Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(1-3VOL)

Vol 3/Chapter 57 - Stage Two

At this moment, Phoebe had already finished her second chant during the time I was controlling Light Puppet. The dazzling pillar of light struck down again, this time much more powerful since there was no protective spell to hinder it. In an instant, the target sphere shrank rapidly, making the angel next to me nervous.

After unleashing it, she threw out another Light Sanctum, and then immediately started preparing for the third strike without stopping.

This time I could see that the Light Sanctum she released was chantless! It seems what Aria said about casting high-level spells without chanting wasn't completely unfounded.

"Amazing! I wonder how long it'll take for my Blast of Lost Paradise?"

I concentrated on manipulating the light element in my body according to the "tutorial" I saw earlier. I don't know how much time passed, but the familiar scene finally reappeared. The pillar of light successfully descended onto my target, though due to the difference in rank, the power was weaker than Phoebe's, only about 2/3.

"Wow! I'm drained this time!"

I immediately knelt on the ground, gasping heavily. Although there was still some light element left in my body, I realized after releasing my first high-level spell that this was much more tiring than throwing out a dozen Purifications together. While more efficient, I couldn't withstand the exertion! Only now did I truly admire Phoebe's abilities, to be able to throw a Blast and then immediately follow up with another one.

"XXXXX"

The vice referee stared at the stopwatch in her hand and said in surprise.

"Huh?"

I don't know whose big move happened to strike down just then, the deafening roar made it so I couldn't hear clearly for a moment.

"...Not bad, it only took you over twenty seconds to cast it."

Since the other side repeated it, I finally understood.

"That short?"

To be honest, this was unexpected. Although the method I used could also be called chantless casting, it wasn't instantaneous since the light element still needed some time to circulate within my body. It felt like a long time had passed just now!

"It's already about the same speed as Phoebe's, keep in mind you didn't have the aid of chanting. With practice...there's room for improvement, while chanting needs...pronunciation, no way...to simplify..."

The assistant referee encouraged me for a bit, but her words were drowned out again by a burst of strange rumbling noises. She shrugged and closed her mouth, signalling me to stop standing there blankly and to keep competing.

"Then I'll keep at it, go again!"

Since I was able to get this result on my first time casting a high-level spell, I was pretty excited. As my spirits lifted, I didn't feel as tired anymore.

Just as I was about to continue, I suddenly noticed that the target sphere in the distance had stopped shrinking automatically at some point.

"That was quick, is it over already?"

As expected, Light Puppet still couldn't reach the duration of high-level spells. I had infused quite a bit of light element into it earlier, and it had only been this long.

But now wasn't the time to dwell on this. I hurriedly supplemented it with another Light Puppet, then followed up with a Blast, doing it in one go! It seemed I had a slight improvement over last time.