Chapter 618: Chapter 618: Ingestion
After leaving behind the bizarre clearing that had returned to normal, Duke cautiously traversed the ancient forest for about another hour.
He chose a spot nestled between several extraordinarily large trees, whose roots intertwined to form a natural barrier, with vines above interwoven like a canopy, in an extrely secluded corner.
The terrain here is slightly elevated, making it easier to observe the surroundings, and the intense life energy of the ancient trees provides so cover for the subtle energy fluctuations generated by his own activities.
After setting up several simple witch arrays mainly for early warning and confounding aura, Duke finally allowed himself to relax slightly, transferring his full attention to the astounding bounty within the Space Ring.
Rather than imdiately inspecting the carefully placed erald sapling, he focused his thoughts on the five golden fruits.
Deep within his consciousness, the World Tree’s seed continued to communicate its clear craving for them, yet Duke needed to first understand what incredible effects these fruits had; recklessly consuming unknown mystical items could easily lead to problems.
He gently picked a fruit from the small tree, the golden-hued fruit marked with silver natural patterns lay silently on soft silk, emitting the fragrant scent of life origin that invigorated his spirit.
Duke carefully did not touch it directly with his hand, but used highly concentrated Spiritual Power to gently lift it, suspending it before him.
The first step was basic energy perception; Duke used a trace of extrely fine Spiritual Power like a precision probe, cautiously piercing the fruit’s skin.
The skin appeared tender but was surprisingly resilient, neither rejecting the Spiritual Power probe, while its internal structure seed to contain natural encryption, blocking overly intrusive probing.
Duke took out the Thought Core, utilizing its auxiliary analysis module, beginning to record and compare any minute energy characteristics.
The utility of the Thought Core erged, as it possessed strong capabilities in data storage, analysis, and organization, swiftly providing results in this aspect.
Gradually, so information was parsed.
The life energy contained within the fruit was astonishingly pure and voluminous, far surpassing any life elent magic potion materials or natural treasures Duke had ever seen.
But this was not all; within the vast life energy, two even more mysterious origin forces seed intertwined.
The first one manifests as an extrely gentle yet fundantally noble characteristic of life extension. When Duke’s Spiritual Power simulated absorbing a wisp of the fruit’s outermost energy aura, he distinctly felt that his body’s deepest part, representing the origin of life, seed to be injected with a warm, invigorating stream, conveying a sensation of fulfillnt and extension.
"Life extension!" Duke’s heart trembled, instantly coming to an insightful realization.
This sensation closely matched descriptions of certain life-extending treasures he had read about.
Additionally, since he had personally consud similar items, understanding their general characteristics, though nothing he had taken before had the effects as potent as the fruit in his possession.
Although unable to asure precisely, based on the strength of the life origin feedback brought by this wisp, it was roughly estimated that consuming one such fruit in its entirety could likely extend the lifespan of at least Level 2 beings by about a century.
A century of lifespan carries imnse value for Level 2 and below wizards, especially when confronting bottlenecks or nearing the end of life, this could be a decisive asset.
The fruit’s second characteristic surprised Duke even more; within the enveloping vast amounts of life energy, there lay a peculiar and pure spiritual nurturing force.
This force does not directly increase the quantity of Magic Power but acts on the more fundantal Spiritual Origin.
When Duke attempted to guide a wisp of this spiritual nurturing force to contact his Spiritual Power, the Six-elent Compound Spiritual Crystal within his Spiritual Sea unexpectedly began to subtly tremble, radiating a clear sense of craving and comfort, like sweet rain after long drought.
The crystal’s luster seed to brighten slightly, its rotations speeding up a bit.
"Directly nourishing and increasing Spiritual Power, seeming incredibly compatible with no tension or rejection." Duke ticulously sensed it.
On the wizard’s path, the growth of Spiritual Power is fundantal, yet, as ti progresses, advancent becos increasingly difficult, requiring ticulous effort or rare opportunities.
A treasure that can directly, safely, and prominently increase Spiritual Power, its rarity and strategic value even exceed many life-extending treasures, for it directly impacts combat readiness, spell mastery, and future advancent potential.
He observed and calculated ticulously, based on his current foundation as a Level 1 Crystalized Mage, with Spiritual Power already consolidated and formidable; if he fully absorbed the spiritual nurturing force within one fruit, the enhancent in Spiritual Power intensity might equate to several months, or even more than half a year, of his usual ditation and hard labor.
Moreover, this enhancent is rooted, rather than a fleeting burst through potential exhaustion.
For wizards, things that can simultaneously extend lifespan and increase Spiritual Power are rare treasures.
Moreover, the lifespan and Spiritual Power increased by this item are substantial; auctioning it could likely fetch an exceptionally high price.
The only issue now is uncertainty regarding the maximum number of these items one person can consu.
Ordinarily, the number of tis similar items can be consud by an individual is limited.
After consuming a few, further intake would yield no effect.
This golden fruit is likely the sa, however, there are not many now, with only five in total.
Following research supported by the Thought Core and so experintal tools and confirming the absence of toxicity, Duke decided to try consuming one.
He did not rashly swallow it whole but first used Spiritual Power to carve a fine slit on the fruit’s surface.
Imdiately, a golden juice, ten tis richer than previously, seeming almost tangible and carrying a sweet exotic aroma began oozing from the slit, shimring with a glowing presence like a living entity.
Duke cautiously guided it with Spiritual Power, first extracting roughly a tenth of a drop, allowing it to fall onto his tongue.
Upon entry, the juice did not instantly dissolve, rather it resembled a miniature, warm sun within the mouth, unleashing an indescribable sweetness and satisfaction.
Followed by an extrely pure, yet incomparably gentle warm stream gliding down the throat, swiftly dispersing throughout his limbs and torso.
Imdiately, Duke closed his eyes, concentrating internally, observing any minute changes brought about by this small dosage.
Wherever the warm stream traveled, the body seed to emit a silent cheer.
Every single cell, like a land parched by prolonged drought, greedily yet orderly absorbed this pure life energy.
He could distinctly feel that his body’s deepest life origin seed to be infused with an exceptionally pure, vibrant fuel, making the fla grow slightly, burning more steadily and enduringly.
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