Chapter 226: Element Training (2/2)

Little Phoenix walked towards him, and with a smile on her face, she waited to hear what she needed to do. She wasn't as distant and shy as in the past, since she grew closer to everyone in the party, but there was still awkwardness when speaking.

”I try to work on my proficiency in Dark Element control. Mind if you help me?” [Shingi]

He planned on doing the mana sphere training with Elements made with Dark Mana of Little Phoenix. Controlling them would be easier to manage than making with surrounding Dark Mana, unless if Little Phoenix tried to resist.

Shingi sat in his mediation stance, and Little Phoenix sat across from him in her stance. She started by making two balls of Dark Element Mana, and Shingi focused on using MANA MANIPULATION on them and trying to move them around him.

He had them doing a diagonal circle around him, with one going from his upper left down to his lower right and behind him to go back to the upper left. The second one went from his upper right to lower left and back to the upper right.

He kept them moving, and at the beginning, even if he could move both of them simultaneously, their speed wasn't that fast. Still, his control was getting better, and the spheres kept moving faster and faster. Moreover, his progress was a bit faster than usual since he didn't have to worry about maintaining the spheres in shape, as Little Phoenix was taking care of that.

Within the hour since they started the training, Shingi was confident enough and told Little Phoenix to add another Mana Sphere. Another hour passed, and the fourth sphere was added, and close to thirty minutes after that, they added the fifth one to the mix, too.

At that point, the progress became slower since five spheres were usually the limit for one without the Element they trained on. The limit would be three spheres for most, and only talentful individuals could reach and pass. If he passed that limit, it would be as good as having that Element in his Mana Tree and would make the task of actually doing it so much easier.

Still, he often lost control of one of the Mana Spheres, leading it to collide with one or more of the others. He had passed that limit with all the Elements of his Mana Tree, but each Element was different in its nature, leading to controlling the Spheres to be completely different.

Still, since he had passed that limit with his Light Element, which was in nature polar to the Dark Elements, he could use that knowledge and reverse it to help him. It was like the control to make a Light Element Sphere go left, and it would make a Dark Element Sphere go right, so he had something to work on.

Still, he couldn't make a breakthrough in the next three hours, and he and Little Phoenix needed to stop for the day. There was still more time, but Little Phoenix had to replenish some of the mana in those Spheres, and the task of keeping them in shape wasn't that easy, so she had reached her limit.

Still, Shingi was happy that they reached this point, and it was on his plan to hopefully pass it within the first three days of the week he decided to stay.

Shingi still could keep training, so he turned towards Syra.

”Mind if you help me with Water Element?” [Shingi]

He would leave Water Element for last, but if he could do any preparations sooner, then why not.

Syra agreed to help him, but their training session would last less, since Syra's replenishing her mana was slower, since she couldn't consume a Mana Regeneration Potion. Still, her Mana Pool was more extensive than Little Phoenix's because her INT was much higher.

Shingi reached the fifth sphere within the hour since Water Element was much easier than Dark Element. Still, he had some problem perfectly controlling five spheres, but it wasn't as much as with the Dark Element.

He stopped progressing further for now, as he didn't want to push Syra too much, and he wasn't in a hurry to pass the limit of that Element.

But as he was ready to work on strengthening his Mana Tree, and seeing if he could start making some empty space for a new Mana Structure, he noticed something strange.

He saw Dark Shadow, who was currently lying near Syra, actually not falling asleep, but acting like he was. He usually wouldn't be able to tell until he barely noticed with his MANA SENSE, part of Syra leaving her and getting consumed by Dark Shadow.

The parts were small, but Shingi now knew why Syra seemed smaller to him. Dark Shadow was slowly eating her, and she didn't seem to notice.