Chapter 530: Withering Sequence 6: The Phantom Firefly Singer
At the end of October, after two months of high-intensity training, Tilan and others had a rare holiday.
"I suddenly don't want to go out and play. I just want to lie down at home and sleep." Blanche lay face down on the sofa.
"I'm a little tired too." Shui Yanqing sat on the wooden floor next to Blanche and leaned back on the sofa.
"I guess I have to go back. There are several banquets I have to go to recently." Orles looked at her schedule.
"I don't really want to go, but those relatives at home... If I don't go, it will always have a bad impact." She was also a little helpless.
These are all necessary social interactions between families. If you don't go, others may regard it as some kind of unfriendly signal.
"Where is Tilan?" Orles looked at the girl sitting on the cloth sofa opposite. She was wearing home clothes and light-colored simple slippers on her feet, which was rare and cute.
"I guess I will sleep at home too." Tilan pressed her chin lightly with her fingers and thought about it.
She was about to prepare for the advancement, and she was indeed a little sleepy.
"Tilan won't go out either." Blanche said happily as if she had found some kind of ally.
"How about Tilan come with me to the Shuangshu Star Region?" Orles's home is in the Shuangshu Star Region, which is the base camp of many elf families.
Tilan thought about it seriously, but still shook her head, "Next time, I can't go this time."
"Alas." Orles was a little disappointed.
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The next day, Tilan returned to the mansion after being away for nearly two months, and the maids surrounded her curiously.
"Has Lady Tilan gained weight?"
"Is it good to live outside?"
"Several animals at home miss you very much."
"We miss Lady Tilan too."
"What do you want to eat tonight?"
"Do you need a massage?"
The girl surrounded by a group of maids sat on a chair, answering their questions with a little helplessness and amusement, and then everyone brought Tilan her favorite snacks and fruits, and then discussed what kind of celebration to do tonight.
The girl ate the fresh cherries and apples on the plate, and then listened quietly to everyone's discussion. Occasionally, when the maids asked, she nodded and agreed. Time passed quietly.
After noon, Tilan took a bath, blew the comfortable cool breeze in the shade of the trees in the backyard, and then went to bed in the bedroom on the third floor. Because of the training during this period, she could not have as much free time to sleep as she did in school before, and she did accumulate a lot of fatigue.
In the evening, after Tilan woke up, she took the big spider and the white kites for a walk in the courtyard, fed them some food, and then checked their conditions.
It's almost time to advance. After finishing the inspection, the girl thought in her heart.
In the evening, in the candlelit dining room of the mansion, Tilan sat at the head of the long white table. The table was filled with various delicious foods prepared by the maids, which were extremely rich.
She didn't want to waste so much, but seeing everyone's enthusiasm before, it was not easy to discourage or restrict them, so they all nodded in approval.
"I'm sure I can't finish it, so take a portion and try it, and the rest, you can share it equally." Just take a portion to taste, and put it together, it's a lot.
While Tilan was tasting it slowly, the maids present introduced one by one, who made it, what materials and cooking methods were used, etc. It can be seen that during the time when Tilan was away, the maids in the mansion learned a lot of new things.
"Yeah, thank you everyone~" She smiled and nodded one by one, then picked up the chopsticks to taste the small pieces of food on the plate.
What a luxurious life, she suddenly thought of this sentence.
If it was a movie from the old era, it would definitely criticize the protagonist's waste, but in the new era, people have forgotten the pain, and many people are even fascinated by the luxurious style of the aristocracy.
From a habitual point of view, she tends to be frugal, but she won't be so crazy. Obviously, she has good conditions, but she has to act like a poor saint. It's just that occasionally when she thinks back to the past, she feels a little emotional.
After dinner, Tilan came to the quiet underground training room, where the environment was closed and safe, and then sat in the center of a special ritual array. The array here has the effect of stabilizing the mental state, which can keep the extraordinary awake and calm when advancing.
Although the effect is not so obvious for her, it is better than nothing.
After getting ready, Tilan slowly lay down, then closed her eyes, and then felt the blue magic light gradually spread from the middle of the array as the array spread under her body, and then lit the special crystal candles around the array.
When it burns, it will steadily release high-density withering sequence magic, and the magic concentration of the entire space will slowly rise.
If an ordinary person walks in here, he will probably feel that the air is a little cold, and his consciousness is particularly clear, but also a little panic, because this clarity can even make people hear their own heartbeats and various floating thoughts in their minds.
As the environmental conditions meet the standards, Tilan, who is lying in the center of the array, opens her eyes, and the magic in the air gathers rapidly, forming 24 transparent crystals, quietly suspended.
These crystals swam and were evenly arranged in a ring. Then Tilan's body slowly rose and floated in the air, surrounded by these crystals. Then a solid protective shield made of countless hexagons gradually took shape, wrapping and protecting the girl and the magic circle.
After the first layer of protective shield was built, another layer slowly took shape. After the three layers of barriers were built, the girl floating in the middle was undergoing new changes.
First, the condensed and precipitated magic power that Tilan had accumulated over the years slowly drew out from the extraordinary core and merged into the transparent crystal suspended beside her, slowly dyeing it and turning it into azure and pure blue.
Then, the extraordinary core in her body, which was originally extremely stable, began to slowly disintegrate. It was originally like a blue flower bud engraved with countless fine veins. At this moment, it floated with the brilliance of the engravings, and the core components separated one by one like pulling out building blocks.
This process is the first level for Sequence 5 to advance to Sequence 6. Moreover, the more perfect the rated Sequence 5 is, the more complex its extraordinary core is, and the more dangerous this process is. If you are not careful, such as the wrong order, it will cause internal magic conflicts, which will bring great danger. However, if it is a low-end Sequence 5 with a simple core, this process is much easier and safer.
Time passed by minute by minute, and Tilan's exquisite and complex supernatural core was separated one by one, like pulling out silk from a cocoon, leaving only the floating and radiant phantom bead in the center, which seemed to be between reality and virtuality, with light and shadow swaying.
This was her soul consciousness. Supernaturals were different from ordinary people. After entering Sequence 5, their soul consciousness gradually condensed into the core, which not only provided powerful protection, but also greatly enhanced their control over the supernatural core, resulting in a qualitative change in strength.
After that, it was the initial sublimation of the soul, the girl silently thought in her heart.
The azure crystals floating around her body emitted special magic rays, which converged on the phantom bead in the center, like ripples on a calm lake. The azure bead swayed slightly, and then with the help of these special cleansing rays, impurities were removed.
This process is also a very difficult step for many extraordinary people. Soul consciousness is the origin of a person's self. If it is not handled carefully, it is likely to cause the individual to become demented and stupid, or if the washing is not done properly, while removing impurities, it also strips off the original normal part, making the individual consciousness incomplete, extreme or out of control.
If it loses control at this step, the soul consciousness loses reason and degenerates, and everything follows instinct and intuition, the individual will become similar to a beast.
Such incidents occur every year in the Federation. The extraordinary people who fail to advance become out-of-control creatures and mutated beasts, and critical incidents break out. The one she met in the underground passage that year was a similar situation.
The enchanting round bead gradually became clear in the light. This process was quite fast, and it was completed in almost seconds. The girl did not feel any discomfort or hindrance, as if she herself had no impurities, but just lacked a sublimation process.
Faced with this unexpected situation, Tilan had to pause the advancement process for a while and carefully check herself to see if there was something wrong. After all, it was too different from the situation described in the notes.
However, this kind of inspection never found any problems. Everything was normal, and the results were very consistent with the description in the notes. So far, she had to put aside her doubts and continue the process.
The sublimated soul consciousness bead became particularly magnificent and clear, like a flawless and moving gem, quietly suspended in the air. Tilan also felt that her perception and control of the surrounding magic power became more handy.
Then the suspended azure crystals changed their brilliance. They shot out crystal-like rays and intersected beside the bead. Like a 3D printer, they slowly outlined the subtle and extremely precise extraordinary core components. These components were distributed with well-engraved and complex and delicate patterns, riveted and connected to each other.
One by one, the parts continued to appear, and then under Tilan's control, they aggregated to form slightly larger components. After half an hour, about 16 complex and delicate components were quietly suspended. They surrounded the central ghost bead, then slowly moved closer and slowly spliced each other until they finally formed a perfect sphere, encapsulating the bead.
