Life Ignition

Life Ignition is a highly advanced Extrinsic spell that grants the user a tremendous boost in magic power at the cost of their life.

## Description

By having the unwavering resolve to sacrifice their own life in mind, the user can initiate this spell by swiftly applying pressure to the general region around their heart, usually through the puncturing of a thumb. Upon activation, the user will begin to feel incredible amounts of magic surging through them as their vitality is being rapidly converted to magic, and their body will start to exude intense but harmless heat, causing their skin to gain a pink-red tint and their sweat to instantly evaporate into steam upon secretion.

While under this spell's effect, the user's magic power will be augmented dramatically, and they will be able to perform feats they previously could not. Besides developing new powerful spells, the user's magic attacks and defences will also become exceptionally stronger, and their supplementary skills' effectiveness will be substantially enhanced. Additionally, the user's magic becomes able to bypass normal limitations of magic, such as the absorbing properties of certain Intrinsics and magic items, and cannot be nullified by Void Magic Ore.

Once activated, Life Ignition cannot be deactivated willingly, and will thoroughly "burn through" the user's lifespan until it is exhausted, leading to the inevitable death of the user. As such, the duration of the spell is largely dependent on the user's health and age. A young and healthy caster can maintain the effects of Life Ignition far longer before dying compared to an elderly and ill user. The only possible way to halt the process of Life Ignition is to kill the user. If immediate and resuscitation is applied to the user after the latter method succeeds through any means, they can potentially be saved from death, though their lifespan will be shortened accordingly and they will be rendered permanently unable to absorb magic as a consequence.

What happens when an immortal being uses Life Ignition without interruption is unknown. Theoretically, they would be constantly under the spell's effect after activation, as their lifespan is infinite.

## Variations

A variation of Life Ignition was performed subconsciously by Peter Yan when he attempted to save Divya Veda from imminent death. By having a strong resolve to save his ally in mind, Peter willingly sacrificed all of his knowledge on the Seven Commands of Life and Death, granting him a powerful boost in his newfound Intrinsic, Cosmos Magic. This allowed him to fully heal Divya's severe injuries and preserve her life.

## Examples

* Peter Yan: Peter performed a variation of Life Ignition to boost the healing capabilities of his Cosmos Magic in order to heal Divya Veda.
* Alan Xian: Alan used Life Ignition to augment the power of his strongest technique, God's Tickle, as well as grant it immunity to the absorption capabilities of the Cape of Darkness and the nullification of Void Magic Ore weapons used by Keyonne Greyson. The spell was forcibly halted after Alan sustained a normally life-threatening injury after losing his left arm and lots of blood. Though he was able to survive due to the true immortality bestowed upon him by his Abyss Magic, the backlash of Life Ignition caused Alan to be permanently unable to use magic, forcing him to drift endlessly in space.
* Andrei Krakowski: Andrei used Life Ignition briefly to power himself up with various Anime Magic spells and enhance the destructive power behind his amalgamation of attacks, nearly allowing him to triumph over the combined efforts of Michael Hitler, Aiden Higora, Li Shimin, Nimrod Raven, Peter Yan, and Divya Veda. This process was halted after Li severely injured him by stabbing the Silver Baton through the area around his heart, though the remaining amount of magic Andrei had was enough to allow him to permanently freeze his surroundings.