Chapter 348 - 194: Have You Thought About How You’re Going to Compensate Me for My Losses?

Chapter 348: Chapter 194: Have You Thought About How You’re Going to Compensate Me for My Losses?

Pei Ze turned his head to see a two-meter-tall creature, vaguely humanoid and covered in crackling arcs of electricity, speeding toward him from a kilometer away.

"A third-level Elemental Spirit!"

Instead of being alarmed, Pei Ze was overjoyed, a smile instantly spreading across his face.

’I’ve finally found a target!’

From the looks of it, this Elemental Spirit was only a step away from evolving into an Elemental Giant Spirit, making it a perfect match for his criteria.

Without hesitation, Pei Ze flicked his hand and cast a Sixth Ring Spell: Otherworld Oath Binding.

Against a Thunder Elemental Spirit, whose body was composed entirely of thunder elements, the effects of Ancient Runes and the Lightning Rune would be drastically weakened. They might even become a source of ’nourishment’ for the creature, so it was best not to use them.

KRAK!

Countless arcane runes materialized in the void, weaving together into silver chains that coiled around the Thunder Elemental Spirit, instantly binding it in place.

"ROAR!"

The Thunder Elemental Spirit struggled frantically, but it couldn’t break free from its bonds.

The next moment, a black shadow struck like lightning. Its chillingly sharp claws sank viciously into the Thunder Elemental Spirit’s head.

Instantly, the elemental was like an Ice Crystal exposed to heat. Its body billowed with white smoke and began to dim at a rate visible to the naked eye!

Pei Ze watched and nodded to himself in approval.

Wuyu’s Power of Death was the natural bane of Elemental Spirits, making it devastatingly effective against them.

Even as he mused, Pei Ze didn’t stop moving. He pointed a finger, and a grayish beam of light shot out like an arrow, striking the Thunder Elemental Spirit. With a dull THUMP, the spot he hit twisted violently before disintegrating, leaving behind an empty hole, as if a chunk of it had been simply erased from existence.

Sixth Ring Spell, Dissociation Technique.

Since the Ancient Runes were useless in this situation, Pei Ze had to rely on his Magic and Wuyu to deal with the Thunder Elemental Spirit.

Fortunately, at his current level of power, dealing with a third-level crystallized Thunder Elemental Spirit was no trouble at all, even without his Ancient Runes.

In less than two minutes, the Thunder Elemental Spirit let out a final wail and disintegrated into nothing, leaving behind only a small pile of shimmering blue-white powder.

Pei Ze carefully collected the powder, placed it in a test tube, and put it away in his Space Ring.

’I’ll collect a few more portions of Elemental Crystal Dust, then find a place to brew the Elemental Affinity Potion.’

The recipe for the Thunder Elemental Affinity Potion required the Elemental Crystal Dust to be no more than twenty-four hours old. Therefore, he had to gather as much of it as he could within that timeframe, then find a safe place to brew the potion.

He had already analyzed the potion’s recipe, and all the other necessary ingredients were ready.

After storing his things, Pei Ze briefly scanned his surroundings with his senses, then continued toward an area with a higher concentration of elemental energy.

Wuyu perched quietly on his shoulder, its cold eyes slowly sweeping across the landscape.

Pei Ze was now in what could be considered the depths of the Thunder Elemental Half-Plane. He couldn’t be as careless here as he had been in the outer areas.

He needed to find suitable targets without venturing too deep. If he ran into a Thunder Elemental Giant Spirit, he would be in serious trouble.

A Thunder Elemental Giant Spirit was a Fourth-level Magical Creature. Here, in its home territory, and with his Ancient Runes severely weakened against it, escaping with his life would be the best he could hope for in a confrontation.

The Thunder Elemental Half-Plane had no day or night. The sky was a perpetual, shimmering web of lightning and clouds, making it difficult to sense the passage of time.

After securing his sixth sample of Elemental Crystal Dust, Pei Ze took out his watch and checked the time. He found that nearly twenty hours had passed.

’Time to find a place to brew the potion.’

Pei Ze recalled Wuyu and, without any delay, headed back toward the outer regions.

Brewing the potion in the depths of the half-plane was out of the question. The relatively safe outer regions were a much better choice.

Traveling at full speed, he was back in the outer regions in less than half an hour. After a brief search, he found a clearing with its back to a large rock formation.

Surveying the area, Pei Ze nodded in satisfaction. With a mental command, an invisible ward suddenly expanded, completely enclosing a hundred-meter radius.

Five-Ring Magic, Demon Duncan’s Secret Chamber!

Despite having ’secret chamber’ in its name, the spell didn’t actually create a physical room. Instead, it created an area that prevented others from seeing or sensing what was inside.

Unless someone’s Spiritual Power level surpassed the Caster’s, or they used a targeted detection Magic, they would never even notice the ward’s existence, let alone see what was happening inside it.

With his defenses in place, Pei Ze had Wuyu stand guard while he took out a long table and various alchemical tools, then began to brew the potion.

As a Tier Five Potion, the Thunder Elemental Affinity Potion was far more difficult to brew than any Pei Ze had previously attempted.

Even with the aid of his Eye of Omniscience, Pei Ze didn’t dare let his guard down for a second.

Ideally, the Thunder Elemental Affinity Potion should be brewed in a quiet environment, but due to the time-sensitive nature of the ingredients, he had to make do with the current situation.

About ten minutes later, Pei Ze carefully added the Elemental Crystal Dust to a beaker. A faint CRACKLE sounded as fine arcs of electricity danced across the liquid’s surface, tinting it a shade of blue-white.

"Success!"

A smile broke out on Pei Ze’s face.

’My luck is good. To think I succeeded on the very first try!’

Without hesitating, he picked up the beaker and downed the contents in a single gulp.

A slight sense of paralysis immediately swept through his body. His limbs and skin began to tingle and prickle.