Chapter 894: Level 21 Wizard

"Holy Soul Wizard, so that's what it feels like!"

Lei En let out a sigh.

Because Reslin and Sheng Jilesi were already Saint Rank elites, he had already experienced it, but one is a Grand Mage and the other a Holy Blood Angel; these two transcendent professions differ considerably from a Holy Soul Wizard, and for the Empire's people, the symbolism of a Holy Soul Wizard is entirely different.

Compared with the gradual progression of a Mage, a Wizard's each advancement is far more intense; Holy Soul Ascension is especially difficult, and the change after a successful breakthrough is like a volcanic eruption.

Boom!

As soon as Lei En finished speaking, a breath far surpassing ordinary Saint Rank elites erupted violently from his body, nearly solidifying, even warping the air.

At the same time, Lei En's stature surged dramatically!

In the blink of an eye, he became a Titan Giant over ten meters tall, and kept expanding, soon exceeding the previous Titan Giant limit, surpassing twenty meters in height.

Countless Lightning Elements gathered from all directions; in the underground cavern beneath the Obsidian Tower, thunder rolled, the density of Lightning Elements was visible to the naked eye, like dark clouds filling every corner of the cave, with bolts of lightning spreading through the air.

Centered on Lei En, a dense lightning storm formed on the ninth floor of the Mage Tower.

His height kept rising, already taller than the Titan elder Suo Lim, exceeding thirty meters, his head nearly touching the ceiling.

The massive body shimmered with a dark‑gold sheen, as if forged from refined gold; terrifying lightning coursed over his skin, his eyes held a shocking electric glow that grew brighter, like two blinding golden suns.

When Lei En inhaled, the massive Lightning Elements were drawn into his nostrils, as if a whale swallowing a rainbow, and the surrounding lightning storm stalled and weakened.

Two seconds later, Lei En exhaled.

Huh…

Amid deafening thunder, Lei En's nostrils spewed countless bolts of lightning, breaking down into pure Lightning energy, replenishing the surrounding storm, which instantly boiled over.

With each breath, he stirred the tide of Lightning Elements.

The scene was like a reborn Thunder God!

Lei En was startled himself, slowed his breathing to adapt to his condition, then instinctively tried to open the phone interface to check his Element data, only to find the phone powered off.

Each time a Soul Transformation ascends, the phone shuts down to update its system.

Reslin and Sheng Jilesi are avatars; the MutatedPhone in their minds is only a copy, so nothing changed when they advanced Saint Rank.

The phone in his own mind is the true one.

Lei En waited for the phone to reboot while feeling his power rise.

The Strength Element certainly upgraded, likely only by one level—from fifteen to sixteen—but the change was obvious. After Strength passes level twelve, each level gap is huge and advancement is extremely hard; the fourteenth‑level Strength of an ancient dragon demon stacked with his own can raise him one level, clearly the driving force of Soul Transformation advancement is greater.

His Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body also rose from tier three to four.

Since the Steel Body, Mythril Body, and True Dragon Form merged into the Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body, the Elemental factors related to physique defense in the fused New Demon Soul have all been absorbed into the Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body, pushing the progress bar forward.

The ancient dragon demon's several base Elements—level‑13 Toughness, level‑12 Enduring Stamina, level‑9 Ultra‑fast Regeneration, level‑9 Energy Resistance—plus two legendary Elements and two supreme Elements, all merged into the Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body, yet only raised it by one level; this shows how difficult growth of the Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body is.

Strength and the Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body are physique Elements that can be boosted with electricity; even though this Soul Transformation showed no change, Lei En didn't mind.

Most of the ancient dragon demon's melee Elements and Lightning spells are already possessed, so losing them all would be no problem.

Lei En cares most about Lightning Element affinity.

"Ten Lightning forms should have advanced by now, right?"

He sensed the external lightning storm and found that all Lightning Elements within a kilometer radius were under his control, moving at his will.

Raising his right hand, a massive Electric Blast Orb instantly materialized.

Nine-ring Technique!

Lei En was startled by his own spell, observing the lightning sphere on his palm, almost fully solidified, its contained energy unbelievably high.

Moreover, the casting speed was nearly instantaneous!

"This…"

"It's definitely the Thunder God's Master! And there's more than one!"

Lei En was overjoyed; he had long desired the Thunder God's Master, so he understood the effect of this legendary Element very well.

The Thunder God's Master grants immunity to all Lightning spells below Nine-ring, and its resistance to those above Nine-ring is also astounding; the damage it can cause is minimal, and as long as one's own defense and vitality are sturdy, it can essentially ignore all Lightning spells.

Conversely, his own Lightning spells' potency surged three to five times, casting speed also accelerated greatly, making sub‑Nine‑ring spells easily instant.

Most importantly, the Thunder God's Master can absorb Lightning power to amplify Strength!

