Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 202, Chapter Two Hundred and One: Five Elements Flowing, Liquid Metal

Lin Bo touched the rock on the ground and used a piece of soft paper to chisel a groove about half a centimeter deep on it.

He maintained his belief in the art of control at this moment. This extremely distant state of mind came from the teachings of the Philosopher's Stone, a product of alchemy. The gold that made the elixir used its death and resurrection to guide Lin Bo little by little to feel this wonderful state, helping him explore the [True Word Control Art - Absolute].

This new technique can make the blessed objects stronger and more durable, so that paper can be as strong as rock.

Lin Bo could feel that the structural strength of the paper had not changed. It was still soft, but it resisted change, resisted being crumpled by rocks, and resisted being bent, so it was like a sword made of gold and iron.

The essence of Lv1 Absolute Control is to isolate oneself from the world and not accept any interaction with the natural world. This is why one can be immune to wind and sand, unharmed by water and fire, and remain immortal and unbreakable.

After a brief trial, Lin Bo became familiar with the effectiveness of this new control technique. Like the other four mantra control techniques, the effects on different things are different.

Objects controlled by the Absolute Control Technique can withstand greater impacts, but there are still limits. Reinforced white paper cannot defeat steel and glass and will be torn apart by high-speed projectiles. After the flames reach a certain temperature, they will still begin to burn.

At the same time, the blessed material's carrying capacity for the Word of Power is improved, and it can resist the erosion of runes for a longer time.

The Feather Scale Star Steel, enhanced by the Absolute Control Technique, can easily crush undead creatures of the current dungeon difficulty.

But the problem lies in how to apply the ultimate control technique in actual combat.

The belief of Juezhiyu is too isolated. Apart from the indifference of Guzhiyu, the others such as the urgency of Liuzhiyu, the unrestrainedness of Shengzhiyu, and the emptiness of Liezhiyu are all uplifting artistic conception. The two sides can be said to be clearly distinguished.

Lin Bo knew that he needed to grasp a subtle turning point to transition the belief of the Absolute Control Technique to the Flow Control Technique. In that way, the five control techniques would officially form a cycle.

The wizard stared at the Philosopher's Stone supported by the golden bowl in his hand. Its teachings made Lin Bo understand the secret of immutability.

After the transformation into black, white, yellow and red, the raw materials were returned and condensed into a bit of elixir, which was like a golden moon hanging in the sky, shining brightly in the cold and empty void, unchanging and motionless, always stable and constant.

Such extreme immutability is like a dead object, and only by regaining the "dynamics of flow" can it be brought back to life. It is this original driving force that is the most difficult to find.

When Lin Bo was immersed in the belief of the ultimate control technique, he felt his mind was calm and empty, without any agitation. As a result, the objects controlled by the Word Spirit could not fly or shuttle, and could only be moved by him.

He recalled the moment when he first activated the flow control technique, controlling his own words, and a strong desire arose in his heart, which drove his body into the air.

Now, he had lost this unthinking desire, and his mind was like a mirror lake, without ripples or undercurrents, not a single ripple could be found.

How can I regain the vitality of my restless mind without losing this tranquility, and allow the absolute control technique and the flow control technique to coexist?

The first solution Lin Bo thought of was to use the method of focusing his mind and practicing martial arts to forcibly accommodate these two kinds of control beliefs through an unintentional state.

This is certainly possible. After all, the highest principle of Mantra Bending is the intention of not paying attention. In the state of not paying attention, all the beliefs of Bending are integrated into one, without distinction.

After long-term training, Lin Bo has now consolidated his skill of multitasking, multiplying three things at once and is gradually reaching the threshold of multitasking, but due to his lack of mental energy, he is unable to truly advance to a higher level for the time being.

He stretched out his left hand, bent his middle finger toward the palm, pressed his thumb on it, and stretched out the other three fingers, forming the Ruyi Seal, using this gesture as the trigger for the Absolute Control Technique.

After practicing repeatedly for an hour, he became familiar with the new seals and could perform them flexibly.

Lin Bo sat quietly on the ground. Pedestrians passed by outside the workshop from time to time. The sounds of footsteps and conversations always came and went, just like the rumbling waves that he listened to every day.

Several elves, carrying wine jugs, carefully stopped outside the workshop and called out softly. When they saw the lighthouse keeper raising his hand to greet them, they happily flew over, put down the wine jugs and glasses, and hurried away shyly.

Lin Bo never felt thirsty or hungry in this fey home.

