BXBX NOVEL Chapter 132: Noble Order! Spirit!
Rin and Erix nodded as they sat across Mirenda, the leader of the Tree Spirit Guild.
They were inside a woody room with wooden designs as they sat on a mattress.
Lilith lay on her side with her hand's support and watched them while eating glowing blue grapes with dark blue motes inside them.
In the middle of the duo and Mirenda was a small crystal bowl with burning plants inside.
"Inhale the energy of smoke and enter into deep focus to strengthen your consciousness," Mirenda instructed.
"Afterward, slowly and steadily attack your core with your consciousness. Pressure it steadily and crack it evenly. Once you feel you progressed halfway, you have to deepen your focus and find that right timing to attack the core with the entire force of your consciousness."
"Now, begin."
Rin and Erix began their attempt, but this was not going to be their last attempt.
…
Erix and Rin made three attempts in one hour.
Normally, it would take roughly four hours to recover one's consciousness fully for the next solid attempt. But with the magical smoke produced from burning the plants, Erix and Rin actually fully recovered their consciousness in ten minutes!
Moreover, it also aided them in breaking through the attempt, so Erix and Rin understood that these plants were surely something rare and valuable.
It had taken people months to a year to break through, depending on how many attempts people made on a regular basis to refine their consciousness and make it strong enough to shatter the core.
Moreover, one's consciousness was the main developing target of Noble order powerhouses in order to become stronger and ascend further.
After failing another attempt, Rin and Erix grew rather frustrated.
They knew their consciousness was benefiting immensely from the valuable natural resource burning before them, and that was why they were vexed at their own failures.
"Calm down. Your consciousness force will be used if you feel worldly emotions. You have to become nothing and let your everything flow in your consciousness with a singular focus."
"Become detached and transcend your consciousness. Aim your sole focus on shattering the core and nothing else."
Rin and Erix took a deep breath before they cleared their mind and meditated to fully recovery their consciousness.
Afterward, they entered deep focus and made another attempt.
Five minutes later, a burst of magic force exuded from them as the result of their core shattering successfully.
The overjoyed duo quickly gathered the motes that resulted from the destruction of their core and spread their consciousness force in them.
Fueled by their consciousness, the motes danced around their origin region before gathering together as a natural evolution of their magic path began.
After five seconds, the motes had condensed together and shaped into a dreamy blue five-peteled flower.
This marked their rank up as their Magic cores successfully evolved into Magic Spirit Flowers.
[Congratulations! You have successfully ascended to Noble-order rank.]
Both of them opened their eyes.
"Yes!" Rin grinned as she felt her magic and mana increasing.
"We finally did it," Erix took a deep breath while smiling as he felt a pure infusion of magic force and primal mana entering him as if attracted by his Magic Spirit Flower.
However, Lilith and Mirena just looked at each other.
"Why isn't it happening," Lilith rubbed her chin as she looked at Rin and Erix, her eyes peering in deep in them.
Mirena also turned to Rin and Erix and adopted a thoughtful expression. "Their consciousnesses had already met the requirement."
"Maybe they need a slight push?"
"Yeah."
"What are you two talking about?" Rin asked, her expression confused.
"Consciousness?" Erix furrowed his brows. He was feeling something strange after he broke through. Closing his eyes, he entered deep focus again.
Meanwhile, Lilith also told Rin to enter deep focus like Erix.
And the moment both entered deep focus, they suddenly felt an overpowering pressure descend on their consciousness out of nowhere.
Despite getting startled, they remained steady and resisted it.
A few seconds later, Both felt as if they were winning against the pressure and started attacking the strange pressure with all of their might.
Eventually, Erix shattered the strange pressure first before Rin followed shortly.
In a second, a strange and comfortable feeling washed over them before they experienced something bizarre yet mystical.
It was as if they were suddenly elevated as a lifeform, as an existence.
[A new stat has been unlocked. Spirit.]
'Spirit?' Erix and Rin were surprised.
"Viola! I knew that their consciousness was abnormally powerful even though they just entered the path to power recently," Lilith burst into laughter.
"You were right," Mirena nodded with a smile. "These two are practicing a rather powerful Spiritual Art, and since they are sufficiently strong-willed, they are making full use of it."
Rin and Erix were surprised as they heard their talk. They understood most of it, which added more joy to them.
"What is Spirit? Is it related to the spiritual arts?" Erix asked.
