Wizards pursue the truth

Chapter 157 [157] The Target Mission Gains Fame

"Run! This is a certified wizard, damn it!"

The more cunning Dark Souls are the fastest to run.

Wang Ya could escape from Dream Lake and Maple Forest, especially in front of a formal wizard. He watched as the Dream Wizard caught all the fleeing black souls like chicks and stuffed them into the Black Core.

"This thing is quite good. It contains traces of another official wizard's manipulation. I have already eliminated all potential problems for you."

The Dream Wizard threw the Black Core to Wang Ya.

They did not ask Wang Ya what he intended to do with the item.

The figure was in a state of flux, appearing and disappearing at any moment, as if it might vanish from the real world.

"Thank you, teacher." Wang Ya bowed slightly, watching the Dream Wizard's figure disappear completely and enter the dream world.

This is unavoidable, as Dream Wizards are essentially native creatures of the dream world, rather than material beings in reality.

The time they can appear in reality is limited, and they need to return to the dream world to replenish their dream power.

Wang Ya stared at the Black Core in his hand. The black souls inside were much more docile, hiding in a corner, huddled together, looking quite pitiful.

If it weren't for the Dream Wizard's actions, he would have probably already devoured the person who picked up the Black Core.

They weren't very intelligent, and very few were even remotely clever. Their emotional states were also filled with negativity. What surprised and concerned Wang Ya was that all the Dark Souls barely maintained their self-awareness and personality, and had feelings of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

Wang Ya felt as if he had grasped something—how to contribute to the infinite genome of dreams.

Perhaps we should start by maintaining our individuality in terms of emotions and personality.

Whoosh!

The spiritual sea remained as dark as ever, with wisps of light shining down from the sky, illuminating a corner of the vast ocean below.

The churning, transparent seawater is clearly visible.

Wang Ya successfully drew the final stroke of the wizard rune. As his mental strength increased, the particle energy on his body also fluctuated in reality.

He opened his eyes to find the room in complete disarray, littered with small objects, a result of his aura and the fluctuations in particle energy.

With the intervention of extraordinary mental power, the frivolous fluctuations on his body gradually subsided.

[Hint: Successfully completed the seventh wizard rune; Spirit Power increased by 0.7]

Wang Ya then spent about half a day using benign radiation to raise the particle energy units, physical values, and dream power to their current limits.

Current mental strength: 26

Particle Energy: 25 units

[Dream Power: 22 units]

[Dream Recall Meditation Method: 'Basic Version (9/9)' 'Advanced Version (7/12)']

[Current active neurons: 4.7%]

Wang Ya decisively began analyzing the eighth wizard rune.

[Estimated analysis time: 75 days]

Two and a half months.

Wang Ya raised an eyebrow slightly. Having completed the "Death of the Blood Wizard" wizard quest, he postponed the target quest by about two months.

This was a precious time he had bought for himself, with the aim of completing preparations for various wizarding experiments.

Five days later, the targets and tasks will be issued.

The magic didn't change much; Wang Ya only mastered the Wrath of Hephaestus.

This is a powerful sorcery that further elevates the fear and roar of the fire demon. If the particle energy is sufficient, it can unleash a power exceeding 40 degrees.

Advanced witchcraft represents the pinnacle of ordinary witchcraft.

More powerful magic does exist, but it represents the culmination of the hard work and research of qualified wizards. It can be seen as an extension of the path and the most suitable magic for the corresponding qualified wizards.

Other wizards, even after mastering the skill, may not be able to unleash its full potential.

It also seems to be related to the process of becoming a formal wizard.

By enduring the direct test of the wizarding world's will, one can receive its blessings and undergo a comprehensive transformation, encompassing particle energy, physical attributes, and the essence of extraordinary spiritual power.

The magic used by formal wizards can essentially be considered as high-level magic, but its power is vastly different from that of high-level magic performed by apprentice wizards of the ultimate level.

The Dream Wizard once mentioned this information.

The regular spells cast by a first-level official wizard are first-level sublimation spells.

However, in the realm of witchcraft, there are no fixed rules; it also depends on the wizards' own research and their understanding of the world.

Judging a wizard's strength solely by the intensity of their magic is far too simplistic.

Wizards are beings who pursue truth, understand the world, and explore themselves. If they could remain powerful by inheriting some kind of magic, the wizarding civilization would have long since disappeared into the vast void of space.

Ancestors are not to be followed blindly, and the ways of Heaven are not to be feared.

Wizards are always pioneering and innovating; this is a new trend of civilization and a direction of consciousness that ancient wizards have been guiding.

The revolution of mechanical wizards buried many wizarding systems in the dust of history, which is the best example and a good thing.

