Wizard: I Have a Game Panel

She naturally knew about the news concerning the players.

Currently, a wave of enthusiasm for researching players has swept across every Wizard Tower on the Betula Continent, and these players never refuse. As long as they're paid in Magic Crystals, they're open to research.

She also had some interest in researching these undying entities.

Once she completes Lord Lor's task, she plans to assign a task to this player named 'Sky Explorer' for research purposes.

Lor watched Kateya and the other person leave, then turned to walk toward his residence.

With everything now handled, and no more confusion in his mind, it was time to focus on breaking through to the Fourth Ring.

The subsequent plans can only be implemented after the breakthrough to the Fourth Ring.

He entered the bedroom, sat on the bed, and took out the Continent Communication Device, sending a message to everyone he knew.

Then, his Spiritual Power directly entered the Sea of Consciousness, beginning to delve into the Sea of Origin to extract Space Origin.

...

Time flew by, and twenty-three years had passed in a blink.

"I finally filled up the Origin Container." Lor looked at the Origin Container, now without a single gap, and exhaled lightly.

For twenty-three years, apart from communicating with Levan every three years and occasionally receiving Magic Crystals sent by Kateya, he had almost continuously extracted Origin.

The purpose was singular: rapidly fill the Origin Container, then try to condense the True Body of the Space Element and break through the Fourth Ring, which he finally achieved today.

Not rushing to start condensing the True Body of the Space Element, Lor opened his eyes, his Spiritual Power exploring the Space Ring. He took out the communication device and began to review events from the past two years.

Going through messages from his mentor as well as Kateya and Levan, he ultimately concluded that nothing had happened.

The demons roaming above the Endless Sea had been reduced by nearly thirty percent after being purged.

Due to the gradual joining of the other ten continent Wizard Legions, it is estimated that it will take another forty years to mostly complete the sweep.

The chairman and legislators are still battling in the Abyss, attempting to gradually eliminate all the Fourth and Fifth Ring demons over time.

The advantage is now in their hands, and no one would use Power of Origin without reason.

After all, excessive use of Origin shortens lifespan.

Notably, twenty-two years ago, those suddenly descended players vanished without a trace.

Their arrival had brought significant improvements to most apprentice-level witchcraft and some First and Second Ring witchcraft in the Wizard Alliance, causing quite a stir.

Of course, they also gained abundantly during this process.

It's conservatively estimated that each of these beta players has accumulated at least ten million energy points.

As for Third Ring witchcraft, as no players had accumulated enough energy points to elevate their Spiritual Power to the Third Ring, there wasn't much change.

Players only need 5,050 energy points to elevate their Spiritual Power to 100 points and ascend from apprentice to the First Ring.

Without betting by merging witchcraft, directly learning witchcraft only requires time to load, with no energy point cost.

Therefore, it's quite easy to break through to the First Ring.

From the First Ring to the Second Ring, though, requires 495,450 energy points.

Reaching this step is somewhat difficult, but for beta players, it's not too much.

However, breaking through to the Third Ring requires a full 49,504,500 energy points.

Converted to Magic Crystals, it's nearly five million.

Even if players continually learn witchcraft, improve witchcraft, and limit-breaking witchcraft, using the game interface to print, copy, and submit, and then restart by suicide,

at most, they can obtain around ten thousand Magic Crystals a day. After all, constructing witchcraft models and meditation models takes time.

In a year, earning three million Magic Crystals is considered extreme dedication, and they still can't gather five million Magic Crystals.

It's worth mentioning that players improving First and Second Ring witchcraft is actually about as efficient at acquiring Magic Crystals as improving apprentice-level witchcraft.

Because constructing First and Second Ring witchcraft also takes longer, usually several days of idle time to complete.

However, compared to constructing apprentice-level witchcraft, it's indeed easier. At least, they don't have to check the game every few hours to see the construction progress bar.

Since players can't practice the Meditation Technique independently, every player could be called a Crystal-Devouring Beast, also dirt poor.

No matter how much they earn, a few upgrades in Spiritual Power will deplete it.

This is one of the main reasons why, in his past life, Lor, as a Third Ring Bloodline Wizard, remained impoverished even in the great era of the realms.

"Hmm, better take a nap and then attempt to condense the True Body of the Space Element when I wake." Lor stretched and then fell asleep.

These years of continually extracting the Space Origin had exhausted him, mainly mentally.

Getting a good sleep would help restore his state to its peak.

Condensing the True Body of the Space Element is also not to be taken lightly.

If it fails, at least ten percent of the Space Origin will be consumed.

The wasted time of re-extracting the Space Origin is not the main concern; the critical issue is the wear and tear on the Origin Container.

And wearing down the Origin Container equates to reduced lifespan, with quite severe consequences.

Three days later, Lor woke from his slumber.

"Time to start condensing the True Body of the Space Element." Feeling his state restored to its peak, Lor exhaled lightly.

After carefully recalling the steps to condense the Space Origin True Body, he immersed his Spiritual Power into the Sea of Consciousness, channeling it all into the Space Origin Container.

Finally converging at the center of the Origin Container, it compressed into an exceedingly concentrated point.

Surrounding this point was depth-invoking, pitch-black Space Origin.

"Buzz—"

Lor's Spiritual Power-formed point subtly vibrated, slowly extending lines within the Origin Container, outlining a humanoid shape.

"Swish, swish—"

As these lines extended, the previously calm Space Origin gently rippled, threads of it flowing into the lines formed by Lor's Spiritual Power.

Time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, a day had gone by.

Compared to a day before, the Space Origin in the Space Container had decreased by more than five percent.

In contrast, the lines previously extended from the point formed by Lor's Spiritual Power gradually changed from colorless to deep black.

"The first stage went smoothly; next, it's time for the second stage." Lor whispered to himself.

Condensing an Elemental True Body, the first stage is not difficult, basically with no chance of failure.

However, moving to the second stage, extending lines into surfaces, does have its challenges.

He mentally prepared himself, maintaining a rational mindset, using the formed point as a pivot, vibrating each extended line.

"Whirl—"

Each line started expanding wildly, rapidly transforming into surfaces, absorbing the remaining Space Origin into these surfaces while the rest of the unabsorbed origin violently fluctuated.

Each fluctuation of the origin impacted the forming surfaces, causing them to shake and distort intensely.

"Stay stable! You must stay stable!" Lor strove to maintain the stability of the surfaces while continuously expanding them.

If this step collapsed, at least two percent of the Power of Origin would be lost.

One second...

Three seconds...

Five seconds later, all the surfaces successfully linked together without mishap.

When the surfaces completely merged, the remaining eighty percent Power of Origin finally stabilized, returning to calmness.

"Phew, thankfully." Lor exhaled lightly, not rushing to make any further actions but instead calming his mind.

With the second step successfully completed, he's only one step away from successfully condensing the True Body of the Space Element.

If he fails, it will consume five percent Power of Origin, allowing no room for carelessness.

After a good while.

"The final step, filling." With his emotions thoroughly calmed, Lor looked at the intertwined surfaces forming a blurred human figure, hesitating no longer and decisively invoked Spiritual Power to begin the final step.

"Swish, swish—"

In the Origin Container, the Space Origin didn't fluctuate wildly like during the second step but instead smoothly integrated into the surfaces composed of Spiritual Power combined with Space Origin.

Lor did not let down his guard but focused all his attention on those surfaces.

The difficulty of this step lies in retention.

If the surfaces retain the inflowing Space Origin, then the True Body of the Space Element forms.

As for failing to retain...

He would need to spend a year and a half collecting Space Origin all over again.