"' Group Mana Pool,' ah, I see..."
Although the ancient parchment scroll only recorded the steps for casting the ' Ring of Damballa ', Phastos immediately understood the principle behind this Secret Art spell.
"It actually uses the ancient, natural symbiotic style of Life Resonance Chain."
Having briefly studied the ' Ring of Damballa ' Secret Art, Kenneth asked with interest, " Life Resonance Chain, Natural Symbiotic Style, could Phastos elaborate a bit more?"
Phastos did not refuse; he was the kind of person who was very happy to share knowledge.
Otherwise, it would not have left so many traces in the long history of human scientific development, and could even be said to have played a pivotal role in prophetic guidance.
" The Life Resonance Chain is an ancient form of spellcasting that originated in some remote areas of the West more than two thousand years ago."
"This form of spellcasting respects the balance of nature, advocating that all Magic Secret Art must follow, and even integrate with, the principle of coexistence with nature."
"Coexisting with nature..." Kenneth stroked his chin, seemingly agreeing. "That sounds like a very respectable group of spellcasters."
"Upright?" Sersi sneered. "Then you're sorely mistaken!"
Phastos nodded and said, " Sersi is right. Those spellcasters who claim to live in harmony with nature are actually a very, very evil group of Black Wizard."
Kenneth's mouth gaped open, somewhat incredulous.
Phastos seemed to sense his confusion and, without looking up, explained, " The Life Resonance Chain is essentially about establishing a network of life energy resonance."
"The reason it can extract energy of different attributes and transform it into a ' Group Mana Pool ' that can be used by everyone is because it establishes a resonance contract, forcibly converting the Mana power within the bodies of many spellcasters into ' Life Force ' that can be absorbed by living beings."
At this point, he raised his head, his expression becoming very serious. "You must understand, forcibly converting a person's Mana power into ' Life Force ' will consume a large amount of their own Life Force. Moreover, the efficiency of this conversion is extremely low; one unit of Mana can only convert a maximum of 0.3 units of Life Force."
Kenneth immediately understood what he meant, and his face instantly turned extremely ugly.
"Trading life for Mana..."
Phastos nodded.
"This is also why this school of spellcasting disappeared so quickly after its emergence. No matter where you are, spellcasters are a group that considers themselves noble. To ask them to exchange their lives for a moment of brilliance is practically instigating their suicide."
At this moment, Strucker, sitting at the head of the conference room, frowned slightly and said, "So, does that mean our plan is doomed?"
"NO! NO! NO!" Phastos shook his head and said, "I can find a way to improve this method of using the Life Resonance Chain to construct a ' Group Mana Pool '!"
He smiled confidently and said, "Actually, I once studied some of the Secret Art of the natural symbiosis school out of curiosity."
As he spoke, Phastos clasped his hands together and then opened them.
A golden Cosmic Energy array with an exceptionally complex structure unfolds.
"I can first add an energy feedback mechanism, so that after the ' Group Mana Pool ' is formed, a portion of the Life Force consumed by the caster will be returned proportionally..."
As he spoke, the golden energy array suddenly began to flash. First, a large number of golden patterns disappeared, and then new golden array patterns were quickly added one after another.
"At the same time, the Life Force conversion efficiency is dynamically adjusted according to the current charging status of the ' Group Mana Pool '. When the Mana in the pool is below 30%, the conversion rate increases to 1:0.9, and when it is above 80%, it automatically decreases to 1:0.5."
The golden energy array continuously fissioned, recombined, fissioned again, and recombined again...
"I can also change the resonance contract into a decentralized resonance chain node, changing the originally uniform Life Force consumption to a model that distributes it according to strength."
Phastos held the golden energy array in his right hand, while his left hand continuously took out one array structure and stuffed it into a new one.
"If that's still not enough, I can add a buffer layer design to the ' Group Mana Pool '..."
With a gentle tremor of his right palm, he shook out the ' Group Mana Pool ' structure located at the very center of the golden energy array.
Then, a golden light shone on his left index finger, and he quickly inscribed a layer of Resonance Buffer Shell on the surface of the ' Group Mana Pool ' structure.
"This buffer layer not only strengthens the defense of the ' Group Mana Pool ', but also serves as a temporary energy storage medium, slowing down the Mana impact and preventing the ' Mana Pool' from experiencing instantaneous overload."
As soon as he finished speaking, the complex golden energy array transformed into a luxurious work of art that was exquisite and fluid.
Upon seeing the slowly rotating, magnificent magic circle, everyone in the conference room fell silent.
A moment later, Strucker slammed his fist on the table and stood up abruptly.
"Great! That's wonderful!"
"Mr. Phastos, there's no time to lose."
"We must begin!"
Phastos himself had no problem with it, but his gaze turned to Sersi beside him.
Now all that's left is for ' Sersi, ' the key figure in this operation, to make his statement.
Sersi paused for a moment, then suddenly turned to Strucker and asked:
" Ikaris... is he still alive?"
Strucker was taken aback at first, then smiled and nodded, "Of course you're alive."
"Okay! I agree." Sersi agreed.
Five minutes later, numerous sparks of energy appeared on the turbulent surface of the Indian Ocean.
One after another, crimson Spatial Portal opened, and a large number of figures filed out from them.
They were enveloped in Crimson Mana, silently floating above the sea.
This time, almost the entire high command of the Red Order, led by High Priestess Strucker, came out!
Strucker, Sersi, and Phastos exchanged glances.
" Phastos Festos, let's begin."
Phastos pushed the golden energy array upwards, causing it to grow larger and larger.
'Buzz!'
In an instant, a Golden Array enveloped everyone...