Ten seconds, eleven seconds …
Twelve seconds later.
The white seagull's eyes suddenly had a strange reaction. Just like the big red eye, the originally round pupil suddenly turned into a long and narrow vertical pupil, and then returned to its original shape in an instant.
Flutter!
The white seagull flew to Elvin's arm. After carefully inspecting it with his Data Vision and Spiritual Perception, Elvin let out a sigh of relief.
"Success!"
Its appearance did not change at all, but Elvin had confirmed through a deeper connection that this white seagull had acquired the talent ability of "extraordinary sense of direction." In other words, its strong sense of direction had been strengthened exponentially and completed a qualitative change.
"Thank you for your hard work!"
He gently stroked the back of the seagull's neck and back to encourage it. He did not feel embarrassed at all because of his initial thought, "Since there are so many white seagulls, it won't hurt to lose one or two!"
After the first success, it was only natural that the rest would follow.
One by one, the seagulls of various sizes landed in front of the big red eye and looked at it. After the ability was activated, the seagulls flapped their wings and flew away, moving on to the next one.
Depending on the species, body size, and original talent, each seagull took a different amount of time, and the energy consumption of the magic circle was also different.
When dawn approached, there was only a thin layer of energy left in the magic circle, and the big red eye became very illusory. At this time, the last seagull in the flock, which was also the most special member, flapped its wings and landed on the ground silently.
However, it wasn't a seabird. Instead, it was a very cute snow-white owl.
It was the object that Elvin planned to transform into a "base station."
In fact, according to his experience in his previous life, Elvin knew that the true intelligence of an animal like the owl was almost the dumbest among the birds. It was not even worth mentioning when compared to the "geniuses" of birds like crows and parrots.
However, in occultism, the owl had a unique symbolic meaning. It was synonymous with "wisdom" in various schools and even in the churches of God.
Therefore, as a wizard and not a scientist, Elvin chose the owl from the bottom of his heart, instead of the mysterious "crow" and the standard "parrot" of many pirate captains in movies and TV series.
As for whether the owl in the supernatural world had a big brain or not, he did not know. Anyway, Elvin's heart was quite big. If his IQ was not high enough, he could make up for it with witchcraft … He was already mentally prepared.
He was very lucky.
Owls were birds that did not have much of a sense of direction, but after consuming the last of the power of the ritual, they also successfully gained the magical ability of extraordinary sense of direction.
However, it was worth mentioning that Elvin did not have the desire to try it himself until the big red eye formed by the ritual had completely dissipated.
As the caster, he knew that this ability was very useful, especially for a sailor who needed to drift on the sea for a long time. However, he would have to pay the price of permanently changing a small part of his soul. Elvin would politely decline this.
Before he truly understood the principles behind this spell, Elvin would never use it on himself.
As the sun rose.
Elvin removed the outer spiritual barrier and the boundary wall. A gentle breeze blew, blowing away all the materials and remnants that were piled up on the ground after the ritual ended.
The smooth bluestone was still the same as before, as if nothing had happened here.
After that, Elvin rested for a whole day. Although with his physique, it would not matter even if he did not sleep for a week, this day was mainly to give the birds a chance to adapt to the new ability.
The second night, the second stage of the ritual began again.
In order to ensure the stability of the "signal," the bandwidth, memory, and CPU of the "base station" had to be up to standard.
Owls had developed auditory nerves, and the inward-facing disc on their faces was also very useful for information collection. The main purpose of the second stage of the ritual was to upgrade its memory and CPU, which were key hardware.
As usual, the boundary wall and spiritual barrier were erected to prevent disturbances.
Different from the first stage of the ritual the day before yesterday, Elvin began preparing for this ritual as soon as the sky turned dark, but the ritual officially began at about the same time as the first time.
Elvin was also somewhat helpless. Although the target of the spell this time was only the owl itself, just drawing the rune spell that was several times more complicated took Elvin a full three hours, and the precious materials consumed were far more than the last time.
But Elvin was well aware that although the spell he designed had reached the basic requirements of the ritual effect, it was limited by the knowledge and ability he had now mastered, and there were still too many redundancies and shortcomings.
Many places relied on the ultimate "Golden Lion with insufficient knowledge" cheat to achieve the desired effect, but it also caused a lot of precious materials to be wasted, and it greatly reduced his own pocket.
"If I don't succeed this time, I'll stew you!" Looking at the owl that turned its head 180 degrees and looked at him in a very cute manner, Elvin "fiercely" said.
However, how to perfect the knowledge system and continuously improve the ritual was a matter for the future. As long as the transformation today could achieve the minimum expected goal, it would be a great success!
The moon was in the middle of the sky, and the spiritual energy in the forest reached its peak.
Large chunks of incantation that contained the vitality of nature were spat out from Elvin's mouth, and the pitiful owl that was lying on the ground with its wings and feet tied up gradually quieted down from its constant struggle, and then it fell into a deep sleep.
As the "sacrifice" placed in the four corners of the spell formation that looked like the brain tissue of some kind of ape gradually weathered into ashes, the red light in the middle of the spell formation began to spread, and in an extremely short period of time, it turned from weak to strong, and in the end, it almost reflected the entire mutated forest in red.
Whoosh!
When the red light reached its strongest brightness, it suddenly shrunk and shrunk, surrounding the owl's body in the middle of the spell formation. Layer after layer of red light covered it, and finally formed a thick blood-red cocoon.
Countless blood-red patterns formed by incantations on the ground also moved as if they had a life of their own, slowly climbing and growing like the roots of a tree. Then, they gradually gathered together, and the round blood-red cocoon that the owl had turned into was gently lifted into the air, just like a deformed small tree with a huge fruit growing out of it.
Thump … thump … thump …
The owl's weak heartbeat could be heard from the blood-red cocoon, and in this deliberately created quiet environment, it was like the beating of a drum.
"I can't help you with the rest, so you're on your own now!"
What needed to be done had already been done, and the rest would depend on the owl's luck. Elvin did not waste any time while waiting, and he sat cross-legged, gradually entering a meditative state.
While using external items to equip himself, he did not forget that his own strength was his foundation, and the increase of his strength depended on slowly accumulating bit by bit like this.
The owl's transformation took a bit longer than Elvin had expected. The sun rose and the moon set, and after three days, the blood-red cocoon that originally looked like flesh had already expanded a few times, becoming translucent.
It could even be seen through the flesh wall that the owl, whose body had become much larger, was curled up with its eyes closed, twitching from time to time, like a person tossing and turning when they were not awake.
"You must succeed!"
From this moment onwards, Elvin did not leave for a single step. He did not meditate or eat, only waiting to welcome the owl's new life!
Finally, at dusk of the second day.
Pop!
With the sound of a bubble bursting, Elvin's spirit was shaken.
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