Soul Crystal

A soul is a vessel, and the energy it contains is soul energy, which materializes as 【Soul Crystal】.

In the eyes of many sorcerers, soul energy is the most inclusive energy in the multiverse.

Even elemental energy cannot be absorbed by many creatures.

But soul energy is different; there are almost no creatures that cannot absorb and utilize soul energy.

Soul energy can be said to be the most versatile energy in the multiverse.

And a soul crystal is the product of a soul dissipating after death, a solidification of soul energy.

However, unfortunately, soul crystals are difficult to produce naturally, and only some special existences drop primitive soul crystals.

In most cases, sorcerers obtain soul crystals through artificial means.

To artificially create a soul crystal, a vessel must be prepared.

Sorcerers most often use various gems.

What Su Nan is doing right now is artificially creating a soul crystal.

With one resentful wail after another, the wraiths were continually drawn into the gem, which gradually turned gray.

Within moments, the resentful spirits around Su Nan were wiped out.

“Is there more?”

Su Nan looked expectantly at the evil spirit.

These few souls alone weren’t enough to completely transform the gem into a soul crystal.

It seemed enraged by Su Nan’s gaze, the evil spirit screeched, raising its hand to unleash a negative energy blast.

Unfortunately, it was blocked by the Shield Spell before it could reach Su Nan.

Seeing this, the evil spirit simply levitated towards Su Nan.

“Is this all the resentful spirits there are?”

Su Nan frowned with dissatisfaction, then without looking at the charging evil spirit, he uttered complex and esoteric syllables.

He was protected by three layers of defense.

The Shield Spell, energy particles, and a protection ring.

A rune gem was also clenched in his palm, ready to be activated at any moment.

There was no need to worry about the evil spirit breaking through his defense in a short time.

Sure enough.

By the time he was ready to cast spells, the evil spirit’s sharp-clawed hands couldn’t even penetrate the shield.

Magic Missile!

Three fist-sized missiles shot out, piercing through the evil spirit’s ethereal body like bullets, causing it to emit an extremely shrill scream, its body visibly dimming.

Su Nan remained calm, coldly releasing a second Magic Missile.

The battle between the two sides instantly became intense.

The evil spirit completely abandoned defense—in fact, it couldn’t defend—circling around Su Nan, trying to break through the intercept and tear the latter’s body, yet all were blocked timely by the shield.

Su Nan focused on releasing Magic Missiles.

When the evil spirit finally tore apart the invisible shield in front of it, it had already been hit by four Magic Missiles, and its originally semi-transparent body became even more ethereal, as if it could dissipate at any moment.

At this moment, the evil spirit finally sensed the danger and tried to pull back to escape.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

Releasing the fifth Magic Missile, Su Nan raised the gem in his hand.

After being hit by three more Magic Missiles, the evil spirit, barely catching its breath, was pulled toward the gem by an overwhelming, invisible force.

Despite its frantic struggle, it was still unable to resist the gem’s suction, ultimately having its entire soul absorbed into the gem.

With the soul drawn in, the gem’s color completely changed, turning into a gray crystal!

“Done!”

Su Nan showed a trace of joy on his face.

Normally, he’d need the souls of at least dozens of knights to make a lowest-level soul crystal.

However, with his current mental power, he couldn’t extract souls from corpses and could only rely on certain magical items or formations—unfortunately, he had none.

But dealing with wraiths and evil spirits was way simpler, just weaken them with force then forcibly absorb them.

A single evil spirit was equivalent to thirty knight souls.

Storing the crystal, Su Nan looked up at the distant Blood Mandrake.

The evil spirit was almost the entirety of the Blood Mandrake’s power, a free-moving avatar.

Thus, with the evil spirit’s demise, the Blood Mandrake suffered a severe blow, visibly wilting.

Its size had even shrunk over half, leaving it less than twenty centimeters tall.

When Su Nan pulled it from the ground, the Blood Mandrake let out a piercing scream and struggled to burrow back underground, but its weakened state failed to counter Su Nan’s force, and it was forcibly stuffed into a silver-coated box.

The box’s surface was inscribed with a sealing array to restrain the Blood Mandrake’s psychic energy escape.

As long as the box wasn’t opened, the Blood Mandrake was docile.

After finishing all this, Su Nan clapped his hands and looked around.

With the evil spirit exterminated and the Blood Mandrake sealed, the Mandrakes in the manor began to wither en masse.

It wasn’t long before the environment returned to normal, except for a bit of disrepair, showing no oddities.

In actuality, though, a lot of negative energy particles still lingered in the air, temporarily making it uninhabitable. Natural dissipation would take four to five months to return to normal levels.

Of course, if a sorcerer apprentice were to purify it, it could be restored to normal within days.

However, without payment, Su Nan wasn’t willing to do the job.

Frankly, a thousand gold coins to eliminate one evil spirit was already cheap.

If not for the blood mandrake and soul crystal, he wouldn’t have taken the task.

Outside the manor.

Silver Moon Viscount paced back and forth, occasionally glancing at the manor, unable to hide his anxiety.

Not long after Su Nan entered the manor, fierce flames suddenly erupted inside, followed by intermittent wailing, making him terrified.

He thought of leading people inside to investigate, but he dared not take risks.

Sweat dripped from his forehead in his anxiety.

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before Su Nan emerged from the manor.

“Sir Ange…”

Silver Moon Viscount immediately approached, hesitant to speak.

Su Nan said calmly, “That evil spirit has been vanquished by me.”

Hearing this, Silver Moon Viscount let out a long breath of relief.

“There are still many negative energy particles lingering in the manor; don’t live in it for half a year,” Su Nan reminded him.

Silver Moon Viscount quickly nodded, indicating his understanding.

In fact, without Su Nan’s advice, he wouldn’t have rewarded the manor for resettlement.

With such a bizarre occurrence, the manor would likely be sealed off and abandoned.

But it didn’t matter; as long as Stone Bell City remained unaffected, losing a manor wasn’t too distressing.

“Thanks to you, Sir Ange, I’ve prepared a banquet; please do grace us with your presence,” Silver Moon Viscount spoke with enthusiasm.

Having encountered such a powerful sorcerer, he wasn’t willing to let him leave so easily.

He’d even gladly grant a town to him if it meant conscripting him.

But much to Silver Moon Viscount’s disappointment, Su Nan declined without a thought.

“No, thank you. I have matters to attend to.”

With those words, not waiting for the Viscount to respond, Su Nan left without looking back.

At this moment, a guard approached from a distance, brushing past him.

Su Nan had not walked far, and with his keen hearing, he heard clearly as the guard whispered to the Silver Moon Viscount.

“My Lord, Owen, the Shining Baron declared war on Blackstone City!”