The sound of glass shattering echoed out of the void. Natalie, Grace and Dan collapsed onto their butts as exhaustion overca their bodies. Even so, when they saw the collapsing world around them, all three lifted sa smiles of excitent and accomplishnt.
Even though they had to use Potential Combusting Pills, it didn't matter for as long as they acquired their rightful rewards and also, that world wasn't really real. In fact, it was just a virtual world that Grace and Dan exaggerated in their discussions.
All three felt strange when they realized that they had arrived in a world that had nothing but darkness. Though they could still see each other, their eyes couldn't seem to penetrate beyond the void around them.
"Look, there's a fla floating there!"
Grace pointed out and the two followed her line of sight. Indeed, at the distance floated a fla that radiated a soft and dreamy orange light. Although wind didn't exist within this space, it continuously flickered and looked unstable as it floated.
"I'll approach it first, that looks quite strange that I don't want you guys near it..."
Dan warned at the two and they nodded their heads without objections. Standing up, Dan crouched and silently circulated his cultivation base. His nerves stretched taut, ready for any unexpected situation.
When he reached ten ters before the fla, a scorching heatwave passed through Dan's body. Prompting him to activate his Spiritual Energy and cover himself with it. Dan gulped a mouthful of saliva, the heatwave that passed through his body resembled the sun's heat. Completely overbearing and dominant.
Dan used his Divine Sense to examine the fla. The fla elent inside was extrely dense and concentrated, yet unstable like a celestial star. It looked like it would explode in any mont if it continued flickering there in the air.
"Grace, Natalie... I think this should be our reward..."
Dan said with uncertainty and both won knitted their eyebrows, After all those troubles that we experienced, we are only given a single fla to share among the three of us? What the hell? They thought in their minds.
"This fla contains sothing that even I cannot subdue on my own, we need to work together on sealing this fla.
He declared as Natalie and Grace turned incomparably solemn. Stretching his hand towards the fla, Dan wrapped it slowly with his Divine Sense, inducing short bursts of his Spiritual Energy towards the fla.
Per Dan's deductions, a fla of this level should contain a juvenile spirituality that recognizes hostility and affection. If he instantly moved to capture this fla, it would most likely rebel against his control and explode resulting in a failure of submission.
The spirit contained within the fla looked like a docile toddler that found that scent of another. Intrigued by Dan, the fla spirit inspected his Divine Sense and understood that Dan brought no harm towards it. Nevertheless, it still hurriedly retreated behind a wall of fire and didn't dare to stick its head out, afraid that Dan may discover it.
The fla spirit's life-like actions astonished and amused Dan, sending several bursts of his Spiritual Energy, but when he neared the fla spirit, a strong sense of rejection suddenly overwheld his Divine Sense and he was forcefully ejected from the world within the fla.
"Guah!"
Dan's throat tasted sweet and his chest expanded until he violently coughed a mouthful of blood. The backlash that he received from the ejection injured his Soul and weakened his Divine Sense. Most probably if he sent another stream of Spiritual Energy within the fla, his Divine Sense would be instantly eradicated.
But the question was, just why did the fla spirit who acted so amiably and docile towards him suddenly acted violent and threw him out from the world within the fla? Knitting his eyebrows, Dan thought hard until he finally reached a conclusion.
"Flas are naturally Yang, and this fla shouldn't be an exception. Since this fla is still at its infancy stage, it may have instinctively disliked those with extre Yang, thinking that I am a predator that would absorb it... In that case, I should really enlist the help of Natalie and Grace..."
Dan whispered amidst his bated breath, little did he knew that as soon as he fell on his butt and coughed a mouthful of blood. Natalie and Grace rushed beside him and checked his injuries. So they clearly heard what he said.
"Yeah, we will try and subdue the fla spirit, you sit here and rest..." Grace patted his shoulders and smiled at Natalie who turned to look at Dan and said, "Dear, you've been working so hard from the start. It's ti for you to rest and leave everything to us, your wives..."
Seeing the actions and hearing the words of the two, a warm and sour sensation surged within Dan's heart as he tried his best in suppressing his emotions. Biting his lower lip, he said with his eyes glistening, "No, I'll accompany you two, unless we make the fla spirit understand that I am not an enemy through your vouching, it wouldn't heed my words."
Dan sat cross-legged and entered a ditative state. Popping a soul restoring dicinal pill into his mouth. He focused and guide the energy through his soul. Healing and reinforcing its defenses. Opening his eyes, he walked along with his wives towards the fla spirit.
"Rember, do not be forceful... If the fla spirit doesn't want our presence then we should stop for a mont and return at a later ti. Being forceful will definitely make us fail..." Dan reminded and both won solemnly nodded.
Focusing, all three sent surges of Spiritual Energy towards the direction of the fla spirit. Entering the world within the fla, the fla spirit jolted when it sensed the presence of three intruders. Sticking its head out of the pillar of fire, it frowned when it saw Dan but its expression softened when it saw the energies of Natalie and Grace.
