Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 86 The Second Ring (Part )
In the bathroom, Song Shi sat on the floor.

The second ring, [Master].

This is the second realm of psychic power.

To a certain extent, from the first ring · [Awakening], the second ring · [Mastery], the third ring · [Control], to the fourth ring · [Sublimation], psychics are still in the shackles of "human". The first three realms only continuously deepen and enhance the ability to control "psychic power", but are not essential sublimation.

The third ring is slightly different.

It is said that when a psychic steps into the third ring, he will enter some kind of indescribable wonderful realm, witness his own "destined death" with his own eyes, and know his own end and ending - but this is just a rumor.

Because after witnessing this moment of "destined death", the psychic will not remember it all.

No one can even tell where the saying of "predestined death" came from. We only know that it has been passed down. Most psychics do not comment on it, and it is hard to say whether they "believe it" or "don't believe it".

After all, things that only you can see and cannot remember are neither true nor false.

There is even a second rumor derived from this.

——Fourth Ring: [Sublimation] One of the conditions for breaking through to the fifth ring: [True Spirit] is to break one’s own “destined death” with one’s own hands.

As for this rumor, Song Shi's opinion is
He didn't know either.

"But at that time, I did catch a glimpse of the scenery from the True Spirit."

Song Shi closed his eyes, as if lost in memories.

In the last life, it was the last battle between him and Renata Clemens. When both sides were fighting at their peak, he could not tell whether it was an illusion or something else. In a trance, the entire [Dayuan] path was cheering for him, as if they were expecting something.

That was indeed the most exciting battle in his life.

The spiritual energy that was thought to have reached the peak of the fourth ring began to loosen and rise again. One spiritual energy skill after another followed the flow of thoughts and was displayed at will, shining more brilliantly than ever before. The colors of the entire world were sucked away, leaving only the opponent in front of him. When everything was pushed to a new and higher peak, the door called [True Spirit] began to slowly open to him - Song Shi believed that at that time, the other party would do the same.

I feel something in my heart.

The winner of this battle will enter the realm of the fifth ring, [True Spirit] with a dignified attitude.

Although the final result was that both of them died.

"Interesting. If you think about it that way."

Song Shi opened his eyes again. The memory just now reminded him of something. He thought: "Could this be my 'destined death'? Or is this also Renata Clemens's 'destined death'? Whoever of us can break this 'destined death' can enter the fifth ring?"

In his previous life, he had asked Chakoro about "destined death", but the current leader of the Enlightened Ones, a fifth-ring psychic named "Rebel", did not answer this question - he was still not sure at the time, but now it seems that maybe "destined death" does exist?
"But... fate."

Song Shi chewed on these two words and shook his head gently: "Meaningless things."

He exhaled, let go of all these, and turned to use his will to delve deeper into the path.

After nearly two months of practice since [Awakening], the door to the second ring is already before my eyes.

Even with his own talent, this speed seemed a little too amazing - in his previous life, it took him two years to advance from [Awakening] to [Mastery].

Although a big part of the reason was that I knew nothing at that time.

However, considering that he was "going through it again" and his understanding and experience of the way of psychic power were far from what he had before, this result was still within expectations.

Song Shi raised his eyes, the door in front of him——

——Within reach.

It's not just "close at hand" in the sense of distance. Song Shi can feel that as long as he is willing, he can now try to push open this door and step into the second ring - the obstacles and bottlenecks that should exist in theory are nothing more than a matter of "wanting" or "not wanting" rather than "being able to" or "not being able to" for him.

Just raise your hand and everything is within reach.

So Song Shi stretched out his right hand.

call--

The red-gold flames gushed out silently and emerged from his body. At this moment, even Song Shi’s outline became blurred.

If someone appeared here at this moment and looked from a distance, he would be surprised to find that he could hardly tell what was in front of him - the outline of a person was clearly reflected in his pupils, but his subconscious mind told him that what was in front of him was clearly a ball of "flame" that was burning fiercely and seemed to never go out!
As if sensing something, the door standing on the Great Source Road began to solidify, emitting a heavy luster, and a sense of oppression that was almost condensed into substance rose up, pressing down on the climber who tried to push the door open and peek at the scenery behind.

Then, it was like snow meeting the scorching sun.

Before it could touch Song Shi, the oppression was burned out in the raging red flames.

No more shackles.

Song Shi put his hand on the door.

The flames climbed up and swirled around his right hand.

The next moment, the flames engulfed the entire door, which turned into a red-gold fireball and began to crumble at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The entire door trembled, completely collapsed, and turned into flying ashes.

After Song Shi stepped through the door from the drifting ashes and dust.

The entire road trembled violently, and a "star" suddenly lit up from the starry sky in the sky! Then a beam of azure cold current condensed from the biting coldness shot down at Song Shi below!
This is the second requirement after [Pushing Open the Door] in the process of advancing to the second ring, [Standing on the Path].

From the psychics of all generations who have walked the path as recorded in the Great Source Path, one of them is chosen, and they manifest their power in the second ring period. This power is cast upon the promoted person, either as an offensive or something else, as a "test" to see if the other person is qualified to "stand on the second ring path."

