Elven Legacy (Part 2)

Chapter 286: Hayat's Rebirth Ritual

After our little escapade, Illumia and I returned to normal, which was good since I could see Patriarch Renata glancing at us, and the same went with Comet; unsurprisingly, the latter's eyes were full of lust when he looked at Illumia. It was a little annoying if I'm being honest, but I didn't dwell on it for more than a few seconds since I had closed my eyes and patiently waited for the Phoenix clan's ancestor and Patriarch Renata to begin the ritual.

While standing off to the side, I watched Patriarch Renata hand the Ancestor a dimension ring, which she quickly looked through before walking towards the small, flickering, multicolored flame, only to stand before it while summoning a small fruit, which was a rainbow peace, a tasty fruit, but nothing like a lightning cherry. With one swift motion, she tossed the fruit into the flame, and almost immediately, the flame devoured it, causing it to grow slightly as its vitality marginally increased. However, this was merely the beginning, and quickly, with each fruit tossed into the flame, its vitality grew along with its size and heat.

Though quickly, once it got to the point where it was the size of a small child, the fruits no longer did anything, and that's when the Ancestor started to truly use resources with densely packed Qi, such as special herbs, plants, and even a few pills. Of course, all the resources started off relatively weak and were only of the Heaven rank meant only for Divines and below, but within minutes, she was forced to use Saint rank resources, something most Divines use, and by this time, despite having eaten so much Qi, slightly more Qi than even I have currently, the flame was still only roughly thirty percent larger from before.

'The fruits from before must've been merely to awaken the flame, and now that it's awakened, it's ready to eat voraciously.' Thought Elif lightly as he gently fanned himself with his Quạt tay while gazing at the Flame of Rebirth.

While it took longer than before, even Saint rank resources eventually stirred no growth within the multicolored flame, which caused the Ancestor to switch to Divine rank resources. Each plant, herb, pill, and every other resource you could name was filled with large amounts of Qi, far more than I have ever experienced, even when I used the forbidden technique a few years back.

However, despite each resource being filled with more Qi, the flame continued to grow at a fixed rate, as if it didn't care how much Qi it was eating, and although they lasted for quite some time, nearly twenty minutes, after dumping thousands upon thousands of Divine rank resources into the Flame of Rebirth, it once again no longer affected it Now came the Celestial resources, which were resources I usually used, and yes, they were a bit of overkill since Divine resources would suffice just as good, Great-grandmother is generally the one who restocks my supply whenever I visit her, so I won't be the one to blame if our supply ever gets low, which it won't.

The Qi I could sense within these Celestial resources was always slightly mind-boggling to me; the sheer amount of Qi compared to what I had was like the difference between a drop of water and the ocean; even then, that might not have been accurate enough.

'Heh, to think I'm casually seducing someone that much stronger than me.' Mused Elif lightly as he glanced at Illumia, who happened to look at him, causing him to smirk behind his Quạt tay before winking at her.

Focusing back on the multicolored flame, which had grown to be about the size of Elaine, though nowhere near as cute or lovely, despite the resources being of the Celestial rank, the Ancestor never once hesitated when tossing them into the flame and quickly the number reached the thousands before eventually, not even celestial resources did anything.

This time, when the Ancestor summoned resources, it was of the God rank, something only beings of immense strength, like Grandfather, Grandmother, Great-grandmother, or Great-grandfather, would ever use, unlike before where she would constantly throw them into the flame she took a few second intervals between each one as the flame seemingly took some time to fully digest the tremendous about of Qi.