A low-grade blank scroll was laid on the table. Leo next unsealed the jade bottle, which contained the savage wolf blood. The jade bottle quickly released a powerful aura.
Leo's fingertip emitted soul force as he took a deep inhale. A dab of savage wolf blood was extracted. When the blood was drawn out, Leo felt his soul force tremble, almost losing control.
The savage wolf blood possessed immense power and proved challenging to control. It did not appear to want to cooperate with the soul force. If he wished to draw the enchanted scroll with violent blood, the challenge would increase.
This is also why Cassia looked so odd when she heard Leo's plan to write the enchantment scroll entirely using savage wolf blood.
It was not only vicious wolf blood; it was all animal blood. Their energies were extremely tumultuous and aggressive. Enchanters couldn't fuse it together to produce the enchanted scroll. As a result, all enchanters on the Aetherblade Continent used specialized liquids to draw enchantment scrolls in addition to materials and medications. It was done to encourage cooperation.
However, while this made sketching easier, it also reduced the intensity of the main material's influence on the enchanted scroll.
In fact, this was a scenario that could not be avoided. They wouldn't be able to manufacture enchantment scrolls otherwise.
If an enchanter observed Leo using only animal blood to draw the spell, they would probably laugh at him. This was impossible. When an enchanter first starts out, they are taught that special things are required for enchantment materials to operate. Using only the pure main element would lead to power struggles. It was impossible to draw the rune at random.
Leo found himself in a dilemma that demanded his attention.
To aggressively control the savage wolf blood and draw the enchanted scroll, he would need to boost his soul power output, but doing so would much beyond Leo's estimation. Even though he had already reached the fourth degree of body refining and had significantly boosted his soul force, it would still be insufficient.
Leo's finger continued to wave through the air, drawing the vicious wolf blood along the lines of the Wild Explosion rune and landing on the blank scroll. On the blank scroll, a complicated rune appeared.
However, as the rune became more complex, his soul energy reduced significantly. Sweat beaded on his brow as he struggled to complete less than half of the Wild Explosive rune.
Seeing his soul force wasn't enough, Leo's heart dropped, and he immediately stopped drawing the rune.
Even if he continued to draw it fiercely, he would not be able to avoid failing in the end. And if that's the case, he should save some materials.
After Leo stopped sketching, the soul force no longer had any support, and the half-completed rune shone brightly, especially where Leo had stopped. The first attempt at drawing was a failure, and both the blank scroll and the fierce wolf blood were wasted.
A hint of grief flashed through Leo's eyes as he thought about the tens of taels of gold wasted.
However, now was not the time for grief. Without even speaking about it being Leo's first time drawing an enchantment scroll, even specialized enchanters couldn't guarantee a 100% success rate. If they could get 30%, it was already something to be proud of.
Leo now grasped the distinction between using soul force to practice and actually drawing. Soul force flowed from his body and was channeled via his finger, but when he used savage wolf blood to draw, he couldn't attain the same outcome.
Leo felt that the reason he had failed wasn't because the potency of the savage wolf blood was too strong and would conflict with the creation of the run, as stated in the introductory book, but because he wasn't familiar with its potency and his soul force expenditure had been too high.
With a slight groan, Leo drew out the savage wolf blood, closed his eyes, and focused on feeling its power.
Because he had just stopped in the middle of drawing before, there was still plenty of blood left. Wasting a bit wouldn't hurt too much.
The blood exploded into the air, the potency slowly evaporating into the air. Leo continued to pull out small streams of blood, experiencing it over and over again, testing how to use the least amount of soul force to pull out and control the savage wolf blood.
After more than half an hour, Leo developed a thorough understanding of the potency of the savage wolf blood. He sat down and started using the Soulforge Soul Return Tactic to replenish his soul force. No matter what, he would need to practice in order to improve.
One bottle of savage wolf blood could be utilized for eight to ten applications. Although Leo had wasted a bit, it could still be used seven or eight times. As long as there was one success, it would be enough to make the return.
