Seraphina walked up to the suspended Sheena and gently caressed her already flushed cheek:
"It won’t take your life, just let you experience... the wondrous sensation of life energy draining away.
When you weaken to the extreme, you will understand what true humility means."
"This process will last for about a month.
At dawn after the month ends, the Blood Roses will cease extracting.
By then, you will be more fragile than a newborn but will also achieve unprecedented clarity."
In the gentle "kisses" of the Blood Rose petals, Sheena experienced a plex sensory perception like never before.
The loss of life brought an eerie sense of lightness, as if the soul was gradually being freed from the weight of the body.
Meanwhile, the hormones secreted by the Blood Roses induced a profound sense of pleasure.
As her life energy depleted, her spiritual perception became extraordinarily acute instead.
She began to hear the "thoughts" of the Blood Roses.
It was a pure and primal emotion, a longing for beauty, a craving for life, and a hunger for growth.
"I... I can hear their voices..."
Sheena’s words drifted like ravings in a dream:
"They say... they really like my taste..."
"Of course, my child."
Seraphina nodded in satisfaction:
"Blood Roses are the most honest creatures, their love is pure and direct.
In this month, you will engage in the deepest life exchange with them."
"After this ’Purification’ ends, you’ll find you have gained a new perspective.
Then, we will discuss how better to capture that mysterious young man."
As time passed, Sheena’s skin began to lose its color.
But a vague smile remained on her face, caused by the effect of the hormones.
Seraphina observed the process with satisfaction, like a gardener admiring her carefully cultivated masterpiece.
"The cost of failure is always high, isn’t it?"
She gently caressed a blooming Blood Rose, its petals glimmering with the essence of Sheena’s life.
......
As the sun set, Leviathan Ramses’s back was bathed in a golden-red glow.
In the training ground, everyone’s faces showed extreme fatigue, but their eyes burned with an ever-intensifying battle spirit.
Ron felt the subtle tremors underfoot, the rhythm of Ramses’s heartbeat.
After so many days together, he had bee extraordinarily familiar with this rhythm.
He found that his breathing rhythm had unconsciously synchronized with the heartbeat of the Ancient Beast.
This synchronization brought about a wondrous feeling, as if the whole Sand Sea School became an extension of his body.
"Everyone sit down and rest."
Salamanda’s voice broke the evening’s tranquility:
"There are still three days until the Elemental Night, it’s time for you to understand why this year’s petition will be so... special."
He looked up at the sky, where, besides the usual stars, three moons were slowly converging.
"Do you see them? Those three moons."
Salamanda pointed to the unusual celestial phenomenon in the sky:
"The Fiery Moon, the Cold Moon, and the one in the center, the Dark Moon. For the first time in thirty-seven years, they are this close."
Edwin looked up to observe:
"What is special about this, teacher?"
"This is called the ’Triple Eclipse,’ the holiest astronomical event in the Quicksand Lands."
Salamanda took a brass instrument covered in intricate astrological runes from his storage bag:
"According to ancient texts, whenever the Triple Eclipse occurs, the Dragon Bone Network beneath the Quicksand Lands enters a resonance state."
He placed the instrument on the ground, and it immediately began to emit a faint humming sound.
The runes on the instrument’s surface lit up one by one, ing to life and starting to rotate.
"Do you hear that? It’s the prelude to the dragon bone resonance."
With Salamanda’s words, everyone undeniably felt a very subtle vibration.
It didn’t emanate from Ramses’s heartbeat, but rather from a deeper resonance emanating from within the earth.
Laku, as a Wizard skilled in Earth Elemental Manipulation, felt it most deeply:
"This vibration... it’s like the whole earth is breathing."
"Exactly." Salamanda’s eyes showed a look of awe:
"When the Dragon Bone Network reaches full resonance, the elemental activity in the entire Quicksand Lands will increase to more than ten times the usual level.
The effect at those elemental convergence points will also be correspondingly enhanced."
Ron’s heart stirred, recalling the scene he saw through Star Disc Divination more than a year ago.
The prophecy indicated that the timing would coincide precisely with this special astronomical event.
As the saying goes, being early is not as good as arriving at the right moment; under the guidance of the prophecy, he seemed to have arrived at just the right moment.
"So, will this Elemental Night be particularly effective for bloodline breakthroughs?" he asked.
"It’s not just about bloodline breakthroughs."
Salamanda moved towards the edge of the training ground where an observational device stood, a plex instrument made of crystals and metals:
"Elemental resonance will also influence many other aspects—activating the Radiation Field, even enhancing the efficiency of magic power pression."
He adjusted the parameters on the instrument, and the crystal mirror began to display a three-dimensional map of the Quicksand Lands.
On the map, countless lines of light spread underground like veins, representing the real-time state of the Dragon Bone Network.
"Look at the brightness of these lines." Salamanda pointed to the image:
"Normally, most of them are dim, with noticeable brightness only at the convergence points, but now..."
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