Elemental Light Mage

Chapter 568 Capacitor Stone

"It's quite beautiful..."

As the chill of impending death crept up his spine, Xi Yeming's gaze remained fixed on the array patterns flowing across the rock face. The pale blue light patterns, like living vines, meandered intricate arcs across the dark gray rock, each turn concealing an indescribable rhythm—he wasn't a mage specializing in magic arrays, but the sense of life slipping rapidly through his fingers made him exceptionally sensitive to the remaining beauty in the world, like a drowning person clutching their last glimmer of light.

Such beautiful patterns, yet they can take someone's life in an instant...

The array patterns glowed faintly, becoming the only light illuminating the darkness within the cave. However, the previous danger kept people at a distance, as if they had all lost their meaning of existence and were instead like insects that dared not approach the campfire.

Xi Yeming's bright eyes reflected the flowing light of the array patterns, his pupils transforming into a blurred palette, serving as the only remaining path of hope.

"Ok?"

"what happened?"

When Talin saw Xi Yeming suddenly stand up, he concluded that Xi Yeming had come up with some brilliant plan.

"Do we have any magicians among us who can detect minerals or similar substances?"

"What, you can just state your requirements directly."

"Could you help me 'carve open' the rock wall behind the magic circle?"

A student who was considered an expert in magic circles stopped him, saying, "No, if the magic circle here was created by that senior, then it is very likely that it is linked to his mind. Once the magic circle is damaged, he will definitely return."

The hard-won peace is all the more precious; if Sean were to return, everything would be turned upside down.

“I didn’t say I wanted to destroy the array patterns.” Xi Yeming took a deep breath, took two steps forward, and his fingertips almost touched the coolness of the rock wall. “Start with the rock on the side. Don’t touch those light patterns. Just carve out a small opening so that you can see the structure behind it.”

“That’s too risky!” another student immediately retorted, his voice trembling almost imperceptibly. “Who knows if the rocks on the side are connected to the array patterns? What if we trigger something…”

A chorus of agreement rose up, most of them keeping their heads down, not daring to look Xi Yeming in the eye. They weren't cowardly, they were just too afraid—afraid that the chance of survival they had so painstakingly grasped would be extinguished by another risky endeavor.

Looking at the silent crowd before him, Xi Yeming felt an indescribable sorrow welling up in his heart.

He turned around, his back to everyone, and gazed at the swirling patterns of light. The wind in the cave blew past him, ruffling the dust-covered hem of his clothes, as if urging him on, or perhaps sighing.

In the silence, Xi Yeming slowly spoke:

“My companions are being hunted down by Sean, and I have to try whatever it takes.”

After saying this, Xi Yeming was about to use earth elemental magic to forcibly break the rock when Tarin walked in front of him.

"You don't have to take the risk alone. I'm quite good at taking things apart."

Talin's eager and ready expression elicited a different reaction from Xi Yeming, as this overturned his previous understanding of the girl.

"Don't look at me like that. I want to live too," Tarin explained to Xi Yeming's face, which he found offensive.

Just as the two were pondering how to work together to break through the rock, a trembling voice rang out from behind them.

"Let me help too..."

When the two of them looked in the direction of the sound, they found it was the girl who had applied the ointment to Xi Yeming.

The girl spoke in a soft voice, "My flying sword magic might be able to help..."

Xi Yeming and Talin exchanged a glance, both seeing understanding in each other's eyes. At this critical juncture of life and death, every bit of strength added meant a greater chance of hope, so what reason was there to refuse?

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get started."

The three stood in a row facing the rock, and their respective magics manifested.

The student who didn't want Xi Yeming to touch the magic circle shouted angrily, "You're all insane! You're absolutely insane!"

The wind blades and flying swords pressed close to Talin's fists, the dazzling speed of his punches befitting the name of the Lion Clan. The rock gradually widened from a depression until a glowing crack appeared inside.

-

Have you contacted Colette?

Upon landing, Nesbich inquired whether the member of the Ten Holy Wills who was skilled in healing knew about the incident.

Allio, who was in charge of the notification, replied, "I sent out the message in accent before I came, and 'Hope for the Emperor's Will' should have received it by now."

"That's good."

Immediately after speaking, Nesbich declared that several holy men should conduct a thorough search, prioritizing the rescue of students should any findings be made.

"Wait a minute."

Nesbich called out to the two students who were planning to follow the Klinka siblings.

"What's wrong, Lord Miracle Will?"

"You can have this."

A long, thin golden thread was coiled into a circle and handed to them by Nesbich.

Su Caibai recognized that these were threads created by the divine will of miracles, but she didn't understand what they were for. Nevertheless, she carefully put the threads away.

"Well, if you encounter your own companions, the threads might just work a miracle."

After parting ways with Nesbich, Leo and Cabbage followed the Klinka siblings in their search for the students.

"Why does 'Obsessed with the Holy Will' have such a strange expression?" Su Caibai whispered in Leo's ear.

"Cabbage, you..."

Leo wanted to remind her that such a volume would be heard by the two Holy Wills, but the person in question took the initiative to answer the question.

White said, "Because I was calculating the possibility that Xi Yeming was alive."

"what?"

Su Caibai forgot even the embarrassment of being caught doing something wrong, leaving only a surprised expression on her face.

Leo asked anxiously, "What are the chances that Xi Yeming has survived?"

"Without considering individual coincidences, the probability would be zero or 100%."

"So absolute?"

The two children even began to have a slight doubt about the unassailable Holy Will before them.

Gwen, floating at the forefront, didn't look back. "There's something in the northwest of the world's border that can turn the tide for elemental mages. It's just a matter of whether he can seize it."

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"careful!"

Xi Yeming quickly pulled Talin out of the light rift, and with the collapse of rocks, the cave behind the magic circle finally came into everyone's view.

"That is……"

Loud breathing sounds came from the crowd, and a few students recognized what the glowing objects were.

Xi Yeming looked enlightened, and beads of regret rolled down his forehead. "So that's how it is. I should have realized it sooner. How could such a complicated magic circle last for seven hundred years for no reason?"

An electric current exploded in the air, sparking a blue, glowing ore buried in ordinary bedrock. Xi Yeming murmured its name:

"Capacitor Stone—"