Dark Wizard: Rise! My undead army!

Gale looked at the dying Lynn and couldn't help but let out a desperate crow's cry.

Megatron ignored it and charged forward relentlessly.

Some apprentices returning to school along the way only saw a huge creature rushing toward the academy with a "rumble".

Fortunately, it was during the war, and all the third-class apprentices were conscripted to the battlefield. The apprentices along the way were all first- and second-class apprentices.

Otherwise, those greedy people would certainly not let go of this top-tier undead.

Seeing Megatron gradually approaching the academy without slowing down, the ghost guards stationed around the academy could no longer sit still.

"Stop right there!! Without permission..."

Just as one of the ghost guards raised its hand, a semi-transparent energy shield blocked Megatron's path, attempting to intercept it.

"hold head high--!!!"

Megatron let out a roar filled with rage, completely ignoring the warning.

It used its last bit of strength to leap forward, almost smashing through the transparent energy shield.

"Bang—"

Its heavy body shattered the energy shield, carving a deep trench in the hard, bony surface surrounding the academy, sending rubble and bone fragments flying.

Megatron finally stopped, his limbs went limp, and his massive body crashed to the side, kicking up clouds of dust.

The dark golden skeleton was covered with fine cracks, had lost its former luster, and the soul flame flickered violently.

Gale spread its bone wings and stood in front of Megatron, letting out a mournful raven cry at the Ghost Guard.

"Gah—"

...

Almost at the same moment Megatron shattered the shield, deep within the Bone Spire, in Gregor's laboratory.

Gregor, who was debugging a complex energy circuit, suddenly felt a jolt in his heart!

It's not a physiological alarm, but an alarm that's violently triggered at the level of the soul, a close connection between them!

His finger trembled, and a floating rune crystal fell to the ground with a "crack" and shattered into pieces.

"The [Ring of Collapse] has been fully activated? Lynn has been attacked?!"

Gregor's bloodshot eyes widened instantly, and shock and anger erupted from the depths of his murky pupils.

That ring was not only a life-saving gift he gave to Lynn, but it also came with an extremely secretive directional soul-calling rune!

This rune will only be activated when the wearer faces an absolutely fatal crisis and actively uses all their strength to activate the ring!

Only after Megatron entered the Academy area did Gregor receive this distress message.

Lynn is in trouble! And it's a life-or-death situation!

"Damn it!!" Gregor roared, no longer caring about the academy rules.

His withered fingers suddenly slashed forward—sizzle!

The laboratory's multi-layered protective spatial barrier was forcibly torn open by him with the brutal power of a third-ring wizard, creating an unstable spatial rift!

Without a second thought, he stepped inside!

...

Outside the academy, several ghostly guards, armed with weapons, slowly approached Megatron, intending to capture him.

Wind blades materialized in front of Gale and shot towards the Ghost Guards.

The Ghost Guardian seemed somewhat nonchalant in the face of the gale's attack. The moment the wind blades struck its body, a barrier slowly appeared, blocking all the attacks.

At this moment, above the place where Megatron fell.

The space rippled like water, then was forcibly torn apart by a withered hand!

Gregor stumbled out of the crack, looking rather disheveled, and his body still carried the strange mixed smell of various medicines and energy from the laboratory.

His gaze instantly locked onto the enormous dark golden skeleton below and the almost vanished life force behind its neck.

"Lynn!!"

Gregor's pupils contracted sharply, and in a flash, he appeared beside Megatron.

He ignored Megatron and Gale, focusing all his attention on Lynn.

With just one glance, Gregor's heart sank to rock bottom.

Absolutely near death.

No, according to common sense, this state of complete heart shattering, extensive physical collapse, and soul dissipation is enough to declare death.

It is a miracle that Lynn has been able to "hold on" until now.

As more and more apprentices gathered around to watch the spectacle, Gregor waved his hand and directly took Megatron and Gale into the undead space, then traveled back to the laboratory.

The ghost guards who were preparing to arrest Megatron looked at each other helplessly and could only return to report.

After all, the other party was a research mentor at the academy, and none of them had the ability to interfere with the other party's actions.

Just submit a report first, and let the college handle it however they want; the rest is none of their business.

...

Inside the laboratory, Gregor frowned deeply as he looked at the dying Lynn.

"It's too late... My physical body has already collapsed. While my soul remains, I can only reincarnate as an undead!"

Gregor made a decision instantly.

His withered fingers quickly formed hand seals, and light flashed around him. Several core materials used in high-level necromancy rebirth rituals appeared in his hands.

He planned to forcibly extract Lynn's last bit of true spirit and inject it into a prepared vessel, transforming it into a lich that retained its memories and wisdom.

This is the only way to "save" him right now, although it means giving up his human identity and future wizarding potential.

Just as his spiritual tentacles were about to penetrate Lynn's mangled body, preparing to perform a soul-splitting procedure—

"Um?!"

Gregor suddenly stopped.

His exceptionally keen perception of energy and life structure detected an extremely strange "state" within Lynn's body.

He probed deeper into the past, his expression shifting rapidly from shock, anger, and anxiety to utter astonishment and...

An almost fanatical desire to explore!

That dark golden heart! What is it?!

Not only did it completely replace the function of flesh and blood, but it also forcibly supplied "life force" to this dilapidated body in an energy form and rule fluctuation that he could not understand.

This vitality is vast and ancient, possessing star-like qualities, incompatible with the energy of death, yet strangely maintaining a balance.

Mysterious stellar energy?

This is definitely not a creation of the Wizarding World, nor does it seem to be a product of any known plane!

It's like a self-contained "universal heart pump," radiating a power that seems to harmonize all things—

Isn't this the perfect embodiment of the most elusive "universal harmonizing factor" in the "death bloom" theory?!

Looking again at the small gray-white stone on Lynn's shoulder, its light was now extremely dim, and even fine cracks had appeared on its surface.

But it still relentlessly outputs the purest and most primal earth vein energy, attempting to stabilize Lynn's physical foundation and provide the "earth" with the power to bear and repair.

Within the phase soul lamp at his waist, the wisp of mist almost burned itself, calming the fluctuations of the purest spiritual mist and soul, continuously injecting it into Lynn's soon-to-collapse soul, acting as the final "stabilizing anchor."

These two elements, along with the power of the dark gold heart, form an extremely fragile yet incredibly mysterious three-point balance.

Like a tripod, it held up Lynn's last vestige of existence!

This precisely solves the other two core problems of "Death Blossom"—a stable and compatible energy base, and a stable anchor point that can penetrate deep into the soul and be highly bound to the subject's consciousness!

Gregor's breathing quickened, and the bloodshot eyes seemed to burn.

He glanced at the dying Lynn, at the pulsating dark gold heart, then at the little stone and the mist spirit, their light dim yet still steadfast...

Good grief...are you kidding me?!

He went out and actually solved all the experimental problems, and even offered himself up as a guinea pig on the experimental table.

If I don't put this on you and give it a good test, I'll be letting you down after all your sacrifices!