Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 461 Black Phoenix (Long Chapter, Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

Having dealt with dragons for a long time, Li Wei was extremely familiar with their aura.

Judging from the aura emanating from its scales, it should be a level six dragon.

Although it's not the level seven dragon that Li Wei needs most, it's still good to reduce the burden on the Black Lotus Beast.

This world wasn't very big, and Li Wei quickly searched through it.

Several days later, having found nothing, he returned to the ruins.

He only found out by asking around among the local indigenous people.

Hundreds of years ago, there was a powerful dragon named Torez the Flame Executioner. It invaded the Scorched Rock World, intending to enslave the natives to mine gold for it. However, it was driven away by the great hero Dick. The place where he discovered the dragon scales was the site of Dick's great battle with the dragon.

"What a pity."

He was overjoyed but forgot about the incident, gazing solemnly at the ruins ahead.

He muttered incantations, and a phantom gold coin flicked from his hand.

"The smiley face... According to the divination of the Coin of Destiny, there shouldn't be much danger. This basically matches my sense of danger. With both sides confirming each other, there should be no danger."

Even so, just to be on the safe side, Li Wei still hid a Palace of the Dead in the underground outside the ruins.

This has become a habit for him, just like saving the game every few steps in a single-player game.

In addition, even though he knew it was useless, he still summoned "Pleasant Goat," the lucky goat, and had it sing him a sheep version of "Good Luck," activating an absolute lucky state.

The ruins exuded the aura of time. Li Wei used magic and instruments to collect a small amount of powder from the ruins and conducted a simple test to determine its age.

"This site was probably built 20,000 years ago."

"At this point, even if there are some powerful magic arrays, they would most likely have aged naturally. If there are any guardians inside, most of them would have died of old age, unless some descendants were left behind, or they have extremely long lifespans. In short, be careful, and this exploration should be fine."

Various protective force fields shone from his body, and magical arrays for breaking formations appeared in his hands. He carefully deciphered the remaining arrays.

These magic arrays have long since ceased to function, but just in case, it's best to completely dismantle them.

He easily traversed the outer area of ​​the ruins without encountering anything.

What appeared before Li Wei were thick pillars that soared into the sky, reaching heights of a thousand meters. Li Wei counted them; there were twenty-four in total.

These pillars are made entirely of "Jiaoshi," a specialty of the Jiaoyan World, and are refined using a special method, making them incredibly hard.

Even after 20,000 years, it still looks perfectly intact.

The surface of the pillar is carved with a divine bird pattern resembling a phoenix flying in the sky.

This is the image of the phoenix that is often presented to the world.

"These pillars are all magical arrays, and together they form the [Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Array]."

The Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Formation is an eight-ring formation of the Burning Faction, generally used for suppression and sealing.

"Did the creator of this ruin suppress some kind of level eight being beneath it?"

If it's a level seven entity, there's definitely no need to use the eight-ring magic array. That would be a waste of its potential.

"This magic array appears to be basically intact. If there are any sealing objects below, they most likely haven't escaped yet."

Li Wei, of course, wouldn't be reckless and remove these seals.

Although he now has the confidence to compete with the Eighth Rings, it doesn't mean he wants to confront them directly.

"The treasure map says that every night, the phantom of a divine bird flies out from this place. I'll go and see for myself today."

night.

Li Wei remained hidden in the distance, his gaze fixed on the ruins.

As the clear sky pierced through the clouds and split the rocks, a phantom image of a divine bird flew out. Its appearance resembled a phoenix in a sculpture, with a wingspan of ten thousand meters, soaring into the high heavens before dissipating.

Rumble!

The twenty-four giant pillars trembled incessantly, their surface patterns gleaming brightly, and magical runes lighting up one by one.

"This is something being suppressed, attempting to break free from the constraints of the Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Array. The wizard who built this ruin must be one of the best among the eighth-ring wizards, no less powerful than those top wizard leaders. What a grand undertaking. Currently, it seems that what is being suppressed below is most likely related to the Phoenix."

This is definitely not a genuine phoenix; it must be a powerful creature with a very strong phoenix bloodline, far superior to the Azure Fire Crow, the Frost Flame Bird, or the Crimson Netherworld Sparrow.

Li Wei was overjoyed; his trip had not been in vain.

We just need to find a way to subdue the beings below.

The next day.

During the daytime, the Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Formation fell silent once again.

It seems that the beings below only attempt to break the formation at night.

Li Wei ignored the magic array for the time being and flew towards the center of the ruins.

Before long, he appeared in front of a collapsed wizard tower. Several tall, thin figures with crimson bodies, like glowing charcoal, were moving about inside.

These are the natives of the Scorched Rock Realm, whom Li Wei calls the Scorched Rock Clan. They are born with the ability to control fire. During his travels in the area these past few days, Li Wei had secretly made contact with them through the Crimson Contract, but their strength was average, so he didn't pay them any attention.

He bypassed these alien races and continued onward. Along the way, he easily evaded traps and mechanisms that were enough to kill ordinary Yuanhun wizards.

In the end, he appeared unharmed outside the door of an underground laboratory.

Danger perception is used for early warning.

He then released his nightmare clