Endless Debt

Guide the ether through the alchemical matrix, trigger the mysterious energy, establish contact with the secret source, and then gain the power to distort reality.

The moment he closed his eyes, Boluogo's alchemical matrix extended from under his body and covered Holt's body. At the same time, Holt did not make the slightest resistance and actively put down the critical protection of Moment Soul, allowing Boluogo to Logo's aether poured into him, delving deeper into his alchemical matrix.

Under this wonderful power, Bologo relied on his infinitely narrow tendency to further refine his senses until he could clearly see the arrangement of Holt's alchemical matrix.

It is a complex path like mountains and rivers. They overlap and intersect layer by layer, like waves and waves, and like the arc-shaped hills left by the wind on the desert. They form an unsuffocating beauty. Just follow these. As the lines move, you will feel an indescribable sense of stretch, as if this is the incarnation of the gods and a miracle in the world.

But in these exquisite and magnificent blueprints, rough cracks traverse the paintings, forcibly interrupting this beautiful continuity, like deadly thunder, shattering everything.

After Holt's own self-healing, most of these cracks have healed, but just like the scars left by physical wounds, the alchemical matrix engraved into the soul is also like scar growth, between the alchemical matrix and the cracks At the intersection, deformed lumps like tree tumors are formed.

Bologo carefully observed the agglomerations formed by these scar growths. According to scholars, these are the legendary soul scars.

Just like the hyperplasia scars after the flesh and blood body heals, after the alchemical matrix heals, the soul scars proliferate and accumulate together, blocking the paths like tumors.

If, before being injured, the alchemy matrix was an efficient circuit board, then the appearance of soul scars is like resistors arranged on the circuit. It not only affects the normal flow of ether, but also further affects the output of ether. limit.

Bologo's consciousness guided the ether, gathering into a slender blue tentacle, which landed on one of the soul scars. Under the Glorious One's rank and the infinitely narrow control power, Bologo Carefully turn the ether into a sharp knife and gently cut through the soul scar agglomeration.

Like a precise operation, Boluogo removed the soul scar lumps bit by bit without destroying the original path, until the slender path of light was exposed again.

Borogo said, "Try running the ether, Holt."

After giving the order, Boluogo observed that the glow of the alchemy matrix became obviously stronger. A large amount of ether ran along the path. When passing through the soul scars, they were blocked. Only a small amount of ether successfully passed through. passed, and more ether was blocked in the soul scar agglomeration.

A similar situation occurs in every location in the alchemy matrix that has soul scars. Excessive ether accumulates in each location, causing the alchemy matrix to fall into a node-like overload.

Once the ether continues to be forcibly driven, these blocked nodes will first be overloaded and collapse, and then the paths of these collapses will spread to the entire alchemical matrix, until the Sublime One completely loses its combat capability.

Withdrawing his gaze, Boluogo observed the soul scar lump he had just cleaned up. The original path was first injured and broken, and then connected together by the soul scar lump, like rough welding points. Although Luo Ge removed the excess welding, it would never return to its original state.

This time, the ether flowed through the path. It was not blocked and flowed in an extremely smooth way, as if the path had been completely healed. However, under this recovery, Boluogo's eyes gradually became serious.

The ether did flow normally, but as the ether flow rate accelerated and the flow time prolonged, this node flickered, and like other node positions, it tended to collapse.

Boluogo has removed the obstacles of the soul scar agglomeration, but the durability of its healed path has been greatly reduced. Previously, it could perfectly carry the power of the Glorious One, but now the healed path is far less than the original path. Tenacity.

A small amount of ether slowly leaked out from this node. If the output of ether continues to be maintained, it will not be long before this node collapses and breaks again.

"Okay, you can stop."

Boluogo said, the flow of ether slowed down, the excess ether also became thinner, and even the flashing nodes dimmed again.

Looking down at this grand blueprint, Boluogo fell into deep thinking. After this period of treatment, he had seen similar scenes many times.

It was previously thought that soul scars were just a negative product after the alchemical matrix healed. Now it seems that soul scars are more like a self-protection measure, setting an upper limit for the injured alchemical matrix to avoid self-collapse.

