Chapter 1169: Chapter 919: Remodeling the Body
But!
But!
Zulal’s inner conflict reached an extreme, and the hand on his shoulder grew heavier and heavier until, eventually, Zulal still managed to hold back.
After all, his opponent was too strong, and even if he didn’t hold back, what could he do?
Zulal sighed in his heart, his gaze returning to a calm composure. However, within the depths of his heart, a great anger was already ablaze.
All the subsequent changes fell within Long Yi’s expectations and his control. He was not very keen on Zulal rushing in; should he eliminate him, he would definitely lose a pair of eyes and ears around Elma. However, if he refrained from killing him, it would not be consistent with his usual image. Now that Zulal had withdrawn, that was probably the best conclusion.
Following this incident, the discussions around them died down considerably. This allowed Long Yi to work more peacefully. It took about half a day, but Long Yi adjusted all the equipment once more. After the adjustments, he approached Elma.
"The upgrade of the equipment is complete, and we can start at any time," Long Yi said.
Elma had watched from the beginning to the end and found nothing inappropriate. Zulal, too, watched intently, fixated on Long Yi’s every move, but he likewise noticed nothing amiss.
Could it really have been overthinking?
"Then, let’s begin now," Elma said.
"You’re not going to clear the place?" Long Yi glanced around at the crowd of scientists and researchers who waited with wide eyes for a miracle.
"I want them to stay and witness my rebirth, and also to learn more advanced technology from you," Elma said.
"Fine, I don’t mind such things, as long as you’re willing," Long Yi was quite easy-going. Although he had tampered with these devices, he genuinely didn’t believe that those so-called scientists could detect it!
The people who had been closely watching all moved far away now, observing from a distance as Elma took off his voluminous robe, revealing his completely crystallized body.
"The process is similar to before, first I will separate your soul, while simultaneously using this device to analyze your body," Long Yi explained.
Elma nodded, stepping into the largest device. His crystal body shattered quickly, leaving only the Crystal Core. Long Yi took the Crystal Core out and placed it within the soul container. Elma’s soul was then extracted from the Crystal Core. Meanwhile, the souls of the several young people who had just been erased also suddenly appeared, now empty souls. Like Female Demons, souls could plunder and devour one another, and upon touching those young people’s souls, Elma’s soul immediately absorbed them all. This time, without any replenishment of energy, Elma felt his own soul’s power surge like never before!
Long Yi was not idle at this time. The Array hidden in the soul container had already silently begun its work, starting to examine Ailma’s memories. Long Yi’s ultimate goal for coming here was to acquire the keys to the Teleportation Gates hidden by Elma or the memories of Landers. As long as he obtained one of these, Long Yi could immediately declare the battle over. Why else would he have let Elma live until now if not for fear of destroying something valuable?
It was for this reason that Long Yi had carefully laid this trap, aimed at meticulously examining Elma’s memories. But what truly startled Long Yi was that there was nothing in Elma’s memories about the Teleportation Array keys or the memories of Landers.
When Long Yi delved deeper, he discovered that Elma’s memory was missing! And this loss was just like that of Landers’ memory loss!
Elma, the old fox, had clearly made preparations long ago. He had hidden his memories somewhere else! As for where, he had set up a ward in his memories that would alert him the moment anyone tried to access them!
Seeing Elma’s body nearly fully analyzed, Long Yi knew his first plan had not succeeded. His hopes were now pinned on his second plan.
In the cultivation tank, Elma’s body slowly took shape, very much like that person from before. But Elma’s body formed even faster, and, even within the tank, it was continually emanating fluctuations of Mana.
Elma, currently inside the soul container, was paying attention to the developments of his new body, having no idea that Long Yi had already scoured his memory once.
This was, in fact, much like a magic show, where the magician uses various methods to divert your attention, and when it shifts somewhere else, he begins his sleight of hand. What Long Yi did was very much the same.
Of course, Long Yi had completed all the steps, and what followed was the most important part.
