10 minutes earlier
While Alex was busy thinking of his plans for the near future, he was forcibly pulled out of his concentration.
Out of nowhere, the entire space that surrounded him in his inventory started to spontaneously combust.
The place became alight with flames in mere moments, and before Alex knew it, even his spiritual body was too.
However instead of pain, all he felt was confusion at seeing this happen.
'What the fuck is going on?' He thought.
And soon enough, it seemed like the system was actually going to give him an answer for once.
[Technique: Heart of the Phoenix has resonated with technique: Phoenix fury… beginning assimilation process…]
He watched as this prompt appeared before his spiritual body, but it disappeared soon after, replaced by another prompt.
[Assimilation process halted… Talent: [Flame] has resonated with the two techniques… Adding it to the assimilation…]