Chapter 629 Returning to Hippocrates <TOC> Chapter 631 Remnants of the Golden Thread
Translator: SumTLMan
To solve Angel’s problem, we must first observe the origin of Angel’s problem.
Why does Angel’s right hand absorb a large amount of Nightmare Plane energy, and even feed back to the magic source, allowing Angel’s strength to grow rapidly?
It should be known that the magic source stores the essence of magic power. How is the energy from the Nightmare Plane transformed into magic power when it feeds back into the magic source? What kind of transformation has occurred here?
In fact, the best place to observe the above problems is the Nightmare Plane, where the aura of the Nightmare Plane is abundant, but Angel enters the Nightmare Plane with his soul, and through the experience of Sleepless City, it is proven that the soul does not absorb any energy from the Nightmare Plane.
Therefore, Sanders brought Angel to Hippocrates.
First, he had doubts about Hippocrates; second, the place where Angel had advanced from a first-level apprentice to a second-level apprentice was here, so there should be some connection.
Although there is a planar passage connected to the Nightmare Plane here, the Nightmare Plane energy in Hippocrates is not too much, and it is barely enough to meet the daily needs of the nest. After Angel arrives here, his right hand is silent.
It seems that to produce a qualitative change, a quantitative change must be reached.
And the best area for quantitative change is definitely inside this planar passage.
Sanders recorded the spatial coordinates of the entrance, and then brought Angel into the dark planar passage.
The magic power in the planar passage is very thin, but enough to maintain the cost of some small tricks. Sanders released a light source spell around them and then took Angel to move around in the planar passage.
However, not every place in the planar passage has the aura of the Nightmare Plane, and the concentration of the Nightmare Plane aura is also different.
Therefore, Sanders took Angel on a flight in the planar passage for a while before finding a heavy mist area with a relatively dense aura of the Nightmare Plane.
As Angel entered this area, his right hand indeed showed changes.
Before entering, Angel had already taken off his glove. Now, it can be clearly seen that the right hand, which is one size larger than the left hand, has undergone a significant change.
Green runes floating above his right hand began to undergo strange changes, and energy from the Nightmare Plane poured into his right hand through these green runes.
Sanders observed the changes for a while before asking Angel: “Do you feel anything?”
Angel shook his head, just like the feeling he had when he caused an energy storm in Sleepless City. Although he was at the center of the storm, he actually didn’t feel anything.
Sanders: “Observe your magic source, has there been any changes?”
“Yes, the energy is pouring back into the magic source, and it keeps expanding.”
Sanders pulled Angel out of this area, and the two stood in the void. Although there was a hint of the Nightmare Plane’s aura here, it was much weaker than in the center and could not activate the absorption function of his right hand.
“How did you manage to quickly increase your cultivation here last time?” Sanders inquired.
“It’s just simple meditation, but the efficiency is many times higher than in the outside world.” Angel replied.
Sanders thought for a moment: “Then you try to meditate here, and I will pay attention to your situation by the side.”
In the quiet and silent passage, it was not difficult to enter a meditative state. However, the original magic power here was very weak, so according to Sanders’ thoughts, Angel should not be able to absorb too much of it.
But as Angel was immersed in meditation, Sanders clearly observed that the surrounding Nightmare Plane energy gathered inexplicably around Angel and slowly poured into his body.
As for the destination of the disappearing Nightmare Plane energy, Sanders didn’t have to think about it, knowing it must have entered the magic source.
In the blink of an eye, half a day had passed.
Angel opened his eyes refreshed. Cultivating here indeed gave a satisfying feeling, similar to when he first constructed his magic source. He could see the original magic power continuously accumulating, and it was full of a satisfying substantial feeling.
“How is it? How effective is the cultivation?”
Angel carefully observed the actual changes in his magic source and answered: “It’s nearly twenty times faster than the outside world.” Cultivating for a day here was equivalent to cultivating for almost half a month outside.
Although Sanders had guessed some of it, he was still surprised by Angel’s progress. He himself had tried to cultivate here, but it was ineffective, which was probably due to Angel’s unique constitution.
Moreover, according to the time when Angel fell into this planar passage last time, he didn’t have the “Shava” fused right hand. So, Angel’s ability to enhance his magic source by using Nightmare Plane energy was not actually a function of the “right hand”. However, the right hand strengthened, or “streamlined” the process of Angel absorbing the Nightmare Plane energy.
Therefore, Sanders deduced that ‘absorbing Nightmare Plane energy to enhance one’s own strength’ was still an issue with Angel’s own constitution.
“This is probably still a special effect of the Nightmare Soul Body.” Unfortunately, his Nightmare Soul Body was sealed, and there is currently no third Nightmare Soul Body to use more samples to generalize data, which was a bit regrettable.
