Soul Trigger

Chapter 631 Last Words
Bang!
With a loud bang, the drill bit in his hand finally flew out, and quickly returned to the shape of a cane in a mechanical transformation.

Old Green coughed up blood and flew limply away, crashing into the corner of the wall, his face now covered in blood.

"What happened today may awaken him, make him a true awakened one, and allow him to live on forever with the legacy of the Holy Father..."

As the ferocious bear approached, he grinned, finally letting out a roar:

"praise……"

boom! ! ! !

A violent force descended from the sky, instantly silencing him.

A strong gust of wind scattered everything in all directions, blowing everything inside the house away.

When he opened his eyes again and saw the scene before him, he was instantly stunned—

It was a large, gray bear, slightly smaller than the Blood Bear, with azure light shining in its eyes and runes flashing all over its back.

"Grandpa...I'm here to save you!!!"

With a roar, the grizzly bear charged forward and smashed the giant bear away!

Old Green stared blankly at the scene before him, at the huge hole in the wall, and after a few breaths, he slowly opened his mouth:

"Jansen...?"

Unseen by the two, Clementine was watching this scene, while Ji Li, whose gaze was connected to hers, breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He's currently in the hospital, so all he can do is finish painting the bearskin, put it into the Dragon Ring, have Clementine wear the Dragon Ring, and then have the bearskin finally attach to Jason's back, completing "Odin's Gift":
"At least we made it in time, and that silly kid didn't die."

The enormous blood bear flew out of the manor like a tank, rolling onto the grass and letting out a miserable howl.

Jason gripped the bear's paws tightly, glanced back at the bewildered old Green, and then landed heavily on the grass, grabbing the blood bear and unleashing a flurry of wild punches:

"Odin's power!!!"

He is right, the Father exists, the Father is guiding him, giving him a mission and the power to save his loved ones!
Although his appearance had turned into a bear, which was somewhat unexpected, he decided to take down this damn bear first!
As the spiritual circuits on his back activated, he headbutted the blood bear, sending it rolling several meters away.

[Physical Enhancement]

The blood bear shook its head and pounced on Jensen again.

The latter, caught off guard, had its muzzle torn open by the bear, causing it to grimace and scream in pain.

But the blood quickly receded, returning to its original state in an instant.

High-speed recycling

Realizing he had instantly recovered from his injuries, Jason laughed heartily and praised Odin. His entire body suddenly swelled up significantly, sending the blood bear flying again and tearing off large chunks of flesh—

[Spiritual Berserk]

The two resumed their battle, with Jensen sustaining injuries and recovering repeatedly. Watching his every move, Ji Li was quite satisfied.

After all, Jason himself is not an Awakened One, and he has already done quite well by relying on a bear skin with spiritual circuits engraved on it.

He actually spent a lot of time and effort on this bear skin.

This technique actually originated from the skinners encountered during the Silla period, much like the foolish Xiang Yu.

However, thanks to the techniques Ji Li learned at the Mirage Research Institute, this bear skin far surpasses those inferior methods that require skinning to transplant spiritual circuits.

In addition to the conflict-free composite spiritual circuits recorded above, the bear skin also features spiritual circuits called [Runic Sacrifice] and [Sensory Sharing].

The former allows Jensen to make a comeback from a desperate situation, while the latter allows Ji Li to remotely enter Jensen's senses, just like the spiritual circuits in Clementine's body.

However, what's different is that Jason's document also integrates a special telepathic function, for the purpose of him later delivering a "divine oracle" to Jason—

After all, it would be a waste not to take advantage of Jansen's status as a loyal follower of Odin.

Ultimately, under the influence of a spiritual circuit designed for fusion with the body and remotely manipulated by Ji Li, the bearskin was able to seamlessly integrate into Jason's body, becoming as natural as if it were his own flesh and blood.

Therefore, to outsiders, Jensen appears to be a genuine awakened individual.

To see through the spiritual circuits in Jason's body, one needs to be at least at the Immortal stage, and also a master specializing in spiritual circuits.

It's not difficult to satisfy either of these two conditions, but to satisfy both is extremely rare.

The only problem is that Jason is not a true Awakener after all. The spiritual energy he uses is based on his spiritual energy as a human being, and he can only mobilize it because of the existence of the bear skin.

However, the spiritual essence of an ordinary person's spirit, no matter how good their equipment, is still insufficient for sustained power.

The grizzly bear's body flew backward and crashed onto the grass.

"Fuck...this damn stupid thing is too troublesome...Father, can you give me some more power?!"

Logically speaking, Jason should have some fighting skills, but now that he's not human, he can't utilize them.

