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The Ancient One smiled, waved her hand, and the entire space immediately changed, as if many shattered mirrors had appeared around her.
At the same time, the hall began to invert, and the entire Kamatani began to unfold layer by layer, instantly reforming into a huge arena.
"This is a mirror space. All battles and destruction that occur here will not affect reality.
So you can fight with all your might without worry."
"This magic is great! I'm going to use my full power!"
Although he had seen and learned many kinds of magic, this mirror magic still gave Goku a refreshing feeling.
He felt that his guildmates would like this magic.
Knowing that the Ancient One's strength far exceeded his own, Goku didn't hold back.
He immediately transformed into a Great Ape, then used Giant Magic to rapidly expand his body to over 600 meters tall, and then concentrated all his breathing to push his strength to the limit.
With a single opening of his mouth, a cannon shot out. Compared to the more powerful Kamehameha, the Great Ape's mouth cannon, while slightly weaker, excels in speed and surprise.
Therefore, in Great Ape form, his mouth cannon is superior to the Kamehameha.
"Hoggs, the Ancient One!"
Faced with such a terrifying attack, the Ancient One simply clapped her hands, and a massive magic circle appeared.
All the energy ejected from the mouth cannon, upon encountering this massive magic circle, transformed into glowing butterflies, dissipating in the blink of an eye.
An attack powerful enough to blast a planet apart was easily neutralized by a single spell, without any apparent effort on her part.
This is quite normal; after all, this is the magic of Hoggs from the Trinity Vishanti, a multiverse-level magic.
Not to mention Goku's mouth cannon capable of blasting a planet, even the universe-destroying magic that invades this world could be rendered ineffective.
However, it also depends on who wields it.
Even a typical Kamar-Taj sorcerer, even if they could borrow this technique from Hoggs, couldn't possibly unleash the same powerful effect as the Ancient One is using.
Furthermore, they couldn't cast it as instantly as the Ancient One; it would be nearly impossible to release without three to five seconds.
"Breath of Ki, Fourth Form!*
Realizing that his breath attack was ineffective, Goku immediately understood that attacks similar to ki blasts were unlikely to have any effect on the Ancient One.
Just like when he fought the black dragon before transforming into a Great Ape, his ki blasts would be devoured by the black dragon's Devouring Magic.
But the magic the Ancient One was using now could precisely counter his ki blast attacks.
Since ki blasts were ineffective, he would use ki to empower his physical body for a physical attack. His arms were simultaneously enveloped in a terrifying tiger-shaped aura, unleashing power capable of shattering the earth, raining down on the Ancient One like a storm.
Faced with such a terrifying attack, the Ancient One remained calm, simply smiling as she raised her hand again.
Another massive magic circle formed.
"Shield of Seraphim!"
Goku's terrifying fist slammed into the shield formed by the magic circle, producing only a series of huge, terrifying explosions, without harming the Ancient One. To pose no threat whatsoever.
"Crimson Chains!"
A crimson whip suddenly burst forth from the surrounding space, instantly binding Goku's limbs, making it difficult for him to break free for a moment.
His enormous body brought immense power, but it also made him a huge target, making it difficult to dodge some attacks.
So, realizing that he couldn't break free of the crimson whip with his strength in a short time, he planned to immediately dispel his Animagus transformation and Giant Magic.
He intended to shrink his body to neutralize the attack.
However, before he could dispel the magic, he found that the Ancient One was already in front of him and slapped him on the forehead.
Then, he found that his soul had actually left his Great Ape body and was floating in mid-air.
The Ancient One's figure appeared in front of Goku in his soul state:
"Whether in terms of energy or physical body, you are already very strong, but you are lacking in the aspect of your soul."
"If you're willing, I can help you fill in some of these gaps."
Is Goku weak?
Of course not.
In the Ancient One's view, even now, Goku could fight against those dimensional demons who had invaded after being weakened by the Three Sanctums.
To be honest, in terms of destructive power alone, the destructive power she can currently unleash, whether in terms of energy or physics, is inferior to Goku's.
However, sometimes, stronger destructive power doesn't necessarily guarantee victory.
Those dimensional demons, aren't they all terrifying beings capable of easily devouring and destroying a universe?
But under the Sanctums' weakening effect, and with her various magical countermeasures, they were still repeatedly repelled by her.
After this short time with Goku...
In the battle, she had found Goku's weakness.
It was his poor application of the soul.
It wasn't that there wasn't any; when she separated Goku's soul from his body, she did feel some resistance.
However, compared to his level of energy and physical strength, it was still far too weak.
To put it another way, Goku's current level in energy and physical strength was at a college student's level.
Then his level in the soul was at a kindergarten level.
If he encountered enemies skilled in soul attacks, he would be easily targeted.
Therefore, she decided to help Goku overcome this deficiency.
Not to mention teaching Goku various attacks targeting the soul.
Because...
On one hand, many of Kamar-Taj's soul-related magics require borrowing the power of dimensional demons.
On the other hand, the difficulty of learning them would be extremely great.
Furthermore, it's unnecessary.
Even if Goku learned soul-attack magic, its power would never be as strong as his energy and physical attacks.
Goku only needs to learn how to protect his soul, how to strengthen the connection between his soul and body, and how to use energy and his body to enhance his soul for defense.
This isn't difficult.
Soul, body, and energy are inherently one.
With just a few techniques, one can use their body and energy to assist in strengthening and protecting Soul.
As for why help Goku?
Because helping Goku is helping the future Kamar-Taj.
If Goku's soul weakness isn't addressed, he won't be able to fight those dimensional demons in the future.
Dormammu and Mephisto are masters of manipulating souls.
"Willing! Willing!"
Goku agreed without hesitation.
Training naturally involves filling in the gaps.
Where the tail is a weakness, then focus on training the tail.
Now that the soul has a weakness, then this deficiency must be addressed.
"Let's learn."
Someone is kind enough to teach him; how could he refuse?
"Then stay at Kamar-Taj as a guest for a while." The Ancient One gently waved her hand, and Goku's soul returned.
"If things go quickly, it shouldn't take more than a month to learn." "