The Wizard: From Zero-Ring Wizard to Almighty Lord.

Rumble!
Within the Nightmare Rift, in a thick, dark void, one after another, Morning Star Wizards, shimmering with starlight, relentlessly assault the Mechanical City.

Even though the Mechanical City is a major strategic city, the energy stored in its internal energy layer can protect this massive city for a long time.

But at this moment, as one rule-based spell after another crashed down, there were no Morning Star Wizards inside the Mechanical City, or rather, the only Morning Star Wizard was now being besieged and killed by Lynn and his group inside.

In this respect, the fact that the mechanical city has been able to hold out for so long indicates that it has a very rich energy reserve.

"Ok?"

A Morning Star Wizard gazed at the layers of shields outside the Mechanical City. The outermost shield had long since shattered, and the second and third layers were also riddled with cracks...

As for the outer surface of the deepest mechanical city, rules are now spreading within it, indicating that the time is not far off for the city's defenses to be completely shattered.

"Almost there! This turtle shell is really hard... I can finally break it..."

Some Morning Star wizards noticed this and exhaled, saying...

"But is there something wrong inside this Nightmare Rift Valley? There isn't even a single Morning Star Wizard in the Mechanical City. I wonder what the Meteor Council is up to?"

Some Morning Star Wizards had deep eyes, their gazes fixed on the impending fall of the Mechanical City, and then on the other nine cities.

"I wonder how things are going on their end, whether it's the same as ours..."

These Morning Star wizards were instructed by the Wizarding Council to completely disrupt the interior of the Nightmare Rift at all costs.

Directly attacking the ten cities is obviously the simplest and safest option.

After all, they didn't know at the beginning whether there were Morning Star Wizards stationed inside the Mechanical City. Even if they knew there were no Morning Star Wizards stationed inside, it would be best to destroy the formation first.

To avoid voluntarily entering the fray, and then having the Morning Star Wizards from the Meteor Council return to reinforce the area, they would be trapped inside with no way to escape.

After all, not everyone is like Lynn, who can run away using the Golden Scales when things go wrong. So, it is safest for these Morning Star Wizards to be cautious and keep attacking the outer formations of the Mechanical City.

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In the deepest part of the Nightmare Rift, the darkness is even thicker and more eerie than outside.

For example, in places like the Mechanical City and the other nine major cities, although darkness can devour ordinary light, the light of rules can still illuminate a certain area once it is lit.

But here, the power of darkness seemed to have reached its peak, and the light of rules of some fourth-level and fifth-level Morning Star Wizards was extremely dim.

Fortunately, there were two level six Morning Star Wizards, the Demon Wizard, and Duke Fletcher of the Wind Shadow here, whose light of rules spread out.

Behind the evil wizard, a sinister purple glow illuminated him and some Morning Star wizards.

As a Morning Star Extreme Realm cultivator, Duke Windshadow Fletcher's cyan-green light of rules was dazzling, like an illuminating crystal ball that not only encompassed everyone around him but also allowed him to see some distant scenes.

After the evil sorcerer made contact with Sel, the group waited here for His Majesty Sel to emerge from seclusion.

Meanwhile, the Wizarding Council outside launched an operation. It was His Majesty the Radiant Moon, the Golden Pen Calligrapher, who personally took action. With a single stroke, he constructed a passage leading to the interior without disturbing the Nightmare Rift's formation.

The cities inside the Nightmare Rift, now unguarded by Morningstar wizards, have been turned upside down by the Morningstar wizards sent in by the Wizard Council.

However, many distress signals from the cities were blocked by the Morning Star Wizards of the Wizard Council, so these people were still unaware that the Nightmare Rift had been turned upside down.

Until Duke Fletcher, who was at the front of the line, suddenly frowned, as he received a distress signal from the Tree of Ilo.

“A Morning Star wizard has sneaked into the Nightmare Rift. It seems the Wizarding Council has already taken action.”

After he finished speaking, the expressions of the other Morning Star Wizards changed drastically, and the eyes of the Demon Wizard beside him also narrowed.

The arrays in the Nightmare Rift Valley showed no fluctuation whatsoever, but Duke Windshadow, Fletcher, was at the Morning Star Realm, so there was no need for him to deceive them.

It seems the Wizarding Council managed to bypass the array's fluctuations and send people in; their methods were quite sophisticated, and they might even have enlisted His Majesty the Radiant Moon to intervene...

Thinking of this, the evil sorcerer, without needing anyone to remind him, quickly said:
"I've already reported this to Lord Sel..."

