Another World Witch Training Manual

094. Sacrifice to Flames and Tidal Core

With the combination of Flame Sacrifice and Lightning Flash, he can be considered a magic warrior who can charge with a sword in his right hand and throw fireballs with his left.

Xin Lai practiced with the Sacred Flame in the training room for a while before taking a break. She sat down on a chair and gently wiped the blade with a finely woven cloth.

The Han Guang Liu Ren sword is so sharp it can cut through iron; it is indeed a fine longsword.

Although this sword is currently only of epic rank, its affinity for fire elements far exceeds that of ordinary fire-attribute weapons.

Each time Xinlai infused magic into the sword, the dark red patterns on the blade would flow as if they came alive, and a scorching aura would travel from the hilt into his palm, spreading throughout his body along his meridians.

The feeling was strange, like a flame burning inside him, yet it didn't harm him in the slightest.

"Try something else."

He stood in the center of the open space, with the sacrificial flames held horizontally in front of him.

The light shone on the black sword, and the dark red patterns glowed faintly in the darkness, like dormant magma.

"Blazing Fire Slash"

The principle is simple: condense fire element on the blade and then slash it out at an extremely high speed to form a high-temperature sword aura.

Previously, when he used an ordinary longsword to perform this move, the sword energy was only three feet long.

But today is different.

Xinlai took a deep breath, and the magic power within her began to surge.

He transformed his magic into fire element, continuously infusing it into the sacrificial flames. The dark red patterns on the sword suddenly lit up, like a lit fuse, spreading from the hilt all the way to the tip.

Then, he swung his sword down.

boom--

A massive burst of fiery sword energy shot out from the blade, accompanied by a piercing whistling sound, and flew forward.

Wherever the sword energy passed, the air was scorched and distorted.

Finally, the sword energy struck a training boulder fifty paces away, causing it to explode with a deafening roar, scattering fragments everywhere, with dark red embers remaining on the broken surface.

Xinlai was stunned.

He looked down at the sacrificial flame in his hand, then at the giant rock in the distance that had been split in two, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"This power... is at least five times greater than before."

The power of that sword strike was close to the level of a fifth-ring sword.

Moreover, the sword energy was over five feet long and its temperature was many times higher than before.

Is this the power of the Sacrifice Flame?

Xinlai gripped the hilt of her sword, a surge of barely suppressed excitement welling up inside her.

He didn't stop and continued practicing.

The second move is a spinning slash.

The Whirlwind Slash, when paired with a weapon imbued with fire elemental magic, is an area-of-effect attack. It requires distributing the fire element evenly around the blade, then rotating the sword around the body as the axis to create a vortex of fire.

This move requires extremely high control over the sword; the slightest mistake can cause the flames to go out of control and injure the user.

Xinlai had practiced it many times before, but the success rate and power were not satisfactory.

He channeled his magic, and fire element surged from his body, spreading along the blade of the Sacrificial Flame Sword.

The dark red patterns grew brighter and brighter, the air around the sword began to distort, and tiny flames bloomed on the blade.

Xin Lai suddenly spun around, and the sacrificial flames drew a complete circle in the air.

call--

A vortex of flame spread outwards from him, the heat waves surged, the grass on the ground was instantly scorched, and the temperature within a radius of twenty steps suddenly rose by dozens of degrees.

The vortex of flames lasted for nearly three seconds before dissipating, leaving a charred circular mark on the open ground.

Xinlai stopped moving and gasped for breath.

Casting the spell twice in a row would consume a lot of magic power, but his magic power reserves were comparable to an asteroid, so this consumption was nothing.

He raised the sacrificial flame and carefully examined the patterns on the sword by the light.

The dark red patterns were slightly dimmer than before, but they were still faintly glowing, flowing slowly as if they were alive.

"Could something be sealed inside...?" Xin Lai murmured to herself.

Ji Yan, of course, did not answer him.

But Xinlai vaguely sensed that some powerful force was sealed within the sword, though it was currently dormant.

If that power can be awakened, the Sacred Flame will definitely be able to recover to its legendary grade, or even higher.

He sheathed his sword and decided to rest for a while.

Sitting on the ground, Xinlai took out a bright blue bead from her bosom.

This is the core of the tide, which he brought back from the ruins of the ancient city of Guna.

The Tide Core is an ancient water-attribute treasure containing extremely pure water elemental power. It is said to be able to fuse with any weapon, greatly enhancing its grade.

The problem is that Sacrifice Flame is fire-attribute, while Tide Core is water-attribute.

Water and fire are incompatible. Would forcibly merging them cause the two forces to cancel each other out, or even trigger an explosion?

Xinlai hesitated for a long time.

He had been thinking about this problem for a long time, and even consulted many ancient books overnight and conducted some small-scale experiments.

He discovered that water and fire are not absolutely opposed; under certain specific conditions, they can coexist and even stimulate each other, producing an effect greater than the sum of its parts.

The premise is that we find that balance point.

Back in the meditation room, Xin Lai sat cross-legged on the ground, holding the Tide Core in her left hand and the Sacrificial Flame in her right.

He closed his eyes, immersing his consciousness within his body, sensing two completely different energies.

Fire, violent, scorching, and destructive.

Water is gentle, profound, and full of life.

The two completely different forces seemed to him like two rivers flowing in opposite directions.

To bring them together, a point of convergence must be found, a "bridge" that both can accept.

Xinlai planted the sacrificial flame in the ground, held the Tide Core in her hands, and began to pour magic into it.

The azure bead lit up, emitting a soft glow. A cool aura emanated from the bead, flowing into Xin Lai's body through his palm and meeting the fire element within him.

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It was like pouring cold water onto a scorching hot iron plate; the two forces reacted violently the moment they came into contact.

Xinlai felt a sharp pain in his body. He gritted his teeth and forcefully suppressed the surging magic within him, preventing it from getting out of control.

"Calm down, calm down..."

He slowed down the flow of magic, allowing the fire and water elements to come into contact in an extremely slow manner.

This time, the reaction was not as intense. The two elements flowed like two streams in his meridians, each without interfering with the other.

But this is not enough.

What he needs is integration, not coexistence.

Xinlai took a deep breath, lifted the Tidal Core above the blade of the Sacred Flame Sword, and then slowly released it.

The tidal core landed on the black sword with a crisp sound.

Then, a sudden change occurred.

The dark red patterns on the Sacred Flame Sword suddenly burst forth with dazzling light, like an enraged beast, frantically devouring the water elements in the Tide Core.

The tidal core was not to be outdone, its azure light flashing intensely as it clashed with the dark red flame patterns.

The two forces clashed fiercely on the sword, producing a hissing sound.

The sacrificial flames trembled violently, and the air around the sword fluctuated between hot and cold, half of it distorted by the scorching flames and the other half condensed into white mist by water vapor.

Xinlai could sense that the Sacred Flame was repelling the Tidal Core.