Chapter 213: Revamping Air Bullet and Flash Steps

"Can I borrow your Domain of Valor and the Bulwark of Invulnerability, Daisuke?"

Hikari asked when she stood up after being sent flying away by one of my clones. She dusted herself by casting a 4-node Elemental Spell, Refresh. It's a simple spell which involves showering her with Water Element before drying it instantly under Light Element.

Back when they were running away, she sparingly used this kind of spell to preserve Elemental Energy but now that she's back to the Human Territory, she once again became relaxed. Still, the deaths of the 14 elite of Humanities was still weighing on her shoulder. That's why she's already here, training with me without waiting for the others.

Elemental Absorbing Realm can at most create or cast a 3-nodes Elemental Spell which only involves one Element, their Main Element. The way I could use Spark could probably be attributed both to my Aether Elemental Core as well as the Flux Energy.

After reaching Elemental Condensing Realm, the limit will go up to 6-nodes Elemental Spell. The next two realms will also increase the limit by 3 each which will total to 12

The strongest Elemental Spell a Mortal can use is a 12-nodes Elemental Spell. And since they needed to use their Main Elemental Core as a base, half of the Elemental Nodes needed to be of the same element. That's why there are numerous spells recorded that anyone can pick or create their own set of Spells configured to match their Main Element.

After reaching Transcendence, the limit on Elemental Nodes will probably increase especially if they started threading on their Transcendent Pathway.

Due to this, even if I can use any variation of the Elemental Energy as a base, I will not be able to cast or create a spell which exceeded the limit of Elemental Nodes that I can put on the Spell Nucleus as someone still at the Elemental Condensing Realm.

In the end, I was gated by my incomplete Mortal Pathway to create higher Elemental Spells.

"Will you have enough Psyche Energy to maintain it? Those two needed high energy maintenance. I can throw Psyche Boosts to replenish your reserves but it won't be infinite."

I used quite a bit back in the World of Meta. Especially when I tortured that Dark World denizen to cough up everything he knew. Good thing that apart from that torture, the Three Heroes never got into a fight and even if they did, they're also using their Psyche Energy sparingly since their awakened ability was just a lower version of the ability they got from being exposed to it.

"Eh… Let me try one. The skills I borrow will be adjusted anyway. If I can use that, I can be like you."

Right. It doesn't hurt to try. If she can maintain even her own version of the Domain of Valor then that's another boost for every ally.

"Sure. Use your ability on me."

"Thanks, Daisuke. Just sit still there. Borrow!"

Hikari's Psyche Energy was unleashed from her, a single line stretched out from her and latched onto me.

Soon after, a notification rang out.

[Akarui Hikari used 'Borrow' on you and selected 'Domain of Valor' as a skill to borrow.]

[You can either accept or reject.]

[If you accept, you can only revoke your consent after 24 hours.]

Ah. That's something she didn't tell me. I guess even Hikari wasn't totally aware of the limitations and restrictions of her own skill. Most probably, those she borrowed from never took it back after granting their consent.

I accepted the prompt and as soon as that happened, the line of energy which latched onto me became lively and glowed in a brilliant light before breaking the connection between us.

When the line was absorbed back into her, the Psyche Energy which Hikari exuded grew in intensity.

From below her feet, a circular zone made out of her Psyche Energy expanded and eventually reached me, however, the expansion stopped at that. Only 5 meters.

[You entered the Miniature Domain of Valor.]

[Gained 10 Strength, 12 Endurance, 0.5 Intelligence]

[Gained 10% Speed Enhancement]

[Will expire 2 minutes after leaving the range of the Domain.]

"It works!"

Hikari exclaimed as she jumped in happiness upon successfully conjuring her own Domain of Valor. Though it now appears as if the additional stats were small, it's still higher than Orb of Enhancement.

But what about the burn in her energy?

"It sure works but how long can you keep this up?"

Hikari contemplated for a while, probably feeling her Psyche Energy reserves. After a while, she put her 3 fingers up.

"… 3 minutes with my leftover Psyche Energy."

"What about now?"

I asked after throwing her a Psyche Boost which replenished her reserves.

"That added at least 5 minutes. My reserves went up to half-full."

