Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 203 Changes to the Panel! Meditation Technique Fusion! (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

After advancing to the second ring, each point of mental strength represents a maximum of 30 points of magical power.

In other words, with Li Wei's current 51 points of mental strength, the theoretical maximum of his magical power should be 1530 points.

He couldn't help but smile wryly; his talent in magical abilities was really just average.

Fortunately, magical talent doesn't have much of an impact; as a pharmacist, I can just take some medicine and that's it.

He had already obtained the free recipe for the second-level green potion, the "Green King Potion," from Huffman.

One bottle of this potion can increase your maximum spell power by 10 points.

Although the price was relatively high, Li Wei would periodically report a false success rate and secretly keep one as a reward for his efforts. After all, there was always a loss rate when apothecaries were making potions.

For example, if Li Wei registers the materials for ten green medicine solutions from the warehouse, and can guarantee to hand over seven of them, that would be enough to complete the task.

But he actually succeeded in refining eight, and he used the extra one himself.

This is an unspoken rule in the Tower of Apothecaries, and the military knows it too, but they turn a blind eye.

Otherwise, if they only receive this little bit of merit as a reward for their hard work, and they have to make medicine every day, which would delay their cultivation, these pharmacists would be dissatisfied, and everyone's enthusiasm would be low.

However, this shouldn't be done too excessively; doing it only occasionally is fine.

If the success rate is not up to standard, and the military investigates, even a second-ring pharmacist will not fare well.

Therefore, Li Wei did not insist on magical power; he could gradually improve it over time.

The only second-circle spell he currently possesses is the Diamond Body, which doesn't require that much magical power; enough is sufficient.

at the same time.

After advancing to the second ring, Li Wei spent 500 merit points to exchange for the second ring of Earth Meditation in the merit shop.

This basic meditation method is not very expensive.

In the realm of knowledge transmission within the wizarding world today, meditation is the cheapest method.

Since meditation is only a basic method, and most of them are public meditation methods, they shouldn't be charged for in the first place.

However, with the progress of the times, later generations have made some adjustments and improvements to these meditation methods. These fees are actually paid to the wizards who improved these meditation methods.

When Sauron established the Pan-Dimensional Wizarding Council.

One of its aims is to popularize basic knowledge such as meditation, so that more talented individuals can become wizards.

Therefore, some meditation methods often end up in the human world.

Meditation methods involving the sun, the earth, and the deep sea are ancient practices that have been tested and proven to lead to legendary wizarding levels.

While this type of meditation may not have the special effects of Black Sun Meditation, it is safe, stable, and easy to obtain. It may not be excellent, but it is definitely not prone to error.

Therefore, Li Wei's path is to persist in practicing these basic meditation methods to the end.

Spells, on the other hand, are far more valuable. Spells better reflect the originality of each wizard, which is why the Pan-Dimensional Wizarding Council places particularly high importance on protecting the intellectual property rights of original spells.

As for knowledge of medicine making, artifact making, and magic arrays, there's no need to elaborate; this kind of knowledge is the most valuable and the rarest.

Not many days later.

Li Wei's Earth Meditation Technique also naturally broke through to the sixth level.

After breaking through to the sixth level of the Earth Meditation Technique, Li Wei suddenly discovered that there was a change behind the meditation technique.

Li Wei——————

Solar Meditation Technique: Level 6 (12/40000) (Can be fused)

Earth Meditation Technique: Level 6 (2/40000) (Can be fused)

Furnace Meditation: Level 5 (13256/30000)

Night Raven Meditation: Level 5 (367/30000)

Deep Sea Meditation Method: Level 4 (13478/20000)

Gale Meditation Technique: Level 3 (7890/10000)

……

After the sixth rank.

Suddenly, an option to merge Livy's Earth Meditation and Sun Meditation appeared.

"Hmm? Meditation techniques can be incorporated?"

Li Wei's heart stirred slightly.

He had previously speculated that meditation could be integrated.

However, he thought he could only succeed after he had combined the affinity of the four elements.

Unexpectedly, after reaching the sixth level of meditation, one can perform meditation fusion.

This was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise.

Li Wei didn't hesitate at all; skill fusion, from the current perspective, had no downsides, only benefits.

He immediately began the integration process.

The integration of meditation techniques requires a significant amount of mental energy.

Half a day later.

As Li Wei's face became weak and pale, and he became extremely tired, his mental energy was almost completely exhausted.

The integration was finally successful.

He drank the blue potion, meditated, and rested for a while.

Only after his mental strength recovered did he open the proficiency panel.

