Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 283 Ice and Fire Meet, Shattering the Crystal, Breaking and Rebuilding the Primordial Soul! (Long Chapter, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

The year 1149 of the Holy Radiance Calendar, the month of Blazing Fire.

Inside the alchemy workshop, Li Wei was busy at work.

Now he is a fourth-ring magic array wizard and weapon maker, and crafting Skywalkers is not difficult for him.

In just two months, the former tyrant III had become unrecognizable.

After Li Wei's original modifications and upgrades.

Skywalker was born.

From the first gravediggers to the tomb raiders, to the wanderers, and now to the Skywalkers.

The evolution of this alchemical creature demonstrates the continuous improvement of Li Wei's weapon-refining skills.

Skywalker is only three meters tall, getting smaller and smaller compared to previous models.

On the one hand, it was because Skywalker wanted to pursue flexibility and mobility, so it abandoned some of the bulky components from before.

On the other hand, with the improvement of Li Wei's alchemical knowledge and the increase of his financial resources, he was able to manufacture lighter parts.

Of course, the most important reason is that elemental metals are too rare, and the larger the volume, the higher the consumption of elemental metals.

Even if it's just a level three elemental metal, Li Wei can't afford to consume it.

As the saying goes, the essence is in the condensed form.

Compared to the previous Wanderer, Skywalker has greatly improved in both destructive power and mobility.

As a masterpiece of the wizard Flamel, it is known as the "strongest in the sea, land and air" among the four-ring alchemical creatures, and this reputation is well-deserved.

The Skywalker's arms were equipped with highly compressed elemental alchemical cannons.

The two elemental metals that Li Wei used were fire and lightning.

It relies on the property of metal elements to automatically absorb the power of the corresponding elements.

Li Wei forged two types of alchemical cannons: the [Emperor Yan Cannon] and the [Thunder God Cannon]!

The Flame Emperor Cannon can unleash fire elemental energy bullets comparable to a fourth-circle burning spell. It has an extremely fast firing rate and an effective range of up to two hundred miles, enough to shatter the force field of an ordinary fourth-circle wizard!

Of course, because individuals in the Wizarding World are so mobile and have so many methods, they may not be able to hit targets with the same high precision as in the previous life. They are mainly used as a means of suppressing fire.

The Thor's Cannon is a means of attacking at medium and close range.

It launched a ball of explosive plasma energy, which was extremely powerful and had an effective kill radius of several miles.

These two alchemical cannons can recharge themselves when not in use.

Although the charging time is long, in the long run, it can save a lot of Taishi.

Not only the firepower system, but the power system can also be automatically recharged.

This is why advanced alchemical creatures use elemental metals.

Combined with a charging array, it's useful as long as it's not frequently used in combat.

The energy needs of alchemical organisms can be largely met by themselves.

Of course, if the battle lasts too long, it will definitely require additional energy.

At this point, you can use Taishi or Phoenix to fill the gap.

In addition to the alchemical cannon, Skywalker is also equipped with a chainsaw-like greatsword on his back for combat, which Li Wei calls the "Flame Dragon Sword." It is as exaggerated as a door panel and serves as both a sword and a shield!

The greatsword is primarily made of obsidian, mixed with some other elemental metals, and is used as a weapon for melee combat.

In addition, the Skywalker is also equipped with a level four magnetic field, which provides functions such as protection, flight, and traction.

There are countless other smaller features.

It can be said that he can be regarded as a fourth-circle wizard.

If they unleash their full power, even a senior fourth-ring wizard could be killed!

"Not bad, your methods have become much more diverse. It's just a pity that elemental metals are too scarce. Otherwise, if I created ten Skywalkers, I could fight even a fifth-ring wizard."

However, such a cost is too high. Li Wei calculated that the cost of one Skywalker is roughly equivalent to that of a top-grade fourth-ring witch artifact.

One or two of these external items are enough; having more would be a waste.

After all, besides alchemical creatures, Li Wei also has puppets like corpse demons.

Even if you have money, you should still spend it on improving your own abilities.

Next, Li Wei found a place.

The Tyrant IV fought the Blood Armored Corpse Demon once.

In the end, the Blood Armor Corpse Demon was actually suppressed by Tyrant IV.

It seems that flesh and blood are still inferior to steel.

However, this was also because the Blood Armor Corpse Demon's attack methods were inferior to those of Tyrant IV. The blood weapons that Li Wei had crafted for it were all of the third-ring level.

"It's time to set off. If we delay any longer, that person might sell out all the Black Flame Meteorite."

