Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 243 Breaking Through All Laws! (A long chapter of 10,000 words, please subscribe and vote!)

An unnamed secret realm.

In the lush primeval forest.

Li Wei did not rush forward; at first, he only suspected that the "Li Wei" beside the rose was a fake.

Now, he began to suspect that "Rose" and the others were also fake.

"No, impossible, I'm just scaring myself. Rose is a member of the Witch's House, and the Witch's House has so many high-level Yuanhun Wizards."

If it really is some kind of malevolent spirit in disguise, with their terrifying mental power and knowledge, they couldn't possibly not sense it! Unless this malevolent spirit is even stronger than a Yuanhun Wizard!

That's even more impossible. Such powerful beings have no need for such mystification and superstition! What's the point of them doing this?

Everything needs a motive. With such a strong will, is all this just to fool others? Is it meaningful? You're just wasting your time!

So if there really is a malevolent spirit, or some kind of corrupted being at work, it certainly isn't that powerful, so it can only rely on this old-fashioned method of perceptual deception to create illusions!

They want to lure me into a trap, or strike me when I'm on the verge of a mental breakdown and let my guard down.

Haha, I won't fall for that!

Besides that, my danger perception didn't trigger an alarm... But then again, is danger perception always accurate?

At that moment, Li Wei suddenly realized that he seemed to be relying too much on his sense of danger.

"All this superstitious stuff is so boring."

Li Wei's face was cold and gloomy.

Lyon paced anxiously inside the storage bag.

"Leon, what's wrong with you today?" Levi asked.

"Master, I...I'm hungry," Leon said.

"Why are you hungry?"

"I...I don't know, I'm hungry, Master, I want to eat that stuff."

Lyon kept repeating the same sentence over and over, just like a child who didn't understand anything.

Li Wei decided not to waste any more time.

An endless chill swept over them, followed by the sound of Rose and "them" talking.

Apart from that, all around was quiet, except for the sound of Livina's heartbeat, which was like a burning furnace, crackling and popping like firewood exploding in a fireplace.

He touched his exaggeratedly large, iron-like pectoral muscles and the cold, textured scales on his body, while tightly clutching Frostmourne in his hand.

A sense of security emerged.

"Heh, all fear stems from insufficient firepower. I'm not afraid of these things at all." Li Wei clenched his fist and began to retreat silently.

Anyway, something strange is going on here, so let's not explore it for now.

It wasn't that Li Wei was afraid; he just felt it was pointless...

"They're nothing but demons and monsters. How dare they appear before me? I'll crush them with my Dragon Warrior! Let the flames purify everything!" Li Wei muttered to himself as he retreated.

He heard a creaking sound under his feet, but he didn't look down. His senses told him that it was just a fallen tree branch.

Suddenly, he looked at a large, vibrant tree beside him, and on its rough bark, there were unidentified little insects pupating.

Li Wei frowned, and opened his right palm, where there was still a trace of the casting material for the Yangyan Burst spell.

"I just used Sunfire Blaze to burn this place to ashes; everything within a hundred meters is covered in ash... What happened? It grew back so quickly? Damn it... I haven't broken the illusion yet?!"

Li Wei's expression changed slightly.

He looked into the storage bag, where the gray crystals formed by the death of the fallen were still there.

"It's a bit strange. It feels like a dream, but also like reality. I can't tell the difference..." Li Wei pondered to himself.

In his past life, when he dreamed, he would always think he had woken up from a nightmare, but in reality, he had just entered a deeper dream, a so-called "dream within a dream." Only after being woken up by the alarm clock would he realize that what he thought was "waking up" was also a dream.

However, since becoming a wizard, he has stopped sleeping altogether. When he does sleep occasionally, he doesn't dream, as dreaming is a sign of poor sleep quality.

"Old-fashioned."

He no longer cared about "Rose" and the others ahead, whether they were real or fake. Li Wei didn't care anymore; he just wanted to leave.

He knew that exploring ruins was never a good thing.

Gradually, the sound of "their" conversation drifted further and further away from Li Wei.

The place where Li Wei had just fought the beautiful snake seemed as if nothing had happened, and the chirping of birds once again echoed in the deep, dense forest.

It's like you just pressed the pause button, and now you've pressed the play button again.

In the dense forest.

Li Wei walked cautiously toward the exit he remembered. He didn't run or fly away, as that would only make him appear afraid of "the other party."

Li Wei wasn't afraid at all. If that mischievous thing dared to appear in front of him, he would simply physically exorcise it!

Li Wei returned to the exit from his memory, a pitch-black cave.

