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Chapter 1050: Exceeding Expectations
Chapter 1050: Exceeding Expectations
Chapter 1050: Exceeding Expectations
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Remaining silent, Valyr watched in silence as Mystia went through a number of emotions in the span of a second.
Then, letting out a low sigh, she looked back at the young man before asking, "I suppose you asked this question because you noticed that part on the skill's description?"
Though he was briefly caught off guard by the question Mystia asked him, the young man eventually nodded in response, thinking that it was only natural for her to know what was going on.
Especially if it had something to do with Mystic Energy.
With that, Valyr briefly went over the description of the new skill he'd obtained once more in his mind, wanting to make sure that he read its description correctly.
Ding!
[Basic True Mystic Energy Manipulation] (Level 1/10)
Rarity: Common+
Most of the description has been omitted.
This skill allows the user to freely manipulate Mystic Energy according to their intentions, bringing their thoughts into reality.
The strength of the manifestation through Mystic Energy is dependent on the user's maximum Mystic Energy capacity, while the limit of what is possible with the manifestation is dependent on the user's creativity.
Note that utilizing Mystic Energy with the intent of attacking shall instead default to the intent of defending.
Cooldown: None
Cost: Dependent on purity of Mystic Energy, as well as size and power of manifestation
Having refreshed his mind that the new skill did indeed mention the purity of Mystic Energy, Valyr briefly thought about what kind of effects a more purified Mystic Energy would give him aside from reduced cost.
Though, before he let his thoughts become even more astray, the young man returned his attention to Mystia, who was seemingly waiting for him to respond.
"So... have you tried it before?"
"It would be weirder if I didn't," said Mystia in response to Valyr's question, sighing once more as she bitterly smiled. "I'm sure you could guess what happened from my expression alone."
"You failed?" asked Valyr back after a bit of contemplation, to which she responded back with a nod.
"Well, to be more exact, I was partly successful," Mystia clarified to him. "I was able to refine the Mystic Energy in my body to my extent, but from what it feels like, I'm still a ways off from actually refining it as a whole."
"Call it a half-step purification of sorts." The woman wryly smiled at her own words. "In any case, I think I'm the first to ever purify Mystic Energy in the history of the plane's existence."
"Really?" Raising his eyebrow in curiosity, Valyr shifted his gaze towards Marcus, who was already expecting to be asked that question in the first place.
"The Saintesses that helped me in the past have also tried to purify Mystic Energy like Mystia," said Marcus as the gears in his mind continued to turn. "As far as I can recall, it was some time after they discovered the ideal way to manipulate Mystic Energy... basically what Mystia taught you earlier."
After that, Marcus let out a sigh of his own. "In the end, none of them were successful in purifying Mystic Energy at all, with the first Saintess even calling it a fruitless endeavor no other Saintess should attempt to pursue."
"The Saintess that came before Mystia made a bit of leeway in going against the first Saintess' words, refining a faint bit of her own Mystic Energy," continued the man.
"On the other hand, Mystia singlehandedly made progress in the endeavor where the attempt at purification now makes a substantial difference."
"Of course, it's still far away from being a successful purification," said Mystia in response to Marcus' words, reiterating what she told Valyr earlier. "I'm confident that there'll eventually come a day where I'd be able to successfully purify it..."
"But that probably won't be happening anytime soon, that's for sure."
"Hmm..." Silently listening to the conversation between the two all this time, Valyr eventually made up his mind as he sat cross-legged on the ground once more, which
immediately attracted both of their attention.
"Gonna absorb some more Mystic Energy?" asked Marcus, to which Valyr surprisingly shook his head in response.
"I'm gonna try my hand at purifying Mystic Energy," said Valyr instead, eliciting both Mystia and Marcus to look back at him with widened eyes.
"Didn't you listen to our entire conversation?" replied Mystia with a slight frown. "Purifying Mystic Energy is close to impossible."
"Still wouldn't hurt to try at least once, no?" answered Valyr back, going over the steps of purification Sellifer taught him back then in his mind.
Seeing as the young man before her had made his mind up on what he wanted to do, Mystia was left with no choice but to let out a sigh in response. "If you insist. However, do keep in mind that we've already told you if you were to ever fail."
