Desperate Night

“It's not a problem with the spell itself, but rather that your summoned creature's connection was severed by my special mental impact, forcing it to return,” explained Ku Chan.

“There's such a thing?” Bai Long was surprised, as she didn't seem to specialize in mental spells.

At this point, she realized that the group she had unexpectedly encountered were not only kind-hearted but also incredibly strong. Now, they even claimed to be proficient in mental spells.

“Are there any other spells?” Ku Chan asked, still feeling unsatisfied. He found the final summoning spell less interesting than the preceding attack spells.

“I do have some,” Bai Long nodded, her competitive spirit somewhat aroused. “I'm not the most powerful mage; there are three major levels after me: seven, eight, and nine!”

“Alright, alright,” Yu Hong interjected, clapping his hands with a smile. “Garfielka is already very impressive; it's quite an achievement to be at this level at her age.”

“Okay, I accept your praise,” Bai Long said, her tone softening as she was easily pleased.

“Next, how do you plan to trade? This is the list of spells I can exchange.”

She imitated Yu Hong, tapping the ground with her claw.

Chih!

A yellow light flashed, and the ground became hard and smooth.

Then, as she continuously activated her thoughts, writing began to appear frequently on the ground.

In less than a minute, a new list of trade items appeared before them.

Yu Hong walked closer to take a look.

‘Basic Meditation Guide.’

‘Mage Trick Explanations.’

‘Detailed Manipulation of Spells Below Level Three.’

‘Analysis and Targeting of Enhanced Weapons Against the Holy Domain.’

‘Abyssal Language Primer.’

‘Celestial Language Primer.’

Below were a series of various mage-related items.

As he looked, his expression suddenly shifted as he noticed an item near the bottom center.

‘Tower Spirit Diagram for Mage Towers.’

“I'll choose this one first,” he pointed to the Tower Spirit Diagram.

“This is a crucial step in building a mage tower; you have good taste. This book mainly explains how to forge a spiritual soul into a tower spirit,” Bai Long explained with a smile, as she had been worried that Yu Hong wouldn't find anything he liked.

“In exchange, you can choose one item from my list,” Yu Hong said with a smile.

The dragon and the human quickly completed their first exchange.

Both sides happily departed.

Yu Hong held the Tower Spirit Diagram, carefully flipping through it.

The theory presented within caught his attention.

‘The spirituality of life is not unique to humans. It is a gem washed out from the great waves, gold occasionally appearing in the sand. They accumulate and eventually aggregate into consciousness. And when consciousness generates the concept of self, a new life is born.’

“From this perspective, it's very similar to our theory of animism,” Ku Chan and Chi Xiao read the book together from the side.

“Spirituality is a flash of light that appears by chance. According to the theory of animism, these flashes can also be artificially collected and created. Our place has therefore derived the concept of equality of all things,” Ku Chan nodded.

“Keep reading. Don't rush,” Yu Hong said, turning to the subsequent sections.

‘.The more the quantity of spirituality aggregates, the higher the level of life produced. According to my years of analysis and research, I divide spirituality into ten stages. Among them, we humans are exactly at level five. After humans are elves, fairies, divine beings, and demigods. True God.’

‘True God is the ultimate evolutionary stage of spiritual aggregation. And the tower spirit to be explained here, we generally use the same level of spiritual quantity as humans to try to aggregate.’

Yu Hong and the others read the book in depth, finding the system increasingly interesting.

Yu Hong found a small trick called Spiritual Observation from it.

After reading the book, he returned to the basement and began to try the most basic mage meditation.

Because he wanted to use Spiritual Observation, he had to release mana generated by meditation, which was of a neutral attribute.

And mana is not mental power, but another special and strange invisible force transformed from mental power.

The next morning.

Bai Long came again with great interest.

Dong, dong, dong!

“Come out quickly, I brought good stuff this time!” Garfielka said excitedly.

Constantly tapping the outer wall of the safe house with the back of her claw.

Ku Chan and Yi Yi first came to the window, watching as this fellow had already placed a pile of new things on the flat ground in front of them. It seemed to be weapons and armor.

“I secretly took enchanted weapons and enchanted armor from my mother! Come and see, I want the game console I traded yesterday!” Bai Long said impatiently, tapping the ground with her tail.

“And didn't you ask me about the Holy Domain and the gods yesterday? Here's an Ice God Sword from my mother's collection, with a trace of the Ice God's will on it.”

Ice God??

Ku Chan was stunned, then became even more interested.

“Will you fight?”

“Of course, this is a semi-divine artifact, equivalent to an eighth-level mage or eighth-level warrior, much stronger than me!” Garfielka said confidently.

“Come, come, come!” Ku Chan jumped out without saying a word.

This broken window had become a shortcut for him to enter and exit freely without opening the door.

The dragon and the human stood facing each other.

Garfielka pointed her claw at the pile of things.

Chih!

A broadsword with delicate patterns, ice-blue in color, was activated.

The blade flew up and condensed into a blue light figure, holding the hilt and standing a dozen meters in front of Ku Chan.

