Only then did Benji notice that Leo's face was deathly pale, his body was covered in cold sweat, and he was trembling uncontrollably, almost pressing his entire body against Banjani's.
"I may need more time to recover. Now, could you please take me to a room with a bed?"
Leo weakly finished speaking to Alice, then collapsed onto Benji's back.
The energy that had seemed pretty good just moments before suddenly plummeted like it was in free fall!
Benji carefully supported Leo, Leo at this moment gave him a feeling of weakness he had never experienced before.
Benji glanced at Leo, then at Alice. He wasn't sure if Leo needed a bed or a grave in her current state.
"Let's do as he says for now. We'll deal with it if he doesn't wake up. At least he just woke up, didn't he?"
Alice gritted her teeth. If even the nutrient tanks on the mothership couldn't heal Leo's injuries, it would probably require the intervention of a few Level Three Great Wizard or Stigmata Level wizards.
This is a bit difficult for a Level One Lesser Wizard like her!
Leo was unaware of the situation outside. He forced himself to finish his explanation before fainting. At this moment, his consciousness had entered his own sea of consciousness, which was the place where Benji had once stayed.
The once calm sea now has an inexplicable, bottomless chasm that has separated a small portion of the sea of consciousness, roughly one-tenth of its area.
The appearance of the ravines allowed seawater to continuously pour into the sea of consciousness, which was the root cause of the injury.
Leo's figure floated in the air. He looked at the ravine helplessly. Just as the young wizard had said, his soul had been damaged and he had suffered serious injuries.
It's not about how much our strength has decreased, but rather that it has already decreased to its absolute limit, with no further room for decline.
If this chasm, that is, the injury to the soul, is not healed, and the seawater in the sea of consciousness continues to flow away, needless to say, one cannot improve one's strength, and one's strength will inevitably regress!
What should we do?
Leo scratched his head, lost in thought. He had always been healing physical injuries, and even the most severe ones could be cured.
Things are different now. His soul is injured, and this is the first time he has suffered such a serious injury. His knowledge of the soul is beyond Leo's comprehension.
Although his studies touched upon knowledge of the soul, his path as a wizard did not involve the soul, so Leo's research on the soul was only superficial and he did not conduct in-depth research.
Now, once a soul attack occurs, the drawbacks become apparent!
"I must study how to protect the soul when I have the chance in the future, otherwise no matter how strong the physical body is, it's useless."
The consciousness clone in the sea of consciousness possessed all its memories and had not lost them due to the injury to its soul. Therefore, it clearly remembered that hateful fleshy tumor covered with tentacles. The seemingly insignificant thing actually possessed the ability to attack the soul!
Leo still remembered the ascetic training he underwent during his apprenticeship, which involved harsh environments that stimulated his cells. Whenever his body reached its limit, it could passively evolve, stimulating rapid recovery.
"I haven't done any spiritual training yet, so I don't know if this method will work?"
"Previously, it was about stimulating consciousness and letting it guide the body's evolution, but now we're on a sea of consciousness. Am I supposed to just shout at my consciousness?"
Leo was confused, his eyes flashing with all sorts of thoughts, but before he could think for long, a storm was brewing in his mind, and what was even more terrifying was that the storm, dozens of meters high, crashed relentlessly into the grooves of his wound.
"Ahhh"
The intense pain caused Leo's consciousness clone to convulse violently, and painful roars echoed continuously in the sky above his sea of consciousness.
What happened?
Before Leo could even finish his thought, his consciousness clone vanished instantly.
It was the pain originating from his very soul that prevented Leo from maintaining a separate consciousness, or rather, his injuries prevented him from thinking deeply enough.
"Damn it, what should I do?"
After an unknown amount of time, Leo's figure reappeared above the sea of consciousness. However, this time, the consciousness clone dared not engage in any intense thinking and could only try its best to remain calm.
If Leo wasn't mistaken, the ravines of injury in his lower consciousness were noticeably larger than before, which was caused by his previous thinking beyond his capacity.
" Alice outside will definitely try to save me, so can I wait a bit?"
Just as Leo finished thinking uncontrollably, the sea of consciousness beneath his feet was about to churn. How could Leo dare to let the sea of consciousness be disturbed again?
"Calm down, calm down, I need to calm down."
Forcibly interrupting his thoughts and calming himself down, Leo looked at the gradually calming sea of consciousness below and let out a long breath.
It's so weak now that it will disappear again if it thinks even a little bit more!
Leo quietly stared at his sea of consciousness, at his own reflection on the surface. This was the only way he could stop himself from thinking by focusing on something.
For some reason, Leo, as if possessed, lightly touched his own reflection on the surface of his mind with his toe.
