Currently, after the battle with the Dagon avatar and helping Francesca remove her curse and absorb its power, his total soul power has reached 15,000 points.
This was almost the highest point total he had achieved since coming to this world.
After some thought, considering that the next powerful enemy would be an ancient Leshen that had lived for over a thousand years, Guilliman felt his offensive power was a bit lacking.
More accurately, it wasn't his physical offensive power, but rather his magical offensive power that was somewhat behind.
Among the five most commonly used Witcher Signs, only Aard and Igni were suitable for offense.
However, the former primarily relied on physical impact, directly knocking opponents back, making it suitable for specific scenarios.
Only the Igni Sign was the sole magical fire attack mastered by Witchers, and it happened to be effective against ancient Leshens.
Guilliman estimated in his mind, but unfortunately, even with 15,000 points of soul power, it wasn't enough to raise the Igni Sign to the Transcendent rank, which is level seven or above.
It would likely require 18,500 points of soul power, leaving him short by over 3,000 points, which was truly a pity.
But life is always like this; no matter what you do, it's always difficult to achieve everything in one go.
There was no other way, so he decided to upgrade it to level six for now.
Guilliman didn't bother to move, sitting directly by the beautiful lake, and began to enhance his skill.
He shouted in his mind:
Deep Blue, allocate points for me!
The emotionless Deep Blue system immediately responded to his command.
[Igni Sign] LV2 upgraded to LV3, consumed 500 soul points.
[Igni Sign] LV3 upgraded to LV4, consumed 1,000 soul points.
[Igni Sign] LV4 upgraded to LV5, consumed 2,000 soul points.
[Igni Sign] LV5 upgraded to LV6, consumed 5,000 soul points.
Remaining Soul Power: 6,720 points.
The Igni Sign was continuously upgraded four levels, consuming 8,500 soul points.
As the total soul power rapidly decreased.
Guilliman felt as if his brain had been injected with adrenaline, with various images constantly racing through his mind, and knowledge about the Igni Sign continuously swirling.
As a Witcher's casting organ, his internal organs began to operate at high speed, and he constantly felt hot, numb, and stinging sensations from his chest and abdomen.
However, it wasn't unbearable; there was even a slight pleasure.
And if a spellcaster were to observe, they would see Guilliman's state at this moment, as if he were a magic node.
He was constantly inhaling and exhaling, releasing a large amount of magic fluctuations, and even the lake water in front of him rippled in circles due to this immense magic.
When the Witcher opened his eyes again, about one or two hours had passed.
He felt that his control and perception of magic had significantly improved, and when he reached up to touch his face, he surprisingly found that he had bled a lot from his nose, though it had already dried.
Guilliman didn't feel uncomfortable; instead, his mind felt much clearer, as if some residual things had been cleared out with the nosebleed, leaving him feeling quite refreshed at this moment.
After opening his panel.
[Igni Sign] Level: LV6, Spirit increased by 2.0, Magic increased by 6.0. Special Skills: Flame Stream LV2, Firestream Burst LV1. Flame Intensity Level: 4, Flame Adherence Capability: 2.
Compared to the previous LV2 level, his Spirit attribute increased by 1.8, and his Magic attribute increased by 5.4. The increase in body attributes alone was quite terrifying.
His magic power had increased by almost six times that of an ordinary person, and his spiritual power by two times.
Not only that, besides the Flame Stream level increasing by one, a new skill, Firestream Burst, was added.
According to the information provided in his mind, this was likely similar to the Aard Sign, capable of spraying a circle of flames at everyone within a three-meter radius around him, igniting them while also knocking them back.
It was quite practical when facing an enemy siege.
Furthermore, the level six Igni Sign, in addition to increasing the range and temperature of the flame stream, also added two attributes to the flames.
Flame Intensity represented the temperature and destructive power of the flames.
And Flame Adherence Capability represented the magical flames' ability to ignite and adhere to objects, burning continuously.
These two attributes were also the two strongest attributes of magical flames.
Guilliman used the cold lake water to wash his face, removing the bloodstains, then stood up, accumulated magic in his hand, and unleashed a full-power Igni Sign towards the lake surface.
A powerful surge of magic erupted from his right hand, and orange flames with a temperature exceeding a thousand degrees formed a massive wave of fire, spreading over a dozen meters in front of him.
The whistling wind and the whooshing sound of the flames burning continued for seven or eight seconds, directly creating a layer of surging water vapor on the lake surface.
"The power is immense, it's like a large flamethrower, and the attack range is wider."
The Witcher felt that his magic power had only been consumed by about one-twentieth, which was not a very large consumption.
Such spell strength had probably reached the level of a formal sorcerer, and the preparation time was quite short, almost instantaneous, with its power likely at the level of a second-tier spell.
If the enemies weren't wearing non-flammable iron armor, igniting seven or eight, or even a dozen people at once, would not be difficult.
Guilliman was quite satisfied.
Such an Igni Sign was a great weapon against beasts and hairy monsters.
Unfortunately, he could clearly feel that if the Igni Sign were to be upgraded one more level, entering the Transcendent rank, it should receive a qualitative improvement.
Looking at his remaining 6,500 soul points, he did not continue to strengthen other skills.
Instead, he planned to raise his Igni Sign to the Transcendent rank before challenging the ancient Leshen.
The difference in soul power wasn't that much, only needing a little over 3,000 points.
If he worked hard and killed more monsters during this time, he should be able to gather enough... The work on Black Tern Island was getting on track.
Arriving in Vizima City again, Guilliman first went to visit Shani's home.
He found that this medical student was truly dedicated, actually living in the hospital, solely to treat more patients and develop a plague cure as soon as possible.
He sighed and did not disturb Shani's work. Although he was a bit tempted by the girl, he still had great respect for good girls who strived for their careers and ideals.
He decided to take Shani to relax once she had some free time; accompanying him, a Witcher, she should see many sights that ordinary people could not.
Afterwards, Guilliman went to Margarita's mansion, only to find that neither the headmistress nor the mature beauty Yennefer was there.
He recalled what Berengar had said earlier, that Yennefer seemed to be searching for traces of the Wild Hunt with Vesemir and others.
He wondered if they were out on a field investigation or had returned to Aretuza Academy to look for some hidden information.
As for the red-haired sorceress Triss, as a native sorceress of the Kingdom of Maribor, she was currently assisting King Foltest in conquering territories and was not in the city. She probably wouldn't have a vacation for a while.
There was no other way; his acquaintances were either busy or nowhere to be found. Guilliman was temporarily a bit afraid of the vampire den, the House of the Night, and didn't want to experience being drained again.
So, after much deliberation, he finally thought of another place where he could freeload a meal.
That was the home of the sorceress Keira Metz, who had invited him several times before.
Among the four sorceresses currently in Vizima City, she was the only one at home. It seemed a bit of a shame not to visit her.
Speaking of which, he had been in Vizima for nearly two months, and this was the only sorceress he had interacted with very little.
Her rather proud personality was actually quite endearing when he thought about it.
Perhaps this time going for a free meal, he might encounter some surprises.
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