"Three years ago, Ang Leo's despicable tactics left me gravely wounded and on the brink of death."
Gellman gently rested his hand on the spot on his chest where Dago had just struck him, speaking in an inscrutable tone. "But I also have to thank him. If not for that, I don't think I would have agreed to the experiment to fuse my body with a spell artifact."
"Fortunately, I succeeded."
Gellman's entire figure suddenly blurred, dissolving into countless silver particles before gathering again, becoming clear and solid once more.
The strange, wondrous transformation left Dago momentarily stunned.
Then he heard a shocked gasp from one of the stone pillars at the edge of the platform.
"Body Elementalization?!"
Body Elementalization?
Dago's mind reeled slightly.
Mental energy elementalization and Body Elementalization were both signature powers of Miracle Tier wizards, with Body Elementalization being the more advanced of the two. Even a level-four wizard who had only just entered the Miracle Tier could not achieve it.
How could Gellman have mastered a technique at the Third Circle that even Fourth-Ring Miracle wizards could not?
Yet what he had just demonstrated did indeed bear a strong resemblance to the Body Elementalization of legend.
Dago frowned deeply. As if realizing something, he said, "That's not Body Elementalization. You've merely gained early access to a portion of a spatial mirror artifact's mysterious power by abandoning your flesh and fusing with a Miracle Arcane Artifact."
"You're more knowledgeable than they are."
Gellman readily nodded in acknowledgment and said calmly, "It's true that I'm merely drawing on the mysteries of the Elder Mirror Forest artifact... but it's not far removed from true Body Elementalization. At least at the formal stage."
Gellman raised his head, suddenly sweeping his gaze over the stone pillars surrounding the arena, one by