Analysis Successful: Fifth Rune of Vast Sea

Chapter 35: Analysis Successful, Fifth Rune of Vast Sea

Prompt: Vast Sea Meditation Method—fifth Wizard Rune, analysis successful.

Inside the Wizard residence, Wang Ya stopped his work, a flicker of delight appearing in his eyes.

On the workbench, the blue liquid and crimson liquid within the Incubation Chamber gradually began to draw together, becoming indistinguishable from one another.

Under his preparation and cultivation, the original solutions of Scarlet Scale Toxin and Blue Poison had truly begun to merge, taking on a different color.

Today, he might be able to complete the fusion completely and obtain a new Supernatural Toxin.

The Eye of Truth had also completed its analysis of the fifth Wizard Rune.

He removed his work clothes and washed up in the washroom.

In the room, Wang Ya willed himself into his Sea of Consciousness. It remained an endless, weighty darkness, with the sound of surging waves rising and falling. Above, four bright stars gleamed.

Upon closer inspection, they were covered in mysterious and intricate runes.

In the most ancient of times, the first generation of Wizards had used Wizard Runes to converse with the world. They saw the first Gate of Truth, and after pushing it open, obtained boundless knowledge. That was how the Wizard World of today came to be.

The origin of Wizard Meditation Methods lay in their creator Wizards, who had dismantled, assembled, and created them from individual Wizard Runes.

They were an auxiliary means of helping Low-level Wizards understand the world and discern what was real.

As Wizards continued to grow, Wizard Meditation Methods would lose their usefulness.

By then, like children growing into adults, Wizards could rely on their own abilities to understand the world and comprehend more truths. The road ahead had to be opened and created by the Wizards themselves; only then would it be the most suitable path.

A vast amount of knowledge regarding the fifth Wizard Rune surfaced in Wang Ya's memory, where he digested and absorbed it. Gradually, Wang Ya gained a clear understanding of how to meditate upon and trace this Wizard Rune.

His Spiritual Power gradually spread out. With a subconscious thought, he began tracing the fifth star beside the four existing ones.

Wang Ya was very calm. He did not assume that this attempt at meditation and tracing would certainly succeed.

Food eaten into the stomach had to be digested into energy, then absorbed by the body, before it could produce any actual effect.

This was his first attempt at meditating upon and tracing the fifth Wizard Rune. Wang Ya had expected to succeed within three tries.

Yet, to Wang Ya's surprise, this attempt went incomparably smoothly. There was none of that unfamiliar feeling, and in mere moments, he had already completed half of the tracing.

After steadying his emotions, Wang Ya focused on the remaining portion. His Spiritual Power was still being consumed rapidly, like water released from a canal. This process could not be interrupted; he could only succeed in tracing it through meditation in a single attempt.

But as his Spiritual Power was increasingly depleted, the waves in Wang Ya's Sea of Consciousness grew ever more violent. Fatigue arose, accompanied by thread after thread of stabbing pain.

This was the greatest challenge every Wizard Freshman faced. The tracing of a Wizard Rune could not be stopped or disturbed. In the later stages of meditation and tracing, once Spiritual Power was depleted to a certain degree, it would affect the Wizard's body itself.

Under such circumstances, the possibility of failure was extremely high. Wizards were living beings, not cold machines; the bodily reactions they should have would still occur.

There were solutions as well: auxiliary methods. Supernatural Wizard Potions refined through potion-making, special environments created through Wizard Arrays, and supernatural tools crafted through Wizard Artifact Alchemy were all viable methods.

For now, however, those things remained far beyond Wang Ya's reach.

At this moment, the more his mind throbbed with pain, the calmer he became. He endured it. If Angeli Rivi-Kun could persist, there was no reason he could not.

Drip!

It was as if he could hear the hallucination of water striking Blue Stone by his ears. With every splash, that stabbing pain sank several degrees deeper.

Until Wang Ya suddenly opened his eyes. Bloodshot veins filled his pupils, but his face held excitement and a smile.

"I succeeded!"

Both his hands were drenched in sweat from being clenched so tightly. Wang Ya laughed freely. Just before his Spiritual Power ran dry, he had successfully meditated upon and traced the fifth Wizard Rune.

A cool sensation spread from the depths of his mind, soaking his entire body like a clear spring. His Spiritual Power rapidly increased as well, while the surrounding Particle Energy was drawn in, forming a strange scene like specks of photon light.

Wang Ya felt the gains he had made. The increase in Spiritual Power was greater than any before.

Prompt: During this Wizard Rune meditation and tracing, Spiritual Power +0.5. Current: 7.7

The Vast Sea Meditation Method contained only its basic portion: nine Wizard Runes. Wang Ya was not certain that the remaining four Wizard Runes would allow him to advance to a First-level Wizard Apprentice.

This was the difference in Wizard Aptitude. If he possessed Arthur's aptitude, then after meditating upon and tracing all nine Wizard Runes, he would steadily advance to a First-level Wizard Apprentice.

For those with poor Wizard Aptitude, if they had meditated upon and traced all nine Wizard Runes without advancing and their Spiritual Power Value still fell short, they could only think of other methods.

Practicing a second Wizard Meditation Method. That was right—Wizard Meditation Methods were not exclusive. They were merely auxiliary means for helping Wizards understand the world. Practicing more or fewer of them would not cause conflicts between Meditation Methods, but it would bring serious negative effects in other respects.

It would also consume a great deal of time and energy, making the loss outweigh the gain.

Ordinary Wizards generally would not choose to do this. Instead, they would choose Wizard Potions that could increase Spiritual Power, or other items and methods capable of doing the same.

There were many such methods, and they existed within The Umbral Expanse as well. Of course, for Wilderness Wizards, obtaining these things was exceedingly difficult.

Afterward, Wang Ya struck while the iron was hot, drawing in Particle Energy to radiate and strengthen his body, enhancing both sides to achieve a stable balance.

A sense of strength spread throughout his body. The increase in his particle unit value should not have been small. Fine Blue Sheen flickered through Wang Ya's pupils.

Target: Wang Ya