Chapter 531 First Sprout <TOC> Chapter 533 The Law Fruit
Translator: SumTLMan
This is a tree with a canopy of leaves, thriving and luxuriant.
Reaching the sky, it’s hard to see the end at a glance. When the wind blows, the leaves make a rustling sound, which is pleasant to the body and mind.
Countless green light dots surround the tree. When the tree is fully mature, these green dots scatter like blown dandelion seeds, drifting outward.
As these green light dots float, they are attracted by the magical formation and forcibly fall to the ground, merging into the bodies of the apprentices below.
Apprentices in the golden area naturally benefit first. When the green light dots merge into everyone’s bodies, the previously enjoyable expressions are gone. Almost everyone shows a painful expression, sweating profusely all over, and enduring pain almost to the point of collapse. Some even roll back and forth on the floor.
Wailing everywhere, it’s a miserable scene.
Even the always indifferent Cherie couldn’t help but frown, with beads of sweat seeping from her forehead.
In contrast, Angel was unharmed.
The green light dots, when integrated into his body, had almost no effect. The reason was simple: the green light dots were meant to purify impurities in energy.
For wizards, energy refers to magical power and mental power.
Angel’s magical power quality, attained from practicing the —Singularity Scattering Meditation Technique—, is much higher than the limit that the green light dots can bear. So, in the absence of purifying his magical power, Angel naturally doesn’t feel any pain.
As for purifying mental power, Angel can occasionally feel a tingling sensation, but it’s much gentler compared to the sensation he experienced when visualizing the patterns on the wall guarded by the Demon Eater Plant King’s saliva. It’s well within Angel’s tolerance.
In just five minutes of energy purification, while others were mainly purifying their magical power, Angel was purifying his mental power.
Angel’s original mental power value wasn’t high, and its quality wasn’t particularly pure. However, after this incident, the quality of his mental power has noticeably improved. Although it can’t compete with those who specialize in mental power, it’s much better than his peers.
The improvement in mental power quality alone has brought great benefits to Angel.
Angel’s “calm” performance naturally caught the attention of the wizards outside. Or rather, the performance of everyone in the Altar of Demise truly concerned the wizards at this time.
Those who can remain “calm” at this stage must have a special guiding technique, and its quality must be higher than the energy level of the green light dots. This means that these composed individuals have a higher potential to advance to a full-fledged wizard more easily than other apprentices.
Aside from Angel, more than a dozen others in the formation also remained calm. But only a handful, like Angel, were completely unfazed.
“No wonder he’s a disciple of the Phantom Master; he always manages to create miracles,” a wizard sighed. “Perhaps in just a few years, another formal wizard will rise.”
“Sanders always had an accurate eye for talent. Think of Sumesh and Flora; both are outstanding individuals.”
Rosen also noticed Angel’s anomaly: “It seems Angel is learning the ‘Montos Octagonal Guidance Formation’ from the Savage Grottoes. There’s only one core guidance formation there, and its energy level is higher than the purification limit.”
Muse nodded, but he was more concerned with the fact that he hadn’t found a handle on Angel’s practice, feeling tired at heart.
After the energy purification, another change occurred in the tree.
A small white flower bloomed quietly on the treetop. A strange fragrance instantly filled the entire altar square.
As the scent approached, the final soul purification began.
Since the birth of the Purification Garden, soul purification had only occurred three times. This time, it was bound to appear due to the garden’s evolution and leap. That was one of the reasons why so many apprentices were willing to come.
To advance to a formal wizard, apart from having the necessary foundation of a wizard, there are several basic requirements. It’s not enough to just have wizard-level energy; it also requires a comprehensive leap, whether in energy, body, or soul, to meet the standards of a formal wizard.
Of these, energy and body are the easiest to achieve. For energy, continuous practice is enough. The body’s requirements are minimal and can be met in various ways. The simplest is transplantation, and of course, injecting bloodlines can also be done directly.
However, it’s difficult for the soul to reach the threshold of a wizard. The elixirs that enhance the soul are not only expensive but also extremely rare. Other things that increase soul quality are mostly at the wizard level, and apprentices have a hard time obtaining them.
Therefore, the opening of the Purification Garden this time, which explicitly stated that it could enhance the soul, naturally attracted many apprentices.
The fragrance emitted by the Purification Law Flower is the elixir that enhances the soul’s quality.
The scent wafted throughout the square almost instantly. However, the further away from the tree, the weaker the scent. Apprentices in the gray area, though also within the range of the scent, did not experience as much soul enhancement as those in the golden area.
When the scent entered Angel’s Soul Realm, it quickly arrived at the area where his soul resided.