Li Wei——————

Earth Fire Meditation Technique: Level 6 (7/40000), Special Effect: Earth Fire Domination.

……

"Are the special effects amazing?"

Li Wei quickly turned on the special effects.

[Earth and Fire Domination: You can simultaneously practice spells related to earth and fire elements, as well as spells derived from the combination of earth and fire elements. Furthermore, the power of earth and fire-related spells is slightly increased. This effect cannot be upgraded.]

"The Lord of Earthly Fire, that sounds impressive," Li Wei muttered to himself.

The original sun meditation and earth meditation methods have disappeared.

On Li Wei's body, a form of diamond-like material emerged, with golden runes shimmering.

He stabbed his own arm with the Blood-Forbidden Cone.

The runes flashed wildly as the Diamond Rock stubbornly resisted the Blood Forbidden Cone's attack. However, under Li Wei's powerful force, the Diamond Rock's defense was eventually broken by the Blood Forbidden Cone.

stab.

Li Wei's arm was ripped open, and blood was flowing freely.

However, blood and ashes quickly flew everywhere, and countless buds of flesh grew out. In the blink of an eye, the hideous wound was completely healed.

He never used the golden snake scales from beginning to end.

"As expected, the defensive strength of the Diamond Body has been improved."

Li Wei's Diamond Body is an advancement based on his Rock Body, currently only at the sixth level, while the maximum level of this spell should be the seventh level.

The sixth-tier Diamond Body originally had a defensive strength of only C-level.

After being blessed by the Earth Fire Overlord, the defensive strength of the Diamond Body has clearly reached the B-level, which is similar to Li Wei's Golden Serpent Scales.

Once the Diamond Body is trained to the seventh-tier limit, the defensive strength of this passive spell should reach the A-level, far surpassing other passive defensive spells and comparable to some top-tier active defensive spells.

It's important to know that passive defense spells are generally less effective than active defense spells.

"In this way, my defensive strength is even more insane. Unless a second-circle wizard has some trump card like the Blood Forbidden Cone, there aren't many who can break through my defense."

To break through my defenses, you'd need a spell with strong penetrating power, but such spells are usually concentrated on a single point, making it difficult to harm my powerful physique.

For example, the assassin's Shadow Blade has strong penetrating power and was able to break through Li Wei's Golden Serpent Scales and Diamond Body.

However, the cost of this is that the power is too concentrated. It might be fine against a weak wizard, but it cannot cause fatal damage to a tank like Levi.

Even if the Shadow Blade pierced Li Wei's heart, Li Wei could still save his life and leave a sliver of hope by relying on the [Blood Ember] and [Rebirth] effects of the Phoenix Breathing Technique, and then quickly repair and heal the wound to his heart.

To some extent, Li Wei's current self-healing ability is no weaker than that of ordinary original vampires.

Unless critical organs like the head and heart are completely destroyed in an instant, Li Wei can heal himself.

Li Wei looked at the remaining meditation techniques. Following the current pattern, he might be able to fuse them after he reached the sixth level of the Deep Sea Meditation Technique and the Gale Meditation Technique.

"Feng Shui meditation... feels a bit strange."

"If we combine Feng Shui meditation with Earth Fire meditation, wouldn't that be... Earth Fire Feng Shui Meditation?"

"Earth, fire, wind, and water are the origin of all elements, the source of all things, and the power of ether! Once you master earth, fire, wind, and water, you don't need to care about what school of thought or what type of magic it is. You can learn whichever you want, and whatever you learn will be powerful."

Thinking of this, Li Wei felt excited.

All that's missing is an affinity for the water element, and Li Wei can then verify whether this idea is feasible.

He decided that in his future cultivation, he would first train the Gale Meditation Technique to level six.

When the Water Element Affinity is unlocked, I'll also grind the Deep Sea Meditation Technique to level six and then fuse it directly.

Feng shui gives birth to ice, while water and fire give birth to thunder!

The elemental schools that originated from the mutation of earth and fire, the one Li Wei knew, was the Bronze School, also known as the Metal School.

This school of thought is similar to, but not entirely the same as, alchemy.

The Alchemy School focuses on the study of alchemical creations, while the Bronze School is an ancient traditional school that aims to control rare metallic elements.

However, compared to the elemental schools of earth, fire, wind, water, thunder, and ice, the bronze school is relatively weak and currently has no legendary wizard as its leader.

However, this does not mean that the Bronze Age school was weak.

Conversely, the Bronze School was quite formidable in both offense and defense, making them well-rounded in both.

Metal elements coalesce, converging into sharp metal blades, forming a terrifying "blade storm".

Alternatively, one could layer metallic elements on their body to form a terrifying "indestructible shield."

