Wizard Immortal

Chapter 165 Advancement to a Formal Wizard

Walking into the familiar laboratory, closing the heavy door, Adir casually looked around before sitting down on the bed.

"As I instructed, martial law has been imposed on the manor, and a special magical array has been set up outside the laboratory for protection. Anyone who tries to enter will be detected immediately."

Sitting on the huge wooden bed, Adir felt calm: "I've taken all the necessary precautions. The rest is up to me."

Thinking of this, he picked up a box from the wooden table and opened it.

Inside the wooden box was a bottle of emerald green potion.

The emerald green potion was very crisp, and the liquid inside seemed to have a life of its own, constantly pulsating slightly, making it look quite extraordinary.

This is the sap of the ancient thorn tree, which can play a very good auxiliary role in the process of becoming a formal wizard, and is extremely precious for a third-class apprentice.

The bottle in Adir's hand was a gift from a teacher at the academy.

"What is the progress of the chip and distortion barrier improvements?"

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Adir asked the chip in his mind.

After obtaining the appearance of this first-level spell from Edith, Adir ordered the chip to analyze and simulate the spell in order to make its effect as good as possible.

After all, for wizards, the spells solidified in their mental sea are too important, and if possible, they should be optimized as much as possible.

"Improvement complete..." In an instant, the voice of the chip machinery rang out again.

"Compared to the original version, the improved version has increased stability by 17.1% and power by 67%..."

The notification sounds from the chips kept ringing in Adir's mind.

Let's begin!

Feeling the flood of information surfacing in his mind, Adir took a deep breath, his eyes filled with determination.

"I've done all the necessary preparations. Now, it's up to my luck..."

Adir drank the sap from the ancient thorn tree in his hand in one gulp. The thought flashed through his mind, and then he closed his eyes and entered a deep meditative state.

After drinking the sap of the Thorn Tree, Adir felt as if he were being burned on a fire, accompanied by a sense of weakness as if his life force was being drained.

"The body's physical activity begins to decrease... the mental potential begins to increase..."

The voice of the chip machinery rang in his mind again, but Adir was no longer in the mood to pay attention to it.

A sense of bewilderment arose in his body, and then a dark sea of ​​consciousness appeared in Adir's mind, illuminated by an inexplicable power.

A vast amount of spiritual energy surged and churned there like a tsunami, relentlessly ravaging the sea of ​​consciousness.

Under the influence of the sap from the ancient thorn tree, Adir felt an unprecedented abundance of spiritual energy, as if it were inexhaustible. Spells that were previously difficult to use could now be cast without any pressure.

This feeling of being freed from constraints was somewhat captivating, but it also made Adir wary.

While at Uraldor Academy, thanks to Edith's connections, Adir was able to consult many valuable materials in the academy's library, including the various issues that needed to be addressed when advancing to become a formal wizard.

His current situation appears to be a crazy increase in mental power, but in reality, it is achieved by burning the life force of his body. If he does not complete the advancement by the time he reaches a certain critical point, this advancement will completely fail. It is hard to say whether there will be any aftereffects, but the life force that has been burned off will be truly lost.

Even if Adir's lifespan is long enough, he can survive even if he fails to advance, but it will still affect his future advancement, making it less likely that he will become a formal wizard.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Sensing the spiritual sea that was now illuminated, Adir endured the pain of his life force being burned and tried to construct a spell template for a distorted barrier in his spiritual sea.

This is also the most difficult hurdle for third-class apprentices attempting to advance to full wizard status.

Even the most basic spell templates are difficult enough to stump countless people; an average apprentice would need at least several months to learn and master their construction. Level 1 spell templates are even more so, their complexity far exceeding that of basic templates by hundreds or even thousands of times.

If creating a template for a basic spell is like visualizing an ant out of thin air, then visualizing a template for a level one spell is like visualizing a human being. Every blood vessel, every strand of hair, every detail of the body's structure must be perfect, otherwise the spell will fail. The complexity of this is unimaginable.

To create a level one spell template directly in one's mental sea without ever having created one before is a huge challenge for any apprentice, not to mention the immense psychological pressure of having to succeed on the first try.

