Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 729 The Origin of the Gods and the Wrath of the World Tree

Locke saw a green leaf fall on the second ring of sea lilies.

These green leaves are the leaves of the world.

The hallmark of the world's original magical plants is that they possess a leaf of the world.

For a moment, Locke saw a vision: on a lush tree, countless leaves scattered in all directions, each leaf falling into the hand of an ancient creature.

World Tree leaves are a symbol of identity for nature guardians!

Every leaf on the world's leaves is a primordial energy-locking structure!
At this moment, the leaf of that world fell behind the Second Ring Sea Gold Sands, transforming into a leaf ring that connected the feathery leaves of the Sea Gold Sands together, forming a leaf ring.

It looks like a green foliage ring surrounding the sea lily.

Locke held the sea ginseng in its fern spear form in his hand and noticed that the leaf ring had bestowed upon it the attribute of earth.

Locke himself didn't know the purpose of the leaf ring formed from a leaf of the World Tree.

Curious, he activated the Sea Gold Sand plant. It seemed that the plant hadn't changed at all, but after testing, Locke discovered that the magical plant Sea Gold Sand plant appeared to have undergone two changes.

First, the original spores of the sea ginseng have two attributes: one is the gold attribute, and the other is the water attribute obtained by collecting dimensional information from the Rain Realm.

But now this Lygodium japonicum plant has developed an earth element.

This resulted in the sea ginseng turning into a muddy mess in their own hands.

The second change is the World Tree Leaf, which seems to have given Sea Gold Sand a completely new attribute and a special ability.

That is, energy concentration.

It can concentrate magical energy into a single point in an incredible way, forming a special attack that can pierce through the opponent in an instant, like a divine punishment falling from the sky.

In other words, by using this special energy-locking structure, one can concentrate all of Haijinsha's and one's own power into one point the instant one attacks an enemy, and launch an attack that is powerful enough to penetrate everything!

This allows one's sea ginseng and related botanical magic to possess incredible power.

Locke looked at the World Leaf on his Sea Gold Sands and realized that every nature guardian probably had a World Leaf, which was both a representation of their identity and a symbol of their power.

Different types of leaves, representing the world's guardians of nature, may have different characteristics.

However, even for ferocious beasts, there are many kinds of World Tree Leaves, so the World Tree Leaf that I obtained was randomly selected.

Moreover, it seems that I can extract the World Tree Leaf from the Sea Gold Sand and place it on other second-ring magical plants, as long as the second-ring magical plant is one that I planted.

Locke pinched one corner of the round leaf ring of the sea ginseng and gently pulled it away. As a result, the leaf was taken off by himself and transformed into an oval leaf. The veins of this leaf bulged and meandered in the sunlight like blue veins, shimmering with a crystal-clear green light.

With a slight thought, Locke sent the World Tree leaf back to the Second Ring of Sea Gold Sands, transforming it into the green leaf ring in the middle of the spiral staircase of the Sea Gold Sands ice crystal crown.

Emerald green and ice blue.

This Lygodium japonicum plant is so beautiful, it's like a magical plant that doesn't belong to this world!
At the same time, a scene popped into my mind: a lush, green tree that was growing tall in the wind was suddenly struck by lightning, and the tree split open.

Fire splattered.

The tree split open, and then the entire tree burst into flames. A wave of natural primal force emanated from this place and spread throughout the entire void universe.

The many planes swept by this power all generated a special force amidst the fluctuations of this energy burst, giving birth to wisps of immortal sparks.

From the native lands of those planes emerged giants, their eyes sparkling with an immortal flame.

At the same time, Locke sensed the fury of the trees cleaved by lightning, a fury that seemed to emanate from the most primal forces of nature.

And the ferocious beast, as the embodiment of nature, was also angered by this.

Anger, betrayal, rage.

The next moment, the screen disappeared.

Locke heard the voice of the world's will from the Force of Nature plane. 'Three-Eyed, we need to revive more guardians. Three-Eyed, your race has reached its limit; you need to find [My Fruit].'

Locke was surprised.

First of all, he did not expect that after his ancient creature reached the second ring, he would gain the full abilities and authority of a nature guardian, as well as the most important thing - a leaf from the World Tree.

For a botanical wizard, this is simply priceless.

Besides, the scene that the World Tree showed him also seemed very strange, and he wanted to investigate it further, because it seemed to contain some kind of great secret.

What kind of tree is that? Is it the World Tree?
However, in his current eyes, the World Tree is an infinite world state of "trees within trees". The tree that was split by lightning and fire looks like an ordinary oak tree, only it looks bigger.

