AN: Smallwood cheese, don't think I can't see you there! You can't hide from this father forever!! Co and let lick your boots!!
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Draco's reaction was quick, roaring in his fury as he released a wave of Mind Force indiscriminately from his crystal, consuming about 1% of the energy within. He did not do this intentionally, but it was more of an instinctive reaction for defense.
"Ahhh!"
"Guuh!"
Two screams were heard as the bearers of those cries were blasted backward powerfully, digging two trenches into the ground of this wasteland planet. Their forms were revealed to be Shuangtian and Eva, naturally the two connected to Draco, and could sense his breakthrough in real-ti.
The two beauties, who usually looked pristine and untouched by the mortal world, were now bedraggled and resembled paupers by the roadside, their clothes ripped into rags.
Eva was completely beaten down, her body cracked in several places just like Draco had once been, while Shuangtian struggled to push herself into a sitting position, about to speak when a mouthful of blood ca spurting out.
"Holy shit!!"
Draco jumped in shock, never intending to harm his own soulmates so severely.
Whether it was their attack or his retaliation, it was their usual roughhousing and way to spice up their life. Eva and Shuangtian would pretend to rebel and cause trouble, where he would initially succumb, then suppress them before a threeso of debauchery would occur.
That was why he had only used 1% of his Mind Force and not more of it. It was supposed to gently push them back, and they left their defenses open, all to facilitate the play.
Who would have thought this would be the outco?
Draco quickly rushed over to the duo and unleashed the full extent of his bloodline power to heal the two of them as he cradled them in his arms with a worried expression. Shuangtian was the first to recover as she closed her eyes and channeled her own Titan Goddess branch, which was the forr Undying King Inheritance that made even low-purity bloodline mbers be like weakened wolverines.
Her regeneration was fast since the attack Draco released was not yet on the level of Origin Laws that could pervade and cause lingering harm. By the ti Shuangtian opened her eyes, Eva's cracked body was mostly restored, and she seed to be coming to as well.
"Are you okay?" Draco asked with worry, making Shuangtian smile.
"Not bad. I haven't taken such damage head-on in a long ti. This Mind Force is truly marvelous!" Shuangtian exclaid, not caring about the harm she took, being a true power-hungry maniac.
Draco then turned to Eva, who had opened her eyes, looking bleary like a person who had been rudely awakened from a long nap.
"Ughh, say that for yourself. My physical defenses are not as strong as yours…" Eva complained as she clutched her forehead, as if she was having a headache.
With her awake now, she also channeled her Creation Branch and almost instantly restored herself back to perfection, sighing with lingering fear. She then nodded in agreent with Shuangtian, her eyes gleaming sharply.
"Mind Force… an apt na, Draco. This power is essentially a condensed form of ntal power that was previously dispersed and chaotic. It is clean, systematic, and can grow further!" Eva exclaid with excitent.
Seeing that both were fine, Draco was relieved. He chastised himself and made sure not to use untested powers on people until he got a full grasp of the chanics and rules behind it.
With his mind clear, he could inspect the Mind Force crystal deeper and noticed many things about it. He and his two beauties, still lying in his arms, connected their minds together to observe and test this new power.
After countless hours of testing, using various thods and using their bloodlines to poke and prod in order to see the depths of this power, they ca to a preliminary understanding.
Mind Force.
This was the na given to this power, which was a perfect condensation of loose ntal power into a solid form.
ntal power had been touched on, but inspecting Mind Force made the Evil Trio tremble as they realized that their understanding had previously been too shallow, limited by their lack of information. It was akin to a farr boy setting out on a journey while already having power akin to the Demon Lord.
The more he progressed, the more he learned about his own power.
Likewise here, Draco had initially had a correct idea. ntal power was coalesced from the cumulative ntal power of any sentient being. However, one thing he had not understood was that ntal power greatly varied, far more than he previously thought.
The ntal power of the Evil Trio was plentiful, sourced from their rebuilt bodies, their two lifetis of mories, their strong souls, their psychic ability, Control, and their various bloodline branches that boosted ntal ability.
Why this was important was the fact that it must be ntioned that when Draco first introspected and saw his ntal power, he saw it as a plentiful gaseous fog that was stationary, like a sea of clouds.
This was NOT how it worked for other beings!!
This is very important to note!!
First of all, not everyone could introspect ntal power. You needed to have a certain level of power, at least being Rank 4 or 5 in terms of overall power or have so sort of ntal talent like psychic ability or mind power like what conjurers possessed.
Second of all, even if you could introspect, you would enter to see that your mind power was probably a scattered bunch of loose threads spread haphazardly over the place. Your first hurdle was not even condensing or refining it like Draco did, it was to gather it into one central location before moving forward.
This was the state of ntal power for a normal person.
Then ca the most important hurdle, which had stumped Norma for many years during her mortal stage, significantly expending her lifespan, which was to increase the total amount of ntal power. This was what troubled all people who walked the path of Mind Force in the Eternal World, unbeknownst to the Evil Trio.
