Wizard: My skills can be upgraded indefinitely.

Ripples spread through the memory material deep within the passage.

Like a stone thrown into a calm lake, dark blue ripples spread out from the depths of the wall.

Ian stopped in his tracks.

As my fingertips traced the wall, a clear "call" came through the cool touch.

It wasn't a sound, but a kind of resonance that reached the very soul.

In his mind's eye, those pale golden crystalline points of light were rotating at an unprecedented frequency.

With each rotation, the resonance intensifies.

"under……"

Ian looked at the spiraling staircase leading downwards.

The top of the stairs was shrouded in a thick, dark blue mist, and deep within the mist, starlight could be faintly seen twinkling.

Pure, vast, carrying the final lament of civilization.

"Ian, that feeling...it's so uncomfortable."

Ga Ga tucked its neck in, its feathers ruffled slightly.

"It's like something is crying, crying for countless years, and it can't stop..."

"It's the Protoss's lingering obsession."

Ian walked down the steps.

With each step, a dark red liquid seeps from the surface of the steps.

Like congealed blood being reawakened, it meanders and flows along the cracks in the stone.

Within the memory material on the wall, the images became even more frenzied.

Countless Protoss beings melted, roared, and tore at each other, eventually freezing into a twisted sculpture.

We climbed about three hundred steps.

The view ahead suddenly opened up.

The entrance to the third floor is not a door.

It is a "wound" that tears space apart.

Dark blue energy turbulence surged at the edge of the crack, like a wound that would never heal.

Standing in front of the rift was a bald, burly man who was over two meters tall.

"Blood Blade" Bazar.

Bazar had his back to the entrance and was looking down at several charred corpses on the ground.

The corpse was dressed in the gray robes of the Withered Council, its chest pierced by a sharp blade.

Dark red crystals were congealed at the edges of the wound; these were the "blood coagulation curse" unique to blood magic.

"Tsk, those old devil Silas's subordinates..."

Bazar spat, his blood-red eyes sweeping over the corpse.

"They died cleanly, at least."

He suddenly turned around.

His gaze, like a tangible blade, cleaved through the turbulent flow and pierced Ian, who had just stepped off the stairs.

"You really came."

Bazar grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth.

"I've been waiting here for three days, slaughtering several groups of scum who wanted to get in... just to wait for you."

He slowly turned around.

He raised his right arm, and the bright red veins on the surface of his skin bulged out.

Blood seeped from his pores and condensed in his palm into a two-meter-long, dark red giant blade.

The blade was dripping with a viscous, lifelike blood-like sheen.

【Blood Boiling Blade】.

Level 2 Bloodline Talent Sorcery, a rule-based weapon condensed from one's own essence and blood.

It has a natural suppression effect on shadows, undead, and plants.

"Little brat."

Bazar's blood-red eyes were fixed on Ian.

"The blood debt of the Sleeping Palace must be repaid today."

Before he could finish speaking...

hum!

A crimson halo exploded outwards from Bazar.

Within a radius of 100 meters, the air instantly became viscous and scorching hot.

It felt like being thrown into a pool of boiling blood, with every breath carrying the rusty, bloody smell.

[Blood Boiling Domain]

The core talent of a level two body-refining wizard is that all non-blood-based energies within the domain will be repelled or weakened.

Being in that environment, Ian could clearly feel that his mental energy was sluggish by at least 30%.

The energy model of the Frost Ray became unstable, and the casting range of the Gravitational Collapse Sphere was compressed to within three hundred meters.

Even the jade-like radiance of the [Furnace Tempering Technique] dimmed slightly under the erosion of the bloodline rules.

"This is... the domain power of a level two wizard at his peak."

Ian's eyes were serious.

But he didn't stop.

At the same time, it secretly transmitted a message, telling it not to come out for the time being.

This enemy is the most formidable opponent he has ever faced.

But he was fearless.

"Bazar".

Ian spoke calmly, his voice sounding somewhat muffled within the Blood Boiling Domain.

"You can't kill me."

Bazar was taken aback, as if he had heard a joke, and then threw his head back and laughed.

The laughter was like a broken gong, causing the surrounding energy currents to surge violently.

"You think you have the right to be arrogant in front of me just because you killed a few level-one trash?"

He raised the blood-stained blade.

The blade's edge surged with crimson light, transforming into a twenty-meter-long dark red arc that tore through the air and slashed straight at Ian's face!

The speed is extremely fast.

The speed and explosive power of a level two body-refining wizard were on full display at this moment.

A hundred meters can be covered in an instant!

Ian's pupils contracted slightly.

The moment Bazar lifted his foot.

He took a half step to the left with his right foot, his body leaning to the left like a willow catkin.

A dark red arc of light grazed his right shoulder, the wind from the blade stinging his cheek.

A three-meter-long trench was blasted open in the ground, sending debris flying everywhere.

"You dodged pretty quickly."

Bazar grinned maliciously, his blood-red blade slashing horizontally, followed closely by a second arc of light.

This time it was a sweeping attack, completely blocking any space for dodging left or right.

But Ian had no intention of continuing to hide.

The moment the arc of light struck, he had already raised his right hand.

With fingers spread, palms facing Bazar's chest.

laugh!

Three thin, hair-like energy lines burst forth from the fingertips.

Two streaks of ice blue and one streak of gold-red completed their spiral entanglement the instant they separated from the body.

It transformed into a slender, pale purple beam of light, tearing through the viscous, boiling blood domain and piercing straight into Bazar's chest.

【Frost Ray】·Extreme Compression Mode!

Arriving in an instant!

Bazar's expression changed slightly.

