Chapter 1602 - 107: Triggering Collapse_3

"It’s nothing, I’ve just broken through your Rectangular Soul Critical and dominated your Alchemy Matrix. Any change in Ether within your body will fall under my perception."

Bologue said as he closed his eyes, concentrating on the feeling of completely controlling another. It was an extremely wondrous experience, his own Alchemy Matrix extending outward like vines, wrapping around, devouring, and dominating Medi’s Alchemy Matrix until Medi became an extension of Bologue’s body, controlling him as if controlling his own limbs.

Under the tendency of Infinite Sharpness, the power became increasingly acute, refined to a microscopic level. Apart from the changes in Ether, even the surge of Medi’s blood was under Bologue’s observation. Bologue also realized that if he focused even more, even the maintenance of Medi’s organs for life would be under his scrutiny.

What about delving further? Delving down to the so-called soul level.

With this thought, Bologue’s power further penetrated, Medi’s expression froze, then twisted in pain. He seemed to be experiencing an extremely brutal torment, far exceeding Serey’s brutality, happening deep within Medi’s heart, in the remnants of his soul, sheer torment.

A massive amount of Ether rampaged inside Medi like cancer cells eroding the body, breaking through one barrier after another, and finally opening a smooth path for Bologue.

Bologue saw it.

In the darkness of his vision, he saw the rising ghostly blue glow, countless lines woven together in specific trajectories, forming a miraculous ritual structure, a converter of wonders, much like a circuit board.

With no means required, Bologue intuitively spied on Medi’s Alchemy Matrix.

"No... no, no, don’t, I’ll tell you everything!"

Medi screamed uncontrollably, as Bologue spied on his Alchemy Matrix, an intense sense of unease swept through Medi’s mind, a fear that far exceeded the boundary of life and death, trembling like an instinct engraved into the depth of the soul.

Tears of terror welled up in his eyes, disappearing into the pool of blood beneath.

Bologue completely ignored Medi’s wails; instead, like a pathologically obsessed scientist, he immersed himself in his newfound discovery.

Now, Bologue had fully spied on Medi’s Alchemy Matrix. If Bologue possessed the knowledge like Aimou, he could entirely replicate or even deconstruct Medi’s Alchemy Matrix.

"What am I thinking?"

Bologue scolded himself, immediately inquiring, "Aimou, can you see all this?"

"I can."

Aimou replied, sharing senses with Bologue through the Secret Energy·Heart Overlapping Shadow. What Bologue spied of the Alchemy Matrix naturally appeared in Aimou’s eyes as well.

"This is truly a great discovery, Bologue."

Aimou marveled, "With this ability, you can completely spy on and decipher the enemies’ Alchemy Matrix, probing their Alchemy Matrix technology from the root."

"Is this the scholars’ way of thinking? It’s completely different from mine."

Aimou countered, "Otherwise, what are you planning to do?"

"I was thinking if I could, through dominating the Alchemy Matrix, force him to use Secret Energy."

Bologue manipulated Medi into the action he desired almost as he proposed the idea.

Medi painfully raised his hand; it was undeniably his own limb, yet now it completely didn’t belong to him, as if his body and mind were utterly betrayed.

No one cared for Medi’s joy or sorrow, only Bologue opened his eyes, watching Medi with anticipation.

Amid tears of despair, the Alchemy Matrix on Medi’s body burst into brilliance, a strong Ether reaction roaring in ascension, only to quickly decline again at the peak of resistance.

A faint cracking sound, only audible to Bologue and Aimou, arose.

Medi’s body quickly withered somewhat, the swelling Ether reaction settled into silence, until no further Ether fluctuation was detectable, leaving Medi as if drained, his head drooping, akin to being dead.

Aimou asked, "What happened?"

"Nothing," Bologue said calmly, "I failed to control the intensity, causing his Alchemy Matrix to collapse."

The Alchemy Matrix is a crucial existence etched into the soul, mirrored onto the body. Under the protection of Rectangular Soul Critical, any force capable of attacking the Alchemy Matrix could be considered a lethal strike to the soul.

Bologue wasn’t entirely sure if the so-called soul would be damaged or perished from the attack, or encounter some other transformation, but he was sure that through controlling the Alchemy Matrix, forcing someone to use Secret Energy was feasible.

Bologue just couldn’t think of how this power would be useful in specific combat situations, given that an enemy subjected to such dominance by Bologue bore little difference from being dead.

But from Medi’s ordeal, Bologue realized another thing. He could entirely leverage this power to directly trigger the collapse of an enemy’s Alchemy Matrix, which might kill some troublesome entities or render certain things completely powerless.

Bologue scooped another handful of fresh blood, sprinkling it over Medi, fantasizing further applications of the ability in his mind.