Orbs

A few minutes ago, when Aru entered the lake, he noticed a peculiar phenomenon. 

Although the water was boiling hot, it also contained a tremendous amount of spirit energy.

The spirit energy was free-flowing without any ownership. So, Aru quickly absorbed it into his body and even filled the wooden beads he was carrying with the energy. Still, he couldn't consume even a percentage of the total spirit energy he could sense.

This thrilled him.

Now he knew what he should do.

With his spirit energy completely recovered, Aru created a thin layer of air around his body and jumped into the boiling lake.

The air prevented the water from directly touching him while also insulating him from the extreme temperature.

But that was not enough.