Sanders paused, took out a sheet of paper for calculations, and a handy blue steel pen, quickly calculating on the paper: “In the six hours you meditated, you absorbed the equivalent of six and a half regular Nightmare Stones. In just one minute in the area with a rich Nightmare Plane aura, your right hand absorbed the equivalent of nearly three regular Nightmare Stones.”
As Sanders spoke, he gestured for Angel to look at some of the data he had calculated. The data showed that his right hand indeed had a frightening amplification, both in terms of absorption and efficiency, far exceeding what Angel achieved during his own practice.
“Let’s continue with the experiments. Try to see if you can capture the nightmare energy within the Nightmare Stones.”
The conclusion of this experiment was negative.
“It seems that you cannot absorb the energy of the Nightmare Stones.” Angel could not absorb the energy of the Nightmare Stones. Sanders had a rough guess in his heart. Although the energy of the Nightmare Stones had a certain Nightmare Plane aura, it also incorporated some special substances, making the nightmare energy extremely inert and difficult to change its nature.
“In the next experiment, I will integrate my mental power into your mental space, recording the secrets of the transformation of the Nightmare Plane energy and the conversion efficiency of the magic source under different conditions.”
After obtaining Angel’s consent, Sanders slowly integrated his mental power into Angel’s mental space.
Time passed quickly during the diverse experiments.
A week later, Sanders returned to the abandoned village of Hippocrates with Angel.
In this week, Sanders obtained a lot of data, which allowed him to better understand Angel’s Nightmare Body power. However, the only power he could currently determine was Angel’s Nightmare Body’s astonishing absorption and conversion rate of Nightmare Plane energy. If the negative effects were not considered and only the cultivation speed was taken into account, Angel’s Nightmare Body even surpassed many top-notch physiques. Of course, the comparison between any physiques is not so simple.
Sanders gained a lot, and Angel gained quite a bit too. Sanders did not hide the data and conclusions of his research from him, whether they were beneficial or harmful, Sanders openly stated them.
Furthermore, during the week in the planar passage, Angel gradually figured out the rune of his right hand absorbing the Nightmare Plane energy through multiple experiments. Whether it was the threshold value for opening the absorption with his right hand, or the switch to control the absorption, Angel had a general idea.
The threshold value for opening the absorption depends on the concentration of the Nightmare Plane aura.
The key to controlling the absorption of Nightmare Plane energy with the right hand is – the green rune floating above the right hand!
This is already the third function of the green rune. The first function is the illusion spell cast through the right hand, which comes with a superior nightmare effect. The second function is that the green rune can autonomously generate Nightmare Plane aura, similar to a large Nightmare Stone, but because of its similarity to the Nightmare Stone, the generated Nightmare Plane aura is relatively inert and can currently only be used to maintain the Nightmare Domain.
The third function is the ability to absorb a large amount of nightmare aura.
Although Angel still knows very little about the green rune, these three functions alone are extremely useful to him. Moreover, with Sanders’ full assistance during this period, Angel has gained insights into the green rune, at least he can now control the green rune to autonomously absorb nightmare aura.
This means that even if Angel falls into Sleepless City again, he doesn’t have to constantly maintain his soul form. Of course, the most important thing is that he doesn’t have to worry about absorbing a large amount of Nightmare Plane energy, resulting in a rapid increase in power.
Although Sanders hasn’t seen any damage to the magic source foundation due to this increase in power, Angel is still very worried because it is not obtained through his own cultivation. If not necessary, he would not choose to increase his power in this way.
Angel’s problem hasn’t been fundamentally resolved, but at least he doesn’t have to worry about inexplicable power increases for now. The deeper implications of the green rune cannot be solved by them overnight.
With that taken care of, they stayed in Hippocrates for another day. However, during this day, Sanders conducted an in-depth investigation of the place, as he always had some doubts about it.
Angel also wandered around Hippocrates, seemingly investigating like Sanders, but in fact, he was looking for something – the Cone of Immortality.
According to the High Priest of the Kulakuka tribe, it is the cone around which the black serpent on the “Immortal Serpent Emblem” is coiled.
Angel actually had a guess that the Cone of Immortality might be Totoro’s bowl, as Totoro, as a mortal, could survive for a thousand years, which is very much in line with the “Immortal” characteristic. The only thing that emerged with Totoro was the silver bowl he carried with him.
But before Totoro studied the prophecy spell with Maya, he had left the silver bowl here, and he had studied it several times without any discoveries, which made Angel start to doubt whether he had guessed wrong.
Therefore, since he has returned to Hippocrates, it doesn’t hurt to look for a similar “cone.”
As it turns out, Hippocrates is really just an abandoned village, and Angel didn’t find any extraordinary items here, but he did uncover several medical books belonging to ordinary people, although they had already decayed.
Chapter 629 Returning to Hippocrates <TOC> Chapter 631 Remnants of the Golden Thread