In this way, the most critical first layer was built, and Tilan felt a little relieved.
After the first layer was built, the difficulty of the following layers was much smaller. Even if there was an accidental explosion of magic power out of control, it would not hurt the internal consciousness, but it would only seriously damage the vitality and need time to recover.
The floating azure crystal once again shot out the magic power of crystal essence, constructed new tiny parts, and then gradually condensed them into large components.
Time passed slowly, and the subsequent work was carried out in an orderly manner. After the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth layers were built, the magic power in the entire extraordinary core slowly flowed and filled, and the various parts bridged each other and became extremely solid.
Then this core, like a blooming bud, slowly disappeared into Tilan's body. As it slowly flowed, the body cooperated with it. The new and pure magic power continued to flow and exchange between the body and the core, like a blood network throughout the body. This full magic power made Tilan feel that her body was particularly light, but also had a sense of powerful strength.
After an hour of this cycle, Tilan finally felt that the subtle differences between her body and the extraordinary core were smoothed out. While the magic power flowed without obstacles, a new feeling also emerged in her heart.
She silently recited in her heart, and then her body quietly became invisible, disappearing from this training room. After a few seconds, she reappeared in another location.
This ability should be obtained by the Withering Sequence 7. Now she can manipulate it without any obstacles, and the magic power consumption is also very low. There is a feeling of being extremely flexible.
Then Tilan quietly landed and stepped on the ground of the training room. When she walked forward, she disappeared in an instant. Ten meters away, another Tilan appeared not far away. She turned around and practiced dancing. Then the Tilan who was originally walking forward appeared again, but it lasted only a second. She disappeared again. On the other side, another Tilan appeared sitting on the ground thinking.
In this way, the flashing and alternating continued. In a small training room, multiple identical black-haired and blue-eyed girls appeared. They each carried out their own actions until they all gathered together and formed a girl who fell back into the center of the magic circle.
The Withering Sequence was also called the Dead Soul Sequence in the past. Due to the changes of the times, the secret arts related to corpses and bones were simplified and cut off, and the focus was on soul consciousness. This enabled the Withering Sequence to obtain the ability to dematerialize and manifest at any time, just like a ghost, after advancing to Sequence 7.
With this ability, most physical attacks can be avoided by the extraordinary people of the Withering Sequence, and they can also pass through various physical barriers, such as walls and gates. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Withering Sequence will be significantly improved after entering a high level.
The same is true for the Dragon Sequence. After advancing to Sequence 7, they also obtain the complete ability to transform into a dragon. Their bodies and wills become extremely strong, and they can even fight against mechas of the same level.
After getting familiar with it, Tilan knelt in the center of the training room, spread out her long skirt, closed her eyes slightly, and slowly got familiar with this new body and ability.
Occasionally, she opened her mouth slightly, and a particularly clear and distant singing voice sounded in this underground world. The singing was quiet at first, like a boat slowly crossing the sea at night, singing the stars in the sky. Then, with a slight breath, the rhythm of the singing changed, and the emotions in it were like a storm slowly coming, thunder and lightning in the dark clouds, and the boat was up and down with the waves. There was a kind of amazement and shock in the face of the grand world. After that, the wind and waves became higher and higher. Not only this boat, but the entire sea was submerged in the sweeping waves. The singing became louder and more unyielding, slowly reaching the climax of emotions.
Then, the wind and waves slowly dissipated, and the singing entered the gentle melody rhythm again. The boat carried a few fireflies and lonely lights floating on the sea, slowly heading towards the distance, until the dark clouds in the sky dissipated, and the bright and shocking aurora tilted down from the sky.
So beautiful and pure.
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More than ten minutes later, Tilan slowly opened her eyes, and as the light blue light flashed in her eyes, everything calmed down.
She was still kneeling on the ground, but the surroundings had turned into a crystal world. Crystal clusters with various colors of light were scattered throughout the training room. The twinkling lights were like countless fireflies dancing in the night sky, which was extremely peaceful and beautiful.
Withering Sequence 6: The Phantom Firefly Songstress, achieved.
(End of this chapter)
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