Shi Feng gazed at the broken bridge before him, which spanned less than half a meter. At this point, he no longer needed to actively prevent the bridge from collapsing. The dramatic improvement in his Mana Body's completion had given him a far greater degree of control over his mana.
The rate at which the bridge was disintegrating slowed instantly, incomparably faster than when he had been straining to hold it together with all his might.
"A Mana Body at 120% completion really is something else. No wonder in my previous life, some people believed that once the Mana Body reached 120%, one could actually go toe-to-toe with a dragon of the same tier," Shi Feng murmured, clicking his tongue in admiration as he watched the bridge gradually stabilize around him.
Even without his active control, the mana within his Mana Body had an incredibly powerful stabilizing effect on the surrounding space. If he were to deploy a Mana Domain and unleash his mana in full, the resulting domain would be almost unimaginable in its power.
Setting aside whether he could truly rival a dragon of the same rank, he could at the very least hold his own against a Half-Step Demon King at the same level.
Shi Feng then began channeling his mana, infusing the finely refined power into the bridge.
The moment his mana entered the structure, the bridge seemed to come alive. The portions that had been crumbling came to an abrupt halt, and the overall reinforcement of the bridge visibly jumped up an entire tier.
Not only would the bridge no longer collapse — even an attack from a fourth-tier Class would probably leave barely a scratch on it.
"Incredible! So this is the true way to wield mana!"
Previously, when he manipulated magical elements, he had relied on various external magical elements to control other external elements. The efficiency was abysmably low — drawing out even 10% effectiveness was considered lucky.
The reason was simple: only magical elements of the same attribute as his own could produce optimal results. Forcing control over elements of different attributes yielded terrible outcomes — not only were they difficult to manipulate, but they could even backfire.
Now, however, the inner magical elements and the outer ones had merged into perfect unity. He could harness the power of external magical elements at nearly 100% efficiency. The magnitude of that improvement was staggering just to think about.
Once the bridge was fully stabilized, Shi Feng turned all of his attention to the underlying elemental structure of the bridge itself.
Stabilizing the bridge's magical structure was merely the baseline of this trial. To actually pass, he would need to construct the bridge himself — only then could he move forward. Otherwise, he would simply be stranded here, staring at the distant landmass with nothing to do until time ran out and he was forced to leave.
"This is..."
Observing the bridge once more, Shi Feng was stunned.
Earlier, he had been entirely focused on figuring out how to stabilize the bridge, so his observation of its structure had been cursory at best. Now, with his Mana Body at 120% completion, his perception of the outside world — especially regarding magical elements — had undergone a qualitative transformation.
Looking at the bridge in detail now, everything he perceived was fundamentally different.
It was as though he were inhabiting the body of a Half-Step Demon King. Every operational law governing the magical elements, every facet of how they were woven together, all of it appeared with stunning clarity.
"This really is the Dragon Clan's trial — the construction of this bridge is absolutely extraordinary!" Shi Feng examined the bridge's various structures with growing awe. "This bridge has essentially employed nearly every characteristic and operational law of magical elements. Someone who didn't possess a thorough understanding of how magical elements behave and function could never hope to build such an elemental architecture."
In the Divine Realm, players struggled just to comprehend the operational laws of individual magical elements. As for actually putting different magical elements to practical use, that was nothing short of a fantasy.
Even the ancient inheritance guides could only introduce the information and application methods for a single type of magical element. There was simply no way they could cover every element in detail, let alone explain how to use all of them together.
Yet this bridge before him was a flawless demonstration of the fundamental application of various magical elements — far more enlightening than any lecture could ever be.
Of course, actually seeing all of this was no easy task.
An ordinary fourth-tier Class would be completely incapable of perceiving the operational laws of magical elements, much less the deeper principles of elemental composition and application. Only the Dragon Clan, whose innate life form was of an extraordinarily high tier, could accomplish something like this. For any other race, it would be utterly impossible.
For a fourth-tier player, this kind of opportunity was the chance of a lifetime!
The greatest obstacle for any fourth-tier player attempting to advance to fifth tier was the creation of the Mana Body. That required not only exceptional control over mana but also a profound understanding of the operational laws of magical elements, their practical application, and the principles of Mana Body construction.
The bridge before him offered an ideal solution to that very problem.
With that thought, Shi Feng suppressed his mounting excitement and began channeling his mana, attempting to construct the bridge himself.
Time trickled by. Building the bridge was extraordinarily difficult, but within this space saturated with Eternal Energy, those impossibly complex elemental structures did not seem quite so unattainable.
Failure after failure did not discourage Shi Feng — if anything, it only fueled his excitement.
With every failed attempt, he improved. He continuously adjusted his application of various magical elements, refining his control until his precision and efficiency grew sharper with each iteration.
After a full two days of relentless effort, Shi Feng finally completed a section of bridge less than half a meter long.
"It's done! It's finally done!"
Staring at the constructed segment before him, Shi Feng felt a surge of exhilaration and elation that words could scarcely capture.