Chapter 20: I am Myself

Its rewind time.

'Phew! That was close!'

Chen Mo thought to himself as he struggled to catch his breath.

He had managed to enter deep space just as the Elder was about to slash him in his frozen form.

Its just as he had thought, it was really hard to defend against attacks that directly attacked the body and soul. The Elder had used his divine sense to lock him in place and used a freezing attack to attack both his body and soul.

He thought to himself that it was a good thing Rasiel has immune to status effects and could swap with him even when his consciousness was affected.

'Wait, swap?'

'Rasiel, are you immune to soul attacks?'

[Report] [No, I just don't have a soul yet]

'Then doesn't that make you immune to soul attacks?'

[Report] [Yes, but if I'm attacked by a soul attack while I'm in control of the body, your soul will still be attacked]

Chen Mo thought that he could swap consciousness with Rasiel every time his soul was attacked but now it didn't look like it'd work out.

He had to think of a better plan.

He also had to come up with the plan quickly since the space barrier he put around Mei Ling was probably broken the moment he entered deep space.

He thought that the Elder probably wouldn't kill her immediately since they needed her alive.

But before that, he had to increase his spiritual energy reserves as it was getting hard to maintain his state in deep space.

'Rasiel, how's the simulation coming along?'

[Report] [Early Nascent Soul simulation complete]

[Report] [Peak Nascent Soul simulation complete]

'Nice, Integrate both'

[Integrating]

[Integration Failed]

[Report] [Lacking required amount of spiritual energy]

'I forgot there's no spiritual energy in this place'

'Never mind, since the simulation is already complete, could you try checking why I can't enter the Soul Formation realm'

[Rebooting]

[Reboot Complete]

The crimson runes flickered and faded, leaving behind a hollow emptiness in Chen Mo's mind. A sense of failure washed over him as the robotic voice echoed in his consciousness.

[Report] [Soul Formation failed due to external interference]

Chapter end