Above the mage!

Chapter 389 Re-evolution

The moment the spiritual essence slid through his throat, Gao De could clearly feel the powerful magic power it contained, like a surging tide pouring in.

A moment later, an indescribable force exploded in his body, rushing through his magical veins.

Gao De's body trembled slightly, his forehead was instantly covered with fine beads of sweat, his facial muscles tensed up, and his teeth clenched subconsciously.

It was also at this time that he discovered another benefit from Leomon's magic network:
The magic vein network constructed by a total of 360 main magic veins enables Gaode to have a magic endurance capacity far superior to that of ordinary people.

One drop of spiritual essence contains magical power equivalent to three days of meditation of a fourth-ring wizard. This powerful magical power is a terrifying shock to a first-ring wizard.

It's like the water from the Yangtze River suddenly rushing into a river, causing the river to collapse in an instant.

However, enough main magic vein networks, like countless diversionary rivers, effectively diluted the impact of this powerful magic and gave Gaode enough buffer time.

However, the main magic veins are helpless against the harmful substances contained in the spiritual marrow.

As the magic power flowed, Gao De could clearly feel a burning sensation spreading throughout his body.

Master Lupin once said that those who swallowed the spiritual marrow would indeed see a surge in magic power, but the price was that they would suffer from the "spiritual marrow disease" afterwards.

Because spiritual marrow is different from ordinary magic plants, in addition to magic power, it also contains extremely high concentrations of harmful impurities.

Gao De is not a stubborn person and he knows the interests involved.

But he still ignored Master Lupin's reminder and chose to swallow the spiritual essence.

The confidence for everything naturally comes from [adaptation].

In the process of constructing Leomon's magic vein network, he consumed countless bottles of meridian-opening tincture, which was also known to have "powerful medicinal properties".

Under the stimulation of Kaimai Tincture, his body's ability to resist poison and metabolism has been greatly improved:

[Your immunity to toxins increases by 85.9%, and your body organs' ability to digest, metabolize and excrete various toxins increases by 84.5%].

Due to taking too much, even in the later stages, the body has developed additional resistance to Kaimai Tincture. After one or two bottles, it is just like drinking boiled water and does not produce any irritation to the body.

That's why Gao De chose to swallow the spiritual marrow.

In fact, this idea had already come to his mind when Master Lupin warned him not to swallow the spiritual marrow raw.

First, regardless of its toxicity, the spiritual essence can really be considered a "natural treasure" that can help low-level mages quickly improve their mage level.

It's just that I can't get rid of it.

Secondly, at this point, even strong medicine like Kaimai Tincture is powerless against his body, let alone ordinary magic potions.

However, both values ​​have reached 80%+. If nothing unexpected happens, as long as they reach 100%, they can evolve into new abilities such as [Body of Ice] and [Body of Dharma Ninja].

With this kind of "reward" so close at hand, how many people can resist the urge to work hard?
Anyway, Gao De couldn't help it.

But if you want to stimulate the body to start adapting again, you must use a potion that is more powerful than the meridian-opening tincture.

This condition is actually very harsh.

Gao De thought about it and it seemed that only "poison" could meet this requirement.

It just seems a bit "self-abuse".

Until the appearance of "Spiritual Essence".

The stimulation to the body from swallowing spiritual marrow is no less than that from swallowing poison.

But taking poison is pure self-abuse. Swallowing spiritual marrow can not only stimulate the body, but also enhance one's magic power.

Win-win.

Won Ma.

No matter how much you win, you still have to suffer. There is no escape from that.

Gao De's body felt as if it were burning in a raging fire. The stimulation brought by the poison was like a winding poisonous snake, flowing along the blood, penetrating into every inch of his bone marrow, and then surging outwards.

These are all harmful substances contained within the spiritual marrow.

The spiritual marrow is an extremely compressed substance. The magic power and harmful substances in it are concentrated hundreds or thousands of times. After being ingested, it explodes like an extremely powerful explosion, enough to shock a person into insanity.

The moment Gaode's body sensed the invasion of toxins, it activated the automatic defense and enemy-killing mechanism.

Because this aspect of his body is much stronger than other people's, his overall physiological reaction is faster and more violent than other people's.

Under normal circumstances, it takes several days for ordinary people to experience various uncomfortable physiological reactions after swallowing spiritual marrow.

However, by that time, those toxic substances had already spread throughout the body and were beyond the body's ability to resist.

It's like a siege war, the body is the city, the toxins are the enemy, and other people's guards are relatively weak. They don't notice the enemy when they sneak in. By the time they find out, the entire city has already been infiltrated, and naturally they are powerless to save the city.

Gaode's city guards discovered the enemy just as they were about to sneak in, and the battle was about to break out.

