Chapter 501: Level Twelve Wizard

Lei En carefully examined the magical spirit in the crystal bottle; after the goddess's avatar left, it seemed to sense its fate, began a fierce struggle, colliding left and right against the bottle wall.

But this crystal bottle was crafted by the God of Magic herself; it is merely a legendary-level essence and could never escape.

Lei En tossed it into the dimensional space ring, shouting, "Fabi An."

A few seconds later, the wind‑elf butler, hearing the call, hurried into the living room, standing with hands lowered before him, every word and action proper, saluted, "Master."

"How did that lady just appear?" Lei En asked.

"Lady?" Fabi An looked bewildered, somewhat uncertain, replying, "Aren't you alone resting in the living room, Master? Where is there any lady?"

The wind‑elf's expression was not pretended, but a genuine reaction.

This made Lei En pause slightly, fully realizing how terrifying the deity's suppression of mortals can be; even a Legendary High‑rank transcendent like Fabi An retained no memory at all.

"All right." Lei En waved his hand, telling Fabi An to stand down.

He found the Extreme Warrior who had previously reported to him; faced the same question, the Extreme Warrior's answer was a bit better than Fabi An's—at least this Extreme Warrior remembered that a noble lady had indeed visited, though the impression was vague.

Lei En thought it over; this must be some method that affects mental memory.

The Extreme Warrior had from him a weakened version of the Truth Will, granting extremely strong immunity to mental attacks, so he hadn't completely forgotten the goddess's existence.

He entered the castle's meditation chamber, leaving the Extreme Warrior to guard the door.

Sitting down for a moment, his phone rebooted, the familiar interface unfolding before his eyes; he immediately opened the Soul Eye to observe the magical spirit, four Elements surfaced, he sensed their information, matching his previous judgment exactly, only clearer and more precise.

Flash, Magic Burst Force Field, Constant Flight Technique, Limited Wish Spell!

Aside from already possessing Flash, the Magic Burst Force Field and Constant Flight Technique are both very good Arcane Elements, but compared to the Wish Spell, they are merely add‑ons.

He placed the crystal bottle aside and entered meditation.

Half an hour later.

Lei En opened his eyes, checking the phone's battery level.

The last upgrade was at the end of June, more than five months ago; he had meditated daily, never missing even during Kangjiatuo.

With perfect Soul Transformation meditation efficiency and top‑tier magic‑pill assistance, in just over five months he rose from 13% to 68%; even without the external aid of soul absorption, he would need about a year to level up. Such a soul‑power growth rate left ordinary legends far behind.

"Only sixty‑eight units of battery left, still a long way off."

Lei En looked at the soul‑power pool.

The last time at Matos he absorbed a massive amount of souls, most poured into strengthening Elements; originally there were still over 160 units of battery in reserve, but during the decisive battle with Marck most were consumed, the soul‑power pool nearly emptied, the icon showing the number 35, meaning thirty‑five units of battery remained.

"Just enough to fill the battery, reaching Level Twelve." Lei En shook his head with some regret.

After this upgrade, the soul‑power pool would be completely emptied.

In Kangjiatuo he endured countless battles, countless casualties; merely the legends killed exceeded ten, plus Marck and Duke Brandon, two Legendary High‑rank legends, yet he dared not absorb their souls, wasting them.

"Followers' souls cannot be absorbed, only monsters' can, but monsters are hard to find and scattered."

"Undead and Demon souls, however, are free of concern; they died beyond the Abyss, their souls return to the Abyss with their primal consciousness, making perfect absorption targets."

"Aside from the Abyss, the place with the most Undead and Demons is only the New Continent."

Lei En's gaze had no focus, as if looking into the distance, murmuring, "If the New Continent's Demons aren't enough, we'll have to march into the Abyss."

Abyss, the most terrifying place in the world!

It is the life‑prohibited zone for all sentient beings, yet it also hides countless treasures; Lei En sensed that someday he would march into the Abyss.

He was lost in thought for a moment, many ideas flashing through his mind, only after a long while did he return his focus.

Then, he released the battery from the soul‑power pool.

The second ring of battery on the phone interface surged quickly, filling green one segment after another, soon the entire ring lit up, reaching full capacity.

At the instant the battery hit 100%, the World Tree within his soul began to tremble.

The soul ascent commenced.

Lei En had undergone dozens of soul ascents and was now accustomed to the feeling; he patiently watched the World Tree grow branch by branch, each leaf flickering, expanding his soul space, forming a brand‑new structure on the outermost layer.

A few minutes later, the ascent ended.