Moreover, what kind of place is that?
The magical pressure possessed by that thunder and fire was also incredibly powerful.

After the lightning and fire split the tree, they released a powerful energy that swept across the entire universe. The energy rubbed against the planes, seemingly creating a special kind of organism.

Those organisms possess immortal energy.

Locke pondered for a moment, and if his guess was correct, those were the "gods" from the mythological records of the wizarding world.

If that's the case, then have I seen the origin of these gods?
The question is, why is the World Tree so angry at the origins of these gods, and why does it feel betrayed?

Could it be that the appearance of those gods was based on some kind of betrayal and hostility towards nature?
Wait a moment.

Locke suddenly remembered reading in a wizarding world journal that gods seemed to have become a distant concept for wizards.

After all, the Wizarding World does not believe that the gods encountered in the various colony planes are the real gods. They seem to be more like some clumsy imitations that have usurped the rights of the real gods.

Therefore, the wizards divided the gods into false gods and primordial gods.

However, some wizards believe that even the original gods are a poor imitation of the real gods, because there is a lot of evidence that real gods exist in the distant astral plane.

The astral plane is the source of the true God, and there is growing evidence pointing to this.

However, based on the scene the World Tree just showed him, this viewpoint is probably still wrong.

Because in the scene he saw, those 'giants,' if they were the original gods, then all the original gods were very likely to have originated from that betrayal that angered the World Tree.

Locke felt a little confused.

"So, if I'm not mistaken, the gods have at least two origins. One is the astral plane, and the other is the unknown event that angered the World Tree."

What exactly is the World Tree trying to tell me?

Locke pondered, "Of course, if those giants aren't gods, then all my guesses are wrong."

"Or is the World Tree showing me this scene to tell me that all the primordial gods are my enemies?"

"And there's another problem. The Nature Guardians are deeply intertwined with the ancient creature groups. The catastrophe that nearly wiped out the ancient creatures half a million years ago now seems to be not a catastrophe within the wizarding world, but a catastrophe that spread throughout the entire endless void."

"Is there any connection between the disappearance of nature's guardians and ancient creatures, the catastrophe that happened 500,000 years ago, and the scene of lightning striking a tree that I just saw?"

A mystery that Locke had discovered during his apprenticeship through his exposure to archaeological magic resurfaced in his mind.

After becoming a second-circle wizard, I gained more information and saw more things, so my understanding of that disaster became clearer, and I naturally discovered more questions about it.

Moreover, the World Tree also sent him to find its fruit.

In other words, as a guardian of nature, the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat can continue to break through its limits through the fruit of the World Tree, and perhaps even have the opportunity to become a third-ring level guardian?

But what is the fruit of the World Tree?
With these two questions in mind, Locke's consciousness left the plane of natural forces.

He returned to the Silent Plane, which was in the midst of the apocalypse, with the Milky Way pouring down. Because he had been in a state of deep meditation, the Moon of Evolution could only run automatically.

At that moment, a great flood came from the sky and engulfed him, like a jellyfish waving a tentacle at him!

Antoine and the Preston Witch seem to be getting very tense.

"Locke, what just happened to you? You suddenly entered a meditative state, and Antoine said we'd help you buy some time!"

"Locke, let's not talk about that now. Omega's power is coming, we need to figure out a way to deal with it."

The river, resembling the tentacles of a jellyfish, descended from the sky, essentially an upside-down river that seemed poised to cleave the earth in two.

The next moment, however, the Moon of Evolution flipped slightly and spun in the sky.

Then, under the moonlight, a spear of fern-like energy transformed into a shooting star and pierced directly into the tentacle of the river that had fallen from the sky.

The second-ring sea sands, under Locke's second-ring spell "A Lone Tree Cannot Support It," transformed into a fern spear, and simultaneously, with the power of the World Tree leaves, infinitely concentrated magical power.

Then, in the sky, the spear of ferns streaked across like a bolt of lightning, and collided with a great river that was hanging upside down.

'Boom~'

The river water collapsed in an instant, turning into countless droplets that scattered in the opposite direction towards the sky.

A large blue-leaf dragon sparrow appeared behind Locke and flew back into the air. "Sorry, you two, I had something to take care of and went offline for a while. I'm back now."

Princess Preston the White Dragon cried out, "Locke, this is the end of the world! Even first-ring and second-ring wizards are powerless against it. What are we going to do?"

