176: Becoming a wizard (Part 2)

Step five: Stabilize the Innate Wizardry Model.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Endless, pure elemental energy surged towards Grelin like a silver river. Grelin sat cross-legged and still, accepting all the elemental energy without resistance. His Spiritual Power sea issued an alarm, overwhelmed by the immense elemental energy.

Grelin's face contorted, enduring extreme pain, but he gritted his teeth and held on.

At this moment, the Grand Knight's conviction played a crucial role. His unparalleled, firm conviction allowed Grelin to endure the pain with great tolerance while absorbing elemental energy to build the foundation of his innate wizardry. Simultaneously, within Grelin's spiritual space, the projection of an enormous and terrifying beast appeared—it was the source of Grelin's bloodline, a Rank 4 Star Devouring Beast.

With the Morning Star Wizard-level bloodline beast projection supporting him, Grelin's Spiritual Power sea gradually stabilized, no longer appearing precarious as if it would collapse at any moment.

After the transformation, his Spiritual Power sea, with its increased resilience (+1) and multiple buffs, gradually withstood the elemental energy flush that lasted for over half an hour. Grelin's innate wizardry model, now filled with a large amount of elemental energy, completely solidified, forming a disc that was both ethereal and corporeal, covered with countless complex runes. This was the foundation of Grelin's path to power, the bedrock of a Formal Wizard... Step six: Spiritual Power sublimation.

The moment the foundation was established, Grelin's pain and pressure instantly reduced by 99%. His heavily battered Spiritual Power sea finally breathed a sigh of relief. Reaching this step essentially meant success.

Next was to receive the feedback from successfully breaking through to become a Formal Wizard.

Grelin's Spiritual Power underwent an unprecedented leap in an instant. The essence of his Spiritual Power continuously sublimated, finally transforming into a semi-solidified state.

The intensity of his Spiritual Power also continuously increased:

7 intensity, 8 intensity, 10 intensity, 15 intensity, 20 intensity, 30 intensity... Like riding an airplane, Grelin's Spiritual Power intensity soared all the way to 33 intensity, an increase of nearly 5 times, yielding tremendous gains. (Typically, wizards in this process see their Spiritual Power intensity increase by 3 to 5 times. Grelin's data is quite impressive, surpassing 95% of White Wizards.)

As his Spiritual Power sublimated, Grelin's total Spiritual Power also continuously increased. The Spiritual Power, constantly burning his life force to sublimate, was no longer rootless; it fully integrated into Grelin.

Grelin, of course, wouldn't miss this excellent opportunity to reap benefits.

While the fruit of life's effect was still active, Grelin took out another tube of life force-burning auxiliary potion and drank it.

"Boom..."

Immediately, the speed of life force burning increased by 100%, and Grelin's total Spiritual Power continued to rise.

7 scale, 10 scale, 20 scale, 40 scale, 60 scale, 90 scale... This wasn't riding an airplane; this was riding a rocket!

Finally.

After the transformation of his Spiritual Power was complete, Grelin's total Spiritual Power scale reached its current peak—33 * 3 = 99 scale.

This saved Grelin a hundred years of effort!

When normal wizards break through, their Spiritual Power intensity sublimates and increases by three to five times. Also, the Spiritual Power of a Formal Wizard is different from that of a Wizard Apprentice; after Spiritual Power becomes semi-solidified, 1 intensity of Spiritual Power can carry 3 scale of Spiritual Power.

That is to say, if a Formal Wizard has 20 intensity of Spiritual Power, his total Spiritual Power can reach 20 * 3 = 60 scale, whereas for a Wizard Apprentice, it's a 1:1 relationship; 1 intensity of Spiritual Power can only carry 1 scale of total Spiritual Power.

However, the life force of an average wizard might not even be enough in the fourth step of the breakthrough. Even if there's some left, only a tiny bit can be converted. Therefore, after an average wizard breaks through to become a Formal Wizard, their Spiritual Power usually remains at the old 1:1 ratio, meaning 20 intensity of Spiritual Power will have 20 scale of total Spiritual Power. As for the remaining 40 scale of Spiritual Power improvement space, that needs to be slowly cultivated and supplemented after becoming a Formal Wizard.

But Grelin, with the immense life force supplemented by the fruit of life, what did he have to fear?

Even after his Spiritual Power transformation concluded, the effect of the fruit of life hadn't ended yet.

The fruit of life is amazing! It truly deserves its reputation as the number one heavenly material and earthly treasure of the Mist Coast!

...Step seven: Elemental baptism, life level ascension, becoming a Rank 1 life form!

After Grelin's Spiritual Power completed its transformation, he immediately ushered in the second round of physical transformation. The surging river of elemental energy no longer poured into Grelin's Spiritual Power sea.

Instead, it diverted and surged into Grelin's body. This was the greatest benefit of becoming a Formal Wizard.

Under the continuous flushing of the elemental torrent, every cell in Grelin's body was like a seedling that had been parched for three months, growing wildly under the nourishment of abundant rain.

The pure, unaligned elemental energy and the high-purity life force from the fruit of life—these two unique transcendent powers cooperated and exerted their combined strength. Grelin's physical bottleneck burst like a bubble with a single poke.

He transitioned from a Rank 0 life form to a Rank 1 life form.

Grelin's various physical attributes continuously increased:

Strength +1, +1, +1, +1... Constitution +1, +1, +1, +1... Speed +1, +1, +1, +1... At the same time, Grelin's previous vague perception of his lifespan improved to a precise grasp, accurate down to the month.

Lifespan +1, +1, +1, +1... Another two hours passed.

This final step of physical transformation was the most time-consuming, but Grelin wished the transformation would continue indefinitely. The experience of his strength soaring like a rocket was simply too wonderful, making one want to be immersed in it forever.

But good dreams are always short-lived. After completing all breakthroughs, Grelin stood up, his powerful Spiritual Power sweeping across the entire area, exuding an aura like a primeval beast.

"Boom..."

Innate Wizardry—Plant Guardian Stance. No incantation needed; thought became action.

A green aura of the Plant Guardian Stance surrounded Grelin, protecting him 360 degrees within three meters of his vicinity without any blind spots. Six magic thorn vines, as thick as a child's arm, circled Grelin like six loyal Guardian Knights, firmly protecting his safety.

Grelin felt a profound sense of security!

It wasn't easy.

After eighteen years since his transmigration, Grelin finally had his own sense of security.

The feeling of having his feet on solid ground was truly wonderful.

Grelin's face was full of joy, his mouth split into a grin like an idiot.

"Hahaha, haha..."