Chapter 820: Nineteenth‑Level Wizard

Lei En released his mental force, and the soul stone in the box flew over and landed in his hand.

This soul stone is of extremely high quality; although, unlike the Purple Source Soul Crystal, it cannot preserve a demon soul forever, it can still keep it for several years without decay.

Within the translucent-colored soul stone, a unique demon soul emerged.

Its form resembles a dragonfly, with two pairs of wings—one large and one small—transparent wings speckled with starlight, a head bearing two soft antennae, an elongated body extending segment by segment backward, and two filamentous tail tendrils, giving it a very graceful appearance.

It is an insect-type demon soul.

Pale blue energy flows slowly within the demon soul, forming a regular cycle that emits faint strands of starlight.

"Phase Mayfly!"

Viola identified the demon soul's origin and exclaimed in surprise, "Phase Mayflies are born in the void; they are natural plane travelers, growing extremely slowly, with a juvenile period longer than a dragon's, and this phase mayfly is unbelievably large!"

"Indeed, it's rare," Lei En nodded.

The *Book of a Thousand Souls* records that a phase mayfly takes four hundred years to mature and reach the legendary realm, and this particular phase mayfly is a Legendary High-rank; its age is at least a thousand years, and when alive its body length should be five or six meters!

Viola found it hard to believe and asked, "How did Korstted capture it?"

"Perhaps luck was on his side," Lei En guessed.

Phase mayflies are extremely rare, peculiar insects; they are not very intelligent and lack strong combat power, but they possess a talent called "phase perception" that lets them traverse planes at will and hunt food in different worlds.

The higher the rank of a phase mayfly, the harder it is to track.

Especially those that reach the legendary level, their "phase perception" advances to "phase walker", allowing them to almost instantly enter other planes or teleport to far‑away worlds.

Phase Walker is a legendary element!

It has a special perception of "planes"—not just the space it occupies, but the entire plane and its relative position to other planes—so when casting the "interdimensional teleport" spell, it dramatically shortens casting time, precisely pins the coordinates of distant planes, remains unaffected by void turbulence, and arrives directly at the destination.

The closer the relative distance of a plane, the faster the teleportation.

If the plane is an overlapping one like the Shadow Plane with the Prime Material Plane, one can even slip in instantly, not be repelled by plane rules, and remain there long‑term.

Even if a teleport goes awry, one will never get lost in the void.

Moreover, a phase walker can create a variable number of phase coordinates scattered across planes, forming fixed teleport points. Before a mark dissipates, a phase mayfly need only select one mark as a guide to teleport to the corresponding location in a very short time, even instantly.

The stronger its power, the more phase coordinates it can generate.

A Legendary High-rank phase mayfly can create at least fifteen phase coordinates, meaning it has fifteen places to flee and hide, each on a different plane.

Killing a phase mayfly is extremely difficult.

Their combat ability is mediocre, but their perception is highly acute and they are very timid; at the first sign of danger they flee. Typical space‑blocking methods are ineffective against phase mayflies because they also master various teleportation spells.

The Soul Eye saw a series of elements.

【7】 Besides "phase walker", there are phase thrust, phase distortion, phase shield, interdimensional teleport, blink, anydoor, position swap, plane traversal, Greater Teleport, Dimensional Anchor, phase banishment, invisibility, and other twelve secret‑type elements.

Besides the "Phase Walker", there are Phase Compression, Phase Distortion, Phase Shield, Otherworldly Teleport, Flash, Arbitrary Door, Position Swap, Plane Traversal, Greater Teleport, Dimensional Anchor, Phase Banishment Technique and Invisibility Technique—twelve secret‑technique Elements.

Only "phase thrust" has offensive power; the others are for escape or to block pursuers.

There is also a "Void Resonance" that amplifies the effect of these escape spells.

A Legendary High-rank, however, has only fourteen elements, pitifully few; in direct combat it can hardly defeat an opponent of the same rank, and may even fail against one rank lower. Yet the phase mayfly's escape skill is first‑rate, possibly leaving even a Holy Soul Wizard helpless.

Therefore, Lei En and Viola are both curious how Korstted managed to kill this phase mayfly, as it would be hard for him to accomplish with his power.

Unless it barged into Fu Kong Cheng looking for death.

Korstted is dead; no one can answer this question.

Viola looked up and asked, "Lei En, do you want to fuse this demon soul?"

A legendary element phase walker is undoubtedly very powerful; it lacks combat strength but can preserve life, and no Wizard would overlook it. Lei En just said he would give her everything in the half‑plane, including the phase mayfly's demon soul, and as long as Lei En needs it, she would hand it over without hesitation.