This is especially true for characters like Adir who use modified spell templates.

While the improved spells are powerful, their complexity will inevitably increase, making the solidified spells even more difficult to master.

However, Adir also has significant advantages compared to others.

Wizards are essentially high-powered computers, and the stronger a wizard's mental strength, the greater their computational ability. In this respect, Adir's mental strength far surpasses the level of an ordinary third-class apprentice during their advancement.

In addition, with the existence of the chip, although Adir had not constructed the spell in his mind, he had tried it many times through the simulation function of the chip.

With all these factors combined, even though the improved Twisted Barrier is much more difficult, Adir is still confident in himself.

In my mind, the dark sea of ​​consciousness gradually brightened.

Amidst the surging tide of spiritual power, a glimmer of light is gradually appearing.

This light was initially extremely faint, as if it might be extinguished at any moment. Then it grew brighter and larger, gradually rising in the vast sea of ​​consciousness, illuminating the entire sea of ​​consciousness like a sun.

If one observes carefully within the mental sea, one can discover that inside this ball of light is a pure crystal with complex runes forming a perfect structure.

This entire crystal is the solidified spell template, which now stands quietly above the mental sea, emitting a faint glow.

This light was very bright and clear, but it did not possess any real heat. It merely appeared in the sea of ​​consciousness and could only be observed by Adir.

"It's a success!!"

As the crystal in his spiritual sea successfully rose and condensed, Adir felt a surge of joy as he sensed the changes emanating from within.

In the vast sea of ​​consciousness, with the successful solidification of the spell template, the entire sea of ​​consciousness seemed to undergo some unknown change, causing the originally boiling seawater to begin to calm down.

The changes in the spiritual sea will also extend to the body, causing the body of the third-level apprentice to gradually transform and complete the change in the level of life.

However, this is not the end of the story.

After the spell template has solidified, it is still very fragile. If an accident occurs at this time, the crystal formed after the spell template has solidified may collapse at any time.

Therefore, during this stage, Adir must maintain the spell crystal in his mental sea as much as possible. Before this, he cannot use spells and must concentrate his mind as much as possible, otherwise the process may fail.

The defensive measures Adir had taken earlier were actually prepared for this moment.

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Time passed little by little.

Once the spell crystals in his mental sea had stabilized, Adir opened his eyes again.

If you look closely into his eyes, you can see a faint light in them; if someone looks directly into them, they will immediately feel a strong stinging sensation.

This is a phenomenon caused by an uncontrollable surge in mental power, and it is also a common symptom for newly promoted formal wizards.

"Finally... we succeeded!"

Sitting on the edge of the bed, he quietly opened his eyes, feeling the sunlight streaming through the window and the weakness coursing through his body. Adir felt a surge of excitement, a hint of joy in his eyes: "A formal wizard!"

At this moment, he felt that he was in a very bad state. Because of the thorn tree sap he had consumed to become a formal wizard, a large part of his life force had been burned off. At this moment, he was in a very bad state and appeared very weak.

However, despite this extreme weakness, he could sense that the power within him was several times stronger than before his advancement.

「姓名:阿帝尔.法库斯。力量：13.5（15.7）。敏捷：13.9（16.1）。体质：14.1（16.5）。精神：17.6。」

Before his eyes, the familiar attribute panel reappeared, giving Adir a full understanding of his own body.

Besides the 4-point increase in mental strength, the other physical attributes also saw a significant increase, although they are currently in a weakened state.

As time goes by, during the period immediately following his promotion to a formal wizard, Adir's physical attributes will continue to increase significantly until the end of this transformation period.

In theory, this period of transformation is also the weakest time for a formal wizard. Not only can he not use too many spells, but his physical fitness has not yet reached the level of a formal wizard. Although his combat power is far stronger than that of a third-class apprentice, he is no match for other formal wizards.

Of course, this rule may not apply to Adir.

With his formidable physical abilities, even though he has only recently advanced in his cultivation, he could probably directly confront a formal wizard.

(End of this chapter)