Chapter 306 - 34: Anya’s Reward (Part 3)

Chapter 306: Chapter 34: Anya’s Reward (Part 3)

Breaking up the monotony of study and research with a pleasant activity now and then was a nice change of pace.

Anya blew him a kiss, her slender figure vanishing through the doorway as she thoughtfully pulled the bedroom door shut behind her.

Mo Ning retracted his gaze and thought, ’Cherry apple pie sure is delicious.’

The women of the Wizard World had personalities similar to the Caucasians of his previous life—generally passionate, bold, and uninhibited.

They didn’t have any body odor and had very little body hair, completely unlike those Caucasians, who seemed as if they hadn’t quite finished evolving—certain glands gave them a strange odor that required copious amounts of deodorant to mask.

The Noble Lady regularly used skincare products infused with Spiritual Power, and it was no exaggeration to say that her skin felt no less exquisite than silk.

He had to admit, the experience had been truly wonderful. No wonder the instructions for digesting Soul Spirit Water listed it as the top choice; it was certainly the simplest and easiest way to find pleasure.

Of course, Mo Ning felt this was only a shallow form of pleasure. ’The joy derived from knowledge is the kind of bliss that truly touches the soul.’

On the other hand, Mo Ning had long suspected that the two of them would eventually reach this point.

That they had become so intimate in just a few short months had happened much faster than he’d anticipated, but it wasn’t a bad thing.

He never worried that the Noble Lady would grow arrogant with his favor.

At the academy, there was no shortage of scandalous rumors within the Apprentice circles. Stories about "a certain powerful male Apprentice having ambiguous relationships with several female Apprentices" were hardly even news.

However, incidents of jealous rivalry were rarely heard of.

After all, the Apprentices were all intelligent people. They understood that the benefits of cooperation far outweighed those of confrontation. Maintaining a deferential attitude in the presence of a Strong Person would undoubtedly grant them access to more resources.

Lying still on his back, Mo Ning reached down to rub his slightly sore lower back and muttered, "Looks like I’ll need to exercise more."

Aside from the slight discomfort in his lower back, what he felt more was a sense of power brimming throughout his body.

It wasn’t that his muscles had grown larger, but that all the strength in his body seemed to have been integrated into a single unit. His control over his muscles had deepened—a clear benefit of Qi and Blood Power.

The Noble Lady’s advice had been spot on. He could clearly feel his senses were sharper, and his reaction speed had also improved. The benefits of such changes in battle were self-evident.

Mo Ning focused on the sensation for a moment and silently commanded, ’Check Physical Strength.’

A line of stats instantly appeared:

[Physical Strength: 0.4 points.]

When he’d checked at noon, his Physical Strength had only been 0.35 points. Igniting his Qi and Blood Power had directly caused it to increase by 0.05.

Mo Ning smiled in satisfaction.

According to Anya, when most Warriors first awakened their Qi and Blood Power, their Physical Strength typically increased by 0.02 to 0.03 points. Only a few exceptional individuals managed to reach 0.04.

And yet, his had increased by 0.05—an absolutely unprecedented amount.

Mo Ning closed his eyes, deciding to rest for a while.

After igniting one’s Qi and Blood Power, it was necessary to rest for two to three days to allow the body to adapt to the changes in one’s Qi and Blood and Physical Strength.

「At sunset.」

Mo Ning was in his study, completely focused on constructing a new Witchcraft Model.

With his Spiritual Strength having surged to 3.68 points, the number of Level Zero Witchcraft available for him to learn had suddenly increased significantly.

Upon waking from his short rest, he had gone straight to the Mirror Image Mysteries Hall and selected two Level Zero Witchcraft spells:

The first was a defensive spell, the Air Shield Technique.

The second was an offensive spell, the Thorny Vine Technique.

The first spell was the full version of the Sub-zero Level Trick, Air Shield. It used Magic Power to alter the properties of air, forming an incredibly durable Air Shield.

Even a Black Iron Knight like Anya couldn’t budge it in the slightest with a full-powered punch.

At the level of Level Zero Witchcraft, a Knight’s combat prowess could no longer keep up with an Apprentice’s.

A First Level Apprentice could easily overpower a Black Iron Knight, and even a powerful Silver Knight would struggle to match a Second Level Apprentice.

Even the strongest mortals, the Golden Knights, only possessed combat power comparable to a Third Level Apprentice.

If an Official Wizard were to appear in a kingdom’s royal palace, even the king himself would have to bow.

The second spell was the Witchcraft Old Buck had optimized in his thesis. Mo Ning had read the paper and even refined its calculative derivation, so he was quite familiar with this spell.

Considering that the Thorny Vine Technique possessed not only considerable offensive power but also significant defensive utility, he added it to his list of spells to learn.

「A few minutes later.」

In Mo Ning’s Spiritual World, the third and final Spirit Seal for the Air Shield Technique embedded itself into the model as smooth as silk.

A resonance of Magic Power followed, integrating the Spirit Seals into a unified whole.

The Spiritual Repulsive Force between the three Spirit Seals was so faint as to be negligible.

The Eye of Truth immediately provided a notification:

[As measured by the Demon Seed, the Spiritual Repulsive Force of the Air Shield Technique Witchcraft Model is 6 points. The model is highly stable!]

Mo Ning instantly broke into a smile.

The so-called "Spiritual Repulsive Force," to put it simply, was the repulsive force of the Demon Seed that appeared at the Level Zero Witchcraft stage.

The Witchcraft Models for Tricks were relatively simple, so their Spiritual Repulsive Force was very weak.

But the models for Level Zero Witchcraft were at least ten times more complex than those for Tricks, making Spiritual Repulsive Force a problem that Apprentices could no longer ignore.

The lower the Spiritual Repulsive Force, the faster the casting speed and the higher the efficiency of Magic Power conduction.

When Mo Ning had previously received the model infusion, the information had included a parameter: the Spiritual Repulsive Force of the Air Shield Technique was 13 points.

The higher the Spiritual Repulsive Force, the poorer the model’s stability.

For Level Zero Witchcraft, 30 points was the passing threshold.

If the force exceeded 30 points, even if a model was successfully constructed in the Spiritual World, it would disintegrate after a single casting and could even cause a backlash that damaged the Spiritual World itself.