Wizard: Starting from the Skill Tree

But now he is a Level 3 Mage.

The spiritual power of a Level 3 Mage has already undergone a rule baptism, capable of perceiving and invoking rule power, which marks a qualitative difference compared to the second level.

If the spiritual power at the second level was like a wooden stick that could only knock on the shell of the Light Divine Status to hear a sound, then at the third level, the spiritual power is like a steel drill, finally having the ability to drill the first crack on the Divine Status surface.

He calmed his mind, concentrating his spiritual power into a fine strand, slowly probing towards the star radiating warm golden light at the center of the Spiritual Sea.

The moment his spiritual power tendril touched the periphery of the Divine Status, a vast rule aura, enough to instantly bewilder someone, surged back along the tendril.

Duke’s Spiritual Power Crystal shook violently, and the residual light web of the Star Sea Sheltering Dew brilliantly flared in response, helping him withstand the first wave of impact.

He steadied his mind, not retreating, but continued to push his spiritual power tendril inward.

The outer layer of the Divine Status was a pure light, almost absolute, not the Light Elemental Particles, but the Light Rules themselves condensed into a tangible form in their most fundamental state.

In this sea of light, his spiritual power tendril was like a fish swimming upstream, enduring immense rule pressure with every inch forward.

Just when he felt that the spiritual power tendril was about to be crushed, a subtle fluctuation suddenly emanated from deep within the core of the Light Divine Status.

It was a sensation akin to acknowledgment, and this rule treasure, which had long recognized him as its master, gave a gentle response once he finally possessed the ability to actively penetrate its interior.

That response seemed as if the Divine Status itself was telling him it had always been waiting for this moment.

The instant Duke’s spiritual power tendril followed that fluctuation into the internal realm of the Divine Status, his consciousness was engulfed by an ocean of gentle yet vast light.

Unlike the rampant power of the Key of Rules, which required layers of Witch Arrays to barely utilize, the Light Divine Status willingly opened a door for him.

His perspective was drawn into a world composed purely of light, with no up or down, no near or far, no past or future, only countless threads of the Light Rules existing simultaneously in every corner of this world, weaving a rule network far more enormous, ancient, and fundamental than the Flame Rules.

The threads of the Light Rules were not dark red but pale gold, nearly platinum in texture, each vibrating with a slow and solemn frequency, creating rings of golden ripples with each motion. These ripples spread, converged, overlapped, eventually forming an extremely complex and harmonious harmonic resonance within the rule network.

Duke did not attempt to comprehend the entire Light Rule network, which was far beyond his current level.

He merely cautiously extended his spiritual power towards the closest rule thread, gently touching it.

The thread quivered at the moment of contact, sending a tiny strand of golden light along the spiritual power tendril back into his Spiritual Sea.

The whole process went much more smoothly than he had anticipated.

The Light Divine Status itself was a complete, living Light Rule System, which had recognized him as its master. It did not need to be forcibly activated by a Witch Array like the Key of Rules, nor did it require sensing from scratch like naturally existing rules.

It only needed Duke to reach the minimum threshold necessary to actively perceive rules before naturally accepting him as a part of itself.

Duke continued to immerse his spiritual power in the rule network within the Light Divine Status, constantly touching, feeling, and absorbing those threads of golden light.

As the golden threads accumulated, a faint layer of golden line patterns began to emerge on the surface of the Six-Element Compound Spiritual Crystal in his Spiritual Sea, beside the dark red flame rule lines.

These lines were not yet fully formed, still just fragmented and incoherent pieces, but their very appearance indicated the door to the Light Rules was slowly being pushed open by him.

After an unknown amount of time, Duke slowly retracted his spiritual power, withdrawing from the Light Divine Status.

He opened his eyes, raising his right hand, concentrating his spiritual power in the palm.

The dark red glow of the flame rules appeared first, then, at the edge of the dark red glow, a very fine, very faint, nearly invisible pale golden halo slowly emerged.

The coexistence of two different rule powers in the same palm, albeit the pale golden halo being just a sliver, and with no signs of fusion between the two rule powers, each quietly occupying its place, was already a rare achievement in itself.

He did not continue to drive that faint golden halo, but gently retracted it into the Spiritual Sea, merging it with the golden line patterns.

Only the first step had been taken now. To truly form the Light Rules and produce corresponding branches in the Skill Tree still required continued comprehension and accumulation.

Yet the first step is often the hardest, and he had taken this step much more smoothly than he expected.

This approach also differed greatly from utilizing the Key of Rules. The method of the Key of Rules was more intense, violent, carrying certain dangers, yet it could help a Wizard forcefully knock open the door to rule power in one go.

The Light Divine Status approach was much gentler, requiring some time to gradually get started, with virtually no risk.

Henceforth, Duke only needed to contemplate the Light Attribute Rule Power like Meditation, and soon he could genuinely embark on this path.

Next was the Ancient Stone Slab.

Duke stood up, triggered a thought, and came to the vicinity of the towering nearly hundred-meter-high, dark-golden trapezoidal slab that was as heavy as a mountain in the Light God Court.

The slab stood on a desolate plain, with its complex engravings still flowing with a dark golden light just as they had when he first saw them. Each engraving was a script of a lost civilization of giants, bearing the complete history and core legacy of that civilization.

Duke placed his palm against the slab’s surface.

The material of the slab was cold and rough, but beneath this physical sensation, his spiritual power perception captured something deeper.

Inside the slab, countless pieces of information were flowing and rushing in an extremely ancient manner within the gaps of its material structure, like a dark river sealed within the rock.

When he previously extracted the Sand Servant Magic from the slab, he used the Light God Court as a medium to transmit the slab’s power.

Now, having advanced to Level 3, he could actively invoke rule power, improving his ability to interpret information deep within the slab dealing with rules.

He did not attempt to decipher the entire heritage of the Giant Civilization; that would be like trying to empty an ocean with a cup.

Duke merely searched among the numerous engravings on the slab’s surface for sections related to rule power.

Soon, his spiritual power locked onto one engraved area.

The texts in that area were more rugged than others, with deeper engravings and a more intense dark golden light flowing inside.

When he sent his spiritual power into this area, a deeply overwhelming oppressive force rushed forth from the depths of the slab.

It was the rule power of the Earth Attribute, a rule power deeper, older, more material than that of flame or light.

It was neither flamboyant nor violent, but its existence was more solid and unshakable than either flame or light.

In the face of this mountain-like rule power, Duke’s spiritual power tendril seemed exceedingly tiny, yet he did not forcefully push it aside; instead, he followed its flow, gently probing deeper, simultaneously perceiving the path of the earth rule network within the slab and verifying his understanding of these paths against his High-Level Earth Element Affinity Talent.

This process was much slower and more challenging than perceiving the Light Rules through the Light Divine Status.

After all, the Ancient Stone Slab was not a rule treasure like the Light Divine Status, which had recognized him as its master. It was merely a carrier of knowledge, a tombstone of a lost civilization.

It recorded the Earth Rules, but unlike the Light Divine Status, it would not proactively open its gates for Duke; it merely required him to knock on the door himself.

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