Chapter 440: Chapter 382: Research, Advancement, and the New Patroller (2)
Jeming had no need to conceal the information and directly replied with a succinct message: "Dean Knight, Master Anton Buchanan successfully ascended to an Eighth Level Wizard a few days ago."
After sending the message, Jeming disregarded the response from Dean Avery Knight and continued handling various correspondence on the terminal.
Having completed these tedious yet necessary liaison tasks, Jeming breathed a long sigh of relief.
He didn’t rest but instead reviewed the daily research reports submitted by the Black Giant priests, then proceeded straight to the section of the lab dedicated to research and testing of Spatial Magic.
The previous interactions at Nolun No.1 Plane, observing the rhythmic law motions during the master’s ascension, and reflecting on the encounters with Reks and others had sparked many new inspirations in his mind.
Especially concerning the combined application of [Phase Shift] and [Space Stabilization], and how to profoundly integrate the "space stability" characteristic of the Mutated Spider Snake’s crystal carapace into his combat system, he had some vague yet highly promising ideas.
"First... buy some more core knowledge..."
Thinking this, Jeming opened the high-level military merits shopping directory in the Magic Network Terminal.
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Several decades quietly passed by.
In the core laboratory of the Purgatory Sulfur Plane, Jeming stood in front of an experiment table filled with intricate rune and energy conduits, focused intently on performing a biological structuring surgery.
A few Black Giant priests acted as silent, efficient assistants, delivering tools, recording data.
Just as he meticulously embedded a miniaturized energy core into the peculiar creature on the operating table, his movements paused slightly, his eyes momentarily dazed.
"Master?" A nearby Black Giant priest keenly sensed his anomaly and communicated an inquiry through low spiritual fluctuation.
Jeming quickly regained his composure, waved his hand indicating he was fine.
But internally, he was far from as calm as he appeared.
Because just moments ago, it felt like an invisible barrier in his Sea of Spirit had quietly been penetrated.
A stream of more concentrated spiritual power, akin to a river breaking its banks, naturally and smoothly filled his soul.
There was no earth-shattering energy eruption, no phenomenon of laws being triggered, not even the laboratory’s energy monitoring instruments detected significant fluctuations.
And thus, in the midst of completing a meticulous surgical operation, he smoothly advanced to a Fourth Level Wizard.
’So... this is Fourth Level?’ Jeming himself was somewhat surprised by the tranquility of it.
Unlike the breakthrough of cultivators to a Great Realm often demanding secluded retreat and triggering celestial phenomena, a wizard’s level advancement, especially at the low to middle stages, is more akin to an accumulation of knowledge and a natural transformation from a change in life level once reaching critical mass.
Spiritual Power meets the standard, understanding of laws meets the corresponding threshold, advancement happens naturally.
Although the speed of advancement was much quicker than anticipated, Jeming knew that this ascension did not result in an immediate increase in strength.
The core of a wizard’s power lies in knowledge, a Fourth Level Wizard designation merely implies holding the "container" and "authority" to comprehend more profound knowledge and construct more complex witchcraft models, equivalent to unlocking a higher power limit.
To transform this limit into tangible combat strength would require him to invest significant time into studying and researching the deeper witchcraft knowledge and techniques only accessible to a Fourth Level Wizard.
In terms of individual combat capability, he remains at the level of a Third Level Wizard.
Of course, advancing to Fourth Level Wizard is not without benefits.
Nearly simultaneous with the completion of spiritual power transition, Jeming acutely sensed the Nascent Soul within his Dantian suddenly opening its eyes, the emitted brilliance intensely radiant!
The Qi Refining Technique he mastered, centered around "Qi", propels the synergistic growth of the three treasures "Essence", "Qi", "God".
Currently, his "God" (spiritual power and soul strength) due to the wizard level advancement far exceeds the levels of "Essence" (physical vigor) and "Qi" (spiritual cultivation).
This vast disparity forms a substantial gravitational pull under the operation of Qi Refining Technique!
The overly potent "God", akin to a swiftly spinning core, frenziedly attracts and induces the relatively lagging "Essence" and "Qi" to accelerate!
After hundreds of years since advancing to Nascent Soul Stage, his cultivation immortality level, originally in the Nascent Soul mid-stage, swiftly broke through to the later stage in a matter of breaths.
Moreover, the speed of growth showed no signs of slowing, racing towards the peak of Nascent Soul stage!
If fellow cultivators in the cultivation immortality realm of the same tier were aware of this rocket-like growth in cultivation level, jaws would certainly drop in shock.
But for Jeming, this was simply the positive interaction between two different power systems under specific conditions.
Nonetheless, neither the wizard level advancement nor the explosive cultivation growth currently captivated Jeming’s attention.
His focus quickly returned to the operating table before him.
Secured on the table was a large "insect" of extremely strange design.
Or rather, it retained only some basic insect characteristics.
Its most striking feature is the long "horn" at the head accounting for over ninety percent of its body volume.
This horn is entirely colorless and transparent, reminiscent of crystal, with sharp angles, edges flashing a chilling gleam, more like a meticulously crafted slender crystal sword blade!