There are also "Full Metal Maniacs" who directly cast metal elements into their bodies, solidify magical runes all over their bodies, and follow a path similar to the alchemical monsters like the Tower Master.

The Bronze Age school was undoubtedly powerful, but that was only in the past...

After the fall of Roger the Platinum Wind, who had served as the Grand Councilor of the Pan-Dimensional Wizarding Council.

This school of thought entered a period of transition, lacking a legendary wizard as a successor. Naturally, its influence within the elemental factions continued to decline, creating a vicious cycle and leading to its eventual demise.

Currently, among the elemental factions, the four traditional factions of earth, fire, and feng shui are the most respected, followed by thunder and ice, which are showing signs of catching up and surpassing each other.

The once glorious Bronze Age school has ultimately declined and now sits in a secondary position within the Elemental School, only comparable to younger schools like Alchemy.

After seeing the special effect of the Earth Fire Overlord, Li Wei was somewhat tempted.

He felt that, in his second stage, before the earth, fire, and feng shui elements were combined, it was worth a try.

Since I am the master of earth and fire, I can learn whatever I want.

Having advanced to the second ring, Li Wei's strength has increased, and his desire for revenge is growing stronger.

He picked up the potion he had prepared during this time and went to find Huffman.

I ran into Green as soon as I came out.

"My God, Lord Li Wei, you've advanced to the second ring?" Green couldn't help but exclaim.

He could sense that Li Weina's mental energy fluctuations were completely different from his own.

Just a few days ago, I was a complete newbie in the first ring road, just like myself.

How come you've advanced to the second ring level in just a few days?

"Yes, I just advanced." Li Wei said with a smile.

"I'm so envious!"

Green was almost moved to tears of envy.

When I first met Li Wei, he was just an ordinary first-ring wizard, while Green was already a senior first-ring wizard and a part-time second-ring alchemist.

Now, times have changed.

Li Wei is already a second-circle wizard and a second-circle apothecary.

But he remained stagnant.

This made Green question his existence, and he began to reflect on himself.

"Sigh, I feel like I'm being dragged down by my family. I need to hurry up and advance to the second ring. Otherwise, just because I'm a second-ring pharmacist, people will be polite to me on the surface and respect me for being a pharmacist, but they'll still look down on me behind my back," Green suddenly sighed.

"That's right. In this world, strength is what truly matters. Everything else is just icing on the cake. Mr. Green, I also wish you a speedy advancement to the second ring."

Li Wei offered his heartfelt blessings.

"Thanks! I must advance to the second ring before that fat bastard Tomman!" Green said.

"Hahaha, sorry, Green, you'll be disappointed. I'll definitely advance to the second ring within three years!" Toman walked over, looking confident and with a big belly.

"Alright, let's see who advances to the second ring first." Even though he's old, Green isn't willing to admit defeat.

Li Wei looked at the confident Tomman. Tomman was different from him. Tomman was a disciple of a third-ring wizard family. His father was a third-ring wizard.

The reason he was able to be retrieved from the military camp and brought back to the Alchemist's Tower so quickly, instead of being buried in the military camp, is that...

Besides the insight of the wise outlaws, his family also provided assistance.

Therefore, Li Wei guessed that his family must have prepared a second-ring breakthrough potion for him, which is why Tomman was so confident.

He sighed inwardly, thinking that everyone in this world has something to rely on, more or less.

And all I can rely on is Panel Bro.

After exchanging pleasantries with Green and Toman for a while, Levi hurriedly said goodbye and went to find Huffman.

Huffman, who had been happily taking stock of his mountain of boulders, stopped and coughed when he sensed Li Wei's arrival.

"Lord Huffman, Livy requests an audience."

"Come in."

Upon entering, Huffman sensed that Levi's mental energy fluctuations were significantly stronger than before.

"Not bad, it seems you gained something from that demon-hunting trip," Huffman laughed.

"We made some progress and managed to break through the second ring by sheer luck," Li Wei said.

"That's good news," Huffman said.

Then, Li Wei discovered that 1,000 merit points had suddenly been deposited into his bracelet.

"My lord? What is this?" Li Wei asked in confusion.

"Here's a little reward, partly as a commendation for your past efforts, and partly as a congratulatory gift for your advancement to the second ring."

"As long as you work hard for me, Huffman, I can't guarantee you'll be among the elite in this Stromgarde. But buying a mansion in the incredibly expensive Upper City shouldn't be a problem."

Huffman said expressionlessly, sitting on a high stool, tapping his fingers on the table, with the tone and demeanor of a boss.

