Chapter 703: Level 17 Wizard

Every time a Soul Transformation occurs, the MutatedPhone reboots and upgrades; this time is no exception.

Lei En searched the MutatedPhone interface, and the biggest change is that the Soul Power Pool's capacity rose to 3,000 energy slots, and the range for absorbing souls also expanded; roughly souls that died within 1,500 meters can be absorbed remotely.

The range of Soul Eye and Voice of All Things also increased; the multi-core crystal's processing power was enhanced, slightly speeding up analysis.

These are all enhancements to existing functions, which makes Lei En somewhat disappointed.

Since ascending to Legendary, the MutatedPhone has not unlocked any new functions, as if its potential has been exhausted. There are still a few strange abstract icons on the interface, unknown what they are, but they have never been activated.

He shakes his head, and can only pin his hope on the time he ascends to Saint Rank.

Then he checks his Element advancement status, and instantly feels helpless.

He can accept that the MutatedPhone has no new functions, after all it is already powerful enough, a god-defying cheat, and he does not dare to demand more.

But the Element advancement also yielded little, which is rather infuriating.

One must know that for the overwhelming majority of superhumans, each Soul Transformation is a rare chance to boost strength, only a few times in a lifetime. Especially the Psychic Element, which can only advance during a Soul Transformation, becoming the last hope for many superhumans.

Lei En is indifferent to the Physical Element and Arcane Element, since they can be boosted with energy.

But the Psychic Element cannot.

He had previously been looking forward to this Soul Transformation, hoping the four "Lightning Forms" would advance to the Legendary Element "Lord of Thunder", but when he checked, they did not.

"This…"

Although Element advancement depends on luck—usually having three or more leads to advancement—having four Elements and none advancing is too unlucky. Conversely, the three Lightning Affinities he gained by drinking "Lightning Essence" from the Titan Elder advanced, becoming a single Lightning Form.

Thus, he now has five Lightning Forms.

"Five!"

Lei En doesn't know whether to be happy or sad.

The stacked effect of five Lightning Forms, in amplifying spell potency, boosting lightning resistance, and hastening casting, actually surpasses that of a single "Lord of Thunder", only lacking some of the Lord's unique abilities.

He takes out a soul stone, within which a dragon soul materializes.

It is a Blue Dragon Soul gifted by Sabbath Dean, an elderly blue dragon, Legendary High-rank, and it also comes with a Lightning Form.

As long as he merges the Blue Dragon Soul, the Lightning Forms will increase to six!

However, Lei En hesitates a bit.

He has two Legendary High-rank demon souls ready, and one is a sand worm; they could be merged now, but the sand worm carries "Earth Pulse", a super affinity of the earth element.

Normally, superhumans can only possess three affinities, making a fourth virtually impossible.

Aetheric Power, Lightning, and Mind, he already has three affinities.

If he merges the sand worm's demon soul, it will cause a severe conflict, several times worse than the conflict from the Eye Demon Elder's demon soul, which cannot be solved by losing a few Elements; it may even fail, wasting a merging opportunity.

But there are exceptions.

Sorcerers above Level 20, i. e., Destruction Sorcerers, possess four affinities; although they master only elemental affinities such as Earth, Flame, Storm, etc., this shows that having four affinities is possible.

Lei En is not a sorcerer and knows little about them.

He hasn't had time to study how to merge four elemental affinities; the only Destruction Sorcerer he knows is Mrs. Yi Lei Sha, whom he ousted from the Meishan Patriarch's throne and expelled from Nuosiruier; their relationship is very bad, like enemies, so he cannot ask her for knowledge.

Consequently, the sand worm demon soul has been in his possession for over half a year, yet he hasn't found a solution.

"Um…"

Lei En ponders, takes out a Purple Source Soul Crystal, and the sand-worm-shaped sand worm demon soul appears.

Soul Eye sees its Elements; the strongest are the level 12 "Legendary Power" and "Earth Pulse". Additionally there are "Earth Traverse", "Earth Bind", level 10 "Resilience", "Iron Stomach Stone Intestine", and "Limb Severance Rebirth".

These Elements are very powerful, but they are not indispensable to merge.

