This Necromancer Just Wants to Plant Trees-Chapter 2018 - 584 Spiritual Fear_2

It struck Matthew’s chest.

With a bit of force.

But not much.

Matthew was astonished to find that perhaps because he also possessed the domains of negative energy and erosion, Dania’s power of the domain did not have much capability to hinder him on a straightforward level.

He only paused for half a step.

Then continued rushing towards the glass jar!

"I said, fall back~!"

Dania shouted lowly.

In an instant.

Matthew sensed the effect of the Dark Erosion Domain being elevated to an extreme.

Each step he took felt like trudging through a quagmire, making progress incredibly difficult!

Matthew was not frightened but rather delighted—

Maintaining such a high-pressure domain required paying a price.

Despite Dania and Dickens being overbearing.

Essentially, both of them were prisoners who had been confined in a low-magic area for decades.

As a mage.

Being isolated from the aether for long periods was extremely painful.

Their focus could not be continuously trained, leading to a long-term decline in their domain capabilities.

This decision to temporarily elevate domain intensity was not only unsustainable.

It would also cause irreversible damage!

Dania’s damage.

Was naturally an opportunity for Matthew to win!

Matthew steadied his steps, his eyes looking straight ahead, while his insight spread like a radar, ceaselessly capturing the anomalies around.

"It’s here!"

Amidst the somber color domain, a flash of grey-white light suddenly appeared.

Matthew tried to dodge it.

But at that moment.

His body seemed to "get stuck" for a moment.

Even his consciousness slowed down for half a second!

"Strip—away!"

Dania’s voice fell.

Matthew felt his whole body lighten.

When his consciousness resumed fluency, he found his soul had already left his body!

The surrounding space instantly became cold and terrifying!

"Spirit Stripping."

Another legendary-level domain ability.

Matthew only felt his soul transformed into a small boat, leaving a warm harbor to sail across a storm-swept sea amidst an endless night.

Above the sky were thunderclouds and storms.

Beneath the turbulent sea lurked countless fearful creatures!

Terrifying beings akin to sea beasts that devour men—

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The faint sound of something cutting through the air reached him.

Anxiety, dread, hatred, vexation, sadness, anger... a myriad of emotions reached Matthew’s consciousness space before the enemies even arrived.

He blinked.

All the negative emotions were swept away.

Yet the enemies did not relent.

They surged from the dark seabed, surrounding Matthew’s solitary soul boat from all sides.

They bared their fangs and brandished their claws, drooling with anticipation.

One after another, strangely elongated and distorted faces pressed tightly against the edge of Matthew’s soul.

They seemed eager to savor this piece of spirituality-laden delicacy!

"Loathing Spirit."

Matthew’s eyes showed no fear.

He didn’t even try to control the drifting direction of his soul deliberately because he knew it was a pointless endeavor.

Rather than caring about external changes.

It’s better to focus on oneself.

In the face of those terrifying ghosts that even legendary spellcasters dreaded.

Matthew’s attitude was quite unusual:

"Come on."

"Don’t you want to devour me?"

"Why stay distant, why hesitate? If you want to eat me, come closer!"

He opened his arms to those spirits of aversion.

"Ha!"

"Bluffing!"

Dania sneered coldly:

"You think I dare not come in?"

The next second.

All the loathing spirits surged forward.

They pounced onto Matthew’s soul like a pack of sharks that had smelled blood, or hyenas gone mad!

Seeing those sharp claws about to tear Matthew’s Soul Barrier to shreds.

Yet Matthew remained indifferent.

His whole being seemed to "freeze" as he stood unmoving, letting Dania’s power of the domain manipulate his soul’s tiny boat.

"Where’s your Lost Paradise?"

"Not using it at a time like this?"

Dania said sinisterly.

Matthew remained silent.

And just as Dania spoke.

More loathing spirits began attacking Matthew’s Soul Barrier—

This was the last defense line of an ordinary being’s Soul Mark.

In theory, a mighty mage’s Soul Barrier should have some thickness, able to withstand for a while.

But who would have thought.

These Loathing Spirits merely scratched the surface, and pierced through Matthew’s Soul Barrier!

