Chapter 1914: The True Arcane Energy Form

Upon receiving the message, Xia Duo immediately rushed to the Laboratory.

Unlike Mila, that ignorant young child, Yisite, as a High Mage, could absolutely unearth a significant portion of the Arcane Energy Elf's potential in a short time with his understanding of bloodlines and Magic.

Laboratory No. 2.

When Xia Duo just entered, he saw an Arcane Energy-form Elf continuously emitting a strong Magic Aura; through his body, Xia Duo could even vaguely see the scene on the other side of the Laboratory.

"Yisite, how do you feel?"

"I feel better than ever, haha!"

At this moment, Yisite's voice sounded as if it were coming from the horizon—ethereal, cold, and even carrying traces of echoes, as if he had reverb effects turned on.

Countless questions immediately arose in Xia Duo's mind, and for a moment, he didn't know where to begin asking, so he followed his heart's first reaction and asked:

"What are you using to speak right now? Does an Arcane Energy-form body have vocal cords too?"

"Uh—"

Yisite clearly had not expected Xia Duo to ask such a question; he was stunned for a full few seconds before reacting and explaining:

"I am actually more like a Magic Item right now. I am not speaking through vocal cords, but rather through a special ability generated after my body became Arcane Energy-based, similar to Sending, but actually, I can also do this—"

Halfway through his sentence, Yisite suddenly stopped speaking, while Xia Duo simultaneously received a telepathic communication request; after accepting it, a piece of information was transmitted into his consciousness:

"Telepathic communication is also an instinct of the Arcane Energy Elf."

There is actually telepathic communication too?!

For some reason, Xia Duo suddenly felt some regret for not finding a few Mage volunteers; Mila was just too useless!

Before Xia Duo could think it over, Yisite demonstrated a new ability again; his Arcane Energy-form body surface rippled, and the next moment, he disappeared from where he stood, only to reappear on the other side of the Laboratory.

"Don't tell me this is also an instinct of the Arcane Energy Elf?"

Xia Duo was clearly unwilling to accept such a reality now, but reality would not change because he was unwilling to accept it; Yisite's ethereal, cold voice with traces of Echo came again:

"Regrettably, this is one of my instincts now!"

Yisite's mood seemed quite good at this moment, and he even started joking, "Look, I can teleport like this, and I can also teleport like this!"

He demonstrated two methods of teleportation in succession, both different from before; the first one was more like a direct Arcane Energy Yaoyue, while the latter two had a hint of a structured Spell framework.

Clearly, Yisite had already discovered a unique Spellcasting method for the Arcane Energy Elf.

It was completely different from what Xia Duo had previously predicted—that it could only be a simple Application of Arcane Energy—and it even already had a shadow of an Arcanist.

It couldn't be that he had results just after getting the data!

In fact, Yisite's results went far beyond these; immediately after, he cast a simple Transformation Ritual in front of Xia Duo.

The next moment, he, who was originally in a deep blue Arcane Energy form, instantly turned into a mass of almost completely transparent gas.

If not for the density difference between him and the air in the Laboratory environment, which caused a blurry outline to appear at the edges of his current Elemental Creature form, it would have been very difficult to detect traces of his existence at first glance.

Xia Duo noticed the Spell the other party used was roughly the same as the Principles he had predicted earlier, so he asked again: "Can't you transform into other Elemental Creature forms on your own?"

"No. Although Arcane Energy can be converted into other elements, it is itself a very stable energy form. For now, it can only be transformed with the assistance of a Spell. In the future, if research goes deeper, perhaps a method for self-transformation can be found."

After speaking, Yisite recovered into the Arcane Energy form again; it required Spell assistance to change over, but it did not require it to change back. "When I turn into an Elemental Creature form, I can feel the summoning of the Inner Plane. I feel that if I don't change back for a long time, I might be assimilated into an Elemental Creature."

"Although I look very much like an Elemental Creature in my current state, in essence, I am still a normal Elf. Look—"

Xia Duo looked in the direction of Yisite's finger and saw a gap two or three fingers wide instantly split open on the other party's chest; through the gap, Xia Duo could see the constantly beating Arcane Energy-form heart inside the chest cavity.

Regarding this, Yisite explained: "Although I am in an Arcane Energy form now, in my own feeling, I am still similar to my flesh-and-blood form; I can still feel my heartbeat and body temperature, but—"

Speaking of this, Yisite paused for a moment, then directly squeezed his hand into the gap in his chest and pulled out the semi-transparent heart inside, which was also deep blue and still beating continuously.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo felt both surprised and a sense of 'as expected'; the next moment, the heart Yisite had pulled out seemed to melt, collapsing from his palm and merging into his body, while a brand-new, undamaged heart grew back inside the chest cavity that had been missing a piece of flesh.

"My current body has no obvious weaknesses. Even if my head is cut off or my heart is removed, at most, I will lose some Arcane Energy reserves. As long as it doesn't exceed a certain limit, I can still recover to my original state."

"Have you tried it?" Xia Duo couldn't help but ask.

"How could it be that fast? However, just like how it hurts when a hand is cut off in flesh-and-blood form, I also have some instinctive premonitions about various injuries in my Arcane Energy form."

"Then how long can you maintain your current form?" Xia Duo continued to ask.

"As long as I want, I can maintain it indefinitely. At least from the moment the Transformation Ritual was completed until now, I haven't felt any limit."

"Can you eat food?"

"I've tried this, but unfortunately, no." Yisite said with quite a bit of regret, "If I could eat food, perhaps I would maintain this form forever."

Is that so!

Xia Duo was thoughtful. The Arcane Energy form cannot eat food, but Xilin's Saint Form Avatar can eat food; the latter is also a special energy form in essence. If the latter can eat food, the former should be able to as well.

It was just that it hadn't been developed yet for the time being.

After thinking for a while, Xia Duo asked again: "Does the Arcane Energy form have any bonuses to Spellcasting?"

"I hope so, but in reality, it does not."

Yisite expressed regret again. The current Arcane Energy form looks like it has many tricks, but for a High Mage, if it cannot provide a bonus to Spellcasting, it is essentially still a weakening.

"Of course, if I can become the Arcanist mentioned in your data, perhaps there will be some changes."

"Then in your current state, can you still release your power to enter the Saint Form?" Xia Duo asked again.

If one could directly enter the Saint Form while in the Arcane Energy form, then whether the Arcane Energy form has Spellcasting bonuses would actually not be that important.

If not, then for a High Mage, the Arcane Energy form might really be a bit excessively useless.

To this, Yisite's answer was—

"I haven't tried this yet, but I don't think it will be a problem."