To solve Angor's problem, he had to first observe the source of the problem.
Why was his right hand absorbing so much nightmare energy and feeding it back to his mana pool? How did it help him grow so fast?
One had to know that the Mana Source stored pure Mana. How did the energy from the Nightmare Realm turn into mana when it was fed to his mana pool? What kind of transformation was taking place here?
The best place to find out was the Nightmare Realm, which was full of nightmare energy. However, Angor used his soul to enter the Nightmare Realm. His experience in Sleepless City showed that his soul could not absorb any nightmare energy from the realm.
That was why Sunders brought him to Pocratee.
First of all, he was curious about Pocratee. Second of all, this place was where Angor became a level-1 apprentice. There must be something going on between the two places.
There was a plane passage leading to the Nightmare Realm, but there wasn't much nightmare energy in the entire Pocratee. His right hand didn't move at all when he entered the cave.
Come to think of it, in order to produce a qualitative change, it must achieve a quantitative change.
And the best place for quantitative change was definitely within this planar passageway.
Sunders noted down the coordinates of the entrance and led Angor into the dark tunnel.
There wasn't much mana in the passage, but it was enough to pay for some simple cantrips. Sunders released a Light Ray which circled around them. Then, he led Angor and Angor to wander around the passage.
However, not every part of the plane passage was filled with nightmare energy. The concentration of nightmare energy varied from place to place.
After flying for a while, they finally found an area where the nightmare aura was stronger than the rest of the world.
As expected, something happened to his right hand.
He took off the gloves before entering the cave. Now, he could clearly see that his right hand, which was one size larger than his left hand, had undergone obvious changes.
The green runes floating above his right hand began to change strangely. Wisps of nightmare energy poured into his right hand through the runes.
"Do you feel anything?" Sunders waited for a while before he asked Angor again.
Angor shook his head. It was the same feeling he had when he was in the center of the energy storm in Sleepless City.
"Check your mana pool and see if it's changing."
"Yes. The energy is flowing into my mana pool, and it's expanding."
Sunders pulled Angor out of the area and stood in the air. There was nightmare energy here, but it was much thinner than the center of the passage, which prevented Angor's right hand from absorbing the nightmare energy.
"How did you do it last time?" Sunders asked.
"It's simple meditation. But it's much more efficient than outside," Angor explained.
Sunders considered for a moment. "Try it here. I'll keep an eye on you."
It wasn't hard to meditate in this quiet plane passageway. However, the primal mana here was thin, and Angor shouldn't be able to absorb too much of it.
While Angor was meditating, Sunders noticed that the nightmare energy in the area was gathering around Angor and slowly pouring into his body.
He didn't need to think to know where the energy was going. It must have gone into his mana pool.
Half a day passed in the blink of an eye.
Angor opened his eyes with a refreshed look. Training here was really satisfying. Just like when he created his mana pool for the first time, he could see the primal mana accumulating inside his body.
"How is it? How's your training? "
"It's about 20 times faster than outside." One day of training here was the same as half a month outside.
Sunders already guessed it, but he was still surprised by Angor's progress. Sunders also tried to train here before, but nothing worked. It seemed that Angor's body was different from the others.
Also, when Angor came here last time, he didn't fuse with "Shava's" right hand. So Angor's "right hand" wasn't the reason why he could rely on nightmare energy to improve his mana pool. It was just that his right hand strengthened or "facilitated" the process of absorbing nightmare energy.
Therefore, Sunders believed that Angor's body was the problem of absorbing nightmare energy to improve his strength.
"Maybe it's the special effect of Nightmare Form." Unfortunately, his Nightmare Form was sealed away, and there wasn't a third one yet. He couldn't use more samples to gather data.
