Almost four months of year 3784 of the Continental New Calendar had passed. Even in the north of the continent, early spring had arrived, and the cold weather was long gone.
In the Stantin Duchy in the south of the continent, however, there was already a hint of sweltering heat.
Sweat seeped from Xu Yi's forehead, gathered into rivulets, then collected at his chin before falling onto the workbench in front of him, dampening a small patch.
Beside him, Avita picked up a towel and carefully wiped the sweat from his forehead and face, her eyes full of concern and worry.
Under normal circumstances, Avita's gesture would probably have stirred something in Xu Yi's heart. At that moment, however, he spared her none of his attention. His entire focus was on the magic array on the workbench, and he did not even blink.
After staring at the magic array for a long while, Xu Yi slowly reached out his hand. Avita immediately passed him the magic array materials she had prepared.
Xu Yi took the materials and circulated the mana within his body, instantly refining all of them. Combined with the mana surging from him, they condensed into a ball of light glowing deep blue-green on the wand in his right hand.
Xu Yi lowered his hand slightly, bringing the ball of light into contact with the half-completed magic array on the workbench. Brilliant blue light immediately flowed along every magic array line, lighting up the entire array in an instant.
With a slight movement of his wand over one section of the magic array, he drew another new magic array line, extending the array a little further.
As Xu Yi's hand moved back and forth, magic array lines emerged from the tip of his wand, gradually making the array