There was no green portal inside the cave, and a musty smell of decay filled the air, as if it had been there for a very long time.

In fact, this was the cave that Li Wei and his group had entered. Logically, it should have been a green light portal, leading to the deep sea abyss.

"As expected, the exit is gone. Either someone closed it, or I'm still in the illusion. Even my memories are starting to become a little disordered?"

Li Wei's heart turned cold. He took a deep breath, gripped Frostmourne, and turned back in the direction he had come from.

"Let me see what kind of monster you are!"

……

Soon, Li Wei returned to the dense forest.

The place where Rose and the others had rested before.

They are no longer here.

Li Wei followed without expression.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but as the sounds of conversation gradually came from ahead, he finally caught up with Rose and the others.

They also seemed to be anxiously searching for Livy.

The moment she saw Li Wei, Rose breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Lord Li Wei, how did you fall behind? We've all been waiting for you."

Li Wei's senses dispersed, and his heart skipped a beat; the "fake Li Wei" had vanished...

The illusion is gone?

The Eye of Ashes appeared.

The world before my eyes was once again a gray expanse.

Rose and the others were like clusters of bonfires, with ashes flying everywhere.

"It's alive," Li Wei thought to himself.

"Lord Li Wei, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Did you encounter a malevolent spirit?" Madam Bai Shui asked with concern.

Seeing this, Regorio remained expressionless, but urged from the side, "Now that we're here, let's hurry to the botanical garden. After we deal with that Crimson Netherbird and divide the herbs, let's leave. This place is indeed a bit strange, it seems different from when we came last time, it gives me an uncomfortable feeling."

"I'm fine, let's continue," Li Wei said with a smile, though his thoughts were unclear.

"Let's go."

The group set off again.

This time, Li Wei followed them closely.

At the same time, he opened the proficiency panel and took a look.

Li Wei——————

Golden Snake Breathing Technique: Fourteenth Level...

"call……"

For some reason, seeing the proficiency panel calmed Li Wei's slightly tense and anxious heart once again.

……

I don't know how much time will pass.

Li Wei and his companions finally passed through the forest and arrived at the entrance to a deep valley. A layer of gray mist lingered in the valley, obscuring the scenery inside. The outlines of some plants appeared in the mist, like silent figures standing there. In the hazy mist, one could sense that something was spying on them.

A simple road sign, just like the ones in the mortal world, stands here.

Botanical Garden

Below the sign, there were small, blood-red characters.

[Guardians are stationed here. Unauthorized entry into the botanical garden to steal herbs is strictly prohibited. Violators will face the consequences! — Botanical Garden Management Committee]

Li Wei stood in front of the sign, pausing for a moment.

Danger senses are coming; the general direction is the botanical garden. It could be the Crimson Netherbird, or something else entirely...

"Never mind that, this was established before the organization was destroyed," Regorio said, frowning.

"Didn't you come here once before? By the way, do you know why this organization was destroyed?" Li Wei suddenly asked.

Rose shook her head. Lady Whitewater thought for a moment, also puzzled, and looked at her partner, Regorio.

"Don't ask me. Although I was the first to discover this place, I don't know much more about it than you do."

I suspect that they may have conducted some forbidden experiments, or they may have been harmed by a dark wizard.

"Lord Levi, if you're worried about the danger, you can just back out. Anyway, I'm confident I can take down the Crimson Nether Sparrow without you. If it weren't for Lady Rose, and the fear that she might break her promise to you, I wouldn't have wanted to bring you along," Regorio said impatiently.

"Levi, don't worry, didn't we sign a non-harm agreement before we came in?" Rose gave a helpless and pleading look, not wanting Levi and Regorio to clash.

"Let's go. I was just curious; I meant no harm."

Li Wei was not angry; he was the first to step into the botanical garden's territory.

Upon entering, one can sense an elemental force that seems even stronger than outside. Li Wei guesses that there must be a large elemental gathering array, which facilitates the growth of plants.

Li Wei had already heard the call of some kind of bird, deeper in the valley; the sound was hoarse, mournful, and intermittent…

"Be careful, there might be malevolent spirits lurking in the botanical garden. Madam, stay closer to me so I can protect you. Malevolent spirits are most afraid of fire and lightning. Lady Rose, you'd better not stray too far from me either..." Regrio suddenly warned. "Lord Levi, I heard you are a body-refining wizard, you should be able to protect yourself, right?" he asked again.

"Okay, don't worry about me."

The heavy water barrier around Li Wei lit up, and the chilling feeling gradually disappeared like the receding tide.

