Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 741 I'm going to eat you all up!
'Ding-dong~'

The dragon claw of the Shepherd Dragon collided with the Seven-Segment Grass Nail in mid-air, sparking a burst of sparks. A piece of vetiver grass spontaneously combusted and turned into a ball of flame.

At the same time, Locke gradually grasped the key points of the power of the Shepherd Dragon, a giant dragon creature.

He swung his dragon tail, striking the seven frozen grass spikes, causing them to spontaneously combust one by one.

Locke soared into the sky like a sun, his rounded belly now radiating golden light that spread in all directions like the sun.

'I see. The power of the Shepherd Dragon is different from the power of a wizard.'

Locke realized what was happening.

"The reason I was so uncoordinated before was because I tried to manipulate the power of the Sun Dragon using magic, which was awkward and added unnecessary steps. Using this dragon's power only requires using it intuitively."

'Mu Rilong exchanges power by burning the dragon blood within his body.'

'Therefore, I need to control this power in a more direct way. It's an almost instinctive way of using it.'

Locke realized that this might also be the feeling of many bloodline wizards when they fight.

After forcibly changing his skill set and panel, Locke, as a dragon, gained a better understanding of how magical creatures fight and realized that he had developed many bad habits when using bloodline studies in the first stage.

The first one is to treat bloodline magic like botanical magic.

Upon reflection, I realize that I have inherited a good legacy in botany, potion-making, breeding, and even archaeology.

Bloodline studies, on the other hand, have always been a half-baked endeavor, learned piecemeal without any systematic study whatsoever.

Therefore, I completely misunderstood how to apply bloodline before.

This is perfectly normal.

However, this means that he has never truly unleashed the power of the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat and the Demon Dragon bloodline.

Locke unleashed a dragon claw strike at the last two frozen seven-segment grass nails in front of him, followed by three molten lava claw marks spreading from his own dragon claw.

Dragon's Claw!
The next moment, two lava dragon claw marks swept across the seven frozen grass nails, completely swallowing the two grass nails, leaving only one lava dragon claw mark heading towards the Celtic leader.

The dragon's claw marks engulfed it.

Dragon Claw is an innate bloodline spell of the dragon race. This spell-like ability is considered one of the origins of spell models. It is primitive and crude, but effective. Using it is not like solving a sophisticated mathematical problem, but rather like using one's instincts.

Of course, this means that you can no longer fine-tune your spell model during battle.

The Celtic leader transformed into a fireball, plummeting from the sky and crashing into the Dragon Mountain Range, creating a deep crater.

Upon seeing this, Locke turned and headed towards the spot where Esther had fallen.

At this moment, Esther was surrounded by numerous dragons and attacked by the Sun Ring Wizards and Moon Ring Wizards of Mount Golden Crown, making escape impossible.

At this moment, Locke spread his wings and took flight. As a dragon, he had a great advantage in the flock of dragons. After sensing his dragon might, the dragons all gave way.

As a result, Locke could move freely among the dragons, and wherever he went, a large group of dragons would make way for him.

At this moment, Locke quickly flew to the sky above Esther and let out a dragon roar. All the dragons that were attacking Esther gave way, and in that instant, the area around Esther was empty.

Esther herself was stunned for a moment, wondering if she had used some kind of summoning magic to control the dragon.

The Sith wizard, standing on the mahogany tree boat, immediately glanced at Locke with suspicion, confirming that Locke did not possess any spell models of the Summoning School's Dragon Prince direction, nor any other spell models.

The next moment, Locke bit into the witch Esther, and at the same time opened his mouth to unleash another instinctive, spell-like ability of the dragon race—the Blazing Sun Dragon Breath!
A wave of dragon-like fire enveloped Esther.

At the same time, Locke made a gesture as if he was about to swallow it whole.

Esther the witch felt much more at ease.

'So they wanted to eat me, treating me like prey, and unintentionally helped me.'

'This could be put to use. If I can make good use of this dragon, I can use the dragon's calamity to escape their pursuit.'

