Chapter 1233: Omens of Shrinkage

Angel's first attempt ended in failure.

Moreover, it failed not long after the opening.

The reason was not the fault of the refining, but purely Angel's own fault. There was an error in his control of strength, which caused a fragment of the Fire Stone to be smelted to be cracked.

Although it was just a small crack, Angel could have replaced it with a new Fire Stone fragment. But he still chose to turn off the fire first and temporarily discard the consumed materials.

The reason for being so decisive was to avoid regretting after consuming precious materials later.

Although power control has never been placed in the most important position by alchemists, it is like humans breathing air. It is an instinct that seems unimportant, but it has already penetrated into the bone marrow and is indispensable.

So, Angel stopped.

Fortunately, he discovered it early, and the materials consumed were not much, so there was still room for willfulness.

After the pause, Angel did not start refining again, but started targeted strength training, hoping to control the upgraded version of physical strength as soon as possible.

Soon, two days passed. In the two days of training, Angell was able to stabilize the control of his hand strength. It was at this time that Angell discovered how much his physical strength had improved.

Compared with his past self, it was completely impossible to measure the distance. In the past, his mental power surpassed his physical body, but the difference between the two was not big; but now, his physical strength far exceeds his mental power, and the gap is huge.

Converted to energy level, Angell estimated that he could at least reach the standard of a bloodline wizard!

However, it was only the standard of strength. As for skills... Angell knew almost nothing. Recalling the previous battle with Zefara, it was really reckless. It was also thanks to Zefara's unpreparedness at the time that Angell attacked him at close range. Otherwise, Angell would definitely not be Zefara's opponent.

Fortunately, skills can be learned, but physical standards are not easy to break through.

Angell can reach such a physical standard, which can be said to have a higher starting point than other apprentices. You know, many wizards who are not on the bloodline side must at least reach the second-level wizard or break through the true knowledge before they can have Angel's current physical standards!

And Angel is still an apprentice, which means that he still has more room for growth and breakthrough!

After recording some supplementary information about his own situation on the page about "Projected Bloodline" in the notebook, Angel then turned his attention back to the materials on the side.

He had already wasted two days, and he didn't want to waste time here any more.

After a detailed test of the hand strength to ensure that it was correct, Angel immediately began to refine.

As the flame soared into the sky, the refining of the synthetic fire stone was officially restarted.

This time's refining was obviously much smoother than the last time, and there were no mistakes in the smooth flow. However, in the third hour after Angel started refining, he suddenly felt that Sanders' blood essence in his pocket began to heat up...

Sanders stood outside the ice valley, and in front of him was the snowy valley full of curses.

He did not rush in rashly, although even if he broke in, according to Odkras's character, he probably wouldn't pay attention to him. However, it is not easy to remove the curse.

Sanders decided to try to contact Angel with blood essence first.

Before, when Fafnir was with Angel, it was very difficult to contact Angel using blood essence as a medium. He thought it would be a bit troublesome this time. But who knew that the blood essence connection was very smooth.

However, Sanders called several times in a row, but did not get any response from Angel.

"Could it be that Angel encountered an accident? Or, in fact, his blood essence is not on Angel, but was picked up by others?" When Sanders was thinking about various situations, after a long time, the blood essence finally sent a reply.

"I am doing alchemy, mentor, come back to chat."

Sanders: "..." Come back to chat? ! What the hell is come back to chat? What kind of word is this!

The tone of the other party was very hasty, but Angel's voice was very recognizable, and Sanders still heard that the other party should be Angel.

Although his words were weird, the meaning was very clear.

He was doing alchemy and could not be disturbed for the time being.

The reason sounded very legitimate, but... it was very unpleasant! He was worried that something might happen to Angell, so he rushed over immediately, but this guy just said "chat back"!

Sanders rubbed his temples with bulging veins to soothe his emotions. What can he do? He can't just rush in.

If he rushes in, not only will he be cursed, but Angell will also be doing alchemy, and he will suffer.

Sanders always felt that one day, he would be pissed off by his apprentices, especially Angell, who was the least troublesome at first, but was actually the most capable.

After a long time, Sanders sighed: "Forget it, at least he is safe now."

...

Angell didn't know about Sanders's entanglement. After confirming that Sanders was near the Ice Valley, his slightly uneasy mood calmed down.

He concentrated more on refining.

