Chapter 128: Deducing Grandmaster Level Fireball Spell, Elemental Smelting Furnace

Chapter 128: Perfecting the Great Completion Fireball — The Elemental Crucible

"Ten days remain until the Mage Assembly."

"Are you ready?" Gu Ze asked Li Wei.

"Almost," Li Wei replied.

Gu Ze nodded. "Then we’ll depart on July thirteenth—arrive two days early in Feihua City. That way, if anything unexpected happens along the way, we won’t miss the opening ceremony of the Mage Assembly."

"July fifteenth is also Feihua Festival," Gu Ze added with a smile. "The city will be bustling."

Li Wei’s eyes shimmered with anticipation.

After bidding farewell to Gu Ze, Li Wei returned to his room.

He immersed himself once more in quiet cultivation.

On the night of July twelfth, meditation concluded. Li Wei opened his eyes, and before him floated several lines of glowing script:

[Crimson Meditation Method (First Tier)] 5803/10000

[Fireball Technique (First Tier – Minor Mastery)] 9666/10000

[Invisible Armor Technique (First Tier – Minor Mastery)] 6556/10000

[Telekinesis (First Tier – Minor Mastery)] 4112/10000

[Great Dream Soaring Heaven Technique (First Tier)] 800/10000

[Phantom Form Technique (Zero Tier)] 4200/10000

[Basic Alchemy (Zero Tier)] 1632/10000

[Shadow Tendril Surgery (First Tier – Initiate)] 472/1000

[Ice Arrow Technique (Zero Tier – Proficient)] 420/2000

[Pillar Breathing Method (Proficient)] 233/2000

More than half a month had passed.

Each day, Li Wei meditated using intermediate-grade magical potions—his progress astonishing.

Now, his magical power intensity had reached 868.

He could cast eight first-tier spells, or eighty-six standard zero-tier spells.

At one thousand, he would become an advanced first-tier mage.

Yet it had only been about two months since Li Wei ascended to first tier.

Already, he stood at the threshold of an advanced mage.

His advancement was meteoric.

Spell refinement had also made great strides.

The Shadow Servitor Card All-Terrain Vehicle was complete.

The Invisible Armor, retaining its original properties, now possessed a rudimentary shapeshifting ability—

not only allowing the Shadow Servitor to carry riders, but also enhancing its offensive power.

An unexpected boon.

When the Shadow Servitor wielded its Shadow Claws, the armor itself transformed into claw form, amplifying its strike.

But refining the Fireball Technique into the Elemental Crucible had progressed slowly.

Alchemical skill, however, had gained unexpected experience during the fireball experiments.

This suggested theoretical feasibility.

Otherwise, alchemy wouldn’t have advanced at all.

"Tonight, the fireball technique will reach Great Completion," Li Wei mused. "I hope for a breakthrough."

Most rewarding of all had been the Pillar Breathing Method.

Though it hadn’t produced battle qi, reaching proficiency granted Li Wei’s body a significant enhancement.

No longer frail, his physique now matched that of a seasoned soldier.

Running a marathon would pose no difficulty.

Not comparable to transcendental practitioners, but sufficient for daily life.

It left him eager to see what further effects the method might yield.

He stilled his thoughts. The glowing script faded.

Once more, Li Wei plunged into the intricate work of spell refinement.

Within his dream, half the night slipped by. The fireball refinement entered its critical phase.

Suddenly, inspiration flashed—a new idea surged through his mind.

The fireball in his hand swelled rapidly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In moments, it expanded to half a meter in diameter—

its volume multiplied many times over.

Yet despite this violent expansion, the fire element within did not grow wilder. Instead, it stabilized.

Intense heat radiated from within, constant and fierce.

"The Elemental Crucible… it’s done!"

Li Wei felt both surprise and delight.

He had never imagined the solution so simple.

Had he thought of it earlier, he wouldn’t have delayed this long.

Merely enlarging the fireball appropriately allowed it to maintain high stability.

A compressed fireball held higher temperature, but its inner flames grew too chaotic, uncontrollable.

