I, the wizard, the foolish Buddha.

Chapter 146 Spider-Man, Intestine-Man

After coming to her senses, Joan saw Roland studying a map and couldn't help but say, "Your map is inaccurate. Don't look at it."

Roland said, "I didn't check the route. I have two potions. Look at this location. Is the road easy to walk? It will be too late in three days."

Qiong was very angry and said, "Brother! It's already late, why are you still thinking about advancing? We'll be lucky if we can get back alive."

Roland said, "I must go."

Qiong was truly impressed by this guy. He helped Roland study the map, then shook his head and said, "This place has a lot of detours. We don't have enough time. Going there means death."

He took out his map and explained it to Roland in detail.

After hearing this, Roland's face turned grim. "It's really a long way there, northwest. And there are a lot of mountain roads. It would take three or four days to get there from here."

Furthermore, it's impossible to climb the Holy Mountain from that point. Once you reach it, you have to retrace your steps and then ascend from another location. This means it would take five or six days to reach the summit of the Holy Mountain if you were to go there to collect herbs.

Joan shook her head and said, "What potion do you want? I come here often and have brought back many kinds of potions."

Roland's eyes moved slightly, and he mentioned the two potions he still lacked.

Joan suddenly understood. He shook his head and said, "So it's the 'Shadow Mushroom' and the 'Dark Water Root'. Very few people would use this kind of potion."

After a pause, he looked at Roland with a strange expression: "Just how bad are your aptitudes that you need to take multiple potions to advance?"

Joan's family is very proficient in alchemy. This forbidden area can actually be said to be a large potion garden jointly established by their family and the Baiqi family.

'Shadow Mushroom' and 'Dark Water Root' are potions with very few uses. Only those who need to take multiple elemental upgrade potions at the same time when upgrading will add these two materials to the potion!

Moreover, these two things require a rich shadow environment and a rich magic environment to grow.

To put it bluntly, it can only be found in polluted places.

The White Council's territory was very clean, and they often carried out purification work. Therefore, although these two potions were not precious, they were very picky about where they grew, and they were generally grown in the Twilight Council's territory.

Furthermore, the White Council's own potion gardens had almost no shadow potion gardens. The only place with a shadowy environment was the Forbidden Forest in the Black Abyss. However, this place was also frequently undergoing purification work, so potions could not grow.

The forbidden area is only purified once every three to five years, so there is this kind of magic potion.

Roland was too embarrassed to say more about Joan's question - he needed many kinds of these potions. If his senior hadn't found a way to get a lot of them from various channels, he would have been short of more than just two.

Qiong said, "No wonder you're looking for these two potions. I don't think your academy has them. Last time, we had a little fight with Black Abyss, and then we divided the area. The places where these two potions grow are mapped on our side. Only a few people in your academy have collected them. They must have secretly hidden them for their own use and not handed them over."

Plus, our academy didn't specifically request these two potions. So our people didn't go out of their way to collect them. Speaking of which, when Her Highness Catherine asked a professor at our academy to get these potions last time, it turned out to be for you!"

Joan looked at Roland in surprise. He had never expected that the cold-blooded princess would go out of her way to find the potion just for this boy.

Joan said, "However, I do have a collection. My family has been researching potions from the 'End World,' so every time I come here, I try to collect a few of each potion. So, you don't have to risk going over there. When I return, I will find my father and give you all these potions."

Roland had originally thought that there was no hope, but now that he heard that Joan had these magic potions, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

No wonder, no wonder the wishing needle points to Joan!

He thanked me excitedly: "Good brother, you really helped me a lot."

Qiong waved his hand and said, "You have done me a great favor, my dear brother. You saved my life. I have no way to repay you for saving my life. What does this little thing mean?"

The two wolfed down their meal. Roland wrote to Lilith on parchment, but received no response. Anxiously, he used his crystal ball to contact Charlie and the others, but was unable to reach them either.

Qiong said, "Don't worry. Your landing site is in the far north, very close to the Holy Mountain. Once you're near the Holy Mountain, you're halfway outside. If you can receive three out of ten calls, you'll be lucky."

And if someone has already escaped, then people inside and outside can't communicate. Even with remote viewing, they can't see here."

It seems that the senior student can't see anything here either.

After listening to Joan's words, Roland sighed secretly: "I hope they are okay."

Time was running out, so the two of them rested for a while and then started on their journey.

Compared to walking, Roland had a faster method. He summoned the good spirits and carried Qiong Piao. Although the good spirits could not fly at high speed for a long time, even if they increased their speed a little, it was still a very fast speed in the mountains and forests.

Roland's body was much stronger than that of an ordinary wizard. He could walk through the mountains as if it were flat ground. When he got tired, he would let the good spirits take turns carrying him for a while. When the good spirits got tired, he would come down and walk by himself.

The seven good spirits, with one Qiong and half of Roland, were still very fast.

But after walking for two hours, Roland noticed that Joan looked pale and was shivering from the cold.

This is a symptom of soul coldness and a sign that the soul is about to leave the body.

After Roland examined it, he was deeply puzzled. Logically, his ghost servant was a good spirit, so even if it took over a human body, it wouldn't cause as much harm as an evil spirit.

