Duke speculated that perhaps only those who have mastered the power of light rules can truly reach the speed of light.

But even so, such speed would be overwhelmingly advantageous in combat, and ordinary opponents would likely find it difficult to even catch his shadow.

A body transformed by Light Element has a natural purifying and dispelling effect on negative energy, filth, curses, and the like, as if it were a walking domain of purification.

In this form, he resembles a highly concentrated conscious radiance.

Powerful dark barriers and large-scale fields of light absorption or distortion might suppress and interfere with him.

Being too dispersed would weaken the bearing of consciousness, and if the core consciousness’s radiance were to be instantly extinguished by darkness or chaotic power far beyond its limit of endurance, it could also cause heavy damage.

But in a bright environment, his recovery and stealth abilities are extremely strong.

With a thought in Duke’s mind, his entire being completely vanished.

In fact, he had fully integrated into the surrounding environment, transforming into an extremely thin light, distributed everywhere.

This concealment method is very difficult for people to detect, and as long as he is in an illuminated environment, he can possess extremely strong recovery abilities.

After testing the Light Element form, the ultimate brilliance of light suddenly collapsed inward, transforming into a deep force that devours everything.

Duke’s figure seemed to blend into the shadow he cast, disappearing in an instant.

No, it did not disappear; rather, it transformed into a form of pure darkness without a fixed shape, constantly shifting and writhing as if imbued with life, or more accurately, it was the personification of the Shadow.

Vision returned in another form.

What he saw was a negative image world composed of shadow density, levels of light absence, and how matter blocked light.

All places where light existed became the background, while shadows, gaps, energy blind spots, the dark side of living creatures’ emotions, even tiny wrinkles in space, became the main subjects of his clear perception.

He could keenly perceive the slightest changes in light, temperature variations, fluctuations of life’s negative emotions, and could even vaguely smell the scent of fear, stealth, and secrets.

The Dark Element form is also the king of concealment.

Duke could perfectly blend into any shadow, becoming nearly invisible in dimly lit places, making it difficult for conventional reconnaissance methods to detect him.

His shadow body can actively absorb and weaken light and energy fluctuations to a certain extent, creating blind spots in vision and perception.

Contact attacks have a strong corrosive characteristic, slowly disintegrating energy structures, corroding matter, and even eroding souls.

What’s more fascinating is that he can move between connected shadows in short, almost shadow-leaping distances, as long as the depth of the shadows is sufficient and not isolated by special powers.

Bright environments would weaken his form stability and abilities, with large-range, high-intensity continuous illumination causing him sustained damage and dispelling effects.

But conversely, in dark or thick-shadowed environments, his abilities would be significantly enhanced, elusive, and unpredictable.

As the shadow condensed once again, Duke’s human form slowly emerged, a hint of understanding after contemplation on his face.

The elementalization of the six attributes he possessed could adapt to almost any environment, providing him with the most suitable combat and survival abilities in most settings.

This is incredibly convenient for Wizards who need to frequently act across various planes.

After ending the elementalization test, Duke remembered there was one more ability that needed reevaluation — the Sand Servant.

This ancient Level 1 Earth Magic from a stone tablet was mastered shortly after he advanced to Level 1 Mage. As his strength grew and he practiced from time to time, his proficiency had already neared the threshold of mastery.

Now having advanced to Level 2, with a significant increase in Spiritual Power, his Earth Element Control Power was incomparable to before — it was time to see the ultimate form of this spell.

With just a gentle thought, merely the intent of raising a hand.

"Sand Servant."

He uttered softly, like a king issuing a decree.

Buzz—

Streams of metallic sand, shimmering with a dark metallic luster, fine and heavy in texture, with faint flows of energy within, snaked out like living metallic pythons, swiftly splitting and gathering in the air.

At the same time, to conserve core materials and assist in shaping, Duke’s intent also directed the ordinary sand around the environment.

A large amount of gray-brown ordinary sand rose from the ground, converging on the metallic sand as rivers do to the sea.

The two did not simply mix but under Duke’s exquisite control, they combined efficiently with the metallic yellow sand as skeletons, energy nodes, and core armor, using ordinary sand as filling, connection, and form shaping materials.

In an instant, hundreds of sharply contoured, cold metal-glossy sand figures arose before him, arrayed neatly.

These newly formed Sand Servants were taller and more refined than before, approaching three meters.

Their outer armor and key joints displayed dense and heavy dark-gold metallic patterns, while the inner and connective parts were strong gray-brown rock and earth.

The flames dancing in their eye sockets also showed a dark-gold hue, appearing more stable and sharp.

Just by standing there, they radiated an aura as solid as a mountain, indestructible, in stark contrast to the pure earth and stone constructs from before in terms of deterrence.

Duke could clearly sense that the basic defensive power, physical attack strength, and energy impact resistance of these servants, especially the ability to disperse and absorb physical and energy attacks, had made qualitative leaps.