186: Chapter 186 Advancement: Third Ring Wizard!

Runic Formulas emphasize rationality.

When the foundation cannot be changed, one must either switch to a different sorcery later or continue adding more onto it.

However, the consequence of continuing to add Runic Formulas is that it requires a significant amount of time and energy.

An imprinted sorcery will become increasingly bloated and cumbersome, and the difficulty of modification will also increase significantly.

Once there is no rational place for modification, it might cause the entire Runic Formula to collapse directly, leaving no choice but to imprint a different sorcery.

Nie Ning naturally could not accept such an outcome after investing so much effort.

Thinking of this, Nie Ning looked at the blue mist in his consciousness sea, his mind constantly recalling various modification plans.

Because time was limited, Nie Ning ultimately chose the most stable method, which was also one he had never tested before.

'Ancestors, grant me strength!'

Nie Ning swallowed two pills to replenish his Spiritual Power, then controlled the blue gas in his consciousness sea to directly disperse the original Runic Formula.

Without the array used to stabilize the Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, the entire consciousness space began to fluctuate violently, and Nie Ning spat out a mouthful of blood from the Spiritual Power backlash.

Nie Ning ignored it, because the real challenge was just beginning; he had to complete the runic engraving within a limited time.

The first thing he engraved was the light and dark attribute Runic Formula, which was originally present in the encyclopedia of elemental spheres.

The repulsion between light and dark attributes is extremely strong, even more intense than the reaction between water and fire.

The reason Nie Ning engraved this Runic Formula first was that these two attributes had not undergone Corruption; a dual-attribute fusion was slightly simpler than a five-attribute fusion.

As long as he engraved the light-dark formula first, he could then use the Power of Corruption to speed up the process.

Through Nie Ning's efforts and after more than ten minutes of adjustment, he finally imprinted the light-dark formula at the center of his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.

Without time to hesitate, Nie Ning directly reversed his Elemental Power, using corrupted elements to begin engraving the remaining Runic Formulas.

Spreading out from the dark-light formula as the center, three rings composed of Spiritual Power were formed.

However, since there was no Runic Formula to bolster them, the Spiritual Power rings were unstable, looking as if they could shatter at any moment.

Light and dark were confined within one mental ring, while Nie Ning divided the second ring into eight equal parts, sequentially engraving the eight elemental formulas of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, lightning, and ice.

With the support of the Power of Corruption, it was even easier than expected this time.

Engraving was easy, but it was extremely unstable, as if it would collapse at any time.

This was because Nie Ning had only engraved the eight basic elemental formulas, without engraving the corresponding stabilizing runes.

And next was the main event.

Nie Ning looked at the third mental ring.

As his Spiritual Power began to be mobilized, a large number of runes appeared on the third mental ring.

These runes were primarily used to stabilize the ten-element core formulas within.

With the support of these runes, the entire structure showed a trend of stabilizing like an array diagram.

But Nie Ning soon discovered a new problem.

The three rings were not connected to each other, as if separated by an invisible barrier.

The runes on the third ring were not stabilizing the elemental formulas, but rather stabilizing his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness; the internal elemental formula structures were still vibrating slightly.

This was not good news for Nie Ning.

Because once the Spiritual Power softening ended, the internal Runic Formulas would become unusable, and the consequence of triggering them might be the shattering of the fragile imprinted formulas.

Looking at the three runic rings, Nie Ning's mind raced.

'Is it really not going to work?'

After some thought, Nie Ning quickly thought of the construction patterns of magic arrays.

Generally speaking, arrays use a pentagram or hexagram as a foundation, then incorporate rings and runes for refinement.

At this moment, Nie Ning's Spiritual Power consumption was too high, and he could feel his Spiritual Power beginning to harden.

Time was running out!

Thinking of this, Nie Ning hurriedly used light and dark as the center and Spiritual Power as a guide, using an eight-pointed star shape to separate the eight elements.

Then he connected the vertices of the eight-pointed star to the third mental ring and adjusted the positions of the runes on the third ring.

Finally, it formed an unconventional Bagua array diagram!

This was Nie Ning's plan: to engrave the Runic Formula in the form of a Bagua array diagram.

If he needed to add new Runic Formulas in the future, he could continue to expand outward from this, avoiding as much as possible the decrease in stability caused by overlapping runes.

Before he could take a closer look, the Spiritual Power softening ended.

Nie Ning felt as if his soul had been sublimated, and a powerful surge of Spiritual Power burst forth from his body.

In the cultivation room, surrounding objects flew up under the influence of the Spiritual Power, and were then ground into powder by this force.

Immediately after, Nie Ning's elemental crystal core formed an elemental vortex, and multi-colored Elemental Power began to pour into his body.

Without the support of an Elemental Pool, the surrounding Elemental Power was soon swallowed up completely.

Realizing this, Nie Ning's thought moved, and magic crystals flew out from his spatial ring, their energy rapidly converting into mana.

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Time passed bit by bit until the next morning, when the Elemental Power around Nie Ning slowly calmed down.

Slowly opening his eyes, a flash of colored light passed through Nie Ning's eyes.

As Nie Ning's Spiritual Power swept outside, the flowers, grass, birds, and insects within a thousand meters were clearly visible.

Feeling the flow of mana, a powerful force filled Nie Ning's entire body, and his overall spirit soared accordingly.

Nie Ning reached out toward the wall, and instantly opened a hundred-meter-deep hole in it.

This smooth Element Manipulation ability simply caused Nie Ning's jaw to drop.

[Rank: Earth Knight (Late Stage), Third-Ring Wizard (Early Stage)]

[Talent: Supernatural Adaptability]

[Bloodline: ??? (Not Activated)]

[Derived Traits: Strange Beast Body, Elemental Spring, Intermediate Self-Healing (Corrupted), Power of a Hundred Beasts (Corrupted), Advanced Spiritual Power Amplification, Malice Perception, Advanced Chaos Affinity]

[Derived Skills: Assisting Evil, Advanced Chaos Manipulation (Corrupted), Void-Rending Blade, Lightning Edge Blade, Lava Burst, Light Break Impact, Explosive Fireball, Ice Shackles, Valiant Blessing]

[Cultivation Methods: ..., Blood Flame Tyrant Body Technique, Heavenly Pillar Guidance Technique, Stairway to Godhood]

[Imprinted Sorcery: Elemental Rotation Technique]

[Skills: ... Breath Condensation Technique (Great Success), Shadow Gliding Steps (Great Success), Blood Burst Technique (Intermediate), Ice Blue Wing Technique (Great Success), Earth Spirit Puppet (Great Success), Vine Entanglement (Great Success)]

The changes on the panel were not large; only the imprinted sorcery had changed, and the light and dark attributes had merged into Element Manipulation and Elemental Affinity.

As Nie Ning's consciousness entered his consciousness sea, a colorful array was slowly revolving within it; at least on the surface, there were no problems.

The entire consciousness sea was exceptionally stable, and the ten-fold elemental sorcery was very steady.

Exiting his consciousness sea, Nie Ning extended his palm, preparing to experiment and see if he had truly succeeded.

Under the guidance of Spiritual Power and mana, the surrounding Elemental Power began to fluctuate violently.

When Nie Ning prepared to try condensing the ten-fold elemental fusion, a terrifying scene occurred...

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