As he finished speaking, purple light began to ripple around his body, and everyone could also sense fluctuations coming from the endless darkness below, clearly the aura of Sel.

Even though the Wizarding Council sent people in, everyone was still able to remain calm, naturally because of His Majesty the Radiant Moon, Ser, below!
In the depths of endless darkness lies a vast ocean, as black as ink, which is none other than the dark tide summoned by the goddess of darkness.

The Lord Sel whom the Morning Star Wizards above had been looking forward to was now like a dead dog, suppressed in the deepest part by the tide of darkness.

The darkness flowed by, constantly washing away the aura of the Old Ones that clung to him.

Ser himself was fighting with all his might, vying with Windrunner Ithaca for control of his body and will.

He was too preoccupied with his own affairs to deal with the messages from the evil sorcerer, so they were not handled by him, but by the dark goddess Shar, who rose from the Leaning Tower above the Black Tide.

"Hmm? The Wizarding Council has sent someone in... Last time, that idiot Sel unleashed level seven power. This time, the Wizarding Council will probably send someone of the same level to test him or even eliminate him completely..."

The goddess of darkness, Shar, lightly licked her red lips, her beautiful eyes gazing upwards as if she could see the many scenes above the Nightmare Rift.

"Hmph, if it weren't for the aura of the broken pieces of the scales appearing, after something like this happened, that idiot Sel wouldn't have deserved my help... But given the current situation..."

The goddess of darkness, Shar, glanced down at Sel, who was being suppressed and cleansed of the aura of the ancient rulers by the tide of darkness.

"Then let me command these Morning Star Wizards..."

As soon as she finished speaking, she snapped her long, slender fingers, and then streams of dark water from the dark tide washed over Sel's body.

The dark waters were originally filled with the aura of the dark goddess Shar, but as they were constantly washed over Sel, they became entangled with Sel's aura.

Even if a Radiant Moon Lord were to come and see those dark waters, he would surely believe that they were the power of Sel's aura.

“Go… there’s no need for those Morning Star wizards up there to wait here… Sel won’t be able to leave for a while… and those flies inside the Nightmare Rift need to be cleaned up…” As the voice of the Dark Goddess Shar rang out, streams of dark water surged upwards, or more precisely, towards the location of Flet, the evil wizard, and the others…

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On the seventh floor of the Mechanical City, the Tree of Ilo is now teetering on the brink of collapse under the siege of Lynn, the Warhammer Master, and others.

He was already severely injured, and had only been recovering for a short time when he was forced out by Lynn, Warhammer Master and others. It was already quite remarkable that he could hold on for a while.

At this moment, under a series of attacks, the Tree of Ilo had completely knelt on the ground, its treant face filled with despair, and its eyes were now extremely cloudy.

The will of the Tree of Ilo itself was constantly eroded by those mechanical rules, especially the golden and silver leaves of Lynn. After being combined with the secret rules of the Rogers family, the tree penetrated deeper into the pits and weaknesses created by the mechanical rules.

In no time at all, the Tree of Ilo had completely collapsed, its will was constantly weakening, its spiritual power was constantly draining away, and its understanding of the rules was declining steadily...

It's important to understand that the understanding of rules is even more important than spiritual power or the origin of the soul.

When Lynn refined the Berserker Thorn Wizard's understanding of the rules, the opponent's painful roar was enough to explain everything. After all, when Lynn took the soul essence from him, he didn't let out such a painful scream.

The same was true of the Tree of Elo; its understanding of the rules of life was constantly being absorbed by Lynn's golden and silver leaves, causing excruciating pain that surged straight into its spiritual realm...

The mechanical wizards outside assisted Lynn, constantly launching ranged attacks, preventing the Tree of Ilo from escaping and making it impossible for its attacks to reach Lynn.

Before his will finally vanished, he didn't think of regret—regret for killing the Spirit-Eyed Wizard—but rather of a trace of hatred for Duke Fletcher of the Wind Shadow.

He had only killed a human Morning Star Wizard, so why was the attack so ruthless? The power of the sixth-level Morning Star Extreme Realm rules severely damaged his body and left behind sixth-level rules to inhibit his recovery.

Otherwise, if he were still at the peak of level five combat power, how could these half-dead mechanical wizards and that mid-level level four nature wizard have humiliated and bullied him like this?

