Chapter 132: Noble Order! Spirit!

"To break through to Noble order, you must shatter your magic core by infusing it with your consciousness force. You have to do that in one session, at once, without any pause."

"If you pause and stop putting pressure even for a second, your core will recover considerably and fail your attempt at rank up."

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."

"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."