For this trip, Li Wei only brought Tyrant IV, Phoenix, and the worm Leon.

As for the corpse demon puppets, he left them all at home to guard the ancient saint plane.

The next day, he returned to the human world.

Years ago, he had obtained the coordinates of the Crimson Realm's spatial gate from the old man who guarded the portal to the Endless Sea.

Not long after, he arrived at this place.

The passages between the human world and the wizarding world are now fully open.

The one guarding the portal was a middle-aged wizard dressed in the flame-patterned robes commonly seen in the School of Combustion.

Judging from the looks of it, this person is probably just starting out in the Third Ring Road area.

"Hello, I am Ron, the gatekeeper. Please show me your identification." The third-ring wizard sensed the powerful mental fluctuations of Levi and his expression changed.

For some reason, he felt like he had seen Li Wei somewhere before.

Li Wei smiled slightly and handed him the pass that had been prepared in advance.

After confirming everything was in order, Ron let Levi go over.

"This fourth-circle wizard seems very young, and he looks familiar. Perhaps I've met him before when I was a guide."

Before becoming a gatekeeper, Ron was a low-level civil servant in the council responsible for guiding aspiring wizards to the wizarding world.

He had met too many people, and some of them were exceptionally talented and quickly surpassed him in wizarding skills.

He went from being a junior to being a senior.

He has become calm about this kind of thing.

A burst of light followed.

Li Wei opened his eyes and looked around.

The sky seemed to hold nine suns, shining through the ages.

Everything in sight was crimson red—mountains and land alike.

"Nine suns hang in the sky, a crimson realm!"

Li Wei murmured, somewhat shocked.

The so-called nine days do not refer to nine suns.

Instead, they are nine colossal witch cities floating high in the sky, so high that all the wizards in the region can see them.

Each witch city represents a top-tier wizarding power comparable to the six towers of the Endless Sea.

In the Crimson Realm, there are nine such top-tier wizarding forces!

This means that all nine factions have produced, and some even still have, powerful figures at the level of Grand Wizards.

However, due to the council's regulations, Grand Wizards and Legendary Wizards are basically located in the Central Realm, holding high positions and responsible for competing with other powerful beings from other planes who are eyeing the wizarding world.

Therefore, great wizards rarely emerge from the cradles of various schools of thought.

Li Wei stepped out of the subspace portal.

"The last time I saw that gatekeeper wizard Ron was over a hundred years ago. Back then, he was the one who assigned us to the various schools... Now I'm a fourth-ring wizard, while he's only a third-ring wizard. It really feels like a lifetime ago."

Li Wei felt a sense of admiration, not because he looked down on others.

I only achieved such rapid advancement because I had a proficiency panel.

If it weren't for the character panel, with his talent as the Son of Chaos, he would at most be a second-ring wizard right now.

Li Wei took out a stone slab.

This is a map of parts of the Crimson Realm that he obtained from the Rose Witch, along with information about some factions.

Compared to the Endless Sea, the Crimson Realm is not large in area, but its overall strength is no less than that of the Endless Sea, and may even be superior!

After all, the current Grand Council Speaker, Eamon, hails from here.

In addition, there is also the Dragonfire Witch, Rego.

The power structure of the entire Crimson Realm can be described as "Nine Cities, Ten Caves, and Twenty-Four Mountains".

The Nine Cities are nine powerful wizarding organizations floating high in the sky.

They united to form the law enforcement organization of the Crimson Realm:

Nine Cities Alliance.

High in the heavens, there exists the most refined and advanced power of fire element:

The power of heavenly fire element!

For the Burning Faction wizards, this kind of elemental power training is the most effective, and the spells they can cast are also the strongest.

However, so far, only nine major organizations have the capability to build such a colossal city high in the sky.

If you look closely, you can see that around those giant cities, there seems to be a golden light that extends out and radiates continuously, just like the sun.

In reality, those golden lights were actually part of a massive magic array designed to absorb the elemental power of the heavenly fire and supply it to the cultivators within the city.

Without this conversion technology, even at the highest level, it would be very difficult to absorb the rich power of the Heavenly Fire element!

Those who are able to enter the Nine Cities for cultivation are all geniuses of the Burning Faction in the Wizarding World, or are rich and powerful.

With the power of "heavenly fire element", there is also the power of "earthly fire element".

The power of earth and fire elements is relatively weaker.

Ten caves.

These are ten giant lava caves located at the heart of the Crimson Realm.

Ten high-ranking wizard organizations, second only to the Nine Cities, reside there and practice.

