Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 746 The Broken Path of the Black Sun Tower!

Locke, leading the Celtic leader, charged into the tail of the Death Dragon. Locke forcefully bit into a piece of the Death Dragon's flesh and swallowed it whole.

Mu Rilong's stomach was constantly working, rapidly digesting the food it ate and transforming it into flesh and blood.

With the dragon race's powerful ability to devour all things, Locke obtained a portion of the Death Dragon's bloodline essence, and at the same time used this bloodline essence to supplement the missing information in the Demon Dragon's bloodline.

Locke continued to gnaw on the flesh and blood of the Death Dragon's tail. The Death Dragon was so enormous that the missing flesh and blood was of no consequence to it, but it could provide Locke with vital energy and related bloodline essence.

The bloodline essence of the Death Dragon was extremely excellent. Even though the bloodline essence obtained by devouring a small part of the opponent's flesh was only incomplete and scattered fragments on the surface, it was like a timely rain, giving Locke a large amount of excellent bloodline essence to replenish the dragon's bloodline.

At the same time, Locke realized what was happening.

Yes, for magical creature groups, they are not wizards, and they don't have any complex power systems at all. Therefore, apart from some relatively intelligent magical creature groups that have some rudimentary power systems, the rest of the magical creatures simply rely on natural instincts to enhance their power in one way—eating!

For wild magical creatures, even simple, specialized training might not be something they are familiar with.

An ordinary dragon, apart from needing to consider survival during its infancy, often just sleeps, wakes up, hunts (collects treasure), and sleeps again, trapped in this cycle.

Therefore, wild magical creatures can enhance their power by hunting, and this characteristic is even more pronounced for dragons.

Locke had previously read some articles about the basic concepts of animal breeding in the Beast Taming sub-direction of the Summoning School. Magical creatures and ordinary creatures would interact simply with the blood essence or scattered blood factors within certain things by consuming them.

The simplest example is that magical creature cubs that frequently drink the milk of a certain animal will experience corresponding changes in their size.

Therefore, in the field of animal taming, the breeding of magical creature cubs, in the basic stage, places great emphasis on using the milk of different magical creatures to carry out targeted breeding of magical creature cubs.

At this moment, the demonic dragon bloodline within his body was incomplete, and his path forward was blocked. Even burning his own essence of the Shepherd Dragon bloodline could not repair it.

so what should I do now?
It's very simple, just eat!
By eating, and relying on the dragon race's powerful digestive ability, they forcibly replenish the missing essence.

Although I don't know if it will be successful.

But this is the only viable path for me.

Otherwise, one can only accept failure to advance and suffer the consequences.

The Celtic leader was being dragged around by Locke inside the tail of the Death Dragon. He gritted his teeth, and his magical shell was covered in cracks.

"Has this dragon gone mad? What is it trying to do?"

"Oh no."

The Celtic leader glanced over and saw the parasites on and inside the Death Dragon's body swarming around it.

The Death Dragon is enormous, so its body is covered with a host of dragon parasites. Most of these dragon parasites are apprentice-level beings, while a few elite parasites are first-ring wizards.

They live on the surface and inside the body of the Death Dragon, forming a specialized ecosystem.

At this moment, a semi-transparent eight-legged insect, about 3 meters long, secreting corrosive mucus all over its body, was moving rapidly along the gaps in the flesh of the Death Dragon. The ends of its eight legs were all claws, which could easily embed themselves into the flesh of the Death Dragon and hold on tightly.

Moreover, it has a sharp, hard, and long sucker that can pierce the flesh of the Death Dragon at any time and extract energy from its blood vessels. However, in return, it and its offspring will be controlled by the Death Dragon as Dragon Scale Nightmare Lice.

The Celtic leader saw the dragon-scaled nightmare louse rapidly sliding towards him and the silly dragon. The dragon-scaled nightmare louse leaped up and secreted nightmare dream essence towards Locke and the Celtic leader.

