Chapter 191 Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment
When Benjamin and Viola, along with the subsequent team of supporting wizards, returned to the steel camp standing on the scorched earth at the border, they felt as if they were in another world.
The air was no longer filled with the sulfurous smell of lava and the bloody smell of battle, but with the coldness of metal, the steady hum of runic energy, and a sense of methodical order.
He seemed to have returned from a barbaric and bloody primitive hunt to a disciplined fortress of civilization.
The first thing Benjamin did after returning to the camp was to rest and take inventory.
Jemin first went to the Legion's logistics exchange office and processed all the materials he had obtained along the way.
In fact, although the previous battle was thrilling, Benjamin did not gain much. Most of the gains were from the previous small stronghold.
The energy core of a second-level lava giant, energy crystals containing the power of fire elements, and those exotic plant samples that can survive in high temperatures...
These rare materials, which seem to be of great value to the outside world, are appraised one by one here and quickly exchanged for military merit points representing achievements and resources.
Of course, the "secondary incubation pool" that was coveted by any force was hidden deep in the deepest part of the space expansion bag without revealing any trace.
Afterwards, he went to the Communications Department and applied for a new magic network terminal.
He picked up the new terminal and felt a cool touch. As he injected his mental power, a familiar feeling once again connected him to the huge local area network of the entire wizard camp.
In his field of vision, modules such as task lists, material exchange, and intelligence exchange reappeared, giving Benjamin the illusion of returning to civilized society.
Finally, Benjamin returned to his simple but functional dormitory.
He sat cross-legged, his mind focused on his dantian.
The previous fierce battle, especially the curse inexplicably released by the third-level lava giant, caused his "Xuan Gang Hong Chen Zhan" to consume a lot of stored Gang Sha in resisting the backlash of the curse and the subsequent mental shock.
He closed his eyes and began to slowly guide the various evil spirits he had collected in this battle, transforming them bit by bit into pure evil spirits to replenish the loss of the "Xuan Gang Hongchen Barrier".
Because of the lack of red dust energy, Jieming could only add Gangsha to the Xuan Gang Red Dust Barrier.
Fortunately, after such a long war, the quality of the Gangsha in Jieming's hands is quite good. It can not only replenish the Xuan Gang Hongchen Barrier, but also further enhance its power.
"Unfortunately, without the Red Dust Qi, its impact on higher-level creatures has been greatly reduced. However, this much Gangsha is enough to cause a third or fourth-level creature to fall flat on its face."
The Red Dust Qi and the Gangsha Qi each have their own advantages and disadvantages. The characteristics of the Red Dust Qi determine that this thing has a very strong lethality even to high-level creatures.
The same number of Gangsha will have a greater killing power against low-level creatures.
However, for Benjamin at this stage, having enough Gangsha is enough.
As the evil energy was refilled, an invisible and more resilient layer of protection once again enveloped his soul, making Jieming feel at ease.
After thoroughly dealing with these trivial matters, Benjamin suddenly felt something strange.
He withdrew his attention from the sea of spiritual consciousness and turned inward to look at the Dantian in his body.
"Hmm? I didn't expect it to reach this level without me noticing?"
He clearly felt that the true energy in his Dantian Qi Sea had unknowingly filled to an unprecedented peak.
The cyclone formed by the liquid true essence is now rotating steadily and powerfully. Every rotation exudes a feeling of fullness that is about to break through the barrier.
His Qi training skills had actually met all the requirements for breaking through from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage!
Benjamin couldn't help but feel a little disturbed.
Less than ten years have passed since he entered the foundation-building stage, and he has reached the point of breakthrough again.
"If this kind of cultivation speed were placed in the world of immortal cultivation, he would definitely be considered a genius, right?" Benjamin thought happily.
You should know that it often takes ordinary cultivators decades of hard work to get from the early to the middle stages of foundation building. Those with slightly lower qualifications may even need hundreds of years.
"It seems that the training environment of the wizarding world and this kind of high-intensity battle have a far greater impact on the promotion of Qi training than I thought." Benjamin analyzed secretly in his heart.
Although the rich elements in the wizard world are different from the spiritual energy in the world of immortal cultivation, they can still be absorbed and utilized after being transformed by the skills in his body.
The repeated battles between life and death are the best training for the mind and body.
With this discovery, Benjamin also checked his wizard level progress.
He sank his consciousness into the sea of spirituality, observing the "Ring of Truth" that represented the essence of a first-level wizard.
Benjamin was surprised to find that the complex ring composed of countless runes was now almost half filled with his enormous mental power!
His cultivation speed is even faster than his Qi training!
"It is indeed relatively simple for a first-level wizard to be promoted to a second-level wizard." Benjamin understood.
As long as he completely fills the entire "Ring of Truth" with his mental power, and then uses his huge knowledge reserves and computing power to fundamentally transform and expand the structure of the "Ring of Truth" itself, and finally deeply activates his soul and body, making the three fit perfectly, he will be able to naturally be promoted to a second-level wizard.
