54: Chapter 54 Element Pool

"By that logic..."

Mo Bai calculated silently.

"Various Elemental Powers are captured by categorized Magic Arrays, flow through Elemental Pathways to their respective categorized Elemental Pools, and are finally sent to the corresponding Magic Arrays.

No, it doesn't need to be that complicated. All I need is a main Elemental Pool and an Elemental Pathway connecting all the Magic Arrays. By setting up an element-capturing magic array in each pathway connecting to the main one, specific elements can be captured... But that would require a separate element-capturing magic array for every single Magic Array, doubling the cost. Also, the content of a specific Elemental Power in the main pathway couldn't be guaranteed. It's still not viable; setting up categorized Elemental Pools is more practical.

Besides, I can directly call upon these categorized Elemental Powers to cast spells."

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While Mo Bai was deep in thought, the fire element Restraint model had already been expanded into a whole Magic Array. The power of Restraint was greatly enhanced, and a specialized Restraint structure was even added at the end to serve as an interface for the Elemental Pathway.

Then, by continuously stacking Restraint structures, the design of the Elemental Pathway was also completed as if it were second nature.

One Magic Array after another was completed. The various magic beast bone powders, which Yang Hao had been instructed to grind using the Wind Blade Technique, were also ready.

He excavated a five-meter-square boulder nearby and used the Wind Blade Technique to grind and level the part exposed above ground, creating a flat rock surface over five meters in diameter.

Trimming it bit by bit, a central pool one meter in diameter and about half a meter deep was gradually completed. Three stone strips inside the pool divided the entire space into six sections.

Connected to the back of each stone strip was a groove, the end of which led to a pool one meter in diameter and half a meter deep.

There were six pools in total surrounding the central main pool in a circle.

Mo Bai took the ground bone powder and, after confirming it could indeed channel specific Elemental Powers, immediately began carving onto the pool with an iron stylus.

The area around the main pool was hollowed out, and Magic Arrays to restrain the six elements were engraved on the bottom and sides without leaving a single gap. The space above was directly covered by spell effects.

On the three core stone strips, an element-capturing magic array for one type of element was carved on each half-strip.

fire element capturing magic array, water element capturing magic array, wind element capturing magic array, earth element capturing magic array, metal element capturing magic array, wood element capturing magic array... The six elemental Magic Arrays were engraved densely on the rock surface, directly connecting to the elemental Restraint structures that Yang Hao and his team were engraving nearby.

The difficulty of Restraint Magic Arrays for specific elements wasn't high. Not just Yang Hao, but even the five newcomers who arrived later had already learned how to engrave them.

Now, under the continuous engraving of the six people, the entire Elemental Pool structure was gradually nearing completion.

The ground bone powder was mixed with collected resin, then rolled into long strips bit by bit to fill the engraved grooves.

This step was even more troublesome and time-consuming than engraving the Magic Spell Models.

Every Spell Node and every mana pathway had to be finely adjusted again and again to compensate for engraving errors.

Every time a section was filled, it had to be test-run by using Spiritual Power to draw Elemental Power. If an error occurred, it had to be readjusted, leading to constant rework.

Time flowed by second by second. Parn continuously searched for and hunted magic beasts to provide magic beast meat for Mo Bai's every meal and regular supplies of lean magic beast meat for the twelve soldiers in training. In his remaining time, he hurried about outside, searching for the iron ore that existed only in the blacksmith's words.

It was said he already had some leads.

As for Ye Qing and Zhou Rin, they had gradually taught the Body Tempering Method to ten people. Every day, they practiced in the area where Mo Bai gathered Elemental Power. Meanwhile, Mo Bai guided the water and wood element powers they absorbed to nourish their internal injuries.

During this period, Mo Bai was busy one day and didn't do it. The next day, he found that the internal injuries had worsened, and he had to guide a large amount of water and wood element powers for specialized repair to fix them.

If they were truly left alone to force their practice of the Body Tempering Method, their muscles would likely become unbearably painful within ten days. If they still didn't stop, their muscles would tear throughout their bodies within fifteen days at most, leaving them completely paralyzed.

This Body Tempering Method Mo Bai created was still too crude and hasty.

Crude as it was, and though it easily caused permanent disability, short life, or sudden death, with an ample supply of meat and Elemental Power, the physical fitness of the twelve improved by the day. Dou Qi had also begun to emerge; each of them could fight ten people empty-handed, like little supermen capable of wrestling a bull.

Now, each of the two teams could hunt magic beasts without casualties. The progress was heartening, and their strength was extraordinary.

Consequently, Mo Bai had to emphasize again and again that they were not to practice the Body Tempering Method privately or teach it to others, stating that anyone who did so would be expelled from the army immediately.

Only through this did he prevent them from secretly competing and practicing. Otherwise, Mo Bai would either be exhausted trying to repair their internal injuries, or they would end up crippled at best and dead at worst.

In this way, ten days passed in a flash. When Mo Bai completed the bone powder filling of the last Spell Node and finished the test, cheers instantly rang out.

"It's finally finished!"

"My eyes are about to go blind."

"Brother Mo, Brother Mo, shall we test it?"

"It would be great if we could work directly with Spiritual Power next time.

After all, spiritual perception is keen. If Spiritual Power could directly turn into tentacles for sensing, moving, and crafting..."

"Hmm, Brother Mo, is there any potential in that?"

During this, a player named Fang Yun asked.

Mo Bai had a relatively deep impression of this player. He had a strong learning ability and active thinking. He came from the Dragon Soaring Guild and was the most outstanding among the five newcomers.

"Of course there's potential, but so far, no similar Magic Spell Model has appeared.

But isn't that spiritual Restraint structure I taught you a pure spiritual Spell Structure?

If you can master it, you might be able to develop a Magic Array for Spiritual Power to interfere with physical matter.

You can try. I have high hopes for you. If you succeed, this Magic Spell Model will be added to the technology exchange library.

Every mage who learns it will have to pay you a copyright fee. Hmm, this might even become one of the spells every mage must learn."

Mo Bai said casually. By now, these five newcomers had a preliminary concept of the technology exchange library and of mages.

Hearing that it could potentially become an exchangeable technology and even a mandatory spell for mages, and hearing Mo Bai's encouragement, Fang Yun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

The four people beside him watched this scene, their eyes turning slightly red with envy.

They wanted it too!

Seeing this, Mo Bai smiled slightly.

This was the result he needed.

The world of magic was so wonderful; why shouldn't more people pluck the laurels, gain profits, and achieve glory within it?

The more, the better.

With a slight smile, he looked down at the Elemental Pool below. First, he used his Spiritual Power to extract Elemental Power and inject it into the pool to set it in motion.

Then... under everyone's gaze and their expectant eyes, he paused.

"Elemental Pool..."

"Activate!"