To create all sorts of terrifying illusions.

And with its eight hooked legs, it charged toward Locke and the Celtic leader.

After thinking for a moment, the Celtic leader gritted his teeth and decided not to rush to get rid of Locke. After all, it was rare for him to absorb special high-level wind from Locke with his great magic.

Moreover, he had already guessed the current situation.

The dragon seemed to be in some kind of trouble and was using him to resolve its calamity, while he happened to benefit greatly from the dragon's calamity.

Therefore, he has no intention of ending this status.

So, at this moment, the two of them, one human and one dragon, are temporarily on the same boat.

The Celtic leader thought for a moment. Because he was held by Locke, he was unable to move. However, the Great Magic Tranquil Grassland behind him was activated. A vetiver grass transformed into a spear and flew out, piercing the head of the dragon scale nightmare louse that was pouncing on them.

The next moment, even more dragon scale lice crawled in from outside the flesh tunnel.

The dragon scale beetle is a type of water beetle that lives in the dragon scale layer.

This type of water beetle can also be sprayed with a special natural magical ingredient that can cause nightmares. It is a specific companion water beetle of the very dangerous Death Dragon.

Legend has it that the Death Dragon would hurl it over any area it flew over, plunging the entire region into a nightmare. This is partly why the Death Dragon is so fearsome.

The Celtic leader snapped his fingers, and the three-headed dragon-scaled night lice that had just crawled into the passage were pierced through by his vetiver spear.

Meanwhile, a molten gland octopus, with fiery red tentacles all over its body and resembling an enlarged version of a virus, crawled in from outside. This was a parasite that lived in the dragon's throat.

As soon as it entered, it stretched out its tentacles and sprayed them into the flesh-and-blood tunnel that Locke had gnawed out.

The Celtic leader frowned, because the lava mixed with biological fluids had also spewed in, causing the entire passage to be blocked.

The Celtic leader looked up and tried to say to the Mu Ri Long who was holding him, "Hey Mu Ri Long, blow a breath of dragonfire behind us and burn that disgusting Molten Gland Octopus to death. The Molten Gland Octopus's saliva is lava and has a strong acidic property. It's trying to trap us here."

The Celtic leader had only intended to give it a try, but to his surprise, the dragon that was holding him actually listened to his suggestion, turned its head towards the passage, opened its dragon mouth, and spewed out blazing dragon flames. In the next moment, the entire flesh passage was filled with dragon flames, and the molten gland octopus let out an unsettling scream in the flames before turning into a fireball and disappearing.

The Celtic team leader said, "Okay."

He discovered that Locke had loosened part of the dragon's claw, so much so that he was trapped inside the claw's body and could now perform some more complex movements.

He immediately grasped a vetiver with his left hand and used the second-circle spell "Model Plant Weapon" to lift the vetiver and swipe it across a hundred-meter-long, blood-red blood marrow dragon tapeworm that had suddenly emerged from the bloodline of the Death Dragon.

This parasite has a golden-red chain-like structure all over its body, possesses a ring of extreme magical pressure, and has multiple natural magical metal mouthparts with high hardness at both ends, which can easily bite open anything.

If an ordinary first-ring wizard encountered this Blood Marrow Dragon Tapeworm, they might find themselves in a fierce battle and regard it as their greatest adversary in this life.

As a parasite that can exist inside the Death Dragon, the Blood Dragon Tapeworm has a special magically patterned skin that can adapt to strong acids, high temperatures, and various harsh environments inside the Death Dragon. It also has extremely high magic resistance to the magical power within the Death Dragon.

To put it bluntly, it is difficult to die in the extreme environments inside the Death Dragon, so it is conceivable that spells below the second ring level would have a hard time breaking through its defenses.

Because the magical environment created by these spells is not more dangerous than the various micro-ecosystems within the Death Dragon's body.

At this moment, the vetiver weapon in the hands of the Celtic leader produced a violent friction sound on the surface of the Blood Marrow Dragon Tapeworm, while sparks of magic appeared on its surface.

