I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 40 Gray Rock Boundary

The blinding blue light faded, and the distorted sense of space receded like the tide.

Jemin felt his feet firmly on the ground, and after a moment of dizziness, he opened his eyes.

According to the previously planned action, Jemin activated the rune artifact the instant the teleportation ended.

In the blink of an eye, three shields of different colors appeared around him.

Only then did Jemin have time to carefully observe his surroundings. The dense crowd that had once filled the square had vanished, leaving only desolation in front of him.

Jemin stood on a vast wasteland, his feet on the gray, rugged rocky ground, and in the distance, an eerie forest shrouded in thick fog.

Further away, one can vaguely see mountain ranges that look like jagged bones.

The air was thick with the dry heat and the smell of sulfur, mixed with the unfamiliar stench of decaying vegetation, giving one a primal and wild shock.

"what?"

Jemin exclaimed in surprise, immediately realizing something was wrong—the elemental power permeating this world was completely different from what he had felt at Norren Academy.

They are like wild horses, exceptionally active, even exhibiting a violent instability.

He could feel the fire element around him burning intensely, the wind element whistling restlessly past his ears, and the earth element so heavy it was almost solidified.

This is definitely not a peaceful plane.

"The elemental forces are so violent... the destructive power of energy-based magic will be greatly increased here, but correspondingly, the requirements for the wizard's mental control will also rise sharply. A slight mistake could cause the magic to go out of control, or even backfire on the wizard."

Jemin extended his finger, attempting to use his mental power to manipulate the surrounding elemental forces.

Seeing the energy cluster condense and then rapidly burst open, he immediately made a judgment.

This is...good news for him?

After all, his talismanic artifacts rely on the interaction between the talisman structure and environmental elements, and this violent environment allows the talismanic artifacts to unleash even greater power.

Of course, excessively violent elemental power could make the rune artifacts more susceptible to damage.

However, from a testing perspective, this can also indirectly verify the stability of the talisman artifact.

Looking around, the view is obstructed by the undulating terrain and tall vegetation in the distance.

The roars of wild beasts and the flapping of wings could be heard in the distance, but no specific threat could be seen.

"In this unfamiliar environment, dangers can appear out of nowhere. It seems that simple attack, defense, and mobility are far from enough for survival in the wild. Reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance are equally important, or even more important. Perceiving potential threats and concealing one's whereabouts... these are the keys to surviving in an unfamiliar environment."

Jemin immediately realized his shortcomings: "Not bad, I've learned a little more."

With the idea of ​​"prioritizing the creation of reconnaissance-type enchanted artifacts next time" firmly in mind, Jemin did not rush into action. Instead, he decided to first test the performance of his existing enchanted artifact prototypes in this plane.

The defensive rune artifact has already been released, and its performance so far has been quite good.

Earth-elemental shields, in particular, have higher defensive capabilities due to elemental power issues, but the other two types of shields seem to have become quite unstable.

"The shields can be constructed smoothly, but at the moment of construction, the violent elemental power will cause slight fluctuations in the rune artifact, which requires quick and stable calibration with mental power... From now on, I will mainly use earth attribute shields."

"Next..."

With a thought, the movable talisman artifact disguised as a pendant at his waist glowed faintly.

A light, ethereal force surged forth, lifting his body. He leaped forward lightly, and as if carried by an invisible wind, he glided forward at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary running.

Under the influence of the raging wind elements in the Savage Plane, his speed seemed to be a few degrees faster than when he was in the academy training ground, but it also required slightly more concentrated mental energy to control.

Finally, there are offensive rune artifacts.

He casually pointed to a tall rock in the distance, a thought stirring in his mind.

A fireball the size of an adult's head appeared out of thin air, crashing down on the rocks with a piercing whistle.

boom!
A much louder explosion than he had anticipated rang out, shattering rocks into flying debris!
The raging fire element was instantly unleashed under the guidance of the rune, and the fireball seemed to be more than twice as powerful as it had been in the academy training grounds.

"Wow...that's great." Jemin was quite satisfied with the performance.

The raging elemental power of this plane has indeed greatly enhanced the attack effects of the rune artifacts.

While it may increase the difficulty of control, its advantages outweigh its disadvantages.

After the test was completed, Jemin put away the talismanic artifact.

He had only two goals in participating in this trial:

First, thoroughly test the practical effects of the rune artifacts in a real, untamed world to understand their limits, advantages, and disadvantages.

The second goal was just established: Jemin planned to collect material samples unique to this plane.

The elemental forces in this plane are so violent that the materials it produces must possess unique properties.

As for points?

Jemin didn't seem to care too much.

With the support of the Level 2 training agreement, he doesn't need to win first place to prove himself. As long as he can ensure that his final score puts him in the top 10% and allows him to participate in the large-scale test held by the Norren Workshop in 5 years, that will be enough.

Composing himself, Jemin activated the teleportation artifact and randomly selected a direction with a higher concentration of elemental power in the air to accelerate forward.

After all, common sense dictates that the higher the concentration of elemental power, the richer the resources there are, but also the greater the danger.

This perfectly aligns with Jemin's two objectives.

During his flight, he would also encounter wizard apprentices in the air or on the ground who had also activated flight or acceleration spells.

Most of the apprentices looked at him with wariness.

Clearly, many people did not expect to encounter other people here so soon, and the other party seemed to be faster than themselves.

Since they had just entered this plane, the apprentices were competitive but not yet too hostile. After all, none of them had many points yet, and if a battle broke out now, it would be easy for others to take advantage of their weakness.

So the apprentices only glanced at Jemin from afar before immediately changing direction and cautiously moving away from him.

Occasionally, some people would feel that they couldn't escape Jemin's "pursuit," so they would stop and prepare for battle.

Jemin only glanced at these people briefly, then manipulated the moving talisman artifact to move away from them, thus escaping their perception range at an even faster speed.

He did want to test the combat power of the rune artifacts, but he wasn't in a hurry to fight humans. He should find a few live targets to test his skills first.

(Bonus chapter today, one more chapter to go.)
(End of this chapter)