Chapter 987 - Let's Try That Formation

Once they entered the City Lord's palace, they were told to follow a different path from the sect's elders. Kayla didn't mind as he warned Rean and the others, "We will be observing you two from afar. Just do your best."

As the elders were soon brought away, Rean and the other participants followed a different path. Eventually, they arrived at what seemed to be a big room. However, Rean and Roan had underestimated the size of it. "This..."

Inside the room, there seemed to be a huge space much, much bigger than what it looked like from the outside. Not only that, but they could see participants everywhere. All of them were waiting for the assembly to start. With that, Rean asked Sister Orb, 'Sister Orb, is there a formation manipulating space in this room?'

[Oh, you noticed? That's correct. I can't tell what kind of formation it is exactly without analyzing it. However, it's definitely a spatial formation as you can probably feel the spatial power similar to when you enter the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm.]

Rean nodded in response, muttering, 'Really impressive. So far, I only know of formations that could teleport people. This is the first time I've seen a formation that manipulates space. It turns what was supposed to be a small place into a bigger one.'

Wamil and the others didn't seem surprised by that, so they moved ahead. "Rean, Roan, let's check the contents of the assembly this time."

"Check the contents?" The twins were surprised to hear that. "Have they announced it already?"

Wamil nodded as he told them, "It has obviously been decided already. It's just that you won't know before you arrive at this place. It's always like that. Let's head to the center of the room. It should be there."

It was then that Sister Orb mentioned. [Well, the fusion of Divine Energy and Soul Power you have makes it one type of energy. When you fight, you absorb Divine Energy from the environment and create Soul Power in your Soul. Those two powers fuse together, and your attacks come out with this new type of energy. They really can't be considered any of the two. Well, I guess it can be considered both of them simultaneously.]

'What do you mean?' Rean asked.

[I meant that once they try to measure your Soul Power, there's a chance they won't be able to detect anything as it is fused with Divine Energy to create the new type of energy. That means you won't have any Soul Power Strength. Your Soul Power Manipulation won't be considered Soul Power Manipulation either. As for Synergy, Soul Power users use both Divine Energy and Soul Power to support it. However, their energies don't fuse together. Naturally, you won't get anything from this synergy since it'll look like you aren't using any of them.]

Rean found it strange. 'But that also means they'll find out that we aren't using Divine Energy or Soul Power alone either, no?'

Sister Orb responded in agreement, [Exactly. So unless you're ready to keep using the excuse that you come from somewhere else, I would rather not let them analyze your fused power.]

Roan then mentioned, 'From what you said, this is just a possibility. They might be able to tell that we're using both energies, right?'

[Yes. The question is which one of the two is the case. Suppose that their Divine Senses can tell that you are using both energies. In that case, they might only see it as you two having ridiculously high proficiency in Divine Energy and Soul Power Synergy.]

Rean then remembered he passed by a Soul Power Analysis Formation on the way to the center of the room. 'Well, we can test it out. The Zasnfins had the Soul Power Measurement Orb, which could calculate our Soul Power even after the fusion. Perhaps that formation we passed by can also calculate it. Let's try the formation. If it shows us our Soul Power Score, then we know they can distinguish it, and we can take part in the Soul Power competitions.'

Rean also added one last thought, suggesting, 'By the way, let's just call it Divine Soul Power. There's no point in talking about both energies all the time.'

Roan and Sister Orb agreed with the suggestion, thinking that it was a fitting name.