Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 460 An Attempt to Break Through to the Second Ring of Wizardry

In the mage realm.

In front of the red holly forest.

Locke held the Golden Grafting Knife, which shone brightly in the sunlight like a sun. Then, Locke used the Golden Grafting Knife to carve a part of the magic of the Sacred Forest on Alicia's forehead in this mage plane.

Alicia, whose eyes were glazed over, stiffly turned and walked towards the City of the Holy Temple after the spell was completed.

The magical pressure emanating from Grand Wizard Sura has now become even stronger, as if he could leap forward at any moment.

Grand Wizard Sula nodded and smiled, "Now I have thirty-two Archmages under my command, and I have many talented people under my command. I have sent them to search for the source of those demons, to confirm the location of the so-called ultimate demon, and to continuously besiege the demons."

"The number of demons created by dark wizards is decreasing."

"Locke, we have to thank you for all of this. You deserve some credit for it."

The great wizard Sura's tone became more sincere; this time, his thanks were genuine.

High Wizard Sura suddenly spoke to Locke, "I guess you definitely won't stay in the Land of the Six Towers, but I still want to ask, are you really not planning to stay in the Land of the Six Towers?"

"You should also be able to sense Alicia's... dependence on you, right?"

"As long as you stay in the Land of the Six Towers, you will continue to retain all your current research resources."

Locke shook his head slightly. "No, the Six Towers Land doesn't have any advanced meditation methods suitable for me, and the resources here to help me break through to the second-ring wizard level are too scarce."

“That’s true,” said Grand Wizard Sula. “It’s just a pity that my granddaughter will suffer. You should be able to see the love in her eyes for you, especially in the past year, your relationship has grown stronger. For the sake of this love, can’t you stop your journey, even if it’s just to stay in the Six Towers for ten years, to settle down and start a family?”

Locke fell silent and did not speak.

High Wizard Sura smiled, a sincere look appearing in his eyes. "Then I know your choice. I won't force you, and I won't interfere in what happens between you and Alicia."

“I am very grateful to you for taking care of Alicia over the past year.”

"And I'm not too worried about Alicia. In a sense, Alicia likes you because you're the same kind of person. It's just that you pursue higher goals, while she focuses on her family."

"You all have your own pursuits, and you are more suited to be comrades-in-arms than partners."

The great wizard Sura handed a crystal of true knowledge to Locke.

Locke took the crystal ball and looked at the Grand Wizard Sura with a puzzled expression. "What is this?"

Grand Wizard Sura, with his hands behind his back, said, "This True Knowledge Crystal Ball is connected to all the True Knowledge Crystals scattered throughout the Hall of the Sage of Law, and can see everything that happens within the Hall of the Sage of Law."

"You're going to participate in the Yunze Cup, while I'm preparing to break through to the second-ring wizard in half a month."

Locke looked Sula up and down. "Great Wizard Sula, the reason you have two bodies isn't because you can have two bodies, but because you must have two bodies. Am I right?"

Grand Wizard Sura was taken aback for a moment, then sighed. "Locke, you've grown so quickly." "A year ago, when you saw me, you couldn't even discern a fraction of my true nature, but now you can see it. That's right, a hundred years ago, my magic power had already reached the limit of 9999 for the first ring of crystallization."

"Furthermore, after that I tried many methods to collect resources for advancing to the second ring and to try to build methods to break through to the second ring, so my mana continued to grow after reaching its limit."

The great wizard Sura lifted his sleeve, revealing numerous wounds on his wrist. Within those wounds lay some restrained and suppressed magical energy, while some of the magical energy had leaked out and dissipated into the air.

Locke's expression shifted slightly. "Has it come to this? Your soul can no longer withstand your magic power."

"Your body is rapidly breaking down."

"So, it's not that you're ready to become a second-circle wizard, but that your physical condition no longer allows it, and you're delaying it any longer? Why... Right, the Dark Cave Scorpion Woman's Dark Cave can absorb external magical tide energy into it, nourishing her own bloodline power. So, after your magic power has already reached its limit, it still needs to be pushed to a new level."

"Therefore, your body and soul can no longer hold on."

Locke mentally applied the formula and recalculated, "If you didn't have two bodies, you would have exploded by now."

Grand Wizard Sura nodded approvingly, looking at Locke with admiration. "Such keen insight, no wonder you were able to pass the third round of the Cloud Ze Cup."

"Unfortunately, unlike before, I don't have time to attend your final this time."

High Wizard Sura said, "Because of my Dark Cave Scorpion bloodline, a continuous stream of magical power is still surging into my soul, bursting it, so I am now in a state of near death."

"The reason I have two clones is because I need two bodies to share the burden of my soul. Unfortunately, I have never been able to split my soul, otherwise I might have been able to delay for a while longer."

"In short, my experiment had a flaw. I shouldn't have been so hasty in transplanting the Dark Cave Scorpion Woman's bloodline into my body first."

"I shouldn't have used those potion masters to strengthen my body with tonics. Such cleverness only hastened my death." Grand Wizard Sula sighed. Perhaps facing death, Grand Wizard Sula was much more sincere today, without so many tricks up his sleeve.

Grand Wizard Sura said, "Therefore, the key to breaking this deadlock lies in whether I can advance to the second-circle wizard level within three months."

"If I had met you fifty years earlier, perhaps I wouldn't be in such a predicament today. I was so anxious and hasty, and I even feel that there are some loopholes that I haven't fixed yet, before I prepared to advance to the second-circle wizard. I am always filled with unease."

"Therefore, after much thought, I finally made up my mind—I will give you this crystal of true knowledge."

"All my records of advancing to the second ring will be stored in this True Knowledge Crystal."

“This is my extra thanks to you for making my beloved granddaughter Alicia so happy,” said Grand Wizard Sura. “Haven’t you always wanted to know how to use the special resources of this plane to advance to the second-circle wizard level? That’s too complicated to explain. Just observe and witness everything for yourself.”

“Locke, you are a wizard. If you truly have the potential to advance to the second-circle wizard level, then you should be able to understand the specific methods after reading these things. Therefore, I think there is not much difference between me saying it and not saying it.”

"Especially since I am a bloodline wizard, I'm afraid that the methods I share might seriously mislead your understanding, causing you to make the same experimental mistakes as me. Therefore, you need to observe everything yourself."

Grand Wizard Sura sighed. "Although I feel I'm 90% confident I can advance to the second-circle wizard level, something just doesn't feel right lately."

"Whether you succeed or fail, you can gain something from it. Consider this your final gift."

(End of this chapter)