【You have successfully mastered 【Energy Missile】. Currently, 【Energy Missile】 is at the Mastered Rank. Your Spirit has slightly increased.】
【Energy Missile: Mastered (1/100)】
“I'm finally no longer magically illiterate!”
Matthew smiled as he spoke. Immediately after, a cool, warm trickle quietly flowed into his spiritual core, like sweet rain nourishing dry soil.
The portion of Spirit consumed by the successful casting was replenished. More importantly, he could clearly feel his spiritual perception becoming sharper and more focused.
“How much feedback did I get?”
“Why does it feel like the world has changed a bit?”
Matthew could not help but look around. Although the scene within his line of sight was no different, that bone-deep "sense of clarity" was very real.
He felt as if he could "touch" the energy particles in the air!
If there were an ordinary person beside him right now, they would feel a faint prickling sensation on their skin.
This was precisely the manifestation of his temporarily overflowing Spirit due to its increase.
If it were an Official Wizard, this manifestation would only be even more terrifying!
If an ordinary person stayed around an Official Wizard for a long time, passively enduring the radiation of their unconsciously dissipating Spirit, it would be enough to cause continuous impact and depletion to the ordinary person's spiritual core. This could lead to mental derangement or even a breakdown, posing a life-threatening risk!
Matthew did not realize this external influence at the moment; he was simply immersed in the wonderful experience of his own sensory changes.
With a slight thought, the familiar translucent panel quietly unfolded in his field of vision:
【Name: Matthew
Age: 15
Strength: 12.8, Agility: 9.1, Constitution: 12.8, Perception: 6, Spirit: 6.41 (+0.3)
Equipment: Finely Forged One-Handed Sword (Green), Old Wooden Shortbow (White), Filthy Bone Chain (White), Steel Chainmail (Damaged, Green)
Skills: 【Basic Swordsmanship: Practiced (11/500)】 (+7)
【Basic Archery: Basic (117/200)】 (+6)
【Vine Trap: Practiced (56/300)】 (+5)
【White Snake Breathing Technique: Novice (32/500)】 (+21)
【Elemental Meditation Method: Mastered (6/500)】 (+5)
【Melting Slash: Mastered (11/30)】 (+8)
【Energy Missile: Mastered (1/100)】
“My Spirit increased from 6.1 to 6.41... a full 0.3 increase!” Matthew's gaze was firmly locked onto his Spirit attribute, his heart filled with both shock and joy.
This increase far exceeded his expectations!
He was less than 0.1 away from meeting the equipment requirement for the staff. Solely in terms of time, it could be achieved in less than a month.
He remembered that when he mastered the 【Elemental Meditation Method】, his Spirit had only increased by 0.1!
“It seems that as the first spell I mastered, the initial feedback given by the panel for 【Energy Missile】 is exceptionally generous. Moreover, the proficiency required to get started isn't particularly high. Good panel.”
Matthew's gaze swept over the skill column, looking at the "100" following 【Energy Missile】 as he smiled and spoke.
“Next, just like practicing 【Melting Slash】, I need to repeatedly cast the spell to stack up my proficiency.”
Matthew sighed slightly. “There's just not enough time...”
The reason he sighed like this was that they were setting off for the town this afternoon.
According to his prior agreement with Instructor Calm and Sierra, the village's logistics team would set off around noon today to Anda Town to purchase winter supplies, and Sierra would also return to the town with them.
This meant he did not have much practice time left this morning.
“I'll consolidate it a few more times before setting off, even if it only increases my proficiency by a little.”
Matthew knew well the characteristics of the panel's skills: they were stable and relied on repetitive practice.
No sooner said than done, Matthew walked up to another intact, new tree.
Matthew chanted the incantation, his Spirit drawing in the sparse elemental particles in the air, and constructed the spell framework in his mind...
Unlike the awkwardness and tension of his first success, this time, the entire process was as smooth and natural as flowing water. The whole process felt as if he had been born with the ability, without the slightest hitch.
And the reason for such a massive change was that the increase in Spirit and the panel's effect were both indispensable!
At the same time, on the open ground, the morning mist seemed to be abruptly swept aside by an invisible hand. Faint ripples even appeared in the air. As Matthew chanted the incantation, the surrounding airflow began to gather slowly, as if guided by an invisible hand, rushing toward the front of his palm!
The incantation, Spirit, and elemental draw were precisely synchronized!
An 【Energy Missile】 identical to the previous one condensed once again in his palm, flying out of his hand with a faint white stream of light!
Whoosh!
The energy missile dragged a faint stream of light, accurately striking a tree in front of him that was as thick as a bowl's opening.
With a loud bang, a large hole was blasted straight through the trunk. Wood shavings flew everywhere as the entire tree shook violently a few times before crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
It let out a dull thud!
Watching this scene, Matthew was shocked.
He had not expected that the Mastered-level 【Energy Missile】 would be so much more powerful than when he first cast it, to the point where it could directly blast down a tree!
Although this tree was much thinner than the previous old tree, the difference between the two was not that vast.
That could only mean the power of the 【Energy Missile】 had indeed increased significantly.
“Fortunately, this place is sparsely populated, and it's early morning, so no one saw...”
Matthew quickly looked around to confirm there was no one else on the open ground but himself before letting out a sigh of relief.
He walked quickly to the collapsed tree and carefully examined the break.
The break was charred black, with obvious tearing and burn marks along the edges, clearly the result of the combined effect of the energy impact and elemental erosion.
“The power has indeed increased... It's probably caused by the increase in Spirit.”
But on second thought, the panel adding 0.3 to his Spirit would probably require more than two months of hard work for a typical wizard apprentice.
Having such an improvement was only normal.
“However, this spell casting delay is too long!”
He muttered to himself, carefully recalling the entire process of that second cast in his mind. From the start of the chant to the missile finally condensing and shooting out, he silently estimated the time in his heart.
“Nearly two seconds...”
With Flynn's half-step Silver Rank strength and speed, a stationary target for two seconds was enough to kill Matthew four or five times over!
“For now, it seems that 【Energy Missile】 is more suitable for sneak attacks, mid-to-long-range opening strikes, or being released under the cover of teammates.”
Matthew calmly analyzed the spell's positioning. “To treat it as a regular means in a head-on duel is still far off.”
He looked again at the proficiency of 【Energy Missile】 on the panel (1/100).
“I can only hope that by practicing a lot to raise its proficiency, I can see if I can shorten the chanting and spell-construction time.”
With his thoughts settled, Matthew calmed his mind, mobilized his Spirit once more, and chanted the tongue-twisting incantation that had already formed muscle memory...
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