The next moment, Locke was surprised to find that there was only a rose in front of him, and then he switched places with the witch Esther.

He appeared on the mountaintop where Esther had stood, while Esther appeared in mid-air where he had been.

She reached out and grabbed a dragon king, using a dodder plant. The dodder plant was placed on the dragon king's head, which was under the ultimate magic pressure. The dodder plant then spread rapidly on its head, and in just a few breaths, it turned into a rein, which was then placed on the dragon king's body.

Although the Dragon King did not lose his independent will, his body was controlled by the witch Esther, and he could only fly with her.

So Esther the witch grabbed the dangling part of the dodder and hung it under the dragon, ordering the dragon king to move away quickly.

Moreover, because she controlled the Dragon King, most of the dragons stopped attacking her.

Upon seeing this, the Sith wizard no longer cared about dealing with the dragon that Locke was disguised as. With a flash of cold light in his eyes, he immediately turned the wooden boat around and chased after it.

“Esther, any wizard who betrays His Majesty the Throne shall die.”

"You have numerous contracts with Jinmianshan, and you can't leave them."

"While you still have a chance to turn back, you can come back. As long as you go to His Majesty the Throne and admit your mistakes, perhaps you can atone for your sins. For the sake of our centuries-old friendship, this is my final act of mercy for you."

The Sith wizard chanted a spell, and the locust tree sword that had been attacking Locke (but whose position had been switched) suddenly disappeared and appeared in his hand.

The Sith wizard looked at the locust wood sword in his hand. 'The attributes of the Sun Dragon conflict with my locust wood sword. If I had landed it just now, I could have killed that wretched dragon instantly.'

'However, this would affect the power of my locust tree sword due to the splattering dragon blood. That's probably what Esther was planning. This locust tree sword is connected to my ultimate magic, which would make my ultimate magic unstable and lower my magical pressure.'

The Sith wizard gritted his teeth.

'Est, after all, has presided over many large-scale wizarding wars; she's experienced and indeed troublesome. Why would someone like her betray the throne?'

At this moment, Locke, who was at the top of the mountain, noticed that there was an invisible locust tree sword just three inches above his dragon head. If the Sith wizard had not actively recalled the magical plant, he would have been seriously injured instantly.

'A Sun Ring Wizard... truly the most unique among those in the Second Ring.'

Locke felt immense pressure.

Even as a second-ring wizard, he was still so vulnerable in the face of a sun-ring wizard.

However, since they were all at the second-ring level, through a series of coincidences, he also gained the right to interfere in the battle between the second-ring wizards.

On the other side, the Celtic wizard flew out of the flames, with water and cloud barriers appearing around him, dreamlike and ethereal, as if the clouds were light and the wind was gentle.

The Celtic leader looked unhappily in Locke's direction.

"That damn dragon."

"I don't know where it came from. There are no signs of any spells cast on it by wizards; it's just a wild dragon."

"But as the fight went on, my body seemed to become more coordinated, which caused me to suffer a great loss."

The Celtic leader hurriedly shouted to his colleagues at Golden Crown Mountain, "You all go after the witch Esther. I'll deal with this silly dragon that suddenly barged in."

At this moment, the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain used their respective methods to chase after Esther, the witch who was trying to escape with the help of the Flying Dragon King.

The Celtic leader opened his left hand, and a vetiver appeared in his palm. In an instant, one after another, a whole grassland appeared in his palm.

In an instant, his magical pressure reached its peak, and all the flying dragons around him seemed to feel fear, and began to retreat and avoid him.

Only under the suppression of those upside-down special dimension dragons in the sky did they not turn around and flee, but continue to approach the Celtic leader, albeit at a much slower speed.

This is the Celtic leader's ultimate magic, Tranquil Grassland.

He was born in the Tranquil Garden, a small wizarding organization in the Cloud Marsh Wetlands. After the Tranquil Garden was destroyed by the Twin Demon Realms, he worked hard and came to Mount Golden Crown. However, his great magic had already been built, so it was still based on the Tranquil Grassland.

