119: Chapter 119 Good Luck

After throwing the clothes into the hearth, Nie Ning poured out all the items from his spatial ring.

Among them were wizardry tools, various bottles and jars, and several books.

Before he even had time to check the wizardry tools and books, Nie Ning was drawn to a glass bottle containing a deep blue liquid.

Looking at this azure potion bottle, Nie Ning's breathing quickened significantly.

The potion before him was similar to the First Ring promotion potion Audrey had given him, except the color was deeper.

Nie Ning thought of Wade's rank—a peak First-Ring Wizard!

Although his strength was much lower than Nie Ning's, Wade's mental fluctuations had definitely reached a peak state.

"Did I really strike dumb luck?"

Nie Ning looked incredulous, feeling both excited and a bit apprehensive.

If it really was a second-rank potion, he could start preparing to advance to a Second Ring Wizard.

Once successful, his strength would increase drastically. Even if the Sludge Monster truly broke its seal, he could minimize the losses with his power.

However, he had never seen a second-rank potion, and they weren't even mentioned in the books.

Nie Ning activated his Strange Beast Body and opened the bottle to take a sniff; the scent was indeed similar to a Tier 1 promotion potion.

Nie Ning fell into deep thought for a moment as a realization suddenly struck him.

The effect of a promotion potion is to soften Spiritual Power, helping a wizard engrave Runic Formulas while also purifying mana to improve its quality.

Purifying mana is the simplest part; as long as one's Spiritual Power is sufficient, it's just a matter of spending more time.

If he reversed the Runic Formula to enter a corrupted state, it would be equivalent to lowering the difficulty of engraving it.

In that case, did it mean that even if the potion's potency was insufficient, he could still successfully advance?

For example, using a First Ring potion would increase the difficulty, but he could utilize corruption to reverse the Runic Formula.

"Then even if this potion is only a Tier 1 potion, it seems advancement isn't impossible."

Nie Ning looked at the potion in his hand, a strange light flickering in his eyes.

Given his Supernatural Adaptability and robust physique, even if he failed, there shouldn't be any major issues. Moreover, this potion might very well be a second-rank potion.

Since that was the case, there was no reason not to try!

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After putting the promotion potion into his spatial ring, Nie Ning began to check the remaining items.

Most of the wizardry tools were sealed objects; after all, Wade needed to store sealing boxes so he could seal Corruptors in time if an accident occurred.

There were also some small gadgets for releasing things like Ice Blades and Fire Shields.

Although their power reached the First Ring level, they were still somewhat lacking in Nie Ning's eyes, so he tossed them aside.

Most of the pills were for cultivation, mixed with two bottles of detoxification potions.

As for the books, one contained a Tier 2 Ice-Blue Wings wizardry; once learned, Ice-Blue Wings would form on the wizard's back, allowing them to fly.

The rest were mostly wizardry knowledge, including some regarding Alchemy.

There were also two Tier 1 wizardries, Ice Bolt and Frost Stream, both belonging to the ice-element offensive wizardry category.

After checking everything, most of the items were useless to Nie Ning.

Aside from the cultivation pills, only the Alchemy knowledge and the Ice-Blue Wings technique were worth looking at.

Alchemy could create many interesting gadgets, while the Ice-Blue Wings technique could satisfy the human fantasy of flight.

After packing up the items, Nie Ning left Hervais Manor and returned to the Wizard Tower.

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Three days later.

Wizard Tower, Elemental Pool.

At this moment, Nie Ning stood before a meter-wide, multicolored pool.

For a Wizard Tower to function normally, it naturally required vast elemental power, and the Elemental Pool was one of the wizards' masterpieces.

Normally, the Elemental Pool would absorb and store elemental power to maintain the Wizard Tower's defensive arrays.

If an enemy attacked, the wizard could activate offensive arrays to release powerful wizardry against them.

Usually, a Wizard Tower's offensive power was very high; for instance, the tower he was in could launch attacks at the peak of a Second Ring Wizard's power.

This was where the utility of the Elemental Pool became evident.

Of course, the Elemental Pool's uses weren't limited to this; almost anything related to energy could utilize it.

Nie Ning looked at the runic magic circle on the ground and proceeded to modify it to some extent.

With his ability, he naturally couldn't strengthen the Elemental Pool; he was merely using runes and materials to slightly purify the energy.

Furthermore, it was a one-time thing; repeated use would deplete the Elemental Pool's lifespan.

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After spending half a day on the modifications, Nie Ning returned to the basement and found an unused room.

By now, the floor was already covered in engraved Runic Formulas.

The reason he did all this wasn't to advance, but to attempt to modify the Elemental Sphere's Runic Formula.

Since he had already chosen the Elemental Sphere path, Nie Ning was prepared to see it through to the end.

Rather than studying other wizardries, it was better to follow the pattern of fusing Elemental Spheres, continuing to add and strengthen fused attributes.

Of course, this was actually a bit of a shortcut.

A wizard's breakthrough was extremely difficult; even with a promotion potion, the success rate wasn't as high as imagined—out of ten First-Ring Wizards, not even one might successfully advance.

If it were really that simple, the world would have been crawling with powerful wizards long ago.

Nie Ning's reason for choosing the Elemental Sphere was simple: to utilize the existing Five Element Orb formula to lower the difficulty of advancement.

According to his idea, he was merely strengthening the original Runic Formula rather than engraving a brand-new wizardry.

Given the strength of the Five Element Orb, he only needed to fuse one more attribute to reach Tier 2.

But the hardest part wasn't that; it was the Runic Formula that formed the foundation of the fusion wizardry—he had to find a way to stabilize the Runic Formula.

The encyclopedia of elemental spheres Audrey gave him was mostly theoretical exercises toward the end.

The beginning was fairly normal, but the later parts were pure guesswork without even a specific derivation formula.

As his understanding of runes deepened, he discovered after multiple attempts that it wasn't as simple as he had imagined.

The biggest problem with fusion spells was elemental conflict; once out of control, the consequences would be unimaginable.

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Nie Ning sat cross-legged on the floor as the elemental power from the Elemental Pool began to enter his body.

For a moment, Nie Ning felt his body swelling, as if it were about to be torn apart.

There was no time to hesitate. Nie Ning extended his right hand, and a light orb formed by the five elements slowly emerged in his palm.

As a wisp of lightning flickered on the surface of the light orb, the surrounding temperature began to drop.

The Elemental Sphere began to turn transparent, like a crystal ball, and one could even see the galaxy-like elemental vortex within it.

Suddenly, a crack appeared on the surface of the crystal ball.

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