It is said that as a customary gift given to new ascendants, the preciousness of a psychic skill from the [Path] will also be affected by the intensity of the "test".

"A psychic of the Great Source Power, 'Ice' type?"

Looking at the cold current that was coming down from the sky and approaching almost in an instant, Song Shi nodded slightly: "This level of power can be called elite." But doubts arose in Song Shi's heart.

The power displayed by this unknown psychic from the past could indeed be called "elite", but that was all it was.

——Not even as good as the test in my previous life.

This "test" on the path will be specially arranged for every promoted person. You will become stronger when facing a strong opponent, and weaker when facing a weak opponent. With the memories and experience accumulated in the previous life, you are definitely much stronger than yourself at this stage in the previous life, but why does the test make you weaker?

Even if we ignore all this, just looking at the panel of the first ring, [Flame of Forging] is much stronger than [Fire as Blade] in my previous life!

But there was no time to think further.

So, facing the cold current, Song Shi opened his arms.

The "forging flame" surged in an instant, like boiling lava solidifying into a concrete entity. From the gaps between the five fingers, a weapon that was difficult to tell whether it was a sword or a knife took shape.

Then, cut towards the cold current.

--call!

Without any dodging or retreat, the flames and the cold current collided directly, and in the blink of an eye, the latter quickly melted away. Just when the last touch of azure was about to be swallowed by the red gold, Song Shi suddenly raised his head.

"Ok?"

Above the sky, two "stars" lit up at the same time!
The violent lightning and the howling wind intertwined into a circle, and a column of light wrapped in thunder and storm roared and fell towards Song Shi!

Each of the thunder and storms is as strong as a cold wave, and some are even stronger - and the combination of the two is such a powerful offensive that even a psychic who has just entered the third ring will choose to avoid it.

If it were in reality, with only the peak level of the first ring, even Song Shi would not be able to resist it.

——Fortunately, this is not [reality], but my own [path]!
In this world that is more like a spiritual realm, the power you can exert is more powerful and abundant than in reality, and you can do whatever you want.

And right within the promotion process, in the gap between the first ring and the second ring, from the heart to the outside and from the outside to the heart, this spiritual energy has been boiling for a long time, and it can't wait to burst out.

In a flash, the flame of forging spreads and is reshaped again!
Droplets of burning "raindrops" condensed and hung quietly in the air, then gathered together and turned into a surging golden rain of flames, flowing upstream towards the pillar of wind and lightning that penetrated through!

The "raindrops" all over the sky collided with the wind and thunder, annihilated and melted each other, and burst into dazzling light one after another in the air.

——But it still hasn’t completely disappeared.

Finally, the lightning arrow wrapped in the whistling airflow broke through the rain of flames and fell towards Song Shi, who took a step forward a moment ago, using the fire blade in his hand as a guide to draw the flames around him together - then, he slashed towards the approaching light column with a lightning arrow.

A stream of red-gold flames dragged along.

It was as if a gigantic flaming dragon raised its head and roared, suddenly rising up and swallowing all the remaining lightning arrows!

Watching the wind and thunder slowly dissipating, Song Shi turned the fire blade in his hand and raised his head.

In the magnificent starry sky, three more “stars” light up at the same time!
“——That’s enough.”

At this moment, staring at the sky, Song Shi raised his voice, as if talking to something: "There is no need to use psychics of this level anymore."

"This level of power, other than 'consumption', is not a 'test' at all - there is no need to send down such a thing again!"

Daotu does not possess the so-called "personality", but Song Shi believes that [Dayuan] Daotu already understands what he means.

The world seemed to stop for a moment.

The three "stars" that had begun to twinkle slowly disappeared.

No, more than just "disappearing", these three stars seem to be "afraid"?
The starry sky that originally filled the sky suddenly had a brief gap, just like a sea monster suddenly squeezing into the sea. Even if you do nothing, the surrounding schools of countless small fish will spontaneously avoid it.

From this brief gap, a gray-yellow star slowly appeared, shining with unprecedented brilliance, and the other nearby stars seemed extremely dim at this moment.

Then, the "stars" descended from the sky!

When the beam of light in front slowly dissipated and he could see the other party's outline clearly, Song Shi's expression changed slightly.

His shoulders began to move involuntarily.

Then it seemed like I couldn't hold it back anymore.

The next moment, Song Shi burst into laughter!
"One of the former border guards of the Vampsta Empire, a fifth-ring [Great Source] psychic from 470 years ago, 'Mountain Barrier' Sainsbury"

Staring at the brown-haired man in front of him who gave people a feeling of "unmovability" just by standing there, the other party had an indifferent expression and his burly physique stood like a mountain.

However, the opponent's body had an illusory sense of transparency, and the "spiritual energy" fluctuations emanating from his body were only at the peak level of the first ring.

"——Should I call you 'senpai' or something else?"

But a projection from the past of [Tao] obviously would not speak to answer the question.

Song Shi didn't expect the other party to answer.

He just laughed, and the burning blade emerged again from the surging red-gold flames.

"That's it, that's how it should be..."

"--Come!"

(End of this chapter)