The Tranquil Grassland is based on the magic of the [Vegetarian Assault Storm].

Vetiver is also a major research focus of the Tranquil Garden.

Unlike the major wizarding organizations, these smaller wizarding groups don't research too many fields in order to make the most of their limited resources and gain the ability to publish journals and apply for grants. Instead, they focus on one or two areas.

The focus of research at Tranquil Gardens is vetiver.

Even so, the vetiver in Tranquil Garden is not as good as the vetiver in Golden Crown Mountain, because vetiver is a type of forage grass. Therefore, there is also a vetiver garden in Golden Crown Mountain that focuses on studying this plant.

The Celtic wizard always felt that he was relatively lucky. After joining the Golden Crown Mountain, he gained access to a lot of cutting-edge research on vetiver. Over time, he used this research to improve his great magic.

At this moment, his immense magic caused the vetiver grass in the tranquil grassland to grow wildly, heading towards Locke's attack.

All the dragons around were bound by these grasses. These vetiver grasses turned into terrible chains, and any dragon creature that fell into this grassland would be immobilized and unable to move!
Locke opened his dragon mouth and released the blazing dragon breath, the surging flames shooting out and landing in the vetiver grass meadow.

Under the dragon's fire, the vetiver grass field caught fire, but it did not suffer much damage.

Locke paused for a moment before realizing that the vetiver meadow was not only mainly composed of vetiver grass, but also mixed with more than a dozen other types of grass, including some awnless bromegrass of the grass family.

This one-ring magical plant has powerful fire-resistant capabilities.

In addition, there is also some Sunburst Alfalfa, which can convert solar energy into light energy and is considered an apprentice-level magical plant.

Although they were just vegetation on the edge of the tranquil grassland, they played an important role at this moment.

Moreover, when alfalfa turns into ash, it releases a variety of natural magical structural components, which in turn promotes the growth of vetiver, creating a chain reaction.

Locke was stunned.

'As expected of a second-circle wizard from Golden Crown Mountain for many years, this immense spell, even if it wasn't particularly perfect at the beginning, must have been gradually modified and refined by the Celtic leader over his years at Golden Crown Mountain.'

Even if his ultimate magic is difficult to rebuild and can only be patched up, over the years, his ultimate magic has overcome many weaknesses.

'It has become extremely perfect.' Although its energy dissipation is much higher than that of the immense magic within the Silent Grail.

The entire Tranquil Grassland wastes a lot of energy, and its energy compatibility is only average, with instant magic pressure amplification being the worst.

The Tranquil Grassland lacks offensive magic, resulting in a serious problem with the instantaneous magic pressure amplification.

The Celtic team leader's idea is to optimize the ecology of Tranquil Grassland to make it more like a real, vast, native grassland, thereby reducing energy dissipation and improving energy compatibility.

That was the only way he could make amends.

A swarm of vetiver grass broke through the flames and headed towards Locke's dragon body.

Locke used his Dragon Claw to smash some of the grass, then turned and flew into the sky. But at this moment, more and more magical grass, mainly vetiver, followed behind him, spreading continuously.

Herbal products don't win by quality, but by quantity.

Locke turned around and tried to exhale a dragon's breath again. The scorching dragon's breath descended like heavenly fire, covering the Celtic leader's immense magic. For a moment, it seemed as if the entire grassland was ablaze.

A raging fire scorched the magical grass black.

But when he stopped breathing dragon breath, the fire suddenly subsided, and before long, the flames stopped completely.

Locke turned around and thought, "Wow, the Celtic leader is that powerful?"

Seeing this, the Celtic leader smiled and said, "If it were twenty years ago, when I first entered Golden Crown Mountain, and this silly dragon had spat at me like that, my great magic would have been severely damaged. But I have been in Golden Crown Mountain for twenty years and have gained a lot of cutting-edge ecological knowledge."

"Though weeds are weak, they can extinguish fires. Although pasture grass is not exactly a combat magic plant, it can seal your power at this moment."

The Celtic leader held a vetiver in his hand.