"Level Twelve Wizard."

Lei En counted his soul structure: twelve layers from inside out, each corresponding to a branch of the World Tree, receiving soul‑energy flow; only the newly formed outermost layer lacked soul support, awaiting fusion with a new magic soul.

He took the crystal bottle, carefully read the seal incantation at its mouth several times.

Then, Lei En unscrewed the seal at the bottle's mouth.

Boom!

The brass‑colored seal shot outward, a burst of blue smoke spewed from it, instantly expanding into a massive giant spirit; its upper half was a humanoid with blue skin, sturdy arms and head, full facial features, like a giant, while its lower half remained a swirling vortex of mist.

The giant spirit floated mid‑air, its head touching the ten‑meter‑high ceiling, gazing down at Lei En below.

"Mortal…"

The magical spirit roared in Celestial Tongue, the blue smoke emitted violent oscillations, as if a surge of magic were about to explode outward.

Magic Burst Force Field!

The Soul Eye saw its Elements flicker; Lei En, unflinched, quickly chanted the incantation, "Awa Daken Da Wa, Wa Kanda Fei Er!"

As soon as the words fell, the giant spirit froze entirely.

"No!"

Its casting was interrupted; the massive body burst like a punctured balloon, *Boom*—exploding into countless blue light specks, raining down like raindrops.

Lei En produced a pre‑prepared soul stone, raised it, and drew its magic soul into it.

The soul stone turned blue, its interior revealing the form of the magical spirit.

"Done!"

Lei En exhaled, confirming this was the magical spirit's magic soul, immediately sat down to meditate, pressing the soul stone to his forehead, activating the fusion‑soul seed.

This was his third magic soul fused since ascending to legend.

When the magical spirit first appeared beneath the World Tree's roots and began to ascend, it immediately clashed severely with the previous two magic souls, the Bimeng Giant Beast and the Mysterious Touch; even the nine underlying magic souls reacted, each branch shaking.

Lei En has never seen a situation like this.

In theory, any previously merged demon souls, after the next Soul Transformation, should fully merge with one's own soul, becoming indistinguishable, and conflicts would only occur among demon souls of the current stage.

Yet, looking at it, it seemed as if all the demon souls were resisting the newly arrived magic demon spirit.

Though not very intense, it still showed the difficulty of this fusion.

"It begins!"

Lei En watched the magic demon spirit struggle upward a short distance and then halt, so he unhesitatingly triggered a soul power vibration; a flash of dazzling golden light descended, suppressing the conflicting demon souls.

He is quite experienced in merging demon souls.

He carefully suppresses the conflict while urging the magic demon spirit to ascend, maintaining balance between them to prevent the spirit from losing too much and forfeiting its Element.

The soul power vibrates, and the World Tree sways continuously.

Once, twice, three times…

The magic demon spirit's demon soul moves upward along the World Tree's trunk step by step, passing the three Initial-stage branches, then the Mid-stage and High-stage ones, climbing higher toward the topmost layer.

After a full twenty soul power vibrations, Lei En himself began to feel exhausted, his complexion turning pale, and finally the magic demon spirit reached the endpoint.

Its energy was completely absorbed by the World Tree, merging inside, and a new branch sprouted from the corresponding spot.

The branch grew at a visibly rapid pace.

Lei En watched it sprout four new leaves; at the very tip, when the leaf representing the Wish Spell matured, his soul space jolted sharply, and then an indescribable burst of light illuminated every corner of his soul.

The light came from the Wish Spell's Element rune, containing an ineffable power.

Lei En felt his soul undergo a cleansing, gaining extra insight into the world's resonance; everything within his view lifted a veil of haze.

The space before him was no longer empty; it teemed with countless multicolored energies, mingling like a massive dye vat yet remaining distinctly separated.

"I can see magical energy directly now!"

Lei En let out a gasp of amazement.

He easily distinguished the mysterious energies from the Elements—water, wind, lightning, and so on—as well as a small amount of shadow energy and some unknown energies. The mysterious energy and lightning Elements gathered around him, and his body attracted them more strongly.

"This must be the two affinity effects brought by the Key of Doors, Void Resonance, and the lightning Form," Lei En realized internally.

He focused his mind into his soul and found that each Arcane Element on the World Tree had changed.

The Element rune's emitted light faintly pointed toward the newly formed leaf high up.

It was the Wish Spell's Element rune.

Lei En had never seen such a peculiar Element rune; although it was engraved on the leaf, it turned into an obscure, incomprehensible sphere of light, filled with countless ever‑changing structures. Without testing, he knew that other Arcane Elements were affected, casting speed increased slightly, and power rose a bit.