Legendary Power might raise his strength by one level, but spending energy can also strengthen, so that level is unnecessary; Limb Severance Rebirth is of little use to him, as few enemies can break a Titanium Extreme Golden Body, and even if injured, activated metal can heal wounds.

The most scarce is "Earth Pulse".

This superlative Element is more famous than "Steel Body" and more attractive than Legendary Power.

A superhuman with Earth Pulse, as long as their feet stand on the ground or any part of their body contacts the earth, can boost strength, reduce fatigue, accelerate stamina recovery and self-healing, make skin tougher, fully raise magical resistance, gain earth element affinity, obtain extremely high resistance to earth spells, and also gain a tactile sense that, through ground vibrations, perceives nearby targets' movements.

Lei En actually doesn't value most of Earth Pulse's many effects now.

Increasing defense and resistance, earth affinity, tougher skin, and any vibration sense—he already has similar Elements or MutatedPhone functions that replace them, some even better.

The only ability Lei En wants is "Absorb Earth Power for continuous stamina recovery".

But it's not indispensable.

The energy in the Soul Power Pool also has the same effect, but unlike Earth Pulse, it cannot provide free stamina recovery, and it's not unlimited.

After pondering, he decides to set the sand worm demon soul aside for now.

"First merge the Blue Dragon Soul."

Lei En presses the soul stone to his forehead; immediately, the Blue Dragon Soul pierces his forehead and appears at the roots of the Soul World Tree.

Because this is the first demon soul merger after a Soul Transformation, there is almost no conflict.

Soon, the merger succeeds.

Lei En smiles, and gaining two levels in one go feels great.

The Soul World Tree grows taller again, sprouting a sixth tier branch at the top, though for now it's a solitary one.

The branch bears a dozen leaves, all derived from the Blue Dragon Soul's Elements.

This elderly blue dragon, over a thousand years old, has very strong Elements; its "True Dragon Body" alone is level 5. Lei En's True Dragon Body has already advanced to "Titanium Extreme Golden Body", and now merging another True Dragon Body makes it directly part of his Titanium Extreme Golden Body.

In the MutatedPhone interface, the progress bar beneath the Titanium Extreme Golden Body icon advanced five or six slots.

The Blue Dragon's level 10 power also raised his power progress bar a bit; although only about ten slots, it saved a fair amount of energy.

Lei En nods satisfactorily.

The Blue Dragon also has Dragon Roar and Dragon Majesty, which he now possesses.

"Lightning Breath" is one of its innate abilities, equivalent to an Eight-Ring Spell; the "Lightning Forms" increased to six.

In addition there are "Advanced Thunderclap Technique", "Thunderstorm", "Tremor Shock", "Summon Thunder Technique", "Lightning Arc", "Thunder Cloud Technique", "Chain Lightning", "Electric Flash Teleport", "Thunder Cloud Storm", etc., with the ring counts raised to a fairly notable level.

However, part of it overlaps with existing Arcane Elements.

Among the Physical Elements are several combat technique elements, including the fifth‑level Reverse Slash, the seventh‑level Tear, and Lightning Combo; the first two stack with the Silver Angel's elements, each gaining one to two levels.

Lightning Combo is a brand‑new element.

It is an extremely rare, super‑ultimate combat element that can launch multiple attacks on an enemy in an instant, as fast as lightning, almost merging into a single strike. It also carries powerful lightning shaped like a long whip, producing paralysis and penetration effects, looking as if strands of lightning whips are being flailed.

Each level increase adds one more attack.

It is currently at third level, thus a Lightning Triple Combo.

Lei En tried it; the Lightning Combo should be upgradable many times, from triple to quintuple, sextuple, septuple… and possibly even a Lightning Nine‑Combo…

What effect does smashing nine hammers in an instant have?

Lei En thought it was a bit frightening, sensed Reslin's side, and saw the Elder's slave army scattering in flight.

The cave has multiple entry and exit passages; over two thousand slaves scramble in, while Lei En's nine Mirror Images, Reslin's Mirror Images, and their teammates pursue, leaving no slave behind; the battle is nearing its end.

Each slain slave has its soul completely absorbed.

The soul‑power pool's charge has risen to over 2,600 units and continues to climb slowly.

Thus Lei En began allocating the charge.

