Silk Web, Half a Year, Fire Elemental Crystal, and the Road to the Second Ring-Elemental Resonance!

In the blink of an eye.

A week passed.

First came the Alchemy Department's resources. Besides an allowance of fifty thousand contribution points, there was the top-tier spiritual-power wizardry Ian had been waiting for.

"Silk Web."

Ian looked at the Knowledge Crystal before him, a size larger than normal, and sensed the information within it.

The spell could condense spiritual power into countless fine threads, either hard or soft. The threads could strike like slender needles or twist together to pierce an opponent's spiritual defenses. They could also be woven into a shield against spiritual attacks, or probe inside a Witchcraft Artifact to analyze its rune structure.

"Offense, defense, perception, and alchemy in one. No wonder it's top-tier wizardry."

From the outline alone, Ian could tell it was much like what he had seen that day.

It truly was top-tier.

It was alchemical wizardry, yet calling it merely alchemical wizardry would hardly do it justice.

Even within the Alchemy Department, top-tier wizardry like this was rare.

That was why Ian had chosen it.

"But they even supplied materials?"

Ian was surprised. In a bottle set to one side lay ten translucent threads.

The threads hissed as they scraped against the bottle, leaving scratches even on its specially made surface.

"Threads from a blade spider, a rare Magic Beast of the White Stone Mountains. Its silk has an innate sharpness, and silk from a blade spider at the peak of the First Ring is the best material for practicing Silk Web.

"During training, the threads wrap around the Wizard's hand. Their sharp edge gradually seeps into his spiritual power, making Silk Web as keen as a blade."

Ian murmured to himself.

But what surprised him was that one thread was thicker than the others.

"A Second Tier blade spider's thread?"

Ian