1377 Extremely Strong Mage Part 2 (1/2)

Was the might of a secret technique really this powerful?

When Saleen first heard that Jason, his teacher, had advanced to grade-13, his heart shook more intensely than the first time he stepped inside a temple.

Jason was the hero of Saleen's heart. This respectful relationship, established when Saleen was young, had deepened with each passing year. Undoubtedly, Jason had his own background, but his inheritance was not considered particularly strong.

Saleen did not know who Jason's teacher was. He only knew that when he was close to death, he was just a grade-9 mage. He also knew that during the recent millennium, he had not produced any strong mages.

During Jason's generation, this changed.

Jason had studied a secret skill, or technique, on his own without any guidance from others. He was only able to do a little bit of research based on notes. Saleen too had also studied a secret skill and knew firsthand how demanding this undertaking was. The world and the skills described in the secret technique were esoteric, unlike any cultures Saleen knew.

For thousands of years, the Grukos family had conducted research to systematically gain control of, and own, all kinds of secret techniques. Jason had researched alone for a few decades, but his achievements were impressive. To say that he was the strongest mage in the world was no exaggeration.

As soon as Jason advanced to grade-13, the sound became louder and louder. When the elemental storm formed inside the magical tower, Jason confined it to a safe area. Then his eight magic chords popped out, slowly absorbing the energy within the elemental storm.

Saleen saw that Jason was using the power of the elemental storm to infuse his magic chords. This was unheard of. In magical notes, Saleen had seen many descriptions of what it was like to advance to grade-13, but there was nothing like what Jason was experiencing.

Amid the Rings of Water and Fire, a boom crashed incessantly, like Thundering Sound. With his own eyes, Saleen witnessed the rapid growth of the Weapon's Spirits within the two sets of magic amplifiers. Except for what was used to infuse his magic chords, Jason sent the rest of the power to the magic amplifiers for the two Weapon's Spirits to consume.

Naturally, they grew larger. One was a fire-type elemental spirit; the other, a water-type elemental spirit. What an accomplishment! Even in ancient times, few mages possessed such a mighty Weapon's Spirit.

The two Weapon's Spirits experienced the might of Jason's magic amplifier, which was more than four times that of Saleen's magic amplifier. A grade-9 mage who had a magic amplifier from the beginning would be able to oppose a few magical towers. Once Jason had this item, directly attacking a magical tower would be no big deal.

As the power of the Rings of Water and Fire increased, the magic amplifier in the Blazing Flame Soul-refining Technique and the Water Flame Alchemy technique began to transform.

A strange sphere formed out of 24 eyes. When these eyes were shut, the sphere disappeared into the thin air. When the eyes were open, the sphere re-appeared a flash.

In the center of the sphere were three eyes arranged in a triangle. The Weapon's Spirit had already gone into one of the eyes, while Dante went into another. The third eye was empty. Saleen had already decided to let Floating City's Weapon's Spirit enter it.

The capabilities of these three Weapon's Spirits were similar; Jason's magic amplifier was also grade-13. From now on, Floating City, the Lightning Constellation and Jason's magic amplifier would be combined into one entity, the crown jewel of the mage's equipment.

Three powerful Weapon's Spirits were integrated in this equipment. They possessed elemental magic spells together with the rules of lightning magic spells. Also, within the 24 eyes, 24 more Weapon's Spirits could be contained, and the power could be absorbed together.

From the type of stellarite, it could be deduced that the 27 spaces comprised all the supreme rules of this Crystal Wall system.

For the sake of modeling this piece of equipment, Jason had no choice but to advance to grade-13 in order to execute it with all his power. But even if Saleen had the Genesis Stock Solution, 12-dimensional metal and Six Elements' Heavy Water, he would still have been able to complete alchemy of high difficulty.

The 27 eyes blinked at Saleen's back. Strangely, once the eyes opened, the magic amplifier appeared in a fish. When the eyes closed, it disappeared without a trace.

Saleen's equipment was not yet fused with Floating City, though. This was because he did not have the power to do this. After attaining grade-13, he would be able to do it with difficulty. For now, however, the magic amplifier had already transformed completely. The magic spells Saleen used could now be applied without having to use the magic amplifier directly, and they would naturally be strengthened.

The 24 eyes corresponded to the six great elements differently. Furthermore, this was for the four types of states of the six great elements. The three eyes in the center were the strongest. Two of them already had Weapon's Spirits. One continued to control the magic amplifier, while the other was Dante, who was in the Lightning Constellation.

The two Weapon's Spirits were united. Eight balls of lightning appeared individually at the two eyes in the center of the magic amplifier. Of the 16 balls of lightning, eight were black and eight were white. Floating around in each eye, they resembled bizarre-looking pupils.

Yet Saleen knew that this time the might of the balls of lightning had increased dozens of times. They would more or less possess a tenth of the power of the balls of lightning that existed in nature. Such power was beyond compare.

Though Saleen couldn't advance the way Jason did, he had powerful equipment and even the Power of the Soul; only a grade-13 professional had these things. Jason must have already obtained the Power of the Soul. Both parties were equally adept at operating the equipment.

Unfortunately, Jason did not really like having so much equipment. Saleen thought this was unfortunate. Jason only possessed the Rings of Water and Fire. Compared to what Saleen had, this seemed shabby.

Jason's study of magic, however, had developed to a more profound level. Likewise, his speed of advancement also surpassed Saleen's. This might be the advantage of focusing on magic. If Jason had equipment as powerful as his, Saleen felt his teacher could fight with Fycro directly.