Advanced magic represents the limit of conventional magic, but it is not the limit that wizards can research.

First-level sublimation magic is merely a manifestation of the magic's power reaching a certain level.

Wang Ya also discovered that "Hephaestus' Wrath" was not very suitable for him and could not be perfectly integrated into the Flame Demon sorcery school.

The same was true of the Fire Demon Roar spell, which gradually became incompatible with the Fire Demon Wizard school.

He decided to improve these two spells to further enhance the Flame Demon Spell.

The Nightmare Magic style creates a third intermediate magic spell.

Five days later.

Wang Ya observed the condition of the demonic plant sub-body in the laboratory. The fusion progress was not fast, and overall it seemed that there was no change.

Harak's transformation is over.

When it landed back on Wang Ya's shoulders, the increased weight was quite noticeable.

It should be an increase in muscle and bone density.

Harak's stats in all aspects have reached the level of a high-level superhuman being, and with his many extraordinary characteristics, he is definitely the most terrifying top predator.

They are fully capable of fighting against a level three wizard apprentice.

The Infinite Blood Core adds one hundred new variations of extraordinary creatures.

Wang Ya felt he should create a ranking list of extraordinary creatures, recording the types of extraordinary creatures on the Infinite Blood Core and sorting them according to their strength.

Today, Harak can utilize its deep-touch infection properties to secrete Harak phages to infect individuals and transmit fragments of extraordinary biological genes.

This allows the infected individuals to transform into the corresponding extraordinary beings.

Wang Ya essentially possesses the means to create extraordinary combat power on a large scale.

The only drawback is that it consumes Harak's own bioenergy, and the amount consumed is not small.

"King Yahalak, Son of Darkness, your quest has been assigned. Please check it through the Dark Wizard's Mark and complete it within three days."

The Witch's Secret

[Task Level: C]

[Location: Deadwood Territory, Mountain and Water Wizard City, Black Soil Kingdom]

[Details: The Black Earth Kingdom reports to the Mountain and Water Wizard City that a cannibalistic witch has appeared in the Black Earth Forest near the kingdom's capital, killing many intruding knights and soldiers. Even the eldest prince has gone missing there, causing widespread panic throughout the Black Earth Kingdom.]

[Objective: All mortals within the Underlands are the property of the Underlands. No one is permitted to infringe upon the private property of the Underlands. King Ahalak, Son of the Underlands, is requested to investigate the Black Earth Kingdom to ascertain the specific situation. If any sorcerers outside the Underlands are found to be causing trouble, they are authorized to kill them.]

[Quest Rewards: 180 Magic Stones, 120 Dark Points]

Compared to D-level tasks, C-level target tasks offer much higher rewards.

Correspondingly, the difficulty will definitely increase significantly.

It is almost certain that an individual with supernatural power is influencing things and causing great harm to mortals. Mortals are the property of the Underdark. Even if there are many bags of rice, it is not allowed for someone to take a handful from one of the bags. This violates the bottom line of the Underdark.

In other words, it is certain that a battle will take place against an unknown individual wizard.

Wang Ya felt no pressure. Harak seemed to have undergone another transformation, and his strength was among the top tier of high-level extraordinary beings.

He was confident that he could fight and contend with a third-level wizard apprentice.

The extraordinary creature corresponding to the ultimate wizard apprentice is the Beast King among high-level extraordinary creatures, which is very rare and can only be achieved with extremely precious bloodlines.

As for Level 1 extraordinary beings comparable to formal wizards, they are almost nowhere to be found within the Underdark.

Perhaps deep within the Apollo Mountains, there exist terrifying creatures.

The energy requirements for particles in the natural environment are too high.

The vast, endless sea must also contain such extraordinary creatures, perhaps even more powerful ones.

Moreover, this is only a C-level indicator task, and it is almost impossible for a level 3 wizard apprentice to appear.

[Objective: Deep refinement and improvement of the Fire Demon Wizard build]

[Estimated analysis time: 60 days]

It's normal for a high-level witchcraft to take 60 days.

As for the Black Core and the Dream Infinite Genome, this is a long-term wizard experimental research project, and rushing it will not be of any use.

It will definitely require a large number of wizarding experimental variables, and the experimental materials will involve the research of supernatural beings, dream creatures, and even the heart of evil gods.

It even has requirements regarding the geographical environment; Wang Ya might even need to enter the dream world to conduct research.

Wang Ya carried out this mission without even notifying the wizard Kelan, and then took Harak to the teleportation tower.

As white light enveloped his entire body, he opened his eyes again and found himself in the City of Mountain and Water Wizards.

