Chapter 268 - 161: Advancing to 2nd-Rank Wizard, a One-Pet Army (2)

Chapter 268: Chapter 161: Advancing to 2nd-Rank Wizard, a One-Pet Army (2)

Those like Yin Xue and Gu Lin, who cultivated top-tier Advanced Meditation Techniques, had an energy level of 144.

Pei Ze, however, was at 192—nearly three times that of an ordinary Wizard.

Snapping out of his joyful reverie, Pei Ze drank a bottle of resonance potion and attempted to enter Meditation.

Just as he had suspected, after advancing to Second-level Wizard, the resonance potion was now basically ineffective.

"It’s mainly because I’ve consumed so much of it," Pei Ze said, shaking his head with a wry smile.

As far as he knew, many Second-level Wizards still used resonance potions to aid their Meditation.

Even a good number of Level 3 Wizards were still taking them.

Cases like his, where the resonance potion became almost ineffective after advancing to Second-level Wizard, were few and far between.

’Then again, ordinary Wizards aren’t as extravagant as him, taking a resonance potion for nearly every Meditation session.’

With such frequent use, it was only natural to quickly develop a tolerance to the potion.

’Good thing I have Purified Soul Crystals.’

Pei Ze took out a Purified Soul Crystal and began his Meditation.

Once he reached his limit, he summoned the Eye of Omniscience and found that his Spirit had increased by an energy level of 0.34.

’Not bad. The rate of increase hasn’t dropped by too much.’

Pei Ze nodded to himself.

The higher the Spirit’s energy level, the slower the growth. That was to be expected.

An increase of 0.34 was already a very good result.

’Improving the Alchemy Engraving still requires over three hundred more energy levels. At my current Spirit’s energy level, I can finish it in three days at most.’

’The Silver Frost Disaster Wolf Bloodline Mark needs about three thousand more, which will probably take another 24 days.’

’I’ll just study Magic for now.’

After advancing to Second-level Wizard, Pei Ze suddenly had many new tasks on his plate.

For example, he needed to learn Four-Circle Spells, then improve them, and finally engrave them onto his Spirit Crystal.

Fortunately, with his current Spiritual Power, improving a Four-Circle Spell wouldn’t consume too much of it, so it wouldn’t significantly delay his work on the Silver Frost Disaster Wolf Bloodline Mark.

Engraving the Spell, on the other hand, would likely take a considerable amount of time—Pei Ze estimated at least a month.

’There’s also my Alchemy Body. Once my constitution is a bit stronger, I can begin the first round of refinement.’

This breakthrough had strengthened Pei Ze’s constitution by a large margin.

He estimated it wouldn’t be long before he could break through to the Tier Four Legendary Realm.

By then, the massive boost to his constitution should meet the requirements for refining his Alchemy Body.

A smile spread across Pei Ze’s face at the thought of being able to add another Alchemy Engraving soon.

The power of his Alchemy Engravings had been thoroughly proven in the last war.

If not for his three Alchemy Engravings—Silver Body, Energy Force Field, and Dimensional Flash—he never would have had the chance to obtain the Silver Frost Disaster Wolf’s blood.

An additional Alchemy Engraving would immediately boost both his combat and survival capabilities.

Not to mention that in another three days, the improvement to the Alchemy Engraving would be complete.

An Alchemy Engraving with a burning property would undoubtedly have even more astonishing power and effects.

Pei Ze couldn’t help but feel a surge of anticipation.

’I should go to a Magic Laboratory and test my strength.’

A man of action, Pei Ze immediately left his room in the stone house and headed for the exchange.

He rented a Magic Laboratory near the exchange and began testing the changes that came with his advancement.

First was his Magic Power. It was about twice as strong as it was before his breakthrough.

This was especially evident with his Attack Magic.

’Other Wizards don’t have an energy level as high as mine, so their increase is probably only around fifty or sixty percent,’ Pei Ze guessed.

Even so, that kind of increase was already incredible.

Casting more powerful Magic with lower Spirit consumption—on this point alone, a Second-level Wizard could completely overwhelm a Level 1 Wizard.

Once they mastered a top-tier Four-Circle Spell like the Secondary Spell-Nullifying Barrier, a Second-level Wizard’s advantage over a Level 1 Wizard would become even more pronounced.

’Next up, Elemental Runes.’

With a mere thought, a dense swarm of Lightning Runes appeared, scrambling to merge into his body.

