90: Chapter 90 Self-developed Treatment Plan

In other words, the path of fusing the crystal core is currently a dead end.

Audrey seemed to have disappeared; there was no telling where she had run off to.

Nie Ning even suspected that this person might have died out there; otherwise, why hadn't she returned after such a long time?

If things continued this way, letting the elemental erosion continue to spread, the probability of surviving was extremely low.

At this moment, Nie Ning was flipping through wizard books, a flash of joy appearing in his eyes.

"Found it!"

After perusing a vast number of books, Nie Ning had finally found information regarding elemental erosion.

Since Audrey had not returned, Nie Ning had to find a way out on his own; for this reason, he had read through most of the books in the Wizard Tower over the past month.

Nie Ning carefully examined the content regarding elemental erosion, but his expression soon darkened.

The book mentioned that for wizards, elemental erosion was like a lethal virus; the stronger one's strength, the harder it was to eliminate.

Throughout wizard history, the wizards who were able to eliminate elemental erosion all did so due to various fortuitous encounters; almost no wizard could eliminate it actively.

Furthermore, because the virus originated from the host, one could not use their own magic power to destroy the elemental crystals, as doing so would only accelerate the speed of elemental erosion.

Nie Ning continued reading, but the text did propose one potential approach.

The essence of energy is tiered; just like an apprentice advancing to the first ring, the quality of magic power differs significantly.

If one could find an energy of a higher level than elemental erosion, it might be possible to actively eliminate these special elemental crystals.

The book also mentioned the risks: elimination meant losing the flesh in that area, and if it had spread to an organ, one would need to sacrifice that part of the organ.

Even more seriously, elemental erosion is a virus!

In other words, even if one's own flesh had not crystallized, it had already been infected by the virus long ago.

If there was no method to repair the flesh in a short time, even if one were truly saved, it would result in brain damage.

Originally, for high-ranking wizards, this wasn't a major problem, as their powerful Spiritual Power could allow them to break free from the constraints of the physical body.

But the problem lay right there: the stronger one's strength, the lower the probability of being infected by elemental erosion.

Because at that point, one's own energy purity was already very high, and under normal circumstances, it would autonomously resist elemental erosion.

Most of those who contracted elemental erosion were low-ranking wizards; long-term erosion had caused them to have long since integrated the elemental crystals as part of their bodies.

...

Closing the book, Nie Ning's expression was grim.

Now, not only was high-purity energy hard to find, but his own strength could not be further improved, which was also a source of headache for him.

Who could have imagined that after stumbling upon a treasure like the silver-colored hundred-flavor fruit, such a serious sequela would appear?

Furthermore, Audrey still hadn't returned, and Ivy and the others also didn't know Audrey's whereabouts.

Now that two months had passed, Nie Ning felt an abnormality near his heart and knew that he certainly couldn't wait any longer.

Otherwise, even if Audrey could return, the probability of him being cured wouldn't be high.

...

Half a month later.

"Could it really be that I have to use that method?"

Nie Ning frowned deeply, unsure of what to do for a moment.

He had already thought of a countermeasure to solve the elemental erosion, but the risk was almost on par with the elemental erosion itself.

It was just that one was a stay of execution, and the other was immediate execution.

If he won the bet, everyone would be happy; if he lost, not only would he not survive, but I fear the entire city would suffer as well.

Power of Corruption!

This was a very bizarre and extremely corrosive type of energy.

The method Nie Ning thought of was to utilize the Power of Corruption to assimilate the elemental crystals, and then use elemental control to convert them into normal energy.

According to normal circumstances, this was undoubtedly seeking his own death and was almost destined to turn him into a Corruptor.

But Supernatural Adaptability gave Nie Ning another possibility.

While constantly perusing materials, Nie Ning discovered that Supernatural Adaptability was taking effect, having already delayed the speed of the elemental erosion.

But this could not cure this illness at its root.

Looking at his own corruption skill, it proved that Supernatural Adaptability was more receptive to the Power of Corruption.

Moreover, the Power of Corruption was indeed a higher-level energy; otherwise, after so many years, wizards would likely have already found a solution.

Since it couldn't be solved, it indirectly illustrated the troublesome nature of this special energy.

After careful consideration, Nie Ning still decided to use this risky method.

"I don't know how Audrey is doing."

Nie Ning sighed.

He had previously pinned all his hopes on Audrey, which was why he was now in such a passive position.

Of course, Nie Ning didn't blame Audrey; without Audrey, he wouldn't even know this was an illness.

It was just that Audrey hadn't returned yet, which inevitably made one somewhat worried about Audrey's situation.

Because even if Audrey really couldn't cure him, logically speaking, she shouldn't have just gone missing.

Even if the treatment failed, it would just be a matter of finding another excuse; it would have no impact on Audrey at all, and there was no need to hide from him.

Therefore, Nie Ning guessed that Audrey must have encountered some problem.

"Forget it, I'd better worry about myself first."

Nie Ning shook his head slightly, shaking off these messy thoughts.

...

The next day.

Wizard Tower.

At this moment, Nie Ning was in the basement where he had originally advanced, and in front of him was a five-colored formation.

In the middle of the formation stood a green treatment pod.

If he wanted to reverse the elemental erosion, relying solely on elemental control definitely wouldn't be enough; otherwise, he would have already solved the problem.

In order to enhance the power of elemental control, Nie Ning used the knowledge from that book, "Complete Collection of Elemental Spheres," to slightly modify the elemental conversion rune formation on it.

This would allow it to enhance elemental control, avoiding a situation where, due to insufficient magic power intensity, he would be unable to reverse the two energies of elemental and corruption.

The treatment pod was likewise of utmost importance.

Because when the elemental energy was converted into the Power of Corruption, it would inevitably damage his body, which was equivalent to forcibly excising that part of his flesh and organs.

If it were two months ago, the elemental erosion hadn't yet spread to his organs, and Nie Ning might have been able to withstand it by relying on his self-healing ability.

But now it had already spread to his heart and other organs, so the corruption's self-healing ability was somewhat insufficient.

And at this time, he needed to rely on external objects.

Fortunately, there was a treatment pod in Audrey's laboratory.

After learning how to operate it from the books, Nie Ning had moved it over directly.

For this, he had also specifically prepared a high-concentration healing potion.

For an ordinary person, perhaps before the illness was cured, it would lead to excessive nourishment, causing the body's organs to enter a state of decay.

But he had Supernatural Adaptability and a robust physique.

Uh... he should be able to utilize the healing factors in the potion more efficiently, right...

And choosing the Wizard Tower also had its reasons.

The elemental energy in this room was very dense, and the Wizard Tower itself also had formation protections.

If his reversal failed, this Wizard Tower could temporarily trap him, and perhaps he could wait until Audrey returned to resolve it for him.