“Whew——”
Flames rose high, and candle shadows flickered.
As the difficult and lengthy Mystical Pact incantation was chanted from Jia Na's mouth, the spiritual candle standing in the center of the round mirror suddenly burst into huge flames. The rising temperature also caused the spiritual candle to melt rapidly, dripping down the candle body onto the mirror surface drop by drop, until it completely disappeared.
“Crack——”
When the last drop of wax dripped onto the round mirror, a layer of dense, cobweb-like cracks spread across the entire mirror surface.
“Did it succeed?”
After the incantation was finished, Jia Na couldn't help but feel a little nervous looking at the scene before her, which was slightly different from the description in the scroll.
“Buzz——”
Just as Jia Na was wondering, a layer of soft, rippling water light suddenly rose from the mirror surface. As the light became brighter, the round mirror, which was originally placed in the center of the magic circle, suddenly floated in mid-air.
“It succeeded!”
Feeling the aura of the Spirit World from the mirror surface, Jia Na, knowing that the ritual to connect to the Spirit World was successful, suppressed the excitement in her heart. She clasped her hands together, interlacing her fingers, and feeling the soul Power within the soul Crystal held between her palms, Jia Na's originally black pupils suddenly erupted with silver-white light.
“Soul Projection——”
The light in her eyes became brighter and brighter. As Jia Na officially activated her talent, a chaotic and disordered low murmur buzzed in her ears. Millions of thread-like colorful lines quickly streaked past her. Accompanied by a sense of trance like weightlessness, Jia Na's Soul Projection entered the Spirit World dimension through the mirror surface.
“The nearest coordinate is——there!”
Millions of starlight dotted the boundless darkness, and the magical current refracted countless colorful multi-dimensional projections.
At this moment, Jia Na, who was fully concentrating on activating her Soul Projection, had no time to feel the surrounding scenery. Instead, she quickly locked onto an Different Dimension coordinate that seemed to be of the same origin as her own magic power. After only a moment of simple thought, she immediately transformed into starlight and entered the dimensional rift.
“So it's a Spirit World plane primarily composed of thorns... No wonder there's a sense of familiarity with the same origin of magic power.”
Jia Na, who had entered the dimensional rift, began to cautiously observe the ecosystem of the entire plane with her soul will. Looking at the endless thorn thickets around her, Jia Na, currently in the form of a Soul Projection, quickly came to a conclusion.
“The soul Power in the soul Crystal can sustain my projection state for another half an hour... That is to say, there is less than an hour left until the end of the ritual.”
Time was very tight, but the closer it got to this point, the more Jia Na knew she couldn't panic.
“According to the scroll, the intelligence of low-level elves is generally not high. Even if they are good at using elemental magic, they are rarely able to resist soul attacks and Witchcraft... Therefore, surprise attacks and capture are the most efficient methods.”
Feeling the time passing by little by little, Jia Na, who had determined her combat strategy, quickly used the power of the ritual to quickly scan every corner of the thorn thicket from the perspective of the plane will.
Excluding a few powerful creatures that Jia Na clearly could not cope with at her current level, and also excluding a few particularly weak types, Jia Na's soul perspective finally locked onto three very suitable plane creatures.
The first, the Swamp Arrow Frog, a dual-element creature of earth and water, living in groups in the corrosive swamps within the thorn thicket. It has a very good talent for concealment. Its weakness is that it is afraid of light and cannot leave the water source for a long time.
The second, the Rotting Leaf Butterfly, a dual-element creature of plant and poison, generally living alone on rotten wood. It also has a very good talent for concealment. Its weakness is that it is afraid of light and fire.
The third, the Thorn Flower Fairy, a dual-element creature of plant and poison, living alone next to thorn trees. It often disguises itself as a bright flower to catch prey. Its weakness is that it is afraid of fire.
Through the information sharing of the plane will, Jia Na easily learned the information about these three types of native creatures. After careful consideration and judgment, Jia Na finally chose the Thorn Flower Fairy as the target of the contract.
“Although the Swamp Arrow Frog and the Rotting Leaf Butterfly are also good, their weakness of being afraid of light means that they can only exert their maximum combat power in dark environments, which conflicts with my own plant attribute... On the other hand, the weakness of the Thorn Flower Fairy is just a common problem for all plant creatures.”
After making her decision, Jia Na no longer hesitated. With the concealment of the plane will, Jia Na quickly sneaked next to a Thorn Flower Fairy.
“soul chain——”
Jia Na, in her Soul Projection state, could instantly cast any soul Witchcraft. In just an instant, more than a dozen black chains, somewhere between solid and illusory, firmly wrapped around the Thorn Flower Fairy. Before the Thorn Flower Fairy could react, a complex contract magic circle was quickly outlined and completed beneath the Thorn Flower Fairy.
“By my will, I command you to obey my contract and surrender to me——”
Contrary to Jia Na's expectations, the Thorn Flower Fairy, upon feeling Jia Na's soul aura invading, not only did not resist fiercely, but did not even put up a symbolic resistance, and was easily contracted by Jia Na for Elf Summoning.
“Did it succeed just like that?”
Feeling the newly added contract medium on the Wizard tree, Jia Na felt a sense of unreality, as it was almost too smooth to be true.
“If every contract in the future could be this smooth, that would be great.”
Having completed the contract, Jia Na did not linger in the small plane. To avoid any anomalies, Jia Na directly interrupted her Soul Projection. As the feeling of weightlessness reappeared, Jia Na, having crossed through layers of different dimensions, her soul consciousness finally returned to the main material plane.
“Bang——”
The ritual ended early, and the round mirror floating above the magic circle finally completed its mission. With a crisp sound, it fell to the ground. The sea beast skin on the ground, which was engraved with magic circle patterns, also cracked into pieces, completely Deprecated along with the broken round mirror.
“Return to original position——”
Seeing the mess on the ground, Jia Na casually cast a Cleaning Spell, throwing all the ritual garbage into the trash can next to the experiment table. Then, she turned and entered the washroom, turned on the faucet, and washed the bloodstains from her hands.
She saw that her left palm, which had been cut by the mithril carving knife, now did not even have a single scar left. Her fair palm was still as good as new.
“Thank you, great Spiritual World Lord, for not only allowing me to successfully complete the Elf Summoning contract, but also healing the wound on my hand.”
Jia Na's trip to the Spirit World this time was exceptionally smooth.
Not only did she easily find an Different Dimension coordinate with many magical creature resources, but the plane will also cooperated very well with Jia Na's actions, providing her with great convenience.
Until the end of the ritual, the great and kind Spiritual World Lord even healed the wound on her hand, which made Jia Na, whose professional level was only 8 at the moment, feel a little uneasy.
“Great Ruler of the Astral Realm, your most loyal dependent once again expresses her most sincere blessings to you...”