126 Magic Beasts from Hell Part 1 (1/2)

Saleen’s magic chords began to vibrate and slowly started to pulsate at the same rate as his heartbeat. His magic chords had grown by more than four times, and after absorbing the magic power from the magic nuclei on the demonic bracelet, they continued to absorb the powers of the water elements outside of Saleen’s body.

The water elements from the water shields were continuously sucked away, and they began to stick to Saleen’s body, undergoing another unusual change.

The patterns on the bubble-like water shield multiplied by a hundred times and became even more complicated, the shield no longer in the shape of a ball. It began to turn transparent and the magic patterns became lighter as water elements started pouring in. The thick layer of water vapor on the outside of the water shield began to disappear as well. Sika and Nailisi were only able to see the magic outside of Saleen’s body disappearing, but he did not slow down.

The light wisp of water vapor circled around Saleen’s body. He opened his eyes with a start and frigid-looking light shot out from his blue eyes.

The amount of pain that Saleen had experienced was less than he had expected and his magic chords began to stabilize. His sight seemed to pierce everything from the air, to the land, to the the skies. Just as everything started returning to normal, Saleen once again saw the elemental world.

Ground, water, wind, fire, darkness, and light. They formed the building blocks of everything inside of god’s hell. Everything within a kilometer was clearly reflected in his eyes. Saleen stopped and laughed.

Sometimes while a mage was training, they would gain special abilities that were related to magic. This was what was happening to Saleen now. It was a Grade 4 magic: Icy Sight. This magic seemed to have been imprinted onto Saleen, and he would not need to consume any magic chords in the future to use it.

Even though it was only a Grade 4 spell, it was more useful than the Grade 7 Magic Eye spell. The only drawback of this spell was that it was not instantaneous and needed up to a minute to charge up.

However, the advantages of the Icy Sight spell were more obvious than its drawback. It was even assaultive in nature, able to replace simple magic gestures and rearrange the elements within a space. Most importantly, this magic could help a mage while they calculating the Figaro formula, enabling them to see the trajectories of the energy present.

The earliest Grade 4 magic that Saleen had intended to practice was ice plate armor. Once he had learned the Figaro formula, he had been planning to learn the Icy Sight spell. With the Icy Sight spell, the Figaro formula could be used in actual combat. At least with magic under Grade 2, Saleen was able to analyze them in a very short time, using a Grade 1 or even a Grade 0 spell to block and retaliate.

Once a mage promoted, low-grade spells used up even fewer magic chords than before.

Now he could release twenty-four Grade 3 spells, forty-eight Grade 2 spells, ninety-six Grade 1 spells, and one hundred and ninety-two Grade 0 spells. As for Grade 4 spells, he could release one additional spell over other Grade 3 mages.

Compared to the other five types of magic, Water Magic only truly became powerful when it reached Grade 4.

In Grade 4 alone, there was Ice Plate Armor which could be replenished continuously, the Ice Totem spell which was similar to puppet magic and could move around to attack, the Chunlin spell that was comparable to a divine spell, and the Current Cutter that could be continuously upgraded.

Regarding ranged magic, there was the Darkness Mist spell which was similar to a dark type spell. A Grade 0 Fog of Confusion could easily be seen through by a high-grade mage. However, the darkness mist could even fool a sorcerer sometimes. Under the blanket of the darkness mist, a sorcerer could only see where the danger was within the mist. They would not be able to identify it.

For other people, advancing to Grade 3 did not mean much. However, Saleen had the demon magic book which could store six spells. In other words, so long as he had learned them, he could continuously release six plus two Grade 4 spells, and his combat abilities would be vastly improved.

”Congratulations, Saleen.” Lex and the other two swordmasters caught up to him. Seeing that Saleen had stopped, Lex realized that he had advanced. She could not contain her joy. In this dangerous interdimensional space, Grade 3 was a world of difference compared to a Grade 2 mage.

”Ha!” Saleen laughed lightly. He had not felt any moment of weakness during this promotion, and if he continued training, he knew that he would be able to reach the peak of Grade 3 soon.

He had gained too much experience while in Grade 2 and had spent all of his free time on magic training and the Figaro formula without seeing any breakthroughs. Now that the breakthrough had happened, he realized that the road to Grade 4 was not that far.

In addition to being happy, Saleen was cautious as well. As long as he had a good foundation for Grade 3, the promotion to Grade 4 should not be that hard. At the very least, it would not be like his advancement to Grade 2. Most importantly, he was already beginning to grasp some of the secrets of a grand mage.

Low-grade magic was only the usage of the magic chords. Mid-grade magic, however, was able to move the elemental energy in a person’s body. No wonder it had a much larger impact than a low-grade magic.

Now that he possessed icy sight, his water shield seemed to have evolved again. Its defensive capabilities were comparable to ice plate armor. Hence, he needed to focus on offensive magic for his first Grade 4 spell. The current cutter that was able to be upgraded was his best option for now.

Lex had a sharp eye and saw that the magic nuclei on Saleen’s demon bracelet had been wiped clean. She immediately took out nine Grade 6 magic nuclei and handed them to Saleen. Saleen took them in his hands and carefully inlaid them into his demon bracelet.