The ritual to extract her spirituality had been completed.
Yuna's spirituality would be temporarily extracted and gathered at the center of the ritual array, where it would be preserved.
The ritual had already been tested on monsters and death-row inmates.
The extracted spirituality could be preserved well for a short time, without dissipating.
"Yuna, we're about to begin."
"Relax..."
Beside Yuna, her mother took her hand.
Yuna whispered, "Mm... I will."
Humm—
The entire ritual array began to turn. As it rotated, Yuna's spirituality gradually began to peel away.
Yuna gazed straight up at the stained-glass dome of the Promotion Hall, feeling her wisdom slip away.
Her thoughts slowed, and her mind began to grow dull...
What were the people around her saying?
She seemed to be gradually losing the ability to understand them.
Am I... getting stupid?
The knowledge she had once remembered so clearly began to fade. Her lofty thoughts gradually fell back to the mundane world.
The ritual caused no pain, not even the slightest sensation.
But tears welled in Yuna's eyes, and a wave of sadness and hurt rose in her heart.
She could no longer remember.
The knowledge she had studied suddenly became fragmented and unreal.
It felt as if everything she knew hadn't come from her at all.
It had come from that lofty spirituality.
Was I really myself, or merely a vessel for spirituality?
Lu Cang could clearly see the spirituality being extracted.
And as he watched, an extremely strange emotion arose in his mind...
It felt a little like the sorrow one felt at the death of a fellow creature.
"Yuna."
"The loss of spirituality can make you feel bereft. It's only temporary..."
Yuna could hear her mother's voice right beside her, yet it seemed so far away.
It took her a