Wizards pursue the truth

The gray and white luster formed tiny, tangible specks of light, drifting aimlessly and without any inclination, like fireflies wandering in this boundary space. It was as if the gray terrain, with soil mixed with some tiles, or perhaps some kind of tiny crystal, was part of the landscape.

The sky was also grayish-white, and the light had a tangible, defined boundary.

The trees, also possessing a pale color, occupy this ancient mountain range, creating an ecological and natural environment.

Click!

A three-meter-tall rabbit, its fur predominantly black, squatted on the ground eating grass that was as tall as an ordinary tree. Its large, shark-tooth-like mouth chewed very quickly; even as the grass it bit off oozed a scarlet liquid like human blood, the humanoid face on it emitted a shrill scream.

The black rabbit has four pairs of pupils, eight eyes that observe its surroundings with great alertness, always ready to detect any potential danger.

Within seconds, it chewed the face-shaped grass to the root and pulled out a real human head. The teeth grew longer and longer, piercing into the skull and sucking out the nutrients inside. The rabbit's eyes showed a look of comfort and enjoyment. After it was drained, the head quickly turned to ashes and merged into the soil.

Then, the black rabbit continued to chew on the tall grass beside it, but the faces on it were no longer human, but other beasts, and the wailing and screams it emitted were still mournful and shrill.

As the black rabbit ate, it noticed something was wrong. The chewing sensation was no longer as crisp, and there was no burst of sweetness in its mouth. Instead, it had a dull and astringent taste.

Two of the eight rabbit eyes looked down, and a pale arm gripped the roots. A continuous stream of black fluid spread from the gripping point throughout the grass roots, seemingly trying to steal its food.

The rabbit got angry and frantically tried to bite the hand with its teeth.

The sharp teeth pierced through the flesh of the arm, and the bones seemed particularly hard; no matter how hard the rabbit tried, it couldn't bite them off or pull them out.

It was getting anxious. Its massive three-meter-long body kept jumping and struggling, but it still couldn't break free. Instead, it pulled up more of its arms that were buried deep in the soil.

The muddy ground churned, and a human body about two meters tall emerged, its chest heaving, panting heavily; it was astonishing that he was still alive.

His black robes were stained with mud, his face and hair were disheveled, but his black eyes were incredibly bright.

As soon as he appeared, a large amount of black liquid gushed out from the turned soil, directly enveloping the black rabbit and compressing and digesting it.

He opened his mouth and swallowed an even thicker, viscous black liquid.

His body also became more substantial and vibrant, as if it were rapidly adapting to this special world.

"So this is the inner world? It doesn't seem to be an ordinary inner world. Could it be that I've entered a deeper level?"

Wang Ya noticed something unusual about the environment. Although each level of the inner world was incredibly vast, and the exploration area was less than ten percent of the uninhabited area, the fundamental difference was still very obvious.

It's like the difference between a wizard's apprentice and a fully-fledged wizard.

The deeper inner world possesses a greater foundation for the emergence of powerful indigenous species than the shallower inner world.

Correspondingly, it is also suitable for high-level wizards to come and go, to find the resources they need, and to set up resource sites.

The inner world also seems to have certain rules, which will spontaneously guide wizards of different life levels into different levels of the inner world.

"The Grand Wizard once said that the level suitable for a formal wizard is the first level, and the Star Wizard is the second level, depending on strength. I should also be at the second level."

"The Grand Wizard of the Emperor possesses the strength of the Radiant Moon Wizard, and has reached the limit. Perhaps he is capable of reaching the fourth level."

As Wang Ya thought to himself, he stood up. His body made a crisp sound as his bones adapted and his flesh grew. Black lines appeared on his body, making him look extremely strange.

A chilling, eerie feeling enveloped him until the black liquid completely disappeared, revealing his fair skin, red lips, and white teeth.

The surrounding area is a tall, dense primeval forest, but the gaps between the trees are quite wide; in the middle, there are large open spaces where grasses eaten by black rabbits grow; the sky is gray, and there are corresponding stars, which are like a giant gray eye star, like a nine-star ring. Gray and white light spots are released from the giant eye, which seems to form the foundation of this world.

Wang Yasheng felt a sense of profound connection. These grayish-white specks of light played an indispensable role and provided benefits to the indigenous creatures living in this world.

"The body, constructed from the dream petal abilities of the Black and White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven, also carries the corresponding abilities and characteristics into the inner world. The power of distortion and the properties of the shadow polyhedron can be used smoothly."

Wang Ya let out a breath of relief; the things he had been worried about could now be put at ease for the time being.

This was not his true form, but an avatar, carrying nearly half the power of the Black and White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven Dream Petal, as well as a part of his illusory spiritual body and consciousness.

While losing this part of the main body won't cause major problems, it will still take a considerable amount of time to restore the power of the Black and White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven, and it may lead to instability and unusual phenomena in the corresponding Dream Petals.

If we can avoid problems, we will.

His role is also experimental in nature: first, to explore the other world, collect relevant data and information, and then clear out a relatively safe place to leave a definite anchor point.

There's no need to rush the development of resource-rich areas.

"This world of gray light spots leans towards darkness and gloom, which makes it easier for me to use the unique power of the Shadow Polyhedron."

Wang Ya opened his right hand, and dense, dark striped energy emerged, seemingly connected to some essential energy matter of this world. With the control of his mind, the omnipresent gray-white light spots gradually gathered together.

