of two wounded soldiers, Tai Hao being one of them. He was truly an Exploitative Blessed. It was a habit to maximize his gains and seek out greater benefits for himself.

However, a few titans were staring at Wei Wuyin in an absolute daze, especially Tai Hao who felt Wei Wuyin's pure wood origin force. He was flabbergasted.

Zi Fu couldn't hold back and asked, "You're not a Spiritualist?"

Wei Wuyin only gave her a brief smile with a lifted eyebrow, "Didn't I tell you I wasn't before?" After saying this carelessly, he focused on healing the two's wounds, and used water origin force in the hopes of replenishing their blood supply. It worked, so he was quite satisfied.

Zi Fu was speechless.

Spiritualists were beings that cultivated an extreme path, much like Purists, and they merged their Spirits of Cultivation with their Sea of Consciousness and Physique, changing their state of existence entirely. Their physical energies, mental energies, and stored essence energies such as innate fire energies, water energies, or wood energies within their bodies, were all spiritual energies.

Since spiritual energy originated from all three of them, it could similarly replace all three as the dominant energy source. Therefore, there's an extremely unique mind-body-spirit connection that was unrivaled. Furthermore, their Astral Core became a Spirit Core during this exceptionally extreme process.

A Spirit Core, like an Astral Core, had a World Sea. The difference was the metaphysical energy force that was stored within it. There was no astral force within a Spirit Core, just Spiritual Force. This vastly elevated a cultivator's spiritual aspects! Their Spiritual Spells, Spiritual Formations, and Spiritual Sense was unrivaled amongst those of their cultivation level!

Since that was unmistakably the case, Wei Wuyin shouldn't be able to use wood origin astral force in the slightest! He shouldn't have astral force at all!

Yet Wei Wuyin had proved he had just that! This overthrew their understanding for a moment, because they could clearly feel Wei Wuyin's spiritual sense enveloping them with a heavy spiritual strength. This was unfathomable! Unbelievable! What level was his Spirit Units at?

Wei Wuyin ignored their incredulous reactions. But when he recalled Jing Jiu's memories, his thoughts stirred. He knew why Spiritualists were so feared, given flee-on-sight orders.

They could still use spells in a location where Starlords were forced to fight like mortals. As long as one was in range of their spiritual sense, they could be subjected to spells that affected their senses, body, or cultivation. They could even be outright crippled because their natural astral force and spiritual protections were severely weakened by the environment.

Not only was catching them off-guard entirely impossible here, they had a mind-body-spirit unity that made them terrifying just to fight. Furthermore, if they used concealment spells, they had the means to just assassinate anyone they wished. So if they revealed themselves for a moment, humans like Jing Jiu were taught to not engage, just flee, preferably in different directions to split focus and outrun their spiritual sense.

When he thought about fighting an opponent that could sense your every movement, affect your perceptions, or cripple you, and you had barely any defenses, even he shivered.

According to Jing Jiu's memories, he learned interesting details about the process of being a Spiritualist. All those who wished to become a Spiritualist must have forged a particular type of Spirit of Cultivation foundation before having any chance to succeed. And Jing Jiu knew the method to cultivate that type of foundation.

However, he was shocked to discover that...

The cultivation method was the 'Divine' spirit aspect he already cultivated!