Wizards pursue the truth

Tall trees, with lush foliage, laden with abundant fruit, and a river that flows gently across them, leaves accumulating on them, with aquatic life occasionally poking its head out.

As the river flows on, a large number of creatures living in the forest also flock to it, lowering their heads to lick the sweet source of life.

At this moment, life at the top and bottom of the food chain can set aside their disputes and work together to protect the hard-won opportunity to drink.

Everything was so beautiful and harmonious, but there were always things that broke the harmony.

This is a forest, a very ordinary forest, like a certain area marked on a map in a mortal world kingdom. There are no special creatures, only the most common animals, plants, and some primitive races of humans, in tribal forms.

Dressed in simple animal skins and grass skirts to cover their private parts, they carried primitive spears, bows and arrows, or stone axes, lying prone in the bushes near the river, their eyes fixed on their prey for the day.

Then, after the prey had drunk enough water and relaxed its guard while looking back at the forest, it suddenly rushed out of the bushes and used its weapon.

The killing begins, blood stains the ground, all for the sake of survival.

Birds and beasts scattered and fled, their blood mingling with the ever-flowing river. Some aquatic creatures greedily devoured the source of the foul stench in the water, fearing that if they were too late, it would be snatched away by other aquatic beasts.

Despite the loss of one warrior and the crippling injury to another, the rest of the tribe had already achieved a great harvest by capturing a giant brown bear.

Every surviving member of the tribe had injuries, large or small, on their face and body, stained with hot blood, and their expressions were full of joy.

High-calorie foods represent the hope of survival.

For at least a month, their tribe does not have to worry about starvation taking their lives.

They carried the bodies of the dead and the prey they had killed back to the tribe.

The blood seeped into the soil, and many bloodthirsty insects, drawn by the smell, crawled out of the soil to gnaw on the still-warm blood.

A cold wind blows, carrying away the stench of blood even further away.

The area returned to calm, and many animals gathered to drink water, seemingly unconcerned about the bloodstains on the ground.

No, it should be said that the blood and traces of battle that were everywhere had disappeared at some point.

Roar!

The roar of a ferocious beast.

It was that dead brown bear.

It came back to life, took over a large area, and drank the river water voraciously, with no other animals daring to bother it.

This is too bizarre. Creatures that should have died are still alive in the world, breathing, having heartbeats, and having body temperatures no different from before.

There is still a difference: the brown bear's presence has become more pronounced, as if some unknown change has occurred.

The breath he exhaled was also cold and damp.

Its beastly eyes stared at the river, its blood-red maw opened wide, and it lowered its head to the water.

Glug glug!

The water surface shattered, splashing everywhere. In a daze, the lively brown bear transformed into a bloody, skeletal bear carcass, dripping a foul-smelling, viscous black and red liquid from its entire body.

The same applies to other animals.

Reflected in the water, the beautiful and natural primeval forest appears as if the trees have been transformed into skeletons, while the accumulated fruit resembles a scarlet heart, beating exceptionally well.

The tiny black dots, wriggling, are large, fat black worms, creating a striking visual impact.

This is no beautiful, natural primeval forest; it is clearly a bloody, writhing hellish forest.

call!

An inexplicable breathing sound, or perhaps a sigh, flowed continuously along the river, seemingly taking in everything about the forest environment.

At the end of the river, a simple wooden house stands on the bank, like that of an ancient hunter. A kerosene lamp hangs by the window, and a hunting rifle and a wooden axe are fixed to the wall inside the open doorway.

Standing over two meters tall, dressed in a long golden robe, with his black hair tied up and draped behind him, he held an axe in his hand, aiming it at the piece of wood in front of him.

The wood seemed alive, trembling, and a lot of white liquid was dripping from its bottom, like the filthy liquid produced by fear.

The figure in the golden robe was unaffected, gripping the axe handle tightly and chopping down with force.

puff!

The splattered blood, still hot, covered the ground, even staining the golden robes red.

A joyful smile appeared on Wang Ya's lips. His dark eyes were stained with blood, yet he wore an expression of enjoyment. He licked his lips, savoring the incredibly sweet taste, which even had a lingering aftertaste that spread through his mouth and throat.

[Target: Marathiwood Spirit]

[Source: Nightmare Garden, a resource area in the underworld created by the Nightmare Wizard, located in the eastern inner area of ​​Garden Forest.]

