Chapter 88

After this confrontation, there was no need to say anything more about which was superior between the Blood Frenzy Potion and the Dragon Power Potion...

The Blood Frenzy Potion only brought about a frenzy effect lasting less than ten seconds. Under this frenzy effect, an ordinary swordsman could match a great swordsman. However, the Dragon Power Potion brought a full ten minutes of enhanced physical strength. This enhancement was enough to make a level 5 mage have the physical strength of a level 8 swordsman.

Note, this was just a level 5 mage.

The physical strength of a mage was not on the same level as that of a swordsman, especially compared to a monster like the Minotaur Bill, who could only be described as frail. Yet, this frail mage actually fought the Minotaur to a standstill.

If this were a level 5 swordsman, they might not even be able to match a great swordsman, who could only rely on their aura and sword skills to suppress them. Just comparing physical strength, even a great swordsman might not be enough.

Comparing these two alchemical potions together was really unfair to the Blood Frenzy Potion...

It was a complete crushing defeat!

"Grand Alchemist Hawking, you should take your Blood Frenzy Potion back to the Twin Moons' Radiance. This kind of technical exchange, the Gilded Rose really doesn't need..."

Faro still had no intention of letting Hawking off, looking at the grand alchemist with a cold smile. In his eyes, besides disdain and mockery, there was also a trace of barely noticeable pity.

If Hawking knew that the Dragon Power Potion, which easily crushed the Blood Frenzy Potion, was just a poor imitation, one wonders what this grand alchemist would think...

Perhaps he would be so angry that he would die...

No, no, not just the Dragon Power Potion.

Even the Blood Frenzy Potion in Hawking's hands was also a poor imitation, and just like the Dragon Power Potion, it was an imitation of the great mage Merlin.

It's really unknown where Hawking got the courage to come to the Gilded Rose with a poor imitation and demand a technical exchange, even dreaming of dismantling the Gilded Rose's sign. Now, he has been easily crushed by another poor imitation, truly proving that ignorance is the greatest courage...

"No... no, I don't believe it, you must have cheated, yes, you must have cheated, this isn't a level 5 grand mage, it's a great swordsman, I saw him use aura just now!" Hawking, who was at a disadvantage, was completely panicked, and his words were incoherent.

"Ha ha, a great swordsman..."

"How can it be a great swordsman, it's clearly a Sword Saint!"

"Go to sleep, Grand Alchemist Hawking..."

The hall immediately burst into laughter. Haus was a member of the Alchemists' Guild, and whether someone was a level 5 mage could be easily verified at the guild. The Gilded Rose would never fake such a thing, let alone seeing any aura. A great swordsman in their twenties, if there were such a genius, the major forces in Thousand Sails City would have already fought over them. How could it be Hawking's discovery?

Finally, this farce came to an end with Hawking's incoherent defense. Hawking left the Gilded Rose in a hurry, not even staying for the upcoming Meditation Potion release. It was fortunate he left, otherwise, Hawking's already swollen face would have been even more swollen by the Meditation Potion.

This alchemical release today had no publicity, no preparation, and even the start time was not announced. It could be said to be the most hasty and rushed one by the Gilded Rose.

But this hasty and rushed alchemical release immediately caused a huge stir in Thousand Sails City. In just a short afternoon, most of Thousand Sails City knew that the Gilded Rose, which had developed the Hope Potion, had recently developed two new alchemical potions.

One was the Dragon Power Potion, which completely surpassed the Blood Frenzy Potion, and the other was the Meditation Potion, which could help mages overcome their mana troubles...

Lin Yun did not appear throughout the event because, at this time, his research on the stone slab had reached a very critical moment.

The stone slab had been in Lin Yun's hands for about ten days. Apart from the first day when Lin Yun discovered that the stone slab could improve the efficiency of mana array equipment, there had been no further discoveries. However, Lin Yun never gave up on his research because he knew that a component at least at the True Spirit level meant infinite mysteries, and spending any amount of time and effort was worth it...

Indeed, the time and effort Lin Yun spent finally paid off today...

After the old butler left the alchemical laboratory, Lin Yun continued to study the stone slab. Today, he was conducting a mana infusion test. For this test, Lin Yun specially made a small tool consisting of a mithril frame, a mana crystal, and three miniature alchemical arrays. These three miniature arrays were for extracting mana, controlling mana, and infusing mana. Lin Yun used this homemade tool to extract mana from the mana crystal and then infuse it into the stone slab.

Initially, this mana infusion test had made no progress...

The material of the stone slab was very peculiar. It looked like a stone, but its capacity for mana was almost infinite. In the afternoon, Lin Yun had already used four mana crystals, each at least level 10, containing a significant amount of mana. Infusing all this mana, even a grand mage might not be able to bear it, but the stone slab showed no reaction, feeling like a bottomless pit.

When the fourth mana crystal was exhausted, and Lin Yun was about to replace it, he accidentally placed a piece of necrotic essence on it.

Then, the stone slab underwent a transformation...

The originally ordinary stone slab suddenly shone, and the death force released in that instant made even Lin Yun feel short of breath. Fortunately, Lin Yun reacted quickly and almost instantly rushed over to pick up the stone slab, simultaneously casting a Flame Hand.

Following this, the shining light on the stone slab disappeared, and it returned to its ordinary state, as if nothing had happened.

But Lin Yun knew it wasn't an illusion...

Because Lin Yun clearly saw that after the shining light disappeared, there was something new on the stone slab.

It was a Flame Hand spell mark, a burning hand about the size of a fingernail, inexplicably imprinted on the stone slab.

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Tomorrow morning, I will visit the elderly at the hospital. If the update is late, please don't criticize me. Three updates totaling 6,000 words will not be less, but the first and second updates might be slightly delayed.