Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

She chuckled a few times and said, "I really didn't expect her to be uninterested in Sequence One. Or rather, she wasn't fascinated by any particular sequence or supernatural realm at all, but was simply pursuing the concept of 'moving upwards.' If I'm not mistaken, she might not even care about the outcome of moving upwards."

They simply pursue upward progress, not caring whether they succeed or reach the finish line. As long as they are on this path, that's enough. Whether they are lying on a stretcher being carried by Vera and Eleanor or walking step by step on their own, it doesn't matter.

Therefore, Tia would never abandon her temple—it was her starting point.

Whether going up or forward, two points form a line; without a starting point, she completely loses her path.

This was intolerable to Tia.

As for Avina—she has absolutely no sense of crisis!

That damned older sister has a destiny star chart, so she must know that she is highly valued now. Whenever she is in real danger, she should come to her to trick the Ansu people and the Iris people into getting on the war chariot together.

This is also where Dongya misjudged: Tia's extraordinary elements were too mild, leaning more towards the "upward," "ascending," and "enterprising" qualities of the Holy Grail and oak, rather than the radical "transcendence" of pure forging and alchemy!

Dongya paused for a moment and then said, "He's a bit too much like a normal person, not at all obsessed. That's why I misjudged him a bit."

"But it's not a big problem. Continue preparing to discuss the handover of the Sanctuary with the Empire. As for Sulph, we'll meet her again sooner or later. Avina has taken one-twelfth of the Destiny Star Chart to the deep sea, so we can borrow the power of the Ansu people and this madwoman's sister to help us find her thief sister... Hmm, remember to send 20,000 gold pounds to Newport."

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Tia's conversion ceremony is underway.

Because of Dongya's sudden interference, Vera discovered something was wrong after setting up the guardian angels in the temple—she couldn't capture Tia's soul!

The "Guardian Angel" is the ritual of the fifth sequence of the Holy Grail, which priests describe in the scriptures as "the Holy Spirit rising from the sea, cleansed from the mud yet unstained, the soul as solid as a wall or a fortress."

But the guardian angel itself is not a ritual for summoning angels—that requires a ritual for "summoning celestial beings."

The function of guardian angels is specifically to strengthen the defense of the soul. Vera uses hers to specifically protect the integrity of the soul, ensuring that it will not dissipate or be lost in the deep sea when it is being cut.

But before she can protect souls, she needs to have at least one goal!

Tia's soul was completely absent, which was very strange. The ritual time was also limited, and Vera, in a hurry, immediately dived deep into the Upside-Down Temple.

When they arrived at the temple, they were immediately dumbfounded—it wasn't there either!

Vera hurriedly returned to the material world, and just as she was about to go out, she bumped into the barrier with a bang.

To ensure the ritual proceeded smoothly, the Silver Knights even set up a protective barrier. Brigitte hadn't expected Tia's soul to malfunction; due to overusing the ritual, she had to return early to recover.

Vera had no choice but to check Tia's body again before reluctantly returning to the temple.

Upon arriving at the Upside-Down Temple, Vera, not yet accustomed to the depth of the water, kowtowed, first prostrating herself in the banquet hall.

boom!

Tia was hanging upside down in mid-air. Sensing Vera's arrival, she reached out and conjured a doll out of thin air. She bent down and moved her limbs on the doll before heading to the banquet hall.

Tia asked curiously, "Why such a grand gesture?"

Vera got up angrily and said, "I should be asking you that! Weren't we supposed to be doing some kind of transformation ceremony? I couldn't even find your soul just now!"

"There's been a problem."

Tia said, "I ran into Dongya."

"Who?"

"The Great Prophet".

"Huh? Wait a minute, the Great Prophet isn't still with you, is he?" Vera was suddenly terrified. "Did you bring the Edict of Saint-Simon...? If all else fails, I'll cover you while you run."

Tia said, "Place it in the southeast corner of the ceremony. I forced her to retreat by the decree of Saint Simon. She was intercepted halfway. If only she had come to the temple."

Vera then patted her chest and said, "That's true. If those spirits outside your temple came, they would be enough to give the Great Prophet a hard time."

Tia noticed the key words, "By the way, when did you realize this was my sanctuary?"

"Do you think I'm stupid?! Didn't the Shrike see it all at a glance when he came? Anne, Eleanor, and all that commotion you made in Mistmoon City. And that witch... it all matches your movements perfectly!"