Hundreds of years ago, vetiver was just a wild magical plant, considered a semi-weed. But recently, it has been developed for many uses, whether as pasture, as a raw material for potions, or for making perfumes, plant-based threads, or even for special void warships and war machines.

Therefore, research on vetiver has increased along with its rising economic status.

A fierce glint flashed in the eyes of the Celtic team leader.

"That's it, kill this stupid dragon. The most valuable parts of this Shepherd Dragon are its blood and dragon pearl, which can be used to make..."

The Celtic team leader had already calculated the price for all the materials used to assemble Locke.

He's just waiting to hunt a wave of prey so he can recover some health.

He just happened to be due to repay a loan of one million magic stones to the Fairy Bank, and now that this silly dragon has appeared, it's like a pillow being delivered to him when he was sleepy.

Locke glanced in the direction of Esther the Witch and saw that, thanks to his two acts of help, Esther had successfully escaped the encirclement and seemed to be making a permanent escape.

Right now, it would be best for me to shake off the Celtic leader and follow him to ensure that I could completely complete the private task assigned by the witch Catherine.

But when Locke looked up, he saw a field of vetiver grass before him. The vetiver grass spread out completely, then surrounded him from above and below. In an instant, the dragon, whose whole body radiated light and heat, was encircled by the vetiver grass.

Vetiver grasses caught fire and turned to ashes. These ashes were then absorbed by the vetiver grasses, and a denser grassland grew from them.

Locke instantly realized that the principle was roughly like this, because using wood ash to grow more fragrant vetiver pasture seemed unreasonable.

However, if used properly, these apprentice-level magical plants in the grasslands, when a first-level magical plant turns into wood ash, may release natural magical structural components that could potentially achieve this in a localized manner.

In this way, the tranquil grassland acts like a sealing magic, capable of sealing its own power.

At the same time, Locke felt the dragon power within his body becoming increasingly difficult to flow.

Not only are these vetiver herbs increasing in number, but once they wrap around one's body, they cause one's power to solidify, and even the flames on one's dragon scales begin to extinguish.

Locke's magical pressure began to decrease, but his soul power became more active and continued to increase.

After seeing that Locke had been completely immobilized, the Celtic leader immediately reached out and unleashed two spell models—[Grass and Wood Divine Weapon Spell].

A vetiver appeared in his hand. It was a first-ring vetiver, but with the enhancement of the second-ring spell model, it resembled a green sword.

The Celtic leader, wielding a vetiver sword, stood before Locke, watching him as he was surrounded, the firelight growing weaker, and the demonic pressure steadily decreasing. He let out a cold snort.

"Damn stupid dragon, it's all because of you that things have become so complicated. You've caused us so much trouble."

"You should have some spell-like abilities that would allow you to learn human language, right? Aren't you going to say something?"

He pierced through the dragon scales on Locke's chest with a single sword strike.

"Tell me, why did you help the witch Esther several times? Who ordered you to do so?"

"Did you want to do this yourself, or was you ordered to do it by a high-ring wizard?"

At that moment, Locke sensed a brief fluctuation of magical pressure around him, but in an instant, all of that magical pressure vanished.

Clearly, the Celtic leader hadn't noticed anything, and the reason I was able to notice wasn't because I was more skilled than him, but because the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat possessed a very advanced eye technique, which allowed me to capture that instantaneous change in magical pressure.

'Someone is using magic to observe this place remotely. It seems I've given myself away too much, making people suspicious of my identity.'

"My teacher told me I absolutely mustn't reveal my identity, so I have to cover it up."

'Furthermore, it's unclear who's observing this place right now. But if the Celtic leader hasn't noticed, it means the observer is a wizard with a very high ring level.'

'No, no. If it's a wizard with a high ring level, why would I detect the change in their magical pressure? Was it intentional?'

'Yes, this is also a test.'

Locke reacted instantly, thanks to his rich experience fighting dark wizards and his innate talent for combat due to his dragon bloodline. After all, his super intuition allowed him to immediately realize the other party's intentions.

