East China Sea.
Somewhere on the sea.
Ron and Nami's boat was sailing towards an island.
After receiving Aaron's bounty, Ron's wealth finally reached 300 million Baileys, achieving the achievement of 'rich and rich', and received 2 achievement points.
With these 2 achievement points, Ron's mental power went a step further, reaching 49 points, which was only one step away from 50 points.
So Ron started a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he concentrated on meditating and cultivating his spiritual power. On the other hand, he focused on other pirates in the East China Sea who had bounties of more than 10 million.
Ron was no longer interested in the wealth and bounties of these pirates. The reason why he focused on these people was because there was an achievement on the achievement interface called 'Sweeping the East China Sea'.
The condition to achieve this is to kill at least five pirates with a bounty of more than 10 million.
Now that Ron has killed three pirates with bounties exceeding 10 million, he only needs to kill two more to achieve this condition, which is considered a relatively easy achievement.
With the strength to sweep across the East China Sea, it is not difficult to search for achievement points in the East China Sea. It just takes a little time. And Ron needs enough time to practice magic, which is a perfect fit.
now.
Ron was sitting cross-legged at the stern of the boat, his eyes closed, and the elf wand was floating quietly above his knees, emitting a little fluorescent light.
In Ron's spiritual world, it was empty and chaotic, without any thoughts or distracting thoughts. It was like a dead universe.
In this kind of meditation without distracting thoughts, this spiritual space is quietly expanding. Although the expansion speed is extremely slow, it is actually expanding.
Ron didn't know why meditation could improve mental strength.
He only knew that in a meditative state, mental power would increase slowly and steadily, but he could not feel how this increase appeared, whether it was due to absorption of energy from the outside world, or an improvement due to changes in the mind.
If it's the former, it's somewhat consistent with 'energy conservation', but if it's the latter, it means that changes in the mind can give birth to energy, which means that energy can be 'created' by the mind. As the saying goes, where the mind is is everything.
For this answer, Ron prefers the latter.
Although the release of magic is released by condensing runes with mental power and absorbing various elements in the world, it seems like the conversion of energy rather than the birth of energy out of thin air, but the existence of something like runes itself cannot be rationalized. explain.
Perhaps the essence of the world is that spirit creates matter. The so-called body, energy and even this world are just products 'created' by the mind.
The stronger the spirit, the more Ron can vaguely feel this.
Because he could sense that the existence of the spirit seemed to become more and more real, as if it had gradually become some kind of existence that transcended matter, and could glimpse the essence of the world.
Just in this constant meditation.
Ding.
An extremely clear voice rang out deep in Ron's soul.
As if some kind of mental shackles were broken, his body suddenly became light and he levitated into the air.
"This is… "
Ron's thoughts started to fluctuate, breaking his calmness. He looked down with some shock and surprise, and found that he was not flying up, but that his spirit was separated from his body.
With his spirit suspended in the air, he could see his body sitting cross-legged, and he could see the elf wand floating on his knees.
In Ron's eyes at this moment, the elf wand seemed to have changed into another form. There were dense textures on the crystal-like wand. These textures were like the truth that shaped the world. Just one look at it made Ron instantly immersed in it. in it.
But before Ron could take a closer look, he suddenly felt his soul trembling, and there was a sharp pain like tearing in his head.
next moment.
Ron's spirit was forcibly pulled back into his body. He coughed violently, and blood dripped from his nose.
"cough!"
Ron subconsciously covered his nose with one hand and pressed his temple with the other hand. He felt a cloud of gold stars falling on the board of the ship.
After about ten minutes, he gradually recovered. He rubbed his eyebrows and slowly sat up. He felt that his brain was still a little swollen and painful.
Although his spirit was still a little unstable, Ron had a vague understanding of what was happening.
Just now, his mental attribute reached 50 points!
At the moment when his spiritual attributes reached 50 points, his spirit separated from his body and came to a strange perspective. From this perspective, he peered into the body of the Elf Wand and the branches of the World Tree, which was equivalent to peering into the world. Essence and mystery.
Things that involve the essence of the world are obviously far beyond what he can touch now. Even if it is just a branch of the World Tree, just a branch, his spirit will be severely damaged in an instant and he will be knocked down directly.
"It feels...so amazing..."
The world in front of Ron was no longer dark and gradually returned to normal.
Although it was not the perspective of the mind separated from the body just now, he still felt a completely different feeling at this moment than before, which could not be described in words.
With a trace of confusion in his eyes, he slowly stood up and looked at the sea in front of him. After stepping on the railing, he stepped onto the sea.
Didn't fall.
Ron was suspended in the air and above the sea.
"This is… "
While levitating, the confusion in Ron's eyes disappeared, and he looked at the sea below, showing a trace of surprise and excitement.
It's not that his body has gained the ability to fly, but his spirit seems to have become a substance that can directly wrap the body and make it float into the air!
"That is to say..."
Ron took a deep breath, looked at the railing at the stern of the ship, and his eyes flashed.
Click!
Nothing appeared, but there was a crack on the railing out of thin air.
The moment he saw the crack appear, a smile finally appeared on Ron's face. It was unmistakable. This feeling was indeed the embodiment of spiritual power!
After the spiritual attribute reaches 50 points, it is no longer the illusory thing before, but can actually interfere with matter!
"But it's quite expensive."
Ron flew back to the ship and touched the crack on the railing.
Creating this crack caused him to lose nearly one-tenth of his mental power. You must know that at this moment, even if he does not rely on the elf wand, one-tenth of his mental power is enough to release an enhanced version of first-level magic. 'Multiple Wind Blade Techniques'!
Thinking about it, it is true that using the manifested spiritual power to forcibly condense it into a point to attack is of course impossible to compare with the magic runes released by the transformed runes and absorbing the elements.
The difference between the two is like a fist and a submachine gun.
The former is just a crude usage, while the latter is a product of wisdom.
"Although it is not suitable for direct attack, at least it can get rid of the disadvantage of inconvenience in movement. If it is just flying, it will not consume a lot of money."
While Ron was talking to himself, he flew up again, came to the sky above the ship, and flew around the boat.
In the cabin of the boat, Nami was lying on the table looking out the window, humming a pleasant tune, and then she saw Ron's figure flying past the sea.
"???"
Nami sat up, a little dazed, and rubbed her eyes vigorously.
Looking out the window again, she saw Ron's figure flying past the window again, and her eyes suddenly widened.
"?!!"
(End of chapter)