Radiant light gathered atop the round platform. The once-slender spear had already lost its shape, transforming into a mass of distorted light.
Traces of violent, restless pollution emanated from that light, surging toward He Ao's soul.
The "analysis" had been fully completed. What remained on the round platform was the Talent Sequence of "Talent Sequence 209: Thunder Master," extracted from the Spear of Andarville.
He Ao watched the distorted light on the platform. His figure flashed, and he appeared beside Li Cheng. Slowly, he asked in a soft voice, "Are you ready?"
Hearing him, Li Cheng raised his head and glanced back at He Ao. Then he turned his gaze back to the light on the platform and nodded lightly. "Ready."
"Then let's begin." He Ao raised a hand and took out the small mithril bottle Li Cheng had given him earlier. Traces of thunderlight flowed within it, illuminating the fine patterns on its surface. "Take this."
"Old Liu gave me this bottle. He was affected too. Could there be a problem?"
Li Cheng looked at the small mithril bottle and asked quietly.
"There was a problem," He Ao replied quickly, without hesitation. "But I already dealt with it."
A fine magic array had been engraved into the mithril on the bottle. It was deeply hidden and had no offensive properties, so it would not reveal itself on its own. Without close inspection, it would have been impossible to notice.
But while He Ao had been engraving the reinforcement array, he had explored nearly every part of the small bottle and discovered the magic array.
Essentially, it was a simple and efficient remotely activated communication array, like some deeply concealed tracker. As long as the person linked to the array activated it remotely, he could instantly learn the bottle's current