Soul Mutation

Rielmons and Cicero's battle ended with Rielmons' "defeat."

Even Rielmons himself fell into a deep coma, his soul weakened to the extreme, liable to die at any moment.

No one had expected such an outcome.

When the torrential rain finally stopped and the restored Cicero descended from the sky, the millions of humans watching from both banks of the Torrent River were silent. The atmosphere was oppressive, frighteningly quiet.

Cicero stood proudly in the air, but when he looked at Rielmons, a trace of fear unconsciously surfaced in his eyes. He was the number one Saint Domain expert of the Orc Race, renowned even across the entire Orlando Continent.

He had always believed himself invincible beneath the gods!

Yet today, Rielmons' attack had nearly killed him.

If not for the gods' intervention...

Thinking of this, Cicero felt utterly stifled. If given a choice, he would rather have died beneath Rielmons' sword than appear as the victor like this!

Having cultivated to the Saint Domain Limit, he had his own pride and dignity!

A loss was a loss. At worst, it meant death. It was no big deal!

But he did not dare disobey the Beast God's command!

And there were also the things the Beast God had instructed him to say...

Suppressing the humiliation in his heart, Cicero droned, "The Sword Saint of Destruction is nothing special! Humans, does anyone else wish to challenge me?"

As he spoke, he looked ahead. Wherever his gaze fell, everyone silently lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes.

"Even Lord Rielmons lost!"

"Are humans truly inferior to beastmen?"

"Who else can defeat him?"

After looking once more at Rielmons lying in the distance, Lynn took a deep breath and said calmly, "Scott, let's go!"

That Beast God was still hiding behind the clouds in the sky. Today was not yet the time for Lynn to act.

Scott followed Lynn away in a daze, saying nothing.

At this moment, silence was the face of most people along the Torrent River.

Before long, Lynn and Scott returned to the Royal Capital.

After passing through the city gates, Scott suddenly said, "Big Brother, even Lord Rielmons lost. Are humans really inferior to beastmen?"

"Who said Rielmons lost?" Seeing his dejected expression, Lynn reached out and rubbed his head, smiling as he asked in return.

"Ah... Lord Rielmons didn't lose?" Scott raised his head to look at Lynn, hope gleaming in his eyes. "But just now, Lord Rielmons..."

Lynn shook his head. "What your eyes see is not necessarily the truth. Big Brother can only tell you that Rielmons did not lose. Don't you believe Big Brother?"

"I believe Big Brother! That's wonderful! Lord Rielmons really didn't lose!" The light returned to Scott's eyes, and his steps became much lighter.

But Lynn was thinking over the scene from when the Beast God had acted.

The Beast God had chosen to strike amid the downpour, and his movement had been extremely concealed, lasting only that brief instant.

Not even Saint Domain experts could have seen it clearly!

Even if there had been Saint Domain experts watching on the scene, they would only have believed that Cicero had suddenly used a soul attack ultimate move, causing Rielmons to lose.

Only Lynn, Cicero, the Beast God... and perhaps the unconscious Rielmons knew the truth!

Several months had passed since the battle at the Torrent River, yet Rielmons remained unconscious. He lay quietly in a residence belonging to the Supreme Council in the Royal Capital, as though he would never awaken.

Yet Rielmons had not awakened, nor had he completely died.

That faint trace of soul aura was nearly imperceptible, yet stubbornly tenacious, refusing to disperse...

During this time, many people came to visit him, hoping to treat his injuries.

Light Saint Magi, Saint Domain Limit experts, Undead Saint Magi, Elf Children of Life skilled in souls...

But after examining Rielmons' condition, they all shook their heads and quietly departed.

Naturally, Lynn had also examined Rielmons. With the Soul Power of a Paragon Highgod, he discovered more information than the other experts had.

Standing in the room, Lynn's expression turned grave. "With this condition, and after remaining unconscious for so long without waking... could Rielmons be undergoing Soul Mutation?"

The Four Supreme Planes, the Seven Divine Planes, and countless Material Planes contained an astronomical number of living beings. These beings grew, cultivated, fought...

At every moment, vast numbers of souls were injured and fell into comas. Most of them would awaken after their souls recovered.

Yet for some, the chance of awakening approached zero without limit!

Those were Soul Mutants. Once Soul Mutation began, it was essentially certain death. The chance of surviving was so small it could not be calculated.

In the Coiling Dragon Universe, Soul Mutants were far rarer than divine beasts.

Furthermore, most of them were two-soul mutants. Three-soul mutants could be counted on one's fingers, fewer even than Paragons. As for Soul Mutants with four souls or more...

Throughout the history of the Coiling Dragon Universe, there had only been one: the protagonist, Linley!

Even Beirut from the original work, as a Main God who had traveled through countless planes, could only say "rare" again and again when speaking of Soul Mutants!

"Master Lynn, how is Rielmons' condition?" The speaker was a Ninth-level Light Great Magus from the Supreme Council. After Rielmons fell unconscious, the Supreme Council had sent him here specifically to care for Rielmons.

Lynn had no intention of concealing it. "His condition is very poor! We need to observe him further..."

Before Lynn could finish speaking—

Boom!

The elements in the room suddenly began to fluctuate violently.

Lynn and the Great Magus responsible for caring for Rielmons both looked toward Rielmons, lying on the bed. Rielmons himself remained peacefully still, without the slightest aura.

Yet scarlet and gray light wrapped around his body. The Destruction Rule and Flame Element... were being drawn toward Rielmons in great quantities, circling around him.

"As expected, just like Olivia in the original work, Rielmons used both the Path of Destruction and Flame Element. He has undergone Soul Mutation as well!" A solemn expression appeared on Lynn's face. "I hope you are the Rielmons who appeared in the original work, and that your Soul Mutation succeeds!"

"Master Lynn, what is this?" The Great Light Magus watching over him revealed a worried expression at the sight.

If Lynn had not been present, he would have immediately cast a healing spell on Rielmons.

"From here on, there is nothing we can do, and nothing we need to do!" Lynn's expression was grave. "Whether he can survive depends entirely on Rielmons himself."

After witnessing Rielmons enter Soul Mutation, Lynn simply took up residence in the neighboring courtyard to prevent anyone from disturbing him. He instructed the Great Light Magus on guard to stop anyone from entering Rielmons' room.

At the same time, he waited for the outcome of Rielmons' Soul Mutation.