Wizard: Starting from the Skill Tree

Duke had a thought, and the four-color divine light in his hand dissipated without being released.

This seemingly gentle sphere of light, once unleashed, would have destructive power far beyond the two-color divine light explosion.

The entire wasteland testing ground, including the barren land beneath his feet and the few trees at the edge of the testing ground that struggled to grow again under the nourishment of divine court energy, would all be flattened by the shockwave.

This was only the direct destruction range; the residual rule field produced by the fusion of four elements would persist for days, or even longer, in the core explosion area. Such rule-level contamination is also a hazard to the newly formed divine court ecology.

"Can’t detonate here anymore," Duke muttered to himself.

The Light God Court, after all, was just a nearly 20,000-square-kilometer embryonic plane. The ecological cycle system had just taken shape, the World Tree Seed was still sleeping deeply at the Spring of Life’s source, and the entire space’s rule stability was far from comparable to the mature planes of the Wizard Plane, tempered over countless ages.

Previous rule fusion tests had left innumerable craters on the ground, each explosion causing brief disturbances to the local energy environment of the divine court. After each test, he had to spend time using Earth Magic to fill in the pits and then use the Rule of Earth to sort out the disturbed earth elemental energy, essentially performing geological restoration after every test.

Now he dared not casually release the four-color divine light.

Duke glanced at the skill tree. The proficiency of the four rule branches had increased significantly compared to a year ago.

[Rule of Darkness: LV1 (1723/10000)]

[Fire Rules: LV1 (1934/10000)]

[Rule of Light: LV1 (1844/10000)]

[Earth Rules: LV1 (1821/10000)]

After integrating the four rules, he could simultaneously advance the proficiency of the four rules.

Duke spent most of the past year researching rule fusion and did not actually spend much time purely grinding proficiency.

Now it was finally successful, so it wasn’t a waste of time. From now on, he could simultaneously grind the proficiency of four rules.

After completing the study of four-rule fusion, Duke spent a little time sorting things out and then proceeded to the next step of his plan.

Elemental Holy Body.

After advancing to the Level 3 Mage, this body refining secret technique truly opened its core doors to him.

The Tier Three physical body corresponds to Level 3 Life, which he had achieved long ago.

But Aeldron made it clear in his inheritance that the first three tiers of the Elemental Holy Body are just foundational stages, as the physical strength amassed by purely using elemental energy has its limits.

The real qualitative change begins at Tier Three, or more precisely, at the moment when rule power is first melted into the body at the third level.

"Rule Melting,"

Duke whispered these four words.

His previous cultivation of the Elemental Holy Body essentially involved absorbing free elemental energy particles, continuously washing and tempering his muscles, bones, and internal organs.

Energy Wells, Magic Stones, Elemental Crystals—these things only provided quantity, allowing his body to passively absorb and slowly increase in strength.

But rule melting is different.

It actively engraves the already mastered rule power into the flesh, making every cell of the body bear the rule imprint.

At that step, the Elemental Holy Body truly transcends the realm of body refining techniques and becomes a leap in life level.

Aeldron left a passage in his legacy:

"Beyond the third tier of the Elemental Holy Body, stopping at energy tempering body makes one merely a brute with strong flesh throughout a lifetime. Only by melting rules into the body can the mundane become a vessel for the elemental essence, commanding rules with a mere gesture, independent of external objects."

Ordinary wizards casting spells need to construct magic models, invoking spiritual power to guide elements and rule power.

But practitioners of the Elemental Holy Body who mastered rule melting inherently have bodies that serve as rule vessels.

A punch automatically bears the Fire Rules, a step stabilizes with the Earth Rules.

[Elemental Holy Body: Tier Three (635/1000000)]

Duke glanced at the current progress of the Elemental Holy Body. Since upgrading to the third level, there had been almost no improvement.

Because at this stage, a Level 3 Energy Well or Level 3 Elemental Crystal is needed as an energy source to aid cultivation, the cost is too exorbitant.

Furthermore, the quantity needed is too large to be solved in a short period, so he temporarily set it aside.

Now he could melt rules into his body, and proficiency might increase much faster, no longer requiring enormous resources to be forced upward.

The transformation of the body by rule power far surpasses the passive washing by any energy crystal.

Duke took a deep breath and began to guide the Power of Earth Rule.

It was a wisp of dim yellow light, thin as a hair, yet exuding a heavy sensation, as if this tiny power itself bore the weight of the entire earth.

Duke didn’t rush to merge it into his body but first followed the method in the inheritance, using spiritual power to encase and compress this wisp of rule power to make it as gentle as possible.

Rule power is violent; forcing it into the body equates to self-harm.

It must be buffered with spiritual power, allowing rule power to permeate rather than inundate the body.

Duke closed his eyes, and his spiritual power slowly withdrew a gap, allowing the compressed and much tamer power of Earth Rule to touch his skin.

Then the muscle, bones...

The sensation was indescribable with pain.

If one had to describe it, it felt as if the entire earth was growing out from within his body, heavy, solid, unchanging through eternity.

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