Full-Time Magician: Demon Mage

Chapter 204 Returning to Seclusion

"That's really dangerous..." Wang Teng chuckled. Wu Liu was in a rage. Four super-level mages entering its home field to fight was like asking for death.

Moreover, the mist willow is shrouded in thick fog, and its true form can only be seen at close range, but by the time you see it, it's already too late.

With a height of nearly a thousand meters, its attack range is incredibly wide. It's already a stroke of luck that one out of four super-level mages managed to escape.

"We can set off as soon as you come back. We've been waiting for you for a whole week." Jiang Shaoxu vented her small complaint. She was tired of this godforsaken place.

Nan Jue was speechless. Wang Teng acted like he couldn't leave before he came back, but as soon as he returned, he started acting cute and clingy. It was really... too much of a sour smell.

"Okay, let's go~" Wang Teng understood their feelings. It was already very kind of them to wait for him in such a boring place for a week.

After packing up, the group left the town. They found the speedboat that had been hidden in the corner and boarded it to leave.

Two hours later, the four returned to Zhao's hotel.

The remaining team members sat in a reception hall, waiting.

"Welcome back~" Ai Jiangtu stood up to welcome them, and he was especially happy to see his colleagues return.

"It's been a week since we last met, we've gotten a little out of touch." Wang Teng smiled and went up to shake his hand, feeling a bit like a long-awaited reunion.

The four of them sat down on the sofa and began chatting about what had happened recently, mainly about the Mist Demons' uprising.

"You have no idea how shocking the scene was back then. A swarm of mist demons swept into the town of Porrodi. Luckily, I managed to run away quickly..." Zhao Manyan spoke eloquently, but avoided mentioning some important details.

Wang Teng listened to his story with a smile. Putting aside everything else, this guy was really good at dealing with people. No wonder he could get along with Mo Fan.

Guan Yu squinted, finding Zhao Manyan's blond hair particularly irritating. If this weren't the Zhao's Hotel, he would never allow this substitute to be so noisy.

Jiang Yu's eyes were filled with doubt. Zhao Manyan's words were full of loopholes, but he had no intention of investigating further.

After chatting for a while, everyone dispersed. There was still about a week of activities before heading to the next stop.

Most people are still a long way from being able to unleash high-level magic, and controlling the stars is the most urgent problem to be solved right now.

If we don't hurry, once we set off for the next stop, we'll be delayed again, and all sorts of unexpected events will distract us.

It's difficult to cultivate without distractions. You also need to take care of your basic needs like eating, drinking, and relieving yourself. After all, magicians are just ordinary people, not demons who can go for long periods without food or water.

One night passed.

Two figures were sitting in the room, meditating and cultivating.

Jiang Shaoxu slowly opened her eyes, her gaze filled with weariness. Controlling Xingzi for so long had taken a toll on her mental energy.

He glanced at Wang Teng beside him, who remained calmly seated, motionless, with no unusual expression on his face, just as he had been when he first began cultivating. The pendant in front of him was blinking and breathing.

"This guy..."

Seeing this stamina, Jiang Shaoxu was speechless. She really couldn't hold on any longer, so she got up to stretch her body and then crawled into the soft quilt to sleep.

Wang Teng continued his cultivation alone. He discovered that after breaking through to the Monarch level, his basic cultivation speed had increased, but the overall effect remained the same. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the Star Sea Demon Artifact had reduced its amplification effect on him.

The Soul Cultivation Artifact is essentially a cheat code; its function is to reduce mental energy consumption, extend cultivation time, and increase the speed of demonic energy condensation.

This is common knowledge, but the latter is a detail he rarely paid attention to, knowing only what happened but not why.

According to his understanding, the amplification factor varies greatly between different levels of soul-cultivating magical artifacts, with the core factor being the level of the essence.

The higher the level of the essence, the better the quality of the soul-cultivating artifact, and the better the cultivation effect. When using the soul-cultivating artifact, one will synchronize with the rhythm of the artifact to condense magical energy.

High-quality essence is like an amplifier, using the soul energy within the essence to replace the energy consumed during cultivation; this is the principle of amplification.

The higher the grade of the soul-cultivating magical artifact, the faster it can condense magical energy.

If your cultivation speed is 1 and your Soul-Cultivating Artifact is 3, then the bonus is 3 times.

If the cultivation speed itself increases to 2, and the Soul Cultivation Artifact is 3, then the multiplier will only be 1.5, and the final effect will still be 3. He discovered that the Soul Cultivation Artifact would override the original effect, and the final effect would be reflected by the highest single value.

That's the current situation. After breaking through to the Monarch level, his basic cultivation speed has greatly increased, causing the Star Sea Demon Artifact's amplification factor for him to decrease significantly.

Furthermore, with his spiritual power level reaching the eighth realm of the Great Realm, his combined strength is now comparable to the Star Sea Demon Artifact of a Great Monarch's Essence.

The current Star Sea Magic Artifacts, aside from replacing mental energy as a resource, are far from ideal and have extremely low cost-effectiveness.

"Fortunately, demons haven't entered the magical age... or they probably wouldn't even look at it. Demons have no civilization, they can't pass it down, low-level demons can't use it, and demons that can use it wouldn't even look at it."

Wang Teng pondered for a moment and realized that demonic magic was still more appealing, since it could extend lifespan. Demons of the same level could easily defeat mages, let alone elite demons or demons with high-level bloodlines.

Magic is nothing more than having more variations. Pure high-attack, fragile characters, even when wearing armored magical artifacts, will be killed by the force of a few hits when fighting demons, while their armored magical artifacts remain intact.

If demons were even slightly more intelligent, humanity might not exist. This is why humans are currently able to use magic to form groups and carve out a path to survival.

Wang Teng continued his cultivation. He had already reached the limit of the advanced level of the Mind System, and he was close to reaching the level of the Space System as well. Through his active cultivation, he kept trying to touch the barrier of his realm.

Once he touches the barrier of his realm, as long as he has the resources, his success rate in breaking through will increase significantly because the necessary magical energy requirement will decrease.

He was very satisfied with the practical effect of using the Chaos system this time; a simple Chaos Vortex was able to imprison a terrifying number of Mist Demons.

The manipulability of the Chaos system reminded him of the Spatial Link, which seemed to allow for similar spellcasting, as did demonic magic.

The formation of the demon core also has the characteristic of absorbing demonic energy. It can automatically absorb and release demonic energy and transform it into demonic power, which is very similar to the absorption and devouring characteristics of the Chaos system. Moreover, this ability is extremely important to demons.

If your strength can continuously increase, and you can also improve your demonic power sustain during battle, or reduce the difficulty of cultivation, which effect wouldn't be more appealing?

Cultivation may be tedious, time-consuming, and mentally taxing for others!

Wang Teng could only remain silent, trying his best to appear diligent in order to make them feel better.

(End of this chapter)