Seraphina walked up to the suspended Sheena and gently caressed her already flushed cheek:
"It won't take your life, just let you experience... the wondrous sensation of life energy draining away.
When you weaken to the extreme, you will understand what true humility means."
"This process will last for about a month.
At dawn after the month ends, the Blood Roses will cease extracting.
By then, you will be more fragile than a newborn but will also achieve unprecedented clarity."
In the gentle "kisses" of the Blood Rose petals, Sheena experienced a complex sensory perception like never before.
The loss of life brought an eerie sense of lightness, as if the soul was gradually being freed from the weight of the body.
Meanwhile, the hormones secreted by the Blood Roses induced a profound sense of pleasure.
As her life energy depleted, her spiritual perception became extraordinarily acute instead.
She began to hear the "thoughts" of the Blood Roses.