Thanks to their second Spirit Crystal, Second-level Wizards had a higher affinity for Energy Particles and could manipulate them with greater precision.

This was particularly advantageous for Elemental Runes.

Combined with his enhanced constitution, Pei Ze had high expectations for his Elemental Runes.

And the results didn’t disappoint. It wasn’t until he had applied thirty-five Lightning Runes that his body began to feel a faint sense of being over-saturated.

’Not bad.’

A satisfied smile appeared on Pei Ze’s face.

Before, without merging with Silver Star, he could only handle a maximum of twenty-four Lightning Runes.

’Next, I’ll try merging with Silver Star.’

Pei Ze had long since enhanced Silver Star to +18, greatly increasing its capacity.

As a silver sheen rapidly covered his body, the number of Lightning Runes he could handle surged to seventy-seven.

And that was just in his normal state. Pei Ze pushed further, reaching eighty-five before his body hit its limit.

’Looks like if I activate Silver Body, my limit will definitely exceed one hundred and fifty.’

Pei Ze was secretly overjoyed.

Previously, in the same state, he could barely break one hundred. Now, that number had increased by more than half.

And while the quantity had increased by more than half, the increase in power was far greater.

After all, both the growth of his Spirit’s energy level and his increased affinity for Energy Particles had greatly enhanced the power of each individual Lightning Rune.

All in all, the boost in strength he received from the Lightning Runes had at least doubled.

’I wonder if I can fight a Level 3 Wizard with my current strength?’

For a moment, Pei Ze was eager to test his theory.

’Even if the Lightning Runes and Silver Star aren’t enough to fight a Level 3 Wizard, adding my Alchemy Engravings should just about do it.’

’Once the Alchemy Engraving is improved and gains its burning property, I might even have a chance of winning against a Level 3 Wizard!’

After a while, Pei Ze snapped out of his elation and began to plan his next steps.

The war had progressed to a point where the dust had basically settled, leaving little for Free Mages to do.

There was no point in staying on the Plane Battlefield any longer. It was time to leave Red Maple City.

’I wonder what the situation is like in the other War Cities.’

If possible, Pei Ze certainly didn’t want to return to Chenxi City just yet.

After all, he would need a large number of merit points, both for engraving a new Alchemy Engraving and for purchasing the metal alloys needed for Silver Star’s evolution.

Furthermore, the subsequent liquefaction and crystallization processes would also require a large amount of Faith Crystals.

Only by staying on the Plane Battlefield could he quickly gather enough resources.

The only caveat was that major battles couldn’t have already broken out in the other War Cities.

Once war erupted, there would be no room for Free Mages to operate.

’I should ask my senior about it.’

Pei Ze quickly made up his mind.

If worst came to worst, he could just return to Chenxi City. He could always make more resonance potions to sell and eventually scrape together enough Magic Stone Coins to buy the resources he needed.

Also, strengthening Wuyu needed to be put on the agenda.

At this thought, the black bracelet on his wrist instantly dissolved, turning into a mist that drifted to his shoulder and coalesced into Wuyu, which then lightly pecked his cheek.

Pei Ze smiled and stroked Wuyu’s slightly cool feathers.

Through their contract, he could feel that his own breakthrough had also caused Wuyu’s power to increase.

Even its Power of Death had grown slightly stronger.

However, the increase was clearly a step down from the boost it got by devouring the Netherworld Crow.

"Little one, summon a Fog Crow," Pei Ze said.

Wuyu cawed, and a wisp of black mist separated from its body, landing on the ground and condensing into a Fog Crow.

Pei Ze cast the Level 1 Monster Summoning Technique, summoning a Fierce Wild Boarman that was close to the Tier One Legend level to fight the Fog Crow.

The result was very satisfying to Pei Ze. The Fog Crow killed the Fierce Wild Boarman, and it had clearly held the upper hand from start to finish.

’A single Fog Crow’s combat ability has already reached the Tier One Legend level.’

’And Wuyu has over six thousand such Fog Crows inside it.’

Over six thousand Tier One Legend-level pet derivatives were enough to crush seven or eight Sect Knight Orders in a frontal assault.

Wuyu could now undoubtedly be considered a one-pet army.

"Merge with all the Fog Crows."

Pei Ze issued the new directive.

Wuyu nodded in a human-like fashion and flew to the center of the room. The next moment, its dark body swelled as if being inflated, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a majestic giant bird nearly two meters tall with a wingspan of over seven meters.