"Oh oh oh!"

"Hahaha!"

The Loathing Spirits laughed wildly as they traversed through the Soul Barrier.

They were planning to directly seize Matthew’s Soul Mark.

Just at that moment.

Matthew’s Soul Barrier suddenly completely collapsed!

An invisible storm suddenly rose up where the Soul Barrier had crumbled.

Crack!

A sudden sound echoed in the noisy environment where the Loathing Spirits shrieked.

The next breath.

All the Loathing Spirits were completely shattered into spirituality!

Instead of harming Matthew’s soul.

They turned into fragments of spirituality and fused into Matthew’s soul!

"Spiritual Shattering Force Field"!

Matthew calmly surveyed the area, confirming that most of the Loathing Spirits had been annihilated, then confidently canceled the invisible yet lethal shattering force field.

This was a protective technique found in the Knowledge left by Giza.

Those with strong mental power.

Could replace the natural but passive Soul Barrier through this technique.

Giza was the founder of the Aindor Spiritual Ability School.

His research and understanding of the mind came from higher dimensions, and in Aindor, this was truly a dimensional reduction strike.

The Spirit of Aversion of necromancers might indeed be formidable.

But in front of Giza’s mental techniques, it’s still somewhat inadequate.

"Psionic power?"

"You actually also practice psionic power?"

Dania’s voice was filled with surprise.

Matthew looked calmly towards the source of the voice:

"Is that all?"

"Are there more Loathing Spirits?"

He was speaking truthfully.

Matthew’s "Spiritual Shattering Force Field" was far from reaching its limit.

Moreover, besides this technique.

He still hadn’t used "Soul Destruction" learned from Camela and "Gordon’s Fire" that frightened Jassiliven!

In the spiritual space domain.

Matthew could indeed directly challenge the legendary, and even superior legend!

Dania remained silent.

Matthew wanted to say something more to provoke her.

But at that moment.

Where his Soul Barrier used to be, a faint blue light suddenly appeared.

That blue light seemed to form a natural rune.

Matthew slightly sensed it.

The data panel immediately responded.

...

"Reminder: Due to consecutively shattering the spirituality of Evil Priest Lance, Lord of the Thousand Transformers, Jassiliven, Master of Spirit Power Giza, and numerous Spirits of Aversion, you have gained the soul trait ’Spiritual Fear’!

Spiritual Fear: In the Multiverse, all souls, ghost-type undead, fragmented spirituality, Astral Spirits, Spiritual Bodies, or other related spirit bodies, will fear to approach when facing your spiritual space.

If they come too close.

They are highly likely to be overwhelmed by fear, thereby submitting to you, becoming your ’soul slave’!

Soul Slave: You can issue any command to the soul and its corresponding physical body, and they will obediently comply from the heart."

...

Unconsciously.

Had he absorbed so much spirituality from others?

Matthew felt somewhat touched.

Clearly, he hadn’t intentionally done anything wrong; yet one after another, they drilled into his spiritual space.

Did they think his physical body was too strong and wanted to take advantage?

But unfortunately...

Mental power is now one of the strongest items for Matthew!

"With this level of mental power, if you went to become an Evil Priest, you might even reverse the roles with your sect leader."

Dania gently remarked.

"Perhaps, what Baiyan City needs is a necromancer like you."

As the words fell.

All domain suppressions disappeared.

All anomalies in the hall were wiped clean.

"Hmm?"

Matthew’s soul returned to his body.

He looked around, surprised.

The next moment.

The water in the pool began to boil fiercely.

Soon enough.

A magic book from the Feast Sect Lodge flew out from the pool and landed in Matthew’s hand.

Matthew didn’t look at it closely.

He looked up toward Dania’s hiding place.

Her voice, filled with satisfaction yet subtly complex, said:

"You have passed my test."

"This book is your deserved reward."

"Perhaps, Baiyan City’s future should be entrusted to you... wait, what are you doing?!"

Amid Dania’s sudden raised cry.

Matthew calmly rushed before her.

Then punched and shattered the glass jar in front of him!

...