Chapter 425 - 215: Tower Spirit No. 1
However, before building the Element Pool, he first needed to expand the space on the first floor.
Since he only planned to install one Element Pool on the first floor, the space didn’t need to be expanded too much. It only took Pei Ze two days to finish the job.
After the expansion, the first floor was now about three times its original size.
At a glance, it looked like a vast, empty hall.
In the center of the hall, Pei Ze had already excavated a square pool, fifty meters long and fifty meters wide.
The entire pool was laid with pristine white marble bricks, which were then coated with a film of molten Mithril. Its surface was engraved with dense, packed Energy Gathering Runes, giving it a profound and intricate appearance.
Pei Ze stood up, glanced around, and clapped his hands in satisfaction.
’The basic elemental structure is complete.’
He casually took out five Elemental Source Crystals, making them levitate in the air before him. A wisp of ethereal blue flame then appeared in his palm, swiftly melting the five crystals into a ball of gleaming golden liquid.
The golden liquid then split into four masses under his control, each moving to a position above one of the square pool’s four corners. Thin golden threads descended from them, drawing complex Element Transmission Arrays in the four corners with micrometer precision.
Since this was a large-scale Element Pool, the Array required over three thousand runes, making it more difficult than casting a Nine-Ring Spell. It took Pei Ze a full five hours to complete.
VMMM!
As the four Element Transmission Arrays took shape simultaneously, the entire Element Pool began to vibrate violently.
In the next moment, fissures tore through the space above the Element Pool.
Beyond the distorted void, visions appeared one after another: an abyssal ocean, a boundless sky, a sea of fire that could scorch the heavens and boil the earth, a thick and solid crust, and rumbling thunderclouds. Following a strange fusion of energies, streams of deep blue liquid began to pour into the Element Pool.
This was not true water, but elemental energy condensed into a liquid state. Inside the Element Pool, it took on the appearance of water.
It was the gentlest form of manifested energy!
The Element Pool was now complete.
A steady trickle of energy continued to flow into it.
With the successful creation of the Element Pool, an abundant and vibrant energy now enveloped the Wizard Tower.
A large-scale Element Pool not only provides an energy supply for the Wizard Tower but also makes the elemental presence within it more active.
In terms of tangible effects, this meant that within the Wizard Tower, the effectiveness of Magic would be enhanced, the recovery rate of Spiritual Power and elemental essence would be greatly accelerated, and the abundant elemental energy would also improve the efficiency of Meditation.
To put it in the terms of Eastern Xianxia, the entire Element Pool would form a natural Spirit Gathering Array, accelerating the rate at which a Wizard could increase their power.
Generally, a small-scale Element Pool provides a boost of around 10%.
A medium-scale one provides around 20%.
A large-scale Element Pool can provide a boost of up to 30%.
However, the large-scale Element Pool that Pei Ze had modified provided a boost as high as 40%!
Furthermore, the modified Element Pool’s energy supply efficiency had increased by about 20%, and its energy storage capacity had skyrocketed by approximately 35%.
It was almost as if he had elevated the performance of a large-scale Element Pool by an entire tier.
’This level of performance is almost comparable to an Elemental Melting Furnace.’
A genuinely joyful smile spread across Pei Ze’s face.
The energy supply was arguably the core of any Wizard Tower.
A Wizard Tower’s combat strength was largely constrained by its Element Pool.
The more powerful the Element Pool, the more energy it could supply per unit of time and the longer it could sustain that supply. Consequently, the Wizard Tower’s combat strength would naturally be greater.
"This aura, so full of energy... it’s truly intoxicating!"
Pei Ze took a deep breath, his expression one of sheer delight.
The Element Pool would constantly diffuse energy outward, to the point where it could even slow aging and extend a person’s lifespan to a certain degree.
The Element Pool would even automatically alter the properties of the surrounding space, gradually transforming it into an elementally active zone that granted all Wizards within it a bonus to their Meditation.
’The energy supply is complete. Next is to establish the central crystal energy transmission system and create the Tower Spirit.’
Establishing the central crystal energy transmission system required engraving the Crystal Trace throughout the entire Wizard Tower. Before that, however, he had to complete the overall spatial expansion. This was undoubtedly a massive, time-consuming, and laborious project that would take several months to finish.
After some thought, Pei Ze decided to create the Tower Spirit first. It would be responsible for daily planning and could help coordinate the overall construction of the Wizard Tower.
With a flicker of his will, a brilliant and beautiful Soul Crystal Stone materialized in his palm.
Under his control, strange strands of black Soul Power were extracted from it, quickly coalescing into an orb of light in the empty air.
The Soul Crystal Stone visibly turned a grayish-white. When the very last wisp of Soul Power had been drained, the stone’s original deep black color had faded completely, and it shattered into dust, dissipating into the air.
Pei Ze waved his hand, and the black orb of light shot into the Element Pool like a homing swallow.
VMMM!
In that instant, the entire Element Pool erupted into a frenzy. Countless streams of azure Elemental Water formed a waterspout that rapidly funneled into the black orb of light.
As it absorbed the Elemental Power, the black orb gradually became tinged with threads of brilliant gold.
By the time the orb had completely transformed into a dazzling gold, the full Element Pool had been drained by nearly half.
VMMM!
For a moment, it was as if time itself had stopped.
The next moment, the orb of light shattered with a bang, revealing a pure, golden Soul Crystal within. It transformed into a streak of light and shot directly toward the ceiling, vanishing from sight.