This wizard only wants to take students.

Chapter 89 Ant Tide
Lucian's current state is definitely what every third-level wizard apprentice dreams of.

After all, once this step is taken, there will be a world of difference. From then on, you can become an absolute top leader in the Gray Bone Academy, and even if you accumulate more time, you can directly open up a new wizard family and name the family name after yourself!

But Lucian hesitated for only a moment, and then gave up the idea of ​​immediate promotion. Instead, he used the mental power control techniques in the Gray Bone Meditation Method: Modified II to control his mental power and began to strengthen and suppress his spiritual sea.

Soon, under Lucian's suppression, a new spiritual rune was reinforced in his spiritual sea, temporarily binding part of Lucian's spiritual power inside the spiritual sea. It was like using one's hand to push a float that was about to float out of the water back into the water.

Then came the second one, the third one...

With each spiritual rune he condensed, Lucian could feel the suppressed desire for a breakthrough in his body. However, these spiritual runes were suppressed in his spiritual sea according to the method described in the meditation method. He relied on this almost self-sealing method to condense more spiritual runes.

“It’s not the right time yet.” Lucian opened his eyes and whispered in his heart.

For a formal wizard, the wizard apprenticeship stage is an important period for laying the foundation. Every time a spiritual rune is solidified during the wizard apprenticeship, the foundation on the wizard's path in the future will be more solid, and you can go further.

Perhaps in the eyes of the vast majority of wizard apprentices at the Grey Bone Academy, being promoted to a formal wizard is their ultimate goal. To this end, they are willing to suppress their spiritual sea, overdraw part of their life, and even transform themselves into some kind of strange existence.

After all, in the small Graybone Academy, being a formal wizard is already the pinnacle, and the illusory level of the dean is simply out of reach. Even many apprentices are skeptical about whether the so-called dean is still alive, after all, it has been nearly 100 years since his last public appearance!

One hundred years was a very long time span for a formal wizard. Perhaps the legendary dean had already turned into a corpse. In their eyes, the formal wizards and the college committee composed of formal wizards were already an insurmountable mountain.

But Lucian is different. He is not willing to stay in the Greybone Academy for the rest of his life, and he will not just focus on the level of a formal wizard.

In a big way, he wanted to live comfortably according to his own ideas, wanted to change the Gray Bone Academy, and even wanted to radiate to more distant areas. And in order to achieve this goal, he at least needed to have the strength to crush the formal wizards, or even stronger!
A fine branch is not likely to bear fruit, and a good well needs to be dug deep. If Lucian wants to have the strength to sweep away a group of formal wizards, then he needs to have a foundation far beyond that of an ordinary formal wizard!
Moreover, when he sensed that he could be promoted to a formal wizard just now, Lucian could also feel the subtle suppression and rejection of this secret realm towards him.

Obviously, this secret realm does not allow intruders at the level of formal wizards. If Lucian ignores the suppression conveyed by the ruins and forcibly breaks through the bottleneck to advance, it will most likely trigger countermeasures from within the secret realm.

At that time, Lucian would either be expelled from the secret realm, or expelled or even killed by the guards inside the secret realm. This was completely unacceptable to Lucian.

“But even if I don’t break through, my current strength is definitely enough to survive inside the ruins.” Lucian clenched his fists lightly and looked in the direction of Lillia.

After the spiritual power transformation just now, Lucian's spiritual power was infinitely close to that of a formal wizard. Even compared to some formal wizards with weak foundations, Lucian's spiritual power might be much purer. According to Lucian's own speculation, his current spiritual power could even bear some formal witchcraft with less burden.

Relying solely on this level of mental strength, Lucian's combat power has reached the threshold level of a formal wizard. He is no weaker than the goblin leader who has reached this level by relying on his bloodline. In fact, in terms of sustained combat, Lucian is slightly stronger.

As for Lilia, who can compete with the goblin leader with her special magic tools?

Although it may be a bit troublesome to deal with, if you really want to do it, it may be easier than dealing with the goblin leader.

After all, Lilia's own strength is only at the level of a normal third-level wizard apprentice. Her strength is completely dependent on the special doll-shaped wizard tool named Adeline.

