Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

Meanwhile, after finishing his meditation, Hughes returned to his property in Wiesholm and went into the basement.

In the basement, Mr. Poison Demon still stood in the same spot, with the container holding Nister's corpse in front of him.

Now, however, the container no longer emits a scorching heat, and even the orange-red solution has faded considerably.

Clearly, Nister's corpse had absorbed most of the fire element particles inside.

"Were the IV fluids changed a total of five times?"

After glancing at the number of times the IV fluid had been changed, Hughes slowly walked over, while Mr. Poison Demon, having completed his task, respectfully stepped aside.

Looking up, one could see that the corpse of Nimist in the jar had undergone a complete and drastic transformation.

Its originally gray and withered flesh has been completely soaked and reshaped by fire element particles, and every inch has lost its cold, fleshy texture, now glowing with a scorching red light.

Upon closer inspection, one can see tiny sparks of light flowing beneath the skin, like streaks of fire.

"Click—"

Hughes then reached out and pulled down a lever.

"Gulp, gulp..."

The remaining solution was instantly pumped out, leaving only Niester's corpse in the jar.

He opened the container, then used his mental power to remove Nister's body and place it on the experimental table next to him.

"Sizzle..."

Surprisingly, the tabletop made a hissing sound the moment it touched Nister's skin.

Fortunately, the experimental table is made of a special material with strong fire resistance, so even if it is burned repeatedly, it will not leave any marks.

Upon seeing this, Hughes immediately pulled out an ordinary cross-shaped longsword from his storage bag.

He gripped the hilt of his sword in his right hand, and with a slight swing of his arm, he swung the sword at Nyster's arm.

"Whoosh—!"

A flash of silver light, and the blade slashed down suddenly, but the familiar sound of flesh being pierced did not come; instead, there was only the crisp sound of metal falling.

"Clang..."

The moment the long sword came close, it was melted in two by the high temperature emanating from Nist's skin.

Hughes looked at the broken edge of the sword, where the red-hot section was sizzling and emitting white smoke.

"Looks pretty good..."

He nodded in satisfaction, after all, this sword was not made of ordinary iron, but of enchanted metal found only in the wizarding world.

"This high temperature should greatly protect Nister from sword strikes and some weak elemental magic."

As he spoke, he conjured another ice spike in his palm and stabbed it fiercely at Nister.

"Sizzle—"

Sure enough, before it even touched the other person's skin, the ice cone began to melt rapidly from its tip, and then dissipated into water vapor.

"Then... that's the most important part."

Hughes muttered to himself, then looked at Nister's left chest.

Beneath that bright red skin, a small but faint point of light could be seen peeking out.

This is the life seed that the Great Knights have condensed in their hearts; it is the core of their use of life energy.

Now, the once dormant seeds of life have been revived by the stimulation of the fire element, and have even been tinged with a subtle firelight.

Of course, the dead great knight could not stimulate life energy, but that did not mean that the seed of life had lost its function.

The Seed of Life is actually similar to a wizard's magic pool; it is a system for the Great Knight to condense and utilize life energy.

According to wizards' research, the Seed of Life is actually a kind of alternative, demonized organ.

Most importantly, although it is concentrated in the heart, it has become one with the Great Knight's entire body, with its veins connected.

In other words, if Hughes were to improve it and reshape it into a "magic seed" that could withstand magic, then Nist would be able to use magic.

In other words, the magic seed is equivalent to a higher-quality magic storage device that is perfectly suited to Nist's body.

"..."

Soon, Hughes, having prepared the bio-modification equipment, began his work.

He wasn't wearing any protective gear, since as an ice wizard, the high temperatures emanating from Nystel couldn't affect him at all.

"Speaking of which, Nystor's armor will probably need to be custom-made from now on."

With that, Hughes swiftly slashed open Nist's left chest.

"Sizzle—"

The next moment, he reached in and slightly pried open the opening, revealing the somewhat shriveled heart inside.

The fire element particles penetrate the corpse from the inside out.

Not only its surface skin, but every organ inside its body is dyed bright red, giving it extremely high fire resistance.

Once the heart was exposed, Hughes extended two fingers, forming a layer of white frost on his fingertips, and then immediately and precisely pressed them against the edge of the cut flesh.

"Sizzle..."

Instantly, the bright red flesh inside was forcibly cooled down to prevent the leaking fire element particles from affecting the operation.

Once the opening was frozen, he took out a tiny mithril needle, quietly wrapped a wisp of spiritual energy around the needle, and then slowly inserted it into his heart.

"laugh……"

The needle tip barely touched the flesh, but stopped immediately.

The next second, Hughes manipulated the wisp of spiritual energy attached to the needle, causing it to probe into the heart.

His mental energy swept rapidly through the flesh and blood inside the heart, and soon he found Nister's life seed at its center.

The seed of life was no bigger than a thumb, and after being reactivated, its surface still shimmered with the warm, white light unique to life energy.

However, because it was activated by the fire element, a faint flame also flowed on the surface of the white light.

The seed of life is not just a sphere formed of white light; many tentacles formed of white light extend from its surface and take deep root in the heart.

These are the lifeblood of the seed, and the key to its integration with the body of the Nister.

So now, what Hughes has to do is to pry off the ends of these life vessels one by one, so that he can extract the seeds of life and transplant them into Hector's heart.

Once the transplant is successful, his subsequent process of reshaping the seed of life into a seed of magic will be much easier.

This is because Hector, being a wizard,

The heart itself contains a great deal of magic.

Once the seed of life adapts to that heart, it will naturally absorb and accept magic power through the life veins, thereby greatly increasing its affinity for magic power.

After that, it becomes much easier to reshape it into a magic seed.

Furthermore, because Hector's heart has been tainted by the lava heart for many years, the magic it contains has long since become highly convertible to fire element.

Therefore, if the magic seed is successfully combined with Hector's heart, there is a high probability that a system can be synthesized that can quickly convert magic into fire element.