"Haha, I don't know just yet; they were called forth by my Heart Light Body."
In soul communication, Ian didn't plan to hide anything. He smiled, "But rest assured, once it's safe, I'll tell you everything."
"As for now, I need you all to hold off this placid soul for a while."
Saying that, he turned his head, gazing at the endless dark gold souls.
After the exhaustive confrontation earlier and the final near 'assimilation' resonant perception, Ian had realized that the five million 'dark gold souls' before him... none were the Echo's true form.
The majority of the Echoes were of poor quality. This indeed explains it, considering the original 'subjects' of these Echoes, namely those ordinary people from the previous era civilization. This is also why Ian could withstand the opponent's onslaught for so long.
And among the remaining elite Echoes, there was no significant difference between them.