That Dark Mana Gems design wasn't as good as the Earth One, so it needed more improvements, and so it took more time than what with the Earth One. At least, that was what excuse Zhen gave them.
It's been two hours as he held the hand of Phoenix where she was creating her mana ball to keep it still, or so he said.
He didn't do something like that for Shingi.
Shingi used his Dragon Scale to bring forward some Earth Mana, which didn't have high compatibility. Still, it was a little better than the one of his environment as he, after separating it from the rest, made the Storm Element purer and a little easier to use.
He didn't use this mana for his Mana Tree but to test some new spells.
He tried to create something not surrounding him or part of his body but something in the environment.
He started with something simple.
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