According to the so-called bond logic, could it be it’s all to forcibly connect them with the Temporal Body?
The Temporal Body is the "avatar" of the silver-haired girl, meaning they established a Karma connection with her?
Angel wasn’t sure if his conjecture was correct; he intended to inquire, but the Black Earl beside him spoke first.
"Do you mean Kaier has gained benefits from the remnant soul?"
The question from the Black Earl revealed he also understood the silver-haired girl’s exceedingly cryptic words.
The worldview of the silver-haired girl wasn’t mainstream in the Wizards’ Realm; this view was more suitable for societies with stricter order and rules. However, with the Black Earl’s experience, even if the silver-haired girl deliberately kept her speech ambiguous, he extracted the truth from those verbose expressions.
"Of course, it isn’t that easy for a remnant soul to influence the will of a parasitic host." The silver-haired girl nodded in acknowledgment: "Year after year, day after day, channeling its already scarce Soul Force to the host. This is the price it pays, using a small portion of will within the Soul Force, gradually influencing the host’s ideology."
Dox: "If that’s the case, then when Kaier obtained the Soul Force, wasn’t his willpower also influenced? Isn’t that fair?"
The silver-haired girl shook her head: "That’s not how it works. He might have become a Transcendent partially thanks to the residual souls."
Dox frowned: "Is there evidence for that?"
The silver-haired girl remained silent, unwilling to engage with Dox. She had probably figured out Dox’s approach: as long as he wants to make excuses, he can dig up every detail for discussion. He just needs to talk, while proof is demanded from others, which involves completely different costs.
Although the silver-haired girl only hinted at it, Angel had roughly summarized the situation.
Whether Kaier becoming a Talented One is due to the residual souls is yet to be discussed. But until now, the residual souls continue to provide Soul Force, which should be true.
Previously, she had clearly stated that the stronger Kaier becomes, the faster the residual souls disappear.
Even so, the residual souls are tirelessly helping Kaier to become stronger and fulfill their obsession, even if it means completely dissipating.
From this perspective, Kaier indeed gained some benefits from the residual souls.
And the silver-haired girl felt that since Kaier received this benefit, he should pay the price for it.
Whether this logic is correct or not is not evaluated, as this belongs to her personal opinion and it’s hard to say right or wrong.
The silver-haired girl then looked at the seemingly more bewildered Kaier and spoke again: "It’s up to you to decide how to choose. However, I must remind you, can his will truly completely dominate your thoughts? It’s worth pondering."
After speaking, the silver-haired girl no longer looked at Kaier.
Upon hearing the silver-haired girl’s last words, Kaier lowered his head, falling into prolonged contemplation...
At this moment, the silver-haired girl finally turned her gaze to Angel.
For a moment, no one spoke, and the air rarely became so silent.
Although Kaier’s matter was interesting, ultimately it was merely his personal affair. Compared to this, they were more concerned about the silver-haired girl’s words for Angel.
It should be noted that the silver-haired girl had previously skipped Angel!
Moreover, previously, the silver-haired girl’s Temporal Body—the Rabbit Girl Laplace, hadn’t put Angel through any trials and directly threw out the mask.
Not to mention the silver-haired girl’s unusually focused attention on Angel.
All these details piqued everyone’s curiosity. They were indeed very curious as to why Angel was treated so solemnly by the silver-haired girl?
Yes, solemnly. Not only Dox thought so, others also noticed that the silver-haired girl treated Angel with significantly more solemnity than others.
Why exactly is this?
When everyone’s curiosity was at its peak, waiting for the silver-haired girl’s words, she instead let out a deep sigh.
It was their first time seeing such a significant expression on her face.
"I failed."
Everyone, Angel: "???"
The silver-haired girl: "Laplace cannot establish a bond with you."
Speaking about this, the silver-haired girl once again took out the mask made from old stone, looking down at it and shaking her head: "The mask has established a Bridge of Fate with you, but it hasn’t reflected any words in my heart."
"So, I failed. I can’t use any method to observe you. This also means that the request from The Sage cannot be fulfilled."
By now, everyone understood why she kept skipping Angel, not because she was unwilling to analyze him, but because she simply couldn’t.
It’s like suddenly coming across a culinary recipe in a book full of Magic Pattern analyses, you understand the surface, but not the inner essence.
The silver-haired girl lifted her head, gazing at Angel: "So, can you tell me why?"
Angel didn’t immediately answer, as he was also digesting what she said.
Unable to establish a bond? In other words, unable to establish Karma? Does he possess such ability?
It’s important to know, according to the silver-haired girl’s account, even the Black Earl has established a bond, why can’t he?
If it’s the green Pattern causing trouble, Angel thinks... probably not.
Does he truly possess such talent? Or is there something on him that obscures the bond described by her?
Angel thought carefully, and finally managed to summarize a few possibilities.
He ranked them in order from least likely to most likely.
Firstly, still, the green Pattern. After all, the green Pattern has its irreplaceable uniqueness.
But Angel hadn’t felt any movement from the green Pattern from start to finish, thus, in his view, this possibility is the smallest.
Next is the Primeval Flame.
The special nature of the Primeval Flame is self-evident, so there’s a slight possibility. But if it really is due to the Primeval Flame, wouldn’t the silver-haired girl be unable to see the bond with all Baiyuanians? Because once the Primeval Flame is ignited, all Baiyuanians can perceive it and receive its protection.
And the Underground Aqueduct has too many matters related to Baiyuanians, if really related to the Primeval Flame, the silver-haired girl should be able to perceive it.
Besides the Primeval Flame, Angel also thought of the Blood Night Shelter.
This item is a cloak to prevent prophecy, and infuses with the Thief of Time’s little gift: can resist the gaze of a Legendary Wizard.
Although it’s only one-time, it has elevated Blood Night Shelter’s anti-probe capability to an unprecedented level.
Thus, Blood Night Shelter might be a possibility. Of course, that presumes the silver-haired girl’s so-called "Reflection of the Heart" ability is related to prophecy.
Next, is the Wilderness of Dreams.
The core authority of the Wilderness of Dreams is within his Mind Space, in some sense, he is also a small world ruler. With this status, perhaps he can resist the bond association?
Above are Angel’s general guesses.
Aside from these possibilities, Angel also thought of one, which is: Eye of the Sky.
However, the Eye of the Sky is too low-key, except for revealing its specialness during plane fusion, other times it’s almost like an ordinary mundane object.
So, the Eye of the Sky is considered an alternative.
If there really is an ability or item that resists bond establishment, it still might have to be approached from the green Pattern, Primeval Flame, Blood Night Shelter, and Wilderness of Dreams.