The earth and fire elemental power within these caves is extremely concentrated.

The next twenty-four mountains are twenty-four giant volcanic clusters scattered throughout the Crimson Realm.

It is also occupied by high-ranking wizard organizations.

The elemental power of the earth and fire in it is somewhat weaker than that in the Ten Caves.

Further down are the lower- and mid-level wizard factions, gathered in the usual fire elemental lands.

These good and bad are all relative.

For the vast majority of the Burning School wizards.

These "nine cities, ten caves, and twenty-four mountains" are all sacred places for spiritual practice.

Entering any one of them would be enough to bring glory to our ancestors.

The place Li Wei was heading to was the "Flaming Mountain" among the Twenty-Four Mountains.

This is Witch City, which is presided over by several Yuanhun Wizards. Below Witch City, in this volcanic cluster, there are dozens of wizard markets of various sizes.

Li Wei's destination was one of these markets.

As a knight, Hogg could only wander around in such a loose wizarding market; he certainly couldn't get into a real wizarding organization.

After looking at the map, he realized that he was in "Fire Crocodile City," a medium-sized witch city under the Nine Cities Alliance.

Under the reforms of the Blazing Sun God Wizard, the Crimson Realm's wizarding organizations are now divided based on Wizard Cities.

Small witch cities are low-level witch organizations.

And so on.

Large witch cities are all high-level organizations, just like "Ten Caves and Twenty-Four Mountains".

Further up lies the detached and otherworldly "Nine Cities".

This was Li Wei's biggest feeling after arriving in the Crimson Realm.

The atmosphere here is completely different from that of the Endless Sea.

The Endless Sea is more free and diverse, and extremely inclusive.

Here, things seem more professional and focused.

"Please register."

As we walked out of the portal management office, a staff member said.

"OK."

After doing so, Li Wei left the place.

Although Fire Crocodile City is a medium-sized city, it is quite powerful.

A wizard with five rings resides here, known as the "Lord of Fire Crocodile City".

"My lord wizard, is this your first time visiting Fire Crocodile City?" a short wizard asked.

"Yes, I want to go to the Flaming Mountains. Does Fire Crocodile City have airship flights that go there? Or do you know where I can buy a complete map of the entire Crimson Realm?"

With a slight sense, Li Wei discovered that this male wizard was a high-level wizard apprentice. He seemed to be a street urchin who made a living by acting as a guide for newly arrived wizards from other places. There were many such people in the Endless Sea.

He handed the other man a piece of Tai stone, and the male wizard immediately became respectful.

With his level of mental strength, he could only sense that Li Wei's mental strength was as vast as the ocean, and that he was definitely a wizard of the second ring or above, but he couldn't see the specific level.

"Thank you, sir. There are currently no flights from Fire Crocodile City to Flaming Mountain..."

"This Fire Crocodile City must be an important port city in the Crimson Realm, otherwise they wouldn't have set up a teleportation gate here. Flame Mountain is also a big city, doesn't it have flights?" Li Wei asked.

The short male wizard smiled wryly: "Originally there were, but after the century-long war between black and white wizards, the flight routes to Fire Crocodile City have been severely affected and have not yet fully recovered."

However, you could visit the Fire Crocodile Merchant Guild. It's the largest merchant guild in the city and frequently travels to major cities for trade. I suspect they might have the map you need. You can also pay someone from the guild to take you there.

Upon hearing this, Li Wei turned and headed towards the merchant guild. Hogg had come to the Flaming Mountains with the caravan.

However, Li Wei thought that would be too slow, so he decided to buy a map and get there himself.

The short wizard happily left the place.

Just as he reached the corner, a bald wizard in a red robe appeared in front of the short male wizard, blocking his way. This was a formal wizard.

"Kid, hand over the money," he asked with a sneer.

"This is what I earned..." the short wizard said reluctantly.

A formal wizard exudes a powerful spiritual energy fluctuation.

The short male wizard looked grim, then reluctantly handed the stone to him and fled in panic.

Gazing in the direction where Li Wei had disappeared, the bald wizard murmured to himself.

"This wizard's strength is probably above the third ring, and he seems to be a newcomer."

"He can casually spend a whole stone, which means he's not short of money. He's a good target."

In the understanding of the bald wizard and many of the Burning School wizards.

As a powerful, fully-fledged wizard, it is your honor to ask a mere wizard apprentice for directions.

Normally, no one would give these wizard apprentices money.

In his view, Li Wei's actions were simply foolish and wasteful.