Goodness, there's even a year-end bonus?

In this wizarding world, there are actually such conscientious bosses.

Li Wei was devastated and cried his eyes out.

You know, his boss in his previous life was so stingy that he couldn't even afford to give out a year-end bonus, and he was just making empty promises to him about buying a house in the capital.

This cold and impersonal wizarding world actually has more human touch than my previous life.

After spending so much time together, Li Wei also discovered this.

Huffman was a rather greedy person. However, although he was greedy, he was not a bad person at heart and always acquired his wealth in a proper way.

Overall, Li Wei was quite satisfied with this kind of boss.

In reality, his dissatisfaction was useless, because only the Wise Man of the Green Forest had the authority to transfer personnel within the entire Apothecary Tower.

If Li Wei wants to switch jobs to work under another manager, or if another manager wants to poach Li Wei, they need the consent of the Wise Man of the Green Forest.

After handing over his mission potion, he chatted with Huffman for a while about future drug development plans.

Incidentally, I also subtly learned some information about the other managers from Huffman.

Li Wei then left the central district and arrived in the upper district.

According to Huffman, all five executives own luxurious mansions in the Upper Town and live there most of the time.

Li Wei now suspects that one of the other four managers is trying to harm him.

Although he has kept a low profile, his talent as a pharmacist and his dedication to hard work have still made him quite well-known in the Tower of Pharmacists.

He heard from Green that many apothecaries privately called him "Tauren Levi." This was because Levi, like a minotaur, was hardworking and dedicated, causing the Tower of Apothecaries to begin experiencing a period of intense competition…

Because Green knew important figures in the military, he was also familiar with many things about the Alchemist's Tower.

Li Wei also learned from Green that there is competition among supervisors.

He also knew that Huffman had actually achieved the top performance rating in recent years thanks to his own efforts.

He received a large reward from the military and secretly bought a house in the upper district!

No wonder that little dwarf has been missing from the Apothecary Tower lately; he's moved into a big house in the Upper City!

This made him instantly feel that his 1000 merit points weren't so appealing anymore.

This made Li Wei even more convinced that he had inadvertently become embroiled in the power struggle among the five top executives.

The one who would target you is definitely one of the four top managers.

The person with the strongest motive for murder, without a doubt, was the manager who had consistently held the top position before Huffman rose to prominence.

"Rex, the Healing Hand"

This supervisor is a third-ring pharmacist, and is said to come from a fifth-ring wizard family in the inner ring sea area.

One of the five-ring wizards from that family serves as the commander-in-chief in the upper city.

In the entire city of Stromgarde, there are only three commanders-in-chief, one chief and two deputy commanders, all of whom are fifth-circle wizards.

This is an absolutely important figure, second only to the two city lords.

If it was the powerful figure behind Rex who attacked him, then Levi's desire for revenge would be utterly hopeless.

The further you go, the slower and more difficult it becomes to improve your cultivation level.

After the intermediate level, the difficulty increases exponentially with each advancement, and the failure rate for breakthroughs also increases significantly. Moreover, failure to break through may even be life-threatening.

Even if Li Wei has a proficiency panel, plus his elemental affinity.

He estimated that it would be quite good if he could advance to the fifth ring within two hundred years.

Five-ring wizards have an average lifespan of nearly a thousand years.

By the time I break through to the fifth ring, those big shots will probably have already broken through to the higher levels.

Thinking of this, Li Wei felt a wave of despair.

Currently, Rex seems to have the best chance, because Huffman's first place win would affect Rex's interests.

Due to the rules of the Alchemist's Tower, Rex couldn't bypass the Green Forest Sage to poach him. Adhering to the principle of "if I can't have him, I'll destroy him," he directly killed himself!

Rex's interests represent the interests of his family.

In other words, Rex's willingness to take action might be due to the tacit approval of their family's Fifth Ring Commander.

Taking down Huffman, the head of the Apothecary Tower, would obviously be difficult, as it would easily alert the military or even the city lord to investigate.

A third-circle apothecary is no less important than a fourth-circle wizard; their significance is self-evident.

But eliminating your competitors' "top employees" is much easier.

Although Li Wei is a second-level pharmacist, he has the power of the interest group behind Rex.

Eliminating oneself without alerting the authorities is incredibly easy.

"Damn it, I, the Minotaur Li Wei, will never give up! Should honest people be bullied? Don't mess with those medicine sellers!"

Levi planned to test his spider-sense when he had the opportunity to get close to Rex.

If Rex is hostile to him, his spider-sense will definitely detect it at close range.

Now, this high-ranking executive is probably enjoying himself in his mansion in the upper city, and Li Wei has no idea where he lives.