Elma’s new body was fully formed, and Long Yi had set the body at a very young age, around sixteen or seventeen. This age setting surprised Elma, but also delighted him. Although he had temporarily regained his youth through Ai Lin’s rejuvenation magic, it was after all an illusion. But now, the Ascender had actually created a completely young new body for him!
This meant he would truly return to his prime!
No, with the help of the Ascender, he would become even stronger!
At this point, Elma’s trust in the Ascender grew ever stronger, which was precisely due to the influence Long Yi had covertly exerted on his soul and memory. It was very difficult to outright change someone’s thinking, but it was quite easy to apply a little positive influence. Especially since Elma had decided to let himself help him regain his body, he had fundamentally started to trust himself, and, with just a slight amplification of this trust, he would completely trust himself!
Long Yi felt he was straying further and further from the path Tilian had once taken, only this time it was himself pitted against himself, which felt truly strange.
To make his body more powerful, Elma had prepared a larger piece of the Cosmic Stone for Long Yi. This time, Long Yi did not place the Cosmic Stone fragment on Elma’s forehead but on his chest. Long Yi’s reasoning was: The Cosmic Stone fragment was too large, and if placed on the forehead it would occupy too much of your brain space. After rebirth, your brain would already be developed enough and would not need a Cosmic Stone fragment to enhance its power.
When the Cosmic Stone fragment was placed at the chest, the body without a soul had easily activated the Auffa Array, which even Elma in his soul state could not contain his joy.
Of course, this reasoning was not valid. The reason Long Yi placed the Cosmic Stone at the chest was that he could not control Elma as he had controlled the previous test subject. Such a sly and cunning Elma would surely notice something amiss, so he simply treated the Cosmic Stone fragment as an energy auxiliary device, which allowed the magic hidden deep within the Cosmic Stone fragment to be better concealed.
After all, all of this was to obtain Elma’s memories.
When all preparations were complete, Long Yi immediately manipulated the soul container and began to inject Elma’s soul into the body.
"You will feel various discomforts, you will experience various illusions, and you might even have various nightmares. But do not worry, these are just illusions produced by the fusion of your soul with the body. Don’t resist too much, just relax. Of course, if you’re worried, I can also cast a sleep magic to merge your soul without you being aware, though it will be a bit slower," Long Yi said.
"No need, mere illusions pose no threat to me!" Elma’s soul said.
"Very well, then I will begin the fusion!
In the sink, Elma’s body suddenly opened its eyes, and Elma’s soul transformed into two beams of light and entered his eyes.
At that moment, Elma could only feel his thoughts in extreme chaos, severe pain accompanied by various illusions assaulted him. Most of these illusions related to Long Yi; some of him being slaughtered by Long Yi; some of Long Yi destroying the Ancient Mage Tower; others of Long Yi obtaining the precious key to the Teleportation Gate.
These illusions were extremely vivid, and Elma at the moment could not distinguish them at all!
"No! This is impossible! He can’t possibly have the key! I’ve clearly hidden my memories! I must find my memories! I need to check whether the key is still there!" Elma within the illusion roared.
The reason he was having such illusions was naturally due to Long Yi’s doing. Long Yi exactly wanted to use such a method to make Elma recall the location of the key, but just as Elma was trying to remember, this act triggered the warning he had set in his own memory, and he almost instantly came to his senses.
"Haha! Illusions! Indeed very realistic illusions! Too bad, you are still illusions!" Elma, still within the illusion, said in his own mental space.
And Long Yi, who was guiding all this, knew that his initial conjecture was correct, and even Elma himself could not touch that memory carelessly.
But it didn’t matter, this was just reconfirming something he had already known.
The light faded, and Elma’s soul completely entered the body. His body convulsed involuntarily, as if in a nightmare. But soon, he calmed down completely.
"I have exhausted too much power, I need to rest, so please do not come looking for me when he wakes up tomorrow."
Having said that, Long Yi immediately put the body back into Hayden mode, then the somewhat constrained youth left the place.(To be continued. If you like this work, Welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
