Ian is naked from the waist up, and his perfect muscle lines like Greece's sculptures are fully exposed. Sweat is sliding down his body and dripping on the floor. He is doing push-ups.
The surrounding space seems to be trembling slightly, with ripples appearing. If an ordinary person enters this room by mistake, he will be crushed into flesh in an instant by the terrifying gravity, because the gravity here is much higher than that of the earth.
"Damn it. I am obviously a mage and the controller of mysticism. Why do I have to train like those barbaric knights?"
Ian cursed loudly. Although he complained, he gritted his teeth and never stopped moving.
White steam rose from his body; this was an external manifestation of Battle Aura operating at top speed in his body and strengthening his body functions.
The more intense the exercise, the more efficient Battle Aura is at strengthening the body.
In addition, when the body is in a state of extreme fatigue, it is easier to combine magic power with vitality to create more Battle Aura.
A few hours later, the gravity enchantment in the room stopped working. Ian sat cross-legged, assuming a meditation posture, and began to condense more Battle Aura in his body.
Unlike magic power stored in a single location, Battle Aura is dispersedly stored in various parts of the body: muscles, skin, bones, etc. According to the Empire's research, if a core is forcibly created to store Battle Aura, it will have an adverse effect on Battle Aura Warrior.
For example, when attacking with a punch, Battle Aura needs to be transmitted from the storage core to the muscles and bones of the arm to increase the power of the attack; no matter how long it is trained, this transmission process takes time.
However, if Battle Aura itself is stored in the body, Battle Aura Warrior can directly mobilize the Battle Aura stored in the muscles and bones of the arm when punching, achieving instant effect.
The problem of delay in energy transmission also exists in magic.
When casting a spell, the magic power needs to flow to the magic circuit first and then be released through the hands, which also requires extremely high control training.
Even if one is extremely talented, the transmission of magic power from the core to the arms cannot be completed instantly. This process may only take 0.1 seconds or even less, but the time difference still exists.
If your opponent is fast enough, you can use this gap to counterattack.
The thing about Luck is that after Fifth Tier, this has become a thing of the past.
Fifth Tier The magic power of the strong can leave the body instantly and directly drive spells, no longer relying on magic circuits.
Therefore, the magic circuit is most critical at the Fourth Tier and below stages.
In addition, the magic power of the Fifth Tier individual seems to have some kind of weak Self consciousness or instinct. When the owner is in danger, it can even automatically protect the owner.
After the meditation, Ian asked, "How was it?"
"According to the scan of your body, your body's various indicators have reached the standard and are enough to withstand the load of Sixth Tier Crystallized Magic," Morgana's voice sounded.
"Great," Ian replied. A lot has happened in the past seven years.
It took him a year to fully recover from his previous overdraft.
During this period, he discovered that constantly depleting and refilling the magic power actually accelerated the body's adaptation process.
Later, he Fusion the magic system of this universe with his Arcane Rune Magic, solving some of the flaws in the latter; in fact, the solution is very simple, which is to replace part of the original system with some runes and languages from this universe and the <Fullmetal Alchemist> world.
This change does not directly increase the power of arcane magic, but it greatly improves its versatility and diversity.
However, Ian was not satisfied with this. After Hermione "translated" the magic system of this universe into Gate of Truth Alchemy, allowing Arcanist to use various forms of energy to cast spells, he assigned a new task to Hermione: to incorporate this discovery Fusion into Arcane Rune Magic.
In this way, Arcanist no longer rely solely on their own magic power, but can call upon various energies from the outside world.
In this way, the Gate of Truth Alchemy masters of the Empire can truly become spellcasters, not just craftsmen who rely on Alchemy to achieve supernatural effects.
Ian took out a bottle of golden potion and shook it gently, with a smile on his face.
In the past few years, Snape's research on Fountain of Youth has made breakthrough progress.
The current theory is that the spring water is essentially "Divine Essence".
What exactly is Divine Essence? It is a mixture of God's blood, soul, Divine Power, life energy and even [Authority].
In short, it is the fundamental core of the existence of gods.
This is why bathing in this pool can give one eternal life.
To be precise, it gives mortals an extremely long lifespan.
According to genetic research on Zi Yuan and Lin, they can live for millions of years, so technically they are not truly immortal, just extremely long-lived.
Another benefit of Divine Essence is the removal of curses; this was demonstrated by Dragon Emperor's use of it to lift the curse placed on him by Zi Yuan.
Not only Fountain of Youth, but Moon's Tears was also created from the essence of some kind of moon god, as the story of the samurai shooting the moon suggests.
Therefore, taking the petals of Divine Tree can not only prolong life and cure all diseases, but also relieve curses.
However, Divine Tree is far less powerful than Fountain of Youth, which means that either not enough Divine Essence was used to create Divine Tree, or that the moon god is far less powerful than the god behind Fountain of Youth.
In any case, these are not important for the time being. After analyzing the ingredients of the spring water, Snape used it to develop a potion that can greatly increase magic power.
Ian has been taking this medicine for the past six years, and now he is only one step away from being promoted to Sixth Tier.
Ian did not drink the potion immediately, but slept for a few hours first to ensure that his condition was adjusted to its peak.
After waking up, he drank the entire bottle of golden liquid in one gulp.
"Why do these potions always taste so weird? Aren't gods supposed to be perfect living beings? Aren't their flesh supposed to be delicious?"
Ian paused for a moment, and a thought suddenly came to his mind - what does the meat of gods taste like?
"Does this count as cannibalism? If it doesn't eat humanoid gods but only animal gods, it probably doesn't count. Even if it can speak and transform into human form, it is still essentially an animal."
Ian immediately added "taste of animal gods" to his future wish list.
But right now, he has more urgent things to do, and the magic power in his body is skyrocketing.
Undetectable Extension Charm, which has long been engraved on Magic Core, begins to operate, ensuring that the core can expand as the magic power increases.
Ian must concentrate on controlling this huge magic power.
After an unknown amount of time, Ian heard a crisp cracking sound coming from within his body; it was like some invisible shackles had been broken.
Immediately afterwards, the Crystallized Magic in his core began to melt and returned to a liquid state.
However, this Liquid Mana is no longer the blue river like Fourth Tier, but Blink is shining with bright light, like flowing stars.
Stellar Magic followed Ian's magic circuit and poured into every corner of his body.
The next moment, Ian gritted his teeth.
Wherever the magic passed, his body began to undergo destruction and reorganization: skin, muscles, bones, internal organs, cells, and even genes.
The old organization was destroyed and replaced by a new one. In this process, Ian had to endure the severe pain of being cut into pieces, and at the same time, he had to control the magic power to prevent it from getting out of control and completely destroying himself without being able to rebuild.
This requires extremely strong control and a strong soul.
When the reorganization of his body was finally completed, the star-like magic flowed into his Soul Space and began to nourish his soul.
Unlike the pain of Body Enhancement, the sublimation of the soul is painless.
In fact, it feels as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring. Your spirit and consciousness are completely relaxed, without any stress or worries.
Despite this, Ian remained vigilant. His intuition told him that if he was addicted to this kind of pleasure and couldn't help himself, something bad might happen.
He decided to trust his intuition and verify this conjecture later.
When the soul is strengthened to a certain extent, the magic power flows back to the core and condenses into crystals again.
Immediately afterwards, Ian received a message in his mind - he had been successfully promoted to Sixth Tier.