Chapter 120: Chapter 120

Having made up his mind, Du You took a few days off and went to a place designated for closed-door cultivation.

Correct, Border City had a special area for mages to conduct closed-door cultivation. Of course, it was only accessible to those who made significant contributions to the city, and wasn’t available to just anyone.

"This place is rich in magic elements, but it’s of no use to me."

Du You sensed the dense magic elements surrounding him, which were greatly helpful for mages in casting magic and cultivation. However, for a Spellcaster like him, these dense elements were completely ineffective.

Spells rely entirely on the user’s magic power, without the need to channel elements from the outside world. Moreover, as a professional, Du You didn’t need to cultivate; even if he did, there wouldn’t be any visible effects.

After closing the gate, Du You brought out two skill cards on his own and activated them. At that moment, knowledge about the Fire Snake magic and the Entangling Spell appeared in his mind.

Simultaneously, the Skill Cards began working on him, intending to form the corresponding skills in his Sea of Consciousness. However, Du You was prepared and promptly ignited his crystal coins.

The spiritual energy and origin power released by the crystal coins hindered the formation of the two skills, yet a massive amount of special power and insights poured into Du You’s mind. Under the power of the crystal coins, this energy started constantly twisting and evolving, taking on a completely different form.

The two different powers started entwining with each other until they slowly fused as one, forming a spell symbol.

Upon reaching this stage, Du You finally let out a sigh of relief. "Just as I thought, the compatibility is indeed high and they amalgamated perfectly. Moreover, the energy consumption is within an acceptable range, now it’s time to start developing the spell."

Du You’s thought was the same as before: If he was going to do it, he’d strive to do it the best. He didn’t hesitate to burn numerous crystal coins. Du You wasn’t stingy to use the crystal coins that could elevate his level several times.

Similarly, the use of many crystal coins significantly sped up the spell evolution process and allowed him to steer the process in the direction he desired.

In Du You’s view, a spell should either have a single effect with a strong potency or a complex effect with multiple outcomes. Even better, a spell should apparently have a single effect but actually have multiple uses, such as his Mucus Swamp.

In reality, it’s a comprehensive swamp or can also be considered a mass of mucus.

Though it seems simple, it can slow down the enemy, poison them, or even be used as a trap. Now it can even burn and release large amounts of toxic gases when burning. That’s where its value lies.

Even though Du You wanted a flame attribute spell to compliment his current spells, he wouldn’t just choose a simple ignition spell.

As the spell gradually took shape and finally reached a stage where it could no longer evolve, Du You started using the crystal coins to construct it in his Sea of Consciousness. Gradually, a ruby-like spell diamond was formed.

Opening his eyes, a flash of red light quickly passed through Du You’s eyes. "The consumption was really high, but luckily I made ample preparation. Indeed, Spellcasters are the most money-draining professionals." Du You let out a small sigh of relief.

Over a thousand crystal coins! After forming the spell, he was left with less than a hundred of his thousand crystal coins. This was the first time he spent so much on creating a spell.

It made sense. The first time he constructed a spell, he had the spell recording stone tablet. The second time, he constructed it with reference to a real swamp. The Spell Splitting Skill was an auxiliary spell, not particularly useful on its own.

But this time around, he only had two skill books to reference from, hence the heavy consumption.

Luckily, it was finally successful. However, the money-consuming nature of being a Spellcaster was well remembered by Du You.

A spell created using nearly a thousand crystal coins met all of Du You’s requirements.

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The new spell’s introduction was simple, but Du You, who had participated in the entire creation process, understood its effects. This spell, inheriting the binding effect of the burning spell, could be seen as a control skill.

Like the Mucus Swamp, it could limit the enemy’s movements - this one directly entangles. It also has attacking capabilities while limiting movement. The fire snake, being composed of fire elements, would cause continuous fire damage when entwining a person. A direct ignition of the snake would cause an explosion.

Not only the person being entwined would be affected, but the surrounding enemies would also be damaged by the explosion.

The key thing is, this spell is meant to work in collaboration with his Mucus Swamp. The combined effect of the two spells would undoubtedly be even more potent. Without a second thought, Du You used sixty crystal coins to max it out to level 3.

The subsequent experiment could be conducted right there. The area designated for mages to conduct closed-door cultivation also had targets for testing the effects of magic.

A few minutes later, Du You looked at the now-destroyed target with a smile on his face.

However, Du You soon became sullen, "This is so costly, I’m running out of crystal coins. I need to earn a good deal of money next."

Due to the spell evolution, Du You had spent quite a lot of time here, together with his resting time. All in all, he had been in the Derived World for close to a week.

"Du You, do you have time to gather at square No. 3?" Xi Qianxue suddenly sent a message.

"Gather? For what? I’m not under her command." Du You wasn’t keen on going, but considering he had nothing else to do, he decided to give it a glance. If it didn’t align with his objectives, he would simply decline to participate.

If Xi Qianxue gathered the troops, there must be some mission. However, having a mission didn’t necessarily mean it was what he needed.

While thinking about this, Du You exited his cultivation spot. After asking around, he learned where square No. 3 was. These squares were used for combat training.

What Du You did not expect was that it wasn’t just him, a large group of people had gathered. Looking at the crowd, weren’t these his classmates who had entered this world with him? It seemed like a significant operation was about to take place. However, looking at the crowd, it seemed like not everyone was present.