According to the custom in the Endless Sea where Li Wei lives, even a lowly wizard apprentice will be rewarded if they are of help to me.

These are details of cultural differences between different schools of thought and different regions.

Once upon a time, a wizard from the Ocean School published a paper.

He said it might be due to the different properties of the elements.

In comparison, Ocean School wizards are more gentle and tolerant, while Earth School wizards are more composed and profound.

The Combustion School and the Thunder School are more volatile and easily angered, while the Ice School is colder and more indifferent.

Of course, there is no scientific basis for this; he simply analyzed the crime rates of various schools of thought.

Indeed, the Ocean and Earth School wizards have the lowest crime rate, far lower than the Burning and Thunder Schools.

In the Endless Sea, the Burning and Thunder factions of wizards, who make up only one percent of the population of the Ocean School, constitute one-tenth of the Black Wizard community.

As for the Death School wizards, they are often jokingly referred to as the "Black Wizard School" by many other schools of thought.

Some people call death spells "black magic," saying that only the devil would use them.

There's no way around it; dealing with corpses and negative energy every day inevitably affects one's personality.

Of course, this argument was quickly refuted by the Wizarding Council.

Both the Burning School wizards, led by the Blazing Sun Wizard, and the Death School wizards claim that this is absolute "school discrimination"!

Crime is only related to an individual's qualities, psychology, morality, and the environment in which they live, and has nothing to do with objective, equal, and neutral elements!

The scholar who made that claim immediately retracted the paper.

However, he later disappeared without a trace and died unexpectedly.

In Fire Crocodile City.

The bald wizard disappeared into the street.

At the Fire Crocodile Merchant Guild.

Li Wei stroked his arm, his eyes calm and undisturbed.

"Hello, I'd like to buy a complete map of the Crimson Realm," Li Wei asked. "If you don't have one, a map of the route to the Demon Pool Cave will also be fine."

Hogg said that the Demon Pool Cave is not far from the Flaming Mountains.

Li Wei didn't mention the Flaming Mountains because he was worried about revealing his true destination to some people with ulterior motives.

As a newcomer, you must be careful!

The head of the chamber of commerce was a red-haired witch who was dressed provocatively, revealing her bronze belly and long legs.

"Please wait a day or two. There have been too many wizards coming to the Crimson Realm lately. Only the Nine Cities Alliance has the authority to publish a map of the entire realm. We are currently out of stock."

This witch was a third-circle wizard. She could sense that Levi's mental strength far surpassed her own, so he must be a fourth-circle wizard.

In this Fire Crocodile City, this is an absolute powerhouse, hence her exceptionally respectful tone.

"Are there any major events in the Crimson Realm during this time?" Li Wei asked.

If there were any major events, he had to stay away to avoid being targeted by that mysterious force.

"Not really... It's just that since the legendary wizard Luther of the Ocean School fell, our Burning School seems to be able to attract more new wizards with an affinity for fire elements."

After all, legendary wizards are the face of a school of thought, and the Ocean School is generally not favored these days.

The Thunder School, a new school of thought that emerged later than the four traditional schools, is led by two legendary figures.

Upon hearing this, Li Wei was filled with emotion. The fall of the Deep Blue Sage, like a butterfly, had caused many unexpected consequences.

Just now.

A sorcerer with an effeminate appearance, dressed in a white robe, arrived here.

He exuded the aura of a fourth-ring spiritual energy, and upon entering, he said coldly, "The third-ring magical artifact I bought from your merchant guild a while ago broke after only three days of use. How does your merchant guild handle such flawed magical artifacts?"

After he finished speaking, he took out a disc-shaped magical artifact and showed it to the witch.

At the same time, his gaze intentionally or unintentionally drifted towards Li Wei beside him.

Li Wei remained calm, turned and left, found a hotel, and settled in.

"Sir, please wait a moment. I will go and fetch our chamber of commerce's craftsmen. If it is indeed a quality issue on our part, we will give you an explanation."

The fourth-circle wizards were all major clients, so the witch quickly sent a message to the craftsman.

After communicating with the craftsman, they discovered that the white-robed wizard had disappeared.

"Really... are you kidding me? Just because you have high cultivation level doesn't mean you can do whatever you want!" she thought indignantly.

The magical artifacts that the white-robed wizard mentioned were not sold by their merchant guild at all!

the next day.

While waiting, Li Wei silently cultivated in Fire Crocodile City.

Within his mind, in the Holy Tower of the Ring of Law, another liquid spiritual star lit up.

Li Wei's mental strength had reached a staggering 274 points!