He could sense the danger emanating from that beam of light.

The energy intensity is average, but its bizarre characteristic of intertwining ice and fire...

"You dare to fight back?"

He roared and his blood-red blade returned to defense, the blood-red light at the edge of the blade condensing into a dark red shield.

The beam struck the shield.

scoff!

Frost and fire erupted simultaneously.

A thick layer of ice instantly formed on the surface of the shield, which was then shattered by the high temperature in the next second.

The chaotic fluctuations generated by the clash between ice and fire caused the energy structure of the shield to tremble violently.

But... it didn't break.

The blood shield of the level two body-refining wizard withstood the attack.

"Is that all you've got?"

Bazar grinned, and the blood-stained blade rose again.

But Ian's attack was far from over.

As the first beam of light struck, his left hand was already raised.

The five fingers are loosely clenched.

Above the palm of my hand, a black dot the size of a grain of rice silently appeared.

【Gravity Collapse Sphere】·Extreme Penetration Mode!

The black dot shot out, tracing an almost invisible path in the air.

It flew precisely towards Bazar's right shoulder joint.

He didn't shoot at the chest, where the shield was thickest, but at the relatively vulnerable joints.

Bazar's pupils contracted sharply.

He could sense that the destructive energy emanating from that black dot was suddenly much stronger than the ray from before.

"Damn it!"

He twisted his body forcefully, his blood-stained blade sweeping across, attempting to shatter the black dot.

But the black dots are moving too fast.

The moment the blood-stained blade struck, it had already slapped against his right shoulder armor.

hum!

An invisible gravitational field suddenly erupted.

The space within a three-meter radius began to collapse inward.

Bazar's dark red armor on his right shoulder cracked with a sickening sound.

As if gripped tightly by an invisible giant hand, fine cracks appeared on the surface of the armor.

"roar!"

Bazar roared, and his body surged with blood-red light.

[Blood Boiling Domain] is activated at full power, with dark red bloodline rules frantically resisting the gravitational turbulence.

Click!

The armor finally succumbed to the double pressure and shattered into more than a dozen pieces.

But Bazar's right shoulder was only mangled, with the bone and flesh still intact.

The physical body of a level two body-refining wizard is terrifyingly strong.

"You little beast...you've angered me."

Bazar's eyes were bloodshot, and his blood-red pupils were brimming with murderous intent.

He stomped his foot abruptly, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the ground beneath his feet.

His muscles swelled again, and dark red scales appeared on his skin.

【Crimson Frenzy】·Level Two Body Refinement Secret Technique!

Strength, speed, and defense have all been enhanced.

"die!"

He charged out like a raging bull, his blood-red blade leaving a dark red afterimage as he slashed at Ian for the third time.

This time, the speed was at least 50% faster than before!

Ian's eyes turned cold.

He knew that the chances of winning a direct confrontation were less than 20%.

With the enhancement of their domain, level two body-refining wizards possess physical strength far exceeding expectations.

What's even more troublesome is...

He could sense a chilling aura of death rapidly approaching from the depths of the left passage.

The people of the withering council.

"quack."

He whispered in the soul connection.

"Prepare to evacuate."

"I understand!"

With a flap of its wings, the black raven blended into the shadow of the wall and disappeared.

Ian took a quick step back and pointed his right index finger at Bazar.

[Entropy Change Domain] - Full Power Deployment!

hum!

A pale purple domain with a radius of 100 meters suddenly erupted from his center!

Within the area, the temperature began to fluctuate wildly.

One second it was extremely cold, and Bazar's blood-red aura condensed into ice crystals.

The temperature soared to several thousand degrees in the next second, the ice crystals shattered, and the blood-red light was violently eroded by the scorching energy.

The Entropy Change Domain and the Blood Boiling Domain clash head-on!

The two sets of rules clashed and tore at each other wildly in the confined space.

The stability of the Blood Boiling Domain was forcibly disrupted, and Bazar's movements were noticeably delayed for a moment.

Just this one moment.

Ian turned and rushed into the depths of the rift.

"Trying to run away?!"

Bazar roared, and the blood-stained blade rose once more.

But Ian didn't turn his head, and waved his right hand behind him.

Three crystal balls, each the size of a walnut, flew out from his sleeve, tracing arcs in the air before accurately striking three blind spots around Bazar.

[Black Hole Potion] - Improved Version!

hum!hum!hum!

The three crystal balls exploded simultaneously, and the three layers of energy vortexes inside spun wildly.

Three miniature gravitational singularities, each three meters in diameter, suddenly formed and trapped Bazar in the center in a triangular formation!

"What is that?!"

Bazar's expression changed, and a sense of alarm rose in his heart. He frantically slashed at the singularity with his blood blade.

The dark red light collided with the gravitational turbulence, unleashing a piercing shriek.

Ian knew that even with three black hole potions, he still couldn't kill the opponent.

It can only hold him for a maximum of five seconds.

But five seconds is enough.

He rushed into the energy rift, his figure swallowed up by the dark blue turbulence.

"You little beast...you can't escape!"

Bazar shattered the last singularity, his blood-red eyes fixed on the crack.

He had never been so angry.

How could a level one wizard escape unscathed from his hands?

Even more frightening is...

That bizarre ice and fire domain, that instantaneous gravity spell, and those three strange crystal balls at the end…

Each method crossed the threshold of Level Two witchcraft.

Especially in that field.

It can even interfere with the secondary domain!

"He must be killed..."

Bazar gritted his teeth, grabbed his blood-stained blade, and charged into the crevice.

"Otherwise, the consequences will be dire!"