Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

In the air, Aldek's eyes turned red, and his blood instantly boiled.

After receiving the symbolic blood of Valerius, his bloodline underwent a qualitative transformation.

Even though it's only a single drop, it's still a symbolic bloodline from a level two vampire, and the boost it provides shouldn't be underestimated.

The most obvious change is that his control over blood energy has increased dramatically.

"boom--!!"

In an instant, a violent surge of blood energy burst forth from the black mist.

The blood energy seemed to possess life, instantly enveloping the black mist.

The collision of these two powerful energies instantly unleashed a terrifying propulsive force.

"Boom! Boom boom!! Whoosh—!!!"

In an instant, the black mist's speed increased rapidly, like an extremely fast red and black lightning bolt, instantly shaking off the patrol team that was hot on its heels.

"..."

"Whoosh—!!!"

And so, Aldek soared through the air for a full half hour before finally breaking free from the patrol team's mental detection.

Once the feeling of being enveloped by spiritual power dissipated, he dispersed his blood energy and drifted leisurely into a demonized forest.

Running away all the time isn't a solution, since the academy's second-level wizards have probably already set off, and he won't be able to outfly them.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to hide.

"..."

Before long, Aldek disappeared into a cave, and as the black mist slowly dissipated, his figure was revealed.

After Valerius removed his disguise, he no longer pretended to be Barossa and instead maintained his original appearance.

But at this moment, his blood-red eyes trembled violently uncontrollably, and crimson blood energy kept overflowing from his eye sockets.

"Ugh!"

Suddenly, Aldek covered his eyes tightly, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

"...As expected, Lord Valerius's symbolic blood is still too powerful."

In fact, if Valerius hadn't died at that time, the symbolic blood would have weakened as well.

It was also impossible for Aldek to adapt to the other party's symbolic blood in such a short time.

Now, although this symbolic drop of blood helped him escape, it also brought him a fatal problem.

It was because this drop of blood was too powerful that he was now unable to conceal his vampire aura.

Therefore, what he needs to do now is to carefully establish a connection with that drop of blood so that he can control it to conceal its aura.

"..."

Aldek then closed his eyes and began to concentrate on sensing his own bloodline.

But at that moment, a silver dot of light suddenly appeared on one of the feathers on the surface of his robe.

——!

The next moment, Aldek's eyes suddenly snapped open.

He suddenly sensed a strange spatial fluctuation behind him.

But just as he turned around, trying to prepare for the worst.

A hand wearing a silver glove suddenly emerged from the silver light and quickly reached out.

"Buzzing..."

As a buzzing sound rang out, a ring of transparent spatial ripples slowly spread out in the palm.

"boom--!!"

The next moment, the ripples trembled violently, instantly transforming into a surging beam of shockwave that slammed directly into Aldek's back.

"Buzz... Click."

Fortunately, the necklace on his chest activated automatically, forming a barrier on his back, but the gemstones embedded in it shattered as a result.

The barrier blocked the impact, but the huge shockwave still sent Aldek flying, causing his body to slam heavily against the rock wall.

"Whoosh—thump!"

At the same time, Hughes's figure also appeared from the silver light.

Without hesitation, he stretched his hands forward, and several ripples of space instantly spread out in front of him.

next second.

"Boom! Boom boom!! Boom boom boom boom!!!!"

In an instant, a series of world-shattering impacts were unleashed, and the surging spatial fluctuations overlapped layer by layer, even distorting the space in front of them.

For a moment, even the entire cave was shaking violently.

The rock face in front was also shattered layer by layer by the impact, large swathes of rocks collapsed continuously, and murky dust instantly filled the air.

However, before the smoke and dust had even cleared, Aldek's voice came from inside.

"Hehehe...hehehaha!!! Hughes, it seems Lord Valerius was right."

As the smoke and dust cleared, Aldek's figure was clearly revealed.

"Your spatial magic is indeed quite impressive."

At this moment, his entire body was covered in materialized blood energy, and even his black feather robe was stained crimson.

Even his eyes were filled with violent blood energy, resembling two ferocious blood pupils.

"Why you? Hughes Craig."

As he spoke, Aldek stood up, and a terrifying, chilling power instantly surged forth.

"You clearly bear her mark, so why did you betray us!"

Now that things have come to this, he understands perfectly well that it was Hughes who betrayed them and "caused" the whole thing to happen.

"Hehe...no, no, you've really misunderstood me."

Upon hearing this, Hughes chuckled and shook his head, his tone casual.

"It was purely Valerius's own doing that exposed him, though of course, the Golden Ring group did have some brains."

However, although he remained outwardly calm, he was inwardly wary.

He keenly sensed that the Barossa before him—no, Aldec—seemed to have undergone a significant transformation.

That's neither magic nor spiritual power.

Rather, it is a transformation of the essence of life.

On the other side, Aldek naturally didn't believe Hughes's one-sided story, but thinking of that brand, he couldn't help but worry about "that person's" situation.

"Impossible. That brand couldn't be fake, especially since Lord Valerius personally examined it."

He murmured to himself, then suddenly raised his head.

"Where is she! What have you done to her?!"

Hughes immediately knew the other person was referring to Iluya. He frowned slightly, then spoke with interest:

"What, does she hold a high position there?"

"Boom!...Boom!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, a surge of blood energy swept over him like a tidal wave.

In response, Hughes immediately deployed a deflection shield in front of him, deflecting the blood energy wave to the side.

On the other side, Aldek's face was full of gloom, and the murderous intent in his words was almost tangible.

"You'd better pray you haven't made a move on her yet, because... she's someone you can never afford to mess with!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Aldek lunged forward, his body enveloped in blood energy, and he crashed straight into Hughes like a blood energy cannonball.

"boom--!!"