He didn't dare to wander around the upper city area, for fear of angering other powerful figures.

Stop thinking about these things. Anyway, I've already advanced to the second ring, so I shouldn't need to leave the city for a long time to come.

He refused to believe that the mastermind behind this would dare to attack him in the heart of Stromgarde City.

That would be far too lawless.

After all, there are two high-level wizards stationed in the city of Stromgarde year-round. If they wanted to, their mental perception could cover every corner of the city.

No illegal or criminal activity can escape the watchful eyes of this couple.

Of course, these two high-level wizards spend most of their time in seclusion researching and don't spend their time constantly sensing things.

However, the guardian wizards within the city patrol the city around the clock to maintain order.

Overall, the security situation here should be fine.

"But we must be careful in the city. Given Rex's status, they might have other dirty tricks up their sleeves. There are plenty of ways they could get rid of me. After this failure, they will be even more cautious."

Li Wei, with a gloomy expression, arrived at the Tower of Merit to see if the Wizard of Oz had been sold.

Generally speaking, such expensive entomological artifacts are unlikely to be sold.

Because the Insect School is arguably the lowest of all wizarding schools, and very few people in the entire wizarding world practice it.

In the world of fantasy and martial arts, it's a completely unorthodox path.

Finally, Li Wei left the Tower of Merit with satisfaction, and the Wizard of Oz was still there.

Li Wei originally wanted to switch to a second-circle Bronze faction active defensive spell, [Copper Armor], to further enhance his defense.

As a result, the price of 5,000 merit points deterred them.

It's not that he can't afford it; he currently has over 10,000 merit points, but he just feels it's not worth it.

"I have enough Golden Serpent Scales and Diamond Body. I'll exchange them for more when I have more merit points. I'd better go practice my Five Fireballs Technique."

Li Wei shook his head.

However, practicing the Five Fireballs technique would be too noisy, and it definitely wouldn't work in my staff dormitory.

Li Wei wanted to rent a separate residence near the Apothecary Tower in the central city, the kind with a dedicated training room, before moving out of the Apothecary Tower.

Now that he's moved up to the second ring road and has some money, he has more than enough to rent an apartment in the central district.

All houses for sale in Stromgarde are managed by the government.

However, some wizards who buy these properties often rent them out through specialized third-party organizations because they don't live there regularly or have moved to new homes.

Li Wei spent the whole afternoon looking around houses, and finally found a courtyard about five miles away from the Alchemist's Tower.

This place is very close to the Alchemist's Tower, and Levi felt that it was unlikely that Rex and his group would attack him here.

Inside the courtyard stands a three-story wizard tower.

Li Wei and the real estate agent are waiting for the homeowner to arrive so they can sign the agreement.

Not long after.

A second-ring wizard dressed in Legion robes hurried over.

"Sorry, I just finished a mission. Oh... it's you?"

This second-ring wizard was none other than Sherman, the squad leader of the Legion who had met Levi once before.

"Mr. Sherman, I never expected you to be the owner of this house. What a coincidence!" Li Wei said with a smile.

"You've advanced to the second ring too, congratulations." Sherman said kindly, sensing that Levi's mental energy fluctuations were different from before.

After signing the contract with Sherman, Sherman handed over all the incantations for entering and exiting the house and the instructions for using the magic arrays to Levi before hurriedly leaving.

He is a senior wizard of the second ring, not far from the third ring. He is now working hard every day to complete tasks, accumulate more merit points, and try to exchange them for more resources to break through to the third ring.

Watching Sherman's departing figure, Li Wei couldn't help but sigh that in this city, everyone was busy making a living, essentially no different from ordinary people.

After entering the Wizard Tower, Li Wei used his knowledge of formations to carefully inspect the tower inside and out.

This is to prevent the previous homeowner from leaving behind traps or other obstacles, or from spying on their privacy.

After confirming that everything was alright, he settled down in the wizard tower and activated the tower's built-in shielding array.

He added some magic arrays that he had crafted himself, making them strong enough to withstand the detection of most wizards.

If the other party forcibly probes, Li Wei will naturally be able to sense the fluctuations of the magic array.

"At least I have a temporary home in Stromgarde City. I wonder how things are on Blackfire Island."

Such a place in the central district costs 100 NT dollars a year in rent. Although it is not cheap, it is much better than the upper district.

The Upper City area is just a bit safer, has a denser concentration of elemental energy, and more advanced magic arrays on the houses. Other than that, it's not much better.

Moreover, being neighbors with those big shots can easily lead to trouble.

