A wizard's cultivation began with gaseous magic power at the first circle.
By the time Charles became a second-circle wizard, his magic power had already condensed into liquid form.
As for third-circle grand wizards, at this stage, their magic power became solid, like compacted earth.
This change brought a remarkably significant increase for wizards.
The most obvious point was that they could store far more magic power within their bodies.
Solid magic power could be stored in quantities more than a hundred times greater than liquid or gaseous magic power.
Another point was the efficiency with which magic power could be used.
Only solid magic power could unleash more powerful witchcraft, filling a condensed witchcraft model with magic power in a short time.
This was something gaseous and liquid magic power could not accomplish.
That was also why third-circle wizards were called grand wizards.
Charles had accumulated enough magic power. What came next was the condensation process.
This was a process that required a great deal of time and resources.
Relying on his mental power, Charles compressed and compressed again, controlling the liquid magic power within a small area and continuously squeezing it.
Throughout the process, the magic power around Charles remained active, constantly replenishing the magic power he expended.
No one knew how long passed before, finally!
The first piece of magic power compressed into solid form appeared.
It was like water at zero degrees finally forming its first block of ice.
With that piece of solid magic power, Charles's tightly furrowed brow relaxed.
All things were difficult at the beginning. Once the beginning had passed, the rest was simply a matter of proceeding step by step.
Condensing such a tiny piece of magic power had nearly drained all the magic power Charles originally possessed.
One could imagine how