Talent level increased by one, a transcendent Star Wizard

After making preparations, Xia Jian's magical power surged within him, and then he released it from his hand, transforming it into a gray ribbon that floated toward the golden box.

The box, made of some unknown material, absorbed Xia Jian's magical energy but made no sound whatsoever.

"Could I have guessed wrong?"

Xia Jian scratched his head, trying to withdraw his magic.

But then an unexpected thing happened. Xia Jian found that he couldn't break the magical bond between himself and the box, as if some force was pulling him.

The box slowly floated to the surface, and the hollowed-out patterns in the middle emitted a white light.

"Ring ring..."

Suddenly, a clear, ringing sound rang out.

The sphere in the center of the box began to rotate slowly.

A terrifying suction force suddenly appeared, and the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to materialize into a kaleidoscope of colors, which then condensed into a small tornado that enveloped the box.

Xia Jian stared wide-eyed at the scene, his face beaming with excitement at having obtained a treasure.

But as Xia Jian's gaze fell on the crab burger on the ground, a bad feeling welled up in his heart.

At this moment, the Krabby Patty was visibly drying out and turning black.

As summer slowly turned its head, the surrounding trees and weeds turned withered and dry, just like autumn had arrived, and even the soil on the ground seemed to have lost its vitality and turned into fine sand.

Sensing something was amiss, Xia Jian conjured a shadow ball in his left hand and threw it directly at the golden box that was the source of everything.

"Bang!"

The Shadow Sphere exploded, but the energy it released was absorbed by the aura tornado.

Xia Jian, refusing to believe it, tried several more times, but no attack could damage the box.

Moreover, Xia Jian's mana is being rapidly depleted.

As the surrounding spiritual energy dwindles, this consumption continues to increase at an incredible rate.

If this continues, it's only a matter of time before the box sucks my guts dry.

Xia Jian tried to leave, but it seemed as if a transparent wall appeared behind him, and the energy from his attacks was only absorbed by the box.

With no other option, Xia Jian could only take out a large amount of materials from his other spatial bags, hoping to slow down the box's absorption rate.

As Xia Jian had predicted, the rate at which mana was absorbed decreased significantly.

However, Xia Jian's expression turned even more unpleasant.

Because the box's energy absorption rate has actually increased!

Various spiritual plant materials withered and turned yellow at a visible rate.

At this rate, no amount of material can fill the gap.

Xia Jian took out several pills and swallowed them, intending to recover some of his mana first.

Now he can only stall for time as long as possible; maybe the box will stop sucking him once it's full.

At this moment, Xia Jian sat cross-legged on the ground, using the "Demon Fear" meditation technique to accelerate the refining of the elixir.

As the meditation technique was activated, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to pause for a moment, and the spiritual energy tornado near the box also slowed down its rotation.

About two minutes later, Natsume suddenly opened his eyes.

"What's going on?"

Looking at the spiritual energy tornado that had almost come to a standstill, Xia Jian's face showed a look of astonishment.

Because when he was practicing meditation, he could clearly feel that the rate at which his mana was draining had slowed down considerably, and it even seemed that it could reverse...

absorb?

"Could it be that Mu Shuang made me cultivate Demonic Fear because of this?"

Xia Jian frowned, thinking about Mu Shuang's various strange behaviors.

If that's the case, then everything makes sense. It's possible that Mu Shuang obtained the "Demon Fear" meditation method from the Lin Ya Ruins.

Xia Jian still didn't understand what the box was for.

After a moment's thought, Xia Jian activated his meditation technique while releasing his mental energy to touch the box.

As Xia Jian's spiritual power touched the box, the surrounding spiritual energy tornado suddenly collapsed, and the box stopped spinning and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Xia Jian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong with these people? Why don't they write an instruction manual on it? Look what they've done to the surrounding flowers and plants..."

With her heart at ease, Xia Jian launched into a吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for complaining/criticizing) mode.

After venting her emotions, Xia Jian stood up and walked to the box.

Slightly different from before, the sphere in the center of the box was still slowly rotating, emitting a faint colored light.

Seeing this, Xia Jian curled his lip: "It's not just an energy collector, is it?"

Energy gathering is not uncommon among wizards, the most famous of which is the energy gathering array, which is used by all major forces and praised by those who have used it.

If this box is merely an energy collector, then it's not of much use to Xia Jian.

Just like an energy-gathering array, no matter how high the concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding area is, there are limits to one's cultivation techniques, physical body, and talent.

If you want to increase your cultivation speed after reaching the limit, you either need to rely on pills to purify energy or on some kind of treasure or item.

If one tries to absorb it by force, it will likely lead to a loss of control over one's own magical power, and may even result in the risk of exploding and dying.

After all, mental strength is the foundation of a wizard, and no matter how much energy one has, one must be able to use it.

"However, could that replace the energy consumed by the Soul-Draining Forbidden Technique?"

After thinking about it, Xia Jian felt something was wrong, and then showed a look of disappointment and disgust.

"That's just a power bank, what good is it? Is this piece of junk the most valuable thing in the entire Linya Ruins?"

While the effects of the "Magic Fear" are indeed miraculous, it seems somewhat wasteful to invent such a thing specifically for charging.

If the material were used to make other things, its surface hardness alone would make it a formidable weapon that would be renowned throughout the region!

"The core of the array formation in the Linya Ruins?"

Xia Jian touched his chin, and thinking about it this way, things seemed different.

After all, the importance of the formation is self-evident, especially since it is such a large ruin. Perhaps it collapsed because of the lack of core energy.

"What does Ke Mushuang need this for? Does she want to replace Neil Bella's array core?"

But upon closer inspection, it seems impossible.

Xia Jian had already witnessed the box's absorption speed.

Judging from this material absorption rate, it would probably take a magic stone mine to provide the energy.

Thinking of this, Xia Jian's greed resurfaced.

If that's the case, doesn't that mean there's a magic stone mine beneath Neilbella?

What gives each major power the right to occupy a territory?

It's all because there's a magic stone mine to back us up!

In theory, as long as there are enough magic stones and the magic array constructed is powerful enough, even if a god descends to earth, it will be impossible to breach the strongholds of these forces.

Of course, theory is theory, and reality is reality; most sectarian forces do not have this ability.

Even with magic stone mines as a safety net, many forces were still breached. For wizards, brains are a valuable asset.

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