Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3950

Chapter 3950: Intertwining Lives (Part 1)

The babies clapped with joy while Garrik ran to embrace his mother.

All present and future parents stared at the Arke as though she were a traitor.

"That accounts for the light, darkness, water, and air bloodline abilities." Lith said. "What about earth and fire?"

"I call them Arcane Bulwark and Balefire." Ryla replied.

"Those are all amazing names, Mom! I can’t wait to learn all our bloodline abilities and show them to my friends." Garrik said. "Isn’t that right, Fluffy?"

"Absolutely." The young Byk’s eyes flared with greed at the idea of harnessing the power of Vital Storm and exacting his revenge against his archnemesis, Nok.

"Thank you, sweetie." Ryla held the boy in her arms and lifted him with ease. "And this is not all. A Fomor’s construct weapons are different from those a non-evolved human can conjure with the elements. Please, look."

She conjured a Balefire sword and then a Vital Storm whip, using them in turns to strike at two stone training dummies she had prepared in advance. Both weapons didn’t stop on impact, phasing through their respective targets and damaging them from the inside.

The chest of the dummy hit by the Balefire sword bubbled with heat and then collapsed on itself. In the span of a few seconds, most of the training dummy had turned into molten stone.

As for the Vital Storm whip, a single lash cracked the dummy’s core. The damage spread to the rest of the stone construct, forming a spiderweb of deep and big shallow fissures on its surface.

"Balefire burns mana and body, so a single strike of this kind of weapon inflicts more than a physical wound. It also depletes magical energies and disrupts the spell that the enemy might keep at the ready." Ryla said.

"What about Vital Storm?" Tista asked. "I thought it had no offensive value. Shouldn’t it empower the enemy?"

"You would be right, if I used it in its pure form." The Fomor nodded. "In this case, however, Vital Storm is not applied to the enemy, but to my own weapon. Vital Storm is also so focused that it amplifies the strength of the lightning whip and the shockwave it produces by more than threefold."

"What about Umbral Shift and Lightforged weapons? What do they do?" Morok asked.

"Good question. I wish I had an answer." Ryla shrugged. "I’m still working on those two bloodline abilities and mixing them with Swirling Wind requires a level of mastery I still lack."

"Don’t worry, Ryla. This is already plenty impressive." Zoreth said. "I hope my Arke form can conjure bloodline weapons like a Balor. It would be a valuable tool."

"I hope so too." The Fomor gave the Arke an apologetic bow. "Last, but not least, this is one of the most useful effects of Swirling Wind, but only Fomors can use it."

Ryla flapped her wings again, and huge amounts of world energy seeped inside her students and spectators both. The former felt the fatigue from the morning training disappear and returned to their peak condition, while the latter felt energized.

"This is almost a breathing technique." Solus said in amazement as she observed the world energy restore everyone’s stamina, mana, and heal the muscle damage Fluffy had incurred while training with Nok.

"Almost." Ryla nodded. "A Fomor can use Swirling Wind to restore themselves and others, but that’s it. You can’t use it to study anyone’s life force or scan an inanimate object.

"According to Glemos, it can’t be used to nurture mana cores or refine one’s body either."

"It’s still an invaluable tool on the battlefield." Zoreth had a hard time suppressing her Dragon Greed and envy. "Why can’t you do this, Urhen?"

"The wings of a Balor stir the single elements, whereas a Fomor’s wings can manipulate the world energy itself." Urhen sighed. "Even if I can control all six elements in the world energy, there’s always something missing.

"Without it, the healing effect of Swirling Wind is lost."

"That something is Mogar’s life force." Lith said, drawing all eyes to him. "The elements alone can’t restore mana or vitality. Even the light element can only heal wounds by stimulating the metabolism.

"It’s because an Awakened’s breathing technique absorbs Mogar’s life force that we can recover completely. Mana is nothing but the six elements plus life force, while stamina is generated by our bodies’.

"Awakened absorb Mogar’s life force and convert it into their own to replenish their strength, and I bet Ryla’s Swirling Wind does the same."

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