Sunders paused and took out a piece of paper used for calculations. He also took out a convenient blue pen and quickly did some calculations on the paper. "During the six hours you were meditating, your right hand absorbed energy equivalent to six and a half regular nightmare stones. You absorbed almost three normal nightmare stones' worth of energy from your right hand within a minute in the thick nightmare aura. "
While speaking, Sunders showed Angor some data he was working on. Angor could tell that Sunders' right hand really improved a lot. Both the absorption amount and efficiency were much lower than when Angor was training on his own.
"Let's continue with the experiment. See if you can absorb nightmare energy from the nightmare stones."
The conclusion of this experiment was negative.
"So you can't absorb the energy from the nightmare stones." Angor could not absorb the energy from the nightmare stone. Sunders had a general idea. The energy contained a certain amount of nightmare energy, but it also contained some special substance that made the nightmare energy extremely inert, which made it difficult to change its nature.
"For the next experiment, I'll put my spirit power into your mind space and record the secrets of nightmare energy conversion, as well as the efficiency of your mana pool under different conditions."
With Angor's permission, Sunders slowly merged his spirit power into Angor's mind space.
Time passed quickly as they carried out various experiments.
A week later, Sunders brought Angor back to the abandoned village of Pocratee.
During this time, Sunders collected a lot of data, which allowed him to better understand Angor's Nightmare Form ability. However, the only thing he learned so far was that Angor's Nightmare Form could absorb and convert nightmare energy at an astonishing rate. Without considering the negative side effects, Angor's Nightmare Form was even better than many top-tier constitution types. Of course, there were many different types of constitution types.
Sunders learned a lot, and so did Angor. Sunders didn't hide the data and conclusions from Angor. Sunders didn't hide anything from Angor.
Also, during the week he spent in the plane passage, he did a lot of experiments and slowly figured out how his right hand absorbed nightmare energy. He had a general idea of how to activate the threshold of his right hand's absorption, as well as how to control the switch.
The threshold of his right hand's absorption depended on the concentration of nightmare energy.
The key to controlling the absorption of nightmare energy was the green pattern that appeared above his right hand.
This was the third function of the green pattern. The first function was to cast an illusion spell with his right hand, which had an outstanding nightmare effect. The second function was to generate nightmare energy on its own, which was similar to a large nightmare stone. However, since the green pattern was similar to a nightmare stone, it could only be used to maintain a Nightmare Domain.
The third function was to absorb a large amount of nightmare energy.
Angor didn't know much about the green pattern yet, but these three functions were already very useful for him. Also, with Sunders' help, Angor learned a lot about the green pattern. At least, he could now control the pattern to absorb nightmare energy on its own.
This meant that he didn't need to stay in his soul form for too long when he entered Sleepless City again. More importantly, he didn't need to worry about his power increasing due to the excessive amount of nightmare energy.
Sunders did not see how such a method would harm his mana pool, but he was still worried since it was not his own doing. If it was not necessary, he would not use such a method to improve his strength.
Angor's problem wasn't solved yet, but at least he didn't need to worry about getting stronger all of a sudden. The deeper meaning of the green pattern wasn't something they could solve in a short time.
With that done, they spent another day in Pocratee. During this time, Sunders spent his time inspecting the place. He still had some doubts about this place.
Angor also wandered around Pocratee. It looked like he was doing the same thing as Sunders, but he was actually looking for something else — the Awl of Eternity.
According to the Grand Priest of the Krakoks, the Awl of Eternity had a black snake circling around it.
Angor believed that the Awl of Eternity was Dodoro's bowl. After all, Dodoro was a mortal who could live for a thousand years, which fit the description of "eternal life" very well. What Dodoro "unearthed" was the silver bowl he always carried with him.
Before Dodoro learned the art of divination from Maya, he left the silver bowl in Angor's care. Angor studied it several times, but he still couldn't find anything useful.
Since he was back in Pocratee, he might as well check if he could find something similar to the "awl".
As it turned out, Pocratee was just an abandoned village. Angor didn't find any supernatural items. He did find several mortal medical books, but they were all rotten.
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