This is also one of the biggest differences between the two series of paths: wizards and qigong practitioners.
Within each major level of cultivators, there are usually clear divisions of small realms such as the front, middle, and back. Each breakthrough is accompanied by a leap in the amount of true energy and the growth of spiritual consciousness.
As for the wizard system, after leaving the apprenticeship stage, there is basically no division into smaller levels between the formal wizard levels such as level one, level two, and level three.
After all, the most important core factor affecting a wizard's strength is the amount and depth of knowledge, rather than simply the strength of his mental power.
The pure accumulation of mental power cannot bring too much combat power to the wizard.
A wizard with strong mental power but poor knowledge will often be defeated miserably when facing a wizard with slightly weaker mental power but who has mastered a large number of advanced witchcraft models.
"However..." Jieming thought calmly, "At this stage, the improvement in my combat power from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage is actually not that great."
His main means of combat still relies on those powerful talismans and magical weapons.
Although the power of the middle stage of foundation building can make his true essence stronger and his body tougher, it will not bring about a crushing qualitative change.
"But at least it's an improvement," Benjamin quickly decided. "It'll give me an extra layer of solid protection for my future journey into the perilous Frost Dark Realm. It's definitely a good idea."
"Most importantly, the effect of the inner circulation method itself is closely related to the level of Qi Refining. After entering the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, the space in my body should be much larger."
After making up his mind, Jemin immediately submitted an application to the camp management office through the new magic network terminal - he needed a closed laboratory that was safe enough to conduct an "important personal experiment."
After paying enough military merit, his application was quickly approved.
A metal laboratory located deep underground in the camp opened its doors to him.
This place is isolated from the outside world. The walls are made of alloy several meters thick and engraved with defensive runes that are strong enough to withstand the impact of level four witchcraft. The energy is supplied by an independent earth vein core and will never be disturbed by any external interference.
Benjamin walked into the laboratory, and as the heavy metal door slowly closed, the whole world seemed to quiet down.
But he still did not start immediately. Instead, he carefully took out dozens of array plates from the space expansion bag and personally set up layer after layer of blocking arrays inside the laboratory.
These arrays combine the array concepts of immortal cultivation with the rune technology of wizards. They can not only isolate energy fluctuations, but also confuse the secrets of heaven and prevent any form of spying.
After completing all these preparations, he finally sat cross-legged in the center of the laboratory, closed his eyes, focused his mind, and officially began to strive for the middle stage of foundation building.
To Benjamin's surprise, this promotion was completely smooth sailing without any danger or setbacks.
The internal skills in his body began to operate on their own, and the liquid true energy that had long been accumulated to the extreme in the Dantian Qi Sea began to rotate at an unprecedented speed under the guidance of his mind.
In the center of the cyclone, a deep vortex gradually formed, frantically pulling and compressing the surrounding true energy.
Time seemed to slow down at this moment.
Benjamin could clearly "hear" the sound coming from his body, like a rushing river. It was the sound of true energy flowing at high speed in his meridians.
Every limb and every cell in his body groaned with pleasure under the rush of this pure true energy.
I don’t know how long it took, but when the vortex of true energy in the dantian was compressed to the extreme, a slight "pop" sound as if coming from the depths of the soul was heard!
——The barrier is broken!
A far purer and more condensed true energy than before emanated from the center of the vortex, quickly filling his entire Dantian Qi Sea.
The original liquid true essence has become more viscous at this moment, and almost has a tendency to transform into a solid state. The energy density contained in it has also increased by more than several times!
His meridians were widened and strengthened, and the range of his mental perception was expanded again, becoming sharper and clearer.
Benjamin slowly opened his eyes, and a gleam of light flashed in them.
He slowly stood up, feeling the new power surge through him.
He could feel that his five senses, strength, speed, and even the speed of his thinking had improved significantly.
Although it is not a qualitative change, this all-round enhancement is enough to give him a greater advantage when facing enemies of the same level.
"Middle stage of foundation building... accomplished."
After consolidating his cultivation and adapting to the new power, Benjamin did not delay any further.
He removed the magic circle, left the laboratory, and walked straight to another important area of the camp - the intelligence database.
The promotion has been completed, and the next target is the cold land of death.
He sat in front of an independent query terminal, called up all permissions, and began to systematically collect all information about the "Frost Dark Realm" and the "Snow Monster".
A huge virtual light screen unfolded in front of him, and massive amounts of data flowed down like a waterfall.
The Frost Dark Realm's geographical environment, climate characteristics, maps of explored areas, and distribution of energy elements...
A detailed report on the Yeti creature: its social structure, reproduction methods, combat habits, known weaknesses...
Various intelligence was constantly collected by Jieming.
(End of this chapter)
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