"It seems that I can achieve spiritual perfection within fifty years."

Li Wei said to himself.

In addition, on the Holy Tower of the French Ring.

The pattern of the purple dragon became more solid and lifelike.

This is the talent spell model for Thunder Dragon Flash.

Li Wei——————

Thunder Dragon Flash: Rank 9 (1/150000).

……

"Thunder Dragon Flash, it's already at the ninth level... No wonder it's a fourth-ring talent, its cultivation is so slow."

After reaching the ninth rank, the speed of Thunder Dragon Flash increases even further.

Its speed is already comparable to that of the Crimson Shadow.

After all, the Crimson Dragon Breathing Technique is currently only at the Blood Origin Second Transformation level.

"The cultivation of innate spells is not something that can be accomplished in a day; it requires slow and careful refinement. This is the most important method for intermediate-level wizards. Once I reach the peak of the fifth ring and master the nine innate spells, I will combine them with my chivalry, rune language, and other methods."

My skill level should be among the top in the five rings!

However, the gap between the Five Rings and the Yuan Soul is too huge.

Even a fifth-ring wizard with nine talents is still no match for a Yuanhun.

In addition to their innate spells, Yuanhun Wizards can also cast Yuanhun spells.

With every gesture, he wielded the elemental power of heaven and earth, making him seem like a celestial being from a past life.

A Yuanhun Wizard can even create a [Yuanhun Wizard Image], which possesses incredible supernatural powers.

These are all qualitative changes, it's truly something to look forward to! What will my primordial spirit witch form be?

later.

After the Thunder Dragon Flash breakthrough.

Li Wei's power runes have also successfully reached the eighth tier.

The runes have brought a terrifying 70% power boost!

Furthermore, the Chariot Rune is at the late stage of Tier 7, while the Lover Rune, which is the last rune to be learned, is still at the Tier 4 level.

"That's great, your strength has improved a lot again."

Being in an unfamiliar place makes me feel really insecure.

Day three.

Fire Crocodile Merchant Guild.

Two fourth-circle wizards arrived here.

They were dressed in standard robes embroidered with fire crocodile patterns, clearly law enforcers from Fire Crocodile City.

"Tell us the identities of the fourth-circle wizards who have been here in the past few days. We've received information that a dark wizard has infiltrated Fire Crocodile City," one of the enforcers said.

The witch was startled and quickly did as she was told.

The incident alarmed the law enforcement officers of the Fourth Ring Road, indicating that this dark wizard must be someone of considerable importance.

Was it the out-of-town wizard who wanted to buy the map that day? Or was it that white-robed wizard who was deliberately picking a fight?

She told the law enforcement officers everything that had happened.

"A fourth-circle wizard, middle-aged, and somewhat burly, perhaps heading to the Demon Pool Cave?" one of the enforcers pondered.

in the afternoon.

Li Wei was practicing meditation in the inn.

Suddenly he opened his eyes and found the innkeeper being questioned by two wizards.

Not long after, someone knocked on the door outside his magic circle.

"Come in."

Li Wei released the magic array.

The two wizards sized up Li Wei, and one of them said, "We are law enforcers from Fire Crocodile City, and public officials under the Nine Cities Alliance. Please show us your identification."

"This is my identity badge, and this is my Crimson Realm pass..." Li Wei handed the entire set of documents to the two people.

He asked the Rose Witch to arrange all of this for him at the Witch's House.

As major organizations under the Wizarding Council, there's definitely no problem.

"So you're a friend of the Witch's House. Excuse me." The enforcer's expression changed slightly as he returned the identification to Li Wei and turned to leave.

Fire Crocodile City.

Inside the burning wizard tower, a middle-aged wizard dressed in a gold-embroidered crocodile robe emerged from the laboratory.

Two law enforcement officers were standing there waiting.

"Lord, we haven't found the black wizard of the Bloodfire Demon Tower. We've checked all the fourth-circle wizards in the city, and I suspect he's already left the city."

"Haven't there been any suspicious people around during this time?" the city lord asked.

"There's a fourth-circle wizard from the Endless Sea, who's also an outsider from the Witch's House. His identity is fine, but we don't know what he's doing here."

"Then forget it. That black wizard was probably just passing by. We've done our duty and reported it to our superiors. Our city is fine." The city lord waved his hand, dismissing them.

He returned to his wizard tower, set up the magic circles, and then took out a small red bottle.

He opened the bottle, and a flame shot out.

In the firelight, a red cicada the size of a thumb poked its head out.

