Supreme Magus novel Chapter 2782

Chapter 2782 Skill Issue (Part 2)

From the opposite side, Solus cast a stream of restorative energy that kept Lith's side of Dismantle from damaging the power core, mana pathways, and mana circulatory system of Double Edge.

He used the darkness element to find and purge the mana coursing through the artifact from his own energy signature while also cutting off the supply of new mana to the blade.

The darkness element coated the blade inside out, clogging the mana pathways and interrupting the natural flow of energy from the owner to the power core. Once the energy signature disappeared, it took Double Edge a few seconds to interpret is as the "death" of its master and losing the imprint.

The task at hand was difficult and Lith had to use Domination multiple times to make sure to not have left enough mana to recover the imprint the moment the darkness element faded away.

Solus, instead, had to make sure that while Lith removed the energy signature, the enchantments wouldn't suffer any permanent damage that would cause their energy to leak and be lost along with the imprint. _{fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm}

"Six out of ten." Salaark said despite their success. "Removing your own imprint is always easy because it'scomprised of your mana and it answers your every command. Were Double Edge infused with someone else's energy signature, you would have failed if not for Domination."

Lith grunted but accepted the criticism. He knew that he was supposed to perform the Dismantle spell in one go, yet he proceeded one step at a time to use it as a learning experience while under Salaark's guidance.

As for the babies, they only say the sparkling of metal, the shiny gems, and the majestic elemental power. They giggled at the light show, almost forgetting about the soap bubbles.

Almost.

Then came the real Dismantling.

Lith increased the flow of darkness element while Solus did the same with the light. This time, he was eroding the spells from the inside, gnawing at the bond between matter and energy while she protected solely the matter.

Light magic flooded the mana crystals, the metal, and the components that derived from the ingredients, leaving everything else exposed. As Lith destroyed the enchantments, Solus recovered what was left of the materials after he was done.

She put the dust back together with the rest before flooding it with the light element as well to isolate them from the flow of darkness elements. With each cycle of destruction and regeneration, the various enchantments faded until only the power core was left.

At that point, Lith stopped so that Solus could pinpoint the pseudo cores created by the ingredients and separate them from those comprised solely of pure mana. Once she was done shielding the pseudo cores, Lith resumed his attack.

He took down the power core layer by layer, making sure that the inner pseudo cores would remain stable. If they collapsed all at the same time, those protected by Solus would be pulled apart from two different directions, making her job harder.

After that, he destroyed the mana pathways that until that moment had prevented the mana of the enchantments from leaking out so that Solus could safely extract the ingredients' essence.

Without the interaction of the pseudo cores with the enchanted metal and the crystals and with the light element shielding them safe from the darkness element, it took Solus but a sliver of focus to keep the ingredients' essence stable.

After that, it was the turn of the mana crystals.