He poured a glass of fruit wine into the cup, stared at the wine, and whispered his real name.

"(Mantra) Water."

A stream of light red wine rose from the cup, forming a thumb-sized drop of water suspended in the air, and then extended into a sword shape under the control of the Life Control Technique.

Lin Bo stretched out his left hand and formed a flame-shaped seal. The water sword began to vibrate and boil, the alcohol evaporated, and the impurities turned into dry dust and fell, leaving behind pure white water vapor, which gradually expanded into a fuzzy sword-shaped mist, up to one meter sixty-seven in length.

The right hand formed an empty palm seal again, and the water vapor began to condense, shrinking to a length of three feet, with a milky white color and clear outlines and edges, just like a plain sword.

The empty palm seal is dispelled, and the flame-shaped seal transforms into the Ruyi seal. The white mist sword suspended in the air refracts the light of the heart stone, like a sunset.

The mage reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword, which felt solid and hard. He swung it and chopped it, making a humming sound as it cut through the air.

He let go, controlling the mist sword to leap and fly, constantly accumulating strength, and then suddenly pierced the ground.

There was a loud clanging sound of metal clashing with stone.

Lin Bo heard the faint sigh from the rock.

The fog sword suddenly disappeared, leaving behind a long and narrow hole on the ground with a little water at the bottom.

A drop of water can wear away a stone, that's all.

[Skill judgment successful, [Mantra Control - Flow] basic proficiency +1]

[Exquisiteness coefficient × 1.8 (ingenuity)]

【Health Status Coefficient × 2 (Perfect)】

[Inspiration Proficiency +5 (Five Imperial Flow)]

Final calculation result: [Mantra Control - Style] proficiency +8.6

[…[Mantra Bending - Raw] Proficiency +8.6]

[…[Mantra Control - Fierce] Proficiency +8.6]

[…[Mantra Control - Solidification] Proficiency +8.6]

[…[Mantra Control Technique - Absolute] Proficiency +8.6]

Lin Bo slowly swallowed a whale oil potion and looked at the dense prompts on the information board. He knew that he had found the most efficient way to practice the magic. The five mantras progressed in parallel, the speed of mantra consumption was moderate, and the proficiency gained was quite good.

If the five techniques could be combined, rather than performed gradually, it would be a completely different story. However, Lin Bo suspected that doing so would drain the cursed energy instantly, making the chances of success slim, a realm not something one could currently aspire to.

At this moment, the bowl of secret spiritual red was still placed in front of him. Even though he had mastered the ultimate control technique, Lin Bo did not intend to give up his original plan to use the philosopher's stone to enchant the metal and create stronger magical materials.

The Secret Spirit Red is not a panacea. As a miracle element, it will change the original physical properties of the elixir materials when involved in the alchemy process. Different materials have different levels of adaptability to the Secret Spirit Red.

In the case of insufficient compatibility, fusion failure may occur, or even extreme cases where the raw materials are corroded and damaged by the Secret Spirit Red.

Just as Lin Bo was pondering the appropriate alchemical formula in his mind, the metal mycelium in the wooden box on his waist slowly stretched out, placed it on the wizard's wrist, whispered softly, and begged for food.

"(Magic words) What do you want to eat?" Lin Bo asked softly.

The metal mycelium pointed to the bowl of Philosopher's Stone, and the mycelium swaying like willows in the wind seemed like dozens of eager little hands.

Lin Bo smiled, took off the culture box, and placed it on the golden bowl containing the mysterious red. He watched the metal mycelium jump for joy, and then penetrated into the deep red bright liquid and sucked it to its heart's content.

The metal mycelium drank half a bowl, then pointed to the final hub of the ritual disk, the gathering point of the heart stone energy.

Lin Bo moved the wooden box over, allowing the mycelium to bathe in the surging vitality.

After a while, cracking sounds were heard, and the wooden box was forcefully decomposed and digested by the mycelium, turning into debris and residue. The bright red mycelium was still not satisfied, and pierced into the pipes of the ritual plate and began to absorb blood.

Lin Bo reached out and touched the expanding fungal carpet, listening to the whispers of the mushrooms.

"Water, nutrition... nurturing..."

The hyphae are entangled with each other to form a cocoon shape. After a while, the cocoon cracks and a bright red mushroom grows out of it. The cap looks like a cloud, and inside is a sticky and light liquid metal that slowly seeps out and drips like raindrops.

(End of this chapter)