When the passage between the Dream World and the Material World was closed,
pollution could rot the souls and minds of low-ranking beings, twisting their consciousness.
As long as they sensed it, they would be affected.
After the passage between the Dream World and the Material World opened,
it could lower a person's sanity. Once their sanity fell below 0, they would turn directly into a monster.
For Rank 7 and above, pollution's effect remained the same from beginning to end.
It was to break the Spirit Body and leave behind weaknesses.
A Rank 7 was an entire whole. Pollution caused certain parts to no longer belong to that whole, and that was the principle behind a weakness.
Seen this way, it was exactly the same as the negative effects caused by mana erosion.
Chen Yi touched the black wound on his neck, and the mana within him quickly ground it away.
Mana erosion could also create monsters and leave behind weaknesses.
Chen Yi grew increasingly curious about mana and pollution.
What kind of forces were these two, exactly?
Chen Yi had been too weak before, unqualified to study their essence. But now, he was qualified.
However, Chen Yi did not begin researching them. The mission came first.
Chen Yi took a scrap of cloth from his backpack.
That was right, it was all that remained of the Yin-Yang Magic Robe.
Compared to Chen Yi's physique, the robe's defensive power was far too lacking.
The fact that even this much remained was only because Chen Yi had deliberately protected it.
Several half-dead bugs poked out from the scrap, devouring the mana Chen Yi fed them.
That was the difference between having spirituality and not having it.
Without spirituality, the regeneration effect obtained by enhancing the Yin-Yang Magic Robe to +12