Under the stimulation of the scent condensed by the laws, the soul had not yet begun to purify. The first change was in the Taeniasis Green Velvet.
After the Living Soul Garden ordeal, the Taeniasis Green Velvet had evolved into a green prairie, completely surrounding and protecting the soul.
As the fragrance drifted into the prairie, Angel clearly saw countless small flowers blooming on the grassland.
The originally dull prairie instantly transformed into a vibrant garden!
Especially when the fragrance permeated into the Taeniasis Green Velvet’s core, the flower bud suspended above the prairie showed faint signs of blooming.
Angel’s eyebrows furrowed.
He still remembered that Felicia once mentioned when trying to probe his soul’s secret with black and white butterflies, that the maturation of the Taeniasis Green Velvet would not be a good thing for him.
However, Angel didn’t care too much at that time, as the Taeniasis Green Velvet was far from maturing.
But now, under the influence of the fragrance, the Taeniasis Green Velvet was about to bloom! This meant that its maturation was not far away. Seeing this, Angel became concerned.
Although he was not sure if Felicia’s words were true, she had no reason to deceive him. Once this matter was over, he must ask his mentor about the drawbacks of the Taeniasis Green Velvet’s maturation and the solutions.
While Angel was thinking about the Taeniasis Green Velvet issue, the fragrance had already swept past the “garden” and approached his soul.
The fragrance gradually integrated into his soul.
And then… there was no more.
The fragrance disappeared. To be precise, the fragrance was absorbed by the wound on Angel’s back.
Angel looked dumbfounded. What was going on?
Perhaps it was because the fragrance suddenly disappeared, and another wave of fragrance entered his body. These fragrances still nourished the Taeniasis Green Velvet first, then integrated into Angel’s soul, and finally… vanished.
While others were still digesting a single wave of fragrance, Angel had already made more than ten waves of fragrance disappear, and the number was still increasing.
After another minute, ten more waves of fragrance disappeared.
At present, the biggest beneficiary of the fragrance seemed not to be the soul, but the Taeniasis Green Velvet.
The fragrance, condensed by the laws and nourishing the soul, was simply the greatest supplement for the Taeniasis Green Velvet. Although the effect wasn’t as strong as the first time, Angel could clearly feel that the Taeniasis Green Velvet, which originally required decades to mature, was growing wildly.
The flower bud was almost half open!
As it got closer to maturation, Angel became more and more uneasy.
Angel secretly opened his eyes and looked at the people around him. The closest to him, Cherie, had veins bulging on her forehead, seemingly enduring great pain.
Jiebo, across from Angel, was even worse than Cherie, lying on the ground rolling back and forth in agony, screaming in pain. Even the mist on his body couldn’t be maintained, revealing his shining bald head.
Others, needless to say, screamed in pain, their cries reaching the sky.
Angel felt a bit at a loss. He could remedy the others, but he had no way of healing that soul wound. He could only find an opportunity to discuss it with Sanders.
What should he do now?
Should he also pretend to be in pain? After all, being too unique would make it seem like he hadn’t gained anything, which would be embarrassing.
With that thought, Angel let out a fake cry of “ah,” but there was no hint of pain; instead, he seemed to be acting foolish. Angel’s face flushed slightly, but luckily everyone around him was in pain and didn’t notice.
Angel coughed twice, deciding not to make a sound, but just furrowed his brows, pretending to be in pain.
He thought his act was seamless, but in reality, it was all recorded on the screen.
Fortunately, after the Fragrance began to spread, Rosen aimed the screen at the entire Altar of Demise, and among tens of thousands of people, Angel did not stand out too much.
However, a few wizards who were familiar with Angel noticed his situation, such as Midora and Muse.
So, when Angel’s soft and tender “scream” appeared, a row of dots appeared in the minds of those who noticed: “…”
Sabo felt his awkwardness acting up and rubbed his temples. He seemed to understand why Sanders didn’t come here, probably not wanting to face a disciple who was acting foolishly.
Midora laughed heartily, repeatedly exclaiming, “Such a wonderful scene, it’s a shame Adelia didn’t see it!”
Muse was also laughing, but his laughter was more of a “successful plot” type. Although he didn’t capture an image of Angel in pain, this scene was still amusing and could definitely become one of Angel’s embarrassing moments.
Of course, for them, this was just a small joke that might be forgotten soon. But the question of why Angel was unaffected by the soul purification lingered in their minds.
The only condition for not being affected by soul purification was an extremely high soul quality, probably comparable to a peak soul apprentice, in order to remain unaffected.
But did Angel’s soul quality really reach that high?
They couldn’t be sure.
But Angel’s soul often wandered out of his body, showing that he had been training his soul, and it might indeed be possible.