Alice and Lia also woke up early and went out again.
An hour later, Alice finally got a flower that obeyed her after she used Spirit Invocation on it!
The flowering transformed into a lovely arm-length humanoid flower with a light blue flower head and a soft green leaf cap on its head. Its face had two blue eyes, while its dark blue torso was covered with a light green leaf suit, not to forget its cute thin limbs coming out of its torso.
[Aquarim Flower]
-Spirit Grade: Uncommon.
-Skills: Water bullets, Healing Sphere.
Alice was overjoyed to get an obedient Spirit finally!
"Aqa~ Aqa~"
The flower spoke cutely and rubbed its head against Alice's leg.
Alice giggled and patted it. "Your name is Aqa."
"It's a cute name."
Lia nodded with a smile; the spirit flower was gorgeous and cute. She was glad that Alice finally got an obedient one.
"Aqa, Aqa!"
After getting its name, Aqa cheered and swiftly turned into a fuzzy ball of blue light before disappearing into Alice's body.
'Aqa!'
Alice heard its voice and checked the Soul Slate in her mind.
"Alice, why don't you try your second Quirk?" Lia asked, her eyes curious. "Let's see how it works."
"Mhmm, I also want to see."
Alice used her [Anima Integration] on Aqa. Shortly afterward, she started feeling strange in her right hand and raised it a bit to see that it was transforming.
It turned into a dark blue flowery cannon with light blue and green runic patterns!
The cannon transformation ranged from her elbow to her hand, but her hand extended five centimeters longer after the transformation due to the mystical dark blue barrel.
"Wow!"
Alice exclaimed at her powers, she excitedly pointed her hand cannon at a big tree and used it.
The skills that Aqa had were at her disposal now, but stronger!
'Water Bullets!'
Alice unleashed a flurry of water bullets at the tree!
*crack!*
The loud breaking sound of the tree's truck getting penetrated and damaged echoed as the trunk was destroyed, causing the tree to fall.
"Those water bullets exploded, right? That's powerful!" Lia was impressed.
"Mhm!" Alice nodded with a wide grin. "Let's continue, Lia-sis. I want one more if possible."
…
Noon arrived, but Alice couldn't get another obedient spirit.
Meanwhile, Rei and Leo returned to the ship before they contacted Lia and Alice.
Leo started mixing his ingredients to create his catalyst, and shortly afterward, he finally developed his First Seal while Lia and Alice returned to the spaceship.
*****
[-First Seal-]
Name: [Violent Arbiter].
Characteristic: [Nulled Preempt].
Quirk(s): [Counter Strike].
*****
"Violent Arbiter. I got no taint but only got one Quirk. Eh, I am fine with it, haha. The effects of Characteristic and Quirk are awesome."
"Ahem, listen carefully as I tell you about their effects," he continued with a cheeky grin...
[Nulled Preempt]: Any sudden attacks of any type will not work on you if you are unaware of them. And if you are aware of your enemy, then their first attack of any type will also not work on you. (But the second and rest attacks will).
[Counter Strike]: After using this Quirk, your next attack of any type or through any medium will be boosted by 100% against an enemy if that enemy first attacked you or your allies. It consumes stamina, depending on the kind of attack you intend to use after activating this Quirk.
"That's pretty good." Rei nodded, impressed. The characteristic was especially powerful. Leo was immune to sudden attacks and assassinations.
"That characteristic is enviable," Lia said with a nod.
"Umm, so are we leaving already or…?" Alice hesitantly asked.
Rei smiled and said, "If you want to do something here, we can delay our departure. Leo and I have already decided on our next destination."
"Yes! I want to capture two more obedient Anima Spirits."
Alice quickly nodded and proceeded to tell them how it was to get obedient Spirits.
Hearing how hard it was, Leo and Rei wryly smiled.
"Then we'll stay here and help you. After all, our next goal is to consolidate our strength," Rei replied with a nod and continued, "After we help Alice get two more obedient Anima Spirits. We will first earn some money with a method we found and get everyone an S-grade physical enhancement serum."
"Having a physical body at S-grade physique power is basic for all Inferior Exceeds," Leo said somberly. "We can't stay behind on that if we want to survive. So this will be our next target."
Suddenly, Leo remembered something and slapped Rei's back, saying, "Bro, you forgot about something. Didn't you say that you need Phantom Energy? Why don't you try killing those ferocious beasts mentioned by Master Lang?"
Rei's eyes shined. "You are right. If I can get Phantom Energy by killing those ferocious beasts, then it will be immensely helpful to me."
Since he had zero Phantom energy at the moment, he couldn't enter Phantom Realm using [Reach For Shadows].
The description of [Reach For Shadows] didn't mention it before, but when he checked it yesterday night, the cost was indeed added in the description, requiring 10 Phantom energy to activate the Quirk.
"Alright, I'll go with Alice," Leo said, having decided on something. "Since Lia also needs to learn how to fight, Rei can teach her if she watches him and can also practice using her ability in minimum to attack those ferocious beasts."
Alice was also worried after hearing this Ferocious Beast term. "Boss, take Lia-sis with you. Her barrier can also protect you two. Anyway, these spirits I invoke are weak, so I don't need Lia-sis's barrier."
Alice smiled and continued, "My body is strong enough to ignore their attacks."
Lia nodded. They later discovered that those common and uncommon grade spirits' attacks were not strong enough to hurt Alice.
…
As such, they split into two groups. First, Leo and Alice go into the forest to continue with Alice's goal of getting two more obedient spirits.
And Leo was no weakling, as he had received combat training in the academy. His Electric Pulse could also be used for an offensive attack, and he also got his First Seal developed, making him more powerful than before.
On the other hand, Rei and Lia went to a different forest area behind the mountain range since Master Lang and his disciples had killed off many beasts and chased them out of this forest area.
After all, it would be annoying and dangerous if the beasts in this forest area attacked his courtyard and nearby villages.
Soon after Rei and Lia climbed the mountain, they encountered their ferocious beast!
"Cool," Rei raised his eyebrows and grinned.
The ferocious beast was a tiger, but it was twice the size of a normal tiger and had a sharp horn on its forehead.
The orange fur on its body had black stripes; combining it with its fierce glare and low growl, the beast looked absolute menace.
Lia was slightly scared by its appearance and aura as she grabbed Rei's hand and quickly used her Quirk, [Bond Barrier].
But Rei chuckled.
"Haha, you said you have Toxin Novas stored, so this is a perfect opportunity to test it. Come on, do it. Let's see how effective it is."
"Ah, yes."
Lia nodded and pointed her hand at the tiger that was cautiously looking at Rei as he drew his katana, preparing to attack anytime if the beast acted.