System vs Rebirth

Noel and Anna continued for another ten minutes.

Anna managed to slow down the rate of her Spiritual Energy leaving her body. If she could maintain this rate for a period of time, she could begin the second phase which was to create an outer layer that would contain the Spiritual Energy.

Meanwhile, Noel was still struggling to decrease the rate of his Spiritual Energy. But compared to what it was ten minutes ago, the current rate was only a fourth of its original rate.

Noel also noticed one problem that might actually help him in this challenge. "Can I ask a question?"

"Sure." Old Ru nodded with a serious expression while watching their progress.

"What is Spiritual Energy? Are they like gas coming out of our bodies? Or is it like water? Or maybe it's something that I don't know about?"

"!!!" Old Ru was quite surprised by the question, yet Anna actually answered that question first.

"Spiritual Energy doesn't have any form. In fact, its form follows anything that it's attached to. For example, if you're trying to circulate your Spiritual Energy inside your body, it will have a liquid form, which is like blood flowing in your body. Once it's outside, it will use air as a medium, which is like gas."

"I see…" Noel nodded and began to change his approach once he knew about it. If the Spiritual Energy inside his body was like blood, then the process of letting it out and turning it into gas should be evaporation.

Just like how the water turned into vapor when boiling, he imagined the blood evaporated, releasing Spiritual Energy. His hand would be acting as the bowl used to boil it.

Noel had just made a connection that he thought was the correct one for him. If his power was the one that acted like fire, boiling all that Spiritual Energy, he should focus on his control to find the right flame for this to work.

too big, but

a sudden, Noel's rate of releasing Spiritual Energy began to decrease. In just another five minutes, he managed to bring the

Anna had begun

be different, but they were improving at a rate Old Ru never saw

progress so quickly? It's not that I don't believe him, it's just that his talent is beyond my imagination. Is he using a drug or something?' Old Ru frowned. In the end, he thought it was Noel's talent, not

Energy, but it seems that Anna has the same knowledge about it. I guess I don't have to do anything for the time

another

to contain the Spiritual Energy inside before shrinking it. However, the longer she

amount of Spiritual Energy. Then, he began

asked himself. Since he was using boiling water as a reference, he continued with it. 'In that case, the outer layer is like a lid. By putting the lid on, I can

his

gritted his teeth, having

be as thin as Old Ru, but it could be considered as another

she tried to push it, the

spot where she had to stop. Unfortunately,

shrinking the outer layer to the best of his ability. The Spiritual Energy started to fill up the

expression gradually became distorted as he had a hard time