Chapter 161: Mana Pool and Spell Amplifier

The Ni Ke Sa Lan slaves of Di Long Volcano witnessed a miracle today.

Their noble, ruthless red dragon tyrant, at this moment, strangely hauled a granite as tall as a small mountain with his massive body like a beast of burden and flew toward the forest's edge.

"Damn it! A bunch of clueless slaves! Move it for me too!" Di Luo Na O, seeing the slaves mocking him on the ground, roared in angry humiliation.

Compared with Di Luo Na O, Yu Long's method of transport was far simpler.

He summoned waves from the hot spring, rolling a massive slab of granite through the jungle in a domineering sweep; countless trees were toppled, and the whole death jungle erupted into chaos.

Naimi Xisi watched everything coldly; he was deliberately manipulating the red dragon to give it a lesson, and the petty Juan Ce Long would not let any person or dragon who offended him go unpunished.

The transport task took three days; the Ni Ke Sa Lan mine slaves hauled about two‑thirds of the granite by cart, while the remaining one‑third was handled by the red dragon and Yu Long. By the time they reached the Ni Ke Sa Lan Basin, both dragons collapsed from exhaustion.

"Look, does this work now?" the red dragon rubbed its claws, its huge dragon face forcing out an expression that could be called "flattering."

Naimi Xisi tilted his head and said, "Don't be impatient; I still have some questions for you."

Di Luo Na O's face went pale; he truly wanted to get away from that Juan Ce Long immediately and never see it again! When he returned to the volcano, he would gather all his treasure and find a new residence.

"Tell me, what do you know about the Hu A Ke Li City Alliance and the Ku Er Ta Ka Kingdom?"

Hearing the question, the red dragon's face relaxed a bit: "Those Ni Ke Sa Lan people?"

"Honestly, I sometimes go to the Hu A Ke Li Alliance's territory to raid and buy goods," thinking that a neutral dragon dislikes illegal deeds, the red dragon, halfway through, hurriedly corrected himself.

"Those six cities have far too weak military power; each time they send some low‑rank mercenaries with ordinary soldiers to hunt me down. You know, our red dragons are the strongest among the ten dragons! For those ants, I only need a slight move, and it becomes a disaster for them," the red dragon boasted shamelessly.

"However, they do have some skill; each of those six cities has that thing called a pyramid, similar to a Mage Tower. Even I, if I get close to the city limits, would be severely wounded by those pyramids, so I always purchase goods in the towns near those cities."

"As for the Ku Er Ta Ka Kingdom, I don't know much; the only thing I know is that their military strength far exceeds that of the Lord Alliance. If it weren't for one of the pyramid cities sitting on the front line blocking the Ku Er Ta Ka Kingdom, they'd probably have been wiped out long ago."

Naimi Xisi raised an eyebrow: Could those pyramids the red dragon mentioned really be that powerful?

Thinking of the lone pyramid remaining on the great plain of Pai Te, it seemed the Ni Ke Sa Lan's strength surpassed that of the Pai Te people by a good margin.

After all, as the red dragon said, those pyramids work much like a Mage Tower; they can keep an ancient red dragon outside a city and even, single‑handedly, block the Ku Er Ta Ka Kingdom's army, so they must contain components akin to a spell amplifier!

He couldn't help but think of dismantling a pyramid for study.

The current Mage Tower already has all the basic construction materials; the so‑called Sealing Chamber, Binding Chamber, Arcane Power Garden, and other rooms differ only in the magical runes etched on their surfaces.

However, those special facilities of the Mage Tower are still lacking.

The only thing that caught his eye was the Mage Tower's mana pool apparatus. The better the raw material's energy‑holding effect, the more perfect a mana pool can be created.

Whether it's the mana pool's storage capacity or the magic dissipation rate, both depend on the quality of the base material.

And Naimi Xisi happens to possess a raw material perfectly suited for making a mana pool.

It is the "Myriad Treasure Gem."

This massive gem, unknown to Naimi Xisi, can store divinity; just that alone makes its energy‑holding effect reach a pinnacle, making it the perfect raw material for a mana pool.

Therefore, the mana pool will be the Mage Tower's special equipment that Naimi Xisi can create most easily.

But a mana pool alone is insufficient; to wield battlefield‑shaping magical power, the spell amplifier is the most crucial device.

It can increase spell range, enlarge spell area, and boost spell scale to war‑level magnitude.

Although Naimi Xisi now relies on a Power Gem, making him almost a humanoid spell amplifier, that is limited to his own magical energy.

If one were to control the Mage Tower to release spells via the mana pool, even though Naimi Xisi hasn't tried it, one can vaguely guess the Power Gem would fail.

Accustomed to amplified spells, Naimi Xisi cannot tolerate it; he must equip his Mage Tower with a spell amplifier!

!

Thus, he made an important decision.

"Are you interested in joining me to punish the tyrant who enslaves the common folk?" Naimi Xisi said magnanimously, and Di Luo Na O was left dumbfounded.

"Me? Punish a tyrant?" the red dragon sneered, stepping back two paces. He felt that this Juan Ce Long was setting a trap for him; perhaps the tyrant referred to him, and if he agreed, the Juan Ce Long would immediately beat him.

Seeming to read his thoughts, Naimi Xisi snorted coldly: "I wasn't talking about you; I meant the Hu A Ke Li Alliance."

Then he summoned Wa Luo Sang and asked: "Tell me, Wa Luo Sang, do the people in the Hu A Ke Li Alliance cities wish to be ruled by the Ku Er Ta Ka Kingdom?"

Wa Luo Sang hesitated, sighing: "There are certainly some who hope for it, but most are brain‑washed fools."

"For a hundred years, followers of the twin deities Water and Fire have performed daily blood sacrifices in the cities, chopping thousands of infants alive and throwing them into the ceremonial divine vats for the gods to consume."

"The Ni Ke Sa Lan people who fled with me are those who cannot tolerate such barbaric atrocities, and those cities also harbor many similar individuals."

"The Ku Er Ta Ka Kingdom worships the war messenger Zhar Tek; they revere war but never perform blood sacrifices. In contrast, many Hu A Ke Li people secretly wish to accept Ku Er Ta Ka's rule."

Regarding Wa Luo Sang's words, Naimi Xisi sneered inwardly; the twin deities Water and Fire are both subordinate deities of Zhar Tek, essentially the same breed. Zhar Tek indeed does not need blood sacrifices, because he prefers to act himself; when he breaks his seal and returns, the people of the Ku Er Ta Ka Kingdom will witness an even more horrific slaughter.

The red dragon beside him was bewildered; what does this chaotic blood sacrifice have to do with him? If those infants were offered to him, fine, but to which god? It has nothing to do with him!

(End of Chapter)