Psychic Parasite

Chapter 148: Shoot
’It is still bigger than my soul. I have to shrink its size a lot.’

The Soul Cornea flashed, making contact with a part of the soul of Heima’s Wisdom Parasite, absorbing some memory fragments. The soul retaliated by churning its memory fragments, turning them into sharp blades that diced the Soul Cornea.

The Soul Cornea blocked the attacks by turning itself ink-black, corroding the memory fragments that made contact. But, it still suffered some damage as the attacks were faster, the damage transferring before the corrosion could affect the other party.

The Soul Cornea healed itself easily, expending some soul energy. It now had a larger reserve of soul energy to use, having no longer needing to exert its influence after all the murkiness had been vaporised.

The moment the Soul Cornea made contact with its soul, it deactivated the corrosion around the point of contact, absorbing the memory fragments without damaging them. It immediately reactivated the corrosion to fend off the ensuing attacks.

The times when it was slower led it to suffer from the attacks, giving the memory fragments flowing in its body the opportunity to damage its interior. As long as the white layer surrounding the memory fragments weren’t shaved off, they were bound to attack it even after going beyond the range of their origin soul core’s influence.

Thankfully, the blue soul sent all the incoming memory fragments to the subsoul belonging to his Wisdom Parasite. Even though this action was bound to stir up trouble for him in the future, he didn’t have the leeway of choice.

Even though he could have just sent all the memory fragments into another subsoul, that way, the problems would have become even more severe.

Suppose the target subsoul was stationed within his blue soul, then that was no different from placing the memory fragments inside the blue soul in the first place.

The moment the memory fragments birthed a personality, it would result in Jyorta suffering from a split personality. Should a clash between personalities occur, then there was a chance even his ego would be affected, turning him into a different person altogether.

Suppose the subsoul that he transferred the memory fragments into was the soul of a Floating Spider, then, it was bound to cause a revolt sooner than later. After all, the source of the memory fragments was Heima, who had inherited them from Gajara Rahi, an expert in the domain of the soul.

It was not the memory fragments itself that were the problem; he could destroy them through his corrosion. But, it was their contents that caused problems. For some reason, they birthed to an ago quickly. Secondly, they were able to suppress the activation of the corrosion in his attacked subsoul.

At present, his subsoul belonging to his Wisdom Parasite was already in a troubled state, inching away from being his subsoul. Also, until this moment, it hadn’t once made been able to use the corrosion imbued in it.

His Wisdom Parasite was within his body; meaning, he could use his abilities of the soul to resolve the problem, should it arise. But, if the same happened outside his body, then his only mode of effect would be his two Soul Corneas, causing a drop in his abilities.

This was why he sent the memory fragments into the subsoul of his Wisdom Parasite. Moreover, he was also running short of time, not giving him the leeway to destroy the white layer surrounding each memory fragments.

After all, when he tried to do so previously, he found that the white layer surrounding the memory fragments obtained from the soul of Heima’s Wisdom Parasite possessed a significant resistance to his corrosion. It was an act derived from the effects of the soul, one resulted from the condensation of the soul techniques present in each memory fragment.

This was also another reason that prevented him from outright destroying them. It was an act of meagre greed. The memory fragments were a priceless treasure to him, one that would improve his abilities on a qualitative level.

Moreover, he could experience those memories for himself, trying to get a feel of the being that stood at the peak of the world for over a century, Rhachis Ancestor Space. This would give him a better outlook on his future path.

Moreover, if he were to create a false persona, derived from the memories, it would allow him to gain the optimal mentality for this world, one that would give him a shot at reaching Tier 6. He had many considerations to take this risk; being hard-pressed for time was also one of the prime reasons that lead to the choice.

The Soul Cornea slammed against an area, voraciously absorbing the memory fragments that dug into it, grounding its surface into bits. Even though it was left in a damaged state, it continued absorbing the memory fragments until its limits before retreating.

Pausing beyond the range of the soul, the Soul Cornea healed itself, using the soul energy to regenerate its damaged parts, also using it to suppress the actions of the memory fragments coursing through it.

Once the memory fragments were sent off to the subsoul—of Jyorta’s Wisdom Parasite—the Soul Cornea arrived before the soul again, fully healed from the previous attacks. It slammed onto the surface, creating a ripple that coursed its surface, allowing countless memory fragments to peak out.

