Gauss removed the spiritual connection bracelet from his wrist.
The most important aspect was still the increase in Intelligence by one point.
The further the attribute value is, the greater the value of adding points becomes.
Especially when Intelligence increased from 14 to 15, Gauss vaguely felt like he had crossed some kind of threshold, reaching a brand-new realm, with an indescribable change occurring in his brain compared to before.
His mind and thoughts became extremely clear.
He closed his eyes and felt for a moment.
After a while, he finally understood where the change had occurred.
The Spiritual Power within his brain became particularly focused.
If before it was like a nebulous gas, now it was in a condensed liquid state.
Of course, this is just a metaphor; it doesn’t mean his Spiritual Power literally turned into a liquid state.
He had a thought.
The Spiritual Power in his brain slowly emerged from his body.
In the past, he had attempted similar actions, but at that time, when he controlled the Spiritual Power to leave his body, he instantly felt a sense of powerlessness, as if becoming water without a source, extremely dangerous.
But this time, the out-of-body Spiritual Power was significantly different.
He could feel the invisible yet resilient connection between the spirit and the body in the void.
It was like there was an invisible chain binding the spiritual form and the body.
Because of its existence, even when Gauss’s spirit left his body, as long as he didn’t stray too far, the spiritual form could remain stable for quite a long time.
Gauss’s spiritual form left his body, roaming around the wooden cabin a few times.
He now had no "body" in the physical sense, resembling a shapeless "energy," though calling it energy wasn’t entirely accurate; Gauss temporarily couldn’t find a suitable term to describe his current state.
If he wished, he could conceive his spiritual form as a vague humanoid figure.
For convenience, he temporarily maintained the posture of a humanoid body.
He drifted outside without encountering the slightest resistance, smoothly passing through the wooden walls and arriving outdoors.
His "vision" collected more information.
The surrounding swaying leaves, cicadas clinging to the tree trunks, rows of ants crawling on the ground, Aaliyah’s hesitant and worried look as she gazed at the wooden cabin...
Far more detailed information than normal vision unfolded before him.
Everything was meticulously detailed, as if entering into a god-like perspective.
Aaliyah and others were still unclear about the situation inside the wooden cabin, but they dared not make a sound, let alone knock on the door to check, fearing to disturb Gauss inside.
"Why is there still no movement?" Aaliyah murmured softly under her breath.
"Let’s wait a bit longer."
Among the crowd, only Ying suddenly looked up at the sky.
She vaguely felt that something was observing her, yet she couldn’t pinpoint the source of this feeling.
She shook her head.
She could only conclude that she had misjudged.
Gauss, in his spiritual form, captured this detail, feeling a bit surprised.
He didn’t expect Ying to be able to notice him.
Speaking of which, Ying should be close to advancing to level 6.
She was already at level 5 before joining the group.
If she weren’t concerned about Gauss’s situation, she should also be seeking a place for "cultivation" to break through.
He shifted his attention away from his comrades.
Gauss wanted to test how far he could drift in this state.
He slowly drifted away.
After a while, he stopped.
Looking back towards the direction of the wooden cabin.
Around 100 meters?
Beyond this distance, he felt the effect brought by the invisible chain rapidly diminishing.
Even a few meters more, the state of the spiritual form began to quiver and become unstable.
Worried about damage, Gauss didn’t continue exploring outward.
He began to test the effects in other aspects.
Whether ascending to the sky or diving into the earth, he could easily accomplish these in his spiritual form.
However, when diving, possibly due to the solid medium of the soil, the exploration range was cut in half, reducing from a hundred meters to around fifty.
Apart from the range, Gauss also discovered that in his spiritual state, he could affect reality.
This ability was related to his secondary profession, [Sword Soul].
He could launch a spiritual attack through his spiritual form.
Thinking of this, he slowly "raised his arm," a layer of invisible, peculiar energy appeared in his "palm."
He looked at a sparrow perched on a branch.
Suddenly, an arc-shaped invisible spiritual attack flew out of his body!
It swept precisely towards the sparrow.
This attack was silent, invisible, and intangible, seemingly non-existent in the material world.
In the blink of an eye, the attack closed in on the sparrow preening its feathers, but even then, it didn’t perceive any mortal threat.
The arc-like attack swept across its body.
Its body stiffened abruptly, not even making a semblance of a cry.
Gauss felt its soul fire shatter.
In the brief contact, his spiritual energy completely destroyed the sparrow’s soul; after the attack, it slowly floated back from afar, merging into his spiritual form.
The small body of the sparrow fell straight from the branch.
With a light "thud," it dropped onto the soft soil, motionless.
There were no external wounds on its body, but its life force had completely faded.
Gauss’s spiritual form "watched" this scene, his heart slightly shaken.
Though it was merely killing an insignificant sparrow, something he could easily accomplish with Magic, the significance was entirely different.