376: Chapter 376 First Edition: The Eye of the Mirror

With Korda's improvements to the nether spirit gold, the second most difficult problem in creating the Mirror Pupil was completely resolved.

Next was the most important step: whether an Artificial Spirit could replace a soul!

For this, Nie Ning completely immersed himself in the research of the Mirror Pupil.

Over the next two months, Nie Ning worked without sleep or rest, immersing himself in experiments every day.

As for Amivika, she had long been cast into the forgotten corners of Nie Ning's mind; he didn't even remember that such a person was still in the villa.

Under the efforts of Nie Ning and Korda, the first version of the Mirror Pupil was officially completed.

It was a diamond-shaped crystal that looked like an eye, with pink light flickering in the center and golden runes circling around it.

At this moment, Nie Ning had dark circles under his eyes, yet he appeared exceptionally excited.

Korda's condition on the side was slightly worse.

He seemed to have aged several years, his excited gaze masking an indescribable exhaustion.

During this time, both of them had relied almost entirely on healing potions and mental enhancement potions to keep going, but given Korda's physical constitution, he clearly couldn't sustain such high-intensity work.

If Nie Ning hadn't knocked Korda unconscious several times, Korda would likely have died from overwork by now.

However, looking at the work before him, it was all worth it for Korda.

Because he already knew the function of this item: it could enhance a living being's perception of Elemental Power.

If it succeeded, it could practically change the landscape of the world!

"You go and rest first. I'm going to test the effects of this thing; it'll probably take quite a bit of time."

Nie Ning beckoned, and the first version of the Mirror Pupil flew into his palm.

"Alright, I really can't hold on any longer."

Korda had no intention of forcing himself to stay, because he felt he was not far from death...

As Korda went back to rest, Nie Ning brought the Mirror Pupil to the cultivation room.

Sitting cross-legged in the center of the Spirit Gathering Array, Nie Ning's eyes held both excitement and hesitation, but he then grasped the Mirror Pupil without hesitation.

In an instant, an inexplicable energy surged into his mind, and the world before him became colorful.

"It's a success!"

Nie Ning was incredibly excited.

In his field of vision, the matter that constituted everything became clearly visible, and he could even faintly see the free-floating elemental runes.

But not long after, Nie Ning frowned.

Because he discovered that the effect of the Mirror Pupil didn't seem as good as his previous experience, or rather, it didn't even have one-fifth of the effect.

Nie Ning looked at the Mirror Pupil in his hand; the pale pink light within it was dimming at a visible rate, but the rate of consumption was much slower than the authentic Mirror Pupil from before.

Sensing the active Elemental Power, Nie Ning closed his eyes.

The surrounding Elemental Power quickly surged into his body, gradually forming an elemental vortex around Nie Ning.

Immediately after, Nie Ning's blood energy surged, and the restless blood energy dyed his skin red, the rising blood mist intertwining and rotating with the elemental vortex.

In just a few minutes, the elemental vortex in the cultivation room suddenly stalled, and then a powerful aura erupted from within Nie Ning's body.

As Nie Ning opened his eyes, a sharp light flashed through his pupils.

He had broken through! Mid-stage Fourth-Ring Wizard!

[Rank: Fourth-Rank Rune Knight (Late-stage), Fourth-Ring Wizard (Mid-stage)]

[Talent: Supernatural Adaptability]

[bloodline: ??? (Inactivated)]

[Derived Traits: Strange Beast Body, Elemental Spring, Power of the Tribe, Abyssal Body, Ice Desolation Devouring Extreme Body, Advanced Self-Healing (Corrupted), Power of a Hundred Beasts (Corrupted), Super-grade Mental Power Amplification, Thought Acceleration, Malice Perception, Intermediate Shapeshifting, Advanced Chaos Affinity, Advanced Life Force Affinity, Intermediate Gluttony]

[Derived Skills: ..., Assisting Evil, Advanced Chaos Manipulation (Corrupted), Advanced Life Force Manipulation, Light Break Impact, Explosive Fireball, Ice Shackles, Crimson Flame Fire Feather, Light-Shadow Slash, Storm Tornado, Ice Explosion Ring, Cold Wave Invasion, Forbidden Domain of Living Beings, Light-Shadow Fox Spirit Avatar, Earth-Splitting Force]

[Cultivation Techniques: ..., Great Yi Giant Spirit Art, Jade-Shattering Illusion Light Technique, Stairway to Godhood]

[Brand Witchcraft: Exquisite Ten-Element Illusion Extinction Array Map, Earth-Shaking Force]

[Skills: ..., Blood Burst Technique (Mastered), Ice Blue Wing Technique (Mastered), Earth Spirit Puppet (Mastered), Vine Entanglement (Mastered), Rainstorm Condensation Technique (Mastered), Blood Cloud Escape (Mastered)]

After such a long time, Nie Ning's wizard cultivation had finally broken through again.

Even his knight cultivation had broken through to the late stage.

Although it came a bit late, it made Nie Ning feel exceptionally comfortable, and he felt much more relaxed overall.

Nie Ning looked at the dim Mirror Pupil in his hand.

Although the effect was not as good as the authentic version, it was already enough to meet his needs.

With subsequent corrections and adjustments, surpassing the authentic version might not be just a dream.

And with the Mirror Pupil, learning runes would become much more convenient.

This not only concerned the speed of learning runes, but proficient mastery of runes could also increase the power and casting speed of spells.

For Nie Ning, the subsequent improvement of Brand Witchcraft would also rely heavily on this.

Only by proficiently mastering runes could he choose what kind of Runic Formula to construct according to his needs.

After the brief excitement, an indescribable sense of exhaustion welled up in Nie Ning's heart.

Tired! He was just too tired!

He hadn't really rested for two months; dedicating himself wholeheartedly to experiments was very draining, and even his Fourth-Rank Transcendent body couldn't quite handle such torment.

Putting the Mirror Pupil, which had almost exhausted its energy, into his spatial ring, Nie Ning then took a nice bath and dragged his weary body towards the bedroom on the second floor.

Looking at the beautiful figure lying on the bed, Nie Ning only now remembered that Amivika was still here.

His eyes rolled slightly, thinking of Amivika's stunning face, fair skin, and the feature of not having fox ears.

Nie Ning sneaked onto the bed and then hugged Amivika from behind.

"No movement?"

Seeing Amivika without any movement, Nie Ning seemed a bit surprised.

As a Fifth-Rank Transcendent, it was obviously impossible for her to sleep so soundly; even Nie Ning would wake up due to an outsider's intrusion.

If there was murderous intent, it would even trigger a conditioned reflex of the body.

Thinking of this, Nie Ning's courage gradually grew, and his hand slowly slid down.

"If you dare to move again, I will cripple your third leg!"

Amivika's cold voice entered Nie Ning's ears.

Nie Ning's movements stiffened, but then he thought of something and slowly leaned close to Amivika's ear: "If you didn't like me, would you climb into a stranger's bed to sleep?"

Waiting for a moment, seeing that Amivika didn't make a sound, Nie Ning became hesitant instead.

In fact, he wanted to force Amivika away, rather than letting this person stay by his side.

Because compared to the simplicity of Heloise and Korda, people like Amivika had more complex minds, and exposing his secrets would only lead to unpredictable consequences.

But looking at Amivika's stunning face and touching her fair, tender skin, reason ultimately triumphed over desire.

Nie Ning turned over, hugged his pillow, and went to the third floor.

Under Xiao Guang's disdainful gaze, he squeezed Xiao Guang to the inside of the bed and then fell into a deep sleep.