Chapter 461: Flesh and Planting

Flesh Seed, a first-circle spell.

A remarkable spell whose casting material was, most of the time, the caster's own flesh. Depending on the caster's choices, the spell could develop in vastly different directions. Its uniqueness lay precisely in this: Flesh Seed. Records stated that the spell originated from an experiment by a high-ranking wizard, who had attempted to use a single seed to grow a new version of himself in a forbidden land inaccessible to ordinary people. The experiment involved many complications and countless problems, and ultimately ended in failure. Yet during that failed experiment, which had lasted for decades, quite a few minor but usable results had naturally emerged. This first-circle spell was one of them.

This spell had evolved from one of several spells that wizard had used for sowing seeds during the early stages of his experiment. Later, he discovered that the little spell held even more possibilities. After observing it and making a few minor alterations, it became the Flesh Seed spell of today.

Flesh Seed could simply be used as a spell to wound enemies, and its effects varied greatly depending on the flesh used. For instance, certain unusual bloodline wizards, or wizards with special modifications such as cursed bodies, could often unleash considerable power with this spell.

Yet more wizards who learned this spell chose to nurture it more carefully, returning it to the purpose for which it had first been created: planting.

Planting a Flesh Seed nurtured and watered with powerful mental strength could achieve the purpose of controlling an enemy. Even a formidable wizard of the same rank, once successfully afflicted, would suffer a certain degree of interference and might even be seized and controlled at a crucial moment. However, a Flesh Seed cultivated this way within