This time, the refining took three days, and there were no mistakes in the middle. Angell went all the way smoothly to the moment when the finished product was to be produced.

During the refining process, Angell felt the terrifying energy contained in the Fire Stone. Only then did I understand why the Fire Stone was called a "legendary treasure" in the Abyss and enjoyed a high reputation even in the wizarding world.

Based on the fluctuations produced by the semi-finished Fire Stone, Angell was already certain that the Fire Stone must have the highest energy among all the works he had refined!

Therefore, when the finished product was about to be produced, Angell began to feel uneasy.

With such a high-energy item, he didn't know how terrifying the final alchemical anomaly would be... Angell began to worry whether he would be able to break through the space of anomalies.

Now, the outside world has begun to show some anomalies.

The clouds gathered in the sky, and faint sparks occasionally flew in the snow and wind of the ice valley.

Although it was just a little spark, in the snow and wind valley that had been frozen for thousands of years, it was almost impossible to see such a wide range of fire elements unless Odkras took action.

At the same time, Odkras, who was standing in front of the Bina Jones mural, slowly turned his head and looked outside.

A rare trace of surprise appeared on his indifferent face that had not changed for thousands of years.

He actually had doubts about whether Angell could refine the Fire Stone. Odkras knew how precious the Fire Stone was. This pure fire energy was the pursuit of all fire creatures in the abyss. Even the Fire Lord who had broken through that step could use the Fire Stone as a reserve energy if he got it.

It can be seen that the Fire Stone is precious.

The deal that Odkras offered to Angel was completely unequal, and he didn't think Angel could complete it. He just had a glimmer of hope in his heart: What if a miracle really happened?

Unexpectedly, Angel seemed to have really done it?

Odkras's eyes rarely showed joy. Because of Bina Jones's situation, Odkras was unwilling to leave the Ice Valley, but if he stayed in the Ice Valley, he would be damaged by the cold here. Over the years, his strength has been greatly reduced. It's not that Odkras doesn't pursue strength, it's completely because external forces don't allow him to do so. But if he has the Fire Stone, according to the nature of the Fire Stone's recovery, not only can his strength return to the peak, but even if he stays in the Ice Valley in the future, there is no danger of his strength declining again!

Perhaps, there is a possibility of further improvement!

Thinking of this, Odkras's heart, which had been frozen for many years, seemed to slowly become hot.

Odkras took a deep look outside and turned to look at the mural on the wall. In a trance, he seemed to see the scene when he was painting this picture.

The human named "Feng" taught him how to paint stroke by stroke.

But no matter how he painted, it seemed that he couldn't paint Bina Jones more vividly.

When Odkras was a little discouraged, Feng suddenly said: "I can teach you a way to express your emotions, your thoughts, your love, and your memories in your pen, and even her soul in the painting."

Feng said this, which made Odkras emotional enough, and changed the subject: "But I need you to promise me one thing."

"As long as humans don't provoke you, you must not take the initiative to kill humans."

It was because of this agreement with Feng that Odkras never took the initiative to hurt humans for many years, and he also met Ingres hundreds of years later.

"So, is this the cycle of gain and loss you mentioned?" Odkras looked at the mural, and for the first time in many years, his cold eyes showed a little more warmth.

...

When the finished product appeared.

The red light was shining, and the wind and snow outside were howling, and in a short time, it turned into flying flames.

Whether it was Odkras or Bopota who saw this scene, they all knew that Angel had succeeded. This legendary treasure appeared here!

Odkras even appeared directly outside Angel's door. He did not knock on the door, bathing in the wind of fire, waiting quietly.

At this time, Angel in the room was puzzled.

The alchemical sign he had been waiting for did appear faintly outside, but it was not as grand as he imagined, and it was not as good as the vision when he refined "Reincarnation" for Prometheus.

In addition, he also experienced the so-called vision space.

It was just a test of the will of the sea of ​​fire, and he needed to step through a sea of ​​fire and reach the peak on the other side. Moreover, this sea of ​​fire was not completely burning. There were many empty places. Even ordinary people could get through it as long as they were not afraid of the heat and had a strong will, let alone Angel.

When Angel arrived at the other side of the mountain, he thought it was just like the situation when he was refining the "Blood Night Shelter". There were more stringent and more difficult visions waiting for the test, but... the vision space just disappeared.

Angel looked at the red-glowing stone in his hand, and he was stunned.

"Is it over?"