Perhaps the real wizard hidden behind the doll is very powerful and difficult to deal with, but after all, he did not enter the ruins in person. It is relatively easy to crack it relying only on the little mental power stored in the doll and some means arranged in advance.

"Like you said, that sacrificial badge... let's keep it with you for now." Lucian looked at Adeline, who seemed to have grown up a little, in Lillia's arms, then retracted his gaze and turned to look at "himself" beside him.

Lucian couldn’t help but smile.

This was a sudden idea that came to him just now. But now it seems that the camouflage effect of this transformation technique achieved with the help of Kuka spores is very good.

Although this kind of transformation is more like a high-level "disguise" or "eye-catching trick" rather than the more special "changing body", in some special occasions, this kind of disguise can also play an excellent effect.

“It looks like I can collect more. Maybe with a slight improvement later, it might have even better effects, such as simulating the mental fluctuations of the transformed object…” After removing the disguise, Lucian took out a wooden storage box from the storage ring and carefully began to collect some spores as samples for later cultivation.

However, just as he was collecting samples, a commotion was heard not far away, followed by panicked shouts from some half-elves, and even the sound of magic fluctuations generated by the activation of witchcraft.

"Huh?" Lucian turned his head warily, only to see two half-elves fighting a giant insect that looked somewhat like an ant.

This giant ant is over 1 meter tall, and its body is a bright black with a metallic luster. The most noticeable feature is the pair of blood-red curved jaws extending from its head, which are covered with irregular spikes, making it look particularly hideous.

This kind of ant seems to be the native inhabitant of this giant mushroom forest, and its purpose of appearing here is to expel "uninvited guests" such as Lucian.

However, the owner of the forest was not polite towards his "guests".

After all, Lucian saw blood flowing on the arm of one of the half-elfs, and it was obvious that he had suffered some loss when he first dealt with this ant.

"Judging from the combat power it has displayed right now, it should be at the level of a second-level wizard apprentice." The appearance of this strange magical beast made everyone a little nervous, fearing that they would encounter the same tragedy as when they faced the giant frog Kux before.

However, after careful observation and testing, it was discovered that this seemingly ferocious giant ant was only as strong as a second-level wizard apprentice.

Many wizard apprentices had relaxed smiles on their faces, but the goblin leader and Lucian had solemn expressions. As the two with the strongest mental powers present, their mental powers could perceive more clearly, and the fluctuations emanating from the ground at this time made them think of the worst possible scenario.

"Run!" The fairy leader waved her hand and released a wooden thorn that pierced the giant ant's head. Then she roared and urged her people to run desperately in the direction of leaving the mushroom forest.

However, there was no need to explain anything at this time, because as many giant Kukas "trembled", giant ants had crawled out of the ground from the hidden passages at the roots of the Kukas. They gathered together and chased Lucian and others.

There were even a few giant ants that gathered around the corpse of their own kind that had just been killed by the goblin leader, and began chewing and devouring it quickly.

"Ka-ka-ka..." The harsh sound of metal friction makes people feel chilled. At the same time, these seemingly clumsy giant ants are not slow at all, chasing all the way.

"Oh no, there are quite a few ahead!" A half-elf who was running at the front of the team relying on his bloodline talent was the first to see the giant ants blocking the way ahead, and couldn't help but speak out a warning.

"Charge!" the goblin leader roared, and took out a wooden staff from the storage equipment. He waved it quickly and summoned four slightly illusory tree man puppets to block the many half-elves.

The wizard apprentice's methods were more direct. With attacks of fire, ice, lightning, acid and other witchcraft, many giant ants blocking the way were quickly killed or seriously injured.

But there were too many giant ants! This meant that neither the half-elf's methods nor the wizard apprentice's advance attack could completely eliminate the giant ants blocking the way ahead, and the next moment, the team collided head-on with the ant colony.

"Rush over!"

"what!"

"help me……"

"Go away!"

At the first moment of the collision, an unlucky half-elf had his thigh pinned down by a giant ant. Although he killed the giant ant that bit his thigh immediately, the broken head of the giant ant still bit his thigh tightly, and its two huge mandibles were deeply embedded in the flesh, making him stagger when walking.

After barely sprinting a few steps, he was bitten by another giant ant again. This time, his thigh was cut off by the sharp mouthparts, revealing a piece of white bones.

(End of this chapter)