Dirac Sea

"Just a little soulium? You want soulium? How much?"

The moment soulium came up, Otto went on alert. "You actually need soulium?"

"Why wouldn't I? Soulium can even be used to make Divine Keys."

Xu Yanwu came up with an excuse that was half true and half false. "To fight Chi You, I need to make a little something out of soulium..."

"You? Make what?"

Otto sounded deeply skeptical.

From what Otto knew, and from everything his investigations had turned up, Xu Yanwu hardly seemed like someone who could craft equipment from soulium.

Xu Yanwu had always solved problems through brute force.

"Just a few little things... Why do you care so much? Schicksal must have plenty of soulium!"

As he spoke, Xu Yanwu patted Otto on the shoulder. "Don't think I can't tell. That body you're using right now is made of soulium. If you won't give me any, I could just take this prosthetic body of yours. It's soulium either way. I can mash it up and still use it..."

"Why do you talk about soulium like it's clay? Fine, I can give you some, but stop pulling my arm! This prosthetic body took a lot of work to make!"

Before Otto could finish speaking, he felt a tremendous force yanking at his arm.

Xu Yanwu had hold of Otto's elbow and looked ready to rip his arm clean off...

"So you agree? Great, great!"

Xu Yanwu released Otto's arm and said with satisfaction, "How about half a ton of soulium to start?"

"Half a... ton? Do you think soulium grows on trees?" Otto sprang to his feet.

Half a ton of soulium? Xu Yanwu had some nerve even asking.

Schicksal had indeed found plenty of soulium while searching through ruins, but half a ton was no small