Team Leader Celt gritted his teeth and unleashed a burst of magical pressure, finally severing the hundred-meter-long Blood Marrow Dragon Tapeworm in half. However, the Blood Marrow Dragon Tapeworm, now cut in two, became even more frenzied, its mouthparts at both ends of its head and rear end snapping at Locke and Celt.

For a moment, both Locke and Celt were injured, because the Blood Marrow Dragon Tapeworm could bite open the body of the Death God Dragon, and naturally it could also bite open the body of the Shepherd Dragon and Celt's Magic Pressure Shell.

Celt gritted his teeth and said, "The internal environment of this Death Dragon is really too harsh. But it's still better than going out and directly confronting the Death Dragon."

"The wind blowing from inside this dragon is actually a rare resource for me. It's a double-edged sword, and it has brought me some unexpected gains. So for now, we can be allies. Since the situation has changed, helping him is helping myself."

Wizards are all driven by profit.

At this moment, Locke had a special interest in him, so the Celts immediately changed their attitude of calling for Locke's death.

The two segments of the Blood Marrow Dragon Tapeworm were constantly attacking Locke and Celt, while other Molten Gland Ooze, Dragon Scale Nightmare Lice, and Dragon Scale Insect Lice were constantly burrowing into the flesh tunnels, trying to hunt them.

Locke, on the other hand, frantically devoured the flesh and blood of the Death Dragon to replenish the missing bloodline information in himself.

"Yes, the original way magical creatures improve is through eating. Eating is the most primitive and widespread method of evolution in this world."

Locke understood this and began to feast. He not only ate the dead dragon, but also swallowed the parasites, and chewed on the Celtic leader's vetiver grass.

Inside the Vetiver Grassland, there exists a first-level magical plant called Dragon Nourishing Grass, which also has an auxiliary effect on Locke.

Locke swallowed the Dragon-Nourishing Grass in one gulp, and a special power flowed through his abdomen. Then, as if at the last moment, Locke felt his dragon bloodline finally break through the final barrier. The half-dragon phantom behind him let out an excited dragon roar, and then directly burrowed into Locke's dragon body.

At the same time, Locke's bloodline power reached the second ring level.

Among the three dragon heads, the middle one even shows some features of the Death Dragon's head.

By eating, one can acquire a way to evolve one's bloodline through this ancient method. The type of food consumed can also cause certain changes in the essence of one's bloodline.

This is also one of the underlying principles of the Beast Taming Magic sub-direction.

The Celtic team leader was startled, sensing that something qualitative had happened to this Shepherd Dragon.

At the same time, almost all of the black winds blowing out of Locke's body were intercepted by his immense magic, Tranquil Grassland.

In fact, this was a rare opportunity for Celtic wizards.

Because he himself could not directly convert such a high-level magical wind, but this magical wind, after being received and converted by the dragon's body, was equivalent to acting as a stabilizer for his great magic, which naturally reduced the difficulty for his great magic to convert wind energy into special soil resources.

The Celtic leader whispered, "Has it completed its evolution? Although we don't know what that special dragon creature is, it seems that advancing is extremely difficult, requiring so much effort."

"What will it turn into?" Mu Rilong's entire body had turned blackish-purple, and two more dragon heads had grown from the original dragon head on both sides. However, the consciousness of all three dragon heads was controlled by Locke, and there was no split in consciousness.

Locke's half of his body grew back and became even stronger.

Locke also noticed that the magical pressure belonging to the three-headed world-destroying dragon was continuously flowing into his soul, stabilizing his spell model galaxy map.

Within the self-awareness star map—the self-spell model—the Mars symbolizing the power of bloodline released a blazing starlight.

The power of the World-Destroying Demon Dragon bloodline further enhanced his physical abilities, while also strengthening his super-intuitive abilities.