This red cicada seemed to be composed of runes and flames, and its entire body was translucent. A wizard apprentice might have his mental energy explode if he looked at it for too long.

Because this is a truth-related wonder of the earth's level.

The chirping of cicadas!

Even as a fifth-circle wizard, he was extremely excited at this moment.

According to the "Illustrated Compendium of Strange Things" that he consulted.

The chirping of cicadas in summer is among the finest of all wonders of the earth.

It ranks similarly to "Water Dragon's Roar," which appeared in the Endless Sea a few years ago.

Refining it yields three main functions:

It amplifies the power of fire elemental spells, slightly increases the upper limit of mental power, and creates a third-circle level fire-type talent spell.

Of course, this is on the premise that it is refined before the primordial spirit takes shape; once the primordial spirit is fixed, it will have no effect.

"Truth has favored me. I have cultivated for six hundred years, from a mortal boy to an old man in the wizarding world. Although I have become a fifth-ring wizard, I have left many regrets... I only regret that my talent is average. During the third ring period, I only mastered two talent spells before hastily advancing to the fourth ring. Now that I am a fifth-ring wizard, when I fight with others, I am at a great disadvantage compared to those wizards who mastered three talent spells from the beginning."

The three rings, the fourth ring, and the fifth ring are the three natural wonders.

The easiest thing to achieve is the three talents during the third ring period.

After that, getting three talents at the fourth ring is one in ten thousand, and at the fifth ring, they are extremely rare.

By now, he has reached the fifth ring, but he has only mastered two third-ring talents, two fourth-ring talents, and one fifth-ring talent.

If it were merely a matter of falling into a lower level in a battle of magic, it wouldn't be a big problem for Lord Fire Crocodile.

Most importantly, he recently heard a claim from a senior Yuanhun, the truth of which he was unsure.

Recent, yet unpublished and unconfirmed research indicates...

After reaching the peak of the fifth ring, one advances to the Yuan Soul stage.

In addition to the six basic talents, for each additional three-ring talent learned, the success rate of advancing to the Yuan Soul increases by 3%, for four-ring talents it increases by 4%, and for five-ring talents it increases by 5%!

In other words, a wizard with nine talents has an extra 12% higher success rate when advancing to the Yuan Soul level compared to one with six talents!

For advanced elemental souls, every 1% increase in the success rate is a huge victory!

What's more, it's 12%!

Unfortunately, he didn't strive for perfection back then and just muddled through.

Now, the only way to make amends is through the legendary artifact of truth, which can give birth to extraordinary talents.

The chirping of cicadas in summer is such a treasure.

"To create a fourth-circle innate spell, one needs a Sky-level Truth Artifact... In the wizarding world today, obtaining an Earth-level one has already exhausted my luck of six hundred years."

To reach the Sky level, one would need to venture into the Dark Tower or explore planes untouched by wizards. With my ordinary fifth-ring strength, it's far beyond my reach.

However, I'm already quite satisfied. Next, I'll refine it to avoid any unforeseen complications.

Lord Fire Crocodile immediately went into seclusion and opened the wondrous object.

The crimson fire cicada flapped its wings and flew high, trying to escape the wizard's tower.

He blocked them with a magic array.

"Essentially nothing more than a lifeless object with a bit of spirit, yet it dares to dream of flying out of my grasp... Do you think you're a Sun-level wonder?"

He snorted coldly, and a giant hand made of flames grabbed the Crimson Cicada.

He couldn't wait to internalize it.

With his fifth-ring strength, refining this earth-level treasure wouldn't take him long.

As he mentally processed the strange object, a strange, hoarse cicada chirp rang out.

"Lord of Fire Crocodile City, you've truly been blinded by this strange object. You couldn't even see me hiding inside... Hahaha, your body is mine now!" A strange laugh echoed in his mind.

A phantom blood-red figure emerged from the Crimson Cicada's abdomen and appeared in the Fire Crocodile City Lord's sea of ​​consciousness.

He looked at the fiery red spiritual energy crystal of the Fire Crocodile City Lord, and the soul lingering on the crystal.

"Five Rings Talent: Blood Shadow Soul Stealing!"

"You...you are the Blood Demon Tower Master? Didn't you self-destruct and die? How could you possess someone else's body? This is a skill only a primordial spirit can possess!" The Fire Crocodile City Lord's soul cried out in fear.

"You're ignorant. There are countless spells in this world, and there are bound to be some that a country bumpkin like you wouldn't even think of." The blood-red figure pounced on the soul of the Fire Crocodile City Lord, transforming into a blood-red demon, opening its blood-red maw, and frantically devouring the soul of the Fire Crocodile City Lord.