“Be careful, this is the divine will drive from the divine sword itself. Even if I activate and control it, the damage is too great, and I may not be able to hold back,” Garfielka said seriously, instructing.

“Come!!” Ku Chan took a breath, and the inner force of the Red Food Method stirred. He pinched the hand seal.

Chih!

An invisible transparent spiritual energy spell, condensed into a spear more than a meter long, burst out and shot at the divine sword figure.

Dang!

The spear spell was instantly cut off.

The divine sword figure rushed forward, its speed causing a roaring explosion, and slashed at Ku Chan from bottom to top with a sword.

Dang!

Ku Chan also happened to release a dark red flame arrow, hitting the divine sword's blade and knocking it off course.

Then he took the opportunity to pull away and continue the next spell.

But no matter what spell he released, it would be cut off by the divine sword with a single sword.

There seemed to be an absolute gap in quality between the spell and the divine sword.

“Your man is going to lose,” Bai Long reminded.

As soon as the voice fell, there was a bang.

The spiritual domain released by Ku Chan was ignored, cut through. He finally had to activate the passive spell, shaking the divine sword away.

After activating the passive spell, the battle situation fell into a stalemate again.

He had many kinds of spells, but no decisive means, and could not win with one blow.

The spiritual domain had no effect on the divine sword, and it was cut through as soon as it was unfolded.

“So, the individual strength here is still very strong.” Yu Hong watched Ku Chan dodging everywhere.

It seemed that he was unwilling to use the spiritual light secret technique, but just wanted to rely on himself.

Unfortunately, the situation did not allow him to retain.

Dang!

Suddenly, there was another muffled sound, and Ku Chan's body glowed with a faint red light, and his speed and strength were greatly enhanced.

This was a secret technique of the Red Food Method.

He took the opportunity to flash to the left, releasing a dark red flame bird, rushing towards the opposite side.

“Still struggling.” Bai Long was a little amazed in her heart.

This mysterious merchant and his party, anyone who came out was so powerful.

Being chased and chopped by the Ice God Sword, which was equivalent to an eighth-level warrior, could last so long.

Eighth level, masters of this level can already sit on the top military officer position in any human empire.

After all, the ninth level is the limit of human beings, and above that belongs to the category called the Holy Domain.

At this time in the field, Ku Chan had entered the counterattack, hitting the divine sword figure back.

At this time, Ku Chan released spells faster and more powerful than before. His movements and strength were also obviously much stronger.

A series of spells were released by him with one hand, and from a distance, it looked like pieces of red fireworks constantly exploding.

The divine sword figure was smashed and kept retreating.

Hiss!!

Suddenly, the figure paused, and its eyes lit up with dazzling blue light.

“No! Get out of the way!!” Garfielka hurriedly shouted.

She suddenly lost control of the Ice God Sword.

Shua!

In an instant, the speed of the divine sword figure skyrocketed, waving a brilliant blue light, flashing past Ku Chan's side.

Puff!

A stream of blood shot out from Ku Chan's shoulder.

But at the critical moment, he avoided the vital point.

“Come again!!” His voice was obviously high-pitched. The spiritual light all over his body finally began to activate.

But only activate a little. After all, the amplification of the spiritual light secret technique was too exaggerated. If he really used all of it, it would be meaningless to exercise his skills.

Suddenly, the figure disappeared in the open space, and two red and blue shadows collided, retreated, and collided again.

Repeated in this way.

Finally, with the last muffled sound, the divine sword figure was blasted out, rolling and falling into the bushes on the right.

But the next second, it couldn't afford to lose.

Boom!!

A circle of ice-blue halo suddenly exploded from it.

The terrifying mental pressure, like the ocean, crashed down on the heads of all creatures within a hundred meters around.

The voices of hymns praising the Ice God were looming in the halo. Layers and layers, making people feel bored.

On the other side, Ku Chan's body was completely covered with spiritual light secret techniques the moment he was pressed.

Its mental strength skyrocketed hundreds of times. Invisible spiritual energy condensed into a phoenix flame phantom in front of Ku Chan.

Boom!!

The ice-blue halo hit the phoenix flame phantom head-on.

The two stalemate for a moment. There was a sound of glass breaking.

The red color of the phoenix flame was still there, and the ice-blue halo faded and disappeared.

“Interesting power”

Suddenly an icy male voice vibrated from the surrounding air.

Ku Chan covered in spiritual light, squinted around, and found that the divine sword had been stuck upside down on the ground not far away, and the figure holding the sword had long since disappeared.

“God?” He looked at Yu Hong, who nodded to him.

Looking at Bai Long again.

Garfielka was staring blankly at the Ice God Sword.

“It's over. It's over, the sword is broken. And you also stimulated the will of the Ice God, he seems to be eyeing you!”

Ku Chan didn't care, there were many people eyeing him, walked forward, picked up the sword, he looked at it casually, the ice-blue color on the blade had faded and disappeared.

The entire sword was covered with fine cracks, obviously overwhelmed and could shatter at any time.

“It's over. I'm done.” Garfielka also saw this, and her expression changed drastically.

Taking the sword from Ku Chan's hand, she left with the things in a daze.

Even the deal was forgotten.