With Pororo also successfully completing the trial, Alka became increasingly busy.
He needed to prepare for his own treasure while also crafting others' treasures, completing various designs along the way.
This made his time on the island, while waiting for others to complete their trials, very fulfilling. There was always something to do.
The technicians among the puppet girls could no longer wander the island freely as before; most of them had been recruited by Simon and Alka to assist.
Also providing assistance were the Vastva people in the space.
This was a rare internship opportunity.
With Pororo also completing the trial, his divine essence was given to Alka, who would provide him with the appropriate treasure.
Now only Julia and Lucelia remained to complete the trial.
Their time on the island would not last much longer.
"I'm almost there, understanding your idea. I need to figure out how to design it," Alka said, collecting Pororo's divine essence.
His main focus now remained on crafting Sofia's treasure, as it was almost complete.
After all, while this treasure was important, it didn't have many requirements.
So, with less than a week until Sofia obtained the divine essence, Alka was almost done crafting the carrier.
All it took was for Sofia to fully integrate the divine essence, and she would possess this treasure that would exponentially increase her strength.
Hearing Alka's words, Pororo nodded and stopped interrupting him, heading towards the simple camp nearby.
The next person to undergo the trial was Julia. While Alka was chatting, she had already followed a beam of light into the Trial Tower.
Soon, Alka also got busy.
...
Two days passed quickly, but they didn't gather at the Trial Tower today.
They had already waited for Julia to emerge.
Her divine essence had already been stored by Alka, leaving the Trial Tower empty.
Lucelia, the last to enter the Trial Tower, didn't enter immediately, but followed them to the seashore.
The reason they had all gathered here was clearly something important.
A small wooden jewelry box appeared in Alka's hands.
Opening the box, he revealed a pair of earrings resting on a black cushion.
The earrings held two gemstones, each of different colors.
One blue, one red.
The gemstones were so crystal clear that even the light reflected from their interiors shifted their color.
It was clear that these gems were of the finest quality, even using them as forging materials for the most precious items would seem a bit extravagant.
The design of the two earrings, combined with the gems embedded within them, resembled two meteors falling from the sky.
Besides the two gems, there was also a trailing edge constructed from an unknown crystal color.
It resembled the tail of a meteor.
Sofia gazed at the earrings, her eyes gleaming. Although she had designed them herself, she could still sense their brilliance when the actual pieces came to life from the blueprint.
She gently removed the earrings from the box, and magic flowed through her palms, merging into the earrings and into the two red and blue gems. As Sofia began to master the treasure, everyone could sense a noticeable change.
It seemed as if two chaotic forces were merging, transforming and shifting, oppressing Sofia's surroundings.
As Sofia fully grasped the treasure, the ruby and sapphire gems on the earrings shone with a dazzling brilliance.
Even in broad daylight, under the direct sunlight, the shimmering light from the gems was dazzlingly bright.
The earrings slowly floated up and were placed directly on Sofia's earlobes.
Then the two shimmering gems faded, transforming into beautiful ornaments adorning Sofia's ears.
Now that Sofia had mastered the treasure, what she was about to do next was the reason everyone had gathered here.
They were eager to see what power Sofia would unleash after mastering this treasure that could bring her profound changes.
Sofia turned around, met the crowd's expectant eyes, and smiled.
"Don't worry, let me get the hang of it."
With that, his form instantly transformed into a blue meteor, soaring into the sky.
At an incredibly fast speed, he flew through the air, leaving a long blue trail.
It couldn't be an illusion.
This time, the blue seemed even clearer and brighter.
However, the others couldn't tell if his speed had increased. Whether Sofia's speed slowed down or increased slightly didn't seem to make a significant difference to them; it just felt like a whoosh of a second.
But this time, his flight was different. Sofia could be seen pausing, then reappearing, then pausing again, constantly switching between rapid flight and sudden pauses, as if there were a lag.
But everyone knew that this was Sofia's first encounter with the treasure's function; he was clearly testing the conversion between speed and power.