Lei En did not respond immediately; he was still contemplating.

He had already mastered several of the phase mayfly's fourteen elements; its life‑preserving ability was merely a bonus for him, optional at best.

The only thing he valued was its ability to create phase coordinates.

Not for his own use, but to combine it with Fu Kong Cheng.

Fu Kong Cheng moves between planes by means of "Leap", formally called "Starrealm Leap". It is a Nine-ring Technique arranged as a rune array within Fu Kong Cheng, using the endless energy of the Iola Core to propel the entire city across planes.

The Starrealm Leap process is fixed: first enter the Starrealm, use its unique spatial properties to traverse quickly, then exit the Starrealm to reach the destination.

In fact, a Leap is two teleportations, with the Starrealm serving as a springboard.

Thus Fu Kong Cheng's Leap consumes twice the energy, and the Leap is slow; even traversing within the Starrealm takes time.

If one forgoes "Leap" and directly casts "interdimensional teleport", bypassing the Starrealm, the teleport speed would certainly be far faster than a Leap.

Holy Soul Wizards have long considered this plan, but it presents unsolvable difficulties.

First, void turbulence interferes, making interdimensional teleport hard to pinpoint; the farther the distance, the larger the error.

Second, the stability and safety of interdimensional teleport are inferior to Starrealm Leap; the void hides countless dangers, and even the most seasoned plane‑traveler caster has a significant chance of teleport failure, getting lost in the void and never returning.

For a caster, individual teleportation is already risky; the volume and weight of Fu Kong Cheng are billions of times that of a caster, making the risk unimaginable.

Both of these problems can be perfectly solved by a "phase walker".

"Phase walker" is an anomalous element that cannot be converted into a rune array, but "interdimensional teleport" is a standard spell, which Fu Kong Cheng can fully employ.

He would command Fu Kong Cheng to perform interdimensional teleport, using "phase coordinates" as guides...

Lei En was unsure whether it would work.

If possible, his Fu Kong Cheng's mobility would far exceed that of other floating cities; not only would teleportation be faster and take less time, but it could also reach distant planes that the Starrealm cannot access.

"Might as well try."

"Even if this method fails, obtaining a legendary element is not a loss."

After consideration, Lei En decided to fuse this demon soul.

He didn't beat around the bush with Viola and said directly, "Viola, I intend to fuse the phase mayfly; it could be of great use to me."

"Fine."

Viola showed no hint of reluctance.

Lei En had just given himself over ten million Gold Shields; that sum is enough to build a top‑standard Wu Shi Ta, making a legendary element seem negligible in comparison.

"Then I begin."

Lei En finished speaking, sat down on the spot in a lotus posture, and laughed, "You guard me for a while."

Fusion of a magical soul is the moment when a transcendent is most defenseless; if attacked, there is virtually no ability to retaliate, so one usually finds the safest place to perform it, without anyone watching nearby. Lei En did not hesitate with Viola, immediately fused the magical soul, showing his absolute trust in Viola.

Viola nodded seriously.

She knew this half-plane was extremely safe; outside, in the Obsidian Tower, Reslin and a large number of Thundercast Celestial Soldiers were present, making enemy invasion impossible, yet she still guarded meticulously.

The Half-elf let his six Main Souls possess him, donned Holy Radiance armor, unfurled three pairs of pure white wings behind him, and entered combat mode.

At the same time, she summoned twelve angels to guard around Lei En.

Lei En glanced at the soul stone; the Phase Mayfly's soul wave frequency was relatively close to his, so fusion was not difficult, but this was his fourth magical soul fusion after advancing to Legendary High-rank, and also the most severe conflict beneath Saint Rank, so he needed to be cautious.

He had already prepared for losing Elements, only hoping the Phase Walker would remain unharmed.

He took a deep breath, calming his mind and spirit.

Lei En pressed the soul stone to his brow, ignited his soul power, instantly drawing out the Phase Mayfly's magical soul; in the next instant, it appeared at the base of the World Tree.

The fusion begins!

This was his nineteenth magical soul fusion; the previous eighteen had amassed abundant experience, making him adept, and he immediately urged the Phase Mayfly to climb along the tree trunk.

Now the World Tree in the soul space resembled a towering giant tree.

Eighteen branches formed from magical souls, spanning six tiers from low to high, each bearing numerous leaves with Element runes flashing light.

Additionally, Elements shared from Oxi Liya and Asina became two branches, and the primal bodies of 240 Extreme Warriors symbiotically formed branches, with every ten leaves constituting one branch—twenty‑four in total—lush and indistinguishable from a real World Tree.

