As I sat there, my mind drifted back to the fight with the Phantom.
The moment I activated Node 3, my body surged with power—more than 500 points added across my stats. That was massive. Honestly, if the Phantom had been made of flesh and bone instead of mist, I would've torn it apart, limb from limb, without a second thought.
But as I replayed the fight in my head, something stood out—a problem I hadn't noticed in the heat of battle.
The real issue with fighting the soul of a Phantom wasn't just its strength. It was what happened after its body dispersed. Once it broke apart into mist, it became harder to damage, to pin down. I couldn't finish it off properly unless I stopped it from escaping or reforming.
That weakness stuck with me. But I already had an idea.
