Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 781 Creating a Forest of Great Magic: Burial Ground
Behind the Berber wizard, a necromancy portal appeared, leading to a world filled with bones and negative energy, seemingly a burial ground.

Six massive ice spikes stood in the burial ground, pinning chains to the bone-strewn earth. Chains inscribed with magical runes floated above the burial ground, upon which rested a dragon's pearl.

[Ultimate Magic - Burial Ground]!
Berber the wizard's eyes were cold. Back then, he was considered a genius among dark wizards, rising through the ranks in the Pale Pilgrimage. However, he was incapable of flattery or ingratiation, and as a result, he was abandoned.

He also schemed against others, causing damage to his soul and ruining his future.

However, over the past thousand years, his magical power could not have increased much, and in the southeastern region, it may have even continued to decline, causing him to go from being close to a Star Ring Wizard. Due to the low magic environment, normal aging, and the injuries he had suffered, his magic pressure has gradually decreased to 15,000.

But he seized every moment in the southeastern corner of the region, working on his existing magic, utilizing the limited resources and the dark wizards of the southeastern corner to undertake projects and support those topics that he could use.

Therefore, he can be said to be developing at the same level in this southeastern region, and has actually become stronger.

Although he lost hope of moving forward, he continued to refine his skills in the same place.

The wizard Berber unleashed a powerful spell, determined to take down Locke's clone with the fewest spells possible.

Berber Wizard said, "Eye Demon Wizard, I'm sorry to offend you. You are extremely talented and have a bright future ahead of you. You have achieved so much at such a young age. You should stay away from troubled waters."

"You should accept my previous deal."

From the burial ground behind the Berber wizard, beyond the undead passage, came the roar of a giant dragon.

That's a bone dragon!

True dragons possess immortal dragon scales, therefore they cannot be transformed into bone dragons.

The undead transformed from ordinary dragon creatures are not enough to become bone dragons, so the main source of bone dragons is the bones of those giant dragons.

After the dragon's roar, a dragon ball flew out from behind the tunnel of the dead. It was a sphere formed of frost, resembling the sun. As soon as it appeared, it even caused the surrounding air temperature to drop continuously, and a layer of frost condensed on the ruins of the University of Verdandia.

Upon seeing this, Locke immediately realized that Berber, like Isaac, was a dark wizard on a pale pilgrimage who followed the path of dimensional conquest, where those who obeyed him prospered and those who defied him perished.

The planes behind their Worldstone were all transformed by them into certain undead planes.

It can be said that the creation of these two powerful spells was two cataclysmic calamities of the dead that destroyed the world.

To the wizarding world, these two were just ordinary second-circle wizards, nothing special. But to the worlds within the void, they were at least two cataclysmic disasters of the dead, enough to destroy the world of the living.

Locke realized that if Edgar were here and activated [All Things Return to the Tree], it would probably be a perfect counter to the two people's powerful magic.

Locke raised his right hand and summoned Banxia, ​​who was not far away.

The rapier-like Pinellia ternata flew back into his right hand. Locke used [A Lone Tree Cannot Support It] to control the magical plant Pinellia ternata. The Buddha Flame Bud continuously emitted light that resembled summer flames and layered candlelight.

The fiery energy collided with the Bone Dragon's Dragon Ball, and frost and fire, death energy and life energy clashed violently.

The so-called power of flames is not simply the magic of summer or the magic of fire, but a product of the mixture of the magic of summer and the life energy inside the magical plant. It has the dual attributes of life magic and fire magic.

The brilliance of the 'Buddha Flame Bud' flower bud at the top of Pinellia ternata was suppressed by the frost of the Dragon Pearl.

The next moment, the bone dragon flew out from behind.

It was a frost bone dragon, with what seemed to be flickering soul fire in its eyes. Wherever it flew, everything froze into frost.

On the other side, Hussein was wrestling with the wizard Isaac.

Every clash between the two vampire marquises was like the collapse of the heavens and the earth. Both possessed powerful melee strength and strong regenerative abilities, so they fought from the sky to the ground.

The two of them casually extended their curse magic from the blood claws.

Many dark wizards were cursed by their curse magic simply by getting close.

Overall, Hussein was at a disadvantage because his magic pressure was relatively low. Therefore, he was at a disadvantage every time he used magic or fought hand-to-hand and had to use more magic to make up for it.

Therefore, its energy consumption is also greater than that of Isaac.

After a hundred moves, Hussein was at a disadvantage, and Isaac grabbed him by the neck and beat him.

Meanwhile, Locke's true form found the Ackerman troll wizard in the second ring library area of ​​Golden Crown Mountain.

The wizard Ackerman handed him the magic book he had requested.

"Here you are, this is the matching spell model for the second-ring magic plant Pinellia ternata: Summer Grass Firefly."

