1400: A sneak attack in the dark

Wang Chen never expected that the dilemma of his little companions being unable to appear and fight alongside him after his strength had fully grown would be resolved in such a way.

The Mental Energy manifestation, formed by converging the world's elemental energy with his Mental Energy will, appeared based on his strength; when his little companions took control of it, the power they exerted was no different from his own.

This completely resolved the current weakness of his little companions.

Moreover…

“There isn’t just one Mental Energy manifestation; they will increase with the growth of strength, and multiple manifestations can be summoned to fight in the real world.”

“Because of my contract with my little companions, I directly possess nine Mental Energy manifestations, but my current strength is insufficient, so I can only use one in battle.”

“If my strength increases in the future, manifesting nine Mental Energy manifestations simultaneously without needing Divided Soul control, any opponent of the same rank will be easily crushed by me, and even if I encounter someone stronger than me, I can wear them down through a group attack.”

As he envisioned this, Wang Chen’s eyes grew brighter.

The gain from this discovery was immense; it could even be said that it would completely change his future combat style.

In the future, with the addition of nine Mental Energy manifestations, that would be ten of him, each with a fourfold combat power increase in their secret technique state.

What enemy, encountering such a scene, would not be terrified to the point of trembling?!

“Master, Master, next time you use me again, I’ll help you blow up everything.”

Tuantuan, at this moment, controlled the Mental Energy manifestation’s massive head to lean towards Wang Chen, and when he spoke, it was as if a crack had appeared in the sky.

“That won’t do.”

Wang Chen dodged to the side, instantly seeing through Tuantuan’s little scheme.

The little companion just wanted to go wild!

But he could currently only condense and manifest one anomaly with his Mental Energy will; favoring one over another was very bad, so he still needed to share the fun, allowing all his little companions to come out and play.

“It’s decided, after you, it will be Ice Purity, and then one by one down the line, until later, you can all come out together.”

Wang Chen reached out to pat “Tuantuan’s” head, but helplessly found himself not tall enough, only able to pat the front of his thick tiger paw twice.

“Alright!”

Hearing this, Tuantuan grumbled with a wronged expression, then glared fiercely at the surrounding Nightmare Ghosts, and with a roar, charged forward.

Constantly being a bystander to his master’s battles had long since suffocated the little companion; now that he could come out for a breath of fresh air, he had to kill to his heart’s content.

After Tuantuan moved, the surrounding Nightmare Ghosts, who were already struggling to lift their heads, collapsed even more completely.

Seeing this, Wang Chen chose not to act, but instead stood still and carefully sensed his surroundings.

He found that now, with Tuantuan taking control of the Mental Energy manifestation, his Mental Energy consumption became somewhat high, but still within an acceptable range.

If the previous consumption was one, basically on par with the recovery speed, then the current consumption was 1.1, exceeding by ten percent, which would not have much impact for now.

However, if nine Mental Energy manifestations were condensed, allowing all the little companions to take control, the consumption would nearly double, which would significantly impact combat endurance.

And this was based on the assumption that future consumption would increase proportionally to the current rate.

“It seems my evenly distributed stat allocation plan needs to change. For the four-dimensional attributes—physique, strength, and agility—the attribute feedback from my little companions is enough. Free attribute points should still be put into the Wisdom attribute to increase the base Mental Energy and its recovery speed.”

Wang Chen silently calculated in his mind.

And at this moment, Tuantuan, controlling his massive, mountain-like energy body, charged through the Nightmare Ghost crowd.

Wherever he went, severed limbs and flesh flew; not a single Nightmare Ghost could withstand a single blow from this little companion who had been cooped up for so long, all of them violently crushed.

“Roar, roar, roar!”

As he fought with fervor, Tuantuan roared continuously, and the elemental energy in the surrounding world fluctuated violently. Streaks of golden light appeared, then swept across in all directions like a rain of arrows.

Swish, swish, swish!

In an instant, the bodies of the Nightmare Ghosts that had charged forward solidified, then shattered into pieces, the severed limbs having extremely smooth and clean cuts.

Clearly, after a wisp of Tuantuan’s will took control of the Mental Energy manifestation, he could not only control the manifestation in battle, but also unleash his own innate skills through it.

However, after using a skill, the Mental Energy manifestation’s massive body, nearly a thousand meters in size, visibly shrank by a circle, leaving only about eight hundred meters, but as the skill finished, it gradually began to recover by automatically absorbing the surrounding world’s elemental energy.

“Awoo! Awoo!”

Now that he discovered he could use skills, Tuantuan excitedly barked a few times, eagerly looking at the remaining Nightmare Ghosts on the ravaged ground, planning to do it a few more times.

“Stop!”

But at this moment, Wang Chen quickly called out:

“Without my permission, Tuantuan, don’t unleash skills randomly.”

After Tuantuan’s last skill, Wang Chen found that his Mental Energy was instantly drained by one-fifth, and the subsequent consumption rate also reached 1.5 times the previous rate, only returning to normal after the Mental Energy manifestation’s size recovered to its original state.

This made Wang Chen realize that the skills unleashed by his little companions were all drawing from his own Mental Energy; if they were to randomly unleash skills without restraint, perhaps the enemy wouldn’t even be defeated yet…

He would be drained first!

This kind of consumption could be maintained for one or two, but if there were more, even with the continuous recovery skill of the Earth Vein Azure Ox constantly active on him, he wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

Especially during combat, if any little companion suddenly did something so random, Wang Chen’s Mental Energy would be instantly greatly depleted, making it easy for his opponent to seize a weakness.

“Using the Mental Energy manifestation’s inherent Mental Energy suppression and brute force to fight is actually quite good!”

Thinking this, Wang Chen did not forget to warn Tuantuan and the other little companions through their contract.

Rumble!

However, just as he was distracted, and Tuantuan also turned to look at him because of his call, a thunderous tremor suddenly echoed through the world.

A demonic light, seemingly piercing through heaven and earth, descended from the sky like a collapsing pillar, instantly penetrating the Mental Energy manifestation’s energy body.

Boom!

The world’s elemental energy, originally bound by Mental Energy will, lost its restraint at this moment and exploded, forming a fireball several hundred meters in diameter, and the expanding Qi waves flattened everything within a several-thousand-meter radius.

“Hiss!”

With the Mental Energy manifestation shattered, Wang Chen’s face paled, and he couldn’t help but gasp.

“So painful! Which bastard is ambushing me?!”

At the same time, in his mind, Tuantuan’s voice echoed through the contract, carrying a hint of weakness.

Clearly, the wisp of will entrusted to the Mental Energy manifestation was severely injured, which also caused Tuantuan to suffer a considerable injury.