Finally, Sofia seemed to be at home.
She floated in the air like this, supported by the blue light for a long time.
The blue light began to dissipate, and the red gem on the red earring dangling from one of her ears shone brightly.
Everyone could only see the shimmering light, like a red gem.
"It's coming."
Everyone could feel Alka shouting.
Sofia stared at the sea below. The shadows cast by the blue light on her body gradually dissipated. Only a trace of blue coating seemed to remain, relying on the weak power of the meteor to keep her afloat and avoid falling.
She lifted her long legs, spun abruptly in the air, and kicked the sea surface below with her right leg.
Although it was only air he kicked, everyone could almost see with their naked eyes that the moment Sofia kicked out, the air was compressed into something like a bullet.
Then it slammed into the sea below.
"Bang!"
The huge burst of air brought with it a sound like an explosion.
The resounding sound made Alka and the others on the shore slap their ears.
Then the sea surface exploded.
A column of water shot up into the sky, and a large amount of spray fell all around.
Alka wiped the water from his face. The massive shockwave had even caused the water to form short-range waves.
This was simply the exaggerated reaction caused by the pressure of force hitting the air.
This showed how powerful Sofia's current strength was when he converted speed into force.
"Bororo, can you take a punch?" Juanlu suddenly asked.
If we were to ask who among them possessed the best physical fitness and the most resilience, it would undoubtedly be Porolo.
Next up was Juanlu, primarily because the food he consumed continuously strengthened his physical fitness.
However, when it came to overall resilience, Juanlu was the undisputed winner, as he not only consumed ordinary meat but also consumed materials like iron ore through his treasures.
While the iron ore only provided defensive power in combat, its normal benefits were negligible, its strength was sustained.
Years of practice had hardened Juanlu's skin to the strength of steel.
Even when he barely used any magic power for defense, even when completely channeling the magic power his body naturally used for defense to reduce his defensive capabilities, a normal blade striking him would likely break its own blade.
Hearing Juanlu's words, Porro nodded: "I can handle it."
"I can handle it?" Juanlu turned to look at him in surprise.
Because he thought he might not be able to handle it.
Porro nodded: "Yes, I can handle one punch."
Porro placed great emphasis on the word "one," his meaning self-evident.
I can't handle more than one punch, only one, and once I do, it's almost time to leave.
Hearing this, Juanlu rolled his eyes.
"But this conversion is flawed. Sofia converts almost all of her speed into power.
Didn't you notice? Whether it's her attack speed or her kicking speed, it's almost the same as that of an ordinary person. It's easy to dodge, isn't it? With your and my reaction speed, we can easily dodge it. There's no need to withstand it," Jason said, watching Sofia's attack.
Alka nodded beside him, agreeing with Jason.
Such an exaggerated force was clearly the result of Sofia completely converting her speed into power.
If it was really Pororo who was taking this attack, then with his mental fortitude, dodging it would have been effortless.
"I wonder if a certain amount of speed can be converted into power?" Julia asked nearby.
"It should be possible." Lucilia watched Sofia fly through the sky. Sofia resumed her rapid flight.
But this time, her speed was noticeably slower than before.
Clearly, she had converted a certain amount of speed into a certain amount of power.
Then everyone saw Sofia, barely stopping, suddenly gliding across the sea. A large hole blew through the water, sending up a dramatic splash.
This increased strength meant she no longer needed to pause between attacks, as she had in her previous fighting style.
The main purpose was to transform her own speed into offensive force.
Now, she could fully utilize this converted power to maintain a constant speed while continuing to attack.
Everyone watched as a meteor streaked across the sea, its surface continuously blasting holes one after another.
Suddenly, everyone saw Sofia transform into a meteor and soar high into the sky. When it was almost out of sight, it paused.
The paused meteor plummeted downwards like a falling star.
Everyone watched as the tiny blue meteor slammed down from the sky, its light growing brighter and brighter until it nearly reached the surface of the sea.
