Chapter 86 Second Ring (Part 1)
In the bathroom, Song Shi sat on the floor.
The second ring, [Mastery].
This is the second realm of psychic energy.
To a certain extent, before the first level, [Awakening], the second level, [Mastery], the third level, [Control], and until the fourth level, [Sublimation], psykers are still in The shackles of "human beings", the first three realms are just the continuous deepening and enhancement of the ability to control "spiritual energy", rather than the essential sublimation.
The third ring is slightly different.
It is said that the moment a psyker steps into the third ring, he will enter some kind of indescribable wonderful realm, witness his "destined death" with his own eyes, and know his end and fate. The ending - but this is just a rumor.
Because after witnessing this moment of "destined death", the psychic will not remember it all.
No one can even tell where the idea of "destined death" comes from. They only know that it has been passed down like this. Most psychics are unconvinced about it. It is difficult to say whether they "believe" or "disbelieve". .
After all, this kind of thing that only you can see and cannot remember is neither true nor false.
There is even a second rumor derived from this.
——Fourth Ring · [Sublimation] One of the conditions for breaking through to the fifth ring · [True Spirit] is to break one's own "destined death" with one's own hands.
As for this rumor, Song Shi’s opinion is
He doesn’t know either.
“But at that time, I did get a glimpse of the scenery from [True Spirit].”
Song Shi closed his eyes, as if falling into memories.
In the last battle between me and Renata Clemens in my previous life, when the two sides reached the peak of the battle, I couldn't tell whether it was an hallucination or something. In a trance, the entire [Dayuan] journey was for me. Cheering with excitement, as if expecting something.
That was indeed the most exciting battle in my life.
The spiritual energy that was thought to have reached the peak of the fourth ring is loosening and rising again. Each spiritual skill flows with the thoughts and is displayed wantonly, blooming with more brilliance than ever before. The color of the whole world is changed. Pulling away, only the opponent in front of him was left. When everything was pushed to a new and higher peak, the door called [True Spirit] began to slowly open to him - Song Shi believed that at that time, the opponent was the same.
I feel something in my heart.
The winner who survives this battle will enter the realm of the fifth ring, [True Spirit] with an upright attitude.
Although the final result was that both of them died together.
"Interesting. If you think about it that way."
Song Shi opened his eyes again. The memory just reminded him of something, and he thought thoughtfully: "Could it be that this is my destiny? 'Death'? Or is this the 'death of destiny' of Renata Clemens? Who of us can break this 'death of destiny', who can step into the fifth ring?"
< br>In his previous life, he once asked Chakoro about the "Death of Destiny", but the current leader of the Enlightened Ones, the fifth-ring psyker named "Rebel", did not answer this question - himself It was still uncertain at the time, but now it seems that maybe "Death by Destiny" actually exists?
"But fate."
Song Shi chewed these two words and shook his head slightly: "meaningless things."
He exhaled, put these down, and turned to will Go deep into the path.
After nearly two months of practice since [Awakening], the door of the second ring is already in front of you.
Even with his own talent, this speed seems a bit too amazing - it took him two years to advance from [Awakening] to [Mastery] in his previous life.
Although a large part of the reason was that I didn't understand anything at that time.
However, considering that I am "walking through it all over again", my understanding and experience of the way of psychic energy are far from what I was before, so this result is still expected.
Song Shi raised his eyes, and the door in front of him -
- was within reach.
It is not just "close at hand" in the sense of distance. Song Shi can feel that as long as he is willing, he can now try to open this door and step into the second ring realm - in theory, he should Some obstacles and bottlenecks are just a matter of "want to" and "don't want to" rather than "can" and "can't" for me.
Just raise your hand and everything is within reach.
So Song Shi stretched out his right hand.
Huh——
The red-gold flames silently surged out and emerged from the whole body. At this moment, even the outline of Song Shi became blurred.
If someone appears here at this moment, looking from a distance, he will be shocked to find that it is difficult for him to distinguish what is in front of him - the outline of a person is clearly reflected in his eyes, but the subconscious in his heart tells him In front of him, there was clearly a "flame" that was burning and seemed to never go out!
As if aware of something, the door standing on the Great Source Road began to solidify, taking on a thick luster, and a sense of oppression almost solidified rose, towards the climber who tried to open the door and peek at the scenery behind. Press it away——
Then, it’s like snow meeting the blazing sun.
Before Song Shi could be touched, this oppression was burned away in the raging red flames.
No more shackles.
Song Shi pressed his hand on the door.
The flames climbed up and wrapped around his right hand.
The next moment, these flames swallowed up the entire door, which turned into a red-gold fireball and began to shake at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The entire door trembled, completely collapsed, and turned into ashes flying all over the sky.
Amidst the scattered ashes and dust, Song Shi stepped through the door.
The entire road trembled suddenly, and from the starry sky in the sky, a "star" suddenly lit up! Then a beam of blue cold current condensed by the biting cold shot down at Song Shi below!
This is the second requirement after "opening the door" and "standing on the path" in the process of advancing to the second ring.
Select one of the psykers of the past generations who have walked on the path recorded by the Great Source Path, and manifest their power in the second ring period, and cast this to the ascendant. A strength, an offensive or something else, as a "test" to see whether the opponent is qualified to [stand on the second ring path].
