Wizards pursue the truth

Chapter 524 [524] The First Phase of the Black and White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven Project: The Infinite Changes of Dreams

Where does the black and white light gate lead?

Once inside, the wizard apprentices became anxious and uncertain.

It's good to be alive.

If living to the point of death was worse than death, Rex felt he shouldn't be so pessimistic. The value he possessed might not even be worth the energy consumed in bringing him from reality into the dream world and opening such a portal to transfer the distance to the dream world.

A blinding light flooded into my eyes.

Rick instinctively closed his eyes.

A rushing sound of waves reached my ears, and a wave of water vapor washed over me, making the downy hair on my cheeks feel as if a young girl's hands were gently brushing against them.

This is the ocean!

The white seawater undulated, wave after wave, blown by the sea breeze.

The sand beneath my feet was soft and loose, sinking deep into the mud.

A towering black shadow filled Rick's eyes, and he opened his mouth wide. "A tree, a black and white tree that supports the heavens and the earth."

boom!

The roots deep in the ocean swung and slapped the surface, creating endless waves that seemed to turn the world upside down. The splashing seawater soaked Rick and the group of young wizard apprentices behind him; the little guys were also speechless, their mouths agape, shocked by the monster before them.

Enveloped in mist, the tree's shadow was indistinct in the depths of the ocean, yet every movement of its roots seemed to cause the entire world to tremble.

In some mysterious way, they learned the name of the tree.

—The Supreme Ancient Nightmare Ancestral Tree

Whoosh!

Black roots shot forth from the infinitely distant center of the ocean at an incredible speed.

In Rick's terrified pupils, it magnified and then suddenly enveloped and entangled him.

"Damn it, I'm actually in the sky."

McCree was severely injured and could barely move, with no energy left to heal his physical wounds.

The feeling of weightlessness and the friction between his body and the air, combined with the high pressure caused by the excessive speed, almost suffocated him. His fierce eyes momentarily lost focus and turned to terror.

He never imagined that his situation after passing through the black and white light gate would be like this.

At such a height, at such a speed... Am I going to die?

"How could I possibly die here, and in such a wretched way?"

McCree felt endless humiliation and resentment; he would rather have died in the Dream World Plains than live like this.

Then, he saw a black shadow shoot out from the void, envelop his body, and pull him into an unknown realm.

"Hey, hey, hey, are you kidding me? Is this person behind this mess playing me? Appearing right in the deep sea!"

As Zetian carried Asuna through the black and white light gate, before he could even see the situation clearly, an unimaginable pressure collapsed upon him, almost crushing his body into a meat patty. Then, endless seawater surged in, filling every part of his vision.

Zetian, in a fit of rage, used his trump card, triggering a hidden dream magic spell circuit. A white radiance appeared and enveloped him, and in the blink of an eye, he could bring him and Asuna back to the real world, to the anchor point he had once set.

Click!

Black roots and tendrils appeared and disappeared like ghosts, shooting out from the mud and sand deeper in the seabed, shattering the white dream magic radiance he had condensed.

A look of terror crossed Zetian's face; he had a premonition of his death.

In such a deep ocean, the water pressure can crush a first-order transcendent creature into a blood mist, let alone them who have lost other magical means.

Damn it, how could this happen? It's all over!

However, the black roots emitted a black halo, enveloping and protecting them, pulling them into a deeper space.

"Aaaaaah!"

There are many other wizarding apprentices who have encountered similar situations, all in extremely harsh, even life-threatening, environments.

Those who remain calm await their own death.

The emotional ups and downs, the passing of death, the seeing of light and the return of despair—these dramatic rises and falls cause the corresponding wizard apprentices to emit sharp, explosive sounds.

However, just as their lives were about to be in danger, they were swept away by the black roots and pulled into an unknown realm.

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At the center of the world's oceans, the Nightmare Tree is incredibly large and vast, almost impossible for anyone to observe in its entirety. It exceeds a million meters in height, seemingly reaching the very end of the sky, with its roots extending deep into the earth's core.

Vast amounts of clouds and mist accumulate high above the ocean and surround the Nightmare Tree, adding to its unique mystery and awe-inspiring unknown.

