Salin himself did not notice the changes in his body. Every time he trained, he had to use the family badge to train his mental power. The badge had already changed his constitution.
His soul undulated along with the twenty-four lightning dragons, and the mageweath in his eyes became clearer and more complicated.
As the soul undulation became more intense, Salin's mental power was naturally mobilized, and his eyes released an azure glow. However, the power condensed from mental power was far inferior to the elemental power. The glow dissipated after a foot or so.
Since the change was so slight, the world in Salin's eyes was different.
He saw everything in front of him turn gray, as if a piece of magic paper had been burned by elemental fire and turned into fine ashes. Then, when a breeze blew past, the ashes would shatter.
Everything had turned into gray granules that were continuously disintegrating. In front of Salin, a complete mageweath appeared in the azure glow.
This three-dimensional mageweath was almost the same as the one on Salin's badge, just much smaller. Before Salin could understand, the mageweath shook slightly and disappeared. Salin's vision was pitch black, and he could not see anything.
This gave him quite a fright, but he immediately cut off his mental training with the lightning dragons and closed his eyes to meditate.
Half an hour later, Salin opened his eyes again. Everything had returned to normal. He carefully recalled everything that had just happened, and then actively mobilized his mental power. His eyes released the blue glow again, and the world became light gray again. A mageweath appeared in front of Salin, vibrated quickly, and disappeared again.
This time, Salin caught the pattern of the vibration. Although it was too light, it was at the same frequency as the earth-shattering vibration in the badge.
This was the power of lightning!
In the Ancient Myers language family, lightning and thunder were two separate words. Lightning was the great power released by the surging of the elements in the world, while electricity was another kind of power. These two great powers often had a symbiotic relationship. In the natural world, lightning and thunder were often inseparable.
Lightning was invincible, and electricity was all-pervasive.
In a rainstorm, Mages did not dare to fly because they were afraid of being struck by electricity and turning into charcoal. If they were struck by lightning, they might be turned into powder by the shock.
Those who were hit by these two powers would die. There was no exception.
Magicians had studied many materials. Some materials could block electric currents, but electric currents themselves were also very powerful. Even these materials could only block relatively small electric currents. Almost no material could resist the electric currents that shot down from the clouds.
Mages' Magic Towers were very tall, and they would bury metal needles to guide lightning into the earth. Only the earth had the ability to bear boundless pressure.
Salin's magic pattern was the thunder pattern. It was just that the time it had existed was too short. In the eyes of others, it was as if it had never existed. Only Salin himself could see a trace of it.
This didn't mean that the mageweath was useless. The power of lightning could destabilize the elements. Any spell that was hit by lightning would dissipate. This was also the principle behind Nelis's lightning protection. As long as the enemy was not a level higher than her, elemental magic would not be able to hurt her.
Salin's mageweath could be used in the same way, and it was even more active. As long as he could condense the lightning pattern further, he could destroy the enemy's magic.
The second time, Salin couldn't see anything in front of him. But this time, he didn't panic because he didn't feel any physical damage. The blindness was temporary.
The eyes were the most fragile organ of humans, and lightning was the most powerful energy in the world. Salin understood the reason this time and immediately stopped training. He couldn't wait until his body was injured. Otherwise, Magicians would die in large numbers for the sake of experiments.
This time, the gains were even greater. Salin didn't meditate, and just relied on natural recovery. It only took ten minutes for his eyes to return to normal. In addition, after months of training, Salin could finally mobilize the mageweath on his own, which was an unexpected surprise. He didn't expect that the power he obtained was released with his eyes.
Without chanting, he directly used his mental power. This speed of releasing magic was extremely fast. It was definitely an instantaneous spell. But other instantaneous spells had to be trained repeatedly to achieve the effect, but this spell, once learned, would be instantaneous. It couldn't be slower.
Salin's heart burned. The power of the lightning pattern released from his eyes was pitifully weak, perhaps not even a millionth of the lightning in the sky. But as long as he continued to work hard, the power of the lightning pattern would gradually increase. Even if it couldn't hurt people directly, it could be used to destroy the enemy's magic.
If he drew this lightning pattern and created a three-dimensional magic array, for example in his own shrine, he could form an anti-magic space. Other than himself, no one else could release any elemental magic.
The more he thought about it, the more Salin's heart itched. He wanted to continue training, but he was worried that his eyes couldn't withstand such frequent training.
