<h4>Chapter 701 Group Enhancements?</h4>


    While the Seidel Kingdom''s capital was experiencing its moment of greatest terror, 26 days had passed since the death of the Paragon, who had invited Vicente to join a sect of the Trevora Kingdom.


    Vicente''s party was currently in The Pure Enve, having entered the area a few days earlier.


    Their journey between The Hungry Canyon and The Pure Enve had bounced, and the party had dealt well with the monsters along the way.


    Onyx did his best to suppress his cultivation and not draw unnecessary attention. As much as the group was in the dark about the major events on the continent, they assumed the vampires must be after high-level experts.


    With Onyx hiding, they didn''t attract any major trouble, even considering the various incidents that had happened around them in the past few days.


    Still, they had killed around 5,000 magical creatures in those days, mostly creatures from the Dark Path.


    The magical creatures of the Dark Path seemed to work with the vampires, or at least had simr purposes. As such, they encountered many of these creatures.


    But none of these battles really threatened the group''s structure. With a Paragon and several Sovereigns with their new essences, the battles had continued with the same level of danger as before.


    Their opponents were getting stronger, but they were also progressing ording to the danger of the ces they were going.


    Thus, they had entered The Pure Enve, a special area for the elements of the Light Path in the far north of the continent''s central area.


    It wasn''t asrge an area as The Hungry Canyon, but it was still asrge as the Scott Province, and it was an area basically ruled by Light Path beings.


    After entering the area, the group had already conquered Sarah''s pentagram, and now they were at a Magic Spring they had found the day before!


    ...


    Nestled in the hilly terrain of The Pure Enve, Vicente''s group had established their camp in an area the size of a fighting arena covered with rocks and mud.


    At the top of one of the many trees in the area, Onyx leaned against one of the highest branches, the farthest ce he had found from the Magic Spring, where his master was.


    As a creature of the Dark Way, an area with a strong elemental affinity to the elements of the Light Path would naturally weaken Onyx the closer he got to it. So, he was at the top of a tree, where he could see the group, but also be rtively far away from the positive elements in the area.


    In one corner of the rocky area, a few huts could be seen, with what looked like mud pools scattered irregrly around the area.


    These weren''t mud pools, but Magic Springs that were especially beneficial to practitioners with an affinity for the earth and water elements.


    So not only was Vicente meditating in one of these small mud pools, but so were Lina and Sarah.


    Casey, Rory and La were in the small makeshift camp, watching the group''s surroundings, but also waiting for theirpanions to finish cultivating.


    Hours ago, the three of them had entered the small mud pools in the area where they were cultivating to absorb the elementspatible with them.


    As they already knew, The Pure Enve was especially interesting for those with a positive elemental affinity. In particr, the strongest elements in the region were earth, air, and lightning. But other elements such as water and fire were alsomon.


    The situation in that area was so good that if they had grown up there instead of in Seidel Kingdom, it was possible that all of them, except for Vicente, would have be peak Sky Sovereigns by now. As for Vice, he would certainly be a Mid-


    level Paragon.


    That''s how good The Pure Enve area was!


    While Casey and La monitored the surroundings with Onyx''s help, Rory cultivated outside the small mud pools, continuing his preparations for his hunt.


    He was so close to achieving his primary goal for this trip that he couldn''t contain his anxiety. With his fourth essence, it was likely that he would reach the peak level of an Earth Sovereign, with the possibility of advancing in level even before he returned to the kingdom.


    In fact, at the beginning of the journey, he had already thought he would advance before returning to Grandis, but now he thought his advancement woulde not long after Lauren''s rescue attempt.


    So, while hispanions worked, he concentrated on umting mana.


    Vicente had gone as far as he could in this area, improving his elemental affinity with the earth element.


    ''Very good, master. You''ve absorbed more from this opportunity than I could have imagined. The moment you absorb your fourth pentagram, it is likely that you will advance directly to the beginning of the 5th stage,'' Torne said in Vicente''s mind in a positive tone.


    ''When you add your fifth pentagram, your first and second essences should strengthen.''


    If that happened, Vicente would be left with the following configuration of pentagrams: green, cyan, green, cyan, cyan.


    That would be shocking!


    This configuration of pentagrams would even be superior to the normal configuration for Archmages!


    Archmages were usually magicians who had developed their first essence at least once, and the most talented ones had strengthened it more than once.


    This meant that amon magical configuration for Archmages was: yellow, orange, yellow, green, green, cyan.


    Only an Archmage who had absorbed magical essences formed without the involvement of living creatures, such as the pentagram on Vicente''s ne, could have a higher configuration. But even someone like that, a rarity, wouldn''t be far ahead of Vicente if he reached that level!


    Vicente opened his eyes as he rose from the mud puddle where he had spent hours absorbing his chance.


    ''Hmm, I think so,'' he smiled with determination.


    Torne saw Vicente looking at Sarah and said. ''She should develop her first pentagram to the orange degree in the next few minutes. As for Lina, if she bes an Archmage in the future, it''s possible that she will transform her first essence into a yellow one.''


    The first pentagram of the color yellow was quite difficult, and of course, it would make any magician at the top of the continent.


    ''Bing an Archmage, huh? That will be difficult,'' Vicente sighed.


    He knew how difficult cultivation became with every step forward. His talent was exceptional, but it wasn''t the same for Lina and the others. With green-grade talents, it was possible that they wouldn''t get past the 5th stage unless they cultivated for a few thousand years!


    Torne was silent for a moment, then he asked for something important. ''Changing the subject, master, how do you n to proceed with your pentagram hunt for the Throne of Darkness? Will you do it in the presence of yourpanions or will you leave them to hunt alone?''