Chapter 50: Flash Arc Potion

In front of 155 Old Stone Street.

From a distance, Gune saw three knights leading black-horned horses, standing guard at his door.

"Greetings, Lord Gune. I am the Knight Commander of Viscount Dylan's retinue. You may call me 'Ed.'"

When Gune reached the door, the knight Ed approached and spoke, his voice deep and resonant, carrying the heavy bearing of a knight.

Looking at the three knights before him, each averaging over 1.9 meters in height and clad in full sets of Transcendent Black Iron armor, Gune couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Gune couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"Viscount Dylan is truly a wealthy man."

"Did you bring everything?" Gune looked at Knight Commander Ed.

"Yes," Knight Commander Ed replied meticulously.

"Come in!" Gune opened the door.

The house was empty, and no warmer than outside.

"Please, have a seat," Gune invited the knights to sit.

Then, by the fireplace, he condensed several Fire Arrow spells and used their flames to ignite the wood.

The underground alchemy laboratory shared the same fireplace as the hall.

Since Gune would soon go down to brew potions, a warm environment was preferable.

Thanks to the high temperature of the Fire Arrows, flames soon rose, and Gune, standing by the fireplace, felt a slight warmth.

"The methods of a spellweaver are truly enviable," remarked Knight Commander Ed from the side.

"When you envy the methods of a spellweaver, the spellweaver envies your robust transcendent physique," Gune said softly.

Among the combat lineages,

Transcendent Knights are undoubtedly the most resilient.

Transcendent Knights possess excellent physiques and transcendent resistance, granting high resistance against physical, spell, curse, soul, and other forms of attack.

When a Transcendent Knight dons and attunes a full set of transcendent equipment, they become a veritable ironclad.

Compared to the classical conservative tank knights,

the modern spell knights and elemental knights have begun to emerge in the new era.

These knights use contracts to summon 'strange creatures' as mounts.

Then, relying on their own strong survivability and the powerful traits of their 'strange mounts,' they integrate spells, elements, and their combat techniques.

This type of Transcendent Knight requires both a solid foundation in spell lore and a high level of control over source power.

This new type of transcendent profession

demands greater transcendent talent and also requires more effort.

But it is evident that this type of transcendent profession is very powerful.

The outstanding achievements of many practitioners of this new type of transcendent profession,

passed down by word of mouth through wandering bards and adventurers, and reported in the Steam Daily,

are all familiar to Gune.

"This is what Lord Viscount Dylan asked us to deliver to you, Lord Gune."

With that, Knight Commander Ed placed a black bracelet before Gune.

Gune took the black bracelet in his hand, gently infused it with source power, and sensed several transcendent materials and two parchment scrolls.

He directly took out the two parchment scrolls and, in the presence of Knight Commander Ed and the other two knights, condensed medium runes and began the catalyst reception.

In less than thirty seconds, both scrolls were fully received.

Then Gune placed the two high-grade premium potion scrolls back inside.

These two high-grade premium scrolls could still be used for over a dozen more catalyst receptions, so naturally they were not given to Gune outright.

Gently rubbing his temples, Gune quickly outlined the brewing process for these two high-grade premium potions in his mind.

Two high-grade premium potions:

one called 'Flash Arc Potion,'

and the other called 'Tranquil Spirit Potion.'

The Flash Arc Potion is a premium potion that greatly enhances the body's reaction speed and the mind's thinking agility.

“This potion works wonders for me!”

Gunie mused to himself.

The body's reaction was keen, that was clear—meaning muscle movements responded quickly.

Many Shadow-type transcendents possessed extremely efficient physical reaction abilities, which could be seen as combat reflexes of muscle nerves.

This reaction ability bypassed brain thinking, allowing one to naturally dodge or even attack in response to danger.

The faster the physical reaction speed, naturally, as a Shadow, the quicker one's evasion and attack speed, making it easier to inflict lethal damage on enemies.

Compared to the intuitive manifestation of the body's “keen reactions,”

the soul's “sharp thinking” was evidently less well-known.

For spellcasters, the importance of sharp thinking was no less than the importance of physical reaction ability for Shadows.

Its most intuitive form was manifested in the instant-cast “single-second overlap.”

During instant casting,

within one second, some spellcasters could only cast five or six times.

While others could cast eight or nine times.

Take Gunie, for example; he could cast up to twelve times per second.

At the same time, his thinking speed per unit time also surpassed that of other spellcasters.

All these were advantages brought by “sharp thinking.”

It could be said that with this Flash Arc Potion, if Gunie kept taking it,

before long, he might achieve thirteen spells per second, fourteen spells per second, or even fifteen spells per second—no problem.

“This high-grade premium Flash Arc Potion is highly instructive.”

“If I can make a breakthrough in this area and develop a Secret Pattern Flash Arc Potion, it would be significant.”

Then, Gunie turned his attention to the “Tranquil Spirit Potion.”

“Nourishes the soul, enhances soul transcendence traits; during cultivation, it can fully nurture the soul and accelerate practice.”

“This Tranquil Spirit Potion is an auxiliary cultivation potion, and also a soul-nourishing potion.”

“Earlier, Viscount Dylan probably needed the Flash Arc Potion, but now with this additional Tranquil Spirit Potion, it should be needed by that old man named Wux.”

“Did Wux have a problem with his soul?”

With a light exhale, Gunie refocused his thoughts on the two potions.

“Both potions are high-grade premium, of extraordinary value, and the potions brewed will be effective for me.”

“Whether for making money or strengthening myself, they are suitable.”

Then, Gunie looked at Knight Commander Ed.

“I can finish brewing within two hours.”

“No problem, we’ll wait here.” Knight Commander Ed said with ample patience.

“Mm!”

Following a side staircase, Gunie entered the underground alchemy laboratory.

At the moment, the lab was empty.

The blazing fireplace was also starting to work, and a slight warmth emanated from the walls.

He twisted his neck slightly.

Crack, crack~~

The sound was exceptionally crisp.

“Begin!”

Eager and impatient, Gunie started concocting potions at the workbench.

“If I really want to start large-scale brewing of high-grade premium potions, this workbench won’t do.”

While mixing, Gunie conceived ideas in his mind.

“This level of workbench needs to be at least three times larger. And the processing lines for distillation, simmering, and separation need to be increased by five to six.”

“Oh, right, small blast furnace baking, high-pressure distillation, energy tower, steam engine furnace—all these latest transcendent alchemy machines must be brought in for me, the newest and most expensive kind. After all, it’s not my money being spent.”

“This lab also needs to be sealed to prevent the escape of transcendent properties. Although some potion experiments may explode or even produce deadly toxins, I think I can withstand it.”

“Oh, and I also need five or six junior alchemists to assist.”

“Mm… preferably those with strong extrasensory perception, so they can dodge when an explosion happens.”