Chapter 7: Magic Limit

What a powerful mana enhancement technique.

「Mana Tide (LV: 30) — No control required, permanently active automatically. The tide converts more elements into mana, significantly increasing the conversion ratio. Simultaneously, both high tide and low tide occur; between the interlacing tides, lost mana is additionally restored.」

Lu Cang now had a rough understanding of the effect of this "God-level Proficiency Evolution."

Simply put, every time he cast a skill, his proficiency would increase.

And...

It was a ten-thousand-fold increase.

Although he didn't know what this ten-thousand-fold was relative to.

But at the very least, the feedback Lu Cang received was that every time he used a skill, he could increase his proficiency level by nearly 1.

However, for "Mana Tide" to level up from 30 to 31, the required number of uses increased from 1 to 2.

But after reaching level 31, it jumped directly to level 33 in one go.

It seems that the experience points required for a single level-up are still far below 10,000 proficiency points.

Lu Cang could not see the specific experience points required for each proficiency level; he could only make a rough estimate based on the speed of leveling.

And Lu Cang also roughly understood the purpose of increasing proficiency levels.

It seems that every 5 to 10 proficiency levels or so, the skill gains an additional useful new effect, or a previously acquired effect undergoes a qualitative improvement.

In just a few dozen breaths of time.

The effect of Mana Tide had become truly astonishing.

And Lu Cang's total mana capacity.

Had already increased to more than three times what it was before.

This mana enhancement technique.

It really improves things very quickly.

Moreover, so far, Lu Cang did not feel that the speed of improvement had slowed down due to the growth of his mana.

On the contrary... he vaguely felt it was even faster.

One ebb and flow of the tide could bring about an increase of nearly 9% in his total mana.

This 9% was not 9% relative to the initial amount.

Rather, it was 9% of the current amount.

As the total mana capacity increased, the mana of the high tide would also come into contact with more external elements.

The mana brought back during low tide therefore became greater.

As for the self-expanding mana, it also increased due to the growth of the total volume.

"Master, this Mana Tide."

"It's really amazing."

Iz proudly smiled: "Of course, this is a work I am proud of."

"It's just a pity that not many people can learn it."

Lu Cang nodded and continued to flip the pages to look further.

However, he discovered that most of the following pages were explaining the principles of Mana Tide, how it feels, how to implement it step-by-step, and how to combine it with rituals and other spell assists to perceive the formation of the Mana Tide.

Hmm...

It wasn't exactly "not a single wasted word."

However, these texts didn't feel cumbersome; Izpalut had indeed written them as simply and clearly as possible.

It seems he really is a genius at teaching.

Moreover, in the process of reading.

Lu Cang also had an additional discovery.

Lu Cang found that while reading the principles, his "Mana Tide" gained additional proficiency.

Reading through these few pages, he had gained about 200,000 proficiency points.

If calculated according to the pre-ten-thousand-fold increase, that should be 20 proficiency points, right?

Just reading a book was equivalent to practicing 20 times?

Proficiency... it really is proficiency.

Lu Cang had a new understanding of proficiency; it seems that proficiency doesn't just represent the use of a skill.

Learning and understanding are also part of it.

Theoretically, anything that can increase the proficiency of a certain skill should be affected by "God-level Proficiency Evolution" and receive a ten-thousand-fold boost.

He flipped forward about eighty pages.

The theory section of "Mana Tide" ended.

"So much."

An enhancement technique actually took 80 pages to write, and that was with it being all substantial content.

No wonder this book was so thick.

Just as Lu Cang was excitedly flipping to the next page, wanting to see what new spells were recorded on the next page.

He saw...

【Mana Tide · Simplified Version】

【If you have tried the previous theories and still haven't achieved any results, and cannot learn Mana Tide, you can try this simplified version】

Uh...

Is it that hard?

Didn't the opening three sentences explain how to practice it?

Iz, standing to the side, saw Lu Cang's subtle expression.

He always felt that this little expression was implying something, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Actually, he was standing here intending to answer questions for Lu Cang.

With his help during the process of practicing Mana Tide, the success rate could be increased quite a bit.

At the very least, the two students who learned Mana Tide had both learned it with his help.

And as for those who learned it on their own just by knowing the theory... there wasn't even one.

"Further on, they are all optimized versions of Mana Tide."

As Iz spoke, Lu Cang had already learned "Mana Tide · Simplified."

But the moment he learned this enhancement technique, it naturally transformed into "Mana Tide."

The effect after learning it only increased his proficiency by 100,000, which was equivalent to the Mana Tide surging in his body 10 times.

「Proficiency Level Up — Mana Tide (LV: 74)」

"Master, I have already learned this."

Iz sighed.

He already knew, and through his perception of the surrounding elements, he also knew that Lu Cang had already practiced Mana Tide to a terrifying degree.

The surrounding elements were constantly restless, being sucked into Lu Cang's body wave after wave, turning into mana.

The tide, which should have been ebbing and flowing, seemed to have turned into a black hole devouring elements under Lu Cang's application.

"Beyond Mana Tide, there are Tier 2 mana enhancement techniques."

"Let's stop here for now."

Lu Cang asked in confusion: "Can't I learn the Tier 2 ones?"

Izpalut shook his head: "No, you must at least reach Level 2 Mage before you can learn them."

"Otherwise, it will definitely cause you irreversible damage."

"Learning Mana Tide now is already enough for you."

"It shouldn't be long before you encounter the bottleneck of your mana cap, and at that time, I will teach you how to break through it."

So there is a bottleneck?

The tide surged.

And this time, the mana Lu Cang brought back did not remain in his body, but dissipated outward.

The mana that should have naturally increased also stopped growing.

It seems... it really stopped growing.

Lu Cang looked up at Izpalut.

He said in a youthful voice: "Master Iz."

"I think... I've already reached the bottleneck."