Around Regorio, a vortex of force field, resembling golden smoke, lit up and swirled around him, forming a golden tornado. Within the tornado, strands of golden electricity intertwined to form a terrifying force field capable of shattering all darkness.

A loud crackling sound of electricity rang out, seemingly dispersing the mist in the botanical garden.

It has to be said that Regorio's strength is probably the strongest among the third-ring wizards that Li Wei has ever seen. He even suspects that the other party may have mastered three innate spells.

"If this is an illusion, then everything we've experienced so far has been far too realistic. Even with my mental strength as a third-ring wizard, I can't see through the illusion..." Li Wei pondered to himself.

Suddenly, the sound of insects rubbing their wings and flying could be heard from within the mist.

Just as Li Wei was about to make his move, Regorio pointed a finger, and a golden chain of lightning, like a long whip, tore something out of the mist.

It was a large, jade-green praying mantis, about the size of a small dog, but unlike others, its head was... a human head.

It was also the head of a beautiful woman, and the woman looked exactly like the beautiful snake that Li Wei had killed before!

"Death falls."

Li Wei didn't rush to make a move; he wanted to see how Regorio would deal with his opponent.

"Master...I'm hungry."

Lyon's voice came again.

"Go hungry, I'll make you a good meal when I go out," Li Wei said.

Golden chains of lightning, like tentacles, surged from the vortex of his golden thundercloud-like protective force field around Regorio, striking the monster that Li Wei called the "Beautiful Mantis."

A terrifying electric explosion echoed throughout the botanical garden. Under Regorio's terrifying barrage of firepower, the "Beautiful Mantis" died after several minutes of agony.

A gray crystal appeared on the ground. Regorio stared at it; it seemed this wasn't the first time he had killed a Fallen.

He collected the crystals, and Li Wei noticed that they were much smaller than those from the [Beautiful Snake] he had killed.

According to Owens, the larger the crystals that fall from a corrupted monster after it dies, the stronger the monster is.

Having done all this, Regorio breathed a sigh of relief and quietly drank a potion to restore his mana.

"This thing is a [Fiendish Spirit]. It's extremely evil and very difficult to kill. If it were an ordinary third-ring transcendent creature, it wouldn't last even half a minute under my attack just now," Regorio said, frowning.

"A malevolent spirit?"

Whether it's called a "wicked spirit" or a "deadly fallen one," they are just different names for the same thing.

These monsters gave Li Wei a sense of déjà vu, even though he had never seen them before.

"A monster with a human head..."

He suddenly remembered the specimen known as the "Nightmare Creature" that he had found at the bottom of Mirror Lake on the Loess Continent, in the wizard's ruins of the Dreamland Tower branch.

Frogs with human faces on their backs, spiders with human faces, and even strange birds with human faces on their buttocks, the mouths of which are the excrement openings of these strange birds...

"The Nightmare World, the Ash World... Is there any connection between these two worlds?"

Li Wei suppressed his doubts.

Rose and the others were already moving forward.

Next, they occasionally encountered some "evil spirits" on the road.

Before Li Wei could even make a move, these guys were killed by Regorio. Although Li Wei disliked the family disciples, he had to admit that Regorio was a very reliable and powerful teammate.

He would always collect the gray crystals, but he didn't know what he was going to do with them.

Lyon kept complaining about being hungry the whole way. This strange little insect seemed to have entered a state of unease and anxiety after entering this secret realm.

Finally, Li Wei and his group stopped in an open space.

In the mist ahead, tall stone pillars were vaguely arranged with patterns resembling some kind of magic array. On the top of one of the pillars, a large black bird perched on it. It seemed to have noticed Li Wei and his group, and opened its eyes burning with black flames.

"The Crimson Netherworld Sparrow is indeed real, a transcendent creature declared extinct," Li Wei murmured to himself.

Regardless, he had to find a way to capture it alive; a dead Crimson Netherworld Sparrow couldn't sustain Li Xiuwei's breathing technique for long.

Following the legend, the secret medicine needed for practicing the breathing technique requires the blood of extraordinary beings. This "blood" is not just ordinary blood; it needs to be "blood essence" purified from a large amount of blood to be used in the medicine.

Therefore, only living, extraordinary beings can provide for Li Wei's use in the long term.

Ideally, every superhuman creature would have a mate of the opposite sex, allowing them to pair up, reproduce more offspring within their own Alice Rings, and serve their own purposes.

