494 Eye of Lightning Part 2 (1/2)

Saleen did not detect the changes happening to his own body. Every time he trained, he would use the clan badge to stretch his mental strength. In the process, the badge had altered his constitution.

As his soul vibrations emulated that of the fluctuations from the lightning dragons, the magic patterns in his pupils became clearer and more complicated.

As the soul vibrations became more intense, Saleen's mental strength was also adjusted, causing his eyes to release an azure light. The power produced by mental strength was far weaker than that produced by the elements though. This ray of light could only travel for about one foot before it dispersed.

Even though the change was so slight, the world was already different in Saleen's eyes.

Everything seen through his eyes was now gray in color. I was like the best piece of magic paper which got incinerated by the flames of the elements, forming a bunch of delicate ashes, then a gentle breeze blew, causing the ashes to break down.

Everything became gray particles, and they were constantly disintegrated. In front of Saleen's eyes, a complete magic patterns appeared in that azure ray of light.

This three-dimensional magic pattern was almost identical to the one found on Saleen's badge, it was just smaller in size. Before Saleen could make sense of it, this magic pattern quivered ever so slightly before disappearing. Pitch darkness filled Saleen's vision, he could not see anything at all.

Saleen was greatly alarmed, he immediately halted the mental training with the lightning dragons. He then closed his eyes and started meditating.

Half an hour later, Saleen opened his eyes again, and everything was back to normal. He recalled everything which took place just now in great detail, then he mustered his mental strength on his own accord. Then his eyes released the azure light once again. Once more, the world was thrown into grayness, and a magic pattern appeared in front of Saleen, but it quickly vibrated before disappearing.

This time around, Saleen captured the principle guiding the vibrations. Even though it was very slight, it was at the same frequency as that earth-shattering vibration in the badge.

This was the power of lightning!

In various languages, within the system of the ancient Myers language, lightning and electricity were two separate words. Lightning represented the agitation of the elements between the skies and the earth, releasing immense power. Electricity was another kind of power. These two powers always shared an association. In nature, lightning and electricity were inseparable.

Lightning was invincible, while electricity was impenetrable.

In stormy weather, mages did not dare to fly as they were afraid of becoming struck by electric currents, and turning into ashes. If one was struck by lightning, they might simply disintegrate.

The similarity in being struck by these two powers was death, no one was an exception.

Mages did research into many materials, some materials could obstruct the flow of an electric current, but an electric current wielded tremendous power. Even if these materials were used, they could only block electric currents which contained less power. Almost no materials could resist the electric currents launched from the clouds.

As a mage's magical tower was very tall, they would bury metal needles into the ground in order to lure lightning into the ground. Only the earth had an infinite withstanding ability.

The magic pattern which Saleen saw, was a lightning pattern. It was just that it existed for a brief period, so in other people's eyes, it seemed like it had never appeared. Only Saleen could see some trace of it.

This did not mean that the magic pattern was useless. The power of lightning could destroy elemental stability. Any spell which got struck by lightning would be dispersed, and this was the logic behind why Nailisi's body was protected by lightning. As long as the enemy was not at a much higher grade than her, elemental spells could hardly injure her.

Saleen's magic pattern could also be utilized in this manner, it could even be more autonomous. As long as he could make the lightning pattern form at a farther distance, he would be able to destroy his enemy's magic at will.

In the second experiment, Saleen also lost vision of everything in front of him. He did not panic this time around, because there was no damage to his body, the blindness was only temporary.

The eyes were the weakest organs in humans, while lightning was the strongest power in the world. After Saleen understood the reason, he immediately stopped the practice. He could not possibly stop only after getting injured, otherwise, many mages would lose their lives during experiments.

He had gained much more this time around. He did not meditate, he recovered naturally. In only ten minutes, his eyes had reverted to normal. In just a few months of training, Saleen could finally muster the magic pattern on his own, and he was really surprised. He did not expect the acquired power to be released through the eyes.

No mantras were required. By using mental strength, the speed of spell casting would reach maximum magnitude, and the spell would be instantaneous. Other instantaneous spells required repeated practice in order to achieve the instantaneous effect. This spell was immediately instantaneous upon mastery though, it could not be any slower.

Saleen's heart was ablaze with the flames of passion. The power of the lightning pattern released via his eyes was so weak, it might not even be a ten-thousandth of the lightning from the clouds power. With sustained practice, the might of this lightning pattern would get increasingly larger though. Even if it could not be used to damage someone, it could be used to disrupt the enemy's magic.

”If this lightning pattern was illustrated, and made into a three-dimensional magic array, such as the one in my temple, then a magic-prohibiting space could be formed. Other than myself, no one would be able to cast any elemental spells there.”