Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

The first detection spell was successfully released, and the system panel notification popped up as expected.

Choosing to inscribe the "Detection Technique," the soul of the "Liver Emperor" slowly awakened and began his arduous cultivation mode.

Five days passed peacefully, and the morning of the sixth day arrived.

The air was cool from last night's rain, mixed with the pungent, earthy smell of churning soil.

It's as if the earth has just taken a bath, carrying the damp scent of grass and trees.

In the open space outside the shelter, Dago stood, dressed in brand-new, thick hunting attire.

This is what he bought in town yesterday. Besides a dagger, he also has a one-meter-long machete at his waist.

To the untrained eye, he would never recognize that this was an apprentice wizard; he looked more like a seasoned hunter.

Dago activated the system interface, the result of his five days of arduous training.

【《巫师通用冥想法》（入门611/1000）；《冰晶炮》（入门832/1000）；《共鸣术》（入门187/1000）；《探测术》（入门135/1000）】

All skills have been improved to the beginner level. With the improvement of skills, the Resonance spell can now form two white gloves from the dormant ice element.

The detection range of energy particle fluctuations by the detection technique has also been expanded by ten meters.

The key point is that the progress of his Air Bomb and Ice Crystal Technique is enormous. He even combined these two skills into his brand new exclusive skill, Ice Crystal Cannon.

With the increasing difficulty of compressing air for air bombs, he can now use his mental power to control the direction of the compressed air jet.

However, the explosive power was also limited.

Although the system panel has been improved, the main improvement is in the compression speed of the air bullets.

Therefore, he found another way to use the air bullet: to make it an auxiliary method for casting ice crystal spells.

When I first learned about air bullets, they were used as an auxiliary method in meditation practice and were not included in the scope of spell magic.

In other words, the air bullet can be released simultaneously with the ice crystal spell.

Thus, a new skill was born from his sudden inspiration...

Using air bombs as gunpowder, and ice pillars formed by ice crystal magic as projectiles and cannon barrels...

Combining these two skills creates the Ice Crystal Cannon combo skill.

The ice crystal cannon was so powerful that it pierced through two large trees; it's estimated that no carbon-based life form would want to be hit by such a shot.

This is his most lethal Evocation spell to date. After casting it for the first time, it even received a great certification from the system, which combined Ice Crystal and Air Blast into one skill.

He was so frightened that he thought he could no longer improve his air bullet and ice crystal spells, but after checking, it turned out to be a false alarm.

Both skills can still be improved; releasing "Ice Crystal Cannon" will simultaneously improve both sub-skills.

However, he now needs to use his consciousness to open "Ice Crystal Cannon" to check the progress of the two sub-skills.

Do you know how he got through those five days? He would practice whenever he woke up, and then sleep when he was so delirious from practicing that he would fall asleep.

As for meals, the standard is always cornbread and roasted monster meat. You have to train while eating, it's enough to make you cry.

"Today we are determined to conquer the lake in the southwest of the forest. Even the Shadow Leopard can't stop us, I'm telling you."

Dago wiped away a tear and said with a firm look in his eyes.

Dago slung his pack over his shoulder and strode toward the dense forest, following the markings. A cool breeze blew across his angular face.

The leaves of the trees swayed in the wind.

Yellowed leaves drifted down in front of Dago.

He watched the leaves slowly fall to the ground and suddenly realized that autumn had begun without him noticing.

A halo of increasingly deep blue light flickered in his pale blue eyes ever since he stepped into the dense forest where he had last encountered the Shadow Leopard...

Dago kept his detection spell active to monitor the flow of energy particles ahead.

The dense forest remained a collection of strangely shaped trees, their layers upon layers blocking out the sunlight and darkening the surroundings.

Dargo, holding a machete, remained vigilant and advanced slowly.

Although the machete in his hand wasn't some extraordinary weapon, the gleaming blade still gave him a great sense of security.

A flash of cold light appeared as he cleaved through the vines blocking his path.

Based on his observations and analysis over the past few days on the outskirts of the dense forest, this forest is extremely long.

Basically, it's unavoidable; the lake described by the second-level wizard apprentice is probably surrounded by dense forest.

He needs to be constantly on guard against the shadow leopard or other wild beasts that inhabit this dense forest.

At this point, more than an hour and a half had passed since he set off.

Following the route he had taken with the shadow leopard he had killed last time, he estimated that he would be able to cross this section of dense forest and reach the lake in about half an hour.

They carefully forged ahead, moving forward slowly and cautiously.

As the sparse sunlight filtered through the leaves, Dargo knew he was close to crossing the dangerous forest.

It is precisely at times like these that we must not let our guard down, as the most dangerous moment for a ship is when it is approaching shore.

Just as his machete cleaved through a thicket of bushes taller than a person, his view opened up...

I saw the most beautiful lake I've ever seen in my two lifetimes.

The lake surface lay quietly on the ground like a piece of silk shattered moonlight. The morning mist had not yet completely dissipated, and it was wrapped in a layer of pale white gauze, so that even the wind could not bear to disturb it.

