A group of wizards steadily advanced through this world of inverted seas of clouds.
Skirmishes occasionally broke out along the way, fierce yet brief.
More than ten uneventful days passed like this.
According to Levin Mills's readings, they had likely inspected half of the interior space within this distorted region.
Upon hearing this, the twelve recruited wizards, Benjamin among them, all showed satisfied expressions.
Although this mission had lasted a little longer than expected, everyone's gains during this period had also surpassed their imagination.
Just as Jack had said before, the density of creatures within this spatial distortion zone was far higher than outside.
From time to time, they also gathered special resources of considerable value.
For instance, they had collected quite a few raw materials for the Magic Potion Jack had mentioned earlier, the kind that could permanently enhance spatial perception.
Of course, the investigative mosquito swarms they controlled had also suffered substantial losses in the process.
Although the corpulent wizard promptly replenished them with new mosquitoes, the mental backlash caused by the deaths of modified beasts bound by deep soul contracts was unavoidable.
Quite a few of the recruited Level 1 Wizards had visibly weakened, their faces pale.
Benjamin, however, was still in fairly good condition.
With the Qi Refining Method capable of integrating essence, energy, and spirit, his soul strength and physical constitution far surpassed those of wizards at the same level. His recovery speed had always been fast.
Coupled with the adaptive evolution of the Body Tempering Method, Benjamin had even developed resistance to mental impacts of this degree over the past few days.
However, due to certain anomalies discovered during this mission that had left him concerned, he appropriately feigned weakness as well, lest he draw too much attention.
That day, after finishing the morning's