Facing the Apocalypse with My Other Selves-Chapter 130 - 101: Shen Yu’s Collective Power Surge

Chapter 130: Chapter 101: Shen Yu’s Collective Power Surge

This is how the Martial Arts World is.

A simple array that transforms Earth Evil Power into gentle Primordial Energy doesn’t actually require so much consumption.

The crux is, the Martial Arts World lacks the ability to properly construct such an array.

After all, in the Martial Arts World, there’s not even a concept of arrays.

In the end, it still depends on the Gray Mist.

Even pouring out massive resources, the consumption of Gray Mist is still considerable.

However, after thinking for a moment, Shen Yu decided to wait a bit longer.

No need to wait too long; the main reason is the new meteorite is about to arrive, and there’s simply too much unknown about it—some margin must be reserved.

Anyway, the defensive facilities to deal with ocean monsters are still under construction.

It’s not as though there is no preparation.

Since it’s just three days, waiting a bit more won’t matter.

And as Shen Yu was pondering, Wizard Shen Yu also spoke up to take his leave: "I’ll go and advance my Power, too. Now that I have a Meditation Method that allows Ascension to God, I plan to use most of the Gray Mist on strengthening myself next."

"Alright." Shen Yu’s eyes lit up as well. "To directly strengthen to the Divine Spirit level, roughly how much Gray Mist will it take?"

"I’ve asked, but there’s no definite answer." Wizard Shen Yu shook his head. "Divine Spirits exist in different grades; same for Mages. The key point of this Demon Pattern Meditation Method is on the Demon Patterns themselves. If I need to optimize each tier’s Demon Patterns to the extreme, it’s a bottomless pit—truly endless. And once determined, if you want to adjust or further optimize later, the consumption will be even greater. Plus, with different foundations, the expenditure for further advancement at higher levels also varies."

Shen Yu understood.

This is definitely a balance issue that needs careful thought.

If he rushes ahead, using the smallest consumption to quickly climb realms, and ends up as the weakest god, it’s not much use anyway. It would just make the other gods look down on him, and it would take even more resources to strengthen himself later.

A lose-lose situation.

But if he madly piles up underlying foundation early, the Gray Mist consumed would be enormous; then his realm might lag behind, his Power would be lacking, and when directly facing the gods, he’d still be helpless.

The balancing act has to be weighed by Wizard Shen Yu himself.

The other Shen Yus just enjoy the benefits.

Shen Yu remains highly expectant about the Power of Magic.

Wizard Shen Yu departed, and Shen Yu returned to his own world.

In the following two days, besides inspecting the coastal preparations, Shen Yu spent most of his time in the Martial Arts World.

With increasingly abundant Primordial Power, his Martial Arts Power had completely caught up to Martial Artist Shen Yu’s pace.

Though the main reason was that Martial Artist Shen Yu was unwilling to use Gray Mist to boost his own Martial Arts Power.

First, the Gray Mist now is tight, and as Earth Evil Power grows, it all needs to be spent strengthening the array.

Second, the cost to upgrade Martial Arts Power drops significantly once Primordial Energy is abundant.

Third, any surplus Gray Mist should be used to upgrade the quality of his Cultivation Techniques first; then improving Power yields far better value.

All these considerations led to all the Shen Yus’ Martial Arts Power being stuck at a certain level.

But that’s okay. These past days, Wizard Shen Yu started making moves.

All the Shen Yus could clearly feel their own magical tier skyrocketing at an alarming rate.

Wizard Shen Yu completed the third Demon Pattern Fusion directly in one day!

Reached the Fourth Stage of the Meditation Method.

Based on research from the Magic Civilization, after the First Demon Pattern Fusion, casting Magic is already on par with the previous Great Mage!

Of course, it’s just the impact that’s comparable—a qualitative leap, not in terms of Magic Power quantity.

For example, the signature magic of a Great Mage—independent in-Plane spatial teleportation—still can’t be done.