The demand on the quantity of ntal power for condensation into Mind Force was extrely high. Most spent their ti practicing ditation, eating special foods, or using treasures and tough training thods to increase their total ntal power.
Knowing this, the absurdity of the Evil Trio was clear, wasn't it?
They had never introspected before when they easily could have, only caring about ntal power recently when Draco found that he needed it for Refinent's perfect ascension rather than relying on shortcuts.
When Draco did see his ntal space, not only was all his ntal power neatly concentrated in one area, it was so plentiful that what should have been re tiny threads ford a sea of clouds, so thick that even so Origin Gods of mind-related laws would be left envious.
So he directly eliminated three introductory steps, which were Introspection, Concentration, and Cultivation. He jumped right to Refining, turning his vast ntal power into Mind Force bit by bit.
Or did he?
We all know Draco's aim was not to make any Mind Force, but to simply turn the gaseous cloud into liquid then upgrade Refinent. It was completely unintentional that he would hit so sort of barrier and breakthrough, causing a reverse reaction where his liquefied ntal power beca the solid Mind Force.
It was akin to a Foundation Establishnt cultivator who had no idea about the Golden Core realm, persistently increasing his magic power day and night until one day, his dantian couldn't help but complain and transform into a core, elevating him to the next life level.
The credit for this went to Refinent.
When normal practitioners cultivated ntal power, they would condense liquid right away, then accumulate to a certain point before undergoing practiced thods to turn it into a solid form. One's ntal power only existed in a gas-like state when they first began.
So Draco, who had a sea of unrefined gas ntal power, used the tyrannical Refinent thod to refine his ntal power, a byproduct of his practice, into liquid. When that liquid reached a quantity that was far too much, far beyond what a person needed to condense Mind Power naturally, the laws of reality had to literally step in and force it.
Hmm…
TL;DR: You could take it as the difference between a skinny person and a fat person trying to beco muscular. The skinny person's main trouble was building up at and then training that at into muscle. The fat person already had the at, so when they started training, they would inevitably gain the muscle once the fat was lost.
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As said before, Refinent was the MVP here, not the sea of ntal power. There were actually a lot of creatures in the universe that were born with crazy amounts of ntal power. Look at the Devil Race of Boundless, for example. The kind of ntal power Zaine or Loki had might not be as plentiful as the Evil Trio's, but it was definitely not small.
However, what all of them lacked was a way to turn that ntal power into liquid at a fast pace. Many techniques exist to not only generate ntal power but to refine it into Mind Force, but none of them were nearly as fast or effective as Refinent.
If the best technique accessible to other Mind Force practitioners in the vast universe were to be seen as F-class, then Refinent is SS class!
If you showed a genuine Eternal who had condensed the Seed of Law to beco the Eternal Talent of Mind Force Draco's gas-like ntal power, they would exclaim that he was a talent not seen in a million years, feeling deeply amazed.
However, that would be it. Their reaction would be of pleasant surprise and envy, with so wishing to nurture the next generation.
However, if you showed them Draco's Refinent of his ntal power while practicing Refinent, they would stand up in shock and roar that it was impossible! Any benevolence would disappear as they would rush to snatch the technique from Draco, employing any ans necessary to seize it!
Refinent was a big reason why Draco, without actually trying or using proper techniques, could still turn ntal power into Mind Force. If just polishing one's ntal power could elevate them like this, then who in the eastern fantasy world would need a cultivation technique, for example?
Just absorb spiritual energy endlessly and watch yourself break through to beco an Immortal Emperor!
So that was the origin and growth of Mind Force accounted for. Now, the more important question was the features and characteristics of Mind Force that separated it from others, and what it could be used for.
Well, through the testing so far, the first use they had discovered was sothing that shook them greatly, making the Evil Trio breathe heavily.
Mind Force was actually able to replace willpower and ntal force!
What does this an?
It ant that, forget the Spirit state, forget State of Being, with enough Mind Force, you can do all that it could do and far better! Going based on their own Semi-Eternal stats, just 1% of Draco's current Mind Force could replace the effect of 100,000 Spirit and be stronger than the Legendary Rank equivalent of the State of Being of a top 10 race in the main plane!!
Spirit was crucial to players because the human state of being was ironically tied to Control. This was why Draco could affect Worldly, Aetheric, or Divine energy with his Control as early as the first few monts after his regression.
Since most players did not have Control, they needed to use their Spirit stat to communicate with the world. Mages needed it to turn Worldly Energy into mana, which affected their MP Regen the higher the stat was. lee players needed it to use special techniques that required external energy infusion.
The ga's stat allocation was not nearly enough for players to enjoy, so Spirit was sothing always in high demand. And yet, just having a smidgen of Mind Force was enough to surpass so True Gods of non-top 10 races in terms of external energy control?
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