Two days later.
Aboveground, the radiance of the Super-Wide Area Transmutation Array had already covered the entire plane.
Silvery-white brilliance rose from every corner of the earth, weaving into a gigantic net that shrouded heaven and earth, wantonly manipulating the elements of the entire plane.
Deep underground, the Spirit Awakening Array spanning thousands of miles also quietly activated beneath the cover of the earth-shaking commotion above.
Faint white light lit up along every line of the array. At first, it was as weak as fireflies, but it grew brighter and more resplendent, eventually converging into a pillar of light that shot straight toward the vault above.
Clark floated above the array's core, his hands pressed downward in the air, his somewhat sparse hair drifting gently amid the chaotic currents of energy.
His mental power was like invisible tendrils, reaching into the operating Super-Wide Area Transmutation Array aboveground and forcibly seizing more than half of its control authority!
"It has begun." His voice was calm, yet it rang clearly in Benjamin and Viola's ears.
Aboveground, the transmutation array assaulting the Coalition camp suddenly diverted half its power.
That power frantically extracted matter and energy from all across the plane, continuously transmitting them deep underground, into this Spirit Awakening Array!
Benjamin and Viola stood at the control nodes along the Spirit Awakening Array's edge, their hands pressed against the runic platforms before them, their mental power linked to the array.
They could clearly sense the enormous quantities of matter and energy pouring into the array's core.
Under Clark's meticulous control, that matter and energy were broken down, reassembled, and transformed into something more fundamental, gentler, and more suitable as "soul nourishment."
Those things slowly gathered.
At first, they were thin as mist. Then they grew denser and more substantial.
They revolved, intertwined,