"I'll keep that in mind," replied Valyr with a brief chuckle, only to then close his eyes as he focused all of his senses inward.
Swoosh!
'Sellifer did tell me back then that this method is universal.' Going over the steps of purification in his mind, the young man took in a deep breath as he eventually arrived at the void he'd become familiar with thanks to the two other energies.
Willing his Mystic Energy to manifest within this void, the dark space was soon filled with a great amount of iridescent light, causing the young man to faintly smile as he felt that there was potential for his thoughts to work.
'If the method Sellifer shared with me does work with Mystic Energy...' Valyr inwardly let out
a faint chuckle.
'Then I guess it really is universal.'
Whoosh!
Imposing his will onto the void before him, Valyr began to move the Mystic Energy towards the center of the void, willing the energy to coalesce into a large sphere of sorts.
'Once again, the first stage of purification is to turn the impure Mystic Energy into pure Mystic Energy.'
With this thought in mind, Valyr gradually infused more of his willpower onto the Mystic Energy, allowing the sphere at the center to keep its shape while it was still being pressurized
from all sides.
Keeping his eye on the sphere of iridescent light, the young man gradually began to wonder whether the method Sellifer gave him would work since there were no impurities surfacing
from the sphere after some time.
Then, by the time a couple of hours had passed, the young man began to lose hope, though he did notice that the sphere of Mystic Energy was gradually becoming brighter on its own. Thankfully, after a couple more hours passed, impurities had finally begun to surface from the sphere of Mystic Energy, all of which had taken on a murky color that starkly contrasted against the iridescent glow Mystic Energy gave off.
However, rather than appear as decently-sized blobs that he saw when he purified his Shadow Energy and mana in the past, the impurities that surfaced on the sphere of Mystic Energy were instead the size of peas...
And were gradually becoming smaller on their own from what Valyr could see.
'Huh?' Belatedly taking notice of this peculiarity once he pushed his perception to its limits,
it was only then did Valyr realize what was going on, now understanding why it had taken so long for impurities to appear on the sphere of Mystic Energy.
'So, that's why the sphere was gradually becoming brighter, even though there were no impurities forming yet,' thought the young man to himself with excitement.
'The Mystic Energy is actually removing the impurities on its own.'
'Hahaha... I guess the method really is universal.' With concrete proof that there was nothing
wrong with the method Sellifer gave him, Valyr went ahead and helped the Mystic Energy remove the impurities that were surfacing every once in a while.
Throwing all of the impurities that weren't removed by the energy itself into the void, the young man watched as the iridescent light Mystic Energy grew brighter and brighter the more
time passed.
Eventually, by the time he felt like an entire day had passed within the void, the Mystic Energy
finally began to glisten like a pearl, with the system giving him notifications not long after
that confirmed the success of his endeavors.
Ding!
[You have removed all of the impurities in your Mystic Energy.]
[All Mystic Energy you shall control from now on is bereft of any impurities whatsoever,
improving its efficacy and power.]
[The grade of your Mystic Energy Vessel has improved to Pure.]
Whoosh! Briefly reading through the notifications he received from the system, a wide smile appeared
on Valyr's face as he returned his senses back to reality.
Unsurprisingly, both Marcus and Mystia were looking at him in disbelief the moment he
began to look at his surroundings.
"Did you..." Noticing that the young man had returned his senses to reality, Mystia took the initiative to ask him the question that was plaguing both of their minds. "Did you just...?"
"Purify Mystic Energy?" Feeling amusement at their reactions, Valyr let out a slight chuckle
before releasing a bit of his own Mystic Energy. "I did."
Swoosh!
At the moment he responded to Mystia's question, a wisp of pure Mystic Energy soon appeared atop Valyr's palm, revealing a white flame that gave off a faint iridescent glow to the two.
Feeling that the wisp of energy before them was none other than the Mystic Energy they've become acquainted with, both Mystia and Marcus briefly looked at each other in excitement before returning their gaze towards Valyr.
"Is it... is it okay if you teach us how to purify Mystic Energy?" asked Mystia after a bit of deliberation, feeling a hint of embarrassment at the thought that the position of master and disciple had now been swapped.
Fortunately for her, Valyr did not mind any of that at all, only continuing to smile as he
nodded back in response.
"It would be my pleasure."