Chapter 160: Revelation of Semi-Elementalization

Chapter 160: The Revelation of Partial Elementalization

Fire spellcasting at accelerated speed.

Simple. Clear. No need for further explanation.

Fire spell cost reduced by half.

Nothing short of a divine boon—effectively doubling Leeway’s mana reserves.

Yet this halving only applied to standard casting.

For charged spells, mana consumption remained unchanged.

At most, he could now save up to half the usual cost, capped by his mana ceiling.

Mana Control level +1.

Now a second-tier mage, Leeway’s command over mana equaled that of a third-tier mage.

A straightforward enhancement.

Whatever a third-tier mage could accomplish, so could he.

Spellcasting Level +1.

Spellcasting level dictated spell difficulty.

Typically, a second-tier mage operated at second-tier capacity—capable of casting second-tier spells with ease.

Third-tier spells? Possible, but difficult. Success was rare, the odds slim.

But now, with Spellcasting Level increased by one, Leeway—though still second-tier—could cast third-tier spells as if they were natural to him.

Truly invincible!

The only limit left was his mana pool.

Combined with the Firebody's effect—halved fire spell costs—

this meant Leeway could actually unleash third-tier fire magic.

And with Firebody’s added damage amplification?

His third-tier fire spells rivaled fourth-tier in sheer power.

Leeway stood stunned.

Not long ago, he had envied Allen’s formidable fourth-tier spells.

Now, in the blink of an eye, he himself wielded such overwhelming might.

"Now I can learn second and third-tier spells."

He pondered, considering which spells to master.

That night, within the dream world,

Leeway delved deeper into the Intermediate Firebody.

Using his intermediate-level mana control, he discovered he could command the fire spirit dwelling within.

A mere thought—

and the inner fire spirit stirred.

Flames erupted across his body.

Suddenly, uncontrollable, they roared violently, engulfing him like a blazing torch.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

"Hngh!"

He grunted, quickly extinguishing the flames, suppressing the surging power.

Thankfully, this was the dream world. In reality, such wild energy would have been impossible to contain.

After stirring the fire spirit, his body began shifting toward elemental form.

But the Firebody wasn’t advanced enough—the spirit within still insufficient.

Full elementalization remained out of reach.

Instead, the internal fire spiraled into chaos, igniting spontaneous combustion.

"Higher-tier Firebody allows full elementalization. With third-tier mana control, I can access that ability ahead of my rank."

"But limited by my current strength, complete transformation is impossible."

Understanding dawned. He adjusted his goal.

He would attempt partial elementalization.

Starting with his right hand.

He focused the inner fire spirit into his palm, igniting its essence.

Slowly, his hand transformed into pure flame.

Boom!

It exploded—fire and flesh scattering.

Leeway screamed, instantly using dream power to restore himself.

"Heh... heh... heh..."

Gasping, though healed, the phantom pain lingered in his mind.

"To master elementalization ahead of time—is indeed no easy feat."

"But precisely because it is difficult, it holds greater value, greater meaning."

Elementalization would allow him to overcome the mage’s greatest weakness—frailty.

One of the few ways a mage could transcend physical limits.

And Leeway yearned for it.

Again and again, he attempted bodily transformation.

Thanks to his third-tier-level control,

after a night of relentless effort, he finally grasped the secret of transmuting his right hand.

Still far from true elementalization—but the first step had been taken.

As long as he kept walking, the end would come.

At dawn, Leeway exited the dream world.

In his room, he attempted the partial transformation once more.

His heart tightened with tension.

Though he’d succeeded countless times in dreams, rarely failing,

still—his breath caught.

In reality, if a hand was destroyed, there was no way to restore it with just a thought, as in the dream world.

Li Wei carefully activated the power of his Fire Elemental Body.

His right hand began to transform from the fingertips, slowly becoming elemental fire.

At last, it became a blazing flame-hand, burning fiercely.

The flame-hand possessed the same traits as fire elementals—immense resistance to fire and complete immunity to physical attacks.

Though its practical use was limited, it marked a promising beginning.

After all, Li Wei was a mage; he would never be the one charging into melee combat, striking others with his bare right hand.

Its significance outweighed its utility.

"Ha ha ha! Success!"

"The first step is elementalizing the right hand. One day, I'll achieve full-body elemental transformation."

Li Wei released the Fire Elemental Body, returning his hand to normal flesh.

Observing how seamlessly blood and flesh transformed into elemental fire and back again, without flaw,

Li Wei felt utterly astonished.

"Could it be that the world truly consists of the four elements—earth, wind, water, and fire?"

"Are flesh and elements essentially the same at their core?"

He pondered deeply.

Once more, he recalled the God Particle theory from his past life.

The God Particle—the most fundamental, indivisible particle composing all existence.

If the world were a colossal set of building blocks, then the God Particle would be the smallest unit, the foundational brick.

Layer upon layer, these bricks assembled into different forms, manifesting as various substances—metal, soil, air, organic matter… flame, frost, lightning, light…

Not only matter, but energy too—heat, wind, light, kinetic force, internal energy—were all formed from these particles.

Light possessed wave-particle duality.

Perhaps the God Particle itself embodied a duality of energy and matter.

Both energy and substance.

Einstein’s mass-energy equivalence revealed the relationship between matter and energy,

proving the dual nature of the God Particle.

If the elements were indeed manifestations of the God Particle,

then mastering the elements meant mastering the world.

Mastering full-body elemental transformation would mean controlling one’s own lifespan and every aspect of change.

Mastering all elements across the world—would make one an omniscient, omnipotent deity.

Li Wei’s thoughts soared, reaching further.

There existed four fundamental forces in the universe, and coincidentally, the world was also composed of four basic elements.

In a sense, it was these four forces that constructed reality.

This perfectly aligned with the mages’ understanding of this world.

Perhaps it was no coincidence.

But rather, the intrinsic nature of every world.

To master all elements was to grasp the Grand Unified Theory.

To command the entire cosmos.

Time, space, past, future—

all would lie within one’s grasp.

Once again, it led back to the concept of the Almighty God.

Li Wei reined in his wandering thoughts.

The vision was beautiful.

Yet the distance between him and its realization remained vast—endlessly far.

Even if he understood this truth, he might never reach such a state.

All things have limits.

Humans have boundaries.

Perhaps, mortals were simply incapable of ascending to that level.

Li Wei lifted his head, gazing at the sky.

"Are gods dwelling at that level?"

Or—do they exist beyond even divine dimensions?

(End of Chapter)