Pursuit

Benjamin pushed the Light Transformation Escape Art for longer than ever before.

Rainbow light tore through the sky, crossing wilderness, rocky mountains, dried ancient riverbeds, and stretches of strange terrain rising like the bones of colossal beasts.

Only when his Spiritual Power was nearly exhausted and waves of hollow, stabbing pain came from his soul did he finally withdraw the light, his body reforming upon an unfamiliar plain.

"Phew... hah..."

He dropped to one knee, one hand braced against the gray-white ground. His chest heaved violently, every breath seeming to scorch his lungs.

This Light Transformation had carried him more than twenty million kilometers.

Sustaining Light Transformation Escape over such an immense distance had pushed even his current physique and the adaptability granted by the Body Tempering Method close to their limits.

Yet when Benjamin raised his head, an irrepressible grin spread across his face.

"Two Level 6s... even if they don't die, they're finished for this war."

That mass of Mortal Aura had been the entirety of the stockpile he had accumulated over several centuries.

Its sheer weight, and the density of mortal thoughts contained within it, were enough to make even a weak-willed Level 7 Wizard briefly fall into a "Mortal World Tribulation," their consciousness drowning in the delusions and obsessions of countless living beings, unable to break free.

Used to ambush two Level 6 Wizards without specialized defenses, its effects would definitely be excellent.

He swiftly took out several high-grade restorative Magic Potions and tipped them back.

As the medicinal power spread, the Body Tempering Method and Qi Refining Method operated simultaneously, rapidly converting the potion's effects, the thin elemental energy of the outside world, and even the vital essence stored within his flesh into nourishment for his Spirit Sea and body.

The exhaustion ebbed away like