Unfortunately, for most extraordinary creatures, finding even one is difficult, let alone finding a pair to mate with. Even for these extraordinary creatures themselves, given their long lifespans, whether they can find a mate is unknown, and this is especially true for the more powerful the extraordinary creature.

"See that stone formation? As far as I know, that's the Four-Ring Formation [Unceasing Wind and Fire Formation]. It's because of this formation that this damned beast is so rampant. I'll use the Three-Ring Formation I've prepared to temporarily suppress its effectiveness."

Take this opportunity, all three of you, especially Lord Li Wei, remember, you must kill the opponent within one minute.

"Because my magic circle can only last for one minute, even if you leave that beast with only a sliver of life, it will be reborn within the circle," Regorio emphasized.

"I understand, be careful," Madam Bai Shui said with concern.

"Thank you for your concern, Madam." Regorio smiled.

Rose looked at Li Wei, who nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

"If you're ready, I'll begin." Golden lightning flickered endlessly in Regorio's pupils.

He chanted complex incantations, and golden array flags broke through the mist and soared into the sky. Then, a golden eight-pointed star array appeared on the ground, heading towards the stone pillar.

In an instant, the clash between the two great formations began.

The stone pillars trembled, and streaks of black light connected between the different pillars.

The Rose Witch's gaze was focused; before her, a vast mirror of flowing water appeared.

A beam of white light shot out from it, hurtling towards the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow.

This is the Rose Witch's innate spell, Flowing Water Strike the Mirror!

Lady Baishui, on the other hand, used her second innate spell, Gluttony Flower.

As a terrifying, giant man-eating flower took shape, the black bird was enveloped within it.

Its mournful cry was so loud it pierced through the clouds and shattered rocks, making people's eardrums ache.

"Li Wei, get ready!" Rose said.

stab.

The black bird claws tore through the Gluttony Flower's defenses, leaving it riddled with wounds. However, these wounds were constantly healing, as the self-healing effect had weakened due to the loss of the great array's function.

The Crimson Netherworld Sparrow, wreathed in black flames, charged towards Li Wei and his companions.

Li Wei revealed his true form as a fire dragon, with the power of death and ashes swirling around his body.

boom!

He leaped into the air and collided with the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow.

The next moment, the Crimson Nether Sparrow was directly knocked back. Li Wei retreated slightly, and his large hand, wrapped in the power of death, reached out to grab the Crimson Nether Sparrow.

Endless black flames swept in, engulfing Li Wei.

These flames, though strange, are still fire after all.

With his current high fire resistance, the damage was minimal, especially since he had golden scales protecting him. So, after the flames swept through, Li Wei was completely unharmed.

This shocked the Rose Witch and Lady Whitewater, but then they were overjoyed.

Li Wei's strength is greater than they imagined, so killing the Crimson Nether Sparrow shouldn't be a problem.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

At half a minute.

Regorio is already urging them on.

"Hurry, I can't hold on much longer."

Li Weishuang unleashed a sorrowful sword strike, unleashing a devastating wave of sword energy!

The Crimson Netherworld Sparrow's head has been severed!

The next moment, new heads began to emerge on that cross-section.

Enveloped in the power of death, its growth was halted.

Li Wei took a step forward, shoving the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow from the sky into the ground!

Rumble!

In the botanical garden, countless birds took flight, the earth trembled, the mist parted, and a bright and clear view appeared!

The power of that kick was terrifying!

Li Wei swiftly cut through the chaos, slicing the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow into pieces.

The creature's fragmented body trembled, as if trying to reassemble itself.

"Death Ashes!"

Li Wei intensified the power of the deadly ashes, and the surging, ash-like force enveloped these bodies completely, like chicken nuggets coated in breadcrumbs.

The Great Black Sky Curtain bound and entangled the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow, while Li Wei's Five Dragons Majesty formed waves of spiritual impact, attacking the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow's soul.

The enslavement effect of the Five Dragons' Majesty is only effective against dragons, but it can also produce a mental attack effect on other beings whose mental strength is weaker than Li Wei's.

The Crimson Netherworld Sparrow, held firmly by Li Wei, cried out in agony as its spirit gradually dissipated, on the verge of vanishing into nothingness.

Li Wei's Crimson Dragon Breathing Technique hasn't advanced yet, otherwise he could forcefully form a contract with the other party right now.

He had prepared a three-ring [Spirit Binding Ring] that he had prepared long ago. This was something he had deliberately prepared to capture the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow, and it cost him nearly 200,000 Tai Stones. It can be said that he had gone all out. Some trashy four-ring witch artifacts might only cost about that much.

