A noun entry: Wizard

Chapter 66 Soul Spell "Enchanting Dream Clan"

"The Dream Clan can devour spiritual cores, but they cannot devour the spiritual power of other Dream Clan members, as this would cause a rejection reaction."

"The reason for the rejection reaction is that the mental energy is controlled by someone else."

"Simply put, the mental fluctuations of each Dream Clan member are different, so their mental power is also different, and they cannot be absorbed at will."

Russell examined the mental energy core in his hand.

"The current situation seems more like something akin to a 'soul' is contained within the core of the spirit."

"And this 'soul,' after being directly destroyed by the soul piercing, resulted in the death of the Dream Clan member, and the originally possessed spiritual power became unowned spiritual power."

"Without a soul, there is naturally no true spirit; perhaps it is will?"

Russell speculated, "The Dream Clan is formed by the birth of will from spiritual power, the condensation of the spiritual core based on will."

"The methods of the ancient wizards are truly wondrous."

"Therefore, if it is possible to directly harm the will, rather than indirectly affecting it through soul or mental magic."

"Its destructive power against the Dream Clan will reach an extremely terrifying level!"

Coincidentally, Russell happened to have the means to exert his will to attack.

[Soul Chanter (Rare): Soul Attack Damage +130%, Willpower Attack Damage +20%]

It's just that its power is a bit weak.

Compared to Russell's soul piercing that completely crushed his opponent, this damage from the will attack is merely a bonus.

"It seems that whether it's soul magic or mental magic, when it becomes powerful enough, it can directly eradicate the will of the Dream Clan."

Russell cleared out a room in the two-story building and laid out all his research equipment.

Research has begun on the third-level and second-level Dream Clan entities that have awakened their spiritual intelligence.

Ten days later, Russell secretly went out at night and came to the house where a first-order Dream Clan member lived.

The other person was lying in bed, their mental core silent, clearly "sleeping".

The core of the spirit is always active, and dreamers will also feel tired, so they need to use "sleep" to recover every once in a while.

This means allowing the core of the spirit to enter a state of dormancy and rest.

"Sleeping, huh?" Russell looked at the Dream Clan in front of him with a malicious smile and began to verify his research.

In the past few days, he has studied the structure of the Dream Clan quite a bit. The only material he lacks is the first-order Dream Clan, which is located between the third and second order.

Now is a good opportunity.

"By modifying the mental manipulation techniques of the second-tier Dream Clan and using the King's Soul to activate them, can we control the first-tier Dream Clan?"

Russell mimicked the strange mental fluctuations that permeated the dormant mental core.

Not long after, the spiritual core of the first-order Dream Clan became active again, sat up in a daze, and looked at Russell.

Upon seeing this, Russell smiled.

"~" The intense mental fluctuations were about to spread outwards and transmit information, but Russell forcefully suppressed them.

"It failed."

Russell retrieved the opponent's shattered spiritual core.

In his haste, he didn't stop and shattered the opponent's mental core.

"It's alright, this is just the first one, there are still fourteen more test subjects."

Russell put away the first-tier Dream Clan member and searched the room again to see if he had brought anything of value.

Finally, they found some Originium.

Russell didn't care about the other odds and ends.

"Originium is contained within Originium veins. Without a special magic array for extraction, it requires manual mining."

Russell thought for a moment, and a first-tier Dream Clan appeared in his mind, controlling a large number of Dream Clan members below the first tier, and Wanwan was digging a scene.

The source stones that are dug out are eaten by first-tier Dream Clan members. Occasionally, if they want to change their appetite, they will devour a third-tier Dream Clan member.

"What a cruel race. It would be best to wipe them all out, since they are the failed creations of ancient wizards."

Russell returned to the two-story building to continue his research.

"Another member of the clan has gone into that small building."

An elderly Dream Clan member murmured to himself.

The hazy white light emanating from him had dimmed considerably and was mixed with other colors, a sign of the Dream Clan's advanced age.

In the Dream Clan, where infighting is rampant, to live peacefully to a ripe old age is a testament to one's skill.

He was the same Dream Clan member who, when Russell and the Level 3 Dream Clan first arrived in this town, used mental fluctuations to try and make Russell and the others leave.

The old alien race had never devoured its own kind in its life, so its progress was slow. It was almost old and dying, still only a first-tier being, but even that second-tier Dream Race member dared not easily cause it trouble.

"After Harel devoured one of the two little guys, the mental fluctuations of two other members of the same race soon disappeared."

"Following that, almost every day a member of our clan would go to that small building and never come out again."

"However, his mental state remained completely intact."

"Yesterday, the remaining three members of my clan came to me, hoping to go and check it out together, but I didn't go."

"Now, the only thing left that I haven't been to is that little building."

The old alien felt uneasy, quickly packed his things, and prepared to leave the town.

But as soon as he left the house, before he had even taken two steps, he received a strange mental fluctuation.

Immediately, his body dimmed, and his mental core was forcibly plunged into a state of silence.

I found myself walking towards the small building without even realizing it.

If any Dream Clan members were observing from the sidelines, they would notice that the old Dream Clan member's mental fluctuations were somewhat strange at this moment.

It was as if it was no longer his own mental fluctuations.

Instead, he was controlled by another mental fluctuation!

"It's difficult to directly control a first-order Dream Clan member through their mind, but I can suppress their mental core with my powerful mental strength."

"Then I will use my own mental power to replace the other party's mental power."

In Russell's research room stood a row of Dream Clan members, twelve in total.

The old Meng tribesmen consciously stood at the back of the line, number thirteen.

"Thirteen living first-tier Dream Clan members are enough for me to conduct research for a long time."

Russell controlled the thirteen Dream Clan members with his mental power without feeling any discomfort.

His soul is too powerful.

"Suppressing their spiritual core is not difficult for me, but it is ultimately just a temporary measure."

"This method can only be considered as overwhelming people with force. I need to research a control method that is effective against the first-order Dream Clan."

"Squat down."

Russell issued the command through mental fluctuations.

The Level 3 Dream Clan member, who served as Russell's assistant and research subject, obediently stayed where he was.

"To twist the will within the spiritual core, making it absolutely obedient to my commands—that's what I want."

"Instead of being an unstable factor that will immediately betray you once you withdraw your mental power."

After studying the core of the Dream Clan's spirit, Russell further improved the control methods.

They created the soul magic "Enchanting Dream Clan" unique to wizards.

This spell is currently at level zero, because it can only control level three Dream Clan members at most.

But Russell believed that given more time, he would be able to create a first-tier Enchanting Dream Clan spell.