Watching the girl in front of him with an admiring look, Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t help but cough twice before saying:
"Cough cough, actually, your performance has already been quite good. In just such a short amount of time, you’ve successfully communicated with 5 different Dark Energy Sequences, which is very fast..."
Indeed, to communicate with 5 different Dark Energy Sequences in three days, how could that speed not be fast?
In comparison, Brother Hero and Ye Cang had just barely completed a basic 216 Sequence and were still a long way from successfully casting the Spirit Detection Technique.
Thinking of this, he couldn’t help but glance at Lin Sisi’s eyes, emitting a silver glow, and then remembered the scene of himself learning the Spirit Detection Technique, and couldn’t help but wryly smile to himself.
"Is this girl truly a model student? How many times has she used the Spirit Detection Technique now? Although I taught her some on the side, this talent is indeed a bit exaggerated..."
Lin Sisi heard his praise and appeared very shy.
She lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, and after a long while, she raised her face again, hesitating as she looked towards Zhang Xiaoman and said:
"Brother Xiao Man, yesterday, when I was trying to arrange the Dark Energy, I accidentally made something strange. Could you help me look at it?"
"Something strange?" Zhang Xiaoman looked at her with a hint of confusion and said, "Then do it again for me to see."
Upon hearing this, Lin Sisi extended a finger and gently tapped a few times in front of her, arranging a Dark Energy Formula.
With Zhang Xiaoman’s current familiarity with the Dark Energy Particles, at such a close distance, he could clearly sense that the three Active Dark Energy Sequences she had transformed and arranged were: 216, 216, 215.
She arranged these three particles in a triangular structure; the two below were the 216 Sequence, and the one above was 215.
Next, Lin Sisi first activated the 215 Sequence at the top, and then activated the 216 Sequence below.
As all the Dark Energy Particles were activated, flames suddenly lit up at her fingertips, adding a streak of light to the dilapidated Inheritor hall.
"Is this... fire?" Zhang Xiaoman murmured softly.
Lin Sisi, now empowered with the Spirit Detection Technique, could also observe the changes in her hand through the Dark World. She looked at the tip of her finger and her face revealed a trace of realization:
"This... Is it really a flame?"
Zhang Xiaoman followed her method and arranged the Formula he had just seen. Afterward, a flame also rose from his fingertips.
With a thought, the flame abruptly changed its shape and position, transforming into a galloping horse running circles in the palm of his hand.
Lin Sisi, beside him, couldn’t help being attracted by this scene and exclaimed in surprise, "Brother Xiao Man, how did you make it move? And even the shape changed."
Zhang Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Well, that’s not really hard, it’s mainly about guiding. Although the Dark Energy Particles have been activated, if you pay close attention, you’ll realize that there should still be a slight connection between you and them. With that, you guide them."
Lin Sisi began to try, but the tiny flame in her hand just twitched slightly before extinguishing.
"Ah! It’s so difficult..."
She spoke and looked again at the flame in Zhang Xiaoman’s palm, which had morphed into a little bird, showing an admiring expression as she said:
"Brother Xiao Man, you’re really amazing! I can’t even change its shape..."
Zhang Xiaoman smiled, but felt somewhat embarrassed inside. As a Transcendent who had awakened with cheats, it seemed he was naturally at Max affinity with all Dark Energy.
"Don’t worry, as long as you practice more, you can do it too."
He casually offered this bit of motivational advice to comfort the girl and then made a mental note of the formula for these little flames.
Even though it didn’t seem very useful, having it to show off was still better than nothing—at least it was something.
By this time, Lin Sisi had produced another little flame and looked towards Zhang Xiaoman, saying, "Brother Xiao Man, take a look at this."
"This is a flame I created with reverse activation. It feels somewhat different from the one before... But I can’t quite put my finger on what exactly is different..."
Zhang Xiaoman also curiously looked at the flame in her hands, which outwardly seemed to be no different from the previous one.
He extended his left hand and channeled Dark Energy with his thoughts, quickly arranging the same formula as before but activating it in reverse this time, starting with sequence 216 and only then activating sequence 215.
The flame lit up in his left hand. Zhang Xiaoman first observed it closely and then closed his eyes to sense it carefully, furrowing his brows slightly.
"Hmm... this flame really does seem to be different..."
He paused for a moment and then suddenly opened his eyes, saying, "I’ve got it, this is an energy flame!"
Lin Sisi tilted her head, revealing a puzzled expression: "What’s an energy flame?"
Zhang Xiaoman raised his right hand, and the flame bird in his palm instantly transformed into a magnificent little Flame Dragon.
"This is an ordinary flame, converted from Dark Energy, similar to the fire we see on a regular basis. It has high-temperature properties, and if used as an attack method, it can cause burning to the enemy. This results in physical damage."
He then lifted his right hand, and the flame in the center turned into a vigorous little Flame Tiger.
"But this is an energy flame, mimicked from Dark Energy. Although it looks just like ordinary fire, it doesn’t have high-temperature properties; it’s a ’Cold Flame.’ If used as an attack method, it inflicts Dark Energy erosion on the enemy, which is a type of energy damage."
Zhang Xiaoman brought his two hands together, and the little Dragon and little Tiger in his palms immediately entwined and tumbled over each other.
"So the difference between them is, one is physical attack and the other is energy attack, and they have different effects when dealing with monsters."
He said this, then paused before continuing:
"However, whether it’s one type of flame or the other, you have to be careful. Once they are no longer under your control, don’t try to touch them, because then you too will get hurt."
Lin Sisi thought for a moment and then nodded her head in sudden understanding, exclaiming, "Brother Xiao Man, you know so much, truly worthy of being the Star Lord of the Star Alliance."
Zhang Xiaoman shook his head helplessly, feeling that if the girl kept praising him , he was going to float away into the sky.
With a wave of his hand, he threw the two balls of flame out, where they struck the ground causing no significant disturbance.
"Alas, it seems that the fire created with this formula really can only be for show; its power is just too weak."