"Spirit," Lilith smiled. "It's a major factor and a boon that a Noble order can have if they train and refine their consciousness relentlessly."
"You two were doing it daily, it seems," Mirenda nodded with a chuckle, "That's why you immediately reached the requirement to awaken your spirit force right after breaking through to noble order."
"I see."
"Practicing any spiritual art can strengthen your consciousness, but the true power of a spiritual art can only be displayed once you unlock your spirit force," Mirenda said as she smiled with narrowed eyes before adding.
"However, you two seem to be practicing an extraordinary Spiritual Art. I believe it should be on the level of core spiritual arts that those Cosmic Factions have."
"How did you get it?" Lilith curiously asked. "Even I don't have a spiritual art on that level."
Rin and Erix were stunned. Even she didn't have that level of spiritual art?
Just what the hell did they get and why?
If they wanted answers, the only way was to meet that mysterious woman again.
"A mysterious woman gave it to us after we jumped into some pond and experienced an entire life in fast forward in a mysterious world," Erix answered while rubbing his chin. "I still feel that was the most bizarre experience I've had."
"Pond?"
"Experiencing an entire life?"
Lilith and Mirena looked at each other, startled.
"A mysterious world," both of them exclaimed and then uttered in unison again as they looked at each other.
"Broken Divinity!"
Lilith's and Merina's jaw dropped to the ground.
"You two little imps got a spiritual art of Broken Divinity grade…" Lilith was dazed.
"No," Mirenda frowned. "It shouldn't be a complete art."
Turning to Rin and Erix, she asked, "What is it called?"
"Th-" Erix was about to speak, but his mouth suddenly shut tight.
Rin also experienced a strange power muting her.
"So, you can't utter its name," Mirenda said. A smile formed on her face as she felt she put together a puzzle. "Don't force it because you won't be able to tell your spiritual art's name to anyone aside from those who practice it."
"It more and more sounds like a cosmic faction's core spiritual art, but on the Broken-Divinity grade," Lilith chuckled. "It looks like you two received a fortune with secrecy."
"As long as it is useful, I don't mind using it," Rin shrugged.
"Don't even think about changing your spiritual art," Lilith rolled her eyes. "You two are too lucky to have your current spiritual art."
"But since it's a Broken-Divinity grade spiritual art, you will need to use your spirit force to even start exploring its potential," Mirena chuckled.
"Good luck because we can't help you with that," Lilith grinned and got up from the couch.
"It's fine. We'll do it on our own," Rin said as she stretched her limbs and stood up. "This spirit force, I want to see what I can do with it."
_Rin.
_Stat points: 176
—> [ Strength: 600 (+100) ]
—> [ Agility: 600 (+100) ]
—> [ Health: 600 (+100) ]
—> [ Stamina: 600 (+100) ]
—> [ Spirit: 10 / Spirit Force: 1000/1000 ]
—> [ Magic affinity: Rank-B / Magic power: 600 (+100) / Mana: 2000/2000 ]
Erix also stood up and felt the spirit force attached to his consciousness.
'Cool.'
_Erix.
_Stat points: 176
—> [ Strength: 600 ]
—> [ Agility: 600 ]
—> [ Health: 600 ]
—> [ Stamina: ∞ ]
—> [ Spirit: 10 / Spirit Force: 1000/1000 ]
—> [ Magic affinity: Rank-A / Magic power: 600 / Mana: 2000/2000 ]
"I think I know how to use spiritual force," Erix said with a grin. "Rin, we'll have to enter there for that."
"Yep," Rin nodded.
"You two can practice your spiritual art later," Lilith stood up and turned to Mirenda. "For now, it's time to begin the second task."
"Shoot," Mirenda smiled, her expression nonchalant. "I am ready to repay the favors."
"Leaf of Life Crystal," Lilith also replied with a nonchalant grin.
However, her reply caused Mirenda's lips and left eye to twitch.
"Are you fucking serious? Why do you want it?"
"It's for Erix," Lilith winked at Erix. "It's one of the two main resources I need to manifest his unique hybrid bloodline."
"You want to use a Leaf of Life Crystal just to manifest a bloodline of a noble order?" Mirenda was speechless. "Aren't you going in too fast?"
"Even if he is a Hybrid Zomb-"
"A pure human turned Hybrid Zombie," Lilith corrected. "He is one of a kind as far as I know."