"Forget it, I'll train one more time and then go back to sleep!" Salin couldn't help but gather his mental power again and condense the lightning pattern two feet in front of his eyes. The lightning pattern shattered gently, and Salin felt a numbing comfort in his heart.
After his eyes recovered, Salin couldn't resist the temptation and trained again.
This last time, after training, he would go back to sleep. Salin repeated this to himself again and again. It wasn't until the sky was bright and the Swordsmen in the camp were preparing breakfast that he had no choice but to stop training.
There was nothing wrong with his eyes. The temporary blindness was actually caused by the excessive consumption of mental power. The lightning pattern didn't shatter in his eyes, and it couldn't cause harm to his eyes. If it was lightning, it might burn his eyes.
Salin couldn't be blamed for his weak willpower. Any mage who suddenly obtained this ability would definitely not be any better than Salin. Most mages would be even crazier than Salin. Salin was already a very cautious mage.
The mages got out of their cars and ate with the Swordsmen. This was the difference between the mages under Rex. They rarely looked down on the soldiers who protected them.
Mages were powerful, but compared to warriors, mages of the same level could fight for a shorter time. For example, if they encountered a large number of sand scorpions in the desert, level-four mages and advanced swordsmen could easily kill them. But mages would be tired after killing a few dozen. After killing a hundred and twenty, their magic string would basically be depleted.
As long as an advanced swordsman had a powerful weapon, they could keep fighting until their sword energy was depleted.
A powerful weapon could allow a swordsman to easily pierce through the shell of a sand scorpion without expending much sword energy. As long as an advanced swordsman wasn't surrounded, killing hundreds of sand scorpions wouldn't be exhausted.
Rex brought ten swordsmen to deal with the relatively weak magic beasts. There were dangers everywhere in the Purgatory Desert. If mages had to do everything, then mages would probably have to face the predicament of depleted magic strings every day.
Salin didn't notice that Rex wasn't resting well. He was immersed in his new magic. Like all mages who were obsessed with magic, he lost the ability to observe the things around him carefully.
Neris failed to sow discord between Salin and the Winged Skeleton last night. After returning, she saw signs of conflict between Sicca and Rex, and immediately cooperated with Sicca, which made Rex very angry. She was worried that Salin would discover something, but Salin looked absent-minded. Neris was secretly happy, and called for four demons to come and serve Salin.
Rex had always been served by mages, but these mages only did things related to magic cultivation. To outsiders, Neris and the other three demons seemed to be powerless. They were just ordinary beautiful women, which made Salin look like a nouveau riche. Salin was still thinking about magic, so of course he didn't find it inappropriate. Surrounded by the four demons, Salin ate a standard meal prepared for the army.
Rex was so depressed that she didn't even share her tea leaves with Salin.
Sicca finally felt that Neris was more pleasing to the eye. If she wasn't hungry, she would definitely chat with Neris for a while longer. They had a good chat yesterday, and Rex lost all his arrogance.
Sicca was also very conflicted. She knew her responsibility, but she didn't want Salin to live with someone else. If Salin married Rex, he would probably have a royal title, and would be involved in all kinds of affairs. It would be great if Rex could give up on this idea.
Sicca didn't know that if she and Neris hadn't done this, Rex might not have felt that Salin was that important. This was just the mentality of a little girl, but Rex had never liked any man, and she was not mature in this aspect.
The only thing that Rex was glad about was that her mages had recovered some of their combat power. They would be completely healed in another three days. The magic chariot was indeed different. Rex tried her best to think about the Purgatory Desert, but the four demons were wandering around in front of her, bringing food and water to Salin, wiping his face and clothes, and almost giving him a massage.
Rex was so angry that she simply returned to the other chariot and refused to be in the same chariot with Salin.
Neris was bored. Rex's forbearance was extraordinary, and there was no point in teasing him anymore. So, she ordered the four demons to protect Rex.
But Salin saw this. He felt that Neris had matured a lot and knew how to care for her companions. Neris laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. For a demon, this could only mean that she was out of breath from laughing.
This time, only Salin's people and two of Rex's female mages were left in the chariot. The two female mages wouldn't change chariots without Rex's orders, so Salin was on the road again, surrounded by the four beauties.
Because he didn't sleep at all last night, Salin directly fell asleep in the chariot. Neris sat on the floor of the chariot and served Salin meticulously. The four women watched Salin sleep, each with a different expression.
Neris was happy, Sicca was satisfied, Nania was a bit disappointed, and the last female mage was a bit curious.
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