Sorcerer's Handbook-Chapter 532: Youre Lying

While time is long, it is worth waiting.

As the silver dragon blood gradually replaced her ordinary blood, Silver Lantern could distinctly feel her body radiating an unprecedented ‘joy,’ and her spirit becoming increasingly ‘fervent.’ This was a vitality the previously frail and sickly girl had never experienced before.

The soul and body have always interacted with each other. Even if ordinary academic sorcerers do not exercise regularly, their physical condition improves as long as they continuously refine their soul in the Virtual Realm. A strong soul naturally cultivates a robust body.

Conversely, a strong body can also nourish the soul.

The relationship between the body and soul is not like a boat and its passengers, but rather an ocean and the sky, complementing each other, reflecting one another. Consciousness is merely the ripple created when they embrace.

In spellcasting, cultivating the body is considered the forte of the physical sorcerers. The Dragon Blood Cultivation System is the pinnacle of achievement for Gray Fox physical sorcerers.

The Physical Sect has two paths. One is prosthesis, reconstructing one’s body with ores, machinery, plants, and related spirits, examples being the Diamond Body, Oak Tree Form, or Mechanical Nemesis.

This path is exceptionally painful, characterized not only by physical cruelty but also mental torment-those who haven’t lost their flesh cannot grasp the importance of a complete body to one’s personality. Some sorcerers, who lost their Demi-God abilities and sought to avoid the Choking Green creatures, transformed themselves entirely into mechanical beings. Although they successfully evaded the Choking Green, they invariably developed severe mental deficiencies, despising the living even more than the Choking Green creatures. Their spellcasting realm regressed rather than progressed. These physical sorcerers exist in limbo, neither truly alive nor dead, like the stench of decay in a mire.

However, the Physical Sect does have its advantages. Firstly, their defensive capabilities are astonishing, and they generally have substitution abilities. Stones, soil, electricity, sunlight, and wind can all serve as their sustenance. Consequently, many physical sorcerers reside in Senlo. For instance, in the Tribulation Fire Temple, many people survive by eating stones, and Silver Lantern has also eaten in the Silent Spiral.

Undoubtedly, in a society with abundant resources, a normal person would never train in the Physical Sect. Even the people of Senlo, who have never ventured outside their Kingdom, can infer this. The Gray Fox Divine Era was undeniably a time of extreme resource abundance. Logically, the Physical Sect would occupy the lowest rung of the social hierarchy, ignored by all.

However, the Gray Fox Divine Era had the Misty White Demi-God, a follower of the Fire Cat Divine Era’s Circle Cicada Demi-God. The ideal of Circle Cicada was immortality, while the Misty White Demi-God aspired not only to long life but also to live with passion and boldly pursue one’s ideals. This explains why Misty White Demi-God became one of the victors: its ideals did not conflict with the majority of other Demi-Gods and even complemented them.

Because of Misty White Demi-God’s existence, the Physical Sect successfully entered the prestigious circles of the Gray Fox, leading to the creation of the second path: evolution!

Flesh is weak, so it must be replaced with ores, plants, or machinery to navigate the painful reality. But those great beings, Angels, Virtual Realm Dragons, Abyss Lords, their flesh is not weak!

Of course, it didn’t mean directly replacing the sorcerer’s body with that of an upper-tier creature, which would be no different from the prosthesis path. If prosthesis is about implanting immortality into flesh, evolution is about moving the ordinary closer to legend-the approach of Gray Fox sorcerers is to allow the sorcerer’s body to evolve spontaneously, gradually approaching those great beings while maintaining bodily integrity!

Is there a medium that can stimulate the entire body and transform it without compromising its integrity? The answer is obvious-blood.

By injecting the sorcerer with compatible upper-tier blood, the body’s comprehensive evolution naturally follows!

However, in reality, upper-tier creatures do not exist, and the flesh and blood of virtual realm creatures are difficult to extract from the Virtual Realm. So how does one obtain high-tier blood? Gray Fox sorcerers are undeterred by this challenge; the Dragon Blood Cultivation System is the solution. It purifies the flesh and soul of lower-tier creatures into high-tier blood, enabling a comprehensive blood transfusion for the user!

This is the answer of the era and a luxurious finale. The Dragon Blood Cultivation System wasn’t created out of nothing. Instead, Gray Fox sorcerers had the foresight to seal hundreds of miracles within the Virtual Realm. When someone uses the key to start the Dragon Blood Cultivation System, these miracles automatically activate to serve the user.

Moreover, these miracles are at least at the sanctuary level.

Silver Lantern has no idea how many miracles are sealed in the Virtual Realm or how many Sanctuary Legends spent countless days and nights perfecting this system, all in pursuit of the ideal of the Misty White Demi-God. What she witnesses is a grand feast of miracles spanning several centuries, and what she hears is the final Echo of that beautiful era. ʀαＮ𝖔₿ÊS̈

“Task progress has reached 90%. You are free to move about. The remaining 10% will be managed by the sub-system ‘Blood Seed’ until the final drop of dragon blood is extracted.”

