Everywhere within a radius of a few kilometers had become an expanse of charred land!
Sparks of fire were visible everywhere, and black smoke spread throughout the mountains and fields!
Trees were burned and greenery covered in ashes, while mountains were charred black and rivers dry!
This looked completely like the scene after a large-scale fire had erupted!
Ruins!
Doomsday!
Meng Lei stared at the scenery in front of him in shock, greatly impacted by how strong and mighty a Saint Domain was. This was true destruction of heaven and earth, and the scene of a real doomsday. This was too frightening!
"The Golden Flame Dragonne is gone!"
"The Saint Domain Magicians have also disappeared!"
"I wonder what the outcome of the battle this time was?"
Everyone stared at the scene in front of them with complex feelings!
"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"
At that moment, the system's voice notification sounded out of the blue. A jolt ran through Meng Lei. True enough, he saw quite a few light balls in the charred land in front of him!
Meng Lei became excited at once. This was the site of a fierce battle between two Saint Domains. What kind of items would drop from them?
Those were Saint Domains, you know!
Even if they had only dropped a strand of leg hair, it was still a Saint Domain-level strand of leg hair!
The moment the thought entered his mind, Meng Lei hurriedly walked into the ruins and picked up all the light balls!
"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Physical Body Constitution +250!"
"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Spirit +156!"
"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Magic Power +104!"
"Ding! Assimilation successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining Thunder-Elemental magic talent!"
"Ding! Assimilation successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Eighth-Grade Spell, Like A Spring Breeze!"
A succession of voice notifications rang out continuously in his mind. Meng Lei was stunned. He stood where he was in a daze, unwilling to snap back to reality for the longest time!
"S-so many?!"
…
An unexpected windfall!
Meng Lei felt as if a windfall had fallen out of nowhere into his lap. Otherwise, how could he have possibly gained so much awesome stuff in one sitting?
Physical Body Constitution +250!
Spirit +156!
Magic Power +104!
The numbers for these three stats rose sharply, causing the numbers for all his other stats to change dramatically!
Physical Body Constitution: Second-Grade Warrior (376/500)
Spirit: First-Grade Magician (169/200)
Magic Power: First-Grade Magician (130/200)
His Physical Body Constitution was comparable to that of a Second-Grade Warrior!
Both his Spirit and his Magic Power were comparable to that of a First-Grade Magician!
The upgrade could be said to be significant!
The improvement could be said to be dramatic!
However, what excited Meng Lei the most was that he had actually picked up Thunder-Elemental magic talent!
What a surprise!
And a very big one at that!
It can pick up even magic talent? This system is practically awesome to the point of being broken!
Meng Lei broke into a silly grin. He found all of this so wonderful that he was even making snot bubbles!
He knew that the Thunder-Elemental magic talent had likely dropped from that purple-robed elderly man. Since he could level up to Saint Domain, then he definitely had great magic talent!
Since I've picked up a Saint Domain Magician's magic talent, my magic talent should also…
Shall I give it a go?
Meng Lei couldn't wait to find somewhere to try it out. As it just so happened, Alison's four-man team was also planning to take a slight break to recover from their injuries!
All of them left the battleground and found a quiet place to rest.
At night…
After Alison and the rest had fallen asleep, Meng Lei began to meditate.
He closed his eyes and cleared his mind of thoughts. Soon, his spirit became ethereal and intangible. Then, he tried carefully to sense the elements!
In the past, he couldn't sense any magic elements at all.
However, Meng Lei felt a difference the moment he entered a meditative state today. He saw a few tiny specks of silver light!
The silver light specks floated around him like fireflies as they twinkled softly. In the beginning, there were only a few sparse specks, as though stars in winter!
However, they slowly began to increase…
Toward the end, it had actually become dense and packed. It was impossible to count just how many there were, even if one tried!
I can sense it!
Hahaha! I can sense magic elements!
Meng Lei was overjoyed. He wished he could laugh loudly into the sky to give vent to the excitement in him. Being able to sense magic elements meant that even if he didn't have the system anymore, he could still cultivate magic and become a powerful Magician now!
These silver light specks are probably thunder magic elements!
What I should be doing now is capturing all of these magic elements into my body!
Meng Lei suppressed his excitement and continued to meditate!
Meditation was separated into two steps:
Step 1: Sensing magic elements!
Step 2: Refining magic elements!
To people without magic talent, this was as difficult as crossing an insurmountable obstacle. After all, without magic talent, it was impossible for someone to sense magic elements. When one couldn't even sense magic elements, how could they even speak of refining them?
Meng Lei was precisely in that state previously!
However, things were different now! He could sense them now!
Meng Lei started to attempt capturing the silver light specks. The amazing thing was that he managed to "eat" the first silver light speck very easily. Then, he ate the second, third, fourth…
Refining magic elements isn't that difficult, either, is it!?
After eating almost 100 silver light specks in succession, Meng Lei smacked his lips in content. He was in a rather good mood now. He attributed all of this to his magic talent!
In Alison's words, magic talent was categorized into strong and weak levels!
While the difference wasn't apparent usually, how strong or weak one's talent would show fully and thoroughly during the process of sensing and refining magic elements!
People with strong talent would be able to sense magic elements more clearly, and the refining process would also be easier. The amount of time necessary to refine the same amount of magic power was shorter, so it was naturally more efficient!
With half the amount of effort needed and double the results achieved, the speed of cultivation was faster and the accomplishment higher!
In the case of people with poor talent, it was the complete opposite.
…
It was a sleepless night!
At dawn the next day, the morning sun started to rise. Warm and pleasant sunlight shone through overlapping treetops and cast mottled tree shadows onto the ground.
Meng Lei stood up and stretched. He felt refreshed and in high spirits. There was no sign of fatigue in him at all. This was exactly the benefit of meditation!
Meditation could replace sleeping. Not only could it refine magic power, but it could also improve his spiritual power. Many Magicians rarely slept after they learned how to meditate!
I wonder how the results of last night's meditation are?
Meng Lei took a breath of fresh air. Then, he turned on his personal stats interface and checked all the attribute fields!
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human
Wealth: 916 gold coins
Physical Body Constitution: Second-Grade Warrior (376/500)
Spirit: First-Grade Magician (173/200)
Magic Power: First-Grade Magician (140/200)
Spell(s): Fireball Technique, Thorn Vine, Water Bubble, Earthquake, Wind Blade, Burning Hand, Fire Ring, Like A Spring Breeze
Eh? My spiritual power has increased by 3, and my magic power by 10! That's pretty quick!
Meng Lei was very surprised. Although the increments of 3 points and 10 points were certainly very slow in comparison to yesterday's "unexpected windfall", one mustn't forget this—a windfall was ultimately just a windfall. It was impossible for something like that to happen every day!
A steady daily harvest was the way to go instead!
Just a night's meditation had already increased his spiritual power by 3 points and his magic power by 10 points. What would happen in a month? Or a year?
Moreover, Meng Lei felt that as his battle capabilities increased, the meditation effects would also definitely become better and better. The upgrading of his spiritual power and magic power definitely wouldn't just be this little. His future was bright!
Going back to the previous topic, though, an unexpected windfall really feels great!
The rewards from just that short amount of time yesterday could already match up to all my hard work from the last few days!
No wonder people say that horses don't bulk up without feeding at night, and people don't get rich without unexpected windfalls!
Looks like I need to head toward bustling places more often in the future…