What was an ability?

It was the manifestation of mana.

What was mana?

It was a combination of Force, Essence, and Ether.

And if one could recognize these building blocks and control the fundamental concept of [basic mana]….

Ting!

A golden aura flowed out from Yongno’s left hand. It was his internal energy from the Golden Pill Immortal Technique.

Soon, a white aura emanated from the transparent diamond embedded in his left hand. This aura was the magic power of the Seven Jeweled School of Magic.

Creak!

Then, as he placed his hands together, a noise, like scratching glass, resonated.

Yongno was versed in using both powers; however, internal energy and magic power did not fuse well.

While it wouldn’t cause a tremendous backlash, like when divine power met magic power, the meeting of the two different spiritual power types still caused a significant reaction.

This was primarily why magic swordsmen stored magic power and internal energy separately.

However, Yongno found a way to use this natural repulsion force to amplify his overall power output. This was also the foundational principle by which Merlin stored his Howling Spells in magic...