Inside the secret chamber, before the strange beast stone sculpture.
As the Sword Saint's inheritance information flooded into Fire Dance's mind at a furious pace, the mana on her body fluctuated wildly—sometimes surging, sometimes fading. She had clearly drawn a great deal of inspiration from the inheritance. Her control over mana and her utilization of magical elements were both improving visibly, to the naked eye.
Watching from the sidelines, Shi Feng couldn't help but feel a twinge of envy.
He had always wanted to use the Sword Saint's inheritance right away, but he was well aware of one thing: even if he used it now, it wouldn't do him much good.
The true bottleneck holding him back wasn't at the magical element level—it was his insufficient mental strength.
As long as his mental strength was strong enough to simultaneously operate the Mana Body's magic array using the three-threaded parallel method, he could naturally push the Mana Body to a far higher level of performance.
So what he needed to do right now wasn't anything else—it was figuring out how to more comfortably master the three-threaded parallel mana control method. Everything else was secondary.
"I should start training too—figuring out how to adapt to three-threaded control."
Shi Feng glanced at the others around him, each immersed in their own improvements, and smiled before sitting down to attempt adapting to the three-threaded control method himself.
Previously, his mental strength had been at the mid-fourth-tier level, which was nothing remarkable among fourth-tier Classes. However, thanks to the Fourth-Tier Infernal Dark Flame, his mind had been thoroughly tempered and elevated. By his estimation, his current mental strength should have reached the peak of the fourth tier—just a single step away from the fifth tier's "One Thought, One World."
Of course, achieving One Thought, One World required more than just reaching fifth-tier mental strength. One's magic array proficiency also needed to reach the Grandmaster level, which was precisely why even players and NPCs who had advanced to fifth-tier Classes couldn't learn One Thought, One World. After all, becoming a Grandmaster of magic arrays was extraordinarily difficult.
Those who managed to become Grandmasters of magic arrays were typically Grandmasters of various life-profession Classes. Most of them weren't suited for combat and couldn't advance beyond the fourth tier, where they remained. This was especially apparent among players.
Over seventy percent of fourth-tier experts who had mastered One Thought, One World were Grandmasters of life professions—a fact that left many peak experts who had advanced to fifth-tier Classes green with envy.
The difference in combat power between those who had mastered One Thought, One World and those who hadn't was night and day. Even among fifth-tier Classes, the gap remained significant.
Time slipped by, and before anyone realized it, more than half a day had passed.
As Shi Feng repeatedly attempted to use the three-threaded control method to manipulate the Mana Body, Fire Dance's mana suddenly surged by a massive margin. The resulting mana storm startled everyone in the secret chamber awake.
"What's going on with Fire Dance?!" Fei Ying stared at the dense white mist swirling around Fire Dance, his eyes full of disbelief. "That mana is ridiculous!"
"She must have broken through the limit of her Mana Body," Ban Jiu said, watching with undisguised envy.
"No, it's not just breaking through the 100% limit." Banxia Qingcheng shook her head. "My own Mana Body has already surpassed 100%, but compared to what Fire Dance has right now, the difference is enormous. Even a fourth-tier Class breakthrough couldn't produce something this extreme."
She knew the Mana Body breakthrough inside and out—her own had reached 102%, which had indeed triggered a qualitative transformation in her mana. But the mana surrounding Fire Dance at this moment was nearly liquid in density. Even accounting for the fourth-tier Class and the special environment, this was far too dramatic.
A few minutes later, Fire Dance's mana finally stabilized completely, and her eyes brimmed with excitement.
"Guild Leader, I did it!" Fire Dance turned to Shi Feng, practically bursting with elation. "My Mana Body has broken through to 107%! Give me a little more time, and reaching 110% isn't out of the question."
She had heard Shi Feng explain the significance of Mana Body completion rates. Reaching 105% marked a major leap—a qualitative shift in how one controlled the Mana Body. Reaching 110% meant another transformation entirely.
She hadn't hit 110% yet, but with the information from the Sword Saint's inheritance combined with the effect of the strange beast stone sculpture, she was highly confident she could get her Mana Body to 110%. When that happened, her combat power would definitely surpass Ziyan Liuyun's—after all, Ziyan Liuyun's Mana Body completion rate was currently only at 108%.
"107% on your first breakthrough?" Shi Feng was genuinely stunned.
Normally, a first breakthrough couldn't exceed 105%, since 105% represented a qualitative leap in Mana Body control—a fundamental transformation in technique. It was the same as what had happened with Ziyan Liuyun's first breakthrough.
But Fire Dance had skipped right past that stage, reaching the second milestone of the Mana Body directly. That kind of advancement was no small matter.
"That Sword Saint had an incredibly profound understanding of the Mana Body. His explanations were clear and easy to follow. It's a shame I'm not a Swordsman—if I were, the improvement would have been even greater," Fire Dance said with a sigh. "If this inheritance were given to Jianying and the other Swordsmen, I imagine breaking through to 110% wouldn't be difficult at all. And for you, Guild Leader, the improvement would probably be even more astonishing."
"Is it really that effective?" Shi Feng felt a flicker of temptation, but he suppressed the restless urge and said calmly, "I'll hold off for now. But once Jianying and the other Swordsmen advance to fourth-tier, they should give it a try. If any other physical-damage Classes manage to break past the 100% Mana Body limit, they can learn from it too."