I Heard My Fiancè Is Extremely Fierce (BL) (AI)

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Chapter 65

De Witt's past advancements were never without rigorous seclusion. There are many forms of seclusion, but they all revolve around the same core—expanding the capacity of energy, increasing the speed of energy circulation, and the changes in the effects after energy circulation.

The Empire's grades are innate, determined from the moment of birth, while ranks are achieved through postnatal efforts.

However, due to the disturbances of energy storms, most ordinary Assyrians choose to abandon postnatal advancement studies. Only soldiers in the army and some talented children from prominent families choose to cultivate postnatally.

Although the advancement process does not result in death, each time is a thorough baptism of energy, immensely painful and difficult. Even for De Witt, every time his body undergoes an advancement reaction, he must choose seclusion.

During seclusion, the bodies of advanced ability users are extremely sensitive. They need a secluded, quiet, and undisturbed space, and must stay inside for at least a month to allow their bodies to enter the advancement state.

During this month, they will undergo extreme physical training and energy release and absorption exercises. Throughout the process, they must not stop until they are physically exhausted, cannot sleep well, let alone eat anything good. It's like a month of hell.

So, ability users have always been cautious during advancement, especially the stronger ones. This was De Witt's first time forcefully advancing in such an environment.

According to previous imperial data surveys, only ability users above Tier 3 can materialize their abilities, such as the flames that De Witt, as a fire element energy user, can produce, or the water that Wen Jin, as a water spirit root user, can gather using spiritual energy. Tier 4 energy users symbiotically coexist with energy. The most straightforward explanation is that De Witt's body can adjust its temperature, and not only that, but he can also turn part of his body into flames.

Such abilities are restricted from being displayed within Assyria, so every ability user above Tier 3 who returns inland must wear suppression cuffs on their wrists.

Tier 5 is a myth in the empire, an almost unverifiable myth. In other words, while there can be data references and plans can be made during the advancement of the previous tiers, for Tier 5 and above, it's a blank slate.

Neither others nor De Witt himself expected it. After all, in the past, upon sensing that the energy capacity was approaching maturity, they would arrange extensive training to accelerate the speed of energy capacity advancement and strengthen their bodies.

Although Tier 4 and Tier 5 sound like they are just a step away, as if they could easily surpass them. Regarding this point, those who have stopped at Tier 4 for decades, until their lifespan is about to end, and have never been able to advance, have the most say.

It's the same for any level.

Tier 4 to Tier 5 isn't just a one-tier difference; it's a deep chasm.

Legend has it that only the ancestors of Assyria could reach Tier 5, and all those historical Tier 5 ability users possessed extremely mysterious and elusive abilities. Ancient texts record that they could be born from fire, transform into magma, and even merge their entire bodies with the heavens and earth, thus ensuring eternal life.

De Witt rarely thought about Tier 5 in terms of lifespan, but he had once harbored such desires. It's just that he never thought he would breakthrough Tier 5 in such a state.

The energy in the monitoring room wasn't powerful. Normally, it could hardly cause any harm to De Witt. It was small and weak, yet it seemed like a wisp of a shadow, carrying with it some elusive dreams, agitating his energy capacity.