Li Wei now has less than 100,000 Tai Shi in his entire reserve.

However, given the potential and rarity of the Crimson Netherbird, it is still worthwhile.

As the contracted artifact took effect, the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow stopped struggling. Li Wei did not release it. After binding it with the Great Black Sky Veil, he placed it in the Alice Ring and instructed the Wind and Thunder Wyvern Raja and Tyrant II inside to keep an eye on it.

"Now that one worry is over, the next step is to figure out how to get out of here."

Li Wei quickly rested, while Regorio over there put away the magic circle. His face was pale, but after drinking some expensive-looking potions, it quickly turned rosy.

"Didn't I tell you to kill it?" Regorio asked coldly.

"I'm an extraordinary biologist; if I capture them alive, isn't that the same thing?"

"What if the other party breaks your contract?"

"Don't worry, it won't happen." Li Wei's expression remained unchanged.

A flash of golden lightning streaked across Regorio's pupils as Lady Whitewater took his arm and gently shook her head, signaling him to relax.

"Then you can only take ten percent of the herbs," Regorio said.

"Whatever." Li Wei shrugged.

Rose walked over and smoothed things over, saying, "Levy is a supernatural biologist. Although he's a bit stronger than our Newt, he's not so much afraid to harm supernatural beings, but he certainly wouldn't have the heart to kill one with his own hands. Don't worry, he has the ability to suppress it."

"This is the last time," Regorio said coldly, then quickly led Lady Whitewater toward the precious herb garden on the other side of the magic circle.

Rose gave a wry smile: "Let's go too."

Li Wei looked apologetic: "I'm sorry."

"Sigh, we're all friends, there's no need for this. I should thank you. If it weren't for you, the two of us witches would have had a hard time dealing with each other in a minute." After saying that, Rose quickly flew towards the herb garden.

As the battle subsided, the dispersed mist surged back from all directions, cold and gloomy, returning in force.

Li Wei took a step forward, and at the same time, his large hand reached into the mist to the side, grabbing a chameleon with the head of a beautiful woman. The woman was caught and unable to move. She opened her mouth, and her long tongue, like that of a chameleon, shot out, along with her saliva, towards Li Wei's face.

Li Wei saw the rings of teeth inside the beautiful woman's mouth, which were similar to his own vampire touch.

Without uttering a sound, he used the power of death and the fire of the Crimson Emperor to reduce the chameleon to nothingness.

"Pah, you ugly thing!"

……

In the medicinal herb garden.

Regorio, Rose, and Lady White Water were already gathering herbs. Li Wei looked at these herbs; he already had most of them, as they were also produced in the plane where the Ancient Saint Empire was located. Moreover, he had already obtained the Crimson Nether Sparrow, so he couldn't be too greedy. In the end, he would just take some of what was left over from them.

So he didn't rush to pick them; this secret place was full of eeriness.

He looked around, planning to wait until the others finished picking the herbs before heading back together.

Inside the Wizard of Oz house, Leon's voice came: "Master, I'm hungry..."

"We'll be out soon." Li Wei looked at the increasingly restless strange insect.

"This is mine," Regorio said expressionlessly as he appeared in front of a herb.

"This is mine," Rose said.

"This is mine," said the White Water Witch.

"You choose, I don't want the herbs. Let's leave after you've made your selection."

Li Wei lowered his head and said, his face turning cold. He looked at his arm, where the hairs stood on end stubbornly in the cold wind.

A chilling and eerie feeling seemed to surge in again like a tide, unstoppable, engulfing Li Wei!

"This is mine."

"This is mine."

"This is mine."

"..."

Ahead of Li Wei, the three of them, including Rose, kept "flashing" in front of each herb, and then repeated the same sentence without any emotion. Accompanied by the mist, this scene was like the stuttering and frame-dropping footage of an old camera.

They seem to have forgotten Livy again.

"Here we go again...sigh."

Li Wei sighed.

He extended his palm.

Flames imbued with the power of endless death erupted from the herb garden, and the terrifying explosion once again dispersed the mist.

In the firelight, Rose and "them" still appeared before the destroyed herbs, repeating the same sentence:

"This is mine."

In an instant, it seemed as if a million voices were saying the same thing to Li Wei.

"So, all you bastards know how to do is use the trick of repeating grades to act all mysterious and uncanny?"

Li Wei let out a long roar and suddenly soared into the sky. He leaped high into the air, and the phantom image of the Nine Swords Asura appeared behind him.

Golden scales forged armor, blazing flames for battle robes, crimson for a cloak...