With at most a few dozen gathered together, he could completely annihilate this group of damned human wizards!
But all those thoughts, along with resentment, hatred, and excruciating pain, slowly subsided under the combined assault of Lynn's gold and silver leaves and the mechanical wizard's attack...

Rumble!
The mechanical wizards continued their attacks, while the Tree of Ilo remained in a kneeling position for several minutes, during which time its aura slowly weakened...

"The Green Forest Wizard... this elven wizard doesn't seem to be trying to deceive us..."

Master Warhammer and the others exchanged glances. Although they wanted to stop, even though they had been harassing the enemy from a distance and seemed quite safe, the constant use of rule-based magic was still quite taxing on them.

Especially since they themselves had been imprisoned in the energy layer for decades, they were already weak and frail, and now their condition has been worsened.

Lynn stood at the top of the World Tree, controlling the golden and silver leaves to flutter down towards the Tree of Iro.

Even without Warhammer Master's reminder, he knew that the Tree of Elo seemed to be in a bad state, but he wasn't sure if it was truly failing or just pretending.

After all, the Tree of Ilo is a powerful fifth-level Morning Star Wizard at the peak of his level, and is only one step away from becoming a sixth-level Morning Star Wizard.

If the other party is intentionally disguising themselves and waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, the consequences would be unimaginable. Lynn would rather be careful than fall into a trap.

"Everyone, the true form of the Tree of Ilo is a level 5 Morning Star Wizard at its peak, only one step away from becoming a level 6 Morning Star Wizard... It's always good to be cautious..."

Although the other mechanical wizards had already wanted to stop, Lynn's words made some sense, so they once again exerted all the remaining mental energy in their bodies.

The roar resounded once more, and the mechanical rules spread again. However, during this time, the posture of the Tree of Ilo remained unchanged, as if its true will had been completely silenced.

"Hmm? Could it be that she's really unconscious? This is a level 5 Morning Star Wizard at the peak of her cultivation..."

Lynn had no idea that although the Tree of Ilo was at the fifth level of perfection, after he was seriously injured, the power of Fleet's rules within his body was still hindering his recovery...

Therefore, the Tree of Ilo can be treated as a level four Morning Star Wizard, or even worse than some level four Morning Star Wizards, since level four Morning Star Wizards don't have the power of rules from level six beings within them...

Several dozen more breaths passed, and the Tree of Iro remained unchanged. Only then did Lynn, Master Warhammer, and the others finally feel completely at ease.

"Everyone, you can stop now..."

After Lynn spoke, the mechanical wizards breathed a sigh of relief and stopped wasting their remaining mental energy.

At this moment, Lynn himself directly controlled the World Tree and came to the side of the Tree of Iro.

The next moment, Lynn's World Tree stretched out root after root, directly inserting it into the body of the Tree of Iro!
Click!

Like a sharp blade slicing through thin paper, Lynn felt no obstruction to the World Tree. Clearly, the Tree of Iro's will was indeed dormant, and even the power of the rules within it could not be activated.

For the Tree of Ilo, which is at the fifth level of perfection, falling is not so easy, unless Lynn and others tear apart his spiritual domain at this moment and completely obliterate his soul's origin.

Just like when Lynn attacked the Golem Wizard in the energy layer, he was aiming to kill the Golem Wizard.

For a tree like the Tree of Ilo, whose very essence is a powerful life force and which possesses the combat strength of a level five perfection, if Lynn and the others were to ignore it after its will had been extinguished...

Then, after hundreds or thousands of years, it will be able to recover from its dormancy on its own.

This is somewhat similar to human shock, but it is difficult for humans to regain consciousness after shock, but the Tree of Ilo is different.

However, Lynn could not give the Tree of Ilo a chance to recover. A supernatural plant that had lost its personal will but was filled with the rules of life was right in front of him.

For him, this was the greatest gain from his trip to the Nightmare Rift.

"With this body of the Tree of Ilo... I have enough resources to prepare for my attempt to become a Level 5 Morning Star Wizard!"

Although Lynn didn't carry the Azure Sky Spirit, making it a bit troublesome to absorb the Tree of Ilo, he could temporarily let the World Tree "swallow" the other's body, and then absorb the World Tree into his own body.

The mechanical wizards naturally saw what Lynn had done, but circumstances were beyond their control. While they were also envious of the level 5 extraordinary plants, their most important task now was to find a way to recover.

Now, on the seventh floor of the Mechanical City, in what used to be the residences of these mechanical wizards, after the battle, these mechanical wizards have all returned to their former homes... (End of Chapter)