Wizards pursue the truth

Chapter 458 [458] The First Stage of the Five Stars Converging and Deceiving the Heavens Completed

The reversal process of the illusion and reality bubble magic array needs to be judged according to the actual situation. The Eye of Truth predicts that it will last for three days and three nights.

With all the wizards in place at their exact locations, the progress has fluctuated, and the timeline needs to be extended.

Wang Ya predicted the timeframe to be five days.

He stood in the airspace, looking down at the snow-covered landscape below, clinging to the earth and the dense forest. The east wind and cold wind blew his hair and robes. His gaze left the territory of the pangolin species directly below and looked into the distance.

In his eyes, the ripples in the void were constantly spreading and transmitting, like spider webs and silk, continuously weaving to form a more secretive and complete sword-nurturing formation.

My understanding and perception of various locations within the dream world, the gathering place of extraordinary creatures in reality, are becoming increasingly profound.

With some experience gained, similar turbulence will no longer occur during subsequent node replacements.

Instead, it will be more peaceful, with each energy transmission channel and the direction of earth vein energy corresponding to the illusory reality level.

His pupils pulsed with white arcs of electricity.

Everything was in his eyes.

There will be no further changes.

A faint smile appeared on his lips as he vanished, reappearing in a new gathering place for extraordinary creatures.

The nodes of the Sword Nurturing Array are constructed from gathering places of extraordinary creatures.

Three days later.

The Spectral Wizard and the Blood Wizard were the first to bring good news: they had finished dealing with the matter.

The corresponding nodes have all been installed.

The Star Wizards' abilities allowed them to complete the task much faster than regular wizards.

Wang Ya also completed the node processing for these parties.

With a thought, he pierced through thousands of miles and directly saw the area under the jurisdiction of Green Forest and Wizard Kelan.

The nodes these two are responsible for are the most important.

It can be considered the two core poles of the sword-nurturing formation.

The knowledge content from the legendary civilization of the Immortal Realm is combined.

By controlling the two poles, it can also flip them at any time, reversing the illusion and reality. Even when more nodes are reached and the territory of the Pale Hand is expanded, it will not get out of control, reducing the possibility of being detected as abnormal.

Everything we've done so far is just the beginning.

This plan to replace reality with illusion will last for at least several decades, gradually changing things until everything falls into place and the pale hand can no longer reverse it.

It can't be rushed, nor can it be hasty.

Wang Ya nodded. They did a good job; these two were among the youngest formal wizards.

In terms of the length of time since the advancement, this is a matter of how long it has been.

There may be some lack of experience.

Looking back now, it seems to have been done quite well.

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"God, what brings you here? We don't have time to come to a meeting. I have a lot of things to deal with. You even sent us in our real bodies."

Five magnificent wizard towers, and in the deepest part of the central Dream Tower, a slightly irritated voice emanated from the innermost meeting room. Even the protective barrier of the wizard array could not completely prevent the voice from being transmitted, suggesting that it possessed some special properties.

Also the owner of the voice, his strength is too great, and every move he makes can have a great impact, thus he is not too affected by the witch array.

His long white hair was loose, but his eyes were blood red, like flames. His expression was sour and he was very unhappy. He was looking at the other people at the round table in front of him with annoyed eyes.

Neither the Crimson Blood Wizard nor the Blood Moon Wizard, though their names contain the word "blood" and carry a hint of violence and anger, the former is essentially a killer wizard who remains calm and rational.

The latter is also related to the moon and stars, with a water-like temperament. Like the Crimson Blood Wizard, he wears a blood-red wizard's robe and sits on the opposite side of the round table conference with a very calm expression.

Sky Wizard frowned slightly and said, "Blue Shield Wizard, calm down. It's just a meeting. It won't take long and won't cause any delays."

Among the five great star wizards, the Dream Wizard is the oldest.

The Sky Curtain Wizard is the most powerful.

Although the Blue Shield Wizard had a rather volatile temper, he toned it down considerably under the Sky Curtain Wizard's watchful gaze.

Meeting the gazes of the four Star Wizards, Blue Shield Wizard snorted coldly, not even glancing at Dream Wizard, but instead narrowing his eyes and looking at the table.

The meeting space fell silent; everyone could hear and sense each other's breathing.

Of course, breathing is no longer necessary for wizards of their level.

