However, Ben did not feel nervous. He took a deep breath first, then reached into his clothes and took out a ruby. He clutched the ruby tightly in his hand and silently counted down in his mind——
Ten, nine, eight...
The deafening sound of breaking trees approached very quickly, as if it had been just a phantom lingering in his hearing a moment ago, but now it became real.
Five, four, three...
It's coming. Ben squeezed the gemstone between his index finger and thumb with his middle finger, positioning it in the center of what the witches called the Magic Power Triangle Area. Then he silently recited the activation words in his mind. The ruby flashed with a red light, and everything within tens of meters around him fell into an utter silence—wind, rustling leaves, even heartbeat, breath, and the pulsation of his bloodline—all sounds vanished.
Ben saw a faint green number appear on his retina: 6/10.
