Chapter 421: Chapter 173: Breakthrough, Tier Eight Mage! "The Energy Transformation Spirit!" David could feel that his Spiritual Power had reached a bottleneck. As the Energy continued to coalesce, the Heart of Energy Transformation turned into the Energy Transformation Spirit. During this process, David’s Gaseous Spiritual Power began to converge towards the Energy Transformation Spirit, each gathering made the Spiritual Power become denser! Under his guidance, the Energy Transformation Core started to slowly rotate. In his Spiritual World, the once mist-like Gaseous Spiritual Power started to undergo earth-shattering changes. These gaseous Spiritual Powers were drawn by an invisible force, slowly gathering towards the center. Just like stars in the Cosmos attracted by a black hole, irresistibly flowing towards the Heart of Energy Transformation. As the Energy Transformation Spirit condensed, David’s Spiritual Power began to gradually liquefy. Every strand of Gaseous Spiritual Power, upon approaching the Energy Transformation Spirit, was enveloped by its radiance, then slowly condensed into droplets. These droplets were initially tiny, almost imperceptible. But as time went on, they gradually increased in number, eventually forming thin streams of liquid Spiritual Power. David’s consciousness immersed in this process, he could clearly feel every subtle change as each drop of Spiritual Power liquefied. His mind was closely connected with these liquefied Spiritual Powers, each formation of a droplet made his control over Spiritual Power stronger. In his Spiritual World, the original ocean of Gaseous Spiritual Power began to give way to liquid regions. As the areas with liquid Spiritual Power expanded, David’s total amount of Spiritual Power continued to increase, making the Spiritual World more stable. At this moment, the Spiritual Power successfully completed its liquefaction, successfully breaking through to Tier Eight! "Whew, I’ve broken through." A pleased expression appeared on David’s face. This breakthrough happened much sooner than he had anticipated. The most important reason was, of course, the large amount of resources he obtained from the vendor and Law Enforcer. The amount of these resources far exceeded his gains on the Bright Continent. This shows how abundant the resources in the Wizard World are, far beyond what the Bright Continent can compare to! Thinking about this, a fervor arose in David’s heart immediately. Currently, he still had nearly five thousand Magic Crystals in hand, which was quite a fortune. If he could convert all these Magic Crystals into resources, his strength would see a significant increase. ... Half a month later. David once again traveled to the Wizard World through the Space Spirit. During this time, he had Black Mage servants taking Magic Crystals to the Black Wizard markets to gather resources. The three Tier Seven Black Mages were already considered strong among the lower ranks, and the resource collection process went relatively smoothly. David returned once more to the Wizard World. He then used the Spiritual Mark left on Phil to initiate a spiritual communication with Phil. During this time, Phil, benefitting from David’s Gaseous Spiritual Power containing Water Element Talent, advanced quickly. In a short time, Phil successfully condensed a Spiritual Power, becoming a Wizard Apprentice. Currently, Phil is earning credits through studying. "Next, keep an eye out for any information related to Body Refining Mages for me," David instructed. Based on his understanding during this period, there are no Knights in this world, but there are some Body Refining Mages. Body Refining Mages are a special group in the Wizard World, they not only pursue Spiritual Power and Magic Power enhancement but also focus on physical conditioning. These Wizards believe that only with a strong body can one better withstand and wield powerful Witchcraft. Body Refining Mages usually undergo a series of rigorous physical training. They also use special Witchcraft and various Potions to strengthen their bodies. The path of a Knight becomes blocked after reaching Legend, so he needs to find methods to further train his bloodstream and body. Body Refining Mages might offer the next path for Knights. Besides having Phil find out through the Wizard Organization, Black Mage servants were also gathering information everywhere. Subsequently, David discovered that among the four Managers of the Lonely Whale Market, one was a Body Refining Mage. At this point, that vendor’s notebook came in handy. The Body Refining Mage named Sten was also the secret head of slave traders at the Lonely Whale Market. However, on the surface, the Lonely Whale Market was still a White Wizard Organization composed of Wandering Mages. Thus, Sten did not engage in slave trade openly, conducting it secretly instead. In the coming time, he instructed the three Black Mages to continue tracking the Body Refining Mage’s whereabouts. Finally, he got the opportunity when Sten left Lonely Whale Island. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦 Sten was going to escort a slave ship sailing towards the Devil’s Sea. This was an opportunity for David. According to the information he obtained, Sten was a Tier Eight Body Refining Mage. He had now also broken through to Tier Eight. With many trump cards, his strength was undoubtedly among the top in Tier Eight. He immediately followed with three Black Mage servants. ... On the sea. The slave ship sailed steadily. Its appearance looked no different from an ordinary merchant ship, but the atmosphere onboard was unusually oppressive. The real purpose of this ship was to transport slaves, a wicked secret concealed by the Array on the ship. The Array not only provided protection for sailing but also masked the ship’s malevolent aura, making it almost undetectable on the sea.