Chapter Eight: The Sorcerer's Agony (Please Recommend)

Due to the urgency of time, Chu Fan rested for only ten minutes before resuming his training. He was already quite familiar with mastering his physical body and close combat; next, he would focus on controlling his flame abilities.

Chu Fan adjusted the size of his environment to over a thousand meters, adding rivers, lakes, and waterfalls within. Apart from these areas rich in water, the training ground was swept by heavy snow, the ground entirely blanketed in white. Combined with the mannequins' bare bodies, there was nothing combustible at all.

Chu Fan never considered changing the environment to forests, grasslands, or modern houses—places that would suit his abilities. He understood deeply that when disaster struck, it offered no time for preparation. It was the same for combat; in sudden battles, the environment would not always be advantageous. In fact, he might well encounter extremely disadvantageous conditions.

Only by preparing for the worst and adapting to the harshest circumstances could he seek a sliver of hope in dire situations. Furthermore, once accustomed to adversity, he would need far less training when conditions turned favorable.

Chu Fan possessed the flame abilities of the Burn-Burn Fruit. Although he had Portgas D. Ace's various techniques as references, his understanding of flame powers extended beyond those. So, relying on memory, he prioritized practicing the most basic fireball spell.

After all, if he directly ignited his body, he feared his clothes might be ruined—and this outfit was rather expensive.

Chu Fan began using fireball spells to target mannequins that ran across rivers, lakes, and even snow. To his surprise, controlling the flames was much easier than expected. The mana cost for fireball spells depended on the intensity of flame Chu Fan unleashed.

He pondered the reason and concluded it was thanks to his sixteen points in mental attribute, coupled with Flame Control at level five. This made adapting to flame powers far less challenging than adapting to his physical body.

Soon, however, Chu Fan discovered a problem: mana was consumed faster than he had anticipated. A one-point fireball spell could only fly three meters in this harsh blizzard before extinguishing.

His total mana was only 170, and with Fusion Origin it reached 220. He needed to cast flame techniques and use elementalization, but this amount of mana was simply insufficient.

Chu Fan could not help but sigh—it was no wonder that medicine vendor had eagerly tried to sell him potions. To be a mage meant preparing for the struggle with mana.

Wearing a full mage's outfit, others would certainly assume his mana was lacking. To adapt to flame abilities within the limited time, Chu Fan had no choice but to use potions. Though he only had two bottles of mana potion bought for two hundred Chosen Coins, he would use them as needed.

Only by fully acclimating to his inner power could he ensure more options and greater effect in future battles. As for techniques that transform flames into firebirds or expand their volume for area attacks, Chu Fan set them aside for now—they consumed too much mana and were somewhat flashy but impractical.

Thus, Chu Fan alternated between practicing flame control and fighting with his physical body when mana was depleted. Once mana recovered, he immediately resumed practicing flame skills. This cycle repeated, and eight hours passed in the blink of an eye.

[Chosen One’s next derivative world: Demon Slayer, World Level: Lv.2]
[Time remaining before transfer: 2 hours and 59 minutes. Please prepare; when time arrives, transmission will forcibly activate.]

Hearing this announcement from Chosen Paradise, Chu Fan halted his training. After eight hours, he could now ignite flames on both hands, and had mastered basic fireball, flame arrow, and flame finger gun techniques. Concentrated fireballs could be detonated mid-flight.

With elementalization, Chu Fan aimed to control flame appearance in specific body parts without full elemental transformation, making mana consumption more precise and less wasteful. Unfortunately, limited mana and time prevented him from fully achieving this.

Still, the next world being Demon Slayer soothed Chu Fan’s constant tension and urgency. If his abilities were still at their initial level, entering Demon Slayer’s world would be extremely dangerous. But with his current strength, aside from a handful of Upper Moons and Muzan Kibutsuji, only a few could threaten him—even then, with proper preparation.

Those Upper Moons and Muzan Kibutsuji, he might even be able to kill. Chu Fan also realized that the cursed kitchen knife need not be sold—it could still cut iron and prove useful. Thus, the only item he could sell was the cursed notebook, just as he had planned.

[Would you like to leave here directly or teleport back to your exclusive room?]

As Chu Fan left the training ground, Chosen Paradise offered him an option.

“Return to my exclusive room,” Chu Fan replied after glancing at his current state.

As his figure vanished from the training ground, the area—scorched with flame marks—instantly restored itself.

“Chosen Paradise, doesn’t the exclusive room have a bathroom?” Chu Fan asked upon returning, surveying the empty space.

[Detected intent to purchase furniture. Furniture exchange interface now open.]

Seeing the exchange interface, Chu Fan exclaimed inwardly—so it wasn’t absent, it just cost money. Not only bathrooms, but beds, sofas, and even entire houses were available for purchase in Chosen Paradise.

Given that other players could craft furniture as well, Chu Fan spent fifty Paradise Coins to buy a bathroom with shower functions. It wasn’t that he was stingy about improving his living conditions, but after twenty hours and over thirty minutes in the training ground, and considering his position as a mage in the first tier, his cursed notebook would fetch a modest price at best. It was destined to be sold to Chosen Paradise, and after purchasing the bathroom, he had only 5,170 Chosen Coins left—he needed to be frugal.

Other better furnishings, TVs, sofas, etc., would have to wait until he had more savings.

Chu Fan enjoyed a comfortable shower, washed his clothes, and dried them with flames. He then briefly checked the prices of various magical skill primers offered by Chosen Paradise, before leaving his exclusive room to head toward the trading area.