127: Chapter 127 Advancement: Second Ring Wizard!

After resting for three days, the injuries on Nie Ning's body had finally recovered.

The first thing Nie Ning did after his recovery was to prepare for his promotion.

During these three days, Nie Ning had prepared everything he needed; whether he could successfully advance depended on today.

At this moment, Nie Ning sat cross-legged in the cultivation room of the basement.

The previous explosion had not destroyed the core part of the Elemental Pool, and after some simple repairs, it was now functioning normally.

As the Elemental Power in the cultivation room became abundant, Nie Ning drank the bottle of promotion potion.

Nie Ning could feel his Spiritual Power 'softening,' though the intensity was only slightly higher than the purity of the potion Audrey had given him last time.

In other words, the potion in his hand was not a second-rank potion.

Fortunately, this potion was still useful, proving that his previous preparations had not been in vain.

If it were used to engrave a complete second-rank spell, a potion of this intensity clearly wouldn't be able to brand a complete Runic Formula.

However, the fusion formula of the three elements only had first-rank intensity, even lower than the previous five-element intensity.

But this was his first time performing such an operation, and there was no precedent to draw from; he had to rely entirely on his own exploration.

Whether it would succeed depended on whether the Power of Corruption was useful.

Nie Ning entered his sea of consciousness and began branding the Ice-Wind-Thunder triple-element formula.

Perhaps because his Spiritual Power was too strong, the branding process went exactly as he had imagined without any difficulty, and the branding of the Runic Formula was completed in just a few moments.

However, what came next was the hardest part.

If he couldn't superimpose the two formulas, then everything he had done would be for naught.

Nie Ning activated the Power of Corruption, and the Elemental Sphere formula representing the five elements was infected by the corruption, turning gray at an extremely fast speed.

At the same time, the patterns on the Runic Formula began to twist, and a strange, inexplicable fluctuation started to affect the triple-element Runic Formula.

Since the three elements were not corrupted, this process was very slow.

However, branding the triple-element Runic Formula hadn't consumed too much of Nie Ning's Spiritual Power, so he only needed to complete it before the potion's effect wore off.

As time passed, the triple-element Runic Formula slowly turned gray.

And next was the most critical step.

According to Nie Ning's conception, only two results would occur with the two Runic Formulas.

One was to superimpose the triple-element Runic Formula onto the five-element Runic Formula, and the second was to directly fuse the two together.

The former was less difficult, but such a crude superimposition would definitely affect the power of the spell.

The second one was what Nie Ning truly wanted.

Although he would have one less branded spell than others, for someone like him who could absorb the skills of exotic beasts, having one more or one less made almost no difference.

Given the power of an eight-fold fusion spell, if it couldn't kill the enemy, an extra five-fold Elemental Sphere wouldn't be of much use anyway.

Moreover, he was different from conventional wizards; others desperately stacked defense, as a bit more defense meant a bit more chance of winning.

Defense could be superimposed, which was one of the reasons why wizards were so keen on stacking it.

Furthermore, Nie Ning had read in books that powerful wizard factions possessed complete spell systems, where interlocking Runic Formulas could greatly enhance one's defense.

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'I hope the Power of Corruption doesn't let me down.'

Under Nie Ning's control, the triple-element Runic Formula, which had not yet completely solidified, began to move toward the five-element Runic Formula below.

Perhaps due to the difference in the state of Spiritual Power, the solidified Runic Formula generated a repulsive force, making it difficult for the 'softened' triple-element Runic Formula to approach.

Nie Ning struggled to control the triple-element Runic Formula, pressing it down.

But the two Runic Formulas seemed incompatible; even when Nie Ning superimposed them, the solidified Runic Formula would still repel the other.

And such a forced operation was extremely taxing on his Spiritual Power.

Sweat began to seep from Nie Ning's body, and his clothes were quickly soaked.

'Must I complete the eight-fold fusion in a superimposed state?'

He was clearly only one step away, yet he could never achieve complete fusion; Nie Ning was very unwilling to give up.

Furthermore, under the influence of the Power of Corruption and the potion, the 'softened' Runic Formula was not as resilient as the solidified one.

Nie Ning's thoughts raced, and he suddenly thought of a way!

After a brief pause, sensing that the potion's effect was about to disappear, Nie Ning made another push to superimpose the triple Runic Formula onto the five-fold one.

Different from before, as the triple Runic Formula merged into the five-fold one, Nie Ning actively canceled the Power of Corruption on the triple formula, allowing it to fuse with the five-fold formula.

Nie Ning instantly noticed that the triple Runic Formula began to collapse.

This was because his own Spiritual Power was insufficient to complete the fusion all at once; it could only be done bit by bit.

Seeing this, Nie Ning could only use his Spiritual Power to forcibly suppress the collapsing triple-element runes, speeding up the fusion in other areas.

As time slowly passed, the effect of the potion had almost completely vanished.

The fusion was now nearing its end.

At the moment the last bit of the Runic Formulas merged, Nie Ning withdrew the Power of Corruption from the five-fold formula.

A complete eight-fold fusion formula appeared in his sea of consciousness, followed by a violent fluctuation throughout the entire sea of consciousness.

Nie Ning struggled to maintain the stability of his sea of consciousness with his remaining Spiritual Power.

When the potion's effect completely wore off, the eight-fold fusion formula suddenly returned to calm.

Nie Ning's Spiritual Power began to transform and sublimate.

A cooling sensation flooded his mind, and he felt as if he had entered a third-person perspective.

Everything around him was clearly visible, his thinking speed accelerated, and many problems he couldn't understand before became simple and clear.

Feeling the complete Runic Formula in his sea of consciousness, Nie Ning knew he had succeeded!

Now that the hardest part was done, he only needed to purify his magic power to join the ranks of Second Ring Wizards!

The purification of magic power also relied on Spiritual Power.

Because Spiritual Power was equivalent to one's upper limit, it not only concerned the storage of magic power but could also be used to compress and purify it.

If the intensity of Spiritual Power was insufficient, magic power would only remain at a level lower than the Spiritual Power.

Under Nie Ning's control, the Elemental Power from the Elemental Pool flooded into the cultivation room.

With the support of the massive Elemental Power, the structure of the crystal core began to change, becoming purer and more solid.

Influenced by the crystal core, the magic power slowly purified under external pressure.

As time slowly passed, about three hours later, Nie Ning's body suddenly jolted, and terrifying energy fluctuations swirled around him.

When this energy subsided, Nie Ning slowly opened his eyes, with multicolored Elemental Power swirling within them.

"I've finally completed the promotion."

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