The wizard Ackerman pointed to the author and said, "This is the work of your fellow disciple Trajan."

Locke paused for a moment, then flipped through the title page of the spellbook. Sure enough, he saw his senior brother, the wizard Trajan, on it, followed by a series of honorary titles, most of which were related to plane conquest or plant hunters. He seemed to have discovered a variety of summer magical plants.

At the same time, Trajan is also one of the developers of the Banxia Magic Plant Spell System. According to the introduction on the cover, he has a research group that is built around the Second Ring Fund and is researching the magic plant Banxia.

Wizard Ackerman said, "This is the first generation of Summer Grass Firefly, so it has now been iterated to the third generation. Therefore, the spellbook of the first generation spell model has been made public by your senior brother for free."

Locke nodded slightly. For a second-circle wizard, writing a magic book could, to some extent, be considered as publishing an article.

Similarly, there is the issue of citation count, which I haven't looked into in detail yet.

But presumably to allow more wizards to read his book, the spellbook was moved directly to the free section.

The Ackerman troll wizard said to Locke, "This spell isn't difficult for a second-circle wizard. The main difficulty lies in needing a certain understanding of astronomy and special star power."

Locke nodded slightly and quickly completed the spell model.

The main reason is that this spell model does not require much botanical knowledge, which I can easily learn with my current level. As for the most difficult requirement of astronomical knowledge, thanks to the blessing of the Divine Dragon Star, the Divine Dragon Star can be used directly instead of Mars.

Therefore, it didn't take me long, only about ten minutes, to build a complete spell model.

Again.

For a second-circle wizard, learning the existing spell models shouldn't be too difficult.

Apart from a few extremely complex spell models.

The real challenge lies in how to refine these spell models to adapt them to one's own soul and magical pressure fluctuations, and to increase their power beyond their full potential.

These two steps often take a wizard more than ten years, or even longer.

The Ackerman troll paused for a moment.

"So fast. I thought you would need at least a few weeks to build this spell model. It really is your senior brother's research result, it's just right for you."

Locke nodded slightly.

After becoming a second-circle wizard, Locke realized more and more that lineage had become a very important thing for second-circle wizards.

For example, the spells that my senior brother researched were extremely easy for me to learn.

Because he and I share many similarities in our magical foundations, learning this spell feels like it was tailor-made for me.

Because of the power of ultimate magic, second-circle wizards have a significant advantage when learning spell models developed by wizards within the same lineage.

Furthermore, it can even unleash more power from this spell model than others out of thin air.

For a second-circle wizard, there is the support of the Root Realm, the support of the Academy, and the support of the Academic Lineage.

The entire second-ring wizard stage seems to be inseparable from lifting.

At this moment, in the southeastern corner, Locke's Ancient Tree Fruit clone suddenly changed the spell he was casting, chanting an incantation. At the same time, the Demon Plant Pinellia was waved, and in an instant, a star emitting red light seemed to appear above Pinellia.

A burst of fire erupted from the spathe of Pinellia ternata.

In an instant, the fiery energy invaded the body of the Frost Bone Dragon. The scorching spiritual energy swirled around each of its icy blue bones, turning them red. Then, the fiery energy condensed at the Frost Bone Dragon's throat and rushed towards the dragon's skull.

Berber the wizard was taken aback.

"Sharpening one's spear at the last minute?"

"Did you send your main body to learn the spell model while you were fighting me? You clearly didn't know this spell model before."

Locke had originally planned to learn about Banxia's accompanying spell models, but he hadn't had time to do so before.

After Locke swung the Pinellia, he felt that when he used the spell model "Summer Grass Firefly" earlier, he seemed to be able to simultaneously draw upon the power of his Peach Bow Thorn Arrow and the Holy Dragon Star, merging them with the botanical spell of the Pinellia in his hand.

The Peach Bow and Thorn Arrow were originally an important part of his own Evolution Moon.

In this way, the Evolution Moon, Summer Grass Mars, and Divine Dragon Star appeared. The three powers combined, causing the power of this attack magic to increase dramatically out of thin air, as if a huge magic rune had been added!
Isn't this just giving yourself an extra, extremely powerful demonic rune?

It's no wonder that this spell was developed by my senior from the same academic lineage.

This magic is perfect for me.

If the first version was this amazing, I can't believe how amazing it is now that it has been iterated to the third version.

The core of this spell is to use Banxia and the position of Mars to connect his ultimate magic with the spell model of the Holy Dragon Star.

His senior brother, the wizard Trajan, was also a man of great courage. He directly revealed the model of this special spell, which seemed to be an important research result of his.

It was thanks to this research that he became the Sun Ring Wizard at Golden Crown Mountain.