But after the Second Demon Pattern Fusion, he could already accomplish this.

This is the foundation Great Mages should have when they switch to the Demon Pattern Meditation Method. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

As for the Third Demon Pattern Fusion—

Besides Wizard Shen Yu, across the entire Plane, only one person might achieve it: the most Legendary Mage, former Magic Emperor Acosta.

But again, that’s merely accumulation of ’quantity’. In reality, the state after the Third Demon Pattern Fusion has already left Acosta far behind!

Just like the Mighty Power once displayed by that weak Divine Spirit, erasing a metropolis of several million people without a sound—Wizard Shen Yu can’t do that yet. However, if he spends a day or two continuously casting magic, he can absolutely destroy such a city.

But the Gray Mist consumption is quite significant, too.

Currently, the Spiritual Power he shares from Martial Artist Shen Yu still hasn’t reached the limit—most of the expenditure goes into optimizing Demon Patterns.

Each stage has nine Demon Patterns; three fusions total twenty-seven Demon Patterns, and combining all, about 740 million Gray Mist was used up.

"That’s mostly because I chose Demon Patterns that already have strong foundations in the Plane. Otherwise, the cost would be much higher. The further up you go, the less foundation the Plane has for advanced magic, and the harder the consumption hits. By the Fourth Stage, it’s truly staggering." In the routine intelligence meeting, Wizard Shen Yu felt the pain. "Inter-Plane Teleportation Magic is already classified as Fourth Stage magic, and just that alone cost me over 400 million Gray Mist! To achieve the Fourth Fusion, I’ll need nine such magic of this level, plus the fusion... Even on the low end, it’ll take over 5 billion Gray Mist! If I want something more, like a trump card or two, 6 or 7 billion won’t even cut it!"

"Bro, go for it!" Martial Artist Shen Yu reached out to pat Wizard Shen Yu’s shoulder, face full of anticipation. "Lately, the cost to fortify the Grand Array has dropped a lot. Magic is super useful in these things!"

Wizard Shen Yu’s strengthening benefits all the Shen Yus.

One could say, these past few days saw every Shen Yu’s Power soar collectively!

They could truly feel the strength of Magic doubling up in this surge.

Not to mention—

This is the first time Shen Yu’s put 740 million Gray Mist into himself.

Martial Artist Shen Yu boosting his realm to date has only cost a little over 100 million.

"Magic is also highly effective against Void Spirits." Intersellar world Shen Yu grinned. "Especially your Third Tier spell—Soul Storm—it should be capable of wiping out Void Spirits en masse."

"..." Wizard Shen Yu was lost for words, thoroughly feeling the pressure.

"By the way," Shen Yu spoke at that point, "With the Third Demon Pattern Fusion, at the Fourth Stage, a Mage can now independently use cross-Plane Teleportation Magic, and other Fourth Stage magic, once the Demon Pattern is inscribed, should have the city-destroying might, roughly deserving the Legendary Mage title. But after that, if you complete the Fourth Demon Pattern Fusion and reach the Fifth Stage, does that mean you’re at the Divine Spirit level?"

"Not sure; nobody really knows how strong a Divine Spirit truly is." Wizard Shen Yu’s face turned stern as he spoke. "Plus, the resource consumption is enormous. We haven’t found a third Plane attacked by plague—the Gray Mist just isn’t enough."

This situation, Wizard Shen Yu had just shared.

Finding other Planes isn’t as simple as it sounds.

Currently, only when a Mage from that Plane also receives messages from other Planes can connections be made.

Meaning, adding the previous established contacts, in these days they’ve only reached three alternate Planes total.

Aside from Julia’s Plane, the other two—one has yet to begin Divine Punishment, while the other is in the latter half of Divine Punishment.

It’s a type of spreading curse.

From the soul.

Far more terrifying than viruses; it transmits directly when a carrier gets close enough.

When they found that Plane, it had less than a tenth of its population left.

The rest scattered, cowering everywhere.