The Fire Crocodile City Lord was not to be outdone and fought back with all his might.

"Give up struggling. Thirty years ago, I was already a senior wizard of the fifth ring. Your mental strength and soul are far inferior to mine!"

I'll show you that there are differences even between the five ring roads.

If it weren't for the eight talent enforcers from the Nine Cities Alliance leading the team, do you think you could destroy my Bloodfire Demon Tower, which has been passed down for thousands of years, with your strength?

My Demon Tower has guarded the "Blood Pupa Pool" for ten thousand years, just to wait for this rare and true artifact to appear in the world!

You think you can get your hands on it?

A bunch of hypocritical bastards. Those enforcers of the Nine Cities Alliance probably don't know that you've been hoarding this rare artifact of truth, do they?

"What white wizard... Bah! Black and white are inseparable; we're on the same path!"

"Ahhh, Blood Demon Tower Lord, you are truly despicable and cunning. You knew you were no match for that enforcer, so you deliberately self-destructed in front of him, but you had already secretly hidden your soul in the Truth Artifact, luring me to take you away, and then taking advantage of my unpreparedness to possess me?" Fire Crocodile City Lord shouted unwillingly.

"You're right, but it's too late. Die!"

Fourth Ring Talent: Blood Demon Devours God!

A terrifying chewing sound rang out from the soul level.

The soul of the Fire Crocodile City Lord was being devoured little by little, and his struggles grew weaker and weaker.

Inside the Wizard's Tower.

Lord Fire Crocodile's expression was serene.

Little did they know, within the sea of ​​consciousness, a perilous battle of souls raged between the five rings!

It was evening.

The Fire Crocodile City Lord suddenly opened his eyes, and his appearance and temperament were exactly the same as before.

However, that eerie smile revealed that he was no longer the original city lord.

"My Bloodfire Demon Tower's ancestors were an organization that gave birth to primordial spirits... My Blood Demon's life is tough."

A crimson fire cicada appeared in his hand.

"Unfortunately, my third-ring talent is already maxed out... After refining it, apart from a negligible increase in mental strength, there won't be any substantial improvement."

He stretched out his right hand, with crimson flames flowing within it.

A small black tower floated on the water.

"Fortunately, I was prepared in advance. This Blood Pupa Pool, which nurtures the Cicada's Song, was originally brought out from the fifth level of the Dark Ancient Tower by the ancestors of the Bloodfire Demon Tower ten thousand years ago, and it is not complete..."

People generally believe that the chirping of cicadas in summer is merely a wondrous phenomenon of earthly truth, but they are unaware that it resides on the fifth floor of that dark ancient tower.

This [Cicada's Song] has the potential to evolve into its true form, a Sky-level wonder:

Higurashi no Cry!

From summer to winter, from fire attribute to mutated frost attribute!

This journey to the Dark Tower will be the turning point for me, Blood Demon. The cicadas weep in the cold; when I reach the peak of the fifth ring, I will be able to…

Ice and fire clashed, shattering the crystals; from destruction came the forging of the primordial spirit!

In the darkness, eerie, grotesque laughter echoed incessantly.

……

The next day.

Li Wei arrived at the Fire Crocodile Merchant Guild and successfully obtained the map.

He checked around and found that Fire Crocodile City was quite far from the Flaming Mountain.

Hogg is quite fast.

However, based on Li Wei's normal flying speed, he estimated that it would take about seven days to reach the Flaming Mountains.

After leaving Fire Crocodile City, Li Wei took a secluded route and traveled silently.

His gaze gradually turned cold, and eventually filled with murderous intent.

He calmed himself down and arrived at a deserted mountain area.

The mountains here are also crimson red, covered with plants similar to maple forests, a vibrant and fiery red.

He descended from the sky and disappeared into the red forest.

Not long after.

Two beams of fire appeared here, and within the firelight, the figures of two people emerged.

They looked around, their mental energy sweeping across the area.

One of them was none other than the white-robed wizard who had appeared at the Fire Crocodile Merchant Guild that day, a fourth-ring level wizard.

There was another one, also a fourth-circle wizard, who had never appeared in Fire Crocodile City.

Judging from their appearance, they must be a gang.

"Blood Demon, is that fat sheep from the Endless Sea really a fourth-circle wizard? Why did we lose track of him?"

