If you want to extend farther, you'll feel significant resistance.

"Alright, I'm fine now."

Luo De opened his eyes, sat up, and gently patted Vivian's slender and strong lower back.

"I need to meditate for a while."

"Ah, alright then."

Vivian carefully stared at Luo De's face.

After making sure there was nothing wrong, she got up and sat down on the chair beside him, leaving space for Luo De.

Luo De sat properly, closed his eyes, and began to enter a state of meditation.

His consciousness quickly sank into the depths of his mind, entering his sea of consciousness.

Above the sea of consciousness, there were already three star rings slowly spinning, emitting a faint silver light.

Inside these three star rings belonging to Luo De were spells like Flaming Arrow, Energy Shield, and Status Resistance.

They were all the most basic zero-ring spells, used for attack and defense.

Luo De now began to construct the fourth star ring, mobilizing his spiritual power to guide the points of starlight around the star ring, then slowly forming a new star ring.

Because Luo De's spiritual power had already exceeded twenty points, the guiding process was exceptionally simple, and before long, most of the star ring was completed.

At this moment, Luo De suddenly noticed a reddish-orange starlight appearing in the distant starry sky.

Luo De instinctively focused his spiritual power on it, trying to draw it towards the fourth star ring he was constructing.

But the instant he tried to guide it, Luo De felt immense resistance, as if the entire starry sea was rejecting that point of starlight.

The more this happened, the more curious Luo De became, and he concentrated even harder on guiding the reddish-orange starlight.

In the sea of consciousness, the larger the starlight he guided, the more effort it would take.

This cluster of starlight was definitely not simple.

With Luo De's efforts, the reddish-orange starlight gradually approached the star ring.

No one knew how much time had passed before it finally reached the edge of the star ring.

The moment it landed in the star ring, it seemed to find its home and instantly flew into the center of the star ring!

The still-unfinished fourth star ring suddenly began to rotate around the reddish-orange starlight!

The reddish-orange starlight burst with brightness, and the originally silver star ring was also tinged with a hint of reddish-orange!

At this moment, Luo De suddenly felt the blazing energy within his body begin to surge, causing him to open his eyes involuntarily!

At this moment, Luo De's eyes seemed ignited with flames, turning into a mass of reddish-orange!

"Lord Duke, you!"

Vivian, by the bedside, abruptly stood up, staring intently at Luo De!

At this moment, the surface of Luo De's body was aglow with firelight, his clothes, and the fur blanket on the bed charred black!

Furthermore, the flames continued to spread towards both sides!

Vivian's cry of alarm instantly awakened Luo De!

Luo De quickly got up, grabbed the burning fur blanket from the bed, rushed to the window, and threw it out directly!

"Whew!"

Watching the falling fur blanket, Luo De let out a long sigh of relief.

He almost set Frost Castle on fire just now.

Vivian also sighed in relief, walked to the nearby clothes rack to retrieve a robe, and draped it over the bare Luo De.

"What just happened?" Vivian asked concernedly.

"My meditation seemed to have undergone some changes just now."

As Luo De spoke, he fetched a set of clothes from his spatial emblem and got dressed.

"But as for what exactly happened, I'll have to try it out myself."

...

...

A moment later.

Beside the courtyard of Frost Castle, in the lord's private training ground.

Lusen, summoned by Luo De, stood with Vivian on the edge.

Luo De walked slowly into the center of the training ground, in front of a row of stakes.

Taking a deep breath, he felt the blazing energy within his body while connecting with the fourth star ring surrounding the reddish-orange starlight in his sea of consciousness.

Without any prelude, without any incantation, Luo De raised his left hand towards the stakes in front of him,

"Hoo—"

A cone of flame erupted from Luo De's palm!

The searing temperature instantly distorted the surrounding air, and the stakes within a five-meter range in front of him turned to charcoal in an instant!

"Witch?!"

Seeing this scene, Lusen exclaimed loudly:

"No, I mean!"

"This is how Linda casts spells!"