[Fireball Technique (First Tier – Great Completion)] 0/10000

The technique evolved.

With a thought, Li Wei channeled more mana into the sphere.

In an instant, all his stored mana flowed into it.

The fireball swelled slightly.

Reaching Great Completion, the maximum charge capacity had increased—from seventy percent of total mana to one hundred percent.

Yet Li Wei sensed he could still pour more in.

He focused. His mana reservoir filled completely.

He continued to pour mana into the fireball.

1.1 times, 1.2 times... 1.5 times... 1.8 times... 2 times.

Levi stopped, the sphere of flame in his hands having already ballooned to the height of a man.

Infused with twice his own mana, the sheer volume of condensed fire elements within was staggering.

The charged fireball's destructive power had multiplied several fold.

With a single strike like this, even the Ant King would likely be reduced to ashes.

Levi felt that he had reached his limit; he could no longer channel any more mana, lest it spiral out of control and detonate prematurely.

Having attained its zenith, the sphere could no longer sustain the properties of the Elemental Smelting Furnace.

Within the fireball slumbered the most violent, ruinous force.

He attempted to compress the fireball, but once it shrank to half its size, it refused to yield any further.

To push any harder would risk an immediate explosion.

"This size is plenty enough; in reality, I doubt there would ever be an opportunity to condense such a massive fireball anyway."

This single sphere of flame had consumed twice the amount of Levi's entire mana pool.

In the waking world, even if he were to chug mana restoration potions, he could not assemble such an immense reservoir of magic.

Mana restoration potions required time to take effect.

If the charging process took too long, the fire elements would dissipate, and the fireball's might would wane.

There was a limit to all things.

Levi cast the fireball from his hands.

The fiery orb streaked a hundred meters away, detonating with a thunderous roar.

A dazzling mushroom cloud billowed into the sky.

When the smoke and dust finally drifted away, a massive crater with a diameter exceeding thirty meters was revealed upon the earth.

Its power was far more than just several times greater.

Levi stood suspended in midair, feeling the heatwave wash over him, staring at the distant crater.

He offered a faint smile, "A nuclear explosion mage, just around the corner!"

A mere first-tier fireball spell was already this profoundly potent.

He truly dared not imagine what catastrophic heights of power the spell would reach once deduced and elevated into a Forbidden Spell.

Could it slay a god?

The benchmark by which ancient mages judged whether a newly created Forbidden Spell was truly formidable was simple—deicide.

Levi descended, and everything returned to normal.

He cast the fireball spell again, and a blazing sphere materialized before him.

Infusing ninety percent of his mana, the fireball expanded and transformed into the Elemental Smelting Furnace.

With a stir of his mind, he began to deduce the smelting of mythril ore within the dreamscape.

Failure.

He was utterly ignorant of the actual process required to smelt mythril ore.

It was impossible to deduce.

The prerequisite for deducing a spell was that Levi must have already completely mastered it beforehand.

By the same token, if he wished to deduce the smelting of a substance within his dreams, he needed at least a clear understanding of the refinement process to yield any results.

Seeing this, Levi abandoned his attempt to deduce the smelting of mythril ore within the dream.

He utilized the remaining time to practice the Transfiguration Art.

Gu Ze wanted him to participate in the Youth Mage Exchange Tournament.

Levi coveted the Elven Spring Water and wished to join, but he would never participate under his true identity.

The Transfiguration Art was the key.

The higher his proficiency in the Transfiguration Art, the better the disguise.

Even Alan had failed to see through the illusion of his transformation, which proved the spell was effective even against Archmages.

The following morning, Levi and Gu Ze packed their luggage, preparing to set out.

"Wait a moment, wait for me!"

Rota ran out, his hair a disheveled mess, wearing a rather untidy set of mage robes.

One look was enough to tell he was departing on a whim.

Only when Rota caught sight of Levi and Gu Ze leaving from his window did he remember that the Mage Exchange was just a couple of days away.

Without a second thought, he had simply grabbed his bags and bolted.

"Mage Rota, are you going as well?"

(End of Chapter)