143 Elemental Seeds. (1/2)

When the crowd noticed Ozul standing up from his position, they stepped back to make way.

When others got out of the way, Ozul noticed that the last petal was really turned black. It was only now that the plant looked like something that would be called Elemental Lotus.

He did not approach the Lotus since he felt that it was still going through the process. And just as he expected, the innermost petals hadn't fully opened yet.

In front of their eyes, the two petals started to slowly separate.

Meanwhile, waves of Mana visible to the naked eye began to come out from the Elemental Lotus. Rank-6 Mages all created a coat of their own Mana outside of their bodies to withstand the pressure.

All Rank-5 Mages had already left the room and were there in the tunnel. Only Blaze was still trying his best to stay in the room.

However, he still got pushed to the farthest corner. How could he withstand the pressure when even the Rank-7 were having some difficulties?

”Young Miss! We shoul-... We should get out of here!” Venessa shouted with difficulty. She and Hanry were trying their best to help Clara stay in the room as well.

But the intensity and the pressure of Mana kept increasing to the point where they had difficulties protecting themselves, much less Clara!

Clara looked around the room and saw that Ozul expressionlessly stared at the Lotus. While everyone else was suffering, he stood there in his own thoughts as if he didn't feel anything.

She gave a bitter look towards Raven, who stood behind Ozul and left the room while biting her lips.

Ozul did not notice anything since all his attention was on the Lotus. He watched how the black and white petals slowly distanced themselves from each other.

It seemed like the process would take a few minutes. Ozul did not mind it, but it was becoming hell for the others in the room.

1 minute... 2 minutes... 3 minutes...

As the minutes passed, it was becoming unbearable for even Rank-6 Mages! The first one to leave the room was a blonde man. Following his example, others began to go as well.

Five minutes into the process and the only Rank-6 Mage in the room was Raven!

However, her feat of being able to withstand the pressure was overshadowed by none other than Blaze!

After noticing his efforts, Ozul had decided to help him a little by creating a thin wall in front of him using Ball of Purity.

Although the wall helped Blaze to protect against the waves, he still had to bear the density and pressure of the Mana in the room. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. It looked like he would start bleeding any minute now!

The three Rank-7 Mages looked at him with eyes filled with jealousy. They knew that they wouldn't have been able to withstand the pressure even when they were just Rank-6 Mages.

When others noticed his behavior, they knew something huge was coming, and all of them chanted their respective protective spells.

But they did not have enough time before the room shook again and;

*Woooommm*

The Elemental Lotus released a giant wave. It was so fast and dense that the Rank-7 Mages were all flung at the walls. The three of them spat out blood as they fell to the ground.

It took them a few seconds to recover from the shock since even their body strengthening Spells didn't help them much.

On the other hand, Blaze dropped to the ground sweating buckets while Raven tried her best to stop her hands from shaking.

Ozul was pushed back several steps as well since he did not have anything protecting him. He looked at the people present in the room, wondering why they were so dead set on remaining in the place anyway.

After the last wave, the pressure and density of Mana had suddenly disappeared as if the earlier force that shook the whole room was a mere illusion.

Everything came to a standstill, but Ozul felt the heat released from the Elemental Lotus since he was the closest to it.

He saw the Lotus fully matured in front of him. The nine petals looked to be glowing with their respective colors.

However, The most interesting thing was not the Lotus itself, but the seeds. He noticed nine small beads of the same nine colors resting right in the middle of all the petals!