svetikya Chapter 3: Binding to Mo Fan, Initial Stage 3!
Chapter 3: Binding to Mo Fan, Initial Stage 3!
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"Fire...fire element!!!" Xue Musheng exclaimed in shock, his voice so loud it almost lifted the roof off the classroom, "Mo Fan! You've awakened fire element!!!"
The entire room fell silent.
Zhao Kunsan, who had just been mocking Mo Fan, now had his mouth agape, his face alternating between pale and flushed. Mu Bai, even more incredulous, took two steps back, his eyes filled with disbelief!
Fire element?! This academic underachiever actually awakened the fire element, second only to lightning?! How is that possible?!
"Holy crap! Fanzi! That's awesome!!!" Su Chen jumped up at the perfect moment, clapping and cheering loudly, "I knew you were hiding your true strength! Fire element! Hahaha, besides me, you're the coolest one in our class!"
Mo Fan had also recovered from the shock of being born with dual attributes. He glanced at the red light under his hand, then at the excited Xue Musheng and the shocked classmates, and finally turned his gaze to Su Chen.
Only Su Chen knew that he had just awakened the lightning element.
Their eyes met, and Su Chen nodded almost imperceptibly, giving him a look that said, "Brother, you understand me and will keep this a secret."
A warm feeling welled up in Mo Fan's heart, but he also kept the matter of his lightning element deep inside. "The tallest tree in the forest catches the most wind," and the secret of being born with two elements was too great to be exposed now; it would definitely not be a good thing. Having a fire element to cover things up was perfect.
"Good! Good! Good!" Xue Musheng exclaimed three times, his face beaming with excitement. "Mo Fan, you truly haven't let the school down! Fire element, keep up your training, your future is limitless!"
Mo Fan scratched his head and chuckled, "Thank you, teacher. I will try my best."
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The school bell rang crisply after school, and the setting sun bathed the campus of Tianlan Magic High School in a golden hue.
The day's hustle and bustle finally came to an end, but the topics of conversation among all the students were still about Su Chen's lightning-type and Mo Fan's fire-type from Class 8 of Grade 1, as well as Xu Zhaoting's lightning-type from Class 7.
Su Chen and Mo Fan walked side by side on the tree-lined path home.
"Old Su, thanks for today." Mo Fan suddenly spoke, his tone unusually serious.
"What are you thanking me for? Thanking me for keeping your secret?" Su Chen walked around with his hands behind his head, a blade of grass he'd picked from who-knows-where dangling from his mouth. "We're brothers, aren't we? But seriously, Fanzi, your dual-elemental nature is really a bit freakish. You should focus on fire to cover your tracks, and secretly train lightning. If you master that, you'll be a master at plotting against people."
Mo Fan chuckled, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes: "That's right, when I make it big in the future, I'll protect you!"
"Tch, who's protecting whom is still uncertain." Su Chen rolled his eyes, but he was secretly overjoyed.
Good bro, that's exactly what I've been waiting to hear!
Su Chen silently called out in his heart: System, bind me to Mo Fan's lightning element!
[Ding! Target: Mo Fan.]
[Target character detected to possess Lightning elemental power (Level 1, Stardust state).]
[Building a bond...]
[Connection successful! Congratulations, host! Your lightning element has been successfully bound to Mo Fan's lightning element!]
[System passively triggered: The host's binding level will always be two minor levels higher than the bound user's!]
The moment the system notification sound ended, Su Chen's body stiffened abruptly.
He felt as if a cosmic explosion had occurred in his mental world!
The patch of lightning-elemental stardust that was originally emitting a faint purple light began to expand at an extremely terrifying speed!
Stardust Expansion!
Magic power surges!
The seven purple stars, which had been scattering haphazardly throughout the stardust, suddenly became incredibly docile, as if receiving some supreme command. Their light became more than ten times brighter than before, and they began to automatically align themselves within the stardust according to some mysterious trajectory!
Beginner Level 1!
Beginner Level 2!
Beginner Level 3!!!
All of this happened so fast that even Su Chen himself didn't have time to react. In the blink of an eye, the lightning-type stardust in his mental world had already expanded to the limit that a beginner mage could achieve!
Those seven stars were like the most loyal soldiers; with just a thought from Su Chen, they could instantly form a perfect star trail!
"Hiss—" Su Chen gasped and stopped abruptly.
He felt his body brimming with explosive power, and the exhilarating feeling of being filled with magical energy almost made him roar to the sky.
This is... way too outrageous!
I don't even know what meditation feels like, I've never even touched a star, and I've already reached the third level of the initial stage?!
Is this the joy of being a cheater? I love it!
Mo Fan, who was walking beside him, noticed Su Chen's unusual behavior and turned to look at him with a puzzled expression.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, Mo Fan suddenly felt that Su Chen seemed to have changed. Although he still had that handsome face with a hint of smugness, Su Chen seemed to exude a kind of oppressive aura that made people's hearts tremble.
Especially in that brief moment, Mo Fan even felt an extremely terrifying purple lightning flash in Su Chen's eyes.
"Old Su, what's wrong with you? Why are you spacing out?" Mo Fan waved his hand in front of Su Chen's eyes.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing." Su Chen snapped out of his daze, quickly concealing his aura and chuckling awkwardly. "I just suddenly thought about what to eat tonight. I've awakened the lightning element, so I should at least have a chicken leg to celebrate."
Mo Fan looked Su Chen up and down suspiciously. The feeling of palpitation had disappeared. He shook his head, thinking that he had just experienced too much today and was having an illusion.
"Sure, I'm in a good mood today, I'll treat you to some barbecue skewers!" Mo Fan waved his hand generously.
"Hehe, you said it yourself, I want to eat ten skewers of pork kidneys!"
The two joked and bantered along the way before parting ways at the intersection.
Su Chen's home is in the suburbs of Bocheng. It is a remote place, surrounded by vast stretches of abandoned land and unfinished buildings. You can't see a soul in sight, let alone any residents.
The original owner of this body was an orphan, living in a dilapidated self-built house. Although the conditions were harsh, for Su Chen now, this place was simply the perfect magical testing ground.
Pushing open the dilapidated wooden door, Su Chen rushed straight to the overgrown open space behind the house without even turning on the lights.
Night had fallen, and all around was quiet except for the chirping of insects echoing in the night breeze.
Su Chen stood in the center of the open space, took a deep breath, and tried to calm his excited emotions.
"Come on, let me see just how strong this free-to-play, low-level level 3 lightning elemental is!"
Su Chen closed his eyes, and his consciousness instantly sank into the spiritual world.
In that void, an enormous, dazzling cloud of purple stardust was slowly rotating. Seven crystal-clear stars, like amethyst crystals, floated quietly within the stardust.
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