The things Li sensed were different, and they allowed him to complete his first truly traditional Holy Mark within a single day.
In truth, Li had long been capable of completing Holy Marks, but he had never actually made a traditional Holy Mark. Completing one in the true sense took far too much time.
The Holy Mark used on the Krala Rat had not truly been a Holy Mark. It was more like a magical composite. Although its effects had been extremely significant, there was no doubt that once the Holy Mark took effect, the vessel bearing it would also perish.
The traditional Holy Mark Li had made before, like the one he had made this time, was a lowest-grade Speed Holy Mark.
However, compared to the previous low-grade Speed Holy Mark, this beginner-grade Speed Holy Mark was countless times stronger. It could increase speed by at least around twenty-seven percent. Moreover, Li's skill in both drawing and comprehension had improved by an unknown amount this time.
Besides, he had already recovered all his strength. Naturally, there was no way the same thing would happen again, where the bear-man had died outright. That had not even counted as death—it had been self-destruction!
Every Holy Mark contained at least four parts, the most fundamental of which were the control section and the mana supply section.
The lowest-grade Holy Marks operated by absorbing the mana of the creature itself. However, the Holy Mark Li had made last time had contained some flaws in both its mana and construction. Those flaws had made the Holy Mark highly effective, but it had excessively drained the bear-man's life force. This had then caused the entire Holy Mark to become unstable before finally exploding.
Although the lowest-grade Speed Holy Mark Li redrew this time contained no