"I see. Let's fill it up. Only use it when there's a large-scale battle, alright?"

Sending her two more Psyche Boosts, Hikari's complexion turned for the better due to it being filled to the brim.

After a while, we resumed her training wherein she would fight two of my clones until her Elemental Energy gets depleted.

Using that as the base, it became a cycle wherein I would replenish her depleted Elemental Energy through an Energy Zone or Physical and Spirit Boosts. Just like that, she started to improve. Not only her Pathway that was already nearing the peak of the Elemental Condensing Realm but also her Proficiency for her Elemental Spells.

While she was occupied by my clones, I was busy reconfiguring my earlier skills such as Air Bullet and Flash Step.

The Luxian Archon who sent the scroll will arrive the day after tomorrow while Arland and Fleur were still searching for suitable candidates for my training and will probably finish tomorrow as well.

Due to that, I'm using my time not only to cultivate while training Hikari but also to incorporate this Elemental Pathway to my own style.

All 5 Pathways from each Energy Source Type have already been acquired by me. I had a hunch that I have to start consolidating each of them to complement one another.

I first analyzed the components of the Level 1 Wizard Spell: Air Bullet. Due to the nature of my Flux Energy, I managed to change it into an Elemental Spell.

From a System-made skill, it became perfectly replicated as a 2-nodes Wind Elemental Spell: Air Bullet.

When I recognized it as such, a system notification rang out.

[Ding!]

[Level 1 Wizard Spell: Air Bullet can be converted to 2-nodes Wind Elemental Spell: Air Bullet(Beginner)]

[After conversion, Level 1 Wizard Spell: Air Bullet will be deleted]

Air Bullet is already something I couldn't use efficiently so by converting it to an Elemental Spell, it now has the chance to be improved.

I can also improve it by using World Energy however, the limitations set by the System will hinder it to become more useful.

[Level 1 Wizard Spell: Air Bullet has been deleted.]

[Acquired 2-nodes Wind Elemental Spell: Air Bullet(Beginner)]

Now that it's out of the way, I used 10 minutes of continuous casting to raise its proficiency to Master, reducing the casting time to instant.

Compared to when it was still a skill from the System Pathway, there's always a 1-second cooldown. After raising it to Master, it can now be used like a machine gun.

And I didn't stop there. Recalling the Spell Nucleus of Air Bullet, I created more versions of it with different elements as the base.

In another 10 minutes. I now have 8 Elemental Bullet spells.

And as if becoming crazed at this new experience of creating my own Elemental Spells, I started upping my game.

From 2-nodes to 6-nodes which is the current limit of my Elemental Pathway, I managed to create a variety of Elemental Spells with Air Bullet as the base.

In less than 2 hours, I got a list of notifications from the system which I simply brushed away.

It might look like I'm spamming the spell creation wherein I wouldn't be able to use all of them since everyone can only cast one spell at a time. However, with how it would become increasingly complicated to cast those with higher Elemental Nodes, I will now have a choice which one to use depending on the urgency of the situation.

Also, all of those were needed experience to analyze this Pathway completely.

After I'm done with the Air Bullet, I spent another 2 hours to completely transform the Flash Step to a 6-nodes Elemental Spell.

Of course. In terms of this world's Elemental Spells, it's still inferior to the 12-nodes Ultimate Spell. Arland and Fleur were surely not using those kinds of spells which would require them to cast for a while. In a life or death battle, no one will wait for them to complete casting a strong spell after all.

During the 4 hours of focusing myself at Air Bullet and Flash Step, Hikari was still continuously training against my clones. They can easily be formed after all so I took a mental note to create more whenever the duration timed out without taking my focus away.

"What the hell did you do in these 4 hours, Daisuke? How come these clones suddenly got a new set of Spells?"

Hikari cried out from the injustice she felt against my clones. Her clean robes that she had just put on were once again full of holes from her continuous fight against my clones whose capabilities also increased due to the various versions of Air Bullet and Flash Step that I made.

"Hikari, didn't you notice? You've also grown a lot during these 4 hours. How long until you breakthrough to Elemental Forming Realm?"

"What are you sa-- Eh? How did this happen? I'm already close to forming my first Secondary Core!"