Active Defense Module

Familiar yet unfamiliar Life Energy poured frantically into Anduin, who stood closest to the Snakewood. At that moment, he could feel his body slowly changing.

His body grew stronger, and even his Magic Power Reserve expanded slightly.

Anduin was startled. So this Life Energy was different from the Philosopher's Stone?

The energy refined from the Philosopher's Stone, a fusion of magic and the breath of life, could also improve one's constitution, but its effects had a limit.

At least, it had no effect on a wizard of Anduin's caliber. That was why the Life Potion he made using the Philosopher's Stone could benefit only younger students.

But the green motes released by the Snakewood had a much higher concentration and quality. They could even improve his body.

Of course, that might also be because Anduin absorbed more of the motes than anyone else, given how close he was to the Snakewood.

As he carefully sensed the energy radiating from the Snakewood, Anduin gradually made out how it differed from the Philosopher's Stone.

Both were collections of extremely pure magic and Life Energy. The difference was that the Philosopher's Stone had a far higher proportion of magic than the Snakewood.

By comparison, the green motes released by the Snakewood contained a greater proportion of Life Energy.

As Anduin quietly enjoyed the benefits brought by the Life Energy, the Snakewood's transformation drew to a close.

The green motes that had continuously spread through the air gradually faded. The Snakewood, once a great tree, slowly returned to its former wand shape.

It was a twelve-inch wand of dark wood, its surface ringed with wavy patterns like those on the Snakewood tree. Without the green motes and magic sustaining it, it looked quite ordinary, though the tiny grooves and damage on the wand gave