CHAPTER 185: CHAPTER 145: 3 SPIRALS ACHIEVED

Alka closed his eyes, sitting quietly in his room.

Sweat continuously dripped from his cheeks. The surrounding Magic Power churned like a vortex, with Alka himself at its center.

The spiraling Magic Power fused into his body.

The Dream Catcher also circled around him, exuding a faint pink mist from its flight, trailing a long plume of pink cloud.

As the vortex of Magic Power grew more intense, a temporary vacuum formed around Alka, pushing the dark Elements away.

The vacuum lasted only for an instant before Magic Power flooded back in to fill the void.

This influx of Magic Power was ultimately completely absorbed into Alka’s body, facilitating his advancement.

Only then did Alka open his eyes and exhale a deep breath.

A new circular loop formed at the outermost periphery of his body, Magic Power flowing slowly within it.

He had officially achieved the strength of Three Spirals.

The three Spirals now layered within his body, absorbing the surrounding Magic Power and strengthening his physique.

Gazing at the Dream Catcher floating before him, he controlled the Crystal Ball, guiding it slowly towards his chest until it began to submerge into his skin.

However, the Dream Catcher didn’t completely merge into his body. Instead, it left a thumb-sized, semicircular, glass-like object embedded in the center of his chest.

Upon closer inspection, one could still see a faint pink mist floating inside the crystal-like semicircle.

Alka raised his hands.

Looking at the mist now flowing from his hands, he realized he had formally mastered the Dream Catcher.

Being able to integrate the Dream Catcher into his body meant he no longer needed to keep it outside at all times.

However, when he truly needed to use the Dream Catcher, the Crystal Ball still had to be summoned, as his physique couldn’t withstand the Energy impact during its usage.

However, for normally inducing Deep Sleep in someone using the pink mist, he wouldn’t need to summon the Dream Catcher itself.

As his physique strengthened, perhaps he could withstand greater impacts.

Reaching the level of Three Spirals hadn’t brought about any drastic changes.

Since this was still the First Stage, his core Spell hadn’t changed either.

With an additional Spiral, aside from the usual advancements—enhanced physique, increased Magic Power, and more potent Spells—there weren’t many other significant changes.

Hmm, and an additional slot for embedding a Spell has become available.

Each Spiral could host one less powerful Spell, allowing it to maintain its effect continuously.

The first two Spirals were already embedded with Spiritual Protection and Dark Vision.

He hadn’t decided what to embed in the newly available slot, so it remained empty for now.

After all, these slots were only suitable for Spells that needed to be maintained for long periods but weren’t very powerful or potent.

They were more often used for embedding utility-type Spells.

Such utility Spells were generally chosen based on the environment, so he had nothing suitable to embed at the moment.

Immersing his consciousness in the Dream Realm, Alka began to experiment, wondering if fully mastering the Dream Catcher had granted him new abilities or enhanced existing ones.

He returned to his Dream Bubble.

Cracks were still clearly visible around the Dream Bubble.

These were scars from the damage sustained when Alka’s dream body had ’died’ in the real world.

He had ’died’ twice during previous experiments, causing numerous cracks to appear, though they had healed considerably with time and rest.

Still, quite a few cracks remained spread across the Dream Bubble’s surface.

Once these cracks completely healed, it would signify that the trauma his dream body had absorbed by substituting for his physical death had been fully alleviated.

Alka waved his hand within the Dream Realm.

The surroundings changed once more, displaying various things he had previously seen or touched.

No difference, still the same as before.

Alka emerged from his Dream Bubble into the outer Dream World.

Something had changed.

The moment he was outside the Dream Bubble, Alka sensed a distinct change.

He now seemed able to discern directions within the Dream Realm, or something akin to coordinates.

Furthermore, he sensed a faint, elusive connection to something.

What is it?

He was certain this connection hadn’t existed before. It seemed that fully mastering the Dream Catcher had enhanced his senses within the Dream Realm.

Following this tenuous connection, Alka began to drift through layers of rainbow-colored mist towards the distance.

After all, if his dream body ’died’ in the Dream Realm, it was, at worst, like experiencing a Nightmare; he would wake up without any physical harm.

Therefore, Alka explored with relative boldness.

Following the connection, Alka drifted onward until he reached a space shrouded in mist. Before him floated two overlapping bubbles.

This was the exterior of someone else’s dream.

Alka frowned as he gazed at the scene before him.

Are there such dreams?

A single bubble represented one person’s dream. Yet, before him were two bubbles, with roughly half of each overlapping the other.

What’s the meaning of this?

Is one person having two dreams? Or are two people so close that their dreams have intertwined?

Alka couldn’t comprehend the situation.

He drifted down to the exterior of one of the bubbles.

He extended his head into the bubble to examine the situation inside.

When he saw the scene within, Alka was astonished.

The environment within was unmistakably familiar.