Thinking about it this way, Li Wei felt that the central district was pretty good.

Having moved to a new house, Levi invited Green and Tomman to a proper party at his wizard tower.

They hired some respectable witches to perform a striptease.

The promotion to the Second Ring Road is something to celebrate.

Otherwise, living like a robot all day would be meaningless.

After a rare moment of relaxation, Li Wei resumed his days of medicine making and spiritual practice.

He no longer has the secret medicine for breathing techniques, and his progress in practicing the Knight's Breathing Technique is slow.

He simply stopped practicing some of the breathing techniques and focused on the path of the wizard.

The Great Fireball spell was soon upgraded to the Five Fireball spell!

Following the [Adamantine Body] spell, Li Wei also mastered his second second-circle spell, officially gaining the attack power of a second-circle wizard.

Besides, those first-ring spells, such as Green Smoke Escape and Water Prison, are still very useful even at the second-ring stage, and are not completely useless.

Starting with second-circle spells, the difficulty of acquiring spells begins to increase.

Unlike during Li Wei's first ring period, when he could freely exchange items from the Gray Tower.

Although theoretically a second-circle wizard can master nearly twenty second-circle spells.

However, in reality, many second-circle wizards only use the same few second-circle spells over and over again.

Firstly, second-circle spells consume a lot of mental energy and are slow to learn; secondly, second-circle spells are inherently difficult to acquire.

Unless you can join a large wizarding organization, some smaller wizarding organizations, such as the Grey Tower, only have a few types of second-circle spells to choose from.

After mastering the Five Fireballs technique, Li Wei can also begin to practice another second-circle spell that he has long awaited.

Second Ring Spell: Red-Faced Sea Demon Spider's Defense.

This is a second-circle spell specifically developed for the Red-faced Sea Spider, used to control this alien insect.

Now that Li Wei has reached the second ring, it's time to completely subdue the Crimson-Faced Sea Demon Spider.

The Red-faced Sea Spider excels at control and poison attacks; paired with the Armored Scorpion, it should be enough to give a second-circle wizard a run for their money.

All insect-controlling spells from different insect schools are largely the same, with only slight adjustments for different types of insects.

For Livi, who had already mastered Scarab Touch to its limit, mastering this second-circle spell was not difficult.

Before long, the spell model for this second-circle spell was completed, and Li Wei tried to take out a Red-faced Sea Spider from the Insect House.

The Red-faced Sea Spider reproduces very slowly, and since Li Wei didn't specifically breed them and didn't take good care of them, many Red-faced Sea Spiders ended up cannibalizing each other.

So much time has passed, and the number of Red-faced Sea Spiders in the Insect House has not increased; in fact, it has dwindled to only half of what it was before, about five hundred in total. However, these five hundred or so are all relatively strong individuals.

Li Wei decided that from now on he would pay more attention to these spiders, so as not to cause their extinction.

A thread of spiritual energy connected to the Crimson-Faced Sea Demon Spider. Li Wei felt a surge of emotion; the sense of control was very obvious.

Li Wei easily controlled the Crimson-Faced Sea Spider. The spider, the size of a human head, crawled all over Li Wei's body, looking quite terrifying.

The first-tier [Red-faced Sea Spider Guard] only allows you to control one Red-faced Sea Spider, so if you want to control thousands of Red-faced Sea Spiders, you'll have to keep grinding.

In the days that followed, Li Wei devoted himself entirely to mastering the three newly acquired second-circle spells: Five Fireballs, Diamond Body, and Crimson Sea Demon Spider Defense.

With his current mental capacity, his brain doesn't have enough memory, so he can't learn more second-circle spells.

……

The year 1043 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the Month of Vitality.

The Great Expedition is in its 8th year.

It is said that Sky City has already reached the five nearest Federations.

With the legendary wizard in charge, the expeditionary force officially began a fierce war with the enemy.

The wizarding civilization has officially begun its first clash with the dark forces under the command of the Lord of Chaos.

Meanwhile, on the Endless Sea side, the Tower of Stars finally managed to bring back a ninth-circle archmage who had originally been stationed at the council headquarters.

The great wizard traveled to the heart of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm, determined to annihilate the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord.

Although the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord will definitely be reborn, it's still much better than him remaining in the Endless Sea as a menace.

The wizards of Stromgarde were thrilled by the exciting news.

This was especially true for wizards like Li Wei who had been conscripted.

If the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord is eliminated, then the disappearance of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm is only a matter of time.

Once the war here is over, they can leave Stromgarde and go home.

Ultimately, this battle seemed to shake the entire Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm.

