The Wizard of Truth: Starting with Analyzing All Things

Inside the core control room of the Starry Sky Temple, the air was as still as iron. The suspended Sphere of All Consciousness was being eroded by the writhing dark red energy, emitting a painful hum. The opposing forces clashed, stirring up invisible ripples of energy.

The agent of the Silent Court, "The Silent One" Marbas, swept his empty eyes over the intruder before finally fixing them on the Star Key in Rowe's palm. His emotionless voice rang out again: "Error variable...carrying a contaminated key...threat balance increased to...orange level. Cleanup priority...upgraded. Execute."

The crystal compass in his hand, which was constantly calculating, flashed with light!

"Roar!" The twisted abyss lord on the left was the first to attack! Its massive shadowy body suddenly expanded, transforming into a wave that devoured light, carrying a nauseatingly corrupting stench, and rushed directly towards Barton, who was standing at the forefront! Wherever it passed, even light was distorted and absorbed, which was the highly corrosive "Shadow Devouring" of the abyss power!

"Well done!" Barton roared, not only refusing to retreat but charging forward! His peak Quasi-Wizard Stellar Aura erupted in full force, no longer scattered flames, but condensing into an incredibly solid set of starlight armor on his body! He swung his greatsword, his aura perfectly merging with the energy of his starship ion gun, unleashing a blazing, meteor-like "Star-Splitting Slash"! Light and darkness collided violently, producing a hissing, corrosive sound and a deafening roar of energy explosion! Barton was forced back several steps, his armor flickering between light and shadow, but he had successfully withstood the ferocious attack. His fighting spirit intensified. "This monster's strength is close to the second ring, but my Stellar Aura perfectly counters its darkness!"

Almost simultaneously, the Discipline Tower assassin on the right, controlled by the Devouring Light, vanished like a ghost, appearing in the next instant to Lilith and Annie's flank! His short sword, wreathed in golden threads of law and crimson light of devouring, moved with such speed that it left afterimages, aiming straight for Lilith's back! It was the Discipline Tower's assassination technique, "Lawful Instant Strike"!

"Watch out!" Lina's psychic warning and Annie's exclamation rang out simultaneously! Almost instinctively, Annie pushed forward with both hands, and a hastily formed, cracked "Starlight Shield" appeared behind Lilith! *Thud!* The short sword pierced the shield, but its speed faltered. Lilith had already turned around, spraying a handful of "Potential Paralyzing Spores" powder, which emitted a pungent odor, at the assassin's head, while simultaneously throwing a bottle of "Sticky Energy Glue" to block his retreat! The assassin's figure blurred again, dodging most of the attacks at an uncanny angle, but his clothes were still stuck to the glue, causing a barely perceptible sluggishness in his movements.

The real killing blow came from Marbas himself! He didn't even move; he simply raised his withered finger and gently tapped it at Rowe.

hum!

A thin, hair-like gray ray, yet capable of sending chills down everyone's spines, silently traversed space and shot towards Luo Wei's brow! This ray exhibited no attribute energy fluctuations, yet it radiated the purest will of "existence erasure"! It was a highly condensed "Destroying Light"!

The speed was faster than reaction time could react! Instructor Verna's expression changed drastically; it was too late to save her!

At the critical moment of life and death, Luo Wei's spiritual power, which had been deeply resonating with the Star Key, operated at an unprecedented speed! He did not try to defend or dodge—there was simply no time! Instead, following the instinct he had gained from the trial of the "Step of Truth," he pressed the Star Key fiercely against his chest, and his entire body's star power burned, compressed, and underwent a qualitative change in an unprecedented way!

"The stars...are immortal! My heart...is the star!"

boom!!!

Just as the gray ray was about to touch his brow, it was as if some shackle within Luo Wei had been broken! A vast surge of stellar power erupted from his body, no longer in a stream of air, but transforming into countless fine, seemingly living, flowing star runes, instantly weaving before him into an ancient, thick stellar barrier with swirling starlight on its surface! At the center of this barrier, a clear, shield-shaped star rune, resonating with the very essence of his soul, suddenly lit up!