Relying on the natural particle energy they inhale and exhale is simply not enough to support their enormous and powerful bodies, and even their special particle energy cores have fallen into a state of stagnation.

More often, it relies on the body and face, and the spontaneous sweep of spiritual power to absorb and refine the natural particle energy of the surrounding natural environment.

Legend has it that all powerful and ancient great wizards could absorb particle energy from other wizard star systems, even across the void and star systems.

After waiting for about a minute, seeing that everyone had quieted down, the Dream Wizard opened his eyes, which had been closed for rest. His gray-white eyes reflected the four figures present.

Every Star Wizard participates in their true form, and the Round Table Conference is the highest-level wizard meeting of the Pale Hand. No outsiders will be allowed to enter. Multiple layers of magical arrays protect the virtual and real worlds, making it impossible for any information to be leaked.

"The matter we're going to discuss today is about the Sword of Illusion. I suddenly had a sudden urge, as if something big was about to happen. After thinking it over, I decided to discuss it and agree to investigate the situation of the Sword of Illusion to see if anything unexpected had happened."

The words of the Dream Wizard caused the pupils of the many Star Wizards present to shrink, their expressions filled with apprehension and solemnity.

They had all considered the serious consequences.

"Impossible. The Sword of Illusion is our greatest secret. Apart from you and me here, who else could know of its existence? Even my personal disciple couldn't possibly know."

"This can't go wrong. We can't afford any problems. If anything goes wrong, all five of us will die."

The most hot-tempered of the wizards, Blue Shield, said in a low voice, "How can you be so sure that the Sword of Dreams will definitely have a problem? Have you investigated it?"

"What kind of problem is it? It can be big or small. A sudden whim is more of an early warning, or it could mean that something dangerous is about to happen. For you, it is extremely bad and can have a huge impact, not necessarily targeting the entire Pale Hand."

The Blue Shield Wizard said, "I didn't act on a whim. Perhaps it's just some personal grudges of yours that led to this whim, and it has nothing to do with the Pale Hand."

"It's not necessarily a problem with the Sword of Illusion."

"Blue Shield has a point. The five of us together are already attracting attention. We must be cautious about the Sword of Illusion. The fewer people who know about it, the safer we are. The less they care, the more secure we are."

The Sky Wizard said with a deep look in his eyes, "I believe that even the Frost Eye in the heavens wouldn't be idle. It would search every corner of the Pale Hand's territory and expend a great deal of energy to see through illusion and reality."

Facing the gazes of the many wizards, the Dream Wizard said earnestly, "I have no grudges, and I haven't left the Pale Hand for a very long time."

"Dreams are everything to me."

For dream wizards, the dream world and dream territory represent everything and are the source of their power.

Expanding the boundaries of the Dream Territory is the training process for Dream Wizards.

The Dream Wizard had no reason to lie, especially when it came to the sword.

The meeting lasted a long time, with all five Star Wizards expressing their opinions, and none of them could convince the others. In the end, they decided to go to the place where the sword was to take a look, just in case.

However, the number of people who go cannot be too large, and they cannot go in person.

"I will do it. Dreams are distorted and bizarre, and the magic array was also constructed by me. I will create a clone of myself."

The Dream Wizard stood up from his seat.

The other four Star Wizards didn't have much of an opinion either.

As the Dream Wizard said, the Dream Wizard, who is skilled in dream magic, is the most suitable candidate to go to the Sword Nurturing Array.

And they are not easily seen by those eyes in the sky.

"Let's adjourn. Our gathering has surely attracted some attention. The Pale Hand needs to take action to determine the focus of our council."

The most powerful Sky Wizard spoke.

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The next day, a disciple named "Lena" emerged from the Divine Dream Tower. She was a female wizard with a strength around that of a third-level wizard apprentice.

Her expression was indifferent, and her features were quite ordinary; she would have been completely inconspicuous in a crowd.

Furthermore, the radiation energy and presence emanating from his body were reduced to the minimum without any limit.

She left the tower's perimeter and arrived at the Pale Hand's headquarters in the eastern city. Using a teleportation array, she reached Wizard City, the closest city to the Sword Nurturing Array.

Snowflakes fluttered down, and the chill intensified. She activated a particle energy shield and, under the watchful eyes of some patrolling wizards, stepped into the icy wilderness outside the city.