"I have a suggestion, Locke. Let's just go and take out Edgar, and win this battle. As long as we take out Edgar, we can escape this apocalypse without having to face it directly!"

"Even a second-circle wizard could not possibly survive the destruction of a plane! Absolutely impossible."

Antoine suddenly spoke. “Planetary destruction could even threaten third-ring wizards; it’s a chain reaction. So, to survive the apocalypse, unless… unless the apocalypse doesn’t happen.”

The Preston Witch exclaimed in astonishment, "Not happen? How is that possible!"

Locke stretched out his left palm towards the collapsing river droplets before him, and instantly countless water droplets were manipulated by his second ring of sea gold sand.

Manipulating Arrow - Sea Gold Sand possesses the ability to manipulate water, which is divided into two types: spores and water indirectly affected by the spores. At this moment, the surrounding sky is covered by his own Sea Gold Sand spores, so the water he dispersed was not taken back by Omega, but instead became his power.

The adaptability of the Lunar Nurturing Method's surging evolution is no joke.

Currently, the sea ginseng in my possession, as well as all the magical plants below, have all undergone adaptive evolution.

This is not only Omega's home ground, but also its own.

The water, which he had been controlling, reversed course and surged upwards into the sky, transforming into a waterspout. From the waterspout appeared spell models that attacked Omega's true form in the sky.

Omega seemed to grow extremely angry, a blue halo appearing in mid-air. "Augustine, you're just stalling for time. Once the apocalypse begins, it can't be stopped."

"The collision of two worlds is something even I cannot prevent!"

At this moment, the shadow of the jellyfish that kept descending from the sky grew larger and larger.

Yes, this dimensional descent was indeed initiated by Omega, but at this moment, the two worlds are already too close.

Even if Omega wanted to stay away, it would be unlikely.

Although his arrival was incredibly fast, exceptionally fast, it was precisely this speed that created a terrifying attraction between the two worlds.

The end of the world is inevitable.

This was a fact that Omega, along with all the wizarding viewers and judges, agreed upon, because at this moment, even Omega himself could not stop it.

It simply doesn't have enough power to prevent the two worlds from colliding.

As for wizards, there are countless research topics and projects they could undertake to prevent the two worlds from colliding.

This is not something two wizards who have just become second-circle wizards can do.

Therefore, from a logical point of view, the end of the world is bound to happen.

Therefore, the game is now in its final countdown.

Everyone is waiting for the champion to be born.

That is, the birth of the last wizard who survived to the very end in this plane, after all the wizards had died in the apocalypse.

The next moment, the Fern Spear, like a bolt of lightning, pierced the blue light ring. In just a moment, the blue light ring shattered.

Although the Golden Fern Spear is only a first-level spell and has not yet been upgraded, its attack power is already quite considerable, considering the combined effects of a single ordinary second-level spell, the magic pressure from Locke's second-level spell, the second-level magical plant, and the leaves from the World Tree.

Should we end this?

Locke's eyes suddenly changed. Omega had made a mistake: it shouldn't have invaded its own Dharma realm.

If he hadn't done that, I could have simply taken care of Edgar, ended the game, and avoided this apocalypse.

But he invaded his own Dharma Realm, making his magic seem like a joke. Even though he closed the gates to his own Dharma Realm, it could still come and go freely in the Moon's Reflection—the Dharma Realm.

If I don't solve this problem, I'm no longer a wizard!

I just can't understand this, so I have to keep going and find out why the other person can come and go freely within my Dharma realm.

Otherwise, that would be the biggest flaw in his immense magic.

Locke understood that if he didn't solve this mystery now, even if he became the champion, the mystery would still exist and continue to bother him, and might even prevent him from going any further.

It might not affect my advancement within the second ring system, but it could have a huge impact on my future advancement to the third ring.

Therefore, I must solve this problem right now.

At this moment, on the other side, Edgar was also looking down in Locke's direction.

He had reached his limit; it wasn't that any magic was flawed or defective.

Rather, it's the continuous scale of this apocalypse that causes the total magical pressure in the Silent Dimension to decrease every moment, while the magical pressure in Omega increases every moment.

The attacks continued relentlessly, seemingly without end.

All his efforts, no matter how much he optimized the spell model, seemed to become a joke in the face of this endless attack.

Because no matter how much you optimize the spell model, its quality will be powerless in the face of the apocalyptic scale of quantity at this moment.

The roots of the Perfect Tree were rotten in many places.

Edgar's saintly avatar joined the battle directly, constantly using some of the first-circle magic he was familiar with, but he couldn't stop the overwhelming trend.