The Soul Cornea curled itself, grabbing hold of a bunch of memory fragments, making a solid retreat to absorb them in peace. Also accompanying the memory fragments was a part of the Wisdom Parasite’s soul.

In order to curb the deficiency, Heima’s body enacted a mystical change, converging a wave of soul energy around the Wisdom Parasite’s soul. The only difference was the arrival of the murkiness, accompanying the soul wave.

’Ah shit, here we go again.’ The blue soul thought, making the Soul Cornea exert its influence again, trying to vaporise the murkiness as soon as it arrived. But, this in turn allowed the resulting memory fragments and pure soul energy to refill the Wisdom Parasite’s soul, creating a vicious loop.

Memories were created based on experience. Moreover, they could also be recalled by the brain, pondered about, and replicated en masse, with slight deviations every time. There was also muscle memories, a result of actions executed over and over again.

For Heima, an elite Developer, the muscle memories she possessed were abundant. Her life experiences were also tremendous; the fact that she had also inherited memories from Gajara Rahi further ballooned her experiences.

They were all weapons the defending soul could bank upon. Moreover, it shared a special relationship with Heima due to its physical body. Nurturing, raising the speed of this mystical process, the memories the Wisdom Parasite absorbed from Heima further increased.

Thanks to the Essence of Frenzy corroding its mind, it had long since slipped past Heima’s control, lacking any means of being controlled. This resulted in the current impasse, preventing Jyorta’s Soul Cornea from backing it into a corner.

”Screeee!” Followed by an ear-piercing shout, the first Line Controller Floating Spider died, forming a puddle of white fluid around its body. The Soul Cornea present in its body retracted, bringing with it the two subsouls and the curtain—the false persona.

The two subsouls were sent into the blue soul to rest for the time being. Jyorta had yet to plan for them. In the meanwhile, the Soul Cornea entered the body of the second Line Controller Floating Spider, overlaying the curtain over the subsoul belonging to its Frenzy Parasite.

The second Line Controller Floating Spider summoned its Caterpillar, unleashing its psychic arm to take charge of the work its predecessor did. The blue soul soon experienced an influx in its soul energy, alleviating its drain.

In the time it took for the second Line Controller Floating Spider to take charge, the blue soul had to expend the energy in its soul for its battle. A soul tendril connected to his Brain Crystal, siphoning the psychic energy to recover the soul foundation.

This also further intensified his feeling of hunger, making his body turn weak. Thanks to the face mask—the false persona; one of calm, optimism, and filled with focus—Jyorta could persevere.

He opened his mouth, having made a mental calculation, shouting in a hurry, ”Please wake up my sister after 38 seconds.”

”Go ahead,” A gentle voice trailed back, reassuring him. Atika Light arrived before Heima, holding a palm-sized rod in her hands. It was a Tier 3 Relic, the Tier 3 Skill imbued in it suitable for placing and alleviating a person’s state of consciousness.

Fifty soul tendrils appeared from the blue soul, forming a connection with his Brain Crystal, siphoning out energy en masse. The blue soul faintly shuddered with the massive influx in energy, originating from two sources.

It transferred all the soul energy into the Soul Cornea battling with the soul of Heima’s Wisdom Parasite, causing it to burst with strength. It shot forward, piercing through the soul, healing the damage caused by the memory fragments using the massive influx in soul energy.

Its healing at present surpassed the rate of damage inflicted on it, allowing it to arrive quite close to the core of the soul. Beyond this, the damage once again surpassed its healing, prompting it to stop.

The blue soul actuated the sphere—the newly created false persona—placed in its corner, sending it through the Soul Cornea. In order to facilitate its movement, the Soul Cornea expanded in size, consuming soul energy in excess, the sudden spike causing the blue soul to shrink in size.

The energy used to maintain the essence of corrosion—to defend its increased surface area from the broiling fog—rose sharply. Having calculated the expenditure beforehand, Jyorta watched his Soul Cornea expand, allowing the sphere to pass through it, heading towards the soul of Heima’s Wisdom Parasite.

’Shoot!’

He mentally bellowed, watching the sphere shoot out of the Soul Cornea and head to the other party’s soul core.