If we discover the enemy in time and fight to defend the city, our chances of winning will naturally be much higher.

The severe pain attacked Gaode's heart and hit his nerves!
Even with the body of a Dharma Ninja, Gao De still felt uncomfortable all over. He clenched his five fingers and clenched his teeth, with a slight friction sound coming from between his teeth.

Every inch of his bones, blood and flesh seemed to have life, wriggling violently, struggling to fight against the poison in his spiritual marrow.

His blood began to flow violently, like a rushing river, flowing much faster than usual.

Driven by this high-speed flow of blood, Gaode's skin turned red in an instant, as if it had been burned by fire.

A large amount of hot sweat gushed out from his pores, flowed down his body, and then under the influence of the high temperature, turned into water vapor and rose up.

At this moment, Gao De felt like he was in a sauna. Not only was his whole body hot, but he was also in a fog.

As the hot sweat flowed out, the poison contained in the spiritual marrow also flowed out bit by bit mixed with the sweat.

While enduring the pain, Gao De also needed to concentrate on practicing the "Qingmu Changsheng Sutra" to refine and absorb the magic power contained in the spiritual marrow.

This is like someone whipping you with a whip and asking you to concentrate on "studying". If Gaode did not have the [Body of Dharma Forbearance], it would be difficult to persevere.

Fortunately, he did.

So, the whole process was torturous, but everything went smoothly.

Just like when he swallowed the wolf-blood ginseng, a vortex of mana appeared in his lower abdomen, spinning rapidly, continuously absorbing the magic power erupting from the spiritual marrow, and then began to temper it.

Every once in a while, a drop of crystal liquid mana would drip from the funnel-like bottom of the vortex.

One drop, two drops
I don’t know how long it took, but just when Gao De felt weak all over and his thick nerves were stretched to the limit, everything finally ended.

All the magic power had already been completely refined, and at this moment, all the impurities were expelled from the body.

One drop of spiritual essence finally added five drops of liquid mana to Gaode, causing his total mana to surge to 47 drops.

It's not as powerful as the wolf-blood ginseng, but it should not be underestimated. It's worth one or two years of hard training.

The other side comes from the improvement of the body.

[Your immunity to toxins increases by 92.1%, and your body organs' ability to digest, metabolize and excrete various toxins increases by 91.5%].

Just one drop of spiritual essence can stimulate the body as much as hundreds of bottles of meridian-opening tincture.

Gao De had not expected that a drop of spiritual essence would greatly improve his adaptability.

Perhaps it’s because the poison in the spiritual marrow is of the mineral type, which is fundamentally different from the plant type. It is a completely new “experience” for the body.

After all, plant-based toxins are actually contained in our daily diet to a certain extent. Over time, the body has an initial resistance value.

At this rate, once all three drops of spiritual marrow are swallowed, there is a high probability that both the toxin immunity and digestion, metabolism and excretion abilities will exceed 100.

When Gao De thought of this, he became excited. But even though he was anxious, he had to slow down.

In the current weak state where both mental and physical strength have been completely overdrawn, one more drop of spiritual essence would be fatal.

Gao De took two full days to recover.

In the past two days, he has been following his usual schedule, and with the help of [Comfortable Sleep], he has ensured eight hours of deep sleep every day. In addition, he has to eat more food than usual.

He also went to the Walmart Magic Materials Store twice.

There is no such outrageous thing that a store becomes instantly popular as soon as new magic materials are released.

The Walmart Magic Materials Store has been open for two or three months, and people's impression of it has become fixed as a "seed store."

To change this inherent impression, without any special publicity, it will take time for the situation to slowly ferment.

At least according to what Joel said, a deal was concluded in the past two days, and a piece of first-level magic material was sold.

This is a good sign.

However, there is still a long way to go before it can become an independently operated magic material shop.

——At least you have to be able to start the business of purchasing magic materials to be considered a qualified magic material store.

This requirement is too high and cannot be achieved for a long time.

But Gaode didn't care. As it was now, he just relied on bringing magic materials from the North to gain support and popularity. If he could attract some mages to sell magic tree seeds, he would have achieved his goal.

As he doesn't have to rely on the store to make a profit, his mentality is very good.

After making sure that his mental and physical strength had recovered to their best condition after a good rest, Gao De took the second drop of spiritual essence.

This time, the effect was not as significant as the first time I took it.

One drop of spiritual essence only increased his liquid mana by four drops.

The stimulation to the body has also decreased.

[Your immunity to toxins increases by 96.9%, and your body organs' ability to digest, metabolize and excrete various toxins increases by 96.5%].

This is normal. The effect of any rare treasure or magic potion is most obvious the first time it is taken.

This was true both in reality and in the novels and biographies he had read, and Gao De was mentally prepared.