Of course, his free spellbook didn't actually contain a detailed description of this special spell model structure. The spell structure model was encapsulated.

When you're learning on your own, you can only learn, not solve problems.

However, the book mentions that Trajan, the wizard, has articles in the paid section detailing the spell models, but it requires a large amount of contribution points.

It requires certain privileges and special contribution points to read, as it is published in the top-tier journal of the Second Ring Road. Wizards outside of Golden Crown Mountain need to pay a hefty subscription fee to read it.

After the fiery aura exploded on the head of the Frost Bone Dragon, Locke immediately summoned the Rose Dragon, using the "Unable to Support a Single Tree" model to ride it, and flew to his side. Taking advantage of the wizard's unpreparedness, Locke swung the Half-Summer at him, trying to end the battle quickly.

'Although his magical pressure is higher than mine, he's too old.'

He was slow-moving, and he had to consider whether his remaining lifespan could support his actions before doing anything.

Locke thrust the half-summer sword in his hand toward the Berber wizard.

The next moment, at this critical juncture, the Berber wizard suddenly had a pair of wizard shoes appear on his feet, and with a spatial teleportation, he disappeared from the spot.

They appeared to be fifty meters away.

Once the wizard's shoes were activated, a pair of golden angel wings appeared on Berber's back, and a golden halo appeared above his head.

A large number of light element particles piled up behind him.

Berber the wizard blushed slightly.

Alas, his illustrious reputation is about to be ruined by these wizard shoes called "Radiant 40K".

Locke was stunned when he saw the wizard shoes. If it weren't for those wizard shoes, Berber Wizard would have miscalculated the instantaneous attack power of his Half Summer.

In his eyes, it was impossible for him to severely injure that skeletal dragon instantly.

So, I just seized the opportunity when he was careless and almost dealt him a serious blow.

But the plan was ruined because of those wizard shoes.

Locke looked at the wizard shoes and, recalling that the Pale Pilgrimage was sponsored by the Rose Council and the Storm Tower, suddenly asked, "Is your operation being sponsored by the Rose Council?"

Berber the wizard's gaze sharpened.

"Wizard Locke, what are you saying?"

Locke said, "Your shoes were made by Solas Barefoot, but they are not any of the wizard shoes that Solas Barefoot sells."

"And the uppers of those wizard shoes were made of a fabric I was familiar with—cloud beard cloth."

"That was someone's invention, and it probably hasn't been sold yet. For a pair of shoes like that to appear on the feet of a wizard like you, there's only one possibility."

"You took on the task of testing these wizard shoes. Since you're now testing them as well, it's highly likely that your operation is being supported by the Rose Council..."

"There's nothing in the southeastern corner that the Rose Council would care about. Hmm... then it can only be the Forbidden Forest. You Pale Pilgrimage and the Rose Council both have your eyes on something within the Forbidden Forest?"

I never imagined that my trip back to the Southeast Corner Region would lead me to stumble upon the Rose Witch's scheme.

He had to report this matter to his teacher, the witch Catherine.

Berber the wizard's expression turned serious.

He never expected that simply using a pair of wizard shoes in front of Locke would reveal so much about his background.

The war of wizards is a war of information.

Currently, the wizard Berber is very unhappy. The fact that Locke saw through him means that he has been at a disadvantage throughout the entire process.

He's just a wizard who has just become a second-circle wizard.

He's just another genius like he used to be.

How can those who are going up the mountain mock those who are coming down?
The Berber wizard said indifferently, "If you say so, then so be it."

He stomped his right foot, and the halo above his head shone brightly. In an instant, he teleported to Locke's side.

Extending his finger, he pointed out with a single finger—[The Corpse Cloak Finger]!
All the death energy of the Burial Ground, a powerful spell, was concentrated on this finger. Locke seemed to see the endless death energy of the entire world converging towards the Burial Ground, while the death energy of the Burial Ground was converging towards this finger.

This is a second-circle spell model with greatly enhanced magic runes!

Fifteen thousand magic pressure, that means there are at least two extremely powerful magic runes!
However, there is also the possibility of having more magic runes.

The opponent's first move was aimed at killing him and destroying this clone. The finger touched his body, and immediately began to rub violently against the Demonic Dragon Rose. At the same time, death energy forcibly passed through the Demonic Dragon Rose's leaves and struck his body.

I felt as if I were trapped in an endless aura of death.

Berber the wizard's eyes were cold. As Locke was engulfed in the boundless death aura of the Burial Ground, he immediately launched a second attack. He chanted a spell and used necromancy to summon dragons.

Supported by boundless death energy, this death energy dissipated from Locke's body, transforming into three gates to the underworld, with three ordinary bone dragons behind each gate.

This is the maximum number of summons he can achieve after a thousand years of research, utilizing the existing magical pressure and the combination of two second-circle spells with extremely large magical runes added before and after.

