Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

"Bang!"

The calm sea surface burst open with splashes, and several howling fish leaped out of the water like arrows. Dago pointed a finger, and an invisible wave emanated from his fingertip.

Immediately, a cold, icy blue current surged rapidly through the air in front of him, freezing the howling fish completely before they could even make a move.

Immediately following, a cluster of titanium flew out from under Dago's robes, condensing in the void into the shape of a long, narrow, golden scalpel, precisely and swiftly separating and dissecting the bodies of several howling fish.

As the fish was dissected, Dago finally found what he was looking for in a large mass of entrails that resembled filthy, tangled hair.

"Pop—"

Several fist-sized black objects flew out of the Ghost Fish's body and quickly fell into Dago's hand.

Dago carefully examined the snail-like objects in his hand.

It is roughly spindle-shaped, with many black bone spurs of varying lengths and small, irregular teeth on its surface. Some pale, slender tentacles are wrapped around it, making it look like a deformed and eerie comb.

Dago casually crushed a strange snail, and a sharp baby's cry immediately rang out from inside. Then, the other strange snails in his hand suddenly exploded one after another.

"boom!!"

Dago pressed down on the aftershocks of the explosion without expression, only to find that he could no longer find any trace of the strange snail.

"It looks like some kind of mysterious creature parasitizing the body of the howling fish."

"Once startled, it will self-destruct and disappear completely afterward, which is why I couldn't extract any useful information from the Ghost Fish's corpse."

The mystery surrounding the Ghost Fish seems to have been solved.

The reason why the Ghost Fish can gather all its life force in one go and then transform it into a sound wave burst is because of the strange snail parasitizing its body.

However, Dago still didn't get what he wanted. It seemed that the strange snail's innate ability would only be activated after drawing out enough life force.

The few strange snails that had just exploded in his hands did not exhibit any special characteristics, and the power generated by their explosion was also very small.

"It seems that only by observing the moment when the Ghost Fish 'roars' can we possibly figure out the secrets contained in the Strange Snail."

Dago casually released several dissected howling fish, their broken pieces scattered on the sea surface.

The howling fish seem to be a social creature. After Dago killed the first howling fish, more and more howling fish kept coming after him, which saved him the trouble of searching again.

"Roar—Boom!"

"roar!"

"Bang!"

Moonlight spilled across the sea, and on the pitch-black surface, a pale golden halo quietly bloomed.

Black fish shadows kept leaping out of the sea, quickly darting into the halo of light, then hovering motionless, before exploding into visible, distorted sound waves from their mouths.

Dago spread his mental energy field completely, attracting the howling fish from the bottom of the abyss to swim towards him one after another.

The sonic attacks generated by these howling fish at full power are at most at the level of a level three, and cannot break through his mental field defense. This allows him to focus most of his energy on observing the changes in the strange snails inside the howling fish at the moment of their burst.

Just as Dagger had guessed, at the moment the Ghost Fish erupted, the strange snail inside its body lit up with complex and mysterious spiral patterns that looked like runes.

However, this change was too brief, fleeting, probably lasting less than a fraction of a second.

Dargo couldn't even see what the threads actually looked like before it was all over.

"[Winter Serenity—The Radiant Sun]!"

Dago lightly touched his brow, entering a state of "winter stillness".

A little anxiety and all other distracting thoughts were frozen and sunk to the bottom of my heart.

The roars produced by the howling fish, the slight impact on his mental field, and the various noises on the sea all receded from Dago, and his mind quickly calmed down, revealing an unprecedented clarity.

The stillness of winter, the radiant sun.

The two mental states derived from the Gray Sun Meditation Method are: the former is suitable for "quiet contemplation," which can greatly enhance concentration and comprehension;

The latter is suitable for activation during battle, which can greatly ignite fighting spirit and unleash ultimate potential.

In this situation, activating [Winter Serenity] is the perfect solution.

Within the consciousness space, the nine soul crystals released pale golden halos in sync with Dago's breathing.

In the gray sunlight, blurry light and shadow flashed by again and again, leaving behind some inexplicable traces with each flash.

Just as water flowed repeatedly, the mysterious spiral pattern on the strange snail's body was gradually outlined in Dago's mind.

"Splash—splash—"

The seawater parted rapidly, and strangely shaped ghost fish swam out from the depths of the abyss, surging wildly toward one spot.

At this moment, Dago's body, which was standing still on the sea surface, was surrounded by a large number of ghost fish corpses, and more ghost fish were still swimming in one after another.

Like a snowball rolling downhill, more and more howling fish surrounded Dago, with waves of them surging forward.

Chuck, who was standing on the deck of the airship in the distance, was horrified by what he saw. All the howling fish he had ever seen in his life combined did not amount to even a tenth of the number in front of him.

Countless howling fish nearly engulfed Dago's figure. Even though Dago's mental strength was incredibly powerful and he could completely ignore the sonic attacks of a single howling fish, the relentless attacks of so many howling fish caused his protective mental field to begin to crumble.

The pale golden halo, like a candle flame attracting countless moths, shrank and dimmed.

Dago, located at the center of the force field, seemed completely unaware of this, remaining calmly standing in place with his eyes closed.

Under the relentless sonic attacks, Dago's [Winter Stillness] state was greatly affected. At this moment, his frozen winter was gradually collapsing and disintegrating in all directions. Only a small area in the very center remained absolutely cold and clear, still washing and outlining the spiral pattern over and over again.

As the corpses of the dead howling fish piled up into mountains, the vast sea surface was covered with humanoid limbs and fish carcasses, and a large number of leaping howling fish "built" a high black wall around Dago—

The terrifying sonic waves almost distorted the moonlight for miles around, leaving only a thin layer of Dago in the pale gold field, with even crimson, winding lines of blood flowing from the corners of his eyes and below his ears.

at last!

"Buzz—"

An unprecedentedly dazzling golden light pierced through the darkness, shining through the gaps between the layers of fish, making it look as if a brilliant golden sun had suddenly risen on the sea.