The ghostly figure was gray-white, like a rotting corpse. It was a shocking sight, and even before it drew near, they could almost smell the stench of decay.
Facing an enemy like this without the right means of dealing with it would be miserable, especially for classes that relied solely on physical attacks.
Karl calmly used his abilities. First, he used powder to make the wraith visible, then he controlled his Wraith Cat to harry it back and forth, looking for an opening to tear it apart.
Unlike battles between living creatures, fights between wraiths didn't depend on techniques so much as the strength of their souls—or, more accurately, the vitality of their shadow selves.
Clearly, the Wraith Cat was small, but its form was far more solid than that of the Corpse Wraith before them, and it was fully lucid. Even with slightly less overall Aspect Power, it could easily slaughter the mindless Corpse Wraith.
About two minutes later, the wraith grew weak, as if it might dissipate at any moment. Karl recalled the Wraith Cat, then took out a strange black skull.
He aimed the skull at the wraith. Guided by the invisible power of Dead Ember, the wraith was slowly drawn into the black skull and vanished.
"Is that it?" Bona had gone on several adventures with them, but this was the first time she'd seen Karl use the skull to absorb a wraith.
"Yes. Once we're back, I can use some secret techniques to refine the wraith inside the skull into pure Dead Ember power. I can use it to improve Black Cat or strengthen my own Aspect Power." The principle was probably similar to ordinary adventurers drinking Blood Wine, except one was a Blood Law item and the other was a Dead Ember item.
"I'll