Once he had recovered his soul force, Leo once again placed a low grade blank scroll on the table and then skillfully pulled out some blood from the jade bottle. The blood was still violent, but Leo had already known its potency, and didn't need to use his soul force to forcefully constrain it, allowing him to not use up as much soul force.
The savage wolf blood continually fell onto the blank scroll, and the Wild Explosion rune's character slowly appeared. This time, Leo's endured for longer than the first time, making it all the way to about eighty percent before running out of soul force and failing.
Also, this time Leo finally confirmed that, as long as his soul force was enough, it was entirely possible to use only the savage wolf blood to successfully create the Wild Explosion rune. It really wasn't like the introductory book had said, that a special product was needed.
As for why it was this way, Leo felt like it was possibly due to different types of runes. Leo's rune, acquired from the sword crystal, may have been of a higher level than the ones typically used by others.
He continued to recover soul force, continued to draw, and experienced another failure, but this time's drawing, Leo, lasted until about 90% of the rune was complete. It was only lacking the final small section of the rune.
These two failures weren't complete wastes. They provided Leo with valuable experience. This kind of practice wasn't something that could be gotten through just theory.
Fully recovering again, after going through the two failures, Leo was 70% assured of success. After a pause to think, he once again spread out another blank scroll. This scroll had a noticeably superior appearance and was crafted with greater delicacy than the previous ones. It was the twenty taels of gold, high grade blank scroll!
For the sake of success, this time it could be said that Leo was going all in. In the previous failures, the wasted blank scrolls were only low grade blank scrolls, each priced at one tael of gold, which made the investment relatively low. If he failed again this time, in addition to the consumed savage wolf blood, that was nearly twenty taels of gold, which wasn't a small number.
Some violent, savage wolf blood was once again pulled out by Leo. His finger trembled a little. A tiny, refined rune began to appear on the blank scroll, flashing crystalline light.
Leo intensified his focus, his gaze fixed on the blank scroll, his finger trembling. Runes settled down one after another. The Wild Explosion rune intricately intertwined countless smaller runes to form a complex and powerful enchantment. If it was wrong in one place, it would cause it to fail. Without relying on the memories from the sword crystal, he wouldn't have been able to master the enchantment skill so swiftly.
Soul force rapidly flowed out, and the savage wolf's blood was continually pulled out. A complicated and strange-looking rune was drawn on the blank scroll. The strange thin was, and the extraordinarily violent blood, while being combined by Leo as runes, didn't have any sort of conflict. The violent nature of the blood was entirely suppressed.
A bead of sweat slowly appeared on Leo's cheek. His soul force once again neared depletion, but his finger had become very stable, without any trembling. At this time, his finger had already turned into a blur. One rune after another settled down quickly.
The whole rune was already 90% complete, only missing the very last portion!
Leo's mind pulsed with searing pain, every rune carving agony deep into his consciousness. Under his full concentration, his mental strength was already a bit past its limits, but this time he persevered, counting on strong willpower for support. This was a crucial moment, the closest Leo had been to achieving success! Failure was not an option for Leo!
Just five more runes and it would be done!
Leo's consciousness began to blur; his finger's movement speed inevitably began to slow down, but under subconscious control, there was still movement. The drawing of the rune continued without interruption.
First, second, third, fourth… When there was only the last rune left, a hint of trembling finally appeared on Leo's finger.
In that moment, Leo unexpectedly bit his tongue, pushing through his exhaustion. Summoning his last bit of soul force, his finger suddenly shook, and a small rune immediately flew out, landing on the blank scroll!
The fifth is finished!
Once the last rune settled, the Wild Explosion rune's character was finally completed!
A brilliant burst of light radiated outward. The entire blank scroll exploded out with a bright light. Following the disappearance of the light, the entire rune revealed a hint of crystalline color.
'Wild Explosion scroll…Creation success!'
Looking at this final scene, Leo smiled, closed his eyes, and fell backwards. He was terribly exhausted. His spiritual force and mental energy had been fully depleted, leaving Leo completely exhausted. He couldn't wait any longer now that he'd relaxed.
It was only that, even as he passed out, Leo's happy smile was still visible on his face.
"I got it." This was Leo's last thought before he fell over.