What was the point of creating an entire internal universe that consisted almost entirely of spiritual energy if Ves could not make use of its accumulated resources?
Sure, Blinky's cultivation depended entirely on how extensively he could grow and expand the Blinkyverse, but that did not mean he was prohibited from taking out the energies he absorbed!
The companion spirit just had to be careful not to take out too much at a time. Doing so might weaken the structure and stability of the internal universe.
The Blinkyverse might even collapse in its entirety if it was drained too much!
This was one of the weaknesses of this cultivation method.
Even though Blinky only started to cultivate the Internal Universe Method for a relatively short amount of time, he already absorbed way more E energy radiation from the environment than Ves and Blinky ever harnessed in the past.
However, only a small proportion of the accumulated energies could be spent at a time!
It was like an investment fund that continued to collect money in order to generate more returns by spending it in different ways.
The fund was only able to produce a somewhat consistent return on investment so long as it had enough money and assets in its balance sheet.
Taking out a bit of money would not significantly affect the functioning of the investment fund, but taking away much of it would likely cause it to collapse or wind down!
The Blinkyverse was equivalent to an investment fund from his perspective. The main difference was that a normal fund worked with money, while Blinky's internal universe worked with spiritual energy!
The analogy became a bit more complicated when the Blinkyverse actually contained spiritual energies that aligned with many different attributes.
Ves only needed to draw upon the fire energies stored in the Blinkyverse, but he could not take too much of it, or else the internal universe would lose all source of light and heat!
"I don't want to create a dark and cold universe. Life can hardly exist in such a dreary place." He said to Blinky. "Don't go overboard and do your best to control your output. It is not a big deal if this little experiment fails due to an insufficient supply of energy."
"Mrow mrow!"
The Star Cat did not release the floodgates all at once.
Although it looked as if a lot of fire energies spilled out of his Blinkyverse at once, this was far from the companion spirit's current limit.
Seeing that the positron beam attack phase crystal did not show any reaction at this time, Blinky steadily increased the output.
The saturation of fire energies in the immediate environment rose even faster than before!
Ves began to feel a little hotter. Despite the precise climate control systems that regulated the temperature across the Spirit of Bentheim, he couldn't help but feel as if he had suddenly ended up in the middle of a tropical planet!
It was all an illusion for the most part. The spiritual energies that were attributed towards fire quickly spread out and dispersed into the environment without doing anything special.
Even if all of that fire energies could be used to produce powerful attacks when channeled into specific spells or spiritual constructs, they were mostly harmless when left untouched.
This was why Ves did not try to avoid or do anything to take care of the escaped fire energies.
"It's a pity that Blinky can't devour the released energies." He sighed.
This was an inconvenient limitation. When Blinky's was releasing the energies from his Blinkyverse, he could not swallow back the energies before they dispersed out of his reach.
Ves did not care about this problem at the moment. He only cared about whether his current experiment had any chance of producing a successful result.
"C'mon! It has to work! Even if normal luminar crystals don't have hyper material properties, this attack phase crystal is different."
The positron beam attack phase crystal had become exposed to Venerable Isobel Kotin's force of will for a long time. That inevitably generated a lot of subtle changes to its essence, of which one of them was to make it a lot more compatible with the fire element!
This was his backup plan of sorts.
Whether his theory about luminar crystals was true or false, he hoped that Venerable Isobel's persistent influence over the positron beam attack phase crystal could make a difference in this experiment.
Minutes passed by as Blinky continued to release large amounts of fire energies. Ves grew less and less comfortable by the addition of so much illusionary heat, but he stuck around in the hopes of catching any reactions.
"C'mon. This has to work. Don't stop, Blinky!"
"Mrooow!"
The spiritual cat couldn't keep this up forever. The central star of the Blinkyverse had already lost a lot of power and started to dim. The background stars had also grown a lot fainter, with a few distant stars disappearing in their entirety!
As the Blinkyverse grew colder, it became increasingly more unbalanced. Without sufficient sources of heat and light, the internal universe became shakier and less capable of resisting external shocks.
Ves did not want this to happen! If the Blinkyverse turned into a liability, then it just wasn't worth having it around anymore.
"Mrooooow..."
Just as Blinky began to reach a limit, the positron beam attack phase crystal finally started to produce a noticeable reaction!
"It's working, Blinky! Don't stop! You need to keep going for a while! Do your best to maintain the current concentration of fire energies!"
Blinky had channeled so much fire energies that the luminar crystal finally did not remain silent any longer.
Its entire physical structure started to undergo a mysterious and unexplainable transformation that subtly rearranged its inner structure.
Ves could feel that this transformation gradually made it more compatible with the fire element!
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