First he poured in dozens of units to push his Wizard rank to full, entering a soul‑ascension state. During ascension he selected the anti‑magic field, a spell he has long sought, currently at seven rings, capable of erasing spells below seven rings.

Spells of seven rings and above can only have their power suppressed.

The anti‑magic field's effect depends on its ring count—the higher, the better—so he unhesitatingly poured in charge to raise it.

The progress bar beneath the icon flickered and surged forward rapidly.

The spell's consumption far exceeded Lei En's expectations, far tougher than upgrading other super‑ultimate elements, comparable to Legendary elements; over six hundred units of charge were poured in, finally reaching eight rings!

The upper limit for spells a Legendary High‑rank Wizard can master is eight rings.

Lei En's mind shifted, and his body gently floated.

It is the Elder's innate Constant Float spell; he hovered in the study's mid‑air, then activated the anti‑magic field, a spherical transparent force field expanding from his center, enveloping the entire study.

In an instant, Lei En's floating spell failed, and he fell down.

Swish—.

Huge metallic wings unfurled behind him, slowing his descent at the last moment, his feet touching the ground lightly.

The anti‑magic field affects not only enemies; the caster cannot exempt themselves.

Any spell below eight rings within its radius will fail.

The eight‑ring anti‑magic field spans roughly ten meters, larger than the breaker's range that once attacked him. Once active, any caster within ten meters below Holy Soul level is like fish on a cutting board, at his mercy.

Lei En couldn't help but imagine, if it could rise to nine rings, even ten…

Wouldn't that be the God of Magic's anti‑magic domain?

He guessed the anti‑magic field could at most reach nine rings, advancing to a Legendary element, nullifying spells from one to eight rings, while nine‑ring spells would only be suppressed.

Moreover, the anti‑magic field isn't invincible; there are many ways to break it.

If he faced a Holy Soul Wizard adept at melee like Ouroin Master, the anti‑magic field would have little effect.

The same goes for shapeshifting Wizards; the field's effect on them is merely average.

There are still over two thousand units of charge left.

Lei En continued upgrading, this time choosing the Key of Doors. Reslin's Key of Doors is already at eight rings; having experience, he knows that about a thousand units of charge will upgrade it, and he understands the eight‑ring effect. The icon flickered, and a leaf on the World Tree, its element rune writhing like a worm, emitted an uncanny glow.

Each time he upgrades the Key of Doors, he feels a shiver through his soul.

The entire soul realm trembles, filled with indescribable radiance; other elements on the World Tree, when bathed in this glow, shrink back except for the Wish Spell.

A garbled, hard‑to‑understand whisper rang in his mind, as if concealing an untouchable great terror.

Fortunately Reslin had experienced it once, and Lei En has adapted.

After a dozen seconds, the Key of Doors' element rune steadied, rising to eight rings.

Just like Reslin's upgrade, Lei En's mind flooded with massive knowledge of time and space, instantly elevating his understanding of space‑time to an unimaginable height.

The soul, after indescribable alteration, sees all space‑related spells on the World Tree greatly strengthened. Teleport distance multiplies several times, casting intervals shrink markedly, allowing penetration of various barrier spells and formations; enemy spatial confinement spells lose effect on him.

Lei En couldn't help but think, if he met Augulevi Master again, Time Stop wouldn't be so frightening.

Each Key of Doors upgrade grants mastery of an Arcane.

Reslin chose Tim Kainen Disintegrate, but Lei En hadn't decided; in principle, the main body and its clones must select different Arcane to maximize effect.

So he isn't preparing to pick the Disintegrate.

As for which Arcane to choose, he'll consider later; there's no rush now.

There remains a thousand units of charge.

Lei En didn't rush to expend it all, keeping some in reserve. Next, Reslin will venture deeper into the Dark Region to seek the Spirit-absorbing Monster's city; should he encounter powerful foes, this charge might prove useful as a contingency.

At this point, the soul ascension ended.

"Seventeenth‑level Wizard!"

Lei En sighed, noting that reaching this point was truly hard, achieved solely by his own effort.

If he merges three more magic souls and upgrades twice, he can reach the Legendary Peak, striking at Holy Soul Wizards. From an ordinary person to this stage took him five years; it must be called an unprecedented miracle.

(End of Chapter)