Chapter 730 The Growing Spiritual Souls


    Since the gnome was about to break through to a higher level, Austin knew he shouldn''t be stingy or try


    to save crystals.


    Compared to humans, it was much more difficult for demonic beasts and diabolic beasts to make a


    breakthrough in their cultivation, and that meant that they had to pay much more attention, effort and


    time on it. Of course, Austin wouldn''t hesitate to show his support at such a critical moment.


    Gritting his teeth, Austin took out almost half of the superior vital energy crystals he possessed, a


    number of elixirs, medicinal materials and even several pieces of divine vital energy crystals from the


    Space Ring, and sent them into the Illusion Bead.


    "You can use as much as you need. If these are not enough, just let me know,"


    Austin said. He seemed to be very generous with his actions. However, internally he was very


    reluctant, and he felt his heart bleeding.


    Violet knew how he felt. She couldn''t help butugh in the Illusion Bead, covering her mouth with her


    hand so as not to offend him.


    "Master, this city seems very bizarre, and the three castens have already reached the Master Realm,


    so we''d better leave as soon as possible."


    Since Violet couldmunicate with Austin telepathically, she could also read his mind and


    understand their current predicament.


    "The four people in their discussion have just said that there is an invisible force that prevents people


    from reaching the edge of the city. This is the main reason why the cultivators are trapped in this city


    and can''t leave.


    I guess the city''s edge is protected by some borate magical array or barrier.


    Violet, you have an inborn ability and are good at using illusion, so you should be more sensitive to


    magic arrays aspared to the rest of us. When I finish cultivating by taking advantage of the souls,


    we can try to make a break at the city edge. Maybe we can break through the magical arrays.


    It''s a good opportunity for me to cultivate using the souls in the city."


    After discussing with Violet, Austin continued to practice the Soul-transforming Skill and improve his


    Soul Sea.


    Austin was focused and with theplete immersion of his body and mind and he slowly fell into the


    realm of cultivation and felt his body and mind unify. He entered a sort of trance and experienced a


    rity of mind.


    The dark and glittering spiritual sense chain in Austin''s Soul Sea became thicker and longer, and the


    spiritual sense power it released was stronger. Wherever it went, the souls fled, shrieking in horror, like


    they had seen snakes and scorpions.


    Some souls even tried to escape from the grey mist. However, the mist was like a yoke which


    suppressed them like an invisible force. They were trapped and they couldn''t leave from the area


    covered by the mist.


    Meanwhile, the range that the spiritual sense chain could reach was slowly expanding. In the


    beginning, when Austin had just started cultivating the Soul-transforming Skill, the spiritual sense chain


    could barely reach a distance of several dozen meters, so it was only able to bind the souls that were


    near him.


    After several days of cultivation, Austin had absorbed a great deal of spiritual sense energy from the


    souls, and now his spiritual sense power had increased exponentially. Moreover, he had gained


    insightful knowledge about the Soul-transforming Skill and could use it more skillful. Thus, his skill


    power was much stronger than when he had earlier gotten there.


    Obviously, Austin had gone beyond the elementary stage and reached a higher level in the Soul-


    transforming Skill cultivation, surpassing the beginning stage where he previously was.


    The spiritual sense chain released from his Soul Sea had not only increased by five or six times in size


    but was also able to reach a distance of about 30 meters.


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    With continuous practice, the spiritual sense chain kept on increasing in both its size and the distance it


    could reach. The improvement sped up Austin''s progress in extracting and purifying the souls.


    One hour, two hours, more time passed…


    Austin sat in the middle of the street, immersed in his cultivation, like an old monk in a trance.


    From the outset, in the mist which covered the whole street, a number of souls rushed towards Austin


    one after the other. It seemed as if they wanted to rob Austin''s flesh body.


    However, as he extracted and purified more souls, the spiritual sense chain grew into a thickness


    bigger than an adult''s arm and emanated more spiritual sense power which scared away most of the


    souls, especially since it was whistling and flying around Austin.


    Eventually, all the souls screamed and fled. In their view, Austin had be the most ferocious


    demon. However, since the spiritual sense chain moved so fast, none of the souls within 30 meters


    around Austin were able to escape.


    Whenever all the souls within 30 meters around him were extracted and purified, Austin simply moved


    to another ce and continued the extracting and purifying process. No matter how hard they tried, the


    souls would be restrained and confined within the area covered by the grey mist.


    Several hourster, most of the souls that Austin had trapped were extracted and purified.


    More and more spiritual sense energying from the extracted and purified souls merged into


    Austin''s Soul Sea.


    When they had umted to a greater extent, Austin could feel that his spiritual sense power had


    increased steadily little by little.


    He seemed to have developed a magical sixth sense and felt his spiritual sense power growing


    gradually as if he was sharpening a knife on a millstone.


    At that moment, Austin''s attention was totally focused on his Soul Sea.


    With the increase of his spiritual sense power in his Soul Sea, Austin felt that his spiritual awareness


    had be more acute, and the perception of his Soul Sea had also be clearer.


    At that moment, his Soul Sea was pure and clean. It had no blemish or shadow cast over it and it


    looked like clouds floating in the blue sky on a shiny day. His Soul Sea was filled with a pleasing aura,


    as refreshing as the smell of flowers.


    He was more sensitive not only to his Soul Sea but also to the minute changes in his body was going


    through.


    Some subtle changes could be felt within his body like an increase in his heartbeat, blood cirction,


    cell division and production, pore contraction, changes in body temperature and enhanced


    responsiveness within the gut and a low pain threshold. All these could be reflected in Austin''s mind,


    and as clear as observing his palm prints.


    Austin suddenly realized that the enhancement of his spiritual sense power not only allowed him to


    better perceive the outside world but also improved his ability to perceive his own internal.


    Just then, Austin suddenly found the spiritual souls in his Soul Sea were also changing gradually.


    In the process of bing more materialized they emitted a glittering and translucent glow like a jade.


    The light formed a soft halo which was the glow of the spiritual sense power emanated from the


    spiritual souls when the spiritual sense power reached a certain level.


    What was more peculiar was that the spiritual souls were still growing tall!


    Austin was very excited about the changes happening in his Soul Sea.


    Finally, the grey fog that was covering the street cleared, and all the souls had disappeared.


    Austin heaved a sigh of relief. Then he stood up and released his spiritual sense power.


    He was pleasantly surprised to realize that he could reach a scope of 1, 500 meters in the city!


    Austin used his spiritual sense power to carefully explore the area within 1, 500 meters and quickly


    determined the position of several other masses of soul-consuming fog.


    He then led Tessa and the other two girls towards the area where the soul-consuming fog masses were


    located.


    Austin knew that the three girls couldn''t go anywhere without him. Besides, the numerous soul-


    consuming fog which was constantly moving within the city was a great threat to them, so he had to


    take them with him.


    After a short while, Austin found the soul-consuming fog he had probed. He threw out the yellow array


    g and summoned the soul-consuming fog masses to the same street. Then he began to extract and


    purify the spiritual sense energy from the souls covered in the grey mist.


    About four hourster, all the souls were extracted and purified and cleared from the area.


    Austin tried again and found that the range his spiritual sense power could probe had increased to 2,


    000 meters!


    Now that Austin had tasted the benefit of refining the souls, he changed to another ce and began to


    look for new targets. After a short while, he found several other masses of soul-consuming fog. He


    collected them together and continued to extract and purify them.


    There was a lot of soul-consuming fog that upied the city.


    Therefore, after extracting and purifying the current batch of souls, Austin immediately found some new


    soul-consuming fog masses.


    A new round of extracting and purifying began…