Opening his eyes, the dark world faded away. Boluogo blinked. It took him a few seconds to adapt before the familiar scene of the ward came into his eyes again. The ether calmed down and the alchemy matrix fell silent. Looking forward, Huo Huo Erte was looking at himself expectantly.

"How am I doing?"

"It's almost the same as before," Boluogo said without any emotion. "I can indeed manually remove those soul scars for you."

Holt joked, "Sounds like a big, tedious project."

"Well, it's like welding a cruise ship from scratch by just one person. It's very troublesome."

As a Glorious One, Holt's alchemy matrix is ​​extremely complicated, so as long as the crack extends a little, it is enough to cut off countless paths. What Boluogo has to do is to carefully remove every soul scar on these countless paths. chip away.

Although after being treated for so long, Boluoge has become extremely skilled in cutting soul scars, he still feels a headache when he thinks of the huge amount of work... However, Boluogo has only become a Glorious One, so for The exploration of his own secret energy has not reached its limit. In the not-too-distant future, a miracle may happen.

"Also, even if I can remove all the soul scars, I still can't completely cure you, Holt."

Bologo thought for a while and decided to tell Holt the news.

Holt frowned, "What's wrong?"

"Soul scars, or in other words, soul scabs, are a self-protection mechanism to prevent the alchemy matrix from collapsing," Bologo explained. "Judging from my treatment during this period, even if it is removed Soul scar, the path wrapped by the soul scar is still in a damaged state."

Holt asked, "In other words, even if the soul scar is artificially healed, I still can't return to my perfect state?"

"That's not true. You can remove the soul scar, which is equivalent to lifting the limiter of your alchemy matrix, but the price is that your fragile path will no longer be protected.

You can indeed return to your peak state, but this state will not last long. Under the soaring ether flow, the fragile paths will break one by one, your alchemy matrix will collapse again, and the soul scar injuries caused this time will be worse than It was heavier last time. "

Burlogo concluded, "You can indeed return to your peak state, but this state is temporary..."

"Like a fleeting shooting star? It sounds really suitable to me," Holt laughed to himself, "It's also quite romantic."

Holt is much more optimistic than many people think. During this time, he has not shown any anger and has not cared about his physical disabilities. When I heard someone describe his glorious career as a fleeting meteor, , he was not angry, but fell in love with this description.

The fleeting meteors illuminate the land of eternal night.

"Huh... speaking of which, the treatment should be almost over." Holt asked Bologg.

"Um."

Boluogo nodded, he had collected enough data on Holt.

"Go and do what you have to do, Boluogo."

Holt waved his hand, "You are now the youngest and most powerful Glorious One, and I will feel guilty for spending your precious time on me."

Boluogo stood up and responded with a smile, "Even if you don't say so, I'm ready to leave."

When he reached the door, Boluogo suddenly stopped, turned his head and said to Holt, "You are still valuable, Holt."

Holt looked up at Burlogo.

"Even if you are a glorious person who can only maintain his peak for a few minutes, you are still a glorious person. When I need you, I will find a way to remove the soul scars on your body and let you return to the front line."

Boluogo recognized Holt's value, as if he had glimpsed some kind of prophecy, and said quietly, "After all, the final dispute will follow, and you don't want to be a bystander, right?"

Holt was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously. He never cared about those lofty titles and honors, they were just false names.

When he learned about his serious injury, Holt was not sad because of his disability. What made him sad was that he might no longer be active on the front line and fight at the forefront of the war...

Value, recognized value, needed value.

From beginning to end, this is what Holt has longed for. Now Boluogo has promised him. This powerful promise has made Holt feel more settled and his restless emotions have also calmed down.

"By the way, one more thing," Boluogo added, "The people who sublimate the furnace core will come later. They have prepared several sets of molds for you to try."

Holt looked at his severed limb. He was too seriously injured at the time, his alchemical matrix was damaged, and he was affected by the power of the hostile Glory One. Due to many factors, even the etherification of the Glory One could not save the severed limb. limb.

However, Holt has no obsession with this. In his opinion, anyone who can survive from the Land of Eternal Night is a living miracle.

"A prosthetic limb?" Holt asked curiously, "I don't know what kind of one they will get for me."

He looked at the door and was about to say something, but found that it was empty and Boluogo had left.