Infinite Potential System

Chapter 528 Suspicious Generosity, What Are You Planning?

William spent the next few minutes with Yuhe learning how to replenish the stored Spells that she used during the battle. She explained that the orbs were a special storage device only compatible with Innate Talents like hers and several other Family members, but William's Mana could be used at fifty percent efficiency in place of hers.

Initially, William wanted to know why Yuhe would share this with him, but the question started a long-winded rant about her inter-Family politics and the status quo.

In short, external Mana could only be used if it came from a Cultivator that wasn't too much stronger than her, and those in her Family that met the requirement would do anything to see her fail so they could have her position.

The few that would take her side simply didn't have the ability to make a large difference. It would take months, if not years, even with their help. Before she could break off into another tangent, William accepted Yuhe's request on the condition that they only committed a few hours at a time to the project.

It was impossible to recover the entirety of her storage in just a few hours; however, Yuhe believed that William had enough Mana in reserve to have a decent impact regardless. She accepted William's offer and showed him how to channel his Mana into the object, then lowered the Array Formation that trapped him.

William's moral compass wasn't perfectly straight, so he thought about running off at that moment, but he decided it wouldn't hurt to stay on Yuhe's good side. He held a clear glass orb in his hand and channeled Mana of the Earth Element to recreate Yuhe's stored Domain of Earth.

Yuhe couldn't believe her eyes when William completely filled up a Domain orb in just half an hour. It was important to understand that filling up these orbs could not be compared to the usual cost of a Spell or Domain.

No, these orbs required more than 100 times the amount of Mana to carry the same power as a Spell cast by the Cultivator directly.

William needed roughly 10 Mana per second to maintain his Domains, which hadn't changed in cost past a certain point even when he improved his Mana efficiency. Other Cultivators needed considerably more Mana to maintain a Domain as it was, so it wouldn't be surprising if 100 Mana was consumed per second.

Now imagine if that same Cultivator needed to store said Domain inside of an orb. First of all, it was impossible unless one carried the same Innate Talent as Yuhe did, but the total Mana cost would be a staggering ten thousand Mana... per second!

Each Domain orb was fitted to store thirty-six million Mana, allowing her to fuel Domains for up to an hour if it wasn't destroyed. This was pure overkill in one versus one fights against Cultivators, but extremely effective for hunting Magical Beasts.

That's not fair! I'm a very empathetic person...

-Oh yeah? And what do you plan to do if you can't trade with the Slightwing Family? What if they don't want to buy what you're selling? Read new adventures at empire

Hahaha... Well... If I can't trade for their Spirit Jades...

I guess I'll just steal them!

Tens of thousands of kilometers underground, within a treasure vault guarded by Tier 9 Arrays, a pair of guards in the Solar Deity Realm became inexplicably nervous. They each looked at the other with the same fearful expression, then narrowed their eyes and used their Divine Senses to scan every nook and cranny of their surroundings.

Even after several moments, their nervousness didn't abate and instead grew stronger. They peered inside the treasure vault, but aside from the giant rat that served as their Guardian Beast, they saw nothing suspicious.

For the first time in millennia, they wondered if the defensive measures in place were enough to guard the Family's treasures. One guard stood in position while the other took out a special communicator and contacted the Faction Leader.

"Has something happened to the vault? How are the treasures?" an old voice answered the call like a flash of lightning, the anxiety in his voice apparent.

"Everything is fine over here, Family Head... we just—"

"Good to hear. I'm raising your salaries by fifty percent because of your good performance so far, and there will be two more assigned to guard duties in the coming days, so continue to do well until then."

The guard almost dropped the communicator. "F-Fifty percent?!? Are you sure, Family Head? Has something happened?"

"Nothing yet, but I fear that calamity may soon befall the Slightwings if we aren't careful..."