According to the battle wizards on the front lines, the aftershocks of the battle, several days later, spread to the edge of the Hundred-Eyed Demon Realm, powerful enough to shatter the defensive spells of a first-ring wizard, and even brought a terrifying tsunami that submerged some islands.

Everyone indirectly felt the terror of the Nine-Ringed Archmage; his power, comparable to that of a demigod, was truly astonishing.

But how powerful can a legendary wizard, who is above the Grand Wizard, become?

However, the final result was unexpected by everyone.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord did not die. Not long before the great battle, he gained some benefit and advanced to become the new demon lord: the Lord of a Thousand Eyes!

This is the strongest eye demon ever seen in the history of the Abyss.

In the end, the Great Wizard had no choice but to use his Holy Soul Artifact to severely injure the Lord of a Thousand Eyes, but he was unable to kill him.

Severely wounded and unable to withstand the attack, the Lord of a Thousand Eyes retreated into the ancient ruins that had once sealed it away.

The great wizard gave chase, only to discover something even more despairing for the wizarding world.

Within these ancient ruins, there is an unfinished "Well of the Abyss"!

The Lord of a Thousand Eyes used a secret technique to escape into this abyss well.

This made the great wizard quite wary, and he dared not venture further.

The so-called Well of the Abyss refers to a passage from the abyss to another dimension.

Basically, for some weaker planes, simply opening a well of the abyss means the destruction of that plane.

This left the wizarding civilization feeling utterly powerless.

Unbeknownst to many, the power from the abyss has already invaded this plane.

Whether in the wizarding world or the human world, there is a possibility of invasion from the abyss.

The great wizard, meanwhile, guarded the well in the abyss, while simultaneously contacting the legendary wizard who now ruled the wizarding world, awaiting the next move.

The Well of the Abyss must be destroyed; the wizarding world no longer has the strength to deal with the invasion of the Abyss civilization.

Only after resolving the internal strife and pacifying the five federations can the Wizarding Civilization wage war against the Abyss Civilization.

The situation is becoming increasingly chaotic, and the leaders of the wizarding world are in a state of utter disarray.

On the contrary, people from the lower class like Li Wei have become completely indifferent to change.

Anyway, if the Abyss really invades, it won't matter where he hides. This kind of complete force majeure is something Li Wei cannot resist.

Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well relax, eat and drink as usual, and keep grinding for experience.

The Abyss is not like Blood River or Blue Frost's small-scale antics.

These planes only dare to cause trouble in the human world, bullying mortals and the agents of the gods trapped in the astral planes on earth; they wouldn't dare to come to the Wizarding World at all.

The ancient and powerful Abyss civilization was an existence that even the gods of the celestial realm feared.

Every war in history with the Abyss Civilization is a painful experience that the Wizard Civilization least wants to recall.

That was a real...bloody battle.

The war could last for hundreds or even thousands of years, hence the so-called "thousand-year blood war".

Everyone says the Abyss has 666 floors. However, whether the Abyss actually only has 666 floors is unknown.

The reason why the Abyss is said to have 666 levels in the Wizarding World is because Sauron, the ancestor of wizards, only reached level 666 of the Abyss during the Civilization War. After fighting to a draw with the demon lord of the 666th level, he retreated back to the Wizarding World.

The actual abyss may be even more terrifying than wizards imagine...

The outside world was filled with fear and panic. For a time, various theories about "the end of the world," "the end of civilization," and "the extinction of wizards" were rampant.

Since the wizarding world has grown to its current state, wizarding civilization has never experienced such severe internal and external troubles.

Therefore, it's understandable that many wizards hold a pessimistic attitude.

In comparison, Li Wei was doing well, continuing to work on his experience step by step.

Li Wei won't take a holiday unless the world explodes!

Before long, Li Wei's Crimson-Faced Sea Demon Spider Defense had been upgraded to level three, allowing him to control around a thousand spiders.

To his surprise, the Crimson-Faced Sea Demon Spider had already reached its limit at only level three.

In other words, the limit of this second-circle spell is to control a thousand Crimson-faced Sea Spiders.

This was also the first time Li Wei had encountered a second-circle spell that reached its limit at the third rank.

It can only be said that the spells of the Insect School seem to be somewhat special, not conforming to the spells of those traditional schools of thought that he conventionally understood.

At the same time, Li Wei noticed that the Crimson-Faced Sea Demon Spider's Defense and Scarab Touch on the proficiency panel had also changed.

Li Wei——————

Scarab Touch: Tier 5 (Limit, can be fused)

Crimson-Faced Sea Demon Spider's Defense: Tier 3 (Limit, Can be Fusion)

……

Li Wei curiously clicked on the fusion option and read the description.

