Elemental affinity not only boosted Ron's strength, but also had a great effect on studying magic.

Ron tried, and the consumption of mental power reduced by elemental affinity can be superimposed with the effect of the elven wand, which is a huge compensation for the large loss of mental power when studying third-order magic.

"Elements can be manipulated ......"

In the process of trying, Ron suddenly thought that since he could control the water element, maybe he could explore the basic runes of the water system and master the magic of water without extracting through the class system.

Exploring the basic runes of the water system is much more difficult than exploring derivative runes, after all, there is not even a little reference, before he could only try like a headless fly, but now with elemental affinity, he can find a little direction.

But Ron thought about it for a moment and shook his head slightly.

Exploring the basic runes of the water system is probably more difficult than exploring the third-order magic or the second-order magic of the guardian system, and it is not a good time to focus on exploring the water-based runes.

In addition to elemental affinity, the transformation brought about by 100 spiritual attributes is also huge, which has increased Ron's thinking speed by nearly three times, the coverage of the spiritual perspective in God Mode has become larger and more detailed, and the self-recovery of lost spiritual power under normal conditions has also been greatly improved.

The first-order magic that could be released almost continuously with extremely low loss was indeed a low-level magic that could be released infinitely for Ron now, and even the second-order magic was not as great as before.

Counting the natural recovery of mental power, the amount of second-order magic that can be released in a battle may be increased by nearly half compared to before.

The attrition of releasing magic is reduced, mental recovery is increased under normal conditions, and the speed of thinking is increased...... What these brought was undoubtedly cutting off more than half of the thorns in Ron's path of exploring third-order magic!

"The next step is to go all out and delve into third-order magic."

Ron took a deep breath, his eyes twinkling in anticipation.

……

For third-order magic, Ron's exploration direction has always been the wind system.

On the one hand, the wind system is the first magic he obtained, and his comprehension is also the deepest, and secondly, the wind system is very adaptable, unlike the earth system that is limited, nor like the fire system, which is easy to get out of control.

After another transformation of his spiritual power, Ron's speed of exploring third-order magic was also as he expected, greatly speeding up, far exceeding the speed of groping before.

In addition, he has gradually studied the essence of runes, and for the rune combination of third-order magic, he is no longer trying with the exhaustive method as before, but has a little direction.

For example, two derivative runes, 'decomposition' and 'aggregation', have diametrically opposed characteristics and cannot be combined together, but must be separated by other runes.

There are four details like this, and Ron has found four.

These four characteristics also allowed Ron to rule out many possibilities.

Third-order magic requires nine runes to combine, and if all the possibilities are arranged, it will be a huge number of more than hundreds of millions, and there is no basis for characteristics, and it is almost impossible to deduce them all with the exhaustive method.

Ron's previous method of exhaustion was also based on one of the earliest discovered properties, that is, third-order magic...... It must be based on second-order magic.

Just like second-order magic must have basic runes.

Not only must the basic runes of the third-order magic exist, but the three runes that make up the core must be the three runes that can form a second-order magic, otherwise it will collapse directly from the core, and it will not even exist if it extends outward.

This trait was the first to be deduced and confirmed by Ron, and it was also the most important one, and it was the basis for studying third-order magic, because this feature directly reduced the terrifying hundreds of millions of possibilities of third-order magic to only hundreds of thousands.

This number is barely possible to try them all with the exhaustive method.

The discovery of the remaining three properties further reduced the remaining hundreds of thousands of possibilities to less than 100,000.

There should be more than one third-order magic, so the remaining 100,000 possibilities can theoretically further reduce the failure rate, and if you are lucky, you may be able to explore a third-order magic with just a few attempts.

One day......

Two days......

Three days......

Ron was alone in the rear of the Navy Headquarters, on the empty shore, constantly trying, and even only rested for four hours a day, leaving aside eating and drinking, and spent a full nineteen hours exploring it, as if he had entered a state of cultivation maniac.

Under Ron's frenzied deduction and attempts, the possibility of combining third-order magic was tried one after another, and one after another was eliminated.

On the fifth day.

Ron determined the rules represented by the sixth derived rune.

On the seventh day.

Ron identified a fifth trait that narrowed the scope of exploration even further.

……

Day 8......

Day 9......

Day 10......

I don't know how many attempts have been made, but Ron knows that after ten days of exploration, counting the discovery of the fifth trait, the remaining exploration range should be less than 60,000.

It still seems like a huge number, but for Ron today, it is not that huge, because his current speed can make nearly a thousand attempts a day.

Moreover, there must be more than one third-order magic, and it is possible to find the right combination at any time.

"Base Runes, with Breakdown, Amplification, Chaos, Convergence, ......"

On the shore, Ron held the elven wand in his hand, his eyes flickered and looked at the sea, and with a movement of his mind, golden points of light appeared in the elven bead, and then quickly extended countless lines, forming nine runes, intertwined.

Bang!

As soon as it coalesced, the entire golden rune collapsed and exploded into a cannonball-like impact, falling to the surface of the sea, splashing the waves on the surface of the sea.

Ron's demeanor was calm, and he regained some mental strength a little, and began to try again.

Every failure is one step closer to success for him.

"Base Runes, with Decomposition, Amplification, Order, Aggregation, ......"

It was another peaceful attempt, more than 10,000 failures in ten days, so that every time Ron tried, his heart was as calm as water, and there were almost no fluctuations.

Nine runes converged once more.

However, this time, as soon as the large magic array formed by the nine runes took shape, Ron noticed something completely different from before, and his calm water-like gaze instantly fluctuated.

“……”

Without hesitation, Ron flicked his wand in his hand.

In a flash.

The wind is howling!

On the surface of the sea about dozens of meters away, the blue wind visible to the naked eye swirled wildly, converging towards the center like a whirlpool, forming a huge attraction, causing the sea water in all directions to also set off huge waves, spinning like a storm, surging towards the center.

Even Ron himself, from a distance of tens of meters, could still feel the huge attraction in the center, trying to pull him towards the center of the storm.

Slightly frightened in his heart, Ron did not hesitate to release his mental power, resisting the attraction and flying backwards.

Almost just a few dozen meters after he exited.

The sea and the storm that had been swirled by the enormous gravitational pull suddenly froze in the air, as if time had stood still.

Followed by.

Rumble!

The cyan light instantly bloomed, and the sea water that was attracted to the center exploded, and the water droplets exploded in all directions like bullets.

Under Ron's somewhat shocked gaze, he saw that the sea surface with a radius of nearly 100 meters suddenly sunken down, setting off a monstrous wave!

Meanwhile.

A system chime rang in his ears as well.

[Hint: You have mastered the third-order magic of the wind system, Vortex Storm]

[Hint: You earn 3 achievement points for achieving the achievement 'Master of Magic']