"Huh, that's great."

Tia crossed her arms and nodded, letting out a sigh of relief.

Vera asked, puzzled, "What's good about it?"

—I'm so glad Vera isn't stupid.

Vera often acted foolishly, and Tia was constantly worried about their children's intelligence—if they even had one.

Even the most advanced alchemy cannot replace prenatal education.

The girl changed the subject, saying, "Let's not talk about that. The spacetime is independent within the temple. You can perform the transformation ceremony for me directly inside the temple. Brigitte's soul fragmentation should still be intact."

Tia touched the back of her neck and then showed it to Vera.

There were five thin, bleeding wounds on her neck.

Vera reached out and touched the wound with her fingers together, and with a slight pull, five thin blades flew out of the wound.

Then there are the guardian angels.

Vera needs to complete this in reality, but anchoring at a depth of 70,000 meters in the deep sea is no easy task. Tia could simulate a guardian angel ritual, but that would be self-deception.

Tia's purpose in conducting the transformation ritual was to verify its feasibility, then further optimize the operational process, and finally release it to the public—this is the entire process of "the origin of knowledge".

There's no other way. Vera can only spend most of the day in the material world to complete her Guardian Angel mission.

The moment the ceremony was completed, a semi-transparent protective shield appeared around Tia, who was in the deep sea.

Vivi felt reassured as she could pull her hand through the protective shield without any obstruction, and then prepared to begin work.

Although it involves attacking both the soul and the body simultaneously.

Vera struggled to recall the details of the transformation ritual, along with a mountain of anatomical diagrams and theoretical knowledge of soul structure, before hesitatingly asking, "Why don't you find a place to lie down first?"

Tia noticed Vera's nervousness and said, "Don't worry, you may not understand the state of my spirit, soul, and body, but how could I not? I'll handle my body myself; there's no need for bloodletting or anything like that. I'll use spirit-body transformation to fine-tune various parts. As for the soul, I'll give you instructions as I operate, pointing out where to strengthen and where to weaken, and I'll also rebuild a system to guide you."

"Just lie down here." Tia pointed to the banquet table, and in the blink of an eye, all her clothes disappeared.

With her feet planted on the table, Tia climbed up, found a comfortable position, propped herself up on her arms, and let her long, smooth black hair fall to her chest. Then she lay down to rebuild the invisible connection between herself and her body.

The spirit state does not actually have a specific physical form, but only an abstract structure, so it does not need to lie flat like during surgery to facilitate the doctor's operation.

Vera made a few "oh" sounds, first lifting Tia's left foot to look at it for a few moments, then putting it down and running to Tia's neck. The blade sliced ​​across Tia's neck, grazing her fair skin and cutting straight down between her collarbones, pausing slightly between her breasts, preparing to cut in.

But seeing the naked girl, Vera couldn't help but linger for a few more glances.

As expected of Tia!

Hmm, even though it's a spirit... it's still so arousing!

After Vera created a wound between her breasts, a pale white liquid flowed out and vaporized in the air. Tia then automatically raised her legs and kicked Vera in front of her, her feet almost hitting Vera's face.

Vera then grasped Tia's ankles and made incisions on the soles of her feet.

The intense pain instantly travels to the soul, transforming into pleasure through the path of suffering.

The girl closed her eyes tightly, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

Vera was immediately dumbfounded, her five fingers manipulating the blade helplessly.

What kind of reaction is that?!

Tia, you didn't say that was the case!

But why does it seem even more astringent...?

Chapter 440 Mission Accomplished

The moment Tia lay down, she reconnected with her physical body, making it easier for her to sense the subtle changes in her physical body in the material world within the temple and to modify it using "spirit-body transformation".

Although beginners in lower sequences often overlook their extraordinary abilities, they tend to think that these things are not as good as rituals and more convenient firearms and bullets.

But these extraordinary abilities have endless uses and can benefit one for a lifetime.

The "spirit-body transformation" that Tia uses is an example.

Although the description of this extraordinary ability is "to use sulfur/mercury/salt to adjust the ratio of the body and soul, weakening one while strengthening the other."

However, weakening which part of the soul and strengthening which part of the body is entirely within one's control. Whether one wants to forge steel fingers or train into an iron bull is entirely up to one's own will.

She can even simulate the extraordinary characteristic of "Iron Neck" by transforming her spirit and body.

