Human Meridians

"Refine!"

Yin Ming took out a Mental Essence Crystal.

The Void Flame smelted the solid Soul Crystal, gradually melting it into a transparent, gelatinous liquid. Once mixed with fresh True Blood from an Extraordinary Magic Beast, it became ink for drawing sorcery talismans.

Other wizardry, aside from the mental power consumed in outlining Ritual Runes, consumed magic power as fuel.

Even wizardry such as Wizard's Hand, which required continuous control, primarily consumed magic power.

The Void Flame was different. Aside from the small amount of magic power consumed to activate the Sorcery Runes, all subsequent consumption was mental power.

Just as the experiment log had recorded, everything went smoothly in the early stages, without any accidents.

"Smaller, smaller, smaller."

Yin Ming stored the liquid soul in his gourd and manipulated the transparent flame until it became a spark the size of a bean.

Its mental power consumption dropped, averaging 1 point of mental power every two minutes.

That expenditure did not sound particularly terrifying, but even an Official Wizard who had just broken through to the First Ring, if he maintained the lowest consumption, would be mentally and physically drained within a few short hours, reduced to a dried corpse.

"Squeak, squeak..."

Suddenly, a gray-furred rat crawled out of its hole.

It usually survived by eating the scraps left by lions. The lions themselves could not be bothered with such a morsel, not even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.

Other small carnivores also dared not enter the lions' territory, so the rat was remarkably unafraid of people.

"Burn..."

The Void Flame dancing on Yin Ming's fingertip turned into a fireball and struck the rat.

In an instant, transparent Void Flame ignited all over the rat's body. It ran seven or eight meters before becoming an exquisitely dried