Nightingale watched the changes in the witches' magic in the mist.

In the black and white world, there were few opportunities to see so many gorgeous and colorful hues. Comparing it to her memories of searching for the Holy Mountain, the magic within them had grown considerably. Constant practice every day also allowed them to control their abilities with increasing precision. However, what touched Nightingale the most was the look on their faces.

In the Witch Cooperation Association, although Wendy offered gentle encouragement and Hakkala took resolute action, everyone never truly slept soundly during those days of hiding. The slightest disturbance could wake the sisters from their dreams. The Church's pursuit and the suspicious gazes of the masses suffocated them. Even deep in the Impassable Mountain Range, this pressure did not ease much. No one knew if they could truly reach the Holy Mountain and find a place to settle down. During that time, the atmosphere in the camp often became very low, and most of the sisters wore expressions of bewilderment and numbness.

Now, they no longer had to suffer from hunger and cold, nor did they have to worry about the Church's hunting. Everyone's face radiated an unprecedented glow. Seeing the relaxed and natural smiles of the crowd, Nightingale felt it deeply as well. The Holy Mountain existed after all, but it wasn't in the wilderness, but in this border town.

Just then, she felt a trace of magical fluctuation.

A cloud of purple mist began to rotate, with magic constantly being drawn into it, like a miniature storm. But only Nightingale could see this fluctuation. Recovering from her shock, she widened her eyes, held her breath, and didn't want to miss any detail. Compared to Anna and Soraya's belated awareness, this was the first time she had witnessed the condensation of magic with her own eyes.

The center of the storm was Lily.

She was completely immersed in the microscopic world under the microscope, and didn't notice the qualitative change in her magic at all.

The mist became thicker and thicker, and as the rotation speed continued to accelerate, it became like a solid. At the same time, the outline also fluctuated, no longer presenting the initial vortex shape. Finally, the magic condensed inward into a ball, gradually stopping.

Her newborn magic was neither as hard and smooth as Anna's cube, nor as soft as Soraya's silk. It was only the size of a fist, with a round main body and wriggling tentacles all over it, four pairs facing down and four pairs facing up, looking like a… worm.

…

Luo Lan didn't expect that the first natural biology class would be so effective, and that the first witch to evolve would be Lily.

Since her previous ability was to preserve food, Luo Lan hadn't assigned her any other tasks besides daily practice, and didn't know much about her. After listening to Nightingale's report, he nodded without showing any emotion. He waited until after the course before asking Lily to stay behind alone.

"What, you say my ability has evolved?" Lily was also surprised. "I didn't see the little ball you mentioned."

"Of course you wouldn't see it," Luo Lan said with a smile, shaking his head. "The little ball is thousands of times smaller than microorganisms. Even if the optical microscope is pushed to its limit, you can't see the little balls that make up matter."

"Is that so? I thought I had to understand the little ball theory to evolve my ability," she muttered. "I don't believe that everything in the world is made up of little balls. If something as solid as rocks and steel is really made up of a bunch of little balls stacked together, it would just collapse into a pile of sand."

So that's how it is, he thought. It seems that the microscopic particle theory is not the only way to promote the evolution of abilities. "Then what did you see?"

"Hmm…" Lily thought for a moment. "Several purple worms. I think they must have been summoned by magic. They can turn all the creatures you mentioned into the same shape."

"Worms?" He was slightly stunned. "About the same size as microorganisms?"

"About the same," she nodded. "Anyway, after that, when I looked at the drop of water with my eyes, it was still transparent and colorless."

"Then… let's test it in practice."

…

Since Lily's ability couldn't be directly observed with the naked eye like Anna's and Soraya's, it was much more difficult to test.

Luo Lan was also taken aback when he first saw microorganisms arranged so neatly under the microscope. They seemed to possess a collective consciousness, exhibiting

amazing synergy and consistency.

Next was the sub-item test, including its effect, the time it took to take effect, and the impact of the magic stone on it.

The test lasted for three days. Although the little girl usually liked to argue, she still carried out Luo Lan's instructions meticulously, despite her complaints.

Through a large number of sample comparisons and discussions with Anna, he roughly figured out how Lily's new ability worked.

Among these purple mutated swarms, there were clearly two main categories: the mother and the copy.

The microorganisms that first mutate when Lily releases magic are the mothers.

The characteristics of the mother are similar to blackfire. As long as there is a supply of magic, it can continue to exist. The distance from the creator must not exceed five meters, otherwise it will disappear on its own. At the same time, as a summoned creature, it is affected by the God's Punishment Stone. Within the stone's range of effect, the mother will be instantly dispelled.

And when the mother exists, the microorganisms around it will be assimilated into copies in a short period of time. What Luo Lan found incredible was that the copy was actually the result of the ability, just like Soraya's coating, and was no longer bound by the God's Punishment Stone. In short, the magic mother worm created by Lily transformed microorganisms into a new life form, and this life form was real.

The copied microorganisms have the same assimilation characteristics as the mother, and will actively erode other microorganisms, but the test results puzzled Luo Lan very much. The assimilation process did not seem to continue indefinitely. In some samples, the same amount of copy solution was added, some microorganisms were completely transformed, while others could still see the coexistence of copies and unmutated microorganisms.

Due to the lack of more sophisticated observation instruments, this part can obviously only be guessed.

After discussing with Anna, Luo Lan came up with a preliminary idea: the number of assimilations of the copy is related to its own size.

Lily's ability obviously doesn't distinguish between the types of microorganisms, so among the large number of copies produced by the mother, there are undetectable viruses and bacteria, as well as protozoa and single-celled algae that can be seen with a microscope. The body of these copies determines its assimilation ability. The larger the body, the more times it can be assimilated after being transformed into a copy.

In addition, the copy cannot continue its life in the form of Binary Fission reproduction. When the number of assimilations is exhausted, the last batch of copies can only survive for about a day. Boiling water can also kill most of the copies. As emerging life, they are not much different from other microorganisms.

However, one interesting point is that when there is a mother around, these copies will gather around the mother like a swarm of insects, arranged in neat queues, like soldiers waiting for orders.

Limited by observation methods, there are still many unclear aspects of Lily's new ability. For example, can the mother and copy have diverse effects on life like bacteria and viruses, or can they replace various fungi in chemical and food production? Unfortunately, the little girl has no idea about these concepts, let alone directing them to complete corresponding instructions.

Even so, the copy has shown broad development potential in medicine. Even if nothing is done, as long as all the deadly bacteria or viruses are assimilated, it can quickly reduce inflammation and kill bacteria. This unreasonable drug has obviously paved the way for the development of medicine in the territory.