Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Since completing the last experiment, Hughes had a period of complete leisure time.

Of course, this refers to the fact that the Frigg Spire is unharmed.

After all, they would only begin their research once Ysera distributed the new source of knowledge and the wizards whose spirits had been extracted.

However, while the source of the secret is easy to obtain, the wizard whose spirit has been extracted cannot get it over so quickly.

After all, although many wizards are imprisoned in the aerial prisons every year, it is not only the experiments at the Fugri Spire that require wizards' spirits; other spires or academies naturally need them as well.

In particular, the main academy of the Ling Shu Workshop—Waldo's Workshop—is the biggest consumer of souls from all races.

Moreover, Ysera wanted a pool full of wizards.

"..."

In his spare time, he continued to work on refining the skin-shaping potion and researching several other knowledge systems.

However, compared to "Frost Breath Secret Source", his progress in the other systems was relatively slow, and he encountered more or less bottlenecks.

For example, right now...

"Boom—crack! Crack!!!"

On the first floor of the Melison Spire, in this training ground that had been set up with a range extender spell, countless ice crystals suddenly exploded.

And this includes Hughes...

"boom--!!"

Suddenly, a surge of icy blue waves rose up, drawing the attention of everyone around.

The icy wave, like a colossal blue beast, swept in, carrying with it a chilling aura.

This was merely an elemental explosion caused by the sudden disruption of the magical rune structure.

At the epicenter of the explosion, once the elements dissipated, Hughes, clad in a short-range protective membrane, was revealed.

"As expected... once you reach level one, that enhancement rune becomes much harder to draw."

He shook the ice crystals that had formed in his palm and muttered to himself.

"Whether in terms of design or sketching, there is a world of difference between the difficulty of Level 1 and Level 0."

The graduation requirements for the Merison Spire are rather unique. In addition to creating derivative knowledge for the "Permafrost Core" system, there is another way to graduate.

That is, to enhance a level one sorcery in the style of "Eternal Frozen Core," that is, to design a sorcery rune for the enhancement.

Of course, the chosen sorcery must not have been reinforced by anyone using this system of knowledge.

Hughes, of course, chose a rather special form of witchcraft, which was one he created himself—Hundred Structures Extreme Freeze Annihilation.

Currently, apart from him and Elena, no one else knows this witchcraft.

Furthermore, he had already designed a level one sorcery rune for Hundred Structures: Extreme Freeze Annihilation, making it a level one sorcery.

So no matter how you look at it, Hundred Structures·Extreme Freeze Annihilation is an ice magic spell that meets the requirements.

Moreover, the Extreme Freeze Annihilation already possesses considerable power, and if further enhanced, its power will undoubtedly become even more terrifying, making it a formidable trump card.

The elemental explosion we just witnessed is the best proof of that.

"Hughes, are you... preparing to enhance your Frost Annihilation?"

At that moment, Irene walked over from the side.

"That's perfect, let's practice using Extreme Freeze Annihilation together."

With that, she flashed forward and launched a swift attack, while Hughes immediately turned to meet her. The two of them, as was their custom, began to fight each other again.

Elena followed the first graduation path, which involved deriving new knowledge from the "Permafrost Core" knowledge system, but she also frequently came to practice witchcraft.

Occasionally, she would find Hughes at the training ground to exchange ideas about Arctic Annihilation or spar with him.

As for the reason why Irene is so "belligerent"?

At least in Hughes's view, it was because the opponent was never able to unleash the full power of Extreme Freeze Annihilation.

It was only after witnessing the opponent unleash the Extreme Freeze Annihilation spell that Hughes realized he actually had quite a few advantages in using this sorcery.

The defining characteristics of Hundred Structures·Extreme Freeze Annihilation are its "extreme destructive power" and "instantaneous changes".

Its destructive power stems from its ability to release large amounts of compressed ice elements, as well as the current compressed enchanted ice elements, in a short period of time.

The change is due to the fact that, under the construction of magical runes, these compressed ice elements can instantly transform between solid, liquid, and gaseous states.

Furthermore, these three states can transform into various forms, making them impossible to guard against.

However, it involves the release of a large amount of compressed ice elements in a short period of time, as well as an instantaneous transformation between the three states.

The former requires a large amount of magic power, while the latter naturally requires a vast amount of spiritual power.

He possessed such powerful magic and spiritual strength because he practiced the meditation method created by Gabriel, and because of his special physique that was fused with his soul, which allowed him to perfectly perform this witchcraft.

At least, that's how it is in the Oren dimension.

But the same witchcraft seemed to have less effect on Elena.

During their sparring session, Hughes noticed that his opponent was extremely "stingy" when activating Extreme Freeze Annihilation.

Not only did it release only a small amount of compressed ice element each time, but it also insisted on hitting itself precisely before it would stop.

In Elena's own words, the amount of magic power consumed each time she activated Frozen Annihilation was "terrifying" for her.

On the other hand, he himself is now able to use this witchcraft to carry out continuous bombing without restraint.

Then look at the ice element transformation; he can perform the transformation instantly.

However, Elena only managed to switch from solid to gas in a few seconds, which was far from being able to do it instantly.

The reason, of course, is that her mental strength is not "strong" enough, and her control over the elements is insufficient.

Moreover, this was the result of their most recent sparring session, just a week ago.

What's even more terrifying is that Elena practices intermediate meditation techniques, and her affinity for ice elements is at the highest level, level five.

Moreover, although she had lived on the outskirts of Maranseil since childhood.

However, as the heir of the Mosold family, almost all the resources of the entire Fourth Ring family for raising offspring were tilted towards her alone.

Her upbringing was in no way inferior to that of the nobles in the heart of Maranseaux.

Even someone as exceptional as Elena struggles so much when casting Frost Annihilation.

It's easy to imagine how demanding this witchcraft is in terms of its requirements for various attribute values.

But he could easily manipulate this witchcraft in his hands...

Thinking about this, Hughes couldn't help but feel glad that when he designed this spell, he only considered his own attribute values.

That is why he gave this witchcraft such demanding adaptability.

"Snap—Snap snap snap snap!!!"

"Bang! Bang bang!!"

Soon, the sparring session came to an end.

And since only the Hundred Structures Extreme Freeze Annihilation can be used, the winner is naturally Hughes.

"Bang—"