Grinding EXP From Fireball Skill

Elizabeth gave the piece of her soul with the engraved spell to Li Wei.

Li Wei successfully obtained the Soul Splitting Technique he wanted.

Under Gu Sewei’s watchful gaze, Li Wei let go of Elizabeth’s hand.

He looked at Elizabeth and asked, "Did that hurt you?"

Elizabeth smiled. "It’s fine. I’m used to it."

"This is one of my abilities, after all."

Li Wei nodded lightly. "Is that so? I understand."

’Slicing off a piece of one’s soul and giving it to someone else couldn’t possibly be completely harmless.’

’Especially for the Ghost Race, whose souls are their everything.’

’Cutting away a part of their soul is no different from cutting off a piece of their flesh.’

Hearing that Li Wei had obtained the Soul Splitting Technique, Gu Sewei said hurriedly, "Li Wei, now that you have the spell, let’s hurry and help Monice split her soul."

Li Wei shook his head. "Don’t be hasty. I need to master this spell first, or I might end up hurting Monice instead."

"Monice’s condition is still stable for now. Don’t worry, I’ll get this spell down quickly."

Helpless, Gu Sewei could only nod. "Mm, alright."

"Then I’ll leave you to your Cultivation."

With that, she prepared to leave.

Seeing Elizabeth standing motionlessly to the side, she quickly took her hand.

She smiled and said, "This must be your first time in Fred City, Elizabeth, right? I’ll show you around town."

Gu Sewei wasn’t comfortable leaving a Ghost Lady alone with Li Wei.

Elizabeth chuckled. "Then I’ll be in your care, Lord City Lord."

Gu Sewei said, "You don’t have to be so formal. Just call me Weiwei."

The two of them left the small courtyard.

Li Wei returned to his room and entered the Dream World to cultivate the spell.

The Soul Splitting Technique was a type of Soul Magic, and its difficulty was not much lower than the Hour Time Technique.

Ordinary Soul Magic wasn’t that difficult to learn.

If used purely for offensive purposes, the Soul Splitting Technique also wouldn’t be very hard to learn.

However, to use the Soul Splitting Technique to divide a soul according to one’s will without harming the target—that instantly increased the difficulty a thousand, even ten thousand times over.

After a thousand years of improvements by the Legendary Witch Lich, the Soul Splitting Technique no longer resembled the original soul-cutting spell.

Even in the Dream World, Li Wei didn’t dare to experiment on himself.

He could only grind his proficiency first to raise his mastery Level of the Soul Splitting Technique.

He pulled an all-nighter, grinding without rest.

「The next day.」

Li Wei went to Monice’s cell alone.

He hadn’t told Gu Sewei.

Li Wei wasn’t completely confident and feared an accident, so he planned to tell Gu Sewei only after he succeeded.

He wanted to avoid saddening her in case something went wrong.

Having to kill Monice because of her Demonization would be easier to accept than Monice dying from an accident during the soul splitting.

Li Wei had already prepared for the worst.

Monice was a little surprised to see Li Wei arrive by himself.

"Are you here alone?"

Monice asked, sitting on the edge of her bed and looking at Li Wei.

Her emotions seemed much more stable.

However, her eyes were still bloodshot, revealing a frantic and restless look.

Li Wei said, "Yes. I’m telling you in advance, the Soul Splitting Technique isn’t foolproof, so you need to be prepared for the worst."

Monice let out a chuckle. "Heh, do you think I’m afraid of death?"

Li Wei nodded and said seriously, "Good. But if you want to increase the success rate of the Soul Splitting Technique, it’s actually better if you’re afraid of death. The will to live can improve the odds."

Monice glanced at Li Wei, surprised he was still in the mood to joke.

"I definitely won’t give up before you do."

Monice said coolly.

"Excellent. Then let’s begin."

Li Wei cast the Soul Splitting Technique.

After grinding all night yesterday, his mastery of the Soul Splitting Technique had already reached the Small Success Level.

Li Wei was now more than eighty percent confident of success.

"Soul Splitting Technique!"

The world in Li Wei’s eyes lost its color, leaving only shades of gray.

Monice became a white, human-shaped figure.

Li Wei knew that was her soul.

Monice’s white soul was tainted by a faint layer of Demonic Qi.

This Demonic Qi was like a Parasite, burrowing into Monice’s soul and devouring her Power of the Soul.

Li Wei first used the Soul Splitting Technique to excise the parts of Monice’s soul that had been corroded by the Demonic Qi.

"HISS!"

Monice clenched her jaw, enduring the excruciating pain of her soul being carved away.

Li Wei was like an unfeeling machine, completely ignoring Monice’s agony as he precisely and continuously cut away at her soul.

Pain on a spiritual level, even at its most extreme, could not be escaped by falling unconscious.

Fainting was merely the body’s way of preventing a mental collapse.

There was no way to suppress the pain of the soul.

Monice could only endure it.

Blood trickled from the corners of her mouth; she had bitten through her lip.

Veins bulged on her temples, her brows were tightly furrowed, and beads of sweat dripped from her forehead.

"AHHHH..."

She finally couldn’t hold back a blood-curdling scream.

