Part 3 The Traveler Chapter 183 Threads of the Spirit Body
The sun was fierce aloft, the sea reflected in gold, and Klein’s eyes were filled with nothing but uncountable illusory black threads.
They reached out from the body of the mermaid not far away, from himself, from different parts of the nearby sea, thin and numerous, densely packed, corresponding to different parts of the body, and spreading to an infinite distance, reaching the end of the void.
This strange scene of dense beauty was not unfamiliar to Klein, who had seen similar images on several occasions when he had borrowed the power of the “all-black eye” and relied on the other side for a long period of time to mold the “world” as a dummy.
This was the source of the “Master of the Secret Puppet”‘s extraordinary ability!
The knowledge obtained from the magic potion told Klein that these illusory black threads were called “threads of the spiritual body”, and that he could manipulate them to directly affect the target’s spiritual, astral, mental and etheric bodies, and then control the other party’s body through the bridge of the “etheric body”. The “Etheric Body” can then be used as a bridge to control the other party’s body.
Therefore, all the extraordinary abilities of the Master of the Secret Puppet are based on the “thread of the spiritual body”.
This is to use the “spiritual thread” that exists in every living creature to find out the hidden target, and it is the nemesis of the “witch” stealth and the “hermit” shadow hiding ability, of course, Klein was not sure if there was any way to turn the “spiritual thread” into a “spiritual thread”. Of course, Klein is not sure if there is a way to cover up the “spiritual thread” as well.
The second is to control the target like a puppet, make him slow in thought and stiff in movement, which belongs to forceful control, it is difficult to have the ability to fight against, basically can only rely on the strength of their own spiritual body to get rid of, for the “Secret Puppet Masters” who are already at the level of Sequence 5, there is almost no need to worry about anything under the demigods.
Thirdly, after the passage of time and the deepening of control, the “Secret Puppet Master” can completely turn the target into his own puppet, at a certain distance, hiding behind the curtain, manipulating the other party to fight, in this way, the puppet is able to use the original extraordinary ability!
”This is truly bizarre, secretive, and terrifying, it’s practically exclusive to the mastermind behind the curtain, no wonder Rosago called manipulation on the ‘Spirit Body Thread’ one of the most difficult abilities to deal with below the High Sequence ……
”But this will take time, control can’t be achieved completely at once, it must be deepened step by step until it is finally completed, to initially control it, it will take about 20 seconds for me in my current state, but with the gradual digestion of the magic potion, the time consuming time will be significantly shortened, by the time the ‘Master of the Secret Puppet’ is thoroughly digested, it may be able to get within Within 5 seconds, well, the target is almost unnoticeable until the effect is produced, those with some prophetic ability might be able to ……
”Once the initial control of the target’s ‘spiritual body strings’ has been achieved, he will immediately experience a slowing of thought, a lagging of movement, and a stiffening of the body, and then step by step move in the direction of a puppet, or a golem, and if the ‘Master of Secret Puppets’ has a companions, in the process, it would be easy to take care of the target that was forcibly controlled, well, if the enemy’s spiritual strength wasn’t too high, the ‘Secret Puppet Master’ had a certain amount of residual strength, and could even be distracted from pulling out a gun or using magical items to cooperate with himself.
”If the process of control is not interrupted by an outside force, in five minutes the target will become my puppet, in a sense he is truly dead and things can never be reversed again. When the magic potion is completely digested, the time needed to transform the puppet will definitely be drastically shortened.
”The maximum number of puppets I can currently manipulate is 1. After that, I can’t tell for now, but it will definitely grow, and the maximum number doesn’t look like it will exceed 3.
”In addition to the time this takes, there is also a distance limitation, I can currently only see ‘Spirit Body Threads’ within 100 meters, and to manipulate them, I must get within 5 meters of the corresponding target ……
”When manipulating a golem, the distance between the body and it cannot exceed 100 meters for the time being, and it can definitely grow after that.
”Hey, in addition to retaining its own extraordinary abilities, the golem can also use things like magical items and seals normally and consume its spirituality, not mine, but of course the very act of manipulating it is spiritually draining for me.
”This ability is very suitable for me, when I encounter a very dangerous situation that I have to explore, I can put the puppet on, although losing it would be heartbreaking, it’s better than dying on the spot myself, huh, that ‘Secret Puppet Master’ Rossago must have had some other action before he came to deal with me to the point of not having the puppet anymore Well, he must not have completely digested the ‘Secret Puppet Master’ magic potion either, so he couldn’t initially control me while waiting for the door to open, and had to enter a face-to-face conversation.
”Overall, it’s not bad for the extraordinary ability of Sequence 5! Moreover, the abilities of the first few sequences have been enhanced by 50% or even more ……
”It’s really getting more and more exciting, I wonder what kind of qualitative changes the Sequence 4 that blends together so many strange and weird abilities will have, heck, I’m not even sure what its name is ……” Klein lamented as he ended his review of his own situation.
He then relied on the experience of setting up and closing the “Spiritual Vision”, and restrained the ability to see the “Spiritual Thread”, so as not to see things that should not be seen.
