Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"Don't worry, there's a solution."

The communication crystal lit up, and Hughes took it out to look at it, breathed a sigh of relief, and then confirmed with everyone again.

"How long will it take for this dew-covered flower to finish blooming?"

Hughes turned to look at the dew-covered flowers in front of him.

At this moment, a cluster of emerald green light quietly floats on the stamen of the dew-covered flower, with emerald green particles constantly drifting around it.

"It should be... five petals means it takes about 10 minutes to absorb."

Holt touched his chin with his right hand and replied.

The group decided to rest for a while. Holt stared intently at the dew-covered flowers in front of him, while Willow and Hughes each leaned against a tree to rest.

Max sat down cross-legged on the spot, licked his lips, took out the storage bag in his arms, and began to search through it to check his gains.

Hughes leaned against the tree and took off the "Tidal Blessing" ring from his finger to examine it. The luster of the aquamarine gem on the ring had dimmed slightly, and some cracks had appeared on its originally smooth surface.

Just moments before the Corrupting Arrow was about to pierce Hughes' body, the Tidal Blessing automatically triggered the Absorption Rune on it, forcibly drawing upon Hughes's magic power to recharge and unleash witchcraft.

This absorption rune was carved by Hughes alone in Nora's letter. She knew that Hughes was studying runic literature, so carving a rune was not a difficult task.

The Absorb Rune is typically used in public buildings such as Magic Stone Lamps to help them absorb the magic power from the magic stones.

However, experienced apprentices will engrave them on their own magical implements, which can absorb the wearer's magic power to forcibly release the magic within the implement at crucial moments.

Of course, because it only has the function of absorption, the magic power that is quickly input into the magical artifact by drawing runes is unmixed and unconverted, so these magical artifacts will be worn down by the magic power that is forcibly absorbed.

"Haha, I've never seen many of these ingredients before."

On the other side, Max pulled out an unrecognizable mutated plant, brought it close and sniffed it, unaware that a shadow was quietly descending behind him.

"Max—"

A hoarse voice came from behind him, startling Max, who was engrossed in taking stock of his spoils. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw Tansen holding a dagger, which puzzled him.

"Tansen? What's wrong?"

Max raised an eyebrow, glanced at the dagger in front of him, and didn't think much of it.

"Your illusion magic is a hindrance—"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tansen held out the dagger in front of Max. With a "hum", the tip of the dagger flashed red.

"ah--!!!"

The next moment, a scarlet shock burst forth from the tip of the dagger, slamming heavily into Max's body. Before Max could react, the shock pushed him into the absorption range of the Dew Flower.

The immense impact knocked Max to the ground. At the same time, the Dewdrop Flower detected a living being within its range and immediately condensed a pale white particle beam, which shot towards Max.

"Tansen! You—!"

Max's eyes widened in anger as he struggled to shake off the pale particles attacking him. He was both shocked and furious, not understanding Tansen's purpose in doing so.

The pale particles absorbed quickly, and Max was instantly enveloped in a cocoon of light. The particles penetrated deep into his skin, greedily absorbing his last meal of the day.

"Sizzle—Crack!!"

Holt, who was standing nearby, reacted and threw out a lightning ball first. Tansen looked disdainful, covered his left hand with a thin layer of bloody light, and shattered the lightning ball.

Holt took the opportunity to turn around and run back quickly, but was immediately knocked away by Imos's crimson shockwave, and his fate is unknown.

Hughes and Willow also noticed the strange phenomenon not far away, as ice spikes and water bullets were shot at them one after another.

Tansen's eyes flashed with a blood-red light. The next moment, he raised his hands, and a blood-red energy field appeared around him. In an instant, the attacks of the two were shattered by the blood energy.

On the other side, Max's life force was quickly absorbed by the particles, the light cocoon dissipated, and emerald green particles flew out from Max's withered corpse and merged into the light cluster.

The crimson energy field receded like a tide, and the next moment, the figure of "Tansen" emerged from it. But at this moment, he had a handsome face, and his eerie red eyes were full of mockery. He was none other than Imos, who had killed Zelatis and the others not long ago.

"to be honest--"

Immo made a grasping motion with his right hand, and in the next moment, a blood-red cross-shaped longsword materialized in his hand.

"I'm extremely unhappy that so many third-class apprentices can't be absorbed!"

Veins bulged on Imos's face. He waved his right hand, and a few streaks of blood-red light emerged from the cross-shaped sword in his hand. Then, he raised his right hand, the tip of the sword pointing directly at Hughes:

"But you! I sensed it!! The magic in your blood is extremely powerful! Let you make up for my loss!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Imos transformed into a blood-red afterimage and rushed straight towards Hughes's direction.

"Whoosh—swish!!"

In an instant, Imos had already rushed in front of Hughes, his cross sword slashing horizontally, and crimson energy burst forth in a crescent shape.

Hughes quickly deflected the force field, and in an instant, pale silver energy appeared, deflecting the energy and striking Hughes on both sides.

Imos pressed forward relentlessly, his right hand flashing as the crimson cross sword transformed into afterimages, striking directly at the deflecting force field.

"Shuashuashua——!!!"

The sword collided with the deflecting force field, and crimson energy burst forth continuously, intertwining with silver energy. Soon, the trajectory of the sword, which had been deflected, became straighter and straighter until the final strike, which pierced straight into the force field.

"Bang—"

A muffled thud was heard, the force field instantly collapsed, and the cross sword, undiminished in momentum, pierced straight towards Hughes.

Hughes's eyes narrowed, and he conjured an ice crystal longsword in his right hand, holding it horizontally in front of his chest to block the blood-red longsword.

This blood sword was clearly a product of witchcraft, its power naturally overwhelming the ice crystal longsword that Hughes had conjured. With a "crack,"

With a crisp sound, the ice crystal sword broke in two.

But Hughes was already prepared. He instantly deployed a short-range protective shield, with three layers protecting his heart.

"Bang—bang—"

The sword tip pierced through two layers, and the remaining layer successfully held the tip in place, protecting Hughes' heart.

"Drink!! — Boom!!"

Imos frowned, gave a soft shout, and then another crimson shock burst forth from the tip of the sword, sending Hughes flying backward.

"Cough cough—"

Hughes unbuttoned his robe and discovered that the chest area of ​​the inner rune armor was severely dented.

"Hughes! Wait for me for ten minutes!"

Willow's voice came from afar. Beneath her feet was a light blue magic circle with ripples around its edges.

Imos originally intended to deal with Hughes before dealing with the others.

Seeing that Willow seemed to be gathering a very powerful spell, he decisively abandoned his fight with Hughes and instead attacked Willow behind him.