Dago walked towards the lake, scanned the shoreline, and saw the purpose of his trip.

A large patch of silvery-white moonflowers swayed gently by the lake. His eyes lit up, and he ran over.

After unloading his luggage, he lay down on the ground to examine it closely. Just as described in Rosalind's manuscript, it was undoubtedly a Moonflower.

Recalling the details about the moonflower in Professor Rosalyn's manuscript...

He took out the tools he had prepared in his bag and carefully pulled the whole tree up by the roots.

Before long, he had dug out an entire row of bags.

Wiping the sweat from his brow, Dago remained vigilant about the dangers around him while digging.

Especially on the calm lake surface, he always felt that there was some kind of gaze watching him subtly.

With his backpack fully loaded, he finally had the leisure to look at the lake not far away, but he didn't go near the water.

The sunlight slanted into the water, which was a very pale blue, mixed with a hint of emerald green.

The branches of old trees on the shore droop into the water, casting long shadows, and a few dead logs float on the water's surface, creating ripples.

The scene was so beautiful that Dago was momentarily stunned, as a dead tree gradually leaned towards the ground.

Dago's mental vision flashed with the trajectories of some energy particles.

He instantly became alert, a blue halo swirling in his eyes, his lips parted slightly in a whisper, a chill began to rise, and the wind started to howl.

A monster crocodile, nearly five meters long, suddenly leaped from the water about ten meters away, its back a vibrant green like bronze armor...

A hissing sound came rapidly from deep within his throat, rushing towards Dago.

Using all four limbs, it quickly crawled to within ten meters, its flat, axe-blade-like snout slightly open...

Two rows of fangs angled upwards, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

Dago stared intently, his eyes blazing with blue light. Wearing white gloves, he conjured a leg-thick ice crystal projectile with an equally sized compressed air projectile embedded at its tail.

His trembling pupils stared at the giant bronze crocodile that was about to rush five meters away, his eyes fixed on its slowly opening mouth full of fangs and its grinning face.

Then, activate the ice crystal projectiles.

A powerful gust of air pushed Dago, and the spinning ice crystal projectile, trailing a beautiful "white mist" wake, hurtled straight toward the bronze crocodile.

"Bang--!!!!"

Amidst the deafening roar of earth and rocks collapsing, countless snowflakes were blasted out and fell.

The bronze crocodile, which is nearly five meters long, is now missing half of its head, which is quite a bizarre sight.

The powerful impact caused it to roll backward twice, then lay motionless on the ground, covered in mud.

The ice crystal projectile, trailing a powerful gust of air, crashed into the distant lake, creating a splash before disappearing without a trace.

The other "drift logs" were startled and sank, but floated back up when they saw that they were unharmed.

Upon seeing this, Dago turned and ran, without even touching the monster's corpse.

This is a group of Warcraft crocodiles; even ten of them wouldn't be enough for him to eat.

Emerging from the wolf's den only to fall into the tiger's lair, no wonder the Moonflower is growing so vigorously; it must be under the protection of two powerful magical beast species.

Gasping for breath, Dago stopped at the junction of the dense forest and the lake.

Dago used his machete to support himself, mainly because he had run too fast and hadn't caught his breath yet.

A single, fully charged ice crystal cannon can take down a bronze crocodile, but it's far from enough to survive an attack by a group of bronze crocodiles.

Although I can still fire a few ice crystal cannons, the casting animation and cooldown time are too long, and I become very passive once I am surrounded.

After a short while, he calmed down and began to return the way he came.

"I hope I won't run into any more clueless cuties on the road," Dago prayed in his heart.

As he wished, the return journey was uneventful, and he did not encounter any attacks from the shadow leopard while passing through the dense forest.

Only when he saw the small hill where the shelter was located did Dago feel at ease.

The outside world is really dangerous; it's much more comfortable to stay in my own little nest.

With a creak, Dago pushed open the wooden door of the shelter, placed his backpack on the wooden table, and unloaded his equipment.

Dago washed his face and checked the time; it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.

I took a piece of frozen Shadow Leopard meat from my homemade "refrigerator" to thaw, and then cast an Ice Crystal spell on the refrigerator to replenish the ice.

These past few days, Dago has been living the good life, eating monster meat every day, and his body has become much stronger.

The old hunting clothes no longer fit, but the apprentice robe was still fine.

Sitting on the wooden bench, Dago closed his eyes and meditated as if to relax...

The sphere of light in his mental space had grown considerably larger, and the range for refining the mental mist had also expanded.

He pulled out his long-unused Level 2 Wizard Apprentice Badge, infused it with his mental energy, and the crystal lit up...

The color is getting closer and closer to dark blue; it seems I'm not far from becoming a level three wizard apprentice.

Seeing that the shadow leopard meat was almost thawed, Dago picked up the pieces of meat, went to the open space outside the shelter, and started a fire to roast the meat.

Truly good ingredients only require the simplest cooking methods.