The left thumb pinches the first joint of the index finger twice to turn it on, repeat to turn it off, and the right hand can also be …… He withdrew his thoughts and looked ahead, seeing that the remaining several mermaids had already turned around, and were curiously sizing him up with their watery blue eyes.
Considering that if not for their singing and the simple ritual, he would have lost control and become a seal similar to “2-049”, Klein smiled kindly at them.
The mermaids, influenced by the power of the spell, also lightly opened their lips and showed a slightly shy smile.
As their lips opened, Klein saw their teeth: sharp as wolf’s teeth, one after another, white, bright, dripping with viscous liquid.
Klein was stunned for a moment, realizing that this was even more overwhelming to him than the actual monster.
He had already prepared his heart, depending on the mermaids as the kind in the sewers, so no matter how crazy or scary the other party’s form was, he thought he could withstand it, but the situation was a bit out of his expectation, the mermaids were obviously beautiful and seductive females on the outside, and their tails had an otherworldly beauty, but their teeth were so hideous and so disgusting that the contrast was just too stark, so that Klein couldn’t bear to look at them, and almost averted his eyes.
With a wave of his hand, he quickly pulled out a spell from the domain of “Poseidon”, once again created a gale, and pushed the boat back towards the “Future”.
On the way, Klein couldn’t help but recall the feeling he had just experienced:
”It turns out that the mermaid’s song is a kind of neutralization, a kind of balance, otherwise the vast majority of ‘faceless people’ can’t resist the ‘Secret Puppet Master’s’ magic potion’s corruption of their own ‘spiritual body threads’. ”Corruption, directly will be out of control, heh, sea serpent Kavituva this kind of lucky is not in the scope of discussion, perhaps, precisely because there is no ritual aid, it is relatively weak.
”Theoretically, any sound or extraordinary ability that has a similar effect can replace the mermaid’s song, but those who haven’t experienced it firsthand can’t tell the difference in nuance, so it’s difficult for a high-sequence powerhouse who isn’t on the ‘Diviner’ pathway to offer valid advice. ”
In the midst of his thoughts, the boat returned to the vicinity of the “Future”, and Klein easily reached the deck with the help of a rope.
Anderson Hood stood on the edge of the ship’s side, laughing:
”It turns out that you are looking for mermaids because of ritual needs, not because you want to obtain the corresponding materials.”
”That’s clear.” Klein responded briefly.
Anderson shrugged his shoulders and said:
”No, it’s not clear, a normal person would have guessed that the mermaid was the material you needed because it’s not worthy of a Sequence 4 ritual, but who knows, the pirate general level adventurer Germaine Sparrow only has Sequence 6.”
What do you mean, “only”? Klein resisted the urge to manipulate Anderson’s “Spirit Body Thread”.
Ignoring the strongest hunter with his own provocative aura, he entered the cabin and prepared to return to his room.
Just as he approached the captain’s cabin, a creaking sound came and the door opened before his eyes.
”Admiral above the stars,” Gadelia said as she looked at Germaine Sparrow without those heavy glasses and with a slight flow of deep purple within her eyes:
”Congratulations on your successful promotion.
”Before, in the previous dream, did I say something?”
”You know yourself very well.” Klein responded expressionlessly.
Gadelia was silent for two seconds and said:
”You inquired about my relationship with the ‘Mysterious Queen’?”
As she spoke, she couldn’t help but look around.
Did she guess that the Queen of Mysteries might have gotten on board the “Future” through my sudden question? Talking to smart people really need to be careful ah …… Klein nodded, crossed the other side, walked towards his own room, the corridor was quiet.
It wasn’t until he opened the door to his room and stepped inside that Gadelia’s voice came out of the captain’s chamber, echoing throughout the ship:
”Return to the ship.”
Inside the room, Klein waited a few minutes before re-entering the lavatory, setting up the ritual once more, and throwing the “writhing hunger”, which was becoming increasingly manic due to the lack of food, onto the gray mist.
After doing so, he didn’t rush to leave, and with a gesture of his hand, he made the twisted and distorted iron-black “kindling” glove on the floor fly up and land in front of him.
After studying the glove for a moment, Klein put the “kindling” into an iron cigarette case and threw it into the pile of debris.
Although the expensive glove had been discarded, Kraven always believed that there was a place for waste.
After that, he slowly removed the quiet “writhing hunger” and also put it into the pile of clutter.
Whew…… Klein calmed down for a couple of seconds and left the giant’s palace, heading deeper into the mysterious space above the gray mist.
The last time he explored, he found a bright “ladder” leading to heaven, suspecting that the number of levels on the other side is related to his own sequence, so he came to make a confirmation as soon as he was promoted.
After walking for a while, Klein’s eyes finally appeared in front of the pure light composition of the sacred ladder, compared to the previous, it has an additional layer out of thin air, a total of five steps.
Sure enough …… Klein did not accidentally sigh with emotion.
Then he climbed this ladder prepared for giants and came to the top.
At this point, he was not much farther from the piece of gray mist that was condensing and floating in mid-air, and it seemed that another layer of steps would be enough to climb up.
Klein subconsciously looked up and peered there, and vaguely saw a little something.