Chapter 231: The Arrival of the Luxians (2/2)

”Yes! If it's not any trouble.”

I also wanted to try fighting her again when she's using those ice-like Strings of her. I remembered that when I was still a Natal Spirit, I got the skill Potential Drawing wherein the Spiritual Twin could borrow the main body's stats to strengthen it. 10% per Strands.

If she didn't have the equivalent of a Spiritual Twin, I wonder what those Strings can do.

Increase her base stats? Improve her Spells?

Well, there's one way to try to find that out. Maybe she was already using that before, but because I was not aware of it, I didn't notice it.

After I helped Fleur enter the Virtual Space, I left the five Elemental Fusing Realm elites to train with the clones again. There's no one who would supervise them but since those were my clones, what they experienced were all transmitted to me.

Nevertheless, they're all eager to reach Transcendence so they wouldn't think of slacking off.

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”Now I'm confident that Marina will not stand a chance against you.”

”… But even without that Totem of yours, if you use all your skills, I can't hit you at all, even when I used the Strings.”

During our sparring this time, I used every skill I have in my arsenal against her who immediately made use of the Strings from her Transcendent Pathway.

And in that way, I got to know the function of her strings. Unlike the Potential Drawing from my Spirit Pathway, those Strings allowed her to multicast. It's like she grew four more hands.

However, those Strings could only mimic what she was currently casting and it would be lower in strength. Even so, that was enough for her to prevent me from approaching.

Well, even when I managed to close the distance between us through the use of transformed Flash Step, she also showed her prowess in closed combat. In the end, without using the Totem, I could say that I wouldn't be able to defeat her.

”Well, that's my real fighting style. If I can't beat you on one strike, I will exhaust you first. I don't really like direct confrontation.”

”Next time use the Totem against me. I want to see everything about you.”

Err... That sounds a bit dirty, right? Or it's just me trying to make it sound dirty. Knowing this woman, she's not bold like Nysia. And as someone who doesn't have any experience in love or the acts of love, she will never say those with a dirty meaning.

”Alright. I'll bring the capsule when I visit the Elemental's Forest. That way we'll not be slacking off.”

”You don't need to. Let's use that time to… understand each other.”

With that slight pause, Fleur displayed a hint of bashfulness. Though it instantly disappeared, I guess within this short time, I'm making progress with her.

”You're right. That time will be better spent like tha-- Eh? This Aura… Is it them?”

I stopped halfway with what I'm saying to her because of the appearance of an unfamiliar Transcendent Aura that was detected by my Adaptability.

Woong!

As soon as I noticed that, Arland's Magus Tower glowed and his Light Projection was instantly conjured.

It looked at our direction first before heading off somewhere outside the city. Fleur and I understood that and like him, we took off from our location and followed him.

From the direction where Arland's Light Projection flew over, I saw a group of winged-figures flying to our direction. Behind them was an enormous silhouette of something.

Upon closer inspection and using my Energy Control to extend the reach of my senses, the silhouette behind winged-figures was an island.

A Floating Island.

Its size was even bigger than Arland's city. Also, with the way how the Elemental Energy was being disturbed with its appearance, the Floating Island was being maintained by an enormous Formation.

This is them. The other race who secluded themselves. The Luxians.