Leo assured him that he hadn't thought about anything; he had just subconsciously clicked the button, purely out of habit.
And just like that, something unexpected happened!
The reflection on the sea surface slowly rose from the sea of consciousness, just like Leo's mutated shadow, standing upright.
Leo looked at the reflection standing in front of him that was exactly the same as himself. This was not a shadow, which was pitch black and nothing could be seen. This was a reflection that was exactly the same as himself, and every single hair was exactly the same and clearly visible.
"Could this be the manifestation of the Shadow Talent within my sea of consciousness?"
Aside from this speculation, Leo couldn't think of any other reason to explain the scene before him.
The sea of consciousness was once again stirred up by Leo's thoughts. This time, before Leo could force himself to calm down, the reflection that looked exactly like Leo instantly appeared above the ravine.
Before Leo could think or speak, the reflection shot straight into the ravine.
Upon seeing this, Leo almost danced with joy, for he had found a way to heal his wounded soul.
If an external injury can be absorbed by any shadow, then naturally this reflection, mutated from the Shadow Talent, can also absorb damage within the sea of consciousness.
Although Leo didn't know how much the reflection could withstand, as long as a method was found, a complete cure was only a matter of time.
Unfortunately, the smile on Leo's face didn't last two seconds before it froze and disappeared completely.
Because the sea of consciousness below was experiencing an unprecedented surge, with waves hundreds of meters high crashing wildly, larger than any previous storm.
Leo didn't see what happened next because he had already disappeared. This time, the pain came incredibly fast, so fast that it wiped out Leo's consciousness clone in an instant.
Leo disappeared, but the changes in the sea of consciousness continued. Waves, one higher than the next, surged and crashed wildly as if trying to destroy the entire sea of consciousness.
Accompanied by a deafening roar that seemed to start at some unknown time, the entire sea of consciousness felt as if it were heading towards the brink of doom.
"Click click"
The painful cracking sounds continued to ring out. If Leo could see it now, he would definitely stop the reflection that he thought could heal his injuries.
The reflection that plunged into the ravine did not heal his injuries; instead, it widened the ravine, and one could even say that the reflection was tearing Leo's soul apart from the ravine.
Previously, Leo was only attacked in the soul, and he was so badly injured that he might never be able to advance again. Now, his soul has been completely torn apart. If Leo knew this, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to cry.
The soul is the very foundation of life; if the soul is torn apart, how can one survive?
A deafening rumble resounded incessantly, the entire sea of consciousness trembled violently, and all the seawater was crashing against the barrier at the edge of the sea of consciousness. Once this barrier shattered, Leo's death could be declared.
"Boom"
Finally, with a terrifying tearing sound, his sea of consciousness severed completely from the chasm.
The break was like a connection to an abyss, bottomless, with only the seawater of consciousness constantly pouring in.
Leo's reflection flew out from the ravine, his gaze constantly searching, as if looking for Leo's figure.
After searching for a long time without finding it, the reflection looked at the small piece of consciousness that had separated below, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and flew into the small piece of consciousness.
The reflection that flew into the sea of consciousness devoured the seawater gulping down, as if its belly were a world unto itself. The seawater in that small section of the sea of consciousness was decreasing at a visible rate.
There is no concept of time in the sea of consciousness. After the reflection completely swallowed the small section of the sea of consciousness, the reflection actually flew into the sky as if nothing had happened.
Without the small section of the sea of consciousness, the barriers surrounding it began to shrink. The churning seawater was impacted by the barriers and gathered towards the center. Once the barriers shrank to a size large enough for the sea of consciousness to contain, it quickly calmed down.
There were no storms, no waves, no turbulence, only calm!
His sea of consciousness returned to calm. The reflection did not disappear; it remained high in the sky, waiting for Leo to return.
After an unknown amount of time, Leo, whose body felt somewhat unreal, finally appeared above his sea of consciousness.
The first thing he saw was his reflection, which was exactly the same as his own, without any difference.
Looking at his sea of consciousness again, Leo was surprised by the calm surface; this state was the same as before he was injured.
But Leo immediately noticed the change in his sea of consciousness; it had shrunk by a full tenth.
And this smaller area is exactly the area where the soul was previously injured and torn apart by ravines.
"How so?"
"Did you do something while I was gone?" Leo questioned his own reflection.
The sea of consciousness has shrunk by one-tenth, which is an extremely serious matter!
The moment he finished asking the question, Leo sensed something was wrong, because his thoughts had previously caused fluctuations in his sea of consciousness.
However, when Leo looked down into his sea of consciousness, his thoughts did not cause any changes in his sea of consciousness.