[Characteristics: Resembling wood, yet possessing the characteristics of fresh flesh and blood, when split open, the wood's core blood has beneficial effects on those who come into contact with it or consume it; the skin becomes firmer, like the keratinized skin of a supernatural being, rendering it impervious to ordinary swords, low-level supernatural artifacts, and witchcraft. The wood's core blood is also a rare and valuable food, possessing a naturally delicious flavor.]

[Grade: Common Item, Low-level Dream Creature]

【Ability: Nightmare Twins】

Whoosh!

After washing his hands in the icy water flowing by the river, the blood flowed away, but Wang Ya's smile remained. Although the blood from the Wood Heart had little effect on him, or even no effect at all, it meant that the Nightmare Garden resource site had taken shape.

A continuous stream of resources will be generated in the future.

The forest is both a natural garden and a nightmare garden; it is his territory and his pasture.

Every creature living inside, wild animals, and even humans, was introduced from the original bubble world.

He introduced the food according to the numbered sequence in the book of dream creatures that he had created in the past.

The most eye-catching feature is undoubtedly the Nightmare Twins trait.

Based on the original dream creatures, realistic attributes have been added.

Two postures.

After the real form is killed, the dream form belonging to the target creature will also emerge.

Or rather, Wang Ya utilized the characteristics of dreams and reality, and through the success of his original dream-biological consciousness regeneration experiment, he developed the Dream Interception Magic Array.

These dreamlike beings are extraordinary and extremely powerful, which means that they need a relatively long time to grow up, and also means that the resources need a long time to mature and be harvested.

In reality, these creatures are, in essence, just ordinary natural life forms, wild beasts, and ferocious animals, which even humans in mortal kingdoms can kill with weapons and spears. Naturally, the growth of real creatures is fast enough that they can often grow into youth or adulthood in just a few months, possessing suitable flesh, bones, and blood that can be used as resources and benefits.

Dreams and reality are interconnected, as they are linked through the magic array captured in dreams. In other words, growth in reality is also reflected in the dream world.

This saved a lot of time, allowing them to mature from their dreamlike state.

Take the Marathiwood Spirit as an example; in reality, it only takes one month for it to mature.

In the eastern inner area, there is a large area planted with Marathi trees, which can be cut down at will without causing extinction.

Their growth and reproduction rates are far beyond what ordinary dream creatures can match.

Wang Ya stood up, wiped his hands on his divine robe to dry them, and gazed at the opposite bank of the river, where a glacial plateau seemed to hold some secrets.

As the creator, Wang Ya naturally knew the details.

While both environments possess unique resources, and although they may not be as valuable as forest gardens, those unique resources play an important role and can have an effect on the environment itself.

"A dreamlike creation, its origin and birth are unknown. Whether you can encounter it ultimately depends on fate and circumstance."

Wang Ya sighed. Far from the resource territories of the Venerable Emperor Wizard and the Dragon Tiger Wizard, he found himself in a vast and free environment. His own resource territories were influenced by both dream and reality. However, he had no confidence in whether they could attract or create dreamlike items.

He raised his right hand, and a thick book flew out from the wide sleeve of his golden robe.

It's about the size of a washbasin, and the cover is titled "The Complete Encyclopedia of Species in Nightmare Garden".

The book cover, shimmering with luminous particles, opens to reveal pages filled with wizarding text and corresponding illustrations.

Click!

Directly in front of the wooden house, where Wang Ya was standing, the ground began to tremble and gradually cracked open, with black matter filling and pressing up from inside.

It was a stone platform with grooves on it, as if there was a corresponding object that could fit perfectly on it.

Marathiwood Spirit, Honeycomb Bear, Retro Skeleton, Brutal Blood Elf, King's Eagle.

The pages of the book kept turning in front of Wang Ya until the last page was turned, and the entire book, the Complete Encyclopedia of Species in Nightmare Garden, closed up and fell heavily into the groove.

A faint gray halo spread, as if stirring some essential elements within the Nightmare Garden, maintaining the ninety-nine dangerous zones and the central red rainbow magic array.

This stone platform is the core of the formation. The book can control and influence the resource area, releasing and sending in outsiders. Even the Venerable Emperor Wizard cannot enter the Nightmare Garden without Wang Ya's permission.

Wang Ya's smile relaxed considerably; the resource site had finally been secured.