Soon, a completely black crystal formed in his palm, somewhat similar to the gray crystal that existed in the soil on the ground, but fundamentally different.

This is a creation of Wang Ya, which combines the energy of gray-white light spots with his own shadow power. It can serve as an extension of power, unleashing various forms of witchcraft that correspond to reality.

The special effects and abilities created by the power of shadow in creation are related to shadow.

"The Venerable Emperor Wizard said that each layer of the Inner World is another world, with its own exclusive rules of reality and a unique balancing and cyclical mechanism."

"The first thing a wizard who enters the other world from the real world needs to do is adapt to the environment, ensure his survival, and utilize his own power to maintain his life and resist danger before he can complete the rest."

Wang Ya knew that the inner world contained many unsolved mysteries and special places, and that the exploration experience accumulated by wizards in the past was often not applicable.

At least for now, he has not found any connection between this world and the heavens and earth in the relevant information provided by the Grand Wizard.

"Which level of the inner world have I entered?"

Wang Ya looked up at the sky and exchanged a glance with one of the nine gray eyes.

puff!

Wang Ya's body exploded and shattered, splattering out large amounts of flesh and blood, losing all vitality.

he died!

An indescribable and irresistible force acted upon him.

Perhaps it was just a slight touch of a breath.

A rather unique passageway was created through the line of sight.

Wang Ya was affected by the corrosive aura; his essence could not withstand or accept such a response.

Glug!

The scattered pieces of flesh and blood on the ground degenerated into clumps of fluid-like, substantial black energy.

The unique power of the Shadow Polyhedron meant that his death this time was not complete; it should be said that as long as there is still consciousness and mental remnants, he can control this part of the unique power and thus maintain his existence.

Once consciousness and spirit are obliterated and eliminated, the power of this part of the shadow polyhedron will also collapse and disappear on its own.

Conversely, once the otherworldly characteristics that depend on and rely on are lost, consciousness and the spiritual body are like rootless duckweed, destined to perish sooner or later.

Most importantly, in this unknown inner world, Wang Ya sensed a peculiar malice that was extremely targeted at his mental consciousness.

Although it hasn't affected anything yet, the feeling is like a leech, unforgettable, like a sharp sword always hanging over my neck.

The source is those nine giant gray eyes in the sky.

Wang Ya looked up; it was another test, but he hadn't expected the feedback to be so intense.

Do not!

It should be said that the nine gray giant eyes did nothing to Wang Ya. It's just that the stars are vast and the sunlight in nature is too dazzling. Tiny creatures cannot look directly at them, and even the sunlight they instinctively release can kill them.

Wang Ya became one of them.

The nine giant gray eyes are of a very high level; they are absolutely the core of this world. Moreover, they are not truly activated and are in a dormant state. The information magnetic field they release is equally integrated into the entire world, and the changes they bring are subtle and imperceptible, without any additional impact.

Wang Ya's choice to confront the issue directly is to actively accept a wisp of informational magnetic field, just like a tiny ant facing the blinding sunlight, which will bring fatal damage and is simply impossible to handle and accept.

The shadow fluid energy writhed and converged, and the Aberrant Blood Lord's anomaly abilities began to take effect; the power of aberration modification allowed Wang Ya to use the power of shadow, combined with the gray and black light spot energy of this world, to perform self-control and restriction modification.

Gradually, a human figure emerged, with long white hair, black eyes, thin lips, and a beauty mark at the corner of its eye, exactly like Wang Ya's face.

The only difference was in the skin, and the deathly stillness, the grayish-white color, the lack of vitality.

At the moment of death, the life force possessed by the devouring black rabbit was extinguished, along with the loss of about 70% of its spiritual consciousness.

It was only because Wang Ya reacted quickly, yielding to that force, that he disintegrated and collapsed, preserving a part of his essence.

"This body is merely another manifestation of the characteristics of the Shadow Polyhedron Anomaly. It lacks life and is constantly draining my power. I need to find a new vessel."

Wang Ya glanced at the sky out of the corner of his eye, but did not look at the nine gray giant eyes. Instead, he looked at the stepped black clouds in the corner of the sky.

A feeling of dread washed over me again, and I quickly looked away.

He decided that in this special inner world layer, he would never again observe anything in the sky.

In comparison, the vastness of the earth, though unfathomable and possessing a terrifying aura akin to the universe, did not directly target Wang Ya.

"We need to find a native creature to devour the host as soon as possible. That throbbing feeling is far too unsettling; it can't possibly be normal."

"This world is dangerous, very dangerous. It is definitely not the peaceful, stable, and vast primeval forest environment it appears to be right now."

What Wang Ya still couldn't get over was the nine giant gray eyes in the sky.

Silence will not last forever.

If things change, that terrifying information magnetic field will flood the world on a large scale and erupt, and he will absolutely have no way to resist it.

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The aroma of grilled fish carried far across the snowy plains. A campfire burned, casting a dim light that flickered and reflected in the eyes of the two men.

The Grand Wizard looked over with curiosity.

"Has something gone wrong? You entered the inner world level."

Given the strength of the Star Wizard, he should have entered the second level.

Even if the kid in front of me is a bit special, following the path of dual wizardry, there shouldn't be any major problems.

That gate to the inner world was also the private entrance for the Grand Wizard of the Emperor to enter and exit the inner world.

Wang Ya's eyes flickered, and the memories transmitted back by the clone surfaced in his mind. Recalling them now made him ponder the peculiarities of that world. (End of Chapter)