Top-grade Elemental Pool.
Ian meditated, a faint elemental aura coiling around him.
This was already his fifth day inside, and at last, his mental power had truly reached its absolute limit.
"But it needs to break past that limit."
Ian drew a deep breath and took a crystal bottle from his Space Ring.
The bottle contained a pale golden liquid that glimmered with a soft halo.
Limit-Breaking Potion—worth eight thousand battle merits, a necessity for breaking through to the late First Ring.
Ian did not hesitate and drank it at once.
The instant the potion slid down his throat, a warm current rose from his abdomen and swiftly spread throughout his body.
From flesh to mental power, it felt as though he were about to break through a new boundary.
But perhaps because his foundation was too solid, it was still not enough.
"As expected..."
Ian did not hesitate. He drank the next bottle as well, and the effects of both potions took hold simultaneously.
His limit shattered at once. As the Meditation Method circulated, his mental power began to grow again.
Within the Mental Power Space.
A new mental power crystal slowly began to take shape, radiating a faint yellow glow.
Throughout the process, the runes belonging to Earth Vein Tremor were etched onto it bit by bit.
Everything proceeded in perfect order.
And throughout this process, resources were used one after another.
Time passed little by little.
Finally, at a certain moment, Ian's mental power trembled.
Within his Mental Power Space, three mental power crystals now floated there, blazing with intense light.
Under normal circumstances, the advancement would have ended here.
But he knew.
The true crux was to make the three resonate!
He took a deep breath and began circulating the core runes of all three solidified