When Hibiscus awoke from her drowsy state and looked carefully, a whole day had passed.
It was fine not to sleep, but once she slept, it was like the world turned upside down. The three advancent stones she had clutched in her hand no longer reacted, but she could clearly feel they still had energy, and from an aesthetic standpoint they looked quite nice too. She simply strung them into a necklace to wear, quite matching and rather beautiful.
The girl made a peace sign at the full-length mirror and winked, then let out a laugh—relieved and relaxed, exhaustion swept away, making her quite pleased.
System rewards were now fully distributed.
Grumble grumble!
Her stomach's protest reminded her "hungry hungry, food food," so Hibiscus had to prepare breakfast, then eat while watching TV. The news predictably turned to describing the bar incident.
Officials characterized it as gang infighting and mutual slaughter, ultimately rooted out by police, with no ntion of the black-clad figure at all.
Street interviews had different voices though, with comnts like "We all saw it, that masked custor single-handedly defeated the entire Storm Gang," "So shaless people shouldn't randomly steal credit," "I'm certain it's the sa person as the Dock Gang one, no mistake," "The real hero is soone else—our Ningfeng Harbor is full of talent," making the girl in question twitch at the corners of her mouth.
Though officials buried it, public mory hadn't disappeared—in fact it was growing stronger. Who told her that magic trick escape was so shockingly exaggerated?
Now she couldn't avoid fa even if she wanted to.
Hibiscus felt no pride in her achievents—she wished everyone would forget completely. People fear fa like pigs fear getting fat. Attention did her more harm than good. Before truly possessing power, she didn't want to be too conspicuous. Even with power, it might not be enough—influence was equally important. Being alone now made her easy to target.
Fortunately, judging from various official tones, the investigation wasn't tense, so she should be able to live peacefully.
As if.
After college entrance exams ca the trouble of filling out applications, choosing majors, choosing schools. She aid for dicine and should prepare in advance.
Was there a possibility: using ti stop to study?
Hibiscus almost made herself laugh at the thought, but practically speaking, she should indeed practice magic more. Admittedly, she hadn't forgotten the netizens' reminder about Origin's importance, but during the "small fry stage," magic had the highest cost-effectiveness. The question was how to improve efficiently, and what more bizarre magic might enemies possess?
With just one simple application of Sands of Ti, she could co and go freely under the city's primary ard force. Other magic might be no less impressive. Anyway, she'd ask about it.
System, activate.
She ntally clicked a blue icon to open editing, smoothly editing background music for her complete recorded dungeon experience.
Under the original main thread, she updated with the title "Mission Complete: Crushed Storm Gang, Obtained Disaster Beast Remains and Awakened Magic, with Sands of Ti Demonstration Effects" then uploaded and published. Sure enough, view count rapidly soared.
Hibiscus wasn't surprised—after all, her editing skills had improved and the material was overwhelming.
The footage quickly flashed through entering the bar, with cara language getting straight to the fight without wasted words. First Li Tian absorbed Disaster Beast remains and transford, engaging the girl in close combat. Both sides moved incredibly fast, with power, balance, and impact rged into one, completely interpreting the violent aesthetics of martial arts techniques. The two sotis crossed paths, sotis collided, countering moves and highlighting evenly matched strong opponents.
The environntal destruction by both in the footage was another source of exhilaration—like a demolition spree even breaking through a floor, with dust flying and continuous thunderous sounds.
Why wasn't there a potion-taking segnt?
Hibiscus realized that from third-person perspective, no potions existed. Even if she broke arms and legs, it wouldn't hinder usage—it was a kind of action concept. Of course, if she wanted to give them to others, they would appear, more convenient than imagined.
anwhile, bullet comnts quickly filled the video with shock, and soon the progress bar reached the mont of magical awakening.
Sands of Ti!
The screen turned gray-white, silver sand flowing toward profound darkness, the ground covered with white desert kicking up dust, looking dreamlike and boundlessly ethereal. From third-person perspective, Hibiscus gained considerable insight—her power should be far more than just stopping, with silver sand serving as the magic dium.
Bullet comnts quickly erged with various incomprehensible words:【Sakuya the head maid, is that you? Are there still Touhou fans?】
【Star Platinum: The World】
【Great! Hyacinth used her ultimate. In the blink of an eye, life and death are decided, unable to retain even a mont】
【Standing before you is the strongest ti magic, reporting for duty】
【The most magnificent yet most useless ability】
【Freezing the world is clearly the most superficial power of Sands of Ti, yet Hyacinth always treated it as a treasure. Only in the late stages did she gradually co to her senses and leap to beco High Priestess of Ti. Still that saying—anyone who studied college physics and understood object motion would develop more skills】
【Bullying our Hyacinth for not scoring 200 on college entrance exams? Marking this down harshly for you】
...The discussion glimpsed in bullet comnts was very inspiring to Hibiscus. So that's how it was—indeed matching her speculation. Sands of Ti magic had considerable room for exploration.
Before she could ask questions, she had already gained much. No wonder she felt ti stop that lifted upon touch was weak—the strength wasn't there.
Magic was the materialization of miracles, then blessed upon girls, like a corner of the rules. So there weren't really any strict limitations—imagination was sotis more important than magic power. She should open her thinking more. In terms of vision and insight, Hibiscus felt far inferior to her otherworldly friends. Listening to their words was better than reading for ten years, correcting so of her originally mistaken developnt approaches and avoiding detours.
She'd asked the right people.
Just as Hibiscus was lost in thought, the video had finished playing. The still-unsatisfied audience continued heated discussion in the comnts:
【Technical skill too high, beyond words. Cinematography, explosions, and fighting with every punch landing—absolutely realistic. Is the OP herself or a stunt double? Action design that simply challenges human limits, full of spectacle】
【I work in film crews. I dare say even with wire work it would be hard to recreate this kind of martial arts sequence. Honestly the technical content needs improvent but the action is definitely strong enough】
【Actually there are many videos recreating martial arts films, but I'm giving full marks for the final segnt】
【Exactly right, completely replicating Sands of Ti special effects and even surpassing the original】
【Whether original ani or derivative gas, novels, manga, even theatrical versions, none gave such imrsion and oppressive feeling. Got goosebumps all over—the author should have used CG to express their understanding of ti magic】
【Case solved, it's Hyacinth herself】
【Went viral on other platforms, @OP, I found people already stealing your video (attached address) everyone go report it】
Hibiscus didn't much care—after all, she couldn't collect a penny anyway. Besides, the wider it spread, the more netizens could brainstorm together and the better advice she could get. Win-win, they all gained entertainnt.
Seeing discussion gradually calming, she edited a new ssage for the main thread: "What exactly are magic chanisms? How to improve? Netizens, seeking knowledge."
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