Chapter Ninety-Eight: Level 5 Heart of the Magic God! Mastery of Forbidden Spells!

The days of wealth always slipped by in the blink of an eye.

After his conversation with Qi Lei, another week had already passed.

During that week, the strange beasts launched several more assaults on the Jingmen Safe Zone, but none of them were large in scale, and every one was repelled.

And during that same week, thanks to Battle Fish’s covert support, Yi Shen’s strength and influence had both become thoroughly consolidated.

The results were even better than he had expected.

As for material collection, Yi Shen was now as flush as a king. Even though prices had risen somewhat, he still managed to stockpile a great deal. After private talks with Battle Fish, he even gained ownership of several material factories, and his attributes rose further.

But that was only a minor matter. His attribute points were already terrifyingly high; any further improvement would require far more materials.

The greatest boon Yi Shen had gained during this period was the increase in research points.

He would slip into the depths of monster hordes from time to time to obtain the source of moonlight, and together with the steady accumulation of materials, he finally completed the accumulation of one hundred thousand research points on the seventh day, immediately raising Mage’s Heart to level 5.

This time, just as Yi Shen had sensed, that immense surge of research points brought about a new transformation in his Mage’s Heart.

Not only did it grant him new effects and new skills, but it also changed directly from Mage’s Heart into Heart of the Mage God.

It was only a change of one word, yet it carried an entirely different meaning.

It signified that Yi Shen had taken a crucial step toward the legendary Mage God.

[Heart of the Mage God lv5 (2039/1,000,000)]

[Effect 1: Skills you cast will consume no mana.]

[Effect 2: Skills you release will have no cooldown.]

[Effect 3: Your personal information is sealed by magic, rendering you immune to all detection skills.]

[Effect 4: Skills you release will carry a certain degree of true damage.]

[Special Skill: Spell Research]

[Special Skill: Multicast]

[Special Skill: Spell Enhancement]

[Special Skill: Mage Shield]

[Special Skill: Forbidden Spell Research]

After much effort, Yi Shen finally raised Mage’s Heart to the fifth tier, and the Mage’s Heart on his panel underwent a change, marking the first true step in his ascent from mage to Mage God.

And after reaching lv5, the required research points for the next level had jumped straight to one million, a truly enormous undertaking.

However, after reaching lv5, both the new effects and the new skills far exceeded Yi Shen’s expectations.

Not only could his skills now deal a certain amount of true damage, but he had also gained something called Forbidden Spell Research.

[Forbidden Spell Research: While you conduct spell research, you will also gain additional elemental research points or special research points according to the properties of the materials. When your elemental research points or special research points reach certain conditions, you will learn forbidden spell-type skills.]

[Fire Element Research Points (226/10000)]

[Water Element Research Points (129/10000)]

[Wind Element Research Points (24/10000)]

[Earth Element Research Points (36/10000)]

[Holy Light Special Research Points (77/10000)]

[Lightning Element Research Points (101/10000)]

[Light Element Research Points (139/10000)]

After a round of material breakdown, several new progress bars had appeared beneath Yi Shen’s new research skill.

Just as the description said, whenever Yi Shen broke down materials now, he could obtain additional elemental points and special research points. Although he did not have many materials after upgrading to lv5 Heart of the Mage God, he had nevertheless unlocked no fewer than seven different forbidden spell progress bars.

What was more, the Holy Light and Light entries at the end had appeared suddenly when he broke down special materials.

In other words, if Yi Shen obtained other rare materials in the future, the number of forbidden spell types would expand even further, fully meeting all of his needs.

The moment he saw this special Forbidden Spell Research, Yi Shen felt that its prospects were boundless.

After all, he could already cast magic with no cooldown and no mana cost.

If he could truly learn forbidden spells, wouldn’t that mean he could cast forbidden spells without limit?

With that in mind, Yi Shen threw himself even more deeply into acquiring materials. If he could learn one forbidden spell, or several, before the next monster assault, then on the battlefield he would truly deserve the title of a human artillery platform mage.

Two more days passed.

During that time, as support from the outer safe zones gradually arrived, the conditions in Jingmen Safe Zone began to improve somewhat, and the defensive line against the monsters even pushed forward a little.

According to Battle Fish, several major figures from Hanzhong Safe Zone had indeed come as well, and their strength was likely no weaker than his.

As for the blood pill affair, Battle Fish had no real leads. The information extracted from the moles within the task force was of little use, amounting to nothing more than claims that they had been paid off. They could provide no meaningful clues, so Yi Shen put the matter aside and focused on gathering materials.

With a large quantity of contribution points in hand and no other matters to distract him, Yi Shen’s material collection speed was astonishingly fast.

But the bad news was that obtaining elemental research points proved far more difficult than expected. A material worth one thousand contribution points might ultimately yield only a few additional fire elemental research points.

This was especially true for most fire-attribute materials, which were already consumed in enormous quantities for forging equipment and alchemy. Even after Yi Shen bought out many items, he only managed to raise his total by just over three thousand points.

Yi Shen kept watch over the market himself, and had Zhu Qing and Bai Hongjiang inquire on his behalf as well. Unexpectedly, the first person to bring him a major lead was Zhu Qing.

Ever since that meal at the table, Yi Shen’s relationship with the three Zhu sisters had felt a little strange.

He had been busy with his own affairs, and when nothing was going on, he was too embarrassed to go looking for those three girls on purpose.

Still, Zhu Qing remained extremely conscientious in helping him. After the shop reopened, she quickly connected with the merchant guild in Peach Blossom Valley and found even more sources of goods.

This time, Zhu Qing contacted a merchant guild manager from Hanzhong Safe Zone. Because prices in Jingmen Safe Zone had surged recently, the guild had sent people here specifically to transport supplies. After Yi Shen instructed Zhu Qing to pay more attention to elemental materials, she learned that this shipment alone contained at least four to five million worth of elemental materials, mainly sourced from a dedicated elemental otherworld in Hanzhong.

Zhu Qing got in touch with the other side.

At first, they had not actually wanted to sell. They intended to wait and see how things developed in Jingmen Safe Zone before deciding, hoping to drive up the price.

But after Yi Shen and Zhu Qing discussed it, they offered an exceptionally high price and ultimately secured the batch of materials, winning the other side’s willingness to cooperate.

According to the estimated materials list, as long as he obtained these items, Yi Shen would not only meet the requirement for one fire-type forbidden spell, but also simultaneously satisfy the requirement for one earth-type forbidden spell.