Meanwhile, Medea, the witch who had entered the Disc World while sitting on a fragment of the Star God Realm, was also pale-faced. She plunged headfirst into a world filled with torrential rain.

She had been in this world for a very long time, but the entire Fallen Rain Realm was just ocean and raindrops, and she couldn't find any land.

It seems as if the earth doesn't exist in this world!

Medea was pale, for if she could not find land, she would be unable to land.

As a first-ring wizard, she couldn't find a place to settle down so she could figure out a way to replenish her magic.

In fact, even a second-circle wizard would be helpless in this situation; all they could do was hold on for a little longer.

We must find land in the Fallen Rain Realm.

But what if there's no land in this place...?

Then she's dead!

……

In the audience section of the Silent Throne, everyone was waiting for the champion to be crowned.

In fact, in the face of an apocalyptic impact, whoever can endure longer demonstrates that person's ultimate magic has better energy dissipation and energy compatibility.

Team leader Chad looked up at the competition and laughed, "Locke's new cultivation method seems to have more than just high efficiency. The magical plants he cultivated seem to be adapted to the power of the Fallen Rain Realm... therefore, it has a greater advantage than Edgar's."

"It seems the prize will go to someone else... This time, the champion of the Silent Holy Grail belongs to my Golden Crown Mountain - Lu Xuqiao."

Quinnjoll's wizard Rush looked displeased, but did not refute.

Because the spell model of the Moon of Evolution is indeed the most exquisite among the four contestants.

It's so exquisite that one wonders if it was designed independently by a first-ring wizard, or if Golden Crown Mountain had second-ring wizards, or even third-ring wizards, involved in the design beforehand.

For the first time, Wizard Chad felt incredibly proud of his student, a truly wonderful feeling that filled him with joy, a smile spreading across his plump face. "I never imagined that in the Three Kings Tournament, we at Golden Crown Mountain would have the upper hand, and in the Silent Grail Tournament held simultaneously, we would also be able to gain the upper hand."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"This year is truly a lucky year for Golden Crown Mountain. As long as we achieve remarkable results in the Demon Realm War, the academic standing of Golden Crown Mountain—Luxu Bridge will be as solid as Mount Tai. This year alone, the number of outstanding students we have recruited may be hundreds more than all of you."

"Hahaha……"

Rush the wizard looked grim. "Chad, you talk too much."

This year, Jinmian Mountain has indeed gained a dominant position in many public works projects in Yunze Wetland.

The seven top universities in Yunze Wetland are ranked, and these rankings determine the allocation of many resources.

Bonifacio University is usually ranked first, while Quinnjoll is ranked second.

Jinmian Mountain is generally considered to be the third highest.

Storm Tower is seventh, Rose Council is fourth, and sometimes third.

Cassilos University of the Arts is usually ranked sixth or fifth.

But looking at this year's trend, something seems off.

At the same time, Wizard Chad suddenly paused. "Wait, Locke, what are you doing?"

"You were about to win, what were you doing?"

As a Sun Ring Wizard, Rush was also stunned for a moment, then revealed an incredulous expression.

The wizards in the audience mostly wore expressions of shock and incomprehension.

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away, in Catherine the Witch's office, Catherine the Witch was smiling as she looked at the wizard before her.

A third-circle wizard of the Rootcrown Court.

While the top universities were distracted by the five major battles and top competitions at Yunze Wetland, they were having an urgent, secret meeting about a project.

The witch Catherine seemed to sense something, turning back to look in the direction of the Silent Grail, then turning to look at the wizard from the Rootcrown Court before her. "Jack, as I said before, you should consider making a new friend."

After thinking for a moment, Wizard Jack slowly said, "You've convinced me."

"I must say, Katya, you seized the opportunity very well. Right now, everyone's attention has been drawn to the Five Great Wars and the various top competitions. Even the Rose Witch of the Rose Council, your old rival, has had most of her attention drawn to her."

"As a token of my loyalty, I'll tell you something first: among your six groups, one second-ring Sun-ring wizard is a spy trained by the Rose Council. Besides that, one ordinary second-ring wizard in your second group is..."

A hint of anger flashed in Catherine the Witch's eyes. "So that's it. I was wondering why the Rose Witch's research always seems to overlap with my findings and get published first."

Wizard Jack chuckled, "What's interesting is that the wizard shoe market your student Locke Augustine is targeting is one of the Rose Witches' students' backyards. Was this really not at your behest?"

"Katya?"

(End of this chapter)