Besides, even if Qiong was in a very bad state, she was still a high-level apprentice. After making contact with the benevolent spirits, she wouldn't be in such a state.

Suddenly, Roland remembered the 'Curse of the Goddess Heraclea'. And his own good spirit was actually the messenger of Goddess Heraclea!

So, it is because of this reason that the good spirits make Qiong so uncomfortable?

However, isn't that curse only aimed at the witches of the Joan family?

Perhaps, I didn't understand the details? Could the Queen Helaka's misfortune have a negative impact on everyone in Qiong's family?
"I'm fine, let's go." Joan pulled Roland's hand away from his arm and said, "I don't know what's going on, but it's so cold today."

Roland said nothing more as he gathered the good spirits, carried Joan on his back, and tied him up with some straps.

As he walked, he warned Joan on his back: "I treat you as a brother, don't touch my butt, or I will beat you!"

Qiong snorted and said, "Pah! Whoever touches your butt (quietly) should touch your abdominal muscles."

Roland's face turned grim as he said, "If you keep talking nonsense, get down here!"

Joan stopped talking and leaned quietly on Roland's shoulder.

Roland's pace in the forest was fast but steady. Before long, the exhausted Joan fell asleep on his back.

Roland looked at the sky, feeling a little strange. "Why does the sun in the forbidden area seem different from the sun outside? The time is also different. We entered the forbidden area in the afternoon, but the sunlight now is the morning sunlight."

The world of the end was a top secret. The apprentices did not know its true name and regarded the forbidden area as a secret place.

Joan once mentioned the 'end of the world', but this word can also be translated as 'withered earth'.

Therefore, although Roland currently had some doubts and speculations, he was not clear about what the "end of the world" meant.

After a while, Roland suddenly stopped and patted Joan's thigh. Joan woke up with a start and asked weakly, "What's wrong?"

Roland stared at the mountains and forests and said, "Hold me tight."

At this moment, he noticed that the lantern on Roland's waist lit up slightly, and then Roland dodged an approaching shadow.

Then, a figure emerged from a tree trunk on the east side. He was human from the chest up, but boneless from the chest down, his body wrapped around the tree like a snake or intestines.

When this person appeared, a look of surprise appeared on his face, as if he didn't expect Roland to find him.

Joan's pupils shrank slightly. It was someone from Twilight, a mid-level apprentice! The magical power of a protective item seemed to still be flowing through him.

Roland glanced at the Twilight Apprentice, then looked at the medium-sized tree he was entangled with.

The roots of the tree moved and were pulled out of the soil, but those seven or eight thick and long roots were not of normal shape, but had joints!
Then, the first apprentice descended from the tree and slipped into the shadows. The tree's roots lifted the trunk behind it and, like a spider, sped away. Only then did June see a head at the base of the roots. It was a strange human. It crawled across the ground and sped away, spraying a mist of floating matter like spider silk in its wake.

The floating object seemed to contain a vicious death curse, drifting towards them at great speed. If they chased the apprentice, they would definitely be entangled in the death fog. They might also be ambushed by another apprentice in the shadows.

Roland did not chase after him. He shook off the death fog and took another route.

The two apprentices did not appear again. It seemed that after being discovered, they retreated without saying a word.

But they weren't really gone. They would chase the two men, stalking them like wolves, until they found a more opportune moment, or made more arrangements before taking action.

They were extremely cautious and cunning. They seemed to have sensed a kindred spirit from Roland at first sight, so they didn't act rashly, but instead adopted a more difficult strategy.

They are very difficult to deal with.

Qiong's face turned pale, and she secretly groaned inwardly. Two mutant middle-level apprentices.

Twilight Apprentice was difficult to deal with, and now he was barely even half a human being, and he didn't know what Roland's condition was.

Roland's face was expressionless as he hurried on with Joan. Soon, Joan spotted a forest in the distance covered in spider silk. Arm-sized spiders crawled on it, blocking the path ahead.

Roland changed his path, but the forest on the other side was also covered with spider silk, blocking the way ahead.

There was a rustling sound behind her. Qiong looked back and saw a group of spiders with arm lengths faintly visible in the forest a few dozen meters away, weaving a large web. There was also a rustling sound in the forest to the west.

They were surrounded within a radius of 100 meters. No, to be exact, the enemy deliberately left a hole, which was the sky.

There was a magical glow on the spider web, it was not an ordinary thing.

Qiong's heart suddenly tightened. These two Twilight apprentices were more difficult to deal with than he had imagined!
Those dozens of little spiders alone are all level 0 monsters!
He finally understood why people always said not to treat Twilight apprentices like ordinary apprentices. Even if he were in his prime, without using his magical items, he might not be a match for these two Twilight apprentices!

If they have some other cards in their hands, then Spider-Man alone will be enough to get them into trouble!
From the shadows on the ground, numerous intestines like vines wriggled out. It was unclear whether they were rare objects or a trick of another apprentice.

At the same time, the little spiders in the distance also climbed up the closer trees and began to weave webs.

