Chapter 44

The two looked at each other and suddenly burst into laughter at the same time.

"It seems I really found the right ally." Andre raised his teacup to replace wine, hope shining in his eyes: "To our cooperation!"

"And to the future!" Luo En responded with his cup.

The sound of tea cups colliding was crisp and pleasant. Friendship and trust are more precious than anything here.

"Starting tomorrow, I have to prepare those potion material lists." Luo En said while drinking tea, "Do you have any channels on your side to get Dragon Beard Grass? I need that for refining Qi and Blood Potion."

"Dragon Beard Grass is not a problem." Andre said casually: "On the contrary, on your side, what kind of things are on Lady Ailan's list? Maybe I can help."

Hearing Andre's inquiry, Luo En wanted to reveal a little about the task Lady Ailan gave him, so that Andre, whose network was much wider than his, could also help.

But he looked up at the darkening sky outside and decided to wait until tomorrow to discuss the details of the cooperation.

Seeing Luo En's appearance, the Thirteenth Prince, who was good at observing words and colors, immediately understood, took the initiative to put down the teacup, and proposed to leave.

After sending Andre away, he locked the door and took out the simple stardust liquid he had refined under Lady Ailan's guidance from the table.

A little more than half of the silver liquid remained in the bottle, slightly glowing under the candlelight.

"Better keep the artificial star dew for now, it's not time to use it yet."

Luo En whispered to himself, looking at the precious potion given by Huo Huo Erte placed deep in the cabinet.

He already had a plan in his heart—wait until Lady Ailan gives him "The Star-Eater's Mutterings," and then use this higher-quality star dew to accelerate the breakthrough.

With the complexity of that gemstone-level meditation method, relying solely on hard work would probably take until the year of the monkey to seek a breakthrough. Only with potion support can one break through faster.

"Now the remaining simple stardust liquid should be enough for me to push the sonic spell to the entry level where it can be used in actual combat."

Luo En took a deep breath, took out Da Lun De's notebook, and prepared to use this remaining stardust liquid to help break through the last bottleneck:

【Sonic Oscillation (Prototype 87/100)】

After a little thought, he opened the window to confirm that it was quiet in the middle of the night, then took out a piece of dead wood for experiments brought back from the herb shop and placed it on the table as a target.

Carefully pouring out a small spoonful of simple stardust liquid, Luo En drank it slowly.

The cool feeling spread from his throat to his whole body, and soon spread to his whole body.

He could feel his spirit becoming unusually clear, and his thinking more flexible.

Although according to Lady Ailan, its effect is only a youthful version of the real stardust liquid, it is enough for his current task.

【Simple Stardust Liquid - Effect: Spiritual power stability slightly increased; spellcasting accuracy slightly increased】

He sat cross-legged on the bed, opened Da Lun De's notebook, and studied the unsolved parts seriously.

Under the action of stardust liquid, those originally obscure and difficult symbols and notes became clearer and easier to understand at this moment.

As time passed, he gradually understood the essence—

Da Lun De's sonic spell core is not just simply calling vibration, but guiding the resonance of magic particles in the air through a specific "mental wave" to form aggressive sound waves.

"So that's it..."

With the help of the mental stability ability brought by simple stardust liquid, Luo En closed his eyes and began to build the sonic spell model in his mental space.

It was no longer a simple water-drop shape, but a spiral energy structure, with three layers of mental power of different densities rotating and intersecting, forming a complex but stable energy vortex.

The angle and speed of each layer's rotation were extremely particular. He followed the guidance in Da Lun De's notebook and adjusted them one by one in the clear perception brought by stardust liquid.

"Feels like tuning a string on an instrument, not just building a spell," he thought to himself.

With the injection of mental power, the spiral energy vortex began to expand and made a faint humming sound during rotation.

At first it was just a faint vibration, but soon, as Luo En began to input magic power, that vibration gradually possessed destructive power, starting to disturb the surrounding air.

【Sonic Oscillation (Prototype) Experience +1】

【Sonic Oscillation (Prototype) Experience +1】

【Sonic Oscillation (Prototype) Experience +1】

【Spell Construction (Entry) Experience +1】

Luo En did not stop, continuing to adjust the direction and intensity of the energy flow.

After transferring to 【Wizard Apprentice (One and a Half Stars)】 and acquiring the profession skill of Spell Construction, he clearly felt that his speed of perfecting the Sonic Oscillation prototype was much faster.

He found that when mental power vibrates at a specific frequency, it can not only build spell models more effectively, but also significantly reduce magic power consumption.

"Just like finding a certain resonance frequency..."

Luo En, immersed in the construction of the spell model, did not notice that the wooden block on the table beside the bed suddenly vibrated slightly.

When he came back to his senses, he found that his mental power had unconsciously built a complete sonic spell model and had already begun to affect surrounding physical objects.

"Actually finished it unconsciously? Looks like the effect of simple stardust liquid is better than imagined."

He hurriedly concentrated his attention and brought this unexpected harvest under control.

"Sonic Oscillation!"

Luo En chanted the spell name in his heart, while releasing a condensed mental power, pushing the spiral energy vortex.

A ripple almost invisible to the naked eye shot out from his palm and hit the wooden block on the table.

Silently, countless tiny cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the wooden block, and then the whole piece of wood shattered with a bang, turning into a pile of wood chips.

【Sonic Oscillation (Prototype) Experience +8】

【Breakthrough! Sonic Oscillation (Prototype 100/100) -> Sonic Oscillation (Proficient 1/200)】

【Additional trait acquired: Micro-ripple (Hard to be detected when attacking)】

"Success."

He couldn't believe that he had mastered the sonic spell so quickly, and even skipped the entry threshold, pushing it directly to the proficient level, to the point of directly acquiring the skill's additional trait.

Perhaps it was because he had perfected this spell model from a prototype concept.

Luo En thought of this and reached out to touch those wood chips, finding that they had been shaken into tiny dust fragments that could almost be called wood powder, far more thorough than the destruction that appeared on the surface.

What surprised him even more was that the magic power consumption of this spell release was unexpectedly low—it only used about 0.2 magic power, but caused destructive effects comparable to most offensive spells.

And another advantage of this spell is that it is almost silent during the activation process, will not attract too much vigilance, and is a good hand for sneak attacks.

"No wonder Ao Li Fu is so interested in this spell."

Luo En thought to himself: "If it is really as Lady Ailan said, combining it with curses, it is indeed possible to create an attack method that is almost impossible to defend against at the apprentice stage."

This thought made him both excited and vigilant.

This kind of power has completely different results in different hands.

"Fortunately, I am no longer that kind of weakling who has no power to truss a chicken."

Luo En exhaled lightly, looking at the gradually brightening sky outside the window.

This newly added "Sonic Oscillation" might be another important trump card for him in this dangerous Black Mist Jungle.

He finished the remaining simple stardust liquid in the cup and closed his eyes lightly:

"Now only 'The Star-Eater's Mutterings' is left. After collecting the materials on the list, perhaps I can take another step toward a higher level..."

(End of chapter)