“This service has successfully concluded. If you have any suggestions regarding the Dragon Blood Cultivation System, you are welcome to email the Institute of the Blood of the Eternal. Professor Parase Blood Saint Misty White welcomes your valuable feedback.”

A double surname?

Silver Lantern glanced again at the name of the system’s creator. In Senlo, there is no tradition of middle names; the name following the surname is also the name of the Demi-God, just like she used to be named Dust Tribulation Fire.

There appears to be no Demi-God named Blood Saint from the Gray Fox Divine Era…

Swoosh.

Upon hearing the sound of something breaking through the air, Silver Lantern immediately turned her head. However, the wind from the flying stone still grazed her delicate cheek, leaving a mark and a trail of silver blood.

“Your blood is not red.”

The word ‘you’ echoed from about twenty paces away, but by the time ‘red’ was uttered, it was already right next to her, accompanied by the sharp thunderous sound of a sonic boom.

And then came the shockwave wrapped in white mist!

This was a supersonic strike!

Even though Silver Lantern quickly activated the Defensive Miracle ‘Flame Stream Shield,’ it couldn’t mitigate the damage. Fortunately, thanks to the enhancement from the silver dragon blood, her physical reactions were much faster than before, even without the spirit’s support, allowing her to deflect the attack away from her heart, though it still pierced her shoulder!

Miracle: Flame Stream!

Silver Lantern transformed into a stream of flames and quickly distanced herself by several dozen paces but had to revert to her human form after three seconds. Her skin felt hot and could not sustain another use of ‘Flame Stream’ in such a short time. However, her injury healed as silver blood filled and repaired the hole in her shoulder.

She wasn’t adept at fleeing or direct defense; typically, the sanctuary level could compensate for this weakness, but the Mirror Dragon Secret Toxin had left her soul extremely fragile. Three months ago, she underwent the Ritual of Prohibited Synchronization of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon in the Virtual Realm and hadn’t fully recovered since. Another ritual might be needed to construct her sanctuary.

This was one of the reasons why Silver Lantern decisively defected: without a sanctuary, she would have to rely on the protection of the Tribulation Fire Temple or the Four Pillars Cult. However, as she was on the verge of becoming a sanctuary sorcerer, she no longer needed a faction to conceal her vulnerabilities. Plus, the silver dragon blood could strengthen her soul, allowing her to perform the Ritual of Prohibited Synchronization of Wind, Flower, Snow, and Moon with confidence.

Indeed, the Divine Sovereign never allows us to dream peacefully… Silver Lantern eyed her attacker and raised an eyebrow. “Without the Demi-God’s influence, have the disciples of Raven Annihilation Cult resorted to killing every living person to satisfy your twisted joy?”

Raven stood by the bonfire, with the intense flames casting menacing shadows over his mask.

“First, you don’t look like you’re any kind of good person.”

“What if I am?”

“Secondly, as long as I don’t hear your defense, you’ll die as an evil person.” Raven said calmly, “Now, please stop this Ritual immediately. My friends are in great agony, and the night is approaching.”

Silver Lantern shook her head. “I can’t.”

“And why is that?”

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“This is not my power; it’s the Gray Fox heritage. Once activated, everyone in the camp will be drained dry of their essence until they die.” Silver Lantern explained. “I’m truly sorry about your friends’ plight, but the only consolation is that this death should be painless, like falling asleep. By the way, why are you unaffected?”

Raven retorted, “You’re lying.”

Silver Lantern insisted, “I’m not-“

“It is indeed the Gray Fox heritage, and it truly can’t be stopped until everyone’s essence is gone,” Raven said. “But when you claim to be truly sorry, that’s a lie. You have no remorse. I’ve seen people like you before. The biggest difference between an evil raven and a good raven is that the good ones can apologize because they feel the weight of their conscience. People like you have no conscience, and your apologies are as hollow as air. All I can sense is the stench of rot.”

“Moreover, the essence extracted from these victims is that silver substance, right?” Raven stared at the silver trace on Silver Lantern’s face. “Silver blood-I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

“You are the Ritual’s beneficiary. If I just kill you, the Ritual will have to end.”

Silver Lantern shook her head. “Do you have any evidence that I’m the bad one? I accidentally activated this device and didn’t expect these consequences. I didn’t intend to benefit from it. You can’t just harm an innocent to save others, right?”

Raven suddenly laughed. “In the old days of the Raven Annihilation Cult, your question would be our weekly discussion topic: ‘When you encounter someone who seems evil but have no evidence of their wrongdoing, do you let them go or eliminate them?’”

“There were radicals who believed in killing with no mercy, and conservatives who advocated for imprisonment until the truth was clear. My mentor was a centrist, suggesting we break their limbs first, then, if proven innocent, bring them back with apologies and compensation.”

“And my stance is this-” Raven leaned slightly forward. “If I’m wrong, I’m willing to endure a thousandfold, millionfold, even billionfold of your pain in hell. Hold your grudges and wait for me in hell, for I’ve long anticipated this.”

“When all ravens are slain and hell is filled, then it’s my turn to suffer.”

“But until that time-“

“My duty is to send you all to hell!”