Chapter 2366

2366 - Exploring Power - 3

Sector 98, Middle—

*BAM*

The Eighth-grade Soul Master clapped forcefully in the face of an entire Note fleet, then slowly opened his hands: "Autumn of the Soul."

*HMMMM*

In the next moment, Soul Power began to rage through the space around him, then gathered into a spiral and was refined until it took the shape of a large tree with withered leaves, each leaf bearing different engravings.

Then something strange and terrifying happened at the same time...

The brown leaves of that tree began to fall—tens of thousands of them made space itself collapse before them, then they drifted slowly and effortlessly toward the fleet.

The vehicles began evasive maneuvers; some accelerated and darted to the sides, others halted and started retreating, and some began firing their cannons at the leaves... but to no avail.

The leaves reached the vehicles with ease, but strangely, they destroyed nothing—the leaves passed straight through the vehicles and attacked the crew inside.

Silence—

Within one minute, strange things began to happen...

*CRRRR* One of the Note of the Flood-4 vehicles veered off its path and slammed into another adjacent vehicle *BAAAANG*

*Bam* *Bam* The rest of the Note of the Flood vehicles began acting strangely as well, firing at each other or colliding with one another. Within seconds, more than ten vehicles were destroyed, and the rest were inevitably on their way at this rate.

Even so, the Soul Master did not seem pleased, "...?"

At that moment, a voice was heard: "Are you wondering why the leaders of the Note of Supremacy-4 and the Notes of Destruction-4 haven't started acting strangely after you tampered with their spiritual domains?"

"Renara!!" The Soul Master lunged to a safe distance.

Had he heard that name a day ago, he wouldn't have known who she was, and if any of his brothers had known her, they would have simply ignored her. But today... Renara has been attacking the galaxy for hours, and no one can stop her. Her name has become like a harvest of souls to them!

"There's an explanation for that." Renara approached, twirling the spear between her five fingers as if it were a pen in an art class, "The Admirals and senior officials of the major vehicles in the Empire are all protected by several layers of Borrowings from our Soul Masters, and each of them has one Borrowing from Royal Soul Lady Morgana. That Borrowing makes them immune to an attack from someone like you."

"One attack." The Soul Master revealed a cunning smile.

"Do you think I'll give you the chance for a second attack?" Renara continued her advance, "Strike me, bring your worst."

"You've brought this on yourself!!" The Soul Master raised both hands and began to control the colossal tree, pumping more Soul Power into it, causing more leaves to emerge—each one a separate curse.

Blood-liquefying curses, rage curses, blindness curses, involuntary urination curses, curses that made the heart beat irregularly, lung puncture curses, and many more.

Any one of these could spell trouble for whoever was struck by it, so what would happen if someone was hit by five? Ten? Twenty?

Quickly, over ten thousand tree leaves gathered around the tree, poised to attack Renara.

When the number seemed sufficient in the Soul Master's eyes, he waved slowly toward Renara, the leaves beginning to stir as he laughed, "Hahaha, now, Renara, now I want to see exactly what kind of Borrowings can—"

*HOOOOOOM*

What met him was a colossal waterfall of flame that reduced him to ashes in a split second.

*KYYYEEH*

All the leaves were quickly scorched as well, the Patterns on them fading as the leaves transformed into raw Soul Power drifting amid the flames.

"Hoo~" Renara blew gently on the tip of her blade with a soft smile.

The extent of frustration she had known since childhood—since the Empire of Twilight Specters killed her father and grandfather and attacked their planets, since six other empires dared to move against them, since her sister was forced to become one of Those of Permissible Blood… all of it had made her thirst for power, for power could solve all these problems!

And now, like a desert that had not seen a single drop of water for thousands of years and finally received rain, Renara began to immerse herself in the feeling she had been seeking—the feeling of power, the feeling that she could kill whoever she wanted and protect whatever she wanted… this beautiful, intoxicating feeling!!

"Hehe." Renara raised her left hand and stared at it with a smile. "As I expected, I can use the Path of Heat as well, and most likely any path I learn and train in for a bit, I'll be able to use too. But…"

After fully lifting the restrictions on all the Laws of the Universe, Renara no longer needed the approval and consent of a specific Law to grant her the means to use it better, and the other Laws no longer resisted her when she tried to use them. No—things had become wide open.

She had just used 100% of the Major Law of Heat—the one she had spent years trying to break through—and it hadn't even acknowledged her, yet she wielded it with a force that no Heat Behemoth could ever reach!

But there was a note...

The Law of Energy Transformation, the major law inscribed on the walls of the Energy Gathering Center and etched into her soul domain, was still the best for her, and the easiest.

Her use of the Path of Heat now was good and powerful, but she felt like a right-handed person trying to do something with their left hand!

The closer the path she used was to the Law of Energy Transformation, the easier it was to handle, and the further it diverged in similarity, the stranger and heavier it became.

But the question was... why was she even trying in the first place?

"Hmm..." Renara smiled and twirled the spear in her hand, her fuzzy ears twitching with excitement. "The Law of Energy Transformation is more than enough."

Then she set her eye on a nearby planet—that was what she had come for, and what Fleet Nota had come for. A large number of defensive arrays were there, preventing them from entering the next Planetary Ring.

"Alright, time to say goodbye." Renara flicked her ear and pointed the spear at the planet, ready to launch.

*Ssshhh—*

"Lady Renara, we ask that you reduce the destruction of planets. Do not forget that according to the instructions, this galaxy will be yours to polish. Destroying planets in this manner will diminish your own wealth and power, as well as the strength of the Empire as a whole."

"....." Renara's smile and the eager light in her eye dimmed for a moment. She took a long breath, her eyes brimming with gratitude and appreciation, then lowered the spear and nodded. "Very well, I'll leave it to you."

Then she regained her wide smile, flicked her ears in a certain direction, and lunged forward. "Next."