The guard outside the door instinctively glanced back toward the cell.

Li Wei had already closed the door and told the guard that no one was to enter without his permission.

The guard was extremely curious about what was happening inside the room.

Unable to see what was going on, she could only let her imagination run wild based on Monice’s screams.

After excising all the corroded parts of Monice’s soul, Li Wei paused for a moment.

He glanced at Monice, who had collapsed onto the floor, completely weakened.

"Do you need to rest?"

Monice’s voice was hoarse as she said, "Continue."

Seeing this, Li Wei didn’t hold back and proceeded to the next step.

Step two: separate Monice’s still-intact soul from her physical body to prevent it from being corroded by the Power of the Demon Seed again.

This step was even more troublesome than excising the corroded parts of her soul.

Li Wei went all out, pushing his abilities to their absolute limit.

He had to carefully split Monice’s soul while also preventing her body from falling into a state of suspended animation.

One careless move could kill Monice.

Two hours later, Li Wei finally completed the soul-splitting surgery.

He let out a long breath, relaxing his incredibly tense mind.

’This was my first time using the Soul Splitting Technique.’

’I lack experience. I should be able to do better next time.’

’However, I really hope there isn’t a next time.’

Monice’s soul was now separate from her body.

Li Wei used a pre-prepared Soul Bottle to store Monice’s soul.

The next step was to figure out how to let Monice regain control of her body.

With a wave of his hand, a blue light appeared around Monice, and her body automatically floated up and settled onto the bed.

He checked Monice’s physical condition. She was currently in a vegetative state.

She wasn’t dead, but without her soul as a central hub, all of her bodily functions were greatly weakened.

She was in a low-energy state, basically standby mode.

Holding the Soul Bottle containing Monice’s soul, Li Wei turned and left the room.

Before leaving, he glanced at the guard and said, "Watch over Monice’s body. Don’t let anyone touch her."

The guard found it strange but still responded immediately, "As you command."

Li Wei turned and walked away.

He wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but he felt the guard was looking at him strangely.

There seemed to be a trace of fear in her eyes.

Li Wei rubbed his chin. Unable to figure it out, he didn’t dwell on such a minor detail.

He glanced at the Soul Bottle and carefully put it away.

’If I accidentally break this and lose her soul, Monice will be finished.’

’Her soul might truly scatter and dissipate.’

Witnessing how much pain Monice endured during the soul splitting, Li Wei couldn’t help but feel a deep sense of admiration for the Legendary Witch Lich.

The Legendary Witch Lich had undergone the agony of soul splitting more than once.

Moreover, the pain he had suffered was on a completely different level from Monice’s.

What Monice went through was, at best, like scraping poison from the bone.

The Legendary Witch Lich, on the other hand, had brutally split himself in two to be used as two separate beings.

Li Wei felt he definitely couldn’t be that ruthless with himself.

Li Wei would call him a true badass.

"Why didn’t you tell me about something so important beforehand?"

Gu Sewei looked at Li Wei angrily after hearing he had already completed the soul splitting.

Li Wei said flatly, "I was afraid you would worry. Besides, your presence might have affected Monice’s state."

Hearing this, Gu Sewei faltered slightly.

She sighed and said in a low voice, "Next time, you have to tell me about important things first."

Li Wei nodded. "Mm, next time for sure."

He handed the Soul Bottle containing Monice’s soul to Gu Sewei.

Li Wei said, "The next step is to find a way for Monice’s soul to control her body from a distance."

Gu Sewei asked doubtfully, "How is that possible?"

Splitting a soul was already an incredible feat.

Gu Sewei couldn’t understand how a soul that had left its body could control its original vessel.

Li Wei said, "It’s simple. We just need to make a Soul Box for Monice."

Gu Sewei’s eyes lit up. "A Soul Box? You mean like a Witch Lich’s Soul Box?"

"Correct."

Li Wei snapped his fingers and nodded.

"I never thought of that... Does that mean Monice will become a Witch?"

Gu Sewei said, surprised.

Li Wei shook his head. "No, there’s a big difference between her and a true Witch Lich. A real Witch Lich possesses a near-Undying Body. She’s just placing her soul inside a Soul Box. In essence, she’s still human."

"We can talk about the rest later. First, I need to figure out how to make a Soul Box."

Elizabeth, who had been listening nearby, raised her hand and said, "If you’re talking about a Soul Box, I happen to have an unused one."

Li Wei was pleasantly surprised but also a bit confused. "Why do you have a Soul Box?"

Elizabeth explained, "At a critical moment, I can place a portion of my soul into the Soul Box. That way, I can avoid dying even if all my avatars are destroyed."

Li Wei frowned. "No, that’s your lifeline. Besides, Monice doesn’t need such a High Level Soul Box."

Elizabeth said, "If you want to preserve that human’s soul completely intact, you must use a high-quality Soul Box."

She took out the Soul Box she had prepared for herself—a multifaceted Crystal that glowed with a faint blue light.

If she hadn’t told him beforehand, Li Wei would never have guessed that this object was a Soul Box.

If tossed into a pile of Gemstones, almost no one would give it a second look.

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