Bloodline Dharma Body - Nine Swords Asura!

Strands of grayish-white energy, imbued with the power of death, burst forth in all directions.

From within the mist, faint screams could be heard.

"This is mine...it's mine...it's mine."

The repeated sounds faded into the distance. Li Wei withdrew his bloodline body and released Leon from the Wizard of Oz.

In his heart, which was as calm as still water, some sinister whirlpools began to emerge.

"Master... I'm hungry." Leon repeated himself. If it weren't for the familiar and real master-servant feeling brought by the magic, Levi would have wanted to chop this guy up too.

"You're hungry... then go hunting. I'll wait for you here. Come back when you've eaten."

Li Wei's eyes were cold. He planted Frostmourne into the ground of the herb garden in front of him, and sat cross-legged behind his longsword, his right hand on the hilt, motionless, like a wise king!

After receiving permission, a joyful expression appeared on Lyon's blurry face.

"Thank you... Master... So much, so much delicious food!" Leon roared as he rushed into the mist, where screams could be heard from within.

A silver coin appeared in Li Wei's palm. He flicked his finger, and the coin sculpted into Owens's tall figure in mid-air.

Owens landed on the ground with a thud. He looked at Levi, who was sitting there with a slumped posture, and said, "You were surrounded by the Corrupted? So many Corrupted auras, my god, how did you manage to hold on? I'm a Corrupted Hundred Slayer, and I'm not even sure I could survive being surrounded by so many Corrupted."

"I think so, but these dead are insignificant. Something is behind the scenes." At this point, Li Wei was no longer flustered, and the corners of his mouth turned up.

"Owens, chat with me for a bit."

"Huh? You actually used precious silver coins to summon me to chat with you? You... what a waste!" Owens mimicked Levi's manner, plunging his silver sword into the ground in front of him.

"Okay, what do you want to talk about?"

"Tell me the story of Windmill Village and Baron Megan..."

Li Wei gazed ahead, his eyes piercing through the thick fog, his voice gradually lowering.

Owens nodded and began to tell his story at length.

"Baron Megan is a very gentlemanly lord..."

I don't know how much time has passed.

Li Wei was almost hypnotized by the boredom of listening to Owens's story.

He looked at the empty ground around him; Owens had left not long ago.

Lyon hadn't eaten his fill when he came back.

Another day or so passed, and the mist in the valley completely dissipated.

In the dense forest, a round, chubby figure appeared.

"Hiccup... Master, I'm full... There's so much, I can't finish it all, they all ran away..."

"Do you know where they ran off to?" Li Wei asked, his eyes gleaming.

"I know, but I'm too full... I can't move." Leon lay there, sprawled out.

"Leon...do you know what you're eating?" Levi asked.

He felt that, without realizing it, Lyon's language skills and intelligence seemed to have improved... He was growing.

"Food."

"Leon said."

"Never mind, I didn't ask." Li Wei remained silent.

He now suspects that Lyon might be a mutated creature accidentally created by the Archmage after eating some kind of corrupted thing.

Li Wei carefully recalled the food he had fed them.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

Without Owens nagging around, Li Wei felt a little uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, he was out of silver coins, and he had to admit that the devil behind the scenes was quite capable.

He pondered, and gradually, he became somewhat confused.

Sometimes true, sometimes false, sometimes real, sometimes fake.

These are not important.

The important thing is... nothing is indestructible, and Li Wei firmly believed that!

Ordinary knights fear the so-called "unkillable evil spirits, undead" because of their ignorance and lack of firepower.

The same is true in the wizarding world; even wizards have areas outside their knowledge.

The greatest terror is the unknown.

The fact that I have absolutely no understanding of that thing led to this situation, and it doesn't mean that the other party is that strong.

If it is truly powerful, whether it wants to possess Livi, kill Livi, or has other intentions, it could easily subdue Livi directly.

However, it did not. Instead, it relied on the three teammates who came with Li Wei to torment Li Wei's spirit and will time and time again.

"Speaking of which, where did that fake me go?" Li Wei thought of the "fake Li Wei" who had disappeared after he returned.

He then entered the Alice Ring to confirm that the Crimson Nether Sparrow was still there and hadn't turned into anything ghostly.

The gray crystals left behind by the corrupted ones he killed were also there.

These must all be true!

"Leon, take me to your food."

Li Wei waited for a long time, but that being did not come to find him.

Therefore, he wanted to take the initiative.

"OK……"

Suddenly, the carapace on Leon's back opened, and thin, membranous wings grew out from inside.

