932 Lightning Storm Circle (2/2)
After opening their eyes, they suddenly felt the sunlight dimming slightly, as if a thick gray cloud was looming over them.
”What's going on? Why is it dark here when other places are bright?” asked Jiang Yu in confusion.
Mo Fan's lips curled upward. His eyes were filled with a thick darkness, as if he was being shrouded in a layer of shadow. He looked incredibly mysterious and evil.
He rose to his feet and slowly withdrew the black aura surrounding him. The area slowly turned bright, like everywhere else.
Zhao Manyan was muddle-headed when he woke up. His eyes immediately widened when he saw what was happening.
He was pretty excited, but he lowered his voice on purpose and asked, ”Did your Shadow Element reach the Advanced Level?”
Mo Fan nodded.
”F**k me, your strength is going to be insane,” sighed Zhao Manyan.
Everyone on the team basically had at least one Element at the Advanced Level. A few on the team did have two Elements at the Advanced Level, and were able to cast Advanced Spells, yet they still needed time to get familiar with the process.
Meanwhile, Mo Fan was able to cast the Advanced Fire Spell adeptly, and was almost able to draw the Lightning Constellation. On top of that, his Shadow Element had reached the Advanced Level, too! Even without using Advanced Spells, his control of his three Advanced Elements was far beyond the ability of an Intermediate Magician!
”Do you have Magic Tools that can help me practice drawing the Stars quicker? Even though I've reached the Advanced Level, it's still quite a headache that I can't use the Advanced Spells. I want to learn the process faster,” asked Mo Fan.
”I can get them for you, but you'll need to pay for them,” said Zhao Manyan.
”Oh, right, take a look at this, is it valuable?” Mo Fan took out the smooth crystal from his pocket and put it in front of Zhao Manyan.
Zhao Manyan was a businessman on top of his identity as a Magician. He would recognize anything that was worth money. As soon as Mo Fan took out the crystal, his face was immediately filled with joy!
”Where did you get this?” asked Zhao Manyan.
”Inside the canyon,” Mo Fan answered.
”It's an important fusing material for refining Soul-grade Seeds!” Zhao Manyan explained.
”Fusing material?”
”Natural Soul-grade Seeds are too rare, so many Soul Seeds are refined artificially instead. Although their power isn't comparable to the natural Soul Seeds, and they won't necessarily provide the bearers with a Domain, they can still multiply the damage of spells by four to six times. A Soul-grade Seed can be refined with a huge number of Spirit-grade Seeds, as long as there's enough supply of a fusing material: the Fundamental Crystals! The thing you have here is a high-quality Earth Element Fundamental Crystal! The important factor that decides if an artificially refined Soul-grade Seed has the power of Domain is the quality of the Fundamental Crystals!” Zhao Manyan told him excitedly.
”I see, so how much does this cost?” asked Mo Fan.
”It depends on the market price, but I can guarantee you a good price if you list it at our auction… how about this, sell it to me, and I'll get you the Magic Accelerator you need?” said Zhao Manyan.
”Sure, take it,” Mo Fan tossed the Fundamental Crystal into Zhao Manyan's hands.
Zhao Manyan caught the crystal in a panic and cursed, ”F**k me, this thing costs more than a Galaxy Vein; it's useless if it breaks!”
”I don't care, it was yours the moment I tossed it. It's your fault if you didn't catch it. Remember to get me the Magic Accelerator as soon as possible. I still have two Elements to improve! It's quite tiring to spend most of my time on Awakening the Stars,” Mo Fan told him lazily.
Learning to control the Stars was an extremely boring, yet time-consuming task. Mo Fan remembered how he had spent an entire semester just learning to control seven Stars, and now, he needed to control three hundred and forty-three Stars to draw a Star Constellation. It was a lengthy process without a doubt, so he desperately needed a good Magic Accelerator to increase his efficiency!
Mo Fan was willing to hand the Fundamental Crystal to Zhao Manyan, as he believed Zhao Manyan would definitely get him a Magic Accelerator as valuable as the crystal. Once he received the Magic Accelerator, he could learn to cast the Lightning and Shadow Advanced Spells faster, and further master the Fire Advanced Spell, too!
”By the way, why do you need an Earth Element Fundamental Crystal?” asked Mo Fan.
”My f**king third Element is the Earth Element!” cursed Zhao Manyan.
Mo Fan almost burst out laughing when he heard that Zhao Manyan had Awakened the Earth Element!
A turtle-shell Magician, Zhao Manyan was very serious about his role as a turtle-shell Magician! Earth, Water, Light... these were all defensive and supportive Elements, and Zhao Manyan had Awakened all three of them!
Zhao Manyan felt unpleasant when he saw Mo Fan laughing. He straightened his chest and said, ”Don't you laugh! I'll show you how strong I am when the time comes. You'll be surprised for sure!”
”Oh, it sounds like you've improved a lot, too. I was wondering why Zhou Xu was being disqualified instead of you!” Mo Fan raised his brows. Judging from Zhao Manyan's confident look, he must have something up his sleeves.
”Piss off!”
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”What are you two mumbling about back there? We're entering the ancient ruins!” yelled Nanyu when she saw Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan falling behind.
”Aye, coming!” The two hurried to catch up with the team. They were heading right for the intimidating Lightning Storm Circle!
”Say, is there really a Soul-grade Seed, or something of the same level here?”
”There must be! A phenomenon of this scale isn't something to fool around with!”