Once the soul and body establish a barely perceptible connection, any abnormalities or fluctuations in the soul will also manifest in the body.

—Tia's body was being tormented by the path of suffering, and she was convulsing to some extent.

Fortunately, being submerged in ice water and with tight security outside the church, no one could tell.

"The memory system is under heavy load, and the processing capacity of information blocks also needs to be enhanced separately... I haven't paid attention to this. The organ that processes memory information... we can create a central controller in the prefrontal cortex. A ritual should be set up here to build a guidance system from the soul to the body. By the way, we should also create a separate channel to connect the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus."

Tia first extracted a portion of her soul and transformed it into spirituality, then made subtle modifications to it within her own brain.

In essence, it's about enhancing the brain's memory capacity, allowing it to more quickly acquire memory information projected from the depths of the soul.

The brain is the relay between the soul and the body, and is also closely related to the third element, "spirit".

Thanks to the existence of extraordinary power, Iris and Ansu have decent medical technology and their research on the brain is quite in-depth, which is one of the reasons why Tia is able to operate on the brain.

But more importantly, under the rules of this world, the soul, the body, and memories can indeed exist independently and can be separated and connected.

The soul exists as a spirit, memories exist as the deep sea and nightmares, and the body exists in the material world as flesh and blood.

Even if the physical body has problems, the soul can remain unharmed.

Even for those elderly high-sequence transcendents, the physical body is actually a constraint—their souls are full and powerful, but their weak bodies limit the expression of their souls.

And it is precisely this special world rule.

Only then did Tia dare to perform the transformation ritual directly on herself instead of repeatedly conducting human experiments like the main villain.

She first made slight modifications to the prefrontal cortex, then created new functional organs in the temporoparietal junction of the brain and reconstructed the indexing system in the hippocampus to store and back up her important memories, which can be used as a knowledge base when not in use.

All memories related to Earth were thrown in as well.

If the soul is damaged or brainwashed, resulting in memory loss, this small organ "not belonging to humans" can immediately help her rebuild the connection with her memories.

She didn't know how much information Dongya knew about her, but the methods of a prophet were hard to guard against, so adding an extra layer of protection was never a bad idea.

Of course, if Dongya were to crush her head and extract her soul to examine it bit by bit, there would be nothing that could be done.

Accept the verdict.

Even after all these modifications, the soul's strength was still too high for the physical body to withstand. The spiritual energy would still uncontrollably dissipate in daily life.

Tia simply imitated the "light in the blood," extracting the spirituality of the soul and infusing it into her blood to create a controllable, constant ritual: [Hermesian Aura].

When the ritual begins, all living and non-living things below Sequence 8 within a 750m radius centered on her will be contaminated by the [Sublimation] element, receiving a "worship suggestion" ritual, uncontrollably becoming spiritually enhanced and slowly undergoing random limb mutations. When they come into contact with her blood, the enhancement and mutations accelerate.

When the ritual ends, the enhancement effects and physical abnormalities fade, leaving behind a 7-day "worship suggestion" ritual that requires psychological assessment.

It's roughly equivalent to having an AoE (area of ​​effect) supernatural ability, and it can also be used as a support.

Tia wanted to become even stronger, such as being able to brainwash and purify her enemies into her own crystal powder, but even at Sequence Four, her spirituality wasn't enough for her to go to such lengths.

Flesh and soul have reached a near balance, and the brain, which involves the mind, has been modified by Tia.

Vera, under her guidance, used soul cutting to destroy and repair the structure of the soul until it could no longer be repaired.

Finally, only a tiny bit of spirituality remained.

After thinking for a moment, Tia decided to convert the fat into fat, making her slightly protruding and well-proportioned breasts a little bigger. Her body became more and more symmetrical and perfect, very harmonious, to the point of being "the limit of modification." Even the slightest change would ruin the perfection.

As for the chest area—it's roughly a B cup becoming a C cup. Unless you grab it like Annie does and look closely, you won't see much of a change.

Just like Vera, this girl has always been bothered by her breasts, because they weigh nearly two kilograms, which is probably a G cup.

However, it's not very noticeable to the naked eye.

After all, reality isn't a doujinshi; there's no way that kind of dark-skinned, big-bodied older sister could suffocate Tia.

—That's it.

The transformation ceremony was a great success.

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At this very moment, the temple is upside down.

Vera first glanced at Tia, who was lying on the banquet table.