Lei En's mind shifted.

Surrounding Lightning Elements converged wildly, triggering an energy surge; in an instant a sturdy Thunder Battle Armor formed on his body, massive Lightning power surged inward, Strength skyrocketed, instantly breaking through to level seventeen, and his newly stabilized form expanded again.

He was very familiar with this situation.

When the Thunder God's Hammer's attached Thunder God's Master activates, it's this feeling.

Seeing his head about to hit the ceiling, Lei En quickly bent down, glanced around; the Mage Tower's space is limited, otherwise he could try to trigger infinite berserk, Elephantine Lightning Power and Battle Music, combine with Immortal Battle Soul, and test his size limit.

The Immortal Battle Soul's trait is that the stronger the Strength, the larger the physique, and the longer the lifespan.

He had already sensed the first two points.

The last point, Lei En currently felt nothing; at twenty‑seven, he had just lifted the Blood Soul Curse, and the effects of Ailuna's Tear, the Soul Pacifying Technique, and the He Si Magic Array had not yet ended; the ongoing soul restoration not only prevented decay but kept rising.

Even without an Immortal Battle Soul, breaking through to a Holy Soul Wizard grants at least a two‑thousand‑year lifespan.

The seventh Soul Transformation was a qualitative leap.

Soul power continued to surge, the aura unique to Saint Rank elites rose step by step, Lei En shrank his physique to normal human height, focusing on sensing his soul's metamorphosis.

Entering meditation, the World Tree in his soul space was rapidly growing, its height more than tripled compared to before the ascent, the trunk's diameter expanding severalfold, now a true towering tree.

On the World Tree, each leaf's Element rune flickered.

Many Elements advanced in this Soul Transformation.

His Elements were too many; Lei En couldn't examine which had advanced, so he focused on the tree's base, where a thick root plunged deep into his soul. It resembled a tree growing downward; finer roots branched from the main trunk, curling like tentacles, each tip coiled with an Element rune.

The root was formed from the ancient dragon demon's demon soul, drawing nourishment from his own soul, the two merging into one.

Over twenty finer roots, each representing an Element.

"Can the World Tree have no more than six layers of branches at most?"

Lei En was a bit curious: when he next rises to Level 21 and merges a New Demon Soul, will new branches sprout up high, or will roots grow down below?

The only one who should know this is Ouroin Master, but he never told me.

"Then maybe just level up again."

Lei En stroked his chin; he happened to still have a "Aman Sok Giant Bear" demon soul in hand. Its Element was quite good—Level 17 Strength higher than the ancient dragon demon, Level 14 Toughness, and he already had Infinite Fury, but even just the first two Elements before merging were already worthwhile.

Rising from Level 20 to Level 21 is far easier than advancing to Saint Rank; the difficulty is more than a notch lower.

The 3,000‑grid energy I prepared hasn't been used yet, just right for the upgrade.

"Why hasn't it powered on yet?"

Lei En was surprised; the phone in his mind still showed no sign of activity, something he'd never experienced. Previously a phone reboot took at most three or four minutes; now it had already exceeded ten minutes.

Half an hour passed.

The final stage of the soul metamorphosis concluded, and the Holy Soul Wizard's aura gradually calmed.

Yet the phone still wouldn't start.

Lei En grew restless; MutatedPhone was his greatest support—without it, he could never have achieved what he has today, perhaps he would have died long ago.

In the future, every one of his plans will depend on it.

"It should be fine; it's just that this change is huge, so the reboot needs more time." Lei En glanced at Reslin and Sheng Jilesi; both clones were normal, their phone copies were still running, so the main phone was still there.

With such a long reboot, there's likely a new function!

Lei En couldn't help feeling a bit hopeful.

Almost an hour later, a "beep" sounded in his mind, and a familiar Little Red Flower appeared in his view—eight petals surrounding a central multi‑core crystal, emitting a mysterious glow.

"Finally…"

Lei En let out a sigh of relief.

The startup was swift, completing in a few seconds; the phone interface unfolded before his eyes, with hundreds of icons arranged in a spiral—most were Soul Elements, a few were phone functions.

Lei En scanned it rapidly.

As expected from his earlier sensing, Strength reached Level 16, Titanium Extreme Golden Body rose to Level 4, and the new legendary Elements—Immortal War Soul and Thunder Stomp—were at Level 10.

There were also two identical icons that stood out especially.

The icon was simple: a strong hand grasping a jagged lightning bolt, sparks flying, conveying the notion of subduing raging thunder.

Lord of Thunder!

Lei En sensed the icons, instantly receiving their data: ten thunder‑entity forms combine into two Lords of Thunder. When he wields Thunder God's Hammer, he can stack up to three Lords of Thunder simultaneously, making his power and spells even more terrifying.

As the name suggests, he will be the master of thunder!