"Red Eye, you're questioning my judgment. We didn't lose him; he must have used some kind of concealment method to hide here!" Blood Demon Bro sneered. "Let me use an area-of-effect spell to force him out... But let's make it clear first, I'm the one who found him, so the profits are split 60/40!"

Red-Eyed Roach laughed, "I understand. Let's take him down first... I have a feeling that the kid probably noticed we were following him and then used an escape spell, which cost him some money, to get away."

As he spoke, a crimson light flashed in Roach's eyes.

This is the third-circle innate spell he cultivated: Crimson Flame True Eye.

Although this spell is not good for actual combat, it can see through illusions, mazes, and some concealment techniques.

If that little fat sheep were still here, he wouldn't be able to escape his watchful eye!

"Whether they escaped or not, I'll find out soon enough." With a thought, Brock unleashed a torrent of blood flames that spread for miles, even tens of miles.

Fourth Ring Talent: Boundless Blood Sea!

His spell has average attack power, but a wide range!

next moment.

Accompanied by a sneer.

Behind Blow, the void rippled, and a figure quietly appeared.

"Be careful!"

Luo Qi's expression changed, and his Crimson Flame True Eye shot out two beams of fire towards the figure.

The figure neither dodged nor avoided.

Before the fire could touch him, a golden snake, circling and dancing, rose into the air to protect him.

The bullets were deflected and reflected into Roach's eyes.

"Aaaaaah, my eyes!" Roach cried out, clutching his eyes and wailing in pain.

Clearly, they hadn't expected this person to be able to reflect their magical attacks.

Even if it's only a portion of the attack power, it's still the human eye, the most vulnerable part of the body!

He endured the excruciating pain and lowered his hands, blood gushing from his eyes.

the other side.

Bro sensed danger and his expression changed drastically.

The blood flames quickly receded, swirling around him to form a protective force field.

At the same time, his white robe was also shimmering with light, clearly indicating that it was also a fourth-ring defensive magical artifact.

"break!"

puff.

The sword energy of the Crimson Dragon Cutting Through Iron Sweeps Across the Land!

The Crimson Emperor Dragon is now at the fifteenth rank, and with its power runes having just broken through, its power has greatly increased!

This is a common force field.

Li Wei didn't even need to use the Flame Dragon True Form.

It can be easily broken.

The four-ringed magical artifact below struggled against the sword energy for a moment before being pierced, clearly indicating that it was only of ordinary quality.

"What?"

At that moment, Bro and Roach's expressions changed drastically.

With a single strike, it shattered four rings of force fields and a magical artifact!

"A fifth-ring wizard? Impossible! His mental energy fluctuations are even weaker than mine!" Bro couldn't understand.

"This person actually cultivates both body refinement and magic! Blood Demon... you've done me a disservice! You can keep this little fat sheep for yourself!"

Although he was blind, he still had mental strength. After seeing the dense body-refining runes on Li Wei's body, he was able to see them clearly.

Rocchi, who had been summoned by the vampire to cooperate, was completely numb.

Those who cultivate both body-refining techniques and magic at the fourth level are geniuses, even rarer than the children of the elements in some ways!

Has this vampire lost his mind? After waiting for half a day, he chose such a troublesome opponent? He's just asking for trouble!

Luo Qi quickly transformed into a streak of fire and was about to disappear.

The next moment, a sharp figure descended from the sky, the chainsaw sword roaring as it shattered the flames!

Tyrant IV!

Behind the tyrant are Phoenix's ten-foot-long fiery wings, which look incredibly cool!

At the same time, the Thor cannon exploded, and a dense electric grid spread over several miles!

Luo Qi felt a tingling sensation throughout his body. At this moment, all he felt was fear and regret.

The target is indeed a little fat sheep, but the problem is it's way too fat! Dual cultivation is one thing, but to have such a powerful alchemical creature protecting them is another!

This is definitely a prodigy from a powerful organization who has come out to gain experience!

On the other side, Levitt, with the dying Blood Demon still alive, came to Roach, who had been beaten up by the Tyrant, and captured him again.

"I will only ask the next question once."

Do you want to live? Or do you want to die?

Behind Li Wei, the Sword of Oath slowly emerged.

"Live! I want to live!" Roach said hurriedly.

"Me too! Don't kill me... I'm from the Bloodfire Demon Tower... I know the whereabouts of a Truth Artifact, I don't want to die."

Li Wei felt calm.

These wizards are truly spineless.

In this respect, he is inferior to those simple-minded but physically strong noble knights in the human world.

The Cavaliers have won a game!

"Wait...you just said, a Truth Wonder?"

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