Next, he used his final second-circle spell model, the Death Dragon Orb, which was infused with extremely powerful magic runes.

The death energy emanating from Locke transformed into four dragon balls, which entered the bodies of the four bone dragons. Immediately afterwards, the four bone dragons simultaneously unleashed their modified dragon breath at Locke.

That too is death energy.

The Berber wizard's eyes were cold, and he went all out from the start.

He didn't have much time, so he could only forcibly kill Locke, and also to quell the anger in his heart that the old man had generated because this young man had caught up with him in such a short time and offended him.

"The Pale Pilgrims possess sophisticated necromancy techniques. Their bone magic is not merely a summoning spell. We death mages cannot simply be a group of beings who summon undead creatures. Therefore, the Pale Pilgrims long ago changed their role from summoners to engineering and modification experts of undead creatures."

The four bone dragons behind the Berber wizard each have a gray-black dragon ball inside their core, which looks like it's embedded inside their chest, just like the round belly of the Shepherd Dragon.

These bone dragons were clearly modified by him.

The Berber wizard, panting, said, "In my cycle of death, even your true form, Augustine, would be in great trouble."

"I...I am a dark wizard. Since I've started, I'll go all the way."

"I will kill your clone, and I will also kill your original body."

The Berber wizard's eyes gleamed with malice and glee.

"The world in the Second Ring Road is so cruel; a slight misstep can lead to death or ruin. Hahahaha... Let me teach you a lesson."

At this moment, Hussein was knocked down from the sky by the wizard Isaac, crashing into the ground in front of Locke and creating a deep crater-like hole.

The wizard Isaac laughed loudly, "I told you long ago, don't try to fight us."

"Go back with me."

At this moment, Locke's physical body also felt a deathly aura rushing towards his soul.

The Berber wizard initially appeared to only want to suppress his clone, but as soon as they engaged, he directly and ruthlessly attacked his main body, clone, and powerful magic.

Locke resides on the main body of Mount Golden Crown, with a strange expression.

"Since this is the Rose Witch's move, we really can't ignore it."

"After all, he is the teacher's academic enemy."

“That dark wizard’s idea is good, but he forgot one thing: my magic pressure is 16000, which is higher than his. Moreover, my total magic pressure is also higher than his.”

Because of the Forest Sanctuary, Locke's total magic pressure is much higher than that of other wizards of the same level.

At this moment, Locke channeled the death energy into his Forest Sanctuary, allowing it to surge against him. He then used the life energy generated by the ancient forest within his Forest Sanctuary, composed of thousands of first-ring wizards, tens of thousands of apprentice magical plants, and a second-ring ancient tree of life, to directly counter the torrent of death energy.

A fierce glint flashed in Locke's tiger-like eyes.

Using his keen insight, he discovered a minor flaw in the Berber wizard's spell model: the torrent of death energy was easily countered.

"The millennium that Berber refers to is a millennium of continuous regression and wandering around the lands of various lower-level wizards... This kind of millennium is meaningless."

"Doing the same thing over and over again will only make you proficient at it, but it will also solidify bad habits. Only by leaving your comfort zone and constantly pushing your limits can you truly say that you have worked hard for thousands of years."

At this moment, Locke naturally looked down on Berber's so-called millennia of experience.

Aside from the wizard shoes that genuinely surprised me and put me at a disadvantage, Berber's magic didn't offer much else that amazed me.

It's likely that over the past thousand years, he has been making stagnant progress and constantly crushing weaker opponents, thus losing the normal level expected of a second-ring wizard.

The next moment, the surging life force from the Forest Sanctuary erupted from Locke and directly impacted Berber.

In an instant, all four bone dragons began to sprout various vines, and Berber himself was also affected.

He yelled and instantly realized his mistake.

"Wait, your true form's magic pressure is... 16,000? No, it's 19,000..."

"A forest... an ancient forest, the total magical pressure behind you is much greater than that of a normal second-circle wizard!"

The next moment, Locke took advantage of the dimensional portal opened by the torrent of death energy and blew in a large number of tree seeds from his Forest Sanctuary, along with a sliver of moonlight from the Moon of Evolution, through the torrent of life energy.

Locke immediately used the Moon of Evolution to stimulate the seeds and used the Moon Cultivation Method to make the seeds undergo a leap in evolution!
Not only did he intend to kill the Berber wizard, but he also wanted to take advantage of this magical loophole to establish a branch base of the Forest Sanctuary in his plane!
This was the initial idea of ​​mine.

But only by doing it can you know whether it can succeed and how to adjust.

Therefore, when Locke saw that the Berber wizard had rushed out to be his test subject for free, he immediately accepted and made his move!

(End of this chapter)