The stated reason given was that they were going into the wilderness to hunt some extraordinary creatures, which were unique and extremely rare.

The lineage wizards who come from the main headquarters are naturally not something these patrolling wizards can stop or even question.

Lena had an unimpeded journey, and once inside the wilderness, she was like a fish in water, directly escaping the constraints of reality and entering the void layer.

She moved even faster, traversing one ordinary city after another in a short time in this somewhat remote and desolate icy wilderness.

The existence of a corner of the dream makes it easier for her to travel.

Lena stood in the air, looking down at the scenery below, and saw the extraordinary creature groups living within the range of the witch array.

She squinted, but didn't notice anything unusual.

However, they did not stop there, but continued to delve deeper and investigate more witch array nodes.

This is just an avatar, not the true form of the Dream Wizard.

Its power is also limited to the level of a third-level wizard apprentice.

To be precise, it was a spiritual consciousness that possessed the body of a third-level wizard apprentice.

While lacking the perception of a Star Wizard, they possess keen eyesight and a corresponding foundation of extraordinary knowledge. Furthermore, all authority over the magic array itself is under the control of the five Star Wizards of the Pale Hands, so even if it is an avatar, they can quickly detect any unexpected situation.

Lena, who is also a dream wizard, was somewhat surprised that after searching through multiple settlements of different tribes, which are the nodes of the wizard array, there were no problems. The balance was achieved, and everything was exactly as it was before, without any difference.

A sudden whim doesn't come without a reason, and the worries in the Dream Wizard's heart had not disappeared.

He was very cautious; any potential problems with the Sword of Illusion had to be discovered and resolved.

Three days have passed.

The power of this body, as well as the spiritual power of the Dream Wizard, has been almost exhausted.

After all, she was only a level three wizard apprentice, so the Dream Wizard didn't dare to invest too much power in Lena in order to avoid attracting attention.

"Strange, there are no problems at all."

The Dream Wizard pondered for a moment, standing at the very center and core of the sword-nurturing formation, his expression shifting between light and shadow.

There were no problems or unusual occurrences along the way.

The only difference is that one or two extraordinary biological groups fought each other in their respective territories.

Some collapses caused by tremors of the earth's veins have led to the extinction of one or two extraordinary biological groups.

"Could it really be because of the earth dragon turning over, causing frequency fluctuations when energy is released deep within the earth's veins, which led to my impulsive decision? But this doesn't affect the sword-nurturing formation at all; it just extends the nurturing time a bit more."

The Dream Wizard's gaze pierced through the void, and he saw the Dream Sword existing in a corner of the dream.

This is the absolute core of the witch array. The length and hilt of the Dream Sword are perfectly proportioned. The faintly visible, diffused gray aura maintains the existence of the witch array and continuously draws nourishment from it.

He subconsciously intervened in the access, and although he only had partial perception, it was unimpeded. If he wanted, he could even take out the Dream Sword directly.

"Strange, could it really not be a problem with the sword, but rather with my own body, that someone has attached themselves to me?"

"Who could it be?!"

The Dream Wizard slowly descended from the airspace to the ground. His power was waning, and he needed to conserve the particle energy consumed by flight.

For three days and three nights, they did not stop, using flying magic and sensory magic.

By now, he was beginning to believe the Blue Shield Wizard's words, which suggested that the wizard's actions were motivated by a sudden impulse, perhaps stemming from the wizard's personal vendetta.

After all, the other four also had control over the Dream Great Witch Array, and they did not act on a whim.

"At least it's not the Sword of Dreams that's malfunctioning."

The Dream Wizard entered the dream space, traversing vast distances to reach the headquarters city of the Pale Hand.

Shortly after he left, a pair of black and white eyes, which existed in the void and gradually emerged from their hidden state, stared intently in the direction he had left.

It seemed as if he could see through the void and the limitations of space to locate him.

Wang Ya's figure appeared immediately afterward, his right hand grasping the Black and White Eye of Truth, which merged into his body.

Behind them, figures of formally appointed wizards appeared, their faces bearing the faint, triumphant smiles characteristic of villains.

"The first phase is complete. Next is the second phase of expansion, which will take longer and be completed in stages. This phase will be mainly handled by the Ghostlight Wizard, with the assistance of the Coran Wizard, the Is Wizard, and the Polaris Wizard."

(End of this chapter)