Merlin lowered his head and looked at his fingers, which had faintly begun to turn white. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
Extreme Ice Finger was indeed powerful, but cultivating it was far from easy. Many conditions had to be met. Mage Hegar had obtained Extreme Ice Finger long ago, yet he had failed to cultivate it. The main reason was likely that he had already become a First-level Spellcaster before acquiring Extreme Ice Finger.
However, Mage Hegar had not constructed the Solidifying Ice spell, nor had he been as fortunate as Merlin to obtain Centuries-Old Cold Marrow.
To cultivate Extreme Ice Finger, one first had to construct the exceedingly complex First-Level Spell, Solidifying Ice, and then obtain the precious Centuries-Old Cold Marrow. Only then were the basic conditions for cultivating Extreme Ice Finger met.
Thus, Merlin had been exceedingly fortunate to cultivate Extreme Ice Finger. It was the result of many coincidences coming together.
Afterward, Merlin left the room. Cultivating Extreme Ice Finger consumed a great deal of magic power, and he no longer had many ice-element Elemental Crystals on him. He could only go look for Mage Vlad.
"Mage Vlad!"
Wearing a loose black robe, Merlin arrived outside Mage Vlad's house and called out loudly.
Creak.
The door opened, and Mage Vlad poked his head out from inside. When he saw Merlin, his eyes lit up, and a smile appeared on his face. He warmly came forward to greet Merlin and said in a low voice, "Mage Merlin, I truly didn't expect that even Mage Samir could do nothing to you..."
Seeing Mage Vlad's somewhat astonished gaze, Merlin knew that Mage Vlad must already have learned that Mage Samir had come looking for him. Yet in order to avoid getting involved, Mage Vlad had not intervened.
Besides,