Wizard Earl

Chapter 391 A Critical Moment

Following Connor's will, the magic power within his body immediately began to circulate rapidly. A faint black mist began to rise from the top of Connor's head in the quiet room, and energy fluctuations were generated within his body. As the strange phenomena on Connor's body occurred, Connor could clearly feel the evolution speed of the Shadow Chains within his body gradually accelerating. What used to take several days to evolve could now be completed in one or two seconds.

However, it seemed that Connor was prepared. The flags he had placed around the room immediately emitted a faint light wave, completely concealing what was happening in the quiet room.

As he continued his actions, the black mist condensing above Connor's head grew thicker and thicker, covering his face with a layer of black mist, and his facial expression became somewhat distorted due to the pain.

"not good!"

Sensing the state of his magical power, Connor thought to himself, "The thing I feared most has finally happened!"

Although he had simulated his attempt multiple times in the auxiliary chip before this operation and achieved a success rate of over 50%, the Shadow Chains currently affecting him had undergone a bizarre evolution even before he became a formal wizard. This was not recorded in the knowledge of abyssal secrets that Reyes had taught him.

The simulation calculation of the auxiliary chip is not something that can be created out of thin air. Instead, it requires a large amount of data to build a model and perform calculations within that model. In other words, the more relevant data there is, the more accurate the simulation calculation of the auxiliary chip will be, and the less data there is, the higher the error rate of the simulation calculation of the auxiliary chip will be!

This time, because there is no record of this matter in the Abyss Secret Techniques, although the auxiliary chip's detection indicates that this evolution is developing in a positive direction and can enhance the power of the Shadow Chains to a new level, the data relied upon in the simulation calculations are still the data from previous cultivations of the Abyss Secret Techniques. Therefore, errors are inevitable!

The problem Connor is facing now is that the error is too great. In practice, it is much more difficult for him to artificially accelerate the evolution of Shadow Chains than he can simulate in the auxiliary chip!

At this moment, all of Connor's magical power was focused on pushing the Shadow Chains to evolve. What made Connor feel the chill most was that the Shadow Chains seemed to have formed a strange magnetic force, which could firmly attract his magical power.

Upon discovering this unexpected situation, Connor immediately tried to stop the operation, but it was too late. The magic power within his body was no longer under his control. Even if he wanted to stop now and halt the evolution of the Shadow Chains, it was impossible. If things continued like this, the magic power in his body would not last long before it was completely exhausted and depleted. And how terrible it is for a wizard to have his magic power depleted is self-evident.

"Assist chip! Come out! How long is this going to last?" A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes as he roared inwardly. He could no longer stop the flow of magic power to the evolving Shadow Chains using conventional methods. However, he still had a chance to try a last resort method that might stop the flow of magic power to the evolving Shadow Chains. But since it was a last resort, even if it succeeded, Connor conservatively estimated that he would have to stay in bed for at least a year, and there might be some aftereffects. Therefore, before making a final decision, he wanted to seek the advice of the assist chip.

Faced with this crisis, Connor's only consolation was that his caution had allowed him to light the Divine Incense beforehand. With the Divine Incense, at least he could maintain a clear head in this situation; otherwise, he might have already suffered from the rapid depletion of his magical power and the impact on his mind and reason.

"Beep! According to the auxiliary chip's detection, the main body only needs to hold on for ten more seconds for the evolution of Shadow Chains to be completed!" Connor's voice had just fallen in the Divine Sea when the cool female voice of the auxiliary chip rang in his ear.

"Ten seconds?"

Hearing the auxiliary chip's deduction and feeling the speed at which his mana was flowing towards the evolving Shadow Chains, Connor quickly made a decision. At the current rate of mana loss, he could probably last for about twenty seconds. After twenty seconds, the evolving Shadow Chains would drain his mana, resulting in either immediate death or severe injuries that would leave him with lifelong aftereffects.

With a determined clench of his teeth, Connor's eyes flashed with resolve. He decided to trust the auxiliary chip and hold on for another ten seconds! He could hold on for another twenty seconds. Even if the Shadow Chains didn't evolve as the auxiliary chip predicted after ten seconds, he could still use that last resort method to try and stop the flow of mana from his body to the Shadow Chains. Although the success rate would be lower then, Connor was unwilling to accept defeat so easily!

"Ten, nine, eight,..." Connor silently began to count down in his mind, prepared to forcibly stop it at any time. If the Shadow Chains did not stop absorbing his mana and complete this bizarre evolution as the auxiliary chip had said after ten seconds, then no matter how unwilling he was, Connor would not hesitate to take measures to forcibly end the transfer of his mana to the Shadow Chains.

"...Three, two," Connor silently counted to "two" in his mind. He discovered that the Shadow Chains were still absorbing his mana and showed no signs of weakening. This filled him with immense disappointment. In this atmosphere, Connor counted to "one" with disappointment in his eyes.

Just as Connor finished counting and was about to make up his mind to stop it all, a miracle occurred. The Shadow Chains abruptly stopped absorbing the magic power from his body and completed their own evolution.

"FUCK!"

Overjoyed at escaping unscathed, Connor blurted out a curse! Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Connor felt a chill run down his spine; his back was completely soaked with sweat.

With a wry smile, Connor changed into a clean set of clothes. Once his mind was at ease, he focused his attention on the Shadow Chains within his body. He wanted to see what changes had occurred in the Shadow Chains he had pushed forward at the risk of instant death!

(End of this chapter)