The existing resources will also thrive perfectly in accordance with the Nightmare Twin state.

The rest is up to time to prove.

Resources that can be useful to oneself are not necessarily dream items; the ticket requirement for Nine-Eyed Gray Daytime is the Radiant Moon life level.

The environment allows resource-rich areas to give birth to Moonlit Lifeforms that consume high-level resources.

Certain resources can be effective against him.

In the Nightmare Forest Atlas, there are at least four types of high-level resources that are effective.

In addition, unused high-level resources can be traded or exchanged with other Radiant Moon beings.

Whether it's knowledge, inheritance, or currency circulating among wizards, these are all excellent choices.

With a single thought, the eye of truth appears.

[Strength: Level Two Star Wizard]

Current mental strength: 184

Current physical condition: 194

[True Spirit Mark: Nightmare]

[Special Talents: Primal Strength Witch Body, Nightmare Annihilation Witch Body (six pieces)]

【Nightmare Extinction Fire Core Meditation Method: (100%) (2/365)】

[Current active neurons: 48%]

[Current elemental life form: 25%]

[Witchcraft Artifacts: Nightmare Mirror, Eye of Evil (Curse Burning/Left Eye), Divine Kingdom Robe (Priest Defense)]

The transformation of Jiuhe has brought tremendous benefits, with all its stats improving.

In terms of physical body, it is the most outstanding, and it is not far from the physical body of the third-order Radiant Moon level.

Wang Ya eagerly anticipated the scene of his physical body resisting the Radiant Moon Spell.

The only pity is that only one of the Illusory Nightmare Annihilation Fire Core Runes was imprinted.

His expectations were not met.

Whether the runes can continue to be imprinted in the other resource sites of the Moonlit Wizards in Rainbow Plains remains to be seen.

Currently, ten Fire Core Runes have been analyzed in the Meditation Method.

It requires a lot of resources to support the branding.

The single fire core rune also brought about certain changes and improvements.

Fission nuclear energy body, elemental true body, and true spirit power can all be realized in the form of runes in reality or illusion, without being restricted by the differences between the two worlds.

As the source of the Nightmare Twins, it is because of him that the strange creatures of the Nightmare Forest exist.

Click!

The stone platform disappeared underground once again.

Take a step forward.

The view shifts, and the world transforms into a rainbow-colored staircase of light. Looking down, one can vaguely sense the vitality of all things in the tiny scene below; the extraordinary and the ordinary each have their own lives, multiplying and thriving.

"It seems to have been resolved. He had something to attend to and left the hall. I will now take you to other realms."

The figure of the Dragon Tiger Wizard appeared behind Wang Ya and walked over step by step.

Wang Ya nodded, still allowing the other party to unleash its unique biological power.

According to the agreement between the Grand Wizard of the Supreme Emperor and the Grand Wizards of the Radiant Moon, the next realm he should go to is the Orange Realm.

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The Great Wizard Elephant King was also at the Radiant Moon level, and not just any Radiant Moon level. From him, Wang Ya felt a profound and vast aura, as immense as heaven and earth. With the slightest movement of his body, the heavens and earth would collapse and split.

The Great Wizard of Elephant King follows the path of a bloodline wizard. Wang Ya looked at the enormous body that connected heaven and earth before him, disappearing into the clouds. He couldn't see the face or body clearly, but the barrier of heaven that he could vaguely see was also part of the other's skin, with layers and extremely terrifying defensive power.

The curved fangs pierced the sky upwards, connecting to other realms—small and medium-sized secret realms, each with its own corresponding ecological environment and natural creatures.

Everything that came into view was ancient and vast. The environment in which we were now was a magnificent mountain range, far surpassing any mountain range we had ever seen before.

Even the vast, interconnected mountain range of the Ancient Heart is worlds apart.

The trees are orange, as is the color of the mountain. No, it should be said that the trees and grass on this mountain range are all made of some kind of special hair, long and hard, more special than ordinary extraordinary trees, capable of supporting the ecological environment of life on stars and even life on the moon.

"Longhu, it's been a long time."

Reach the very top of the mountain range, the highest point of the curved white fangs, where a specially constructed, well-maintained platform stands.

The wind blew, carrying with it a deep, resonant sound.

Wang Ya looked up and glanced at the Dragon Tiger Wizard, who was walking a step or two ahead.