The second-ring Star Speaker's core defensive magic—Star Vortex Protection!

laugh--!

The gray ray struck the stellar barrier, but instead of exploding, it emitted a sickening, corrosive sound! The star vortexes on the barrier's surface spun wildly, and the star runes flickered, barely managing to withstand the all-consuming power of the rules! Luo Wei shuddered violently, his face turning pale, but he ultimately managed to block this fatal blow!

"Second Ring! He broke through at the last minute!" Elder Anderson was both surprised and delighted.

A faint, programmed "unexpected" fluctuation seemed to flash in Marbas's empty eyes.

"Now! Disrupt him!" How could Instructor Verna miss this opportunity? She formed hand seals and chanted ancient and obscure star language incantations, and a blurry star image appeared behind her! A pure wave of star purification, carrying the power of purification and soothing, surged towards Marbas like a tide, not to attack, but to try to disrupt his connection with the Light-Eating Core and the Crystal Compass!

Marbas paused slightly, and the Devouring Light he was controlling became slightly disordered.

"Lina! Annie! Help me!" Lilith cried out, her hands flashing out in rapid succession. Several different colored potion bottles landed precisely on the open ground around the Abyss Lord and the assassin, exploding to form a complex alchemical field combining "energy disturbance," "sensory interference," and "corrosive adhesion" effects, severely restricting their movement. Lina maximized her natural intuition, acting like a precise radar, constantly predicting and reporting the enemy's attack trajectories. Annie, meanwhile, focused on maintaining tiny "starlight shields," blocking splash damage for her teammates at crucial moments.

Barton roared repeatedly, combining his Star Aura with his ion gun, locked in a fierce battle with the Abyss Lord, each collision shaking the hall. Elder Anderson, meanwhile, moved along the edge of the battlefield, skillfully employing various weakening and binding spells. Though lacking in power, these spells always managed to disrupt the enemy's rhythm at just the right moment.

The battlefield fell into a brief stalemate. But everyone knew that this balance was extremely fragile! Marbas's power was unfathomable; once he adapted to the interference, or the Devouring Light Core completely eroded the Sphere of Myriad Consciousness, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Luo Wei felt the new power surging within him; his mastery of the second-ring Star Speaker realm had brought his control over stellar power to a new level. While maintaining "Star Vortex Protection," he sank his consciousness into the Star Key, attempting to establish a connection with the corrupted Sphere of Myriad Consciousness!

The moment his consciousness touched the Sphere of Myriad Consciousness, it was as if he had fallen into a violent storm of information! Countless fragmented memories, tragic cries, and images of desperate resistance washed over his soul! At the same time, he also sensed a faint but tenacious will to resist deep within the Sphere of Myriad Consciousness! It was a remnant of the temple's own consciousness!

"Help me... sever... its connection with... the compass..." A fragmented thought entered Luo Wei's mind.

Luo Wei suddenly looked up at the crystal compass in Marbas's hand, which was constantly calculating! That was the key to controlling the Light-Eating Core!

"Mentor Verna! Elder Anderson! Barton! Attack the compass in his hand with all your might!" Lowe shouted hoarsely. At the same time, he abandoned the maintenance of the Star Barrier (the power of the gray ray had weakened) and poured all his star power into the Star Key, unleashing the new ability of the second-ring Star Speaker—Star Imprisonment Field! Countless starlight chains reached out from the void, wrapping around Malbas's arm!

"A foolish struggle," Marbas said coldly. His compass flashed, and an invisible force field spread out, shattering the starlight chains! Verna's purification wave and Anderson's binding spell were easily repelled. Barton tried to advance, but was held back by the Abyss Lord.

"No! His power level is too high! Conventional attacks are ineffective!" Verna said anxiously.

Just then, a flash of inspiration struck Luo Wei! He recalled the fluctuations of the Stardust Whale, and the unwavering dedication and compassion he felt on the Steps of Truth belonging to the Stargazer civilization! A bold idea arose!

"Mentor Verna! Lend me your Star Speaker essence! Lina, transmit to me the 'sorrow' and 'unyielding spirit' you sensed from the temple! Everyone else, cover us!"

