Chapter 478: Ashe, Endure!
Drip, drip, drip…
Ashe sat on the sofa, listening to the sound of water flowing from the bathroom. He closed the Gospel Book, walked over to the fridge, and took out a can of Azure Lala Fatty wine. Azure Lala Fatty is one of the few inedible Lala Fatty products, but the wine it produces is exceptionally refreshing and tasty. Even Ashe, who usually has no taste for alcoholic drinks, enjoyed it a lot.
Drip, drip… plop, plop… whoosh…
No matter how much Ashe tried to focus his attention elsewhere, the sound of water continued to vividly paint a picture of the bathroom’s scene in his mind. Although he had not specifically trained under the Physical Sect to hone his original body, the Universal spellforce he possessed naturally strengthened sorcerers like him over time.
The sword Princess once proposed a hypothesis: a sorcerer is a type of spirit, and a Four-winged sorcerer is essentially the same as a Four-winged Spirit. However, compared to other specialized spirits, sorcerers have far more functions: moving, eating, studying, reproducing… These functions are something sorcerers can perform on their own without the need for spellforce, which is why they seldom use spellforce to enhance themselves.
Some sorcerers have wondered if it is possible to enhance themselves directly with spellforce, reaching the point where they could shatter a rock with a single punch. However, a sorcerer can only do what he can ‘imagine.’ He must vividly envision how the spellforce strengthens his fist; for example, skin as tough as copper, bones as sturdy as iron, specific techniques of force such as bright force, hidden force, and explosive force. By the time he perfectly imagines how to enhance his fist with spellforce, he is mostly capable of summoning a ‘Iron Fist’ or ‘Explosive Fist,’ kinds of Fist-Claw spirits.
Spellforce, spirits, and sorcerers seem to form a perfect loop. Yet, there are exceptions, such as elderly sorcerers-though their physical abilities are not what they once were, they have experienced their peak and belong to the realm of the ‘imaginable.’ Therefore, these older sorcerers can consume spellforce to restore their body to peak condition and even maintain it indefinitely. This phenomenon serves as crucial evidence for the ‘sorcerer-spirit hypothesis.’
Although becoming a sorcerer does not directly extend one’s lifespan, and even dying in the Virtual Realm can lead to sudden death that shortens their life more than ordinary people, the quality of life for sorcerers remains exceptionally stable. This stability is due to factors like not needing sleep and their bodies consistently being at peak condition.
All this is to say one thing: Ashe’s hearing isn’t naturally that good; he had simply heightened it to its limit using spellforce because of his desires.