This wizard city is normal.

Wang Ya smiled and nodded at the wizard from the city lord's mansion who was walking quickly towards him.

Because of the Skywing Wizard City, he is now quite wary of wizard cities that are not directly accessible by wizard teleportation arrays.

Even if we're poor, we can't neglect to build roads. Without roads for trade, how can Wizard City become prosperous?

Any normal city lord would install a wizard teleportation array.

"Master Wizard of this department, please register your information."

Wang Ya placed the dark wizard mark on his palm onto a special recording device.

As usual, report the cost of the teleportation array.

After leaving the area of ​​the teleportation array, they arrived on the streets of the Mountain and Water Wizard City, experiencing the differences between various wizard cities.

The Deadwood District should be a tropical region, suitable for the growth of trees and vegetation. Wang Ya saw that many people on Freedom Street were selling extraordinary materials related to magical plants and wood.

Wang Ya wandered around for a while and saw a lot of good things, but unfortunately, none of them were what he wanted.

In the end, I only bought some special cultivation liquids that could promote the growth of magical plants and give them toughness.

It cost around 100 magic stones.

The price isn't considered very expensive for Wang Ya right now.

The Black Earth Kingdom is still quite far from the Mountain and Water Wizard City.

There is no way that a wizard's teleportation array could exist in a mortal kingdom.

Finally, Wang Ya found the relevant map and had Harak transform into a flying griffin, heading towards the location of the Black Earth Kingdom.

The flying griffin is extremely fast, and of course, Harak can also transform into more extraordinary flying birds.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters in the Underdark, news about Skywing Wizard City was gradually spreading.

The family wizards were among the first to receive the news.

The heads of the major wizarding families, in particular, showed subtle changes in expression after learning that it was a wizard from the Natural Ring Tower who had infiltrated Skywing Wizard City and replaced the wizard from the Dark Land.

They were different from ordinary low-level wizards, only surprised by this event and the change in the wizard's mission level.

Anyway, headquarters has already sent wizards over, so any problems can be resolved quickly.

The family leaders are concerned about the purpose of the natural ring tower project.

Why do they dare to publicly acknowledge violating the Mountain and Sea Contract?

This is the Underdark, including the area where several nearby wizarding factions are based, known as the Land of Mountains and Seas.

The Mountain and Sea Pact signed also stipulated that the two wizarding forces would not invade each other's territory.

By doing this, the Natural Ring Tower is dancing on the edge of a knife, challenging the limits of the Dark Land.

"It is said that a formal wizard would lead several ultimate wizard apprentices to the border, preparing to attack the wizard city of the Natural Ring Tower in retaliation."

"Natural Ring Tower should respond soon. They can't be blind to this. I don't believe a level three wizard apprentice would dare to invade the Underdark territory without instructions from behind."

Punistark's expression was solemn, and his deep voice echoed, "The most crucial question is whether there is only one nature spirit, Relis, or many Relis."

Ockham Mad said, "The official wizards have begun an internal investigation. The city lords of the major wizarding cities, as well as some law enforcement wizards and wizards from the city lord's mansion, will gradually return to their headquarters in the near future."

"This is just what's on the surface. We don't know how much more is being investigated behind the scenes. In any case, we must keep a low profile for the time being, strictly abide by the rules of the Underworld, and not violate them in any way."

"That's right. Whoever caused the trouble and got caught should take responsibility."

"That's right!"

A thoughtful look flashed across Kazeantun's eyes.

It seems that the reaction caused by Wang Yahalak will be huge. This thorough investigation will not only check for the traces of foreign wizards, but will also deal with some illegal and disorderly conduct.

Looking at the family leaders present, most of them had gloomy expressions. They must all be having a bad time; none of them were innocent.

Kaze Anton sneered inwardly. In any case, the Anton family, under his control, hadn't broken many rules.

A few worries flashed through my mind. Wang Yahalak was in such a high position, attracting so much attention, and the pressure that came with it was unimaginable.

No matter what, they are just this batch of new wizards. Although they are outstanding and have great potential, can they withstand this kind of pressure?

If Zack were to withstand such pressure, he would likely fall into a slump within a week, and under such pressure, his research on the path of wizardry would also be hampered.

And the pressure will increase as more and more wizards are affected.

Kazeantuan was unsure of himself, as this was not a problem that talent, comprehension, or aptitude could solve.

This is a mindset and will that takes time and experience to cultivate step by step.

If the wizard's heart is broken, it will be extremely difficult to get it back.

P.S.: I've been slacking off; this is only 12,000 chapters so far. There are still 8,002 chapters to go. I'll keep writing.

(End of this chapter)