The extent of the decline is even higher than Gaode expected.

He was a little unsure whether this last drop of spiritual essence could help him accelerate his adaptation progress to 100%.

After another two days of rest, Gao De took the last drop of spiritual essence.

This time, the increasing liquid magic power has dropped sharply to two drops.

After three drops of spiritual essence, his magic power increased from 42 drops at the beginning of the first ring to 53 drops.

The progress has passed halfway, and there are only 7 drops of liquid mana left to the late stage of the first ring.

At this rate of progress, he would have every hope of becoming a second-ring mage before the end of this year.

If he succeeds, he will be a sixteen-year-old second-ring mage.
Two years ago, he would never have dared to think of such a thing.

All the changes seemed to have started from [Summon Magic Pet+] and the contract to Flora.

Lucky star!
There are joys and sorrows.

The worst-case scenario that he had imagined really happened. Given his body's strong adaptability, the stimulation brought by this last drop of spiritual essence was indeed unable to allow his body to fully adapt.

And it's stuck right at the critical point.

[Your immunity to toxins increases by 99.9%, and your body organs' ability to digest, metabolize and excrete various toxins increases by 99.9%].

After coming back to his senses and confirming his physical condition, Gao De was speechless for a moment.

If it was just a little bit off, he wouldn't be in a hurry, but it just happened to be 0.1%.

This familiar sense of déjà vu made Gaode think of Pinxixi in his previous life.

Can you bear it?
I definitely can't stand it.

What else can we do?
I can only be a masochist!

Only those who have endured the most hardships can become the best. Comforting himself with the words of his ancestors in his previous life, Gao De took the purse, left the dormitory, hailed a carriage, and headed straight for the potion shop in the city center.

Go buy poison!

Like Gode's previous life, the Plantagenet dynasty regulated the sale of poisons. Only poisons listed on the list of poisons that could be sold were allowed to be sold publicly, and all others were considered contraband.

If a store dares to sell illegal drugs privately, it will be reported and it will be a serious crime.

But this only applies to ordinary poisons. The official does not have much control over poison potions sold to mages.

First, the mage has to fight against the earth creatures, which are ferocious and powerful, and often require various means to subdue them. It is normal to buy some poison potions for assistance.

Secondly, if the wizard has ill intentions, he has plenty of ways to do it, and he doesn't need a bottle or two of poison potion, so there is not much point in controlling him.

However, the market for poison potions is much smaller than that for auxiliary potions and buff potions.

Therefore, the variety of poison potions sold in potion shops is extremely limited.

Gao De didn't even dare to buy high-level poison potions. It would be funny if he poisoned himself to death.

He chose from the first-level potions.

The most common ones are "first-level paralysis potion", "first-level sluggishness potion", "first-level hallucinogenic potion" and "first-level weakening potion".

The efficacy of the medicine is also obvious.

Gao De finally thought about it and ordered one of all four potions.

The advantage of these four kinds of potions is that their toxicity is more control-oriented rather than damage-oriented. They are not the kind of poison that is instantly fatal, and they will not cause any pain to Gaode. They are relatively "safe" toxins.

The disadvantage is that the drug effect is relatively not strong enough, and a single dose may not be enough to help him break through the last 0.1%.

Just like Pinxixi, they said that they were only 0.1 points away from withdrawing money, but in fact there were still 0.01 points or 0.001 points left. All are possible.

After returning to the dormitory with four bottles of potion, Gao De did not take a rest and adjust his condition like he did when taking spiritual marrow. Instead, he directly took out a first-level slowing potion.

The four bottles of potions are used to assist the mage in battle and cannot be taken internally.

The correct way to use it is to apply it on weapons and use the weapon to attack to deliver the poison to the enemy.

But Gao Deben values ​​its toxicity. The harm caused by improper use may actually be beneficial to him.

So he didn't care about anything else, he just opened the cork, pinched his nose to block out the pungent smell, hardened his heart, and drank the whole bottle in one gulp.

A spicy and cold feeling instantly spread throughout the body.

In Gaode's perception, he felt as if he was stuck in sticky mud, or as if he had just taken a nap lying down. His whole body was numb, and the speed at which each part of his body responded to the brain's commands had slowed down a lot.

The function of the Slowness Potion is to reduce the target's speed.

If we have to explain it scientifically, it interferes with the signal transmission between the nervous system and muscle tissue, making people's movements slow down.

Compared to spiritual essence, Gaode does not need to take any additional actions after taking the slow potion. He just needs to wait for the body to metabolize the toxins in the slow potion.

He simply lay down on the bed, and with great difficulty cast a [Comfortable Sleep +] on himself, then dragged his tired body into a deep sleep.

(End of this chapter)