Chapter 286 - The Road to True Element (2/2)

And so, that's what he aimed for. He aimed to reach [Animate Wind Affinity] within these two hours, and even hoped that he could go a bit beyond that, just like how his understanding of Water had gone slightly beyond the Animate level of comprehension within two hours.

Psyching himself up for what he was about to do, he then grabbed the flask and pulled out the stopper as his upper torso opened up, pouring in the contents of the flask into it. As he placed the flask back in his system inventory while he closed up his upper body, a notification sound soon resounded throughout his mind, telling him that the effects of the Heaven's Wind Potion was now activated.

Ding!

'You have ingested the Heaven's Wind Potion.'

'Your perception of the Wind element has increased by 200%'

'Time remaining before buff wears out: 1 hour 59 minutes'

After briefly reading through the notifications he had received, Argentum then went ahead and closed his sense of vision as he attuned his energy to the Wind energy particles that lingered within the room. Thanks to his already high level of affinity with the wind, which was currently paired up with the perception boost brought about by the Heaven's Wind Potion, he could not help but feel that his connection with the Wind energy particles was akin to him being embraced by the wind itself. At times, he even felt that he had melded with the surrounding wind, transforming into the embodiment of wind.

With that kind of feeling coursing throughout his body, Argentum went ahead and increased his affinity with the Wind, referencing the notes he obtained from the Tome of the Four Elements from time to time. Naturally, with his incredibly high comprehension rate, it came with no surprise that Argentum's understanding of the Wind element was improving at a very fast rate, the aura of Wind currently radiating from him now being completely different from the aura he radiated before starting this session of improvement.

And only twenty minutes have passed.

At around the forty-minute mark, Argentum's understanding of the Wind element had risen to a new level as the upper portion of his body, which took on the original color of green, had now transformed into a mix of light green and green. If one were to look closely, the movement of the light green and green portions of energy on his upper body, which were thin needles in shape, somewhat imitated the movement of wind in nature. Sometimes it would take on the movement of a calm breeze, at other times, it would take on the movement of a tornado. Nevertheless, all of the movements had something to do with the wind…obviously.

Naturally, his aura had changed as well, the feeling it gave off being akin to when he showed his improvement of understanding over the Water element in front of Felix and the others. Surprisingly, the aura he radiated was related to the movement of energy in his upper body. Whenever the energy in his upper body moved like the breeze, then anyone inside the area of influence of his aura would feel calm and relaxed. If it was a tornado, then his aura would become violent, making anyone inside the area of influence of his aura feel like it was hard to breathe.

Eventually, the two-hour effect of the Heaven's Wind Potion had finally dissipated, signaling to Argentum that his session on improving his understanding over the Wind element was over…for now, at least. Letting out a sigh of satisfaction and relief, he went ahead and stood up as he grabbed the Tome of the Four Elements and placed it inside his upper torso. He then lightly stretched his body as he sensed the various changes that had occurred. After that, he went ahead and conjured a ball of wind, which radiated an intent of destruction far greater than before. Not only that, but the force coming from the ball of wind had significantly increased as well, even though Argentum used the same amount of energy to conjure one.

Without hesitation, he went ahead and threw the ball towards the wall that faced away from Aurus's room, only to be left at a loss for words as the ball of wind had dealt more damage than he had expected. In his mind, he thought that the ball of wind would be able to tear a wall open and disappear from there. Never in his mind did he expect that even before the ball of wind was about to collide with the wall, the sheer force of wind emanating from the wind was enough for the wall to tear open, only dissipating after about…ten walls had been torn open.

Scratching his head at the result, he eventually let out a slightly awkward chuckle as he muttered, ”Herellia's definitely going to become mad once she sees this.”

”Should I blame this on Aurus?” he asked himself not long after before dispelling the thought not long after. Taking in a deep breath of air, he then muttered to himself, ”Anyways, I've made quite the improvement. Even the weakest Wind-based spell I have now has its destructive power increased by multiple times.”

”And with that out of the way…”

”What should I do next?”

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