Chapter 2380: Soul Surgery

Trike didn't have to wait too long to satiate his curiosity.

With everything going on at predetermined timeline, the surgeries for the three candidates were going perfectly.

Just like Sam suggested, Trike kept on testing the three candidates against the criteria given by Set. And to his surprise, these kids are meeting those criteria more and more. Of course, there are still some requirements for their mental state, energy capacity, energy affinity and efficiency in energy usage.

However, with the way things are going he is a lot more optimistic about these three

candidates meeting the requirements.

Even though Sam is performing everything in front of their eyes, Trike and the elders barely understood anything. They at least understood some principles behind the methods Sam is using, but that only increased their confusion.

They couldn't understand how Sam managed to bring that principle and theory to life. Much less make it so efficient that he can use it in such a fluid and controlled way.

This shock only intensified when Sam performed the soul surgery. After the elder in charge of the specter creation finally reached the specter count needed for the first candidate's soul surgery, Sam scheduled it immediately.

And when Sam explained the procedure, the four elders and Trike felt like they are seeing a brand new world.

"Are you sure this is the right way? You are not kidding me, are you?" Trike asked in bewilderment.

"Of course, I am sure. Or do you think I am an idiot who likes to kid around by staking his life on the line?

That is my soul we are talking about. I won't joke around with it."

"That is exactly why I am asking, if you are kidding. You are going to use your own soul, let all the specters enter it, fuse with it and then you will tear your soul apart and enter the consciousness of the candidate, before fusing it again and finally destroying your own soul fragment?

Just saying it out loud feels so ridiculous and you are saying that you will do it? Are you nuts?"

Trike couldn't control his shock. He usually talked with a refined and dignified tone. But now he is like a shill in a market.

Sam just stared at him calmly. He didn't know how to respond. The only possible answer is for him to do it and show it to them. But for that, he needs Trike to shut up. Ironically, Trike seemed to be not so willing to shut up without knowing the details.

"How are you even going to do that? How is that even possible? What if your soul is injured? You will go into a comatose state and god knows what you will need to recover. It will create a whole lot of complications with the procedure."

"First of all, the soul will be injured.

And that doesn't mean I will go into comatose state. As I said, I am not idiot. I won't mess around with my soul that easily.

Finally, It is not the first time I have done this."

"Stone?"

"Yes. Do you really think that guy has the mental capacity to bear all that energy and the consequences of the new bloodline and constitution he was given without the mental capacity? I forcefully increased his mental capacity by myself.

It is just a repeat procedure to me.

So, just stop with the questions and let me get on with it. It will be a lot easier for you to witness it to understand it."

At this moment, the elder in charge of the specter creation, pulled over Trike and talked to him secretly. Only after that, did Trike calm down and agree to the procedure. But he had a condition.

"Let the elder attach a minute fragment to the candidate's soul. Just in case. He will be able to monitor the process and ensure that there are no complications."

Sam smirked and asked.

"Are you sure that is all? If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that you are actually concerned about me. However, I do know better and that guy just wants to witness the fusion process and ensure that my fragment is really dead.

To ensure that I won't steal the precious body of your candidate and make it my own with my soul fragment."

The elder and Trike didn't disagree. They just stayed silent.

Sam just shrugged and said.

"Make sure that your elder doesn't do anything out of line. As I said, I don't play around when

it comes to my soul. There could be adverse consequences if he does something that he

shouldn't."

Sam went into the specially crafted formation. His soul was projected outside and the specters were let into the formation. Sam's soul captured the specters and all of them lumped together were focused one specific area on Sam's soul.

At that moment, Sam created a clone of his soul by tearing off a fragment. It is a smaller part with much smaller energy level.

The fragment was immediately attacked by the specters. The struggle didn't last long as Sam's soul absorbed all the specters and it increased in strength immediately. It is very close to the natural energy level of a Divine plane initiation initial stage cultivator's soul.

The fragment immediately entered the consciousness of the young man.

There Sam can see two consciouses already present. One is a complete consciousness. The candidate's.

The second one is also a fragment, much smaller than his own. The fragment of the elder.

Sam's fragment with all its power merged into the soul of the candidate. He ensured that the fusion process is seamless. He also made sure that his soul is on the dormant side of the fusion process, allowing the soul of the candidate to take upper hand.

This ensured that there are no complications on the fusion process.

However, while this process is happening, when Sam's own consciousness is ready to disappear completely and be destroyed, he sensed a faint disturbance.

The consciousness of the elder seemed to be causing a faint disturbance.

Sam communicated with it, sending a message to the elder to withdraw immediately. However, not only did he not get the desired response, the other party even seemed to act oblivious to his demand.

Sam spread is consciousness a bit and connected with the elder's fragment to send a direct

message.

He even forcefully removed that fragment from the candidate's soul. Hoping that it would send a much stronger message.

However, at that moment, Sam felt something, almost like an all-seeing eye invade his fragment of consciousness. He knew what was happening immediately. He got angry and forcefully detonated his soul fragment.

"FUCK*

The elder who sat in meditation opened his eyes. Some blood came out of his nose as he

glared angrily at Sam.

Sam on the other hand didn't open his eyes immediately. He is also feeling the pain, however, he anticipated it and is ensuring that he didn't suffer severe damage.

It took a while for him to open his eyes.

He is panting while blood slightly dripped down from his nose. He felt light headed and dizzy.

He is in much better shape than when he conducted the soul surgery on Stone.

The live and direct experience indeed helped him a lot.

However, that is not his concern. He looked at the Elder who is also glaring at him.

Sam turned to Trike and said.

"I already told you that there would be consequences. Did he really think that I have such crappy control over my fragment and wouldn't know that he is invading it?

I thought your people would be smart enough to not underestimate after all that they have

witnessed."

Trike gritted his teeth and glared at the elder.

The elder was about to speak, but Trike extended his palm forcefully. An invisible force, slapped the elder to the wall, applying mountains of pressure making him unable to speak.

"What's the point of displaying that force now? None of your elders can spy on anything. Their privilege to be a witness of the procedure has been revoked immediately."

Sam didn't even wait for Trike to speak up. He just walked away. Right before he was about to walk through the door, he spoke.

"I am not working tomorrow. Ensure that they are meeting their targets. I need to take some

rest. My soul is hurting."

Trike looked at the elder and is very tempted to break his neck. But he needed him for the dark prince project and cannot let him go now.

"I will deal with you after the prince of darkness finally comes down. Until then, you better be

especially silent unless you are asked to speak up."

Trike also left.

Meanwhile, Sam's frown slowly turned to a smirk. He wanted to thank the elder for doing

something so stupid. But he knew it wouldn't be appropriate. That guy just gave him a new avenue to execute his plan.

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