The Secret of Soul Power [Seeking Recommendation Tickets]

[Time Traveler: Morgan]

[Race: Human]

[Biological Level: Tier 1]

[Soul Power: 7]

[Attributes: Strength LV1; Constitution LV1+; Agility LV2+; Spirit+]

[Abilities: Common Tongue; Muay Thai LV2; White Crow Swordsmanship LV2; Archery LV3]

[Talent: Intimacy (Special Skill)]

[Current World Exploration Progress: 0.46%]

"Seven points of Soul Power!"

"How is it only seven points in total?"

Staring at the pale white light screen flickering before his eyes, Morgan's eyes widened the moment he saw the data in the Soul Power column.

After confirming repeatedly that his eyes weren't playing tricks on him, Morgan quickly furrowed his brows.

Although the last enhancement had only taken place this morning.

What Morgan had experienced throughout this entire day was more thrilling and dangerous than any other day in the two-plus months since he arrived in this world.

First, there was the early morning encounter with three giant Troll.

After the Company went to great lengths to kill them, he took the opportunity to raid the Troll cave.

He obtained an Elven Sword and a small pouch filled with various gemstones.

In this battle, although it was a coordinated team effort.

He had essentially completed the kills of all three Troll himself; he should have been the one who contributed the most to the Company.

Then, while heading to the temporary camp, they were caught up to by Orc.

In this battle, the number of Orc and Warg he killed combined was at least five or six.

Following that, while being led by Gandalf toward that vast stone forest.

When they were discovered and pursued by a large Orc force, he and Kili provided cover with their bows.

Although this didn't count as a battle in a certain sense, he still killed one Orc and one Warg.

Adding the results of the three battles together, even without counting the Troll.

The Orc and Warg alone totaled seven or eight.

If one counted as one point of Soul Power, that should be seven or eight points right there.

Adding the Troll, the size and strength of the three giant Troll determined that each one's combat power far exceeded that of an Orc.

The facts had proven this point.

Even if the Troll were valued low, one point of Soul Power per Troll shouldn't be excessive.

Combined with the Orc and Warg, that should have been around ten points of Soul Power.

But now, the data showed a total of only seven points.

When he encountered an Orc attack last night, he had killed roughly six or seven Orc, and he had received six points of Soul Power last night.

Today's battle record was clearly much higher than last night's, yet the Soul Power was only one point more than yesterday.

This was too little; wasn't this just messing with his head?

However, the system on Morgan was not some intelligent, cute girl; it couldn't provide humanized answers or even sleep with him like other people's systems.

His system didn't even have explanations or instructions; everything had to be figured out by himself.

"Gurgle, gurgle."

Depressed, Morgan had no choice but to submerge his head into the steaming hot water to soak.

After holding his breath for a good while.

Morgan surfaced and wiped the water from his face.

He pushed his frustration aside.

Only then did he look back at the Virtual Panel, which resembled a movie screen.

Combining his previous guesses about Soul Power.

And comparing the battle records from last night and today.

Morgan felt he could now preliminarily understand the information regarding how his system obtained Soul Power.

That was: for the time being, other than obtaining it by killing other creatures, no second method or path had been discovered.

The conditions for obtaining Soul Power were also very harsh; it wasn't that killing just any creature would grant Soul Power. Only by killing creatures whose overall strength exceeded or was equivalent to the host could one obtain Soul Power.

This could be seen from the fact that when Morgan first arrived in this world, he killed countless creatures of all sizes for a month, yet only obtained his first point of Soul Power after the arduous task of killing that Giant Bear.

Furthermore, the difficulty of acquiring Soul Power changes as Morgan's strength increases.

For instance, last night, Morgan could gain one point of Soul Power by killing a single Orc.

However, today, he must kill two to three Orcs to obtain that same point.

Why? Because Morgan's strength after this morning's enhancement is significantly different from his strength before the enhancement last night.

The system adjusts the corresponding difficulty of acquiring Soul Power based on the changes in Morgan's own strength.

This is what Morgan concluded after a brief comparative analysis.

Otherwise, he could not explain why, in less than a day, the Soul Power gained from killing the same number of Orcs would differ so drastically.

Of course, it is possible that the system miscalculated or is simply cheating.

But Morgan knows that is impossible.

"Hoo."

He exhaled a long breath.

Morgan stopped dwelling on it; it isn't worth getting into a spat with the system.

His gaze returned to the Virtual Panel.

Morgan began to ponder his next enhancement.

A harvest of seven points of Soul Power, while not as good as last night, is quite substantial considering it was earned in less than a day.

Morgan's eyes first rested on the abilities column.

Common Tongue cannot be enhanced, so there is no need to look at it.

Muay Thai LV2 was brought over from his past life; it has little use now, so there is no need to enhance it for the time being.

White Crow Swordsmanship LV2 was just enhanced to LV2 this morning. Although Morgan is working hard to master it, the time has been too short and his proficiency is insufficient, so enhancement can wait.

Archery LV3 was also raised to LV3 this morning and is currently Morgan's primary source of strength.

Although Archery at the LV3 level is harder to master, Morgan's understanding of archery was deep enough at LV2.

Compared to the White Crow Swordsmanship at LV2, he is confident he can master Archery at LV3 more quickly.

His proficiency is not yet high enough, and since Archery at LV3 has reached a critical point, the next enhancement would require three points of Soul Power.

Therefore, the enhancement of Archery can also be pushed back.

There is no need to enhance his abilities for now.

Morgan's gaze immediately shifted to the four major attributes representing his body.

Of the four major attributes, he enhanced three this morning, leaving only Spirit untouched.

Morgan frowned as he recalled the plot from his memories, realizing that the next battle in the story seems to take place within the Goblin Kingdom.

It was precisely in the mines at the bottom of that underground kingdom that Bilbo obtained The One Ring from that cunning, evil, and pathetic creature, Gollum.

So it's already this close?

Morgan was suddenly startled. He had been so focused on training and exploring the system that he felt exhausted yet fulfilled every day.

Coupled with the constant fighting and fleeing over the past two days, he hadn't had the heart to think about much else.

Only now did he realize how close he was to the ring that would stir up all of Middle-earth.

And to obtain The One Ring, one condition must first be met.

That is, one's spirit—or willpower—must be sufficiently strong.

Otherwise, even if you get The One Ring, you might as well wait to fall into corruption and die!

Looking across the entire Middle-earth, throughout the sixty-plus years of the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings film series.

Except for Bilbo, who was naturally optimistic and kind enough to resist the evil temptation of The One Ring, even Gandalf could not withstand its allure.

Morgan does not believe he possesses the same temperament as Bilbo.

Thinking of this, Morgan immediately looked at the Spirit attribute and enhanced it without hesitation.

[This enhancement consumes 1 Soul Power. Confirm enhancement?]

"Spirit LV1"

"Spirit LV2"

"Spirit LV3"

Thank you to the two book friends, "Yun Ruochen" and "Neimeng Xiaopang," for the tips. Much appreciated~~~