Chapter 381 - 382: Enhancement, Endless Enhancement

Chapter 381: Chapter 382: Enhancement, Endless Enhancement

’The brains of the Multi-Brain Race can’t give me extra Magic Hearts like the hearts of the Multi-Heart Race.’

’But they can enhance my own brain and elevate the origin of my Soul.’

’In the words of my past life, it’s like expanding my brain’s capacity and activating its unknown regions.’

Andre patted his forehead, then ran a hand through his hair in frustration.

Then, he remembered why he had forgotten about the brains of the Multi-Brain Race. It was from his time in the Multi-Body World.

It was not long after he had become a Level 2 Wizard, when the Expeditionary Corps was in the middle of conquering the Multi-Body World.

His ancestor, Red-haired Klein, had ordered him to go to the Cosmic Sea World.

Because the mission was urgent, he never got around to fusing the remaining organs of the Multi-Body Race into his own body.

Only now did he remember these organs from the Multi-Body Race.

’Sigh. I have no one to blame but myself!’

Andre sighed and took out all the brains of the Multi-Brain Race that he had stored in his Storage Ring.

As he took out the brains, Andre cast a Witchcraft to prevent the materials from being destroyed by the Power of World Origin raining down from the sky.

After protecting the containers, Andre opened all of them.

If he recalled correctly, he had taken over a thousand materials from the burial grounds of the Multi-Brain Race.

Although he had later given some of the Multi-Body Race’s organs to Karina and the others, that amount was negligible—a drop in the ocean—compared to what he kept for himself.

’First, I need to check if these brains are still usable. Then, I’ll use Witchcraft to destroy their activity and prevent any residual Soul Fragments from remaining inside.’

’Not that these Soul Fragments pose any real threat to me.’

’But I’m about to fuse all of the materials at once.’

’And with this quantity, there are bound to be a lot of Soul Fragments.’

’Too many Soul Fragments at once could cause me considerable trouble.’

Andre looked at the pile of boxes before him and stretched his body.

Ever since he had condensed eight Pillars of Elements within his body, he could move freely under the torrent of the Power of World Origin.

Andre opened the boxes. Seeing the gem-like materials inside, he took them out and began to inspect them carefully.

First, he cast a Witchcraft to test their activity.

This step was to determine if the materials could still retain Magic Power.

If they couldn’t retain Magic Power, it meant they had lost their activity and were worthless for fusion.

Andre checked them one by one, and in a short while, he had gone through all the boxes.

After his careful inspection, only sixty percent of the thousand-plus brains were usable.

The other forty percent were no longer usable, and the reason was quite simple.

The ravages of time had turned these materials left behind by the Multi-Brain Race into Stone.

And among the remaining sixty percent, while many could still retain a large amount of Magic Power,

these materials were no different from Stone and also had to be discarded.

After excluding these, only forty percent of the initial amount could be used.

Andre set the usable materials aside and cast another Witchcraft to examine them.

This time, the purpose of the inspection was to ensure there were no lingering Soul Fragments within the materials suitable for fusion.

Soon, Andre finished his inspection. Among the remaining forty percent, only about twenty showed a soul-response.

Upon detecting them, Andre immediately shattered these Soul Fragments.

Next, Andre took out some ingredients and began to concoct the fusion Potion he needed.

After three hours, Andre had prepared a large barrel full of the Potion.

Once the concoction was complete, Andre conjured a ball of water, into which he tossed the usable materials to wash off the dust, silt, dried blood vessels, and blackened, filthy blood.

After being cleaned, the appearance of the materials changed once again.

Before, their original shape was still discernible, but now, after being washed, they had all shrunk considerably.

If one didn’t look closely, they could be mistaken for beautiful gemstones.

Once the cleaning was done, Andre threw the twice-tested materials into the Potion.

With a splash, the Potion barrel immediately began to glow.

Then, wretched screams echoed from within the barrel.

These screams came from the Soul Fragments hidden in the deepest recesses.

’The remains of three Divine Spirits must have left some Talent Witchcraft behind for you lot.’

’As if I would start the fusion before seeing these Witchcrafts appear with my own eyes.’

Andre watched the Potion barrel, tossing in the rest of the materials. Soon, the barrel shimmered with a kaleidoscope of different colored lights.

It wasn’t until two hours later that the Potion barrel quieted down.

Andre then switched to a new barrel of Potion and soaked the materials in it once more.

After being moved to the new barrel, the Potion once again began to glow.

But this time, the light was much dimmer than the first.

Andre’s expression remained unchanged.

After the second Potion barrel returned to normal, Andre changed it out again.

This time, just as Andre had expected, lights appeared in the barrel again.

However, compared to the previous two times, only seven or eight rays of light appeared in the barrel this time.

’It seems these few must be the materials left behind by members of the Multi-Brain Race equivalent to Level 3 Wizards.’

’Otherwise, such powerful residual Power wouldn’t have remained in their brains after they died.’

Andre looked at the third Potion barrel and nodded.

Then, Andre changed the Potion barrel several more times, each one containing a different Potion targeting the Soul. After a total of nine changes, he finally fished the materials out of the barrel.

By now, the materials had completed their transformation, truly becoming like individual gems.

The wrinkles on their surfaces had now completely smoothed out under the Potion’s effects.

Andre nodded, looking at the materials that remained after nine washes. He then began to prepare a new Potion to dissolve them.

As the Potion dissolved the materials, Andre’s body transformed into a cloud of gray mist and absorbed the liquified solution.

As the solution entered the gray mist, Andre keenly felt his mental reaction speed quicken significantly.

As he continued to absorb the solution, the process accelerated even more. When the absorption was complete, Andre’s body returned to its original form.