Her expression was indifferent, and her temperament was exceptionally cold. She said, "Elephant King, enough with the nonsense. I brought him here to fulfill the agreement. Your Majesty is very familiar with you, so it must have been discussed in advance."

"Whether your Three Hundred Elephant King Secret Realm can be opened, and which level of Elephant King Secret Realm he is suitable to enter, is up to you to decide."

The Dragon-Tiger Wizard's words were brief.

After speaking, he turned and walked into the void, leaving behind the lingering, fading aura of dragon and tiger power.

Wang Ya: "."

The blue stone steps, with an unknown number of steps, are shrouded in mist. Looking back and down, the bottom is unfathomable, with orange trees and vines climbing and growing all around.

The Dragon Tiger Wizard left, but Wang Ya was not afraid. Following his intuition, he walked up the last section of the bluestone steps.

Two white, curved ivory tusks, like two narrow mountain peaks, pierced into the unknown realm. The light and shadow reflected in the narrow strip of sky made Wang Ya subconsciously squint his eyes.

A giant, slightly plump but incredibly tall, standing at a full five meters, sat at the entrance to the narrow passage. He wore a large orange wizard's robe and orange boots, casually placing his feet on the bluestone steps. The space behind him was empty, but his overly broad arms and shoulders directly supported the mountain walls on both sides of the narrow passage.

His long orange hair was messy and his beard covered his face, but his eyes stared straight at him, very eye-catching, as if they could see through all illusions.

Wang Ya felt a little uneasy, and her brows furrowed unconsciously.

"I know you. The Emperor told me that since Dragon Tiger is unwilling to chat with me, I'm not very interested in you either. However, I will fulfill my promise."

A towering figure appeared, its voice booming like thunder, accompanied by a whirlwind of sound waves.

In a daze, Wang Ya seemed to see a giant orange elephant roaring and shattering a planet, its body shrouded in layers of yellowish-brown star rings, walking recklessly through the void.

Wang Ya's expression hardened, and he stared intently at the other person.

The black halo around the left eye ignited flames, unleashing the power of the curse upon the Heavenly Evil Eye, exuding an aura of malevolence.

"Don't be so nervous, it's just a small test. Different Elephant King Secret Realms have vastly different levels of difficulty, intensity, and benefits."

"After all, this is the first time I've seen a little guy like you in the Nine-Eyed Gray Daytime. You're a bit too frail."

Wang Ya: "."

Although what the other person said was true, Wang Ya inexplicably didn't want to listen.

"Alright, the mental test is over. There are some tricks to it. Your Majesty has good judgment, but I'm not very good at mental matters. The next test, on physical body and particle energy, is where I'm more skilled."

The Elephant King Wizard stood up, his robes billowing without wind, his messy brown hair dancing wildly, and an indescribable aura filled the area around him.

Wang Ya felt unprecedented pressure, which made even her breathing heavy.

The movement of the physical body and flesh, as well as the circulation of particle energy, were also restricted.

The Grand Wizards of Radiant Moon, now in their final stages, possess power far exceeding what was previously predicted.

Even stronger, invincible power.

"Swing your fist and punch me. Let me see how strong you are. Each punch will take you into the corresponding secret realm. When you are about to die, the secret realm will teleport you out."

The Elephant King Wizard spoke calmly, his arms crossed, adopting the posture of a powerful figure, without making any preparations for defensive magic.

Wang Ya exhaled a breath of stale air, his black eyes shimmering with a white arc of light that only he could perceive.

"As you wish!"

The branded fire core rune appeared on the skin's surface, simultaneously spreading across the body's surface with each occurrence, connecting to the special conditions for casting the fission nuclear energy body's sorcery.

This single fire core rune is comparable to the accumulated energy of the previous 365 fire cores.

Or rather, it is the integration of the power of the original 365 fire cores into a single fire core rune.

Despite its singular nature, it can still break through the surface and unleash pure, concentrated power.

The only thing missing is more Fire Core runes to drive the stacking, resonance, and explosive collisions.

That is an extraordinary ability that can unleash several times, or even dozens of times, the energy of the original 365 fire cores.

Of course, this is just a preliminary idea, and more conditions for imprinting the fire core runes need to be met.

Buzz!

At this moment, mind and body are in sync, reflecting each other.

Balanced setup!

The next moment.