Lei En was very satisfied, and upon close inspection of other changes, War Stomp and Thunder Stomp had merged, with a maximum of only Level 10; the icon had no progress bar, so it could no longer be upgraded.

Thunder Crash rose two levels, reaching Level 5.

Thunder God's Spear increased by one level, now at Level 7.

Titanic Divine Power rose from Level 4 to Level 5; Heavy Strike to Level 9; Thunder Slash to Level 8; the four spells Tim Kainan Demon Sword Art, Electric Blast Orb, Rainbow Light Cloak, and Psychic Storm each advanced from Ring 8 to Ring 9; plus a dozen combat Element and spell upgrades, though they were of little use.

The phone's built‑in functions also received enhancements.

Lei En's most used Soul Eye and Voice of All Things had their visual and auditory ranges greatly expanded, likely allowing him to sense more information, though testing in the Wizard Tower proved difficult.

Upon advancing to Level 20 Wizard, the Energy Circle in the middle of the phone interface reverted to a single ring; the ancient dragon demon's massive Soul Power was only a few grids short of filling the energy.

Those were secondary; Lei En looked at the Soul Power Pool beside the Energy Circle.

The number in the middle of the Battery Icon changed from 3000 to 605, representing the energy in the Soul Power Pool.

This advancement was a bit easier than expected; the pre‑stored 3,000‑grid energy wasn't needed. The number changed but the energy remained the same, meaning the Soul Power Pool's unit had shifted—now one grid roughly equals five grids before the advancement.

Converted, his Soul Power grew fivefold from Level 19 to Level 20!

"What about the Soul Power Pool capacity?"

Lei En, a bit impatient, opened the Soul Power Pool and instantly obtained the information he wanted—the upgraded capacity was 10,000 grids!

From 3,000 to 10,000, the number only tripled a bit.

In reality, the current 10,000‑grid energy corresponds to the legendary era's 50,000‑grid energy, an increase of roughly seventeen times.

"Enough for use."

Lei En was still calculating the Soul Power Pool capacity when, suddenly, he saw an unfamiliar icon.

It was a square pattern, neatly divided into smaller squares, roughly colored into three zones: earth‑yellow at the bottom, brown in the middle, green on top; the tiny squares blended gradually, appearing somewhat blurry.

New function?

Lei En paused, realizing the icon looked somewhat familiar?

The MutatedPhone's functions are divided into two categories: hardware functions, like Soul Eye being a camera; and software functions, like a music player.

This icon was clearly not a hardware function but software downloaded in his previous life.

Memories of his past life were somewhat distant.

Lei En recalled carefully: before arriving in Ai Lun E Si's world, he had downloaded dozens of apps onto his phone; most remained gray and unactivated, some were activated but unusable, and only a few became powerful functions.

"This thing…"

Lei En didn't rashly click the icon; a flash of insight struck his mind, and he exclaimed hoarsely, "My World!"

Wasn't this the game he had downloaded himself?

"My World" is renowned throughout the gaming world; Lei En also loved games, but being unaccustomed to pixel art, he had heard the name for ages without ever trying it. On a friend's recommendation he was about to give it a go, having downloaded it to his phone but not yet played before he was transported, so his knowledge of the game was minimal—accurately, he knew essentially nothing.

What function could a mutated mobile game become?

Lei En, hopeful, selected the icon to open it.

However, there was no response.

"Hm?" Lei En looked closely; it wasn't completely unresponsive—under the pixel‑style icon a tiny, inconspicuous progress bar appeared.

He immediately understood: it needed charging to activate it.

"Try it."

Lei En pressed the button on the right side of the progress bar, and instantly the energy in the spiritual power pool drained away, the energy plummeting, and in a flash a hundred units of energy vanished.

However, the rise of the progress bar was almost negligible; the number in the middle jumped, from 0% to 0.1%, i. e., one‑thousandth.

"Whoa!"

Lei En stared dumbfounded; a hundred units of energy only increased by one‑thousandth, so reaching a full hundred percent would require one hundred thousand units of energy.

Now one unit of energy equals the five units before promotion, meaning that previously fifty thousand units of energy were needed to activate this icon.

"Crazy!" Lei En had no words to reply.

He stopped feeding energy in time, looked at the remaining five hundred‑plus units, and decided to upgrade himself first.

Activating the new function in the short term is out of the question; later.

The energy bar quickly filled up; Lei En had just been promoted to Holy Soul Wizard a little over an hour ago, entered the soul ascension state again, and while the Tears of Ai Lù Nà and the Soul‑Soothing Technique's duration had not ended, he immediately took out the Soul Stone containing the "Aman Sok Giant Bear" magic soul and pressed it to his forehead.

Lei En's aura flared again, and after a moment the upgrade finished smoothly.

"Level 21 Wizard, done!"

(End of chapter)