As a naturally born second-ring creature, the Dragon of the Sun's perception and other related stats surpass those of a second-ring wizard who is of ordinary human origin.

Therefore, the level of magical pressure change just now was something that Celtic wizards, as botanical wizards, could not perceive.

However, for the true Shepherd Dragon, it should be just right, barely perceptible.

But what if he wasn't the real Mu Rilong at all?

Then there are two possibilities.

The first one is something you don't even realize.

Secondly, they may have noticed it themselves, but they will pretend not to have.

So Locke roared in fury, "Damn wizards! I was sleeping, and you woke me up! I'm going to eat you all! Leave no one alive!"

"That witch is the noisiest, I'm going to eat her. And you, I'm going to eat you too. Eat!"

The Celtic leader was stunned for a moment. Locke wanted to breathe dragonfire at him, but the dense grass surrounded him, and the flames were blocked by the vetiver grass. Instead, they stayed inside the grass and burned his own body.

The Celtic team leader muttered to himself.

'It seems fine; dragons are known for their aggressive nature. Could it really be a coincidence?'

The next moment, the vetiver meadow spontaneously combusted, turning into tiny flames that fell to the ground.

Locke broke free in an instant, like a rising sun. Behind him floated a dragon ball that resembled the sun. It was that dragon ball that ignited the vetiver grass field, allowing Locke to escape.

The Celtic leader instantly sensed his magical pressure becoming unstable. "What's going on? How is this possible? How can a dragon that fights with brute force break my ultimate magic!"

"That's... Dragon Ball. Oh no, what a troublesome dragon. How can there be such a powerful dragon among these dragon-like creatures with such demonic pressure?"

The next moment, Locke's dragon tail struck him, sending him flying.

The Celtic leader screamed as a dragon smacked him on the rear and sent him flying with its tail.

What a shame and humiliation.

However, he was right; Mu Rilong's skill set and stats were indeed difficult to escape from extreme magic.

As second-ring creatures with similar magical pressure, their ultimate magic is simply more powerful than that of dragons.

Therefore, Locke used the Moon of Evolution to elevate those vetiver grasses to their fullest extent, making them flourish and then quickly wither away, thus freeing them from the constraints of the Tranquil Grassland.

It's just that because of the Dragon Eater, even when he uses the Moon of Evolution, it looks like he's using the Dragon Ball of the Sun-Shepherd Dragon.

At this moment, Locke was flying in the air, not choosing to follow immediately, but looking like he was about to devour the Celtic leader.

The Celtic leader was stunned and hastily retreated, but he couldn't shake off Locke. So, he had no choice but to head towards Esther and the Sith wizard, hoping to meet up with the wizards of Mount Golden Crown.

In this way, Locke could continue to catch up with Esther in a very reasonable way, even though he might be under the surveillance of the wizards of the Rose Council.

Locke chased after the Celtic leader with a menacing look on his face.

"Wizard, I'm going to eat you! You better slow down!"

The next moment, the Celtic leader ran even faster, and Locke was able to increase his flight speed to catch up with the Witch Esther at an even faster pace.

Locke pondered, "The Celtic leader truly is the second kindest wizard to me within Mount Golden Crown. Without his help, I would have found it incredibly difficult to complete the task my teacher assigned me in this operation."

'Actually, if the team leader were to continue fighting me, the outcome would be uncertain, since he has 2000 more magic pressure than me. It would only be a 40/60 split, with me at 60% and him at 40%. But he seems to be in a state of shock right now, so he's afraid to fight me.'

The main difference is that his ultimate magic is structurally superior to his ultimate magic, and his ultimate magic is a botanical civil war god.

The Celtic leader's immense magic, Tranquil Grassland, could not directly confront its own Evolutionary Moon.

At this moment, Locke once again sensed an abnormal change in magical pressure around him. Locke did some mental calculations and realized that this was a magical pressure that a normal, ordinary Shepherd Dragon could not detect. Therefore, he completely ignored this change in magical pressure and pretended that he had not noticed it at all.

"Wizard, wait for me! I'm going to eat you all!"

(End of this chapter)