Chapter 1072: Pursuing the Unknown



Watching as the vast darkness before him was gradually occupied by both mana and Mystic Energy, the young man briefly had a look of excitement on his face as he was eager to try combining the two.

However, just as the thought of how he'd go about doing so crossed his mind, Valyr stopped himself from acting upon it as he asked himself, "Surely, someone must've tried this before, right?"

"Combining mana with Mystic Energy, that is."

Allowing his thoughts to wander about as his mind focused on the question, the young man felt that it was more or less a given for someone to have already tried the combination before him.

After all, even though he hadn't expected to be taught to combine mana and Shadow Energy together by the one that first succeeded in doing so, the young man had already heard a lot about combining mana with other elements in his past life.

Although it seemed like it was a no-brainer for one to do if they wanted to increase their power, combining mana with another element was something people rarely did, considering that having them stay as is was actually more than enough for a lot of people.

However, combining mana with another element was also something a lot of people do, especially those who aimed to grasp control over higher tiers of energy.

After all, mana was considered by most, if not all people to be an all-encompassing type of energy, able to accept and adapt to any property that was thrown at it with ease.

With that, it only made sense to add another element to mana to turn it into something more than what it already was, which was pretty much the approach Azure Energy took on, as well as his own Prime Azure Energy.

Naturally, there existed many other methods throughout the universe that didn't involve combining mana, with some of them even occupying a spot in Valyr's mind for being incredibly tedious to create.Fịndd new updates at novelhall.com

'Then again, the power the resulting energy has more than makes up for the effort,' thought the young man to himself, briefly making him wonder once more why Prime Azure Energy had that much strength with how much effort he'd put into it.

In the end, Valyr pushed all of his thoughts aside for the meantime, taking in a deep breath as he refocused his attention to what was in front of him.

Though he was still curious as to whether someone had tried combining mana with Mystic Energy, the young man merely allowed the thought to linger as he went through the method Sellifer took to combine mana and Shadow Energy together.

"If I remember correctly, I first need to balance the purity of both mana and Mystic Energy before forming a braid with the two." Muttering these words to himself, a slight frown began to appear on Valyr's face.

Although he didn't really find completing this step an issue, Valyr did face a problem in the form of having limited time.

Unlike in the inheritance, where had more than two years to work on purifying his mana and Shadow Energy before combining them to form Azure Energy, he only had the better part of a day at most before he needed to attend a meeting.

With that, the frown on the young man's face gradually deepened as the gears in his mind continued to turn.

"Hmm..." Looking at his current issue from a different perspective, Valyr eventually came up with a possible solution... though he wasn't sure if it'll work out.

"If it does, then I could at least proceed to the braiding step." As these words left his mouth, Valyr focused all of his attention on the mana covering half of the vast space in front of him.

Due to the excitement of seeing his idea actually work out, Valyr held a faint wish that his mana and his Mystic Energy would combine into something greater.

However, as Mystic Energy took almost any intent that was given to it as long as it wasn't related to attacking, the energy interpreted it in a way that somewhat stayed true to the wish, melding with the mana to turn into something greater.

Which was more mana.

Giving himself some time to sort out his thoughts, it was only a few minutes later did Valyr attempt braiding the two energies together once again.

Dispelling the first braid that turned out to be an utter failure, the young man composed his thoughts as he willed his mana and Mystic Energy to intertwine one another once again.

However, unlike his first attempt, he reined all of the errant thoughts that lingered in his mind, instead focusing all of his attention on what was happening before him. Because of that, the result that he initially intended to happen eventually became a reality, with the blue and white energy appearing before him intertwined in a way that reminded him of those ice pops he had as a kid.

"...Haah." Continuing to have his thoughts remain as still as water, Valyr then proceeded to manipulate the blue and white braid in various ways, initially controlling the braid as if it

were a strand of mana.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

To no surprise, the braid accepted his input, moving through the vastness of space as if it

were in its natural habitat.

Though, as Valyr focused his senses on the braid more closely, he noticed that it took his

inputs far better than before, similar to how his braids of mana and Shadow Energy back then allowed his skills to exert more power.

"I guess it's due to the Mystic Energy's property of being able to accept almost any input," Valyr surmised, eventually having the strand of blue-white energy stop a fair distance away

from him.

Now that he had confirmed that the properties of mana had been elevated to a slightly higher degree thanks to the inclusion of Mystic Energy, Valyr felt that it was now time for him to find

out if the opposite were true.

What would happen if he were to infuse a specific intent into the braid? Would the mana accept the intent he'd infused as well? Or would the mana remain as is?

As these questions lingered in his mind, the young man went ahead and sent out a thought towards the braid, wanting it to take on the form of a simple forging hammer.

Whoosh!

Surprisingly, it delivered... and more.