This also made the Phase Mayfly's climb especially arduous and distant; it had to ascend to the sixth‑tier treetop at the highest point.

Upon reaching the first‑tier branch, it halted.

Lei En immediately urged it to continue climbing, while activating the Soul‑Fusion Seed; his soul power trembled, a layer of golden light radiated outward, suppressing the conflict.

The Phase Mayfly then wriggled upward.

Second tier, third tier, fourth tier...

Soon it reached the fifth tier; the Phase Mayfly's magical soul energy had already been depleted by one‑third, losing two Elements—Random Door and Invisibility—fortunately both were skills he had long mastered.

After another soul‑power tremor, the Phase Mayfly launched an assault toward the sixth tier.

Lei En carefully regulated its climbing speed, neither too fast nor too slow; after two soul‑power upheavals it lost the "Flash" Element, finally reaching the sixth tier. The moment it arrived, the entire World Tree quivered, with higher sections shaking more violently.

At the very top of the treetop, the Blue Dragon, the Spirit-absorbing Monster's main brain, and the massive Thunder Elephant Tarado, three branches formed from Legendary High-rank magical souls, swayed wildly, their leaves flashing incessantly.

The Phase Mayfly's magical soul was attacked and nearly collapsed.

Lei En promptly suppressed the conflict, maintaining the situation.

The next three fusion attempts all failed; the conflict was too intense, losing two more Elements, and the Phase Mayfly's magical soul energy fell below half.

"We can't delay any longer."

Lei En, resolute, repeatedly triggered the Soul‑Fusion Seed to release tremors; the entire soul space trembled as if about to disintegrate. The three magical‑soul branches on the sixth tier recoiled, and seizing the moment, his soul power surged, forcibly pushing the Phase Mayfly upward.

In an instant, the magical soul merged with the tree trunk as one.

A brand‑new branch sprouted beside the massive Thunder Elephant Tarado, rapidly extending outward, aligning with the three magical souls.

"That was close!"

"Fortunately it succeeded."

Lei En exhaled, then saw that this new branch bore only eight leaves; the last suppression had caused the Phase Mayfly to lose another Element.

Originally fourteen Elements, only eight remained—a considerable loss.

He quickly inspected and found the six missing Elements were Phase Shield, Dimensional Anchor, Flash, Random Door, Phase Banishment Technique, and Invisibility, which finally eased his mind.

The Phase Shield's defense was similar to the Prismatic Light Shield, but it was of little use to him, so it wasn't a pity.

Dimensional Anchor is a relatively common spell; if it's gone, that's that.

Anyway, Phase Distortion remains; its effect overlaps with Dimensional Anchor and is more convenient. Dimensional Anchor prevents a target from teleporting to other planes, affecting only a single target, whereas Phase Distortion works area‑wide, blocking both outgoing and incoming trans‑plane travel.

Phase Banishment Technique is an enhanced version of Banishment, with seven rings, a very effective enemy‑trapping spell; losing it was somewhat regrettable.

Flash, Random Door, and Invisibility were inconsequential.

Overall, this fusion degree was low, even lower than that of the Spirit-absorbing Monster's main brain, less than half, yet Lei En was satisfied; losing other Elements mattered not, as long as the Phase Walker remained.

The new branch stabilized, and the soul space ceased trembling.

Lei En instantly sensed a change; regarding his current plane, the Prime Material Plane, a clear locational impression formed in his mind, like a reference, mapping out adjacent planes—the Aether Plane, Shadow Plane, Fairy Plane, Astral Realm, and so on.

The heavenly rift became a passage; the separation between planes seemed nonexistent.

As long as he wished, he could enter these overlapping planes at any time, as effortlessly as walking across flat ground.

"I'll study it later."

Lei En withdrew his focus, completed the fusion of the Phase Mayfly, and a fourth energy circle appeared on his phone interface.

Its remaining energy converted to less than ten units of charge.

He glanced at the soul power pool; after annihilating the Undead Army to its final stage yesterday, he had retained three thousand units of spare charge, and the pool was full. With a thought, the newly formed energy circles filled rapidly, one unit at a time, turning green.

In just a few dozen seconds, the charge reached full capacity!

Then, no matter how much charge was added, it could not increase further, indicating a bottleneck that required a soul metamorphosis to overcome.

Nineteen‑level Wizard!

Legendary Peak!

Lei En couldn't help but sigh that he had finally reached this point; looking back, it had not been easy. Now he only lacked a suitable Saint Rank magical soul, and he could launch an assault on the Holy Soul Wizard; he believed that day was not far off.

Amidst the ebbing thoughts, he opened his eyes.

(End of Chapter)