Awakening Potion Limit Break

"Ian, I'm leaving. I'm going to the High Tower to train."

Malena looked at Ian. "You've been coveting the spell practice room for a long time. You can use it from now on. Harvey is recovering from his injuries anyway."

Ian's heart skipped a beat, and the joy that had just risen faded somewhat.

"Malena, are you preparing to break through?"

"Yes. I'll leave once I've arranged everything at hand."

"That's a good thing. I wish you success! In the future, I'll have a wizard friend to rely on."

Malena stared at the tea leaves floating in her hand, her gaze seeming unfocused.

"Friends... that's nice!"

Winter was approaching, and sunlight carrying a trace of warmth spilled into the courtyard.

The two leisurely drank honey tea. After chatting for a while, they went their separate ways and returned to their work.

Ian returned to the potion room and began preparing to fully break through the Awakening Potion.

Arriving at the workbench, he skillfully took out Moonlight Grass, Menthol Crystals, Magic Catalytic Powder, and other ingredients from the temperature-controlled cabinet.

Just as he had repeated hundreds and thousands of times before, he began brewing the Awakening Potion.

Grinding, extracting, stirring, adding Magic Catalytic Powder...

Every step was as natural and smooth as breathing. Under the catalyst of Magic Power, the solution in the cauldron gradually cleared...

[Awakening Potion Proficiency +1]

[Awakening Potion Proficiency +1]

As one perfect potion after another was produced, the proficiency in his mind rose bit by bit.

At this level, the Awakening Potion required more than a dozen brews to gain a single point of proficiency.

When nearly half the table was filled with potions, Ian glanced at the numbers on the Status Panel.

[Awakening Potion: Mastery (399/400)]

"This is really hard to grind!"

Ian did not pause in the slightest. His eyes remained focused as he picked up another set of ingredients, his movements flowing like water.

The extract of Menthol Crystal and the Moonlight Grass solution were mixed in sequence. Under his precise control of Magic Power, the liquid stabilized and cleared...

Suddenly, inspiration flashed through his mind again. Following the guidance of his intuition, Ian increased the amount of Magic Powder and evenly incorporated it into the solution...

The instant the catalytic process ended and Ian withdrew his Mental Power, a familiar yet deeper blue radiance rose.

Buzz!

At the instant the potion took shape, Ian's mind thundered.

It was somewhat similar to when the Lesser Frost Ray underwent Limit Break, yet also vastly different.

A great deal of insight and information flooded into his mind—not merely a deeper understanding of brewing techniques and ingredient ratios.

There was also a touch of the essence of "focus" and "mental soothing"!

Even faint insights concerning other potions surged in as well.

The only regret was that no rune had formed in his mind!

Ian lowered his head in thought, faintly grasping the conditions required for a rune to form.

After the Status Panel blurred for a moment, it gradually became clear again.

[Awakening Potion: Limit Break 1 time (0/800) (Special Effect: 1. Potent)]

Once the Status Panel finished updating, Ian had also digested the stream of information and understood the meaning of "potent."

This Limit Break Awakening Potion was twice as effective as the ordinary version at maintaining mental focus and assisting meditation!

He picked up the Limit Break potion he had just brewed and examined it carefully.

Its color was deeper and purer than that of the ordinary version, with faint specks of starlight flowing within.

Simply holding it in his hand, he seemed able to feel a cool current stirring within it, emitting an aura that calmed the mind and steadied the spirit.

Ian suppressed the urge to try it immediately and first sensed the changes in his mind.

The density of his Mental Power had increased by around ten percent due to this Limit Break, and his control over Magic Power had become more effortless as well.

This feeling was exactly the same as when his spell had undergone Limit Break last time.

He was now completely certain that every Limit Break of a skill would condense his Mental Power once.

Ian felt somewhat excited. This was no small increase.

In that case, even spending some time improving low-level skills would be worthwhile.

He would have more and more skills in the future. At worst, he could simply spend more time grinding them up.

Looking at the word "potent" on the Status Panel, his heart filled with anticipation.

"The effect of assisting meditation has doubled!"

That meant that within the same meditation time, the efficiency of Mental Power refinement would increase significantly, and the proficiency growth rate of the Star-Moon Lower Meditation Method would accelerate accordingly.

"Let's begin!"

Ian did not hesitate and drank the potion in one gulp.

The instant it slid into his mouth, a familiar cool sensation shot straight into his mind.

But immediately afterward, an unprecedented sense of "clarity" and "focus" enveloped him.

All stray thoughts in his mind were swept away, and the meditation method operated with incomparable smoothness.

His perception of the details of the Will Rune became sharper, making it easier to trace the rune.

Ian immediately entered a meditative state and began visualizing the Will Rune.

In his mind, nine Great Will runes interlocked with one another, slowly rotating in the void and displaying a complex, exquisite, marvelous structure.

One of the Great Will runes had already "grown" two complete crescent-shaped minor runes.

Another Great Will Rune beside it had also "grown" one minor rune, while half of another illusory minor rune had yet to take shape.

As for the other seven Great runes, there was nothing beside them.

Ian was in a state between sleep and wakefulness. With each cycle of the meditation method, that illusory minor rune condensed little by little until it finally took shape.

At the same time, the scattered Mental Power in the void was refined thread by thread during the rune's formation...

[Star-Moon Lower Meditation Method Proficiency +1]

[Star-Moon Lower Meditation Method Proficiency +1]

Time passed, and Ian felt the meditation method gradually become sluggish. He knew the potion's effects had ended.

He opened his eyes and looked at the progress on the Status Panel.

[Realm: Intermediate Wizard Apprentice (15%)]

[Skill: Star-Moon Lower Meditation Method: Proficient (284/400)]

That single meditation session had increased his proficiency by a full three points!

His realm had risen by one percent as well. With the previous accumulation added in, it had naturally advanced by one point.

"This feeling is truly wonderful!"

Ian was thrilled. This enhanced Awakening Potion had completely solved the previous issue of drug resistance. It was like taking an entirely new meditation potion.

"Hehe, this Limit Break special effect is ridiculously powerful!"

His cultivation would now enter the fast lane again, and his realm would rise rapidly along with it.

Looking at the time, this meditation session had taken less than two hours. He could meditate at full capacity for six hours a night.

By that calculation, it would take less than half a month for the meditation method to enter the Mastery stage, and its efficiency would increase further by then.

A sharp gleam flashed in Ian's eyes. If he continued cultivating at this pace, he might not even need half a year to break through to Intermediate Apprentice!

"Eh!" Ian suddenly noticed that the Rock Bear Potion's proficiency on the Status Panel seemed to have increased as well.

[Rock Bear Potion: Beginner (27/400)]

It turned out that part of the information that had flowed into his mind earlier was insight into brewing the Rock Bear Potion.

It seemed that after one potion underwent Limit Break, it would touch upon some brewing techniques for other potions.

When he had brewed the Rock Bear Potion before, flashes of inspiration would occasionally appear in his mind, greatly increasing his brewing proficiency.

After all, potion brewing was not a collection of entirely independent skills. It was inevitable that one field would illuminate another.

Ian found this perfectly reasonable.