"Ha!"
A powerful roar filled his entire life.
The voice came from Sofia.
As the sound reached her, Sofia, transformed into a meteor, paused on the sea's surface.
A flash of blue light suddenly appeared.
Enhanced by an invisible force, Sofia launched a powerful kick, tumbling down close to the surface.
This time, it wasn't just a single point explosion.
It was like a massive meteorite crashing down.
Sofia's kick targeted an area 10 meters around her.
Forming a circle with a 10-meter radius.
She transformed her power through her pressure gloves into a wide-ranging shockwave.
"Bang!"
The intense, piercing sound of the explosion echoed, causing a brief tinnitus in the crowd.
A circular ring of water shot up into the sky.
If they could peer through the rising water toward the center, they would see a massive dent in the center of the sea, created by the force.
A wall of water rose and fell.
The deep pit, pressed down by the immense force, surged upward as the ocean rebounded.
Everyone saw only a massive column of water, shooting up into the sky like a fountain.
This column shot straight into the sky.
A large amount of water rushed into the sky, forming an artificial light rain, rapidly falling all around.
Alkada and the others, who were at the beach, were directly struck by the tsunami created by the immense force, their bodies completely drenched in the seawater.
Wave after wave of waves weakened, but continued to pound the shore.
"What now?"
Juanlu's voice echoed.
Pororo said nothing, only slowly raised his right hand, extended his index finger, and made a sign of one.
The same old thing.
You can only take one blow, and you only have the chance to take one.
A towering column of water descended, and amidst the falling spray, Sofia slowly flew over.
Sofia could be seen panting heavily, clearly expending a tremendous amount of physical and magical energy on such an exaggerated speed-to-force conversion.
To convert even more speed into power naturally required even more magical and physical energy.
Despite her heavy breathing and a hint of fatigue, Sofia wore a bright smile.
She landed on the shore and stumbled a bit.
Alka hurriedly helped her. "How's it going? Did it meet your expectations?"
This was clearly nonsense, but she still smiled brightly and nodded.
"It far exceeded my expectations."
She looked at her palm, then squeezed it. "But it requires fine control and practice to be able to smoothly shift the scale of speed and force according to the situation in combat."
After all, it's impossible to completely convert speed into force in combat; that would make it difficult for her attacks to hit the target.
Normal circumstances, she converts speed into force based on the enemy's reaction speed.
Speed remains her core, but in most battles, her speed is far excessive. Whether at top speed or slightly slower, it's the same for the enemy.
Because they can't dodge or counter it, the excess speed is wasted. For now, this speed can be converted into Sofia's power, allowing her to attack enemies without them being able to dodge or withstand her attacks.
She can even use the shockwaves from her gloves to deliver long-range and large-scale force impacts.
If I had to use a metaphor, Sofia was now like a battering ram capable of drifting at high speed.
She was incredibly fast and powerful.
The shockwaves she launched rendered any buildings and defensive measures meaningless before her.
All of this paled in comparison to the devastation wrought by sheer force.
This was pure violence.
"Alright, now you're the strongest person on the ship," Alka said with a smile, his arm around Sofia's shoulders.
Sofia rolled her eyes at him and broke free.
"It's pointless. No matter how fast or powerful you are, if you can't hit someone, it's useless. Like, if you can't hit me."
Hearing this, Alka simply smiled.
There's nothing wrong with that.
"Everyone has their own strengths, like frontal combat. I'm certainly far inferior to you right now.
But when it comes to dealing with tougher enemies, or keeping powerful ones at bay, I'm perfectly suited, aren't I?"
Alka said with a smile.
Otherwise, why would they come together as a team? Isn't it because this world is filled with treasures and a variety of situations?
Even the most powerful will encounter obstacles and be stretched to their limits.
"It seems I can't continue sparring with her," Pororo said.
The others around him nodded.
Indeed.
There's no point sparring with Sofia at this stage.