Punk had to admit that the Chairman was absolutely right: a shortcut strewn with thorns was not easy to walk. Even with guidance personally tailored by a Blazing Sun Throne, darkness and danger remained unavoidable...
Having experienced it firsthand, Whisper of Destruction now fully understood why, even during the loosely regulated Netheril era of the River of Fate, so many Legendary powerhouses had refused to adopt this advancement method of "directly confronting the power of a higher tier."
Because it was far too difficult!
When dazzling colors exploded throughout the Legendary spellcaster's soul, even Punk temporarily lost all ability to think. Multicolored illusory lights and shadows practically crammed an unimaginably complex Spell Structure into the caster's memories, while his subconscious immediately began squeezing out every last bit of potential in an attempt to comprehend this immensely wondrous mystery.
However, even with the peak realm of an ordinary Legendary tier and abundant Morningstar tier knowledge, completely understanding a Bright Moon Level Spell model was still impossible.
When faced with that intricate and cumbersome runic structure, the only things the caster could feel were physiological dizziness and the impact of laws. As the first strand of Law Power, exquisite and complex to the absolute extreme, was perfectly displayed, violent fluctuations of the soul came rolling in with intense pain. His scattered thoughts soon surged and sank within the Legendary Mage's mind like stormy waves, while the obscure Spell Structure ultimately carved new, wondrous, yet unsystematic understandings into the Legendary Mage's memories as though a chisel were cutting through stone.
This was an unprecedentedly painful learning process. At least for Punk, using Soul Sense to directly perceive the internal structure of a piece of Bright Moon level magic equipment was vastly more difficult than merely receiving an Archmage's memories. Even though pain and