Beneath the tree lies an island in the sea, surrounded by magnificent buildings on a huge plaza platform.

Black and white crows circled above the square, and many wizard apprentices entangled by black roots could be seen in the field of vision.

"Is this really a good idea, Lord Harak? Won't it interfere with the affairs of our supreme and great master?"

The Black King materialized a face and hovered beside Harak.

Harak's beak opened and closed, conveying its message: "There's no problem. The master won't care about such trivial matters. As long as the goal is achieved, the process doesn't matter."

"Moreover, this is also part of the test, the final hurdle, to temper their character. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to do what the master expects in the current environment. Incidentally, it also completes some of my experiments on emotions and human consciousness."

A smile appeared in his dark gray beastly eyes. "Look, aren't they very happy?"

The Black King looked down at the plaza platform.

One by one, unique black tunnels opened, and the wizard figures, wrapped in roots, rolled out due to inertia, looking quite disheveled. Many of them were so badly injured that they almost coughed up a mouthful of blood and died.

McCree was undoubtedly the most seriously injured of them all. As his body slammed into the ground, the cold touch seemed to steal away the last bit of warmth he had left.

As a result, everything in front of my eyes became blurry.

In a daze, he heard a voice.

"Welcome to the dream realm of the supreme and great Lord of Bubbles, you who are disheveled and undignified. You should feel honored and fortunate."

With an arrogant expression and tone, the Black King hovered in the air, looking down at the many wizards below, thoroughly enjoying their complex (worshipful) gazes.

"The supreme and great Lord of Bubbles is willing to give you a chance to live, and you have passed the corresponding test, which is why you are able to stand here."

The wizard apprentices calmed down from their initial shock and uncertainty, their eyes still scanning their surroundings and the black face in the sky, trying to glean some answers from the information they had gathered.

Zetian was undoubtedly the one who thought of the most. He was hidden in the crowd and was inconspicuous. Asuna was helped up by him and leaned on his shoulder. He was thinking. The deep-sea environment had not killed him. They were still alive and had come here. Their value was that they could have an effect on the person behind the scenes, but he just couldn't figure out what that effect was.

If even such powerful people can't do it, how can they possibly accomplish it?

Ze Tian comes from the Crimson Society and has witnessed the power of many True Spirit Wizards and Star Wizards. Without a doubt, someone who can achieve what he is doing must be at least a Star Wizard.

Even at the Star Wizard level, this is probably extraordinary. At least most of the second-level Archmages of the Crimson Society could not create such a breathtaking scene.

Not to mention the unique ways dream wizards distort and transform reality with their dream power, he had also come into contact with the Crimson Society and experienced the methods of dream wizards at the Starry Sky level, which were far inferior to what he had now.

With this in mind, his eyes became even more wary, and he lowered his gaze, not showing it.

The opponent of the Pale Hand!

It seems the result has been obtained.

From now on, there will be no more pale hands.

Zetian wasn't the only one who thought of this.

McCree discovered that the island possessed natural particle energy. He used his remaining mental energy to activate his physical body, creating some particle energy and casting a restoration spell to escape from danger.

As a wizarding apprentice who fought his way up from the bottom, he lacked the naiveté and immaturity of other academic wizarding apprentices, and wouldn't speculate in the most cruel and ugly directions.

Since this behind-the-scenes entity is influencing them, then they should accept it. People live for themselves, and the disappearance of the pale hand won't cause him the slightest emotional fluctuation; as long as he's alive, and this being called the Lord of Bubbles needs him, then there's no problem, it's a very simple matter.

The Black King's voice continued, "You are all valuable people. The supreme and great Lord of Bubbles needs you to realize your due value, and he will also bestow more mercy upon you."

"Next, let me convey the will of the supreme and great Lord of Bubbles."

The Black King's face materialized into a notebook and quill pen, which began to write tirelessly, chanting the great deeds of the Supreme Lord of Calamity and the Lord of Bubbles in different versions. As a result, the many wizards below were stunned as they listened, and even seemed somewhat at a loss.

