What kind of reward do you want? Gold coins? Gems? Or weapons and equipment?
The Ethereal engineer quickly placed a circular device on the ground, and an image of Nexus-Prince Haramad appeared.
"The entire Auchindoun is filled with chaotic soul energy. This soul energy carries memories and emotions from past lives, like water that has been polluted many times—it's undrinkable. If you insist on drinking it, you'll get sick, seriously ill, and it's unknown how long it will take to recover."
Jiang Jie pointed to the Ethereal Soul Collector not far away and said, "But I just sensed it, and the soul energy collected by those Ethereal Soul Collector seems to have been purified? There aren't many impurities in it. So, besides collecting souls, these Ethereal Soul Collector also have the function of purifying souls?"
We call this formatting.
Haramad didn't hide anything, nodding and saying, "Young man, our research on souls is beyond your imagination. Shaffar was once a master in this field. The Ethereal Soul Collector he designed can format souls, turning them into the purest soul energy, without any impurities, making it easy to absorb. What, you want pure soul energy?"
"That's right!" Jiang Jie nodded.
His soul is his weakness, his biggest weakness.
To assess a person's ability, several aspects must be considered:
Body, soul, spirit, energy, skill, experience.
Jiang Jie's physical body has now reached the High-tier Legendary level, his internal energy has reached the Demigod level, and his skills include the Dragon-Subduing Palm, the Black Tortoise Longevity Art, and the Taiji Divine Art Skill, all of which are martial arts that are on the verge of Martial Arts Grandmaster.
Although he hasn't been in this world for long, his combat experience is richer than that of 99% of the people.
It could even be said that there are few people in the entire human world with more combat experience than him.
The spirit is determined by the soul.
His greatest weaknesses are his soul and his body.
The strength of the physical body is mainly reflected in the amount of True Essence.
True Essence directly nourishes the body; the more True Essence has, the stronger the body becomes. This cannot be rushed.
While Holy Light, shadow, Fel, and elemental energy all have the ability to directly strengthen the physical body, they all carry hidden dangers.
Jiang Jie didn't want to become a half- Holy Light being like Velen or Turalyon, nor a half-shadow being that looked sinister, nor a demon, nor an elemental ascendant.
So, we can only take it slowly.
Of course, he also has ideas in this regard, and they will be implemented soon.
On a spiritual level, it is even less important than the physical body.
The soul is something that cannot be rushed.
Jiang Jie has practiced martial arts for four years and has already achieved High-tier Legendary soul, which is quite remarkable. It will indeed be very difficult for him to advance further.
Those beings possessing High-tier Legendary souls, which one of them hasn't lived for hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years?
Those who live short lives almost always have all sorts of extraordinary encounters.
The soul is the hardest thing to elevate.
Jiang Jie once absorbed the remnant soul of the Loa.
It was indeed very effective, directly elevating his soul to a Legendary level.
But what was the result?
His soul is fundamentally unstable and harbors many hidden dangers.
He spent a long time trying to resolve those hidden dangers.
Now, if he wants to rely on absorbing remnant souls to elevate his own soul to the Peak High-tier Legendary, or even the level of Demigod, then the hidden dangers will definitely be even greater.
When facing the Old Gods C'Thun, it has a fatal weakness that can be exploited to easily defeat it.
Therefore, even though the entire Auchindoun was filled with remnant souls and scattered soul energy, Jiang Jie did not absorb any of it.
The disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
But if there's a way to purify these souls into the purest soul energy before absorbing them, thus eliminating potential risks, then why not do it?
" The Ethereal Soul Collector is a technology unique to Shaffar, but the Consortium can crack and utilize it; only we can do it."
Haramad said, "Formatting a soul is not an easy task. It takes a long time to purify enough soul energy. Preliminary estimate: it will take a year to extract soul energy equivalent to that of an ordinary Legendary level."
"But Shaffar has been here for more than a year, hasn't he?" Jiang Jie said with a smile.
"It's been more than a year. Young man, this pure soul energy is also very important to me and to other Ethereal."
Haramad said, "We are spiritual beings, and our strength largely depends on the intensity of our souls. Young man, you killed Shaffar, so I can give you the equivalent of a regular Legendary- level pure soul energy. That... is quite a lot. The Consortium does business, and our prices are definitely not low!"
Jiang Jie nodded.
That's not low.
These soul energies can directly elevate a Ethereal to the Legendary level, which is equivalent to directly creating a Legendary- level powerhouse.
But for Jiang Jie himself, it was clearly not enough.
He needs more.
"I want all the soul energy that the Ethereal Soul Collector has formatted so far, and all the soul energy that you will format over the next five years."
Jiang Jie said calmly, "If you agree, I will help you deal with Dimensius the All-Devouring. I don't accept bargaining. I think that for the Consortium, for the Ethereal, and for you, you are certainly willing to pay any price to eliminate Dimensius."
" Dimensius can't be destroyed, young man."
Haramad said, "He will always be our enemy, forever. Even if the Ethereal are completely wiped out one day, Dimensius will still exist."
"But at least we can defeat him once, giving you enough breathing room. I think with the Ethereal Soul Collector, your souls will definitely grow stronger than ever before in the future. At that time, perhaps you will have a way to deal with Dimensius."
Jiang Jie shrugged and said, "Think about it, if you were given a hundred years, you could create Demigod Ethereal! If you were given a thousand years, perhaps you could create a Dimensius no less Ethereal than Dimensius!"
"You don't understand the soul, young man."
Haramad said, "The realm of the soul is infinitely mysterious, and it's very difficult to cross levels. The transformation from mortal to Legendary is a qualitative change, and the transformation from Legendary to Demigod is another qualitative change. The souls collected by the soul collector can cause a quantitative change, making a soul stronger, but to cross the boundary and become Demigod, one can only rely on their own efforts. Therefore, the situation you described does not exist. We can't even create more Legendary Ethereal; we can only rely on ourselves."
"But at least it will allow every one of your Ethereal to reach a level close to Legendary, won't it?"
Jiang Jie smiled and said, "So, will you agree or not?"
"Promise."
Haramad said, "Just as you said, we are willing to pay a heavy price even if it means defeating Dimensius once. But I still hope you will deal with Murmur first; it will be beneficial for us when we deal with Dimensius later."
"Then, as you wish."
Jiang Jie lightly and drifted away.