The general idea is that because the Red-Faced Sea Demon Spider's Defense and the Scarab Touch spells have a structural similarity of over 60%, these two spells can be directly merged in the panel's judgment.

This is different from the transformation of Fireball into Great Fireball, which is a complete advancement that can directly break through limits.

Li Wei discovered that, seemingly, as his strength increased, the flexibility of the proficiency panel also continuously improved.

For a moment, Li Wei was actually pondering such a trivial question as, "What is the origin of the proficiency panel?"

In the end, he gave up thinking.

"Integration".

Under Li Wei's gaze, after expending some mental energy, the two insect-controlling spells on the proficiency panel disappeared.

Instead, a new spell was introduced.

Li Wei——————

Song of Spider and Scorpion: Tier 5 (1/30000), Special Effect: Spider and Scorpion Heart.

……

"Another special effect."

[Spider-like Heart: Your affinity for spider-like and scorpion-like supernatural beings has increased.]

"You can do it like that?"

Li Wei was shocked.

Panel Bro, forever a god!

The improved version of "Song of the Spider and the Scorpion" is a second-circle spell entirely created by Livy.

It's called an original spell, but it's actually a combination of the advantages of Scarab Touch and Red-faced Sea Spider.

It can control both the Armored Scorpion and the Crimson-Faced Sea Spider, achieving two goals at once.

Of course, that special effect is also very useful, as it can help Li Wei grind this spell to its limit more quickly.

Moreover, if Li Wei encounters spider-like or scorpion-like alien insects in the future, he might be able to use this spell to tame them and thus continuously cultivate even more powerful alien insects.

"I wonder if this spell will be certified by the scholars of the Pan-Dimensional Wizarding Council."

Li Wei looked at the brand-new spell model in his mind.

If he wanted, he could inscribe the structure of this spell model onto a memory tablet for others to learn.

"I'm too weak right now. I'll consider becoming a scholar after I reach the intermediate level."

Moreover, my spell has relatively little originality, so I feel it won't be easy to pass the certification. I'll try to incorporate more insect-based spells in the future.

"That way I might be able to create the most powerful insectoid spell that can control all Zerg once and for all!"

All magic in the world is largely copied, but can the affairs of wizards be called copying? This is borrowing!

The creation of this original spell also gave Li Wei some inspiration.

It seems that with the current proficiency panel, as long as two spells have a certain degree of similarity, they can be merged to create a new spell.

This is similar to the fusion and breakthrough of similar breathing techniques in Knight Breathing Techniques.

He resolved to experiment with this function using magic tricks from other schools of thought in the future.

In that case, just like the Knight's Breathing Technique, as long as Li Wei keeps stacking and accumulating, he might be able to create his own second-circle spells, or even third-circle spells, through tricks and first-circle spells.

This way, I won't need to buy those expensive spellbooks anymore; I can just synthesize them myself.

Anyway, magic tricks and first-level spellbooks are relatively cheap and easy to obtain.

However, Li Wei doesn't have time to deal with this right now.

After serving for more than two years, he accumulated 15,000 merit points.

Right now, what worries Li Wei the most is still the problem of his Knight Breathing Technique elixir.

Although he has made rapid progress in his wizarding path during this period, he has stopped practicing some important breathing techniques for a long time and cannot delay any longer.

The Tower of Merit does have some ingredients for secret medicines, but they're too expensive and not cost-effective, plus they're not complete. After all, the materials needed for knight's secret medicines and wizard's medicines can't completely overlap; the Tower of Merit is for wizards, not knights.

It's better to save these merit points for exchanging for magical artifacts and knowledge later.

After serving for more than two years, Li Wei was able to take a leave of absence. He wanted to go back to Blackfire Island to see those extraordinary creatures and, incidentally, retrieve a sufficient amount of secret medicine.

At the same time, he also wanted to find out where Teacher Mai Lin and the others were, and then try to capture the Sea Dragon Crocodile.

Of course, before setting off, in order to make the journey safer.

Li Wei was determined to take out the Great Black Sky Veil, this three-ringed sorcerer artifact, and thoroughly familiarize himself with it, making it his own sorcerer artifact.

Many second-ring wizards don't even have second-ring artifacts, but Li Wei directly possesses a third-ring artifact.

Coupled with his own chivalry, he felt that he should be among the top tier below the third ring.

As for myself, I have only just entered the second level of the realm. If I were to enter the second level of the senior realm, I wonder if I would be able to cross a major realm and fight against the third level.

11000 words updated today, plus an extra 5000 words, no backlog!

(End of this chapter)