Moreover, he was very unfamiliar with manipulating spiritual matter. Essentially, his soul was guided to activate the power of the bear skin, giving him the power bestowed by these spiritual matter circuits and allowing him to transform into a bear.

Now he's going all out, turning into a bear attacking, his moves are completely haphazard, and he's wasting a lot of his spiritual energy, so he's probably about to collapse.

Sure enough, just as Jason finished yelling and tried to get up, his body began to shrink rapidly, and at the same time, a strong wave of dizziness hit his head:
"What's going on?!" Seeing the blood bear, which was already almost completely emaciated but was still charging forward, Jason figured that the guy was probably dead by now.

Aiming at the head that was now just half a bone, it struggled to its feet and charged at the opponent in its current half-bear, half-human form, beginning its desperate fight.

In that instant, he heard the sound of blood gushing in his ear.

The blood bear's body suddenly stiffened, and Jason rammed into it, but passed right through the evil spirit and rolled on the ground.

When they came to their senses, they saw that the blood bear had completely dissolved into a pool of putrid blood, revealing the beautiful woman in the suit's alluring figure.

“A fine fight, Mr. Green, but visibly rusty.”

Angelica released her grip, and a wisp of crimson spiritual energy returned to her hand from the blood, transforming into a blood sphere and merging into it.

"...Ms. Laurent?!"

Having regained his human form and covered in blood, Jason stared blankly at Angelica appearing before him.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he leaped up and flipped back through the gap created by the two bears, just like an ape:

"grandfather!"

He rushed to old Green's side and pressed his hand down:

"Grandpa, are you alright?!"

Old Green's gaze was listless, but he gently grasped Jason's hand, his eyes still shining brightly.

"I didn't expect... you were right..."

His life force was rapidly fading away, and Jason panicked instantly, turning around and roaring:

"Ms. Laurent!? Please help me, my grandfather..."

He didn't have time to think about why Angelica Laurent possessed such power; he could only subconsciously turn to her for help.

The blood coalesced into Angelica's form. Her gaze was grave. She bent down and placed her hand on old Green's forehead, letting out a long sigh.

“When spiritual energy is depleted, it’s basically a death sentence for ordinary people.”

Jason was struck dumb:

"How can it be……"

He picked up his phone to call for an ambulance, but Old Green held his hand down.
"It's no use, just like this lady said, I'm going to die."

With his other hand, he shakily grasped the cane beside him and handed it to Jason:
“Child, you must hold this carefully... This is a sacred relic given to us by the Father.”

Jason didn't hear what he was saying at all, wiping his tears from his face:
"Never mind the Holy Father for now, Grandpa, I'll take you to the hospital..."

Listen up! This is very important!!!

The old man's roar snapped Jason out of his daze:

"The pendant I gave you... there are three World Tree Marks in total, and three sacred artifacts as well!"

"Two of the three marks are held by us and the Ludwig family respectively, and the whereabouts of the third one is unknown!"

"As for the sacred artifacts... the Ludwig family didn't need those things, so they handed over what should have been theirs to us: a cane and the cat's eye pendant around Anya's neck!"
As for the last one, named "The Scarecrow," it's lost, just like the third World Tree Mark, but it must still be in the town. Even the World Tree Mark itself, even if it's being kept by the Ludwig family, will definitely return to the town!

He gripped Jason's hand tightly, his fingers trembling.
"You've proven that the Father has awakened... so you must find the Holy Land, it's right here in our town..."

Once you find the Holy Land, use the three marks and the sacred artifact to activate it… You must do this before Duke Ludwig's mansion realizes you have become an Awakened One!

"I understand, Grandpa, let's go to the hospital first..."

"I already told you the hospital is useless! There's one more thing I haven't finished saying: opening the sacred ground requires a password, the one the kids in town always talk about..."

"One more thing, that altar is a replica of the real World Tree altar, and those three slots are what the real altar uses to insert the marks..."

"There's one more thing I regret: I couldn't turn Yuk High School into a church school that believes in the Father. If you can fully awaken the Father, you must do it..."

"No, I have one last wish..."

Angelica, standing nearby, finally couldn't hold back any longer, and her lips twitched:
"Um... old man, before you leave, I also have something very important to tell you."

Both of them turned to look at her—

"Don't you think your last words were a little too long?"

Jason didn't understand what that meant, but Old Green suddenly sat up, startling Jason.
"I...I'm alright?"

For some reason, the feeling of being exhausted had long since faded, replaced by a strong sense of vitality and hope within him.

He turned to look at Jensen, and Angelica also turned to look at Jensen—

This boy seems to possess some kind of special ability.

(End of this chapter)