Moreover, it also granted him independent dragon might abilities. In addition, some special patterns appeared on his immortal dragon scale, like the magic patterns on the feathers of a void behemoth. There were also some special purplish-black patterns on this immortal dragon scale, symbolizing the power of the world-destroying demon dragon.

He gained improvements in physique, dragon might, dragon breath, immortal dragon scales, and bloodline power.

Just when Locke and Celt both thought that Locke had successfully completed his evolution, the situation suddenly changed.

A cross appeared above Locke's head, emerging from the depths of his dragon bloodline. The cross resembled the light of a dying sun, and at that moment, four words appeared in Locke's mind.

'The Tower of the Black Sun!'

The Tower of the Black Sun is determined to die!

The Tower of the Black Sun does not allow wild dragons to evolve independently through bloodline tracing!
Another phantom of a demonic dragon appeared behind Locke. The peach-bow thorn arrow on the dragon's forehead was almost completely shattered, and the dragon's eyes were vacant, as if it were being manipulated.

Locke also saw a road in front of him, a road that was cut off in the middle.

At one end of the broken path is my current position, as a fragmented demonic dragon; at the other end of the broken path is the position of the complete demonic dragon.

At that moment, Locke realized the message that had been transmitted from the distant past through divination magic—the path of the dragon bloodline had been severed.

After the dragon race completed its evolution, it cut off the path for all dragons that were evolving in this direction, towards this final destination, so that no other dragon could be allowed to complete its independent evolution.

This is a message transmitted from the Tower of the Black Sun.

When he became a second-circle wizard and attempted to trace the dragon's bloodline to evolve it to the second-circle stage, he finally enjoyed one ten-thousandth of the treatment that King Otto and Princess Loom had received back then.

That chilling feeling of being targeted.

The manipulated phantom of the demonic dragon looked at him with indifferent eyes, as if he were looking at a dead dragon.

'The following is the prophecy of the Tower of the Black Sun, a prophecy that is the truth, a truth that is eternal—no matter how many years pass, the children of destiny will always appear. And each time they appear, they will be suppressed. Throughout countless ages, every being that has challenged this path has ultimately proven that it is a path of no return.'

'Dragon of the future, your path forward is blocked. Gathering the necessary conditions, narrowly escaping the whirlwind—it's all useless, for the road ahead is severed.'

'Unless those from the past can appear in the present; unless every talented commoner in this world can learn magic without regard to bloodline or rank; unless no wizard in this world dares to claim the title of king!'

Locke sensed that the dragon bloodline within him was degenerating, as if the Black Sun Tower had activated some hidden mechanism within his dragon bloodline.

Once he meets the conditions and overcomes all the difficulties, including those artificially added by the Tower of the Sun, at the moment he thinks he has succeeded, the Tower of the Sun will intervene and shatter all his luck and hope.

The Demon Dragon is a taboo that the Tower of the Black Sun absolutely does not want anyone to touch.

At that moment, the black wind that had disappeared from Locke's body erupted once again. However, this time it was the body of the ancient creature, the three-headed world-destroying dragon, so it did not blow his body apart in one go like before, but it still caused him to bleed from his seven orifices and suffer extreme pain.

The Celtic wizard paused for a moment.

"What's going on? Didn't this Shepherd Dragon already complete its evolution? Why has it turned into this again?"

"There are so many secrets within the Dragon Mountains."

"These are... well, the more of these special magical winds the better."

The Celtic wizard looked at the black cross above Locke's head, and was both surprised and puzzled.

On the other side, Locke saw in his own sea of ​​consciousness that the cracks on the broken road were getting bigger and bigger, and his soul aura and demonic pressure were rising instead of falling.

He took a step forward, which was also the dragon taking a step forward, its claws gripping the other side of the road, as if trying to forcibly prevent the road from separating.

"It's nothing but a fleeting memory of the past. If I can't even get past this hurdle, how can I venture into the even more competitive Starfield Sea? How can I obtain top-tier funding and key sub-projects? How can I pursue the truth!"

