Chapter 130: Extracting Fire Element Affinity

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A dull thud, followed by the splattering sound of liquid hitting the floor.

The scent of blood spread through the empty interrogation room, and Shu Yue casually waved away a thin mist of blood with her hand.

She withdrew the hand of her transformation and examined the scorched marks on it.

The tearing and burning pain didn’t make her frown.

A soft light spread across the wound on her hand, and under the influence of that power, it healed at an almost incomprehensible speed.

Flesh sprouted to fill the cracks, blood plasma congealed into scabs, and as they formed, they continuously flaked off.

Within five or six seconds, the injured palm of the transformation had fully recovered.

The interrogation room was filled with a wave of searing heat, the temperature inside having reached sixty to seventy degrees.

Staying in such an environment for long would cause rapid dehydration and loss of temperature control, but before that, one would die from respiratory obstruction caused by burns to the airways and lungs.

But under the protection of the Wind Element, Shu Yue didn’t feel the heat.

The hot air currents inside were rapidly channeled out through the ventilation ducts, and the space was refilled with cold air.

The process was quick, completing the hot-cold exchange in about ten seconds.

She looked at the death row prisoner kneeling by the wall, his arms already gone, and evaluated his spellwork.

“Not a bad idea.”

On the verge of death, he could only move his head slightly, lacking the strength to look up at Shu Yue.

Moments ago, he had burst forth with everything he had, combining the [Flowing Fire Embrace] spell with a dual [Explosive Flame Burst] to strike the palm Shu Yue had extended at close range.

A normal Second Order Out-of-Body Realm practitioner couldn’t survive such damage, and even if they could defend, they couldn’t possibly counterattack at the same time.

But elemental power was simply too formidable—something someone of his Out-of-Body Realm could never contend with.

If Second Order versus First Order relied on Protective Magic Power to achieve near-invincibility, then the Mastery Realm versus the Out-of-Body Realm was the same.

The quality of externalized magic power couldn’t compare to elemental force at all.

One was a crude application, while the other had already achieved exquisite control.

Even so, he had still used his best spells, unleashing them at his fastest speed with maximum magic power output, managing to tear a crack through the Wind Element force and touch Shu Yue’s palm.

Though honestly, using a Healing Spell on such an injury was somewhat wasteful.

But Shu Yue had no intention of being frugal.

She simply used the Healing Spell to mend her injured palm.

Even if her face didn’t show it, it still hurt.

Shu Yue walked past the charred chunks of flesh, which were mixed with black-red bones.

The combined force of the dual Explosive Flame Burst and Flowing Fire Embrace had been quite devastating.

But Shu Yue’s [Storm Seed] had proven superior.

Spells cast directly with elemental power were not only faster to execute but also far, far stronger.

Casting with magic power and Spirituality incurred losses and had longer cast times.

Shu Yue had used the Storm Seed to condense Wind Element in her hand, and in the instant after the collision erupted, she transformed the wind element into countless tiny Wind Blades, cleanly slicing through the explosive Fire Element, cutting through the Protective Magic Power wrapped around the prisoner’s hands, and shredding the arms he had raised to shield his chest.

Arriving before the death row prisoner, Shu Yue prepared to act.

Knock knock—

The door was knocked at that moment.

Claire was still worried about her safety. She knew Shu Yue carried a life-saving artifact, but she knocked anyway.

If something happened to Shu Yue, she would be held accountable.

“I’m fine.”

Shu Yue spoke up to acknowledge her, and Claire outside stopped knocking.

Watching the door settle, Shu Yue stood still for a moment, then walked past the prisoner to the door and locked it.

She was worried the maid might suddenly open the door and come in.

After locking the door, Shu Yue took out the Barrier Magic Potion bottle, poured out the gray-black mass from within, and used her Spirituality to expand it until it enveloped the entire room.

With the Barrier set up, she looked at the prisoner kneeling on the ground.

The stumps of his arms had some scorched marks that had stopped the bleeding.

Most of the blood had long since dried, with only a few drops of black-red plasma still trickling down.

Shu Yue had no interest in torture.

She released a Wind Blade at the back of the prisoner’s neck.

Without Protective Magic Power, the Wind Blade could easily slice through flesh and sever the hard bones beneath.

The pale cyan Wind Blade descended like the guillotine blade of an execution platform, claiming the prisoner’s life.

He had said nothing the entire time—no pleading, no sobbing.

He had simply accepted the end of his life with indifference, though death was hardly a release for him either.

The prisoner slowly closed his eyes, as if preparing to sleep, only this slumber would never end.

Shu Yue pulled out the pendant and dispelled the Mirror Flower Water Moon Transformation.

Through the shell of the transformation, her Spirituality always felt delayed—just unwieldy to use.

For the convenience of what came next, Shu Yue dismissed the transformation and worked with her true body.

Her small, fair hand aimed at the corpse on the ground.

She let out a soft breath and began the spell.

[Fire Calling Method] [Ignite]

Flames materialized out of thin air and landed on the corpse.

[Star Tempering Art]

The flames transformed into Silver Fire, rapidly engulfing the entire body as its power began to take effect.

A severed head and body didn’t matter—they still counted as one.

In about seven seconds, the prisoner’s corpse completely turned to ash, vanishing into the void.

However, some residue remained, along with the mottled bloodstains on the floor.

Within the Silver Fire, a clump of dark red flowing light was swimming about—that was the spell refined from the tempering.

Shu Yue didn’t absorb it directly.

She already had the Wind Whisper Art, and absorbing another Firefly Grade spell was uncertain.

What if it turned out like when she absorbed Fertile Soil upon the Body, causing her to lose quite a few spells? That would be a real loss.

A Firefly Grade spell was ultimately not a Dust-covered Grade, and their scale couldn’t be compared.

Additionally, Shu Yue wanted to test whether it could be refined further in this state.

So she cast again, tossing the spell’s flowing light back into the Star Tempering Art’s flames.

Just as Shu Yue had expected, in this state, it could indeed be broken down further.

She also figured out why absorbing spells took up so much “memory” in her Soul.

“If I do it in reverse, can I learn many more spells?”

“Or dismantle a single spell on its own…”

“The Star Tempering Art still has many directions to develop. The visible prospects look quite promising.”

Shu Yue thought this to herself, planning to run experiments later.

First, she needed to get the elemental affinity trait she wanted.

After being refined a second time, the flowing light lost the portion that carried the spell, shifting from dark red to a pure orange-red.

Shu Yue used her Spirituality to bring it into her small, fair hand.

It lay docilely in her palm, radiating a gentle warmth that wasn’t the least bit scorching.

Shu Yue didn’t hesitate and pressed it directly into her body.

As the orange-red light entered her, it quickly merged… and then nothing happened.

Shu Yue sensed herself—indeed, there was no change.

Fire affinity would grant resistance to fire and some adaptability to high temperatures.

Maybe she wouldn’t fear hot weather anymore?

“I’ll test the Fire Element when I get back. The Fire Element diagram… the Fire Calling Method has one. I’ll use that.”

The Fire Calling Method had been with her for a long time, so she still had a bit of attachment to it.