Li Wei followed Leon and disappeared into the deserted valley.

After a long while, the fog rolled in again, and the botanical garden seemed to have returned to normal.

……

Leave the eerie botanical garden.

Li Wei followed Lyon all the way.

A secret realm isn't that big to begin with, and he refused to believe that such a tiny place couldn't contain those sneaky things.

After that, Li Wei searched for a long time but couldn't find Qiangwei and the others.

He stopped contacting them, and now it seems that the three of them are very likely in trouble.

Within the secret realm, Li Wei's perception of the passage of time seemed to begin to weaken.

He didn't know how long he had been walking.

He stopped under a giant tree.

The giant tree was covered with all sorts of green vines, plants, flowers, and butterflies that perched on it. The patterns on the butterfly wings looked like a pair of big eyes.

"Thank goodness, it's not a human face, just a normal butterfly," Li Wei murmured to himself.

His synesthesia sensed that there was a corpse behind the vines.

The flames in his hands burned away the vines, revealing a decaying, hollow tree cavity inside.

Inside the tree hollow was a rotting corpse, its original form unrecognizable, with a large swarm of caterpillars crawling on it, some already in pupa form. From the pupa hatched the very butterfly that Li Wei had just seen...

Startled, the insects quickly scurried away and vanished without a trace in an instant.

Li Wei gazed at the still relatively intact robe, adorned with golden lightning bolt patterns...

"Regrio?"

Li Wei did not draw a conclusion.

He flicked out his golden forked tongue, gathering the breath.

Although the stench of decay was strong, mixed with countless other odors, Li Wei sensed that the corpse's aura might not be... Regorio's.

"Earlier, a member of the Letney family entered this place and died in this tree hollow."

Based on Li Wei's understanding of how quickly wizard corpses decompose, this disciple had probably only been dead for a few years.

"The first to discover this secret realm was Regorio. Could this be one of his companions who entered with him and died here?"

This situation was not mentioned by Regorio beforehand; it was merely Levi's guess.

While remaining on guard, Li Wei searched the body thoroughly.

Unexpectedly, the corpse's storage ring was still here.

Li Wei broke through the restrictions on the top, and after opening it, he discovered some unexpected surprises inside.

The package contains 50,000 Taishi stones, some low-level spellbooks, and three spell crystal balls.

The crystal ball is covered with three-ring spells.

"Razer Technique", "Thundercloud Storm Field", "Chain Lightning".

"Thunder Serpent Spell is exactly the advanced spell of Thunder Bird that I needed, saving me a lot of money. The other two are also good. That force field should be the one used by Regrio."

Li Wei put these away.

He also found a piece of reddish-brown metal, about the size of a human head, in the corner of the storage bag.

"This...it's actually Heavenly Fire Meteorite Iron, an elemental metal even more advanced than Obsidian Gold."

Even Li Wei, with his composure, was somewhat excited.

This piece of meteorite iron is more valuable than all the radiant gold that Livy used to forge Tyrant II.

Because this meteorite iron can be used to forge fourth-ring, fifth-ring witch artifacts, and even soul artifacts.

Even if Li Wei didn't obtain the Crimson Nether Bird, just getting this piece of meteorite iron would make this trip to the secret realm worthwhile.

Of course, this is all predicated on Li Wei being able to get out.

"With my current level of skill, Frostmourne forged from obsidian is indeed not enough. It's time to forge myself a better weapon."

Judging from the appearance, this disciple of the Letney family didn't die at the hands of a wizard, otherwise the storage bag would have been taken long ago.

After confirming that there were no other clues, Li Wei left the area, leaving Leon to continue leading the way.

The twisted, deformed, and curled-up skeleton inside the tree hollow remained silent until the caterpillars swarmed back in and the vines once again covered the hollow...

Finally, Levi followed Lyon to a misty plain. In the mist, the outlines of some buildings could be vaguely seen. The outermost layer consisted of mortal huts, while further in were the mansions and towers of wizards. In the very center, Levi saw a towering wizard tower that stood out from the crowd.

From the outside, the Wizard Tower has five floors. Some more sophisticated wizarding organizations usually use the number of floors in the Wizard Tower to reflect the status of the wizards within.

The fifth floor could be the wizard tower of a fifth-circle wizard. If this secret realm belongs to a mid-level wizard organization, then this seems to be the core of the entire secret realm.

"Master, there's so much food inside... I want to kill them all... and eat them all..." Leon's eyes were fixed on the wizard tower, revealing greed.

Li Wei patted Leon's head, and Leon affectionately rubbed against Li Wei's large hand.