It is said that as a customary gift to newly promoted people, the degree of cherishment of a spiritual skill from [Path] will also be affected by the intensity of the "test".
"The power of the great source, a psychic like 'ice'?"
Looking at the cold cold current falling from the sky and approaching almost instantly, Song Shi smiled slightly Nodding: "This level of power can be called an elite." But doubts arose in Song Shi's heart.
The power displayed by this unknown psyker from the past can indeed be called "elite", but it only goes so far.
——Not even as good as the test of his previous life.
This "test" on the road will be specially arranged for each person who is promoted. When he is strong, he will be strong, and when he is weak, he will be weak - and with the memories and experiences accumulated in his previous life, he is definitely better than At this stage in the previous life, I was much stronger, but why did I become weaker in the test?
Even regardless of these, just from the first ring panel, [Forging Flame] is much stronger than my previous life's [Fire into Blade]!
But it was too late to think about it anymore.
So, facing the cold current, Song Shi opened his hands.
The "forging flames" surged in instantly, like boiling lava solidifying and forming a concrete entity. From the gaps between the five fingers, a weapon that was difficult to tell whether it was a sword or a knife was formed.
Moreover, slash towards the cold current.
——Phew!
Without any dodge or concession, the flames and the cold current collided directly, and in just a snap of a finger, the latter quickly melted away. Just when the last touch of blue was about to be swallowed up by the red gold, Song Shi suddenly raised his head.
"Huh?"
On the sky, two "stars" lit up at the same time!
The violent thunder and the howling wind intertwined into a circle, and a beam of light wrapped in thunder and storm roared and fell towards Song Shi!
The thunder and storm in it are not inferior to the cold current, or even exceed it - and the combination of the two complements this heavy offensive, even for the psykers who have just entered the third ring, Will also choose to avoid its edge.
If it were in reality, even Song Shi would never be able to block it at the peak of the first level.
——Fortunately, this is not [reality], but your own [path]!
In this world that is more similar to some kind of spiritual realm, the power that one can exert is more powerful and abundant than reality, and one can do whatever one wants.
And in the process of promotion, in the gap between the first and second rings, from the heart to the outside, from the outside to the heart, this body of spiritual energy has been boiling endlessly, and can't wait to spurt out. .
In a moment of thought, the flame of forging spreads and reshapes again!
Drops of burning "raindrops" condensed, hung quietly in the air, and then gathered into one place, turning into a surging golden flame rain, moving upstream towards the wind and thunder light pillar that penetrated!
The "raindrops" all over the sky collided with the wind and thunder, annihilating each other and blooming in the sky with dazzling lights one after another.
——But it still hasn’t completely melted.
Finally, the thunder arrow wrapped in the roaring air broke through the rain of flames and fell towards Song Shi. The latter stepped forward a moment ago, using the fire blade in his hand as a guide to pull the flames around him to gather - and then, towards The approaching beam of light and thunder arrows were slashed out.
The red-gold flames trailed.
It was as if a huge flame dragon raised its head and roared, suddenly rising up and swallowing up all the remaining thunder arrows!
Looking at the wind and thunder slowly dissipating, Song Shi turned the fire blade in his hand and raised his head.
In the magnificent starry sky, three more "stars" lit up at the same time!
“——That’s enough.”
At this moment, staring at the sky, Song Shi raised his voice as if he was talking to something: “There’s no need to use this level anymore ”
"This level of power, apart from 'consumption', is not a 'test' at all - there is no need to lower such a thing!"
Tao is not an existence with so-called "personality". But Song Shi believed that [Dayuan] Daotu already understood what he meant.
The world seemed to have stopped for a moment.
The three "stars" that had begun to twinkle slowly disappeared.
No, not only "disappearing", these three stars are more like "fearing"?
A short vacancy suddenly appeared in the starry sky that was originally all over the sky. It was like a sea beast suddenly squeezing into the sea. Even if it did nothing, the surrounding fish schools composed of countless small fish would spontaneously avoid it.
From this short vacancy, a gray-yellow star slowly appeared, shining with unprecedented brilliance. Other nearby stars seemed extremely dim at this moment.
Then, the "stars" descended from the sky!
When the light beam in front of him slowly dissipated and he could see the outline of the opponent clearly, Song Shi's expression changed slightly.
His shoulders began to shrug involuntarily.
Then it seemed like I couldn't hold it back anymore.
The next moment, Song Shi burst out laughing!
“One of the border guards of the Vampusta Empire in the past, the fifth ring [Great Source] psyker four hundred and seventy years ago, ‘Mountain Barrier’ Sainsbury”
Staring at the brown-haired man in front of him who gave people a feeling of "immovable" just by standing there, he looked indifferent and his burly physique stood like a mountain.
It’s just the other person’s body, with an illusory sense of transparency. And the "spiritual energy" fluctuations emanating from the whole body are only at the level of the peak of the first ring.
"——Should I call you 'Senior', or something else?"
But a past projection from [The Path] obviously would not answer the question.
Song Shi did not expect the other party to answer.
He just laughed, and the burning blade emerged again from the surging red gold flames.
“That’s it, that’s how it should be...”
"——Come!"
(End of this chapter)