Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Leon tried to suck the mana of the flesh while his own mana was in touch with. However, that didn't work... it was like he was trying to drink the water of a bottle by making a small hole on the bottle. The hole was so small and ridiculous that it was like it wasn't even there.

"I guess this is a failure... Although I want to drain the mana, this isn't the way I imagined it would be. In the end, draining mana from a distance and without putting myself at risk is a crazy wish."

Suddenly, the damaged flesh started to repair itself, and Leon's mana begun to disperse. Being so close to that process was scary and disgusting, but Leon didn't take out his hand. He decided to take that risk in order to feel the mana inside that small amount of flesh even more... even if he had to lose a hand.

Surprisingly, the regeneration stopped when it touched Leon's hand. His hand was being pressed against it, but it wasn't that painful. Regardless, even though the cell wasn't completely healed, Leon could feel its mana inside of it. The temperature of his arm started to increase due to the heat, but he endured again.

"What now..."

Leon was in a hurry, but it wasn't like that would help him to learn the spell faster. Anyway, Leon wouldn't stop until he finally learns that damn skill. Since Leon's skin was starting to burn, he was forced to activate Regeneration to counter that. Then Leon felt his arm getting hotter.

"What the..."

It was weird, his arm was getting hotter, but the temperature of the ambient didn't increase... when Leon focused his attention, he felt that the nearby mana was approaching more and more his arm.

"Is the mana of the cell reacting to my mana?"

That was very weird... it wasn't like healing magic had that kind of effect. So, Leon couldn't help but get confused. The more his arm healed, the more the creature's mana got stuck to Leon's arm... it was like the cell was trying to transmit mana to Leon, but why?

"Is it because I'm healing myself? Or is it because my arm is losing mana to heal itself?"

Leon decided to use all his mana and see what would happen, but after creating a small mithril needle, the mana didn't get absorbed by his arm. After using all his mana, the flesh sent Leon the same amount of mana, and now he was feeling as if his left arm was inside magma... even though no damage was being caused.

"Most likely... the cells transmit mana to all body parts that are lacking mana. So, since I left my arm inside the flesh, it is treating as if I'm part of the monster... it is a really dumb cell."

Something was off, his mithril spear of the devourers could drain mana after wounding monsters, but Leon only received that chance when the damage he caused to the flesh healed... well, almost. Regardless, there was a difference between the spear and Leon's arm, and he soon realized what it was... the spear was a magic weapon whose sole purpose was to drain mana.

Leon didn't know if that would work, but it was worth a try. He covered his arm with a thin layer of mana and then tried to mix it with the monster's mana. He succeeded, but only obtained control of the same amount of mana he used. So, the mana on his arm that he could control duplicated.

"Well... now, how do I make the mana return to inside my body?"

Congratulations! You have learned the skill: Mana Absorption.

You obtained 01 status points.

Before Leon could start to think, the mana got absorbed, and then he understood everything. Just like Seal, the target had to be alive for the skill to work. However, the body of the target couldn't be damaged... well, at least the part which Leon had to touch in order to drain the mana. But the most important rule was, he had to use mana to absorb mana. The mana he would obtain would be the double of the mana he uses. At level one, he could only absorb two points of mana.

"In the end, I got ahead of myself... I was already feeling the mana, but I didn't try to absorb using mana. The spell is relatively simple... but it must have some requirements. Regardless, it looks like even this skill has limits. If the level max is 1000, then I cannot drain more than two thousand points of mana of a target."

Leon took out his arm from the flesh and started to use it. Another weird thing, the skill was passive when he had the mithril spear of the devourers, but now it was an active skill. It was just like the Gloves of Regeneration... In any case, that actually helped Leon, since he could only use Fast Conjuration and Multi-Conjuration.

Congratulations! The skill Mana Absorption has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Mana Absorption has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Mana Absorption has leveled up.historical

You obtained 01 status points.

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In just one hour, Leon leveled up Mana Absorption until it reached level fifty, it wasn't enough for his plans, but he started anyway... Little by little Leon was creating a mithril spear, the biggest mithril spear he had made so far, and he couldn't help but smirk since he would create the weapon using the mana of the monster he is going to kill, not only that, he also would use his spirit to create the biggest magic weapon of the universe... probably.

"The problem will be to move such a thing later... well, one problem at a time."