"Shut up, Black King, let me speak." A small raven with black and white wings flew in from the horizon at great speed, and its voice echoed in everyone's ears even before it arrived.

"Welcome, Lord Harak, the equally great and powerful Black and White Blood Monarch." The Black King praised without reservation, and his writing became even faster.

Harak didn't care about the Black King's performance, which he had personally changed. He had left earlier because he had received a message from his master, and he had come back to complete the task in the message.

Then, he informed the wizard apprentices in the square about the changes in the environment, including the removal of the Pale Hand by the Heart of Conquest.

Ignoring their intense emotional fluctuations, Harak continued coldly, "Proclaim the will of Lord Nightmare Wizard. You will now join the Heart of Conquest. Resources, status, rights, obligations, and responsibilities will all be earned and borne by yourselves. At the same time, Lord Nightmare Wizard also needs you as a weapon, signing ninety-nine wizard contracts as a corresponding guarantee."

Many wizard apprentices were stunned for a moment, thinking they had misheard.

Ninety-nine wizard contracts?

What kind of thing is it that requires them to do?

As a weapon, what merit do they possess? Even the Nightmare Wizard cannot accomplish what they cannot, so they are utterly useless.

"You can choose to refuse or accept. You don't have much time left. You will bear the consequences of your choice." Harak flapped his wings, raising himself higher, his voice growing more distant, and repeated the sentence, "You don't have much time left. Make your choice quickly."

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Deep within the island beneath the tree, on the top floor of a tower-like building, the Nightmare Wizard reached out his hands through an open window, caught Harak who had flown over and folded his wings, stroked his head, and placed him on the desk.

He sat down in the chair, picked up a quill pen, and wrote seven words on a clean parchment.

—The infinite transformations of dreams

This is the progress of his upcoming experiment on the path of becoming a dream wizard.

It is also a very important part of shaping and constructing the Nightmare of Destruction.

If the first petal fails to manifest or is unsuccessful, all subsequent petals will be affected. This is equivalent to Wang Ya's Ultimate Nightmare Witch Body having certain flaws, which concerns the foundation of his future path.

Fortunately, during the period of power transition, with the help of the Eye of Truth, he constantly pondered and conducted simulation experiments, and finally managed to perfectly replicate the manifestation process and know how to do it.

It all depends on the little guy in front of us helping.

A smile curved Wang Ya's lips as he stroked the bird's head, noticing Harak's expression of enjoyment.

The manifestation of the petals of the Dream Flower is, in a sense, a manifestation of the wizard's path. Certain things that have been studied in the past, or the special effects of the spells from casting to manifestation, can all be part of the manifestation.

The more detailed the information, the more successfully it can be manifested. In addition to retaining the original characteristics and abilities corresponding to the manifestation of the phenomenon, it is also greatly enhanced under the distortion of reality by the pure dream power.

From another perspective, it can also be seen as a specific enhancement of the witchcraft that was originally mastered.

To unleash the corresponding manifestation magic, one only needs to display the Dream Flower and activate the corresponding petals with pure dream power to create an even more terrifying corresponding effect.

Of course, ambitious wizards will choose special phenomena that they have not yet mastered or are trying to master. These phenomena could be some kind of extraordinary creature or even an individual wizard. As long as the dream wizard can thoroughly study them or solidify them into the phenomenon and make them part of their own dream wizard path, they can also increase the success rate of the phenomenon's manifestation.

[Current Phase 1: The Path of Infinite Dream Transformation]

[Details: Using the principles of Infinite Black Core, Dream Core, and Harak Biological Armor, the first anomaly manifested: 'Black and White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven'.]

Harak was developed by Wang Ya, and he was already extremely familiar with it. Manifesting its anomalies would not be difficult for him; it was a sure thing.

In addition, Harak's own presence can assist in the progress of the manifestation of the anomalous phenomenon.

Over the course of twenty years, his ambition has not only been to step into the realm of Starry Dream Wizard, but also to further deepen his foundation on the path of Starry Dream Wizard and manifest at least three petals.

P.S.: There will be another update later. I wrote a little less today because I was in a bit of a rush.

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