"You won't let me trace my dragon bloodline? Then I'll insist on doing so."

Locke snapped his fingers, and a legendary history book appeared on the broken road. Then he used the archaeological magic History Recall to forcibly summon a bunch of wizards from the past from the historical records.

Locke had previously encountered the prophecy of the Tower of the Black Sun in the Historical Boundary Spell.

He knew that this prophecy had a format, and generally speaking, prophecies would only be made if three limiting conditions appeared later.

This is actually an ancient version of a lever.

This method of restriction enhanced the power of prophetic magic.

However, if these three conditions can be resolved, then the prophecy of the Tower of the Black Sun... will be debunked on its own.

The prophecy of the Tower of the Black Sun must have been placed deep within the bloodline of the demonic dragon a long time ago. Every dragon creature that attempts to trace its bloodline back to become a demonic dragon should encounter this situation when it completes its bloodline to the second ring.

However, the conditions for rescinding this prophecy were only stringent at the time.

In the Eastern Frontier, every mortal with the necessary qualifications is indeed capable of learning magic; it's just a matter of whether they've discovered it or not. But even if they discover it late, they can still learn magic.

However, they are likely to be used as consumables, or even as experimental subjects for the dark wizards.

However, this condition has already been met.

The third point is that, throughout the modern magical age, the parliamentary system is one of the three pillars, so it is true that the predecessors of the wizarding world helped him fight so hard that no one in the entire wizarding world dared to claim the title of king.

After the Enlightenment, even those wizard monarchs who were more despotic than the Wizard King no longer existed.

Not to mention the Witch King specifically mentioned in the prophecy.

Currently, all those who call themselves 'King' are not much different from role-players. The real powerful and autocratic wizard monarchs and the wizard kings of the Age of Stars were defeated long ago in the Enlightenment and dared not call themselves kings for generations to come!

Since the Enlightenment, no wizard has dared to do such a thing!

Therefore, the only condition for lifting the prophecy is the first one, but there is another problem—archaeological magic was originally a research method sponsored by the princess to help the founder turn the tide in later generations.

The founder was extremely loyal to the princess, and his teachings became a prominent school of thought in later generations, forming one of the most important pillars of the dark wizarding world.

Without archaeology, dark wizards are no match for white wizards, who possess a comprehensive scientific research system.

At this moment, Locke fulfilled the last prophecy condition by recreating history.

Therefore, at this point, the power of prophecy collapses on its own.

The broken path that appeared in front of Locke suddenly closed up out of thin air!
Immediately afterwards, Locke manipulated the phantom of the dragon to eliminate the opponent's counterattack. The Peach Curve Thorn Arrow returned to its original state, while the phantom of the dragon strode forward and crossed the road.

At this moment, the black sun hanging above the world in a distant time and space trembled.

Under the dark sun, many dragons raised their heads and looked at the sun that seemed to have experienced an earthquake.

This is... an impact.

On the desolate throne beneath the black sun sat a corpse, and beneath that spectacle of a giant's corpse, a group of black wizards were worshipping it.

To worship a corpse.

A wizard dressed in a black robe sneered.

"What a blessing."

"Should we just take action?"

The wizard in the black robes on the other side hesitated before speaking: "Yes. Although it's only the second ring, the roads beyond are all cut off, posing no threat to us. Besides, we don't belong to that era; intervening would consume too many resources."

'But if it survives, we'll still take direct action.'

'No matter the cost, we must completely annihilate anyone who lays their hands on the dragon's bloodline.'

'But it's doomed. Let it live on as a dragon until its last breath. This is my pity for the ants.'

The black-robed wizard who spoke first placed three incense sticks upside down in front of the huge corpse.

"The White Wizard Association is in a lot of trouble lately... they seem to be starting to realize our true nature."

"The Demon Ascension Plan in the Starfield Sea is far too ambitious. Its purpose is unclear."

(End of this chapter)