"Goddamned it so this fla spirit is a womanizer?" Dan thought in his mind, the fla spirit didn't even spare another glance at him as it stared at Natalie and Grace who beckoned,
"Co here, little man... We your sisters are here to play with you..."
When it cos to knowledge and wisdom, Grace was a notch stronger than Natalie but when it cos to child-care and playing with children. Natalie took the cake. Not only her expression looked warm as the sun in the sumr, her eyes sparkled with nothing but concern and motherly love.
The fla spirit whose intelligence could only be compared to a three years old child hesitated for a mont, the instincts that it had in its soul longed for the warmth that Natalie radiated, but the beastly instincts that it also had said that it shouldn't anyone that appeared before it.
Natalie, Grace and Dan could see the confusion within its eyes, and Grace who never liked indecisive people beca annoyed, what was the fla spirit waiting for? Does it want to stay inside this dark space and never go out to experience the world?
The fla spirit was a spirituality created from the maturity of the fla's consciousness. Technically, it couldn't be compared to true intelligence. However, it was still extrely sensitive to emotions, particularly negative ones as it darted its gaze at Grace and frowned, detecting her impatience.
The fla spirit revealed a wronged expression and proceeded to ignore all three of them. Grace's mouth widened in shock and Natalie's figure stiffened. Dan shook his head in disappointnt and said.
"We should co back at a later ti, the fla spirit has decided that it won't see us for today. I don't know the reason but it must've detected that we're becoming impatient and desperate in making friends with it, making it suspicious about our true intentions."
Grace revealed a guilty expression. She knew that her impatience was detected by the fla spirit and it was the reason why it backed out in making friends with them. Natalie stretched her hand out and patted Grace's head as if consoling a little sister.
Dan also stretched his hand out and patted her shoulder. Grace lightly smiled, whenever she felt down, these two were there to console and motivate her up, so she never wanted to give up. Clenching her fists, she stared at the fire pillar with renewed resolve and retreated along with Dan and Natalie.
ditating within the darkness, the three sought to recover from the expenditure that they spent when sending their Spiritual Energy towards the world within the fla. Several hours later, the three completed their ditation and returned at the world within the fla. Staring at the fla spirit, Dan's expression turned indescribable.
According to the books that he read in his previous and current life, the fla that they had encountered today far differed from those Earth and Beast flas. Earth flas had a solid core and frequently ford within volcanoes and other places deep within the earth.
Beast flas, on the other hand, possessed violence and berserk energy that would wantonly attack anyone within itrs range, possessing little to nor sentience than its Earth fla counterpart.
Using those factors, Dan concluded that the fla right before their eyes belonged to a tier higher than what he knew. As for what tier did the fla spirit belong, Dan didn't know yet.
Beckoning for the fla spirit, it took longer to stick its head out from the fire pillar since it still rembered the events several hours ago. When it stuck its head, it didn't radiate with the neutral aura that it previously did. Instead, it looked sowhat wary and cautious towards the three.
Dan bitterly smiled, in fact. According to the books that he had read, flas like these could be forcefully subdued but in this case. it ant that they would be fighting against sothing whose battle prowess were unknown to them. Dan didn't have the leeway to take such risks.
Natalie continuously coaxed the fla spirit, while making small steps towards its direction. Of course, she did all of these without impatience and each ti she realized that the fla spirit felt suspicious at her actions. She would stop and smother it for a long ti before taking another step.
Even after several hours, Natalie only managed to close the gap for twenty-ters for the first day. But since they didn't give up. Eventually, the fla spirit grew fond of Natalie as the two of them joyfully frolicked like mother and son.
Natalie also grew fond of the fla spirit that looked extrely amiable and adorable. No words were exchanged between the two but their bond linked their souls together. Even without using the System, Dan realized and understood this fact.
Bitterly smiling, Dan glanced at Grace and found that the latter looked the sa. With the impatience that she displayed several days ago, the fla spirit wouldn't easily forgive her. Continuously sending her Spiritual Energy in an effort to make friends with the fla spirit, Grace never gave up until the fla spirit eventually accepted her presence.
Dan had it worse, since the fla spirit naturally disliked his extre Yang and thought of him as a predator, it never walked up to his side even with Natalie and Grace's coaxing. Still, like Grace, he never gave up and even overdrafted his Spiritual Energy for the sake of making friends with the fla spirit.
Seeing his collapsed figure, the fla spirit took pity and finally understood that Dan wasn't there to consu it. Lightly smiling, the exhausted Dan stood up and made friends with the fla spirit, forming a link that resonated with their souls.
At the end, all three of them took the fla away and nad it as the Chira Fla. Born from the destruction of the strongest creature within Dan's heart. It was a completely appropriate na.
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