Even though he already possessed the Wish Spell, he still could not grasp its principle.

Yet that did not hinder casting.

Lei En stood up, first sensing his own condition; the phone interface displayed a third ring of power, an expected change, but no new phone function was triggered.

After ascending to Legend, all phone functions seemed to have been unlocked; every expected feature was present, and no matter how the soul metamorphosed, nothing changed. Though a few icons remained inactive, they were so abstract that their functions were unknowable, and they stayed dormant, seemingly forever silent.

Lei En averted his gaze.

The magic demon spirit's demon soul was extremely powerful; after fusion, the energy rose to twenty‑four units.

"Level Twelve Wizard!"

He nodded with delight, simply releasing the remaining three units of energy from his soul power pool, saying, "Current energy 27%, still far from the next upgrade, and a Soul Transformation ceremony is required; if I rely only on meditation, it could take one to two years."

"Let's try the Wish Spell."

Lei En pondered for a few seconds, took a deep breath, and activated the Wish Spell's Element.

The light spheres on the World Tree glittered, emitting rays of profound magical radiance; a strange sensation rose in his heart, and he shouted loudly:

"Three‑Ring Fireball!"

Using the Wish Spell requires extreme caution; even simulated spells must be described precisely to avoid deviation. He dared not request a buff spell, fearing unknown side effects, and reduced the number of rings, keeping it within a safe range.

Half a second later, a crimson fireball coalesced in his hand.

Wish granted!

Lei En watched the spell process intently, yet he completely failed to understand its principle.

This casting felt entirely different from his usual spells; the Wish Spell's Element rune did not draw soul power to combine with external Elements to form a spell, but instead the Element rune devoured the soul power, vanishing as if from nowhere, then directly transformed into the fireball in his hand.

Even with his Willpower, he could not comprehend it.

As long as he shouted a wish, it was granted with a snap—so fast!

This is far faster than his own casting, and it cannot be interrupted or affected by external forces; after shouting, nothing else is needed, just like a technological black box that automatically completes the operation.

Lei En hurled the fireball spell outward.

Boom!

The fireball struck the wall, its impact nullified by a layer of protection; high‑temperature flames swept the surroundings, leaving no trace. He examined the explosion and flames carefully, confirming the fireball's power matched exactly the Three‑Ring standard—no amplification, no reduction, just the standard Three‑Ring spell.

"Interesting."

Lei En stroked his chin, waited a few seconds with no incident, then saw his energy drop to 26%, and felt a pang of regret.

One unit of energy released only a Three‑Ring fireball, permanently losing that soul power—truly not worth it.

The Wish Spell holds immense potential, worthy of massive effort and research, and will surely bear abundant fruit.

Yet the permanent consumption of soul power is excessively troublesome.

He now lacks soul power the most; this playstyle is hard to sustain.

"Fine, I'll wait until I have enough soul power to experiment again," Lei En said with a resigned shake of his head. He was still in decent shape, able to absorb souls to convert into energy, and store it in his soul power pool for instant use, like an extra large battery.

If another caster obtained the Wish Spell, they'd probably agonize to death and never dare make a wish lightly.

Lei En tested two other spells again.

The Constant Flight technique is extremely handy; a mere thought lifts you into the air, moving at will, as if born with the ability to fly, and it consumes no soul power.

The Magic Burst Force Field is also powerful, centered on oneself and bombarding all directions indiscriminately; its wide range makes it an excellent area‑of‑effect spell. What surprised him most was that the six‑Ring Magic Burst Force Field cast extremely quickly—under half a second—and the interval between casts was minimal.

If you invest effort in researching this spell and combine it with rapid casting techniques, you can achieve instant activation.

Then Lei En can release the Magic Burst Force Field three times per second.

Moreover, under the Magic Burst Force Field's Element icon there is a progress bar, indicating it can ascend rings and reach at least seven‑ring power.

"Truly worthy of a Superlative Element, indeed not simple!"

Lei En repeatedly praised; unsurprisingly, when he later faces many enemies, the Magic Burst Force Field will be his preferred spell. Although Light Burst Technique also has similar effects and can cause blindness, it requires focused control of casting direction, has longer intervals between casts, and its pure impact power is a bit weaker.

After probing for several hours, Lei En sensed the situation over at Reslin's side.

He stepped out of the meditation chamber, called for his butler Fabian, and ordered: "Go immediately and invite Vice President Akaland of the Mechanical Guild to the castle; tell him I have important matters to discuss with him."

(End of chapter)