[Blazing Soul Essence Tonic: When a powerful soul dissipates, it releases a trace of blazing soul essence. Consuming it provides profound healing to the soul; a Golden Soul will recover rapidly within seven days, during which time the mana absorption rate in the Virtual World is increased by 10%. Just what kind of people, and what kind of place, could gather a bottle of such essence so easily?]

[Passion Potion: The user becomes more honest and enthusiastic, openly expressing their emotions and developing a strong desire to pursue intimate relationships. It also significantly lowers their inhibitions. Bond growth speed with operators increases by 100% for one day.]

With the nine Pure Radiance Tonics he had just pulled added to the one in his inventory, Ashe had ten in total. He used the Alchemist's Refining Flask to process them in pairs. Four refinements succeeded, yielding three higher-grade Blazing Soul Essence Tonics and one Passion Potion.

Ashe had undoubtedly achieved his primary goal. With those three Blazing Soul Essence Tonics, he, the Swordswoman, and the Witch could fully recover from their soul injuries before the next round in the Spider Tower.

As for the Passion Potion... its effects were certainly appealing, but it felt like a recipe for disaster. If he gave it to the Witch,...