"Then come with me and see. Since some things only dare to hide in the shadows and cause trouble, and don't dare to face me directly, then let's take the initiative to face...it."

A crackling sound came from Li Wei's bones. He tilted his head, gripped Frostmourne, and stepped into the mist, heading towards the Wizard's Tower.

The ordinary dwellings along the way had dark, damp walls covered with colorful, sticky mold.

Li Wei carefully observed every detail around him, and he did not waste any more energy damaging the surrounding environment.

After the previous battle, he roughly knew that this secret realm might have been interfered with by some kind of force, which could be a magic array or an illusion.

In short, the answer may lie within the Wizard's Tower.

From the surrounding mist, the laughter of women could be heard. Through these laughs, one could almost see the faces of women, some alluring, some sorrowful, and some cold.

"Awooo." Leon grabbed a "beautiful centipede" with a beautiful woman's head that was charging towards Levi. He opened his mouth wide and swallowed the beautiful centipede whole, while the centipede's legs struggled.

More and more weak corrupted beings, like moths to a flame, rushed toward Livi, who was entangled in the power of death.

Seeing the constantly disappearing, corrupted monsters, Li Wei suddenly felt more confident.

"Are you starting to get scared?" Li Wei grabbed a monster that was lunging at him. The monster had the body of a lizard, with thin, insect-like wings on its sides, and a crown-like thing around its neck with colorful scales that shimmered.

"This... is somewhat similar to the Nightmare Lizard in the Dream Dragon Breathing Technique inheritance diagram, but the Nightmare Lizard does not have a crown, nor does it have such vibrant colors."

This is one of the few monsters in the mist that doesn't have a human head. Like the Crimson Nether Sparrow, it should be an ordinary extraordinary creature. Li Wei activated the Five Dragons' Majesty within him, sweeping towards the spirit of the strange lizard in front of him.

Inside the lizard's brain, there was a blank space. Five terrifying dragons, each with a different shape but all high above, watched it from an indescribably distant place.

It didn't take long for the strange lizard to quiet down, moaning, trembling with fear, and begging for mercy.

Li Wei knocked the guy unconscious, tied him up, and put him in the Alice Ring.

"Even if it's not a Nightmare Lizard, it must possess the bloodline of the Dream Dragon."

Li Wei dripped blood into Rowling's crystal ball.

[Unknown extraordinary lizard bloodline 67%, unknown dragon bloodline 4.3%...]

"It seems the database in the crystal ball doesn't have it, but it's most likely Dream Dragon."

Wherever Li Wei went, weak and corrupted creatures quickly died and turned into gray crystals.

He had lost count of how many he had killed. Leon was so tired of eating that he told Leon to put the rest away.

Owens' record of 100 slashes is nothing compared to Levi's.

His synesthesia swept over the mansions and the small wizard towers, where some timid figures were hidden, perhaps the corrupted, or something else, but they had begun to feel fear...

Li Wei arrived at the foot of the largest wizard's tower, and the mist dissipated.

There stood a person there, someone who looked exactly like Li Wei.

Li Wei smiled, and he smiled too.

Li Wei moved, and so did he.

Li Wei sighed inwardly, recalling the process of being tricked along the way. The moment he saw this "fake Li Wei," an unnamed rage burned within him.

The karmic fire coiled around Frostmourne, transforming into a flaming sword. Li Wei's body rapidly expanded until, on this plain, apart from the wizard's tower, he was the tallest being!

He exhaled a breath of hot, foul air filled with the smell of sulfur, and endless flames dispelled the mist surrounding the wizard's tower.

He gazed down at the tiny "fake Livy".

"You've changed too."

The terrifying World-Destroying Flame Sword, wrapped in black ashes and gray-white annihilating sword energy, the two forces, one black and one white, swirled and intertwined like yin and yang fish.

"Fuck it!"

boom!

The mist over the plain seemed to have been torn open by an enraged god, allowing sunlight to penetrate and illuminate the face of the fake Livy.

This face seemed to be constantly changing; it appeared as Li Wei, as Legorio, as Rose, as Lady Whitewater, and then as the face of a strange man…

Finally, its appearance was finalized.

It transformed into a face that Li Wei had once seen, expressionless and with empty eyes.

Countless dead bodies, like locusts, swarmed around it, blocking out the sunlight.

boom!

Firelight and darkness collide.

The wizard's tower collapsed in the massive earthquake.

Li Wei stared at everything that had turned to ashes and the distorted human face.

"Extreme Fire Ancestral Witch".

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(End of this chapter)