Although puzzled, Verna and Lina did as instructed without hesitation. Verna channeled her pure Star Speaker essence into Lovi from afar. Lina closed her eyes, placed her hands on the ground, and transmitted the residual emotional fluctuations she sensed from the temple through her natural spiritual senses.

Luo Wei forcibly fused these three forces—his own star power, Verna's pure star language essence, and Lina's indomitable will of the temple—using the Star Key. Instead of simulating the Stardust Whale, he simulated a unique fluctuation that was closer to the essence of the Stargazer civilization, carrying the meaning of inheritance and protection. He transformed it into an invisible spiritual shock that directly crashed into Marbas!

"Marbas! Look what you've protected?! Look what the Court of Silence has turned you into?!"

This shock was not a physical attack, but a soul-searching interrogation!

Om-!

For the first time, Marbas's empty eyes showed a violent fluctuation! His body trembled violently, and the light of the compass in his hand dimmed instantly! Cracks appeared on the programmed indifference on his face, and a look of extreme pain and struggle emerged!

"Ugh...no...I am...the guardian of balance...I..." He clutched his head, letting out a hoarse, inhuman growl.

Effective! The control of the Stasis Court is not perfect! Marbas's original consciousness is still struggling!

"Now!" A sharp light flashed in Luo Wei's eyes, and the Star Key shone brightly. A condensed "Starlight Ray" was no longer aimed at Marbas, but was precisely shot at the Crystal Compass, which had a control gap due to his confused consciousness!

Click!

A fine crack appeared on the surface of the compass! Although it was not destroyed, the connection between Marbas and the core of light-devouring was significantly weakened, and the rate of erosion by the dark red energy on the Sphere of All Consciousness suddenly slowed down!

"We succeeded!" Everyone was overjoyed.

However, at this critical moment, another unexpected event occurred!

The Abyss Lord, which had been suppressed, seemed to be completely enraged by the aura emanating from Rowe that fused the Star Speaker's essence and the Temple's will. It let out a deafening roar, and its massive body suddenly self-destructed a portion of its shadow energy, forcibly shaking off Barton and transforming into a pure torrent of destruction that rushed toward Rowe relentlessly! It wanted to devour this most threatening variable!

At the same time, the controlled assassin broke free from the alchemical field's entanglement, his figure as ghostly as his short sword thrust straight at Luo Wei's back!

We're caught in a pincer attack! Our lives are hanging by a thread!

"Love!"

"Be careful!"

Amidst gasps of surprise, Rowe faced a choice: abandon his pressure on Marbas and turn to defense, or...

A resolute glint flashed in his eyes. Instead of retreating, he poured more star power into the Star Key to maintain his interference with Malbas, while simultaneously unleashing another ability he had just mastered after breaking through to the second ring—an ability he was still not fully refined.

"Astral projection... clone!"

His figure blurred for a moment, leaving behind a solid star power clone to attract the assassin's attack, while his real body narrowly escaped to the side, simultaneously activating "Star Vortex Guardian" to withstand the Abyss Lord's impact!

boom!!!!

The Star Power clone was instantly pierced and dissipated by the assassin. Luo Wei's true body, however, was struck as if by a meteor. His Star Vortex Guardian fluctuated violently, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, crashing heavily against the wall, his aura instantly waning.

But he seized the most crucial moment!

Verna's next wave of "Star Purification Wave" finally succeeded in penetrating Marbas's defenses and enveloping his body during the gap when his consciousness was confused and his compass was damaged!

"Ah—!" Marbas let out a shrill scream, clutching his head and kneeling on the ground. His eyes flashed with a crazy golden-red light, as if two consciousnesses were fiercely fighting for control of his body!

The core of light-devouring lost precise control, becoming violent and unstable. The destructive light it released began to attack everything around it indiscriminately, even affecting the abyss lord and the assassin!

opportunity!

Luo Wei struggled to his feet, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, his gaze fixed on the Light Devouring Core, which was flashing wildly due to its loss of control.

The final outcome hinges on this moment!