A war is imminent, both sides merely testing the waters. Yet, they are ready to strike at any moment. If one is not careful and reveals a flaw, they will be killed without a burial place.

Roland carried a person on his back, did not summon servants, and did not use a silver pocket watch, but he was able to hold his own against the two apprentices.

The ground was covered in vines and intestines, writhing everywhere. Deathly mists often drifted in the air. But Roland was like a fluttering butterfly, skillfully dodging and evading the chaos, missing every blow!
Later, some spells flew towards him one after another. Roland waved his sleeves or raised his sword sheath to block them, and he blocked the spells.

Occasionally, Roland would seize the opportunity and stab with his sword, forcing back the intestinal apprentice who emerged from the shadows.

The two Twilight apprentices hadn't said anything, but their eyes gradually grew serious. This Black Abyss apprentice hadn't cast a single move so far! Not a single spell!
This was a super swordsman with terrifyingly high magic resistance! He could block even level one or two spells without even needing any protective gear.

Moreover, not only was his swordsmanship exceptional, his movements were also bizarre and strange! Furthermore, the two found it difficult to sense his body with their minds. After finally locking onto him, he dodged his magic.

What was even more alarming was that he possessed an extraordinary intuition. No matter how sneaky an attack or how hidden one was, he could always detect it in advance.

With his nimble posture, strange body movements, and amazing intuition about danger, this guy's dodging skills are simply maxed out!
If you don't use real means, you can't beat him at all.

The two Twilight apprentices knew that this guy was deliberately waiting for their moves, trying to understand them. However, they were not in a hurry, and like a pack of wolves besieging their prey, they slowly fought him.

There were more and more spider webs around. Every time the little spiders finished weaving a layer of spider web at a closer distance, they would eat the old spider webs far away. Then they would crawl to an even closer distance and continue to weave webs slowly.

Soon, spiderwebs covered the entire area thirty meters away, even clinging to the treetops. The spiders leaped again, seemingly trying to weave webs closer, perhaps forcing Roland to kill them.

But in the next second, the little spiders suddenly waved their hands at Roland, and then the spider web in the distance suddenly covered him. At the same time, the intestinal man jumped up from the shadow outside the spider web. He waved his hand, and a large number of vines rose up from under Roland's feet.

At this critical moment, if the person in the center of the spider web has some kind of strange object with extremely fast flying speed, he may be able to fly away from the sky.

But this is a dead end. If you don't understand the magic circle, you will suffer a great loss.

A closer look revealed the surrounding spiderwebs, seemingly concealing the patterns of a magic circle! It seemed as if with just a few runes activated, they could soar and snare anyone in the sky. With no trees blocking the way, this deliberately left-open exit was the most difficult path to traverse.

In a flash, the web had entangled two figures. But the Spider-Man's pupils shrank slightly: "I didn't catch them! The woman and a Level 2 puppet are in the web! The man is hiding with some kind of high-quality magic item."

Before he could finish his words, eight terrifying flashes of lightning suddenly appeared in the air!

The two of them were shocked.

At this time, the two of them were hanging on the tree, one of them had just jumped out of the shadows, no more than four meters away.

The lightning was so fast that the two knew they couldn't dodge it. So they each pulled out a trump card. It turned out to be two excellent, top-grade protective artifacts, seemingly from the apprentices of the White Chess Council!
In the blink of an eye, the eight lightning bolts landed on one person and then jumped to another person.

Seven of the lightning bolts jumped back and forth two or three times, and the last one jumped back and forth 10 times!
The magic barrier around the two of them instantly vanished, and they turned into two flickering light bulbs. Then, Joan felt the remaining spider webs stop wrapping around him, and the vines wrapped around him loosened, as if both of them were dead.
But that last lightning is still jumping!

Qiong was shocked. She had never thought that Roland's magic could be so terrifying. It would be fine if he didn't use it, but once he did, it was so terrifying!
The seven strange ghosts around him also possessed surging magical power. He hadn't taken action for so long, not because he didn't have any tricks, but because he was waiting for this opportunity to destroy these two people and leave them no chance of escape.

Before the flash of lightning had finished, Roland suddenly swung his sword towards the sky again. Immediately, an astonishing blade of lightning and fire shot into the air. Then a line of blood appeared in the air, and then two burning pieces of the body fell down.

There is actually a third person!

Qiong suddenly understood why there was always an exit in the sky. The spider web was just the first trap, and the person lurking there was the killer move.

Roland had been playing with Anna for so long that not only was his dodge maxed out, but his perception was also maxed out. He had always felt that something was wrong in the sky.

He inexplicably felt something in the sky, but couldn't find it. The third man also remained extremely patient, waiting until Roland was in the sky, close enough, and seemingly without further ado before making his move. He sought to destroy the enemy with a single blow.

But Roland had been keeping an eye on him for a long time, and flew up just to provoke him into action.

As soon as he moved, Roland knew his position and drew out his lightning and fire blade to kill him.

With two crackling sounds, the man in the sky, who had been split in half by the lightning and fire blade, fell down and burned to ashes. At this time, the lights of the two people on the ground no longer glowed. Their bodies were charred black, and they spit out steam and fell to the ground twitching.

(End of this chapter)