Chapter 171: Fireball Gatling!

Chapter 171: Fireball Gatling!

Li Wei returned to the mage tower.

Before leaving, Troyska had explained everything.

The Source Heart Necklace embedded with the Flame Spirit Pearl was a top-tier third-rank magical artifact.

If crafted using elemental crystals, only good or excellent quality magical gear could be produced.

As for the rank of the equipment, that depended entirely on the grade of the elemental crystal used.

Magical artifacts ranged from first to ninth rank.

Equipment quality, from lowest to highest: Common, Average, Good, Excellent, Fine, Supreme.

Li Wei’s invisibility cloak was ranked first-rank, Good quality—

Not bad at all.

And what mages often referred to as high-grade magical equipment

meant artifacts of fourth rank or above.

Fourth-rank magical gear underwent a qualitative leap compared to third-rank.

According to Troyska,

a Supreme-grade Source Heart Necklace restored mana twice as fast as a Fine-grade, four times faster than Excellent, and eight times faster than Good.

With a Good-quality necklace, Li Wei needed eighty minutes to fully replenish his mana.

With the Supreme-grade version, only ten minutes were required.

Moreover, the Supreme-grade necklace possessed a unique ability—automatic recharging.

It would absorb ambient magical elements on its own, refilling its energy reserves.

A special trait absent in lower-tier versions.

This feature was tied to the Flame Spirit Pearl.

It saved considerable effort.

Otherwise, after use, Li Wei would have to manually recharge the necklace himself.

Now, convenience had increased manifold.

Truly deserving of the title "Supreme."

Li Wei approached the magic steward and requested access to a large-scale spell training chamber.

He certainly didn’t want to blow up the mage tower’s practice grounds.

The steward said, “Large spell training chamber: 5 contributions per day.”

After deduction, Li Wei had only 3 contribution points left.

His monthly welfare allotment was nearly spent.

Still, it felt worth every point.

He stepped through the golden gate and was teleported into an isolated dimension.

Within this space, he could unleash any spell without fear of damaging the mage tower—

unless, of course, his magic could rupture space itself.

Li Wei cast a second-rank fireball spell.

Just a test.

He’d never actually used it in reality before.

The power of the second-rank fireball was too great; he’d only dared test it in the dream world.

But dreams were not real.

Boom!

The explosion was staggering.

Yet the blast did not spread, nor did the shockwave reach Li Wei.

The formation within the training space absorbed all damage.

Seeing this, Li Wei smiled.

Now he could experiment freely.

First, he drew power from the Source Heart Necklace to restore his depleted mana.

The recovery process was smooth.

In three minutes, his mana was full.

Even if completely drained, with the necklace, he could refill in just twelve minutes.

With only a Fine-grade necklace, that time would double.

Practicality would drop sharply.

Now that the Flame Spirit Pearl had been forged into the necklace,

Li Wei found drawing energy from it far easier.

The silver runes on the mithril band automatically converted the pearl’s energy into mana.

No need for him to transform it—he could absorb it directly.

He attempted a charged fireball.

Once half his mana was spent,

he began simultaneously restoring mana from the necklace while slowly charging the fireball, increasing its power.

Carefully balancing input and output.

Fifty minutes later, in the real world, Li Wei created a charged fireball fueled by triple his normal mana.

He stared at the blazing sphere before him, afraid to throw it.

“Damn it, how do I dispose of this thing?”

If released, the explosion would fill the entire training space.

Its terrifying power rivaled that of a fourth-rank spell—fifteen layers of invisible armor might not withstand it.

And within such a confined area, explosive force would multiply.

He’d been so focused on testing the necklace, he’d forgotten this risk.

Helpless, he began carefully siphoning energy from the fireball, splitting it into smaller ones, releasing the power piece by piece.

After several divisions, a sudden thought struck him.

“What if…?”

With delicate control, he manipulated the fireball.

Moments later, tiny fireballs began shooting out from within it, one after another.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Faster firing rate, five-round burst.

Turned into a fiery Gatling gun!

Rat-a-tat-tat!

With tripled magical power, Li Wei fired for several minutes before the fireball’s energy finally depleted.

He launched as many as four or five hundred small fireballs.

The firing speed approached nearly a hundred tiny fireballs per minute.

For the mages of this world, such a rate was astonishing.

Li Wei alone could suppress the entire firepower output of a mage instructor corps.

When casting Chain Fireball normally, he wasn’t nearly this fast.

This incredible speed came mainly from shifting from single-shot to five-round bursts—

naturally, his rate of fire had increased.

Li Wei sensed the remaining energy within the Source Heart Necklace.

He found almost no change.

The energy contained within the Flame Spirit Pearl was truly terrifying.

Had elemental crystals been used as the core of the Source Heart Necklace, their power would have been exhausted after only a few uses.

Li Wei felt relieved at his earlier decision.

If not for crafting the Source Heart Necklace, the Flame Spirit Pearl could have been kept as a cultivation resource instead.

Absorbing its energy would accelerate one’s cultivation greatly.

But since potions could serve the same purpose,

there was no need to keep the pearl itself.

The Source Heart Necklace was far more important.

At dawn the next day:

[Invisible Armor Spell (First Tier, Perfection)] 0/10000

The Invisible Armor spell had reached perfection.

Layer count increased to eighteen.

Li Wei’s defense improved further.

His control over the armor also advanced dramatically.

Some possibilities he’d once imagined could now be explored and refined.

The initial concept of rocket propulsion had already been realized in dreams.

Yet to merge it with telekinesis, he still needed to advance Telekinesis to perfection.

That afternoon, Troska found Li Wei.

Li Wei had already prepared the room—

curtains drawn, a single candle flickering in the dimness,

surrounded by various mysterious trinkets.

It looked convincing enough.

At the very least, appearances mattered.

Troska spoke nervously, “Can you really let me see Mina?”

Li Wei gestured him onto a reclining chair. “Don’t worry. I will.”

“Lie down, relax your mind. I’ll hypnotize you.”

Hearing this, Troska settled quietly onto the chair.

Li Wei lit a stick of sleep incense, placing it on the table beside Troska.

As the faint fragrance filled the air, drowsiness crept over him.

“Relax… do not resist.”

At Li Wei’s words, Troska loosened his body, drifting gradually into slumber.

Once Troska’s breathing grew steady and deep,

Li Wei quickly extinguished the incense,

opened the window to disperse the lingering smoke.

“If only I had the Sleep Spell, this wouldn’t be so troublesome.”

He turned to Shadow Attendant. “Guard me well.”

Then, sitting in the chair, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Activating Great Dream Soaring Technique, he plunged into the dream world.

Stepping out of the safehouse, Li Wei saw Troska’s dream bubble.

(End of Chapter)