The Reappearance of Dual-Element Talent

A single night passed.

Jiang Yuan had finally figured out most of the Innate Talent brought by this magical awakening.

First, the Mind element talent allowed him to enter an extraordinary state of thought.

In this state, casting speed reached its peak, enabling one thought to form a star track, along with a meticulous perception of everything around him.

Most importantly, this state also boosted magic.

It could amplify the base power of magic to twice its original strength.

This was already comparable to the Divine Seal Ode Mo Fan had obtained.

No, that wasn't right.

It should be far stronger than Mo Fan's Divine Seal Ode!

As long as this state was activated, it was equivalent to all magic systems receiving a doubled Divine Seal Ode boost!

And this state had another benefit—meditation became much faster, and controlling Star Particles was easier.

Meditation speed increased by 50%.

Originally, one could only meditate for 10 hours, extended to 12 hours with the Mortal grade Stardust Magic Tool.

Now, those 12 hours of meditation were equivalent to 18 hours.

The Mind element Innate Talent was practically heaven-defying!

As for where this Innate Talent came from, Jiang Yuan had a guess.

Because he noticed that his previous calm state, which allowed him to unleash 100% of his strength in battle, was gone.

In its place was an upgraded Overclock state that could be actively toggled on and off.

That's right, Jiang Yuan called this state Overclock!

After the Mind element, there was the Lightning element.

Just as he had thought during his awakening, the Lightning element also had an Innate Talent!

The Lightning element's Innate Talent was a special domain.

Elemental magic domains typically gathered the element's magic particles within the domain while repelling others, weakening the opponent and strengthening oneself.

Jiang Yuan's Lightning domain was vastly different.

When he activated his domain, a large electromagnetic field formed around him.

Based on his understanding of electromagnetism, there was so much he could do.

For example, using inductance to probe the surroundings, lock onto targets, and enhance Lightning magic.

Forming powerful electromagnetic pulses to disrupt the gathering of surrounding magic particles, achieving the effect of breaking spellcasting.

Even, if the electromagnetic field was strong enough, it could trigger celestial phenomena—at that point, it would be a disaster-level thunderous upheaval!

But for now, Jiang Yuan couldn't release Lightning magic yet, so he had no conditions to put it into practice.

A month later.

With the powerful boost of the Overclock state, it took only a month for Jiang Yuan to complete the control of his Lightning Star Particles and Mind Star Particles.

Even the forty-nine Star Particles of his Water Nebula now only had the last twenty-seven left.

In less than a month, he would be able to use Intermediate Water magic too!

At this moment, the sun had just set.

Jiang Yuan's figure appeared in the park.

Among the dense tree shadows, sparse figures moved under the white lights. Since nighttime was the peak period for those sewer monsters to emerge, the city government had been promoting staying indoors at night, so there were hardly any people in the park.

It was the perfect place to test magic.

"About time to start." Jiang Yuan scanned his surroundings and, after confirming no one was around, began to release magic.

The Overclock state activated, his thoughts racing at super speed.

At the same time, a purple star track rapidly formed around him.

One thought, one star track—magic, manifest!

Crackling lightning coiled around Jiang Yuan's fingertips, but he didn't release it immediately. Instead, he activated another Innate Talent.

Electromagnetic Domain!

Activate!

No visible fluctuation occurred, the only difference being that some sand on the ground seemed to float slightly.

For this test, Jiang Yuan had specifically bought a black iron ball, and his gaze now fell on a distant one.

Pointing his finger at the iron ball, Jiang Yuan lightly tossed it: "Thunder Seal."

Lightning flashed, turning the park bright as day in an instant.

"Boom!"

An explosion tore through the air, sparks of electricity and fire scattering everywhere.

"Now that's some power..." Jiang Yuan mused, closing his domain as he raised a hand and fired another Thunder Seal.

Then he reopened the domain, turned off Overclock, and used Thunder Seal once more. This time, the time needed to connect the Star Track returned to normal.

He compared the power differences across the three strikes.

The Electromagnetic Domain's power boost was clear—same as Overclock, a flat two times base damage.

Don't think two times is nothing compared to Soul Seeds or Heavenly Seeds. This was a base power increase, on the same level as Divine Seal Ode!

If he could also get a two-times Divine Seal Ode like Mo Fan, and top it off with a Greater Heavenly Seed...

That would be (2+2+2) × 12 = 72 times!

And if he kept strengthening his Beginner-level spells to the sixth or even seventh tier...

Then the power of a Beginner-level spell would rival that of a Super-tier spell!

Even without a Heavenly Seed, just a top-tier Soul Seed...

That would be (2+2+2) × 6 = 36 times!

Even a Beginner-level spell could match an Advanced-tier one!

Mo Fan's Lightning element only had twelve times the power!

Jiang Yuan didn't know what to say. The excitement inside him nearly made him want to shout out loud.

He quickly re-entered Overclock state to calm himself down.

Under the combined effect of this state and the Electromagnetic Domain, he wasn't just calm—he was fully aware of every subtle movement in the surroundings.

"Hm?" Jiang Yuan sensed something off in the park. He turned and walked over to a pond where people often lingered.

He crouched down, using the moonlight to spot an unfamiliar animal footprint he'd never seen before.

The print was much smaller than those of ordinary demons, resembling a human footprint but rougher in shape.

The track was already old. Jiang Yuan sprinkled some Demon-Seeking Powder but found no additional prints appearing.

He spread out his Electromagnetic Domain to its maximum range.

Soon, deep within a patch of shrubs in the park, a few tiny pebbles fell.

At some point, a massive hole over three meters in diameter had been dug here.

Jiang Yuan pushed aside the bushes and extended his Electromagnetic Domain into the tunnel. It stretched for a hundred or even two hundred meters, but all he sensed was dirt and gravel.

"Did it leave?"

Jiang Yuan stared silently into the dark opening.

He wanted to go in and investigate, but the extreme rationality brought by Overclock told him that would be unwise.

That footprint wasn't from a Giant-eyed Stinky Rat, nor from any wolf-type demon. It was human-like, but not quite human.

One possibility immediately came to mind.

Every member of the Black Vatican had that disgusting thing.

The Black Beast Demon.

If a Black Beast Demon had appeared in this tunnel, it meant the hole led to caves where the Black Vatican operated.

That wasn't surprising.

None of the Black Vatican were decent people. It was only natural for them to skulk around like rats in underground burrows.

Even though there were no major threats from the Black Vatican in Bocheng, the public face was Mu He, while behind the scenes, Super-tier mage Wu Ku and the Black Alchemist were pulling strings.

Wu Ku manipulated the rain that covered Bocheng.

The Black Alchemist brewed Rage Potions and mixed them into the rain, driving demons into a frenzy.

For his own safety, Jiang Yuan's rationality told him he absolutely could not enter that underground tunnel alone.

Time to leave.

Before he went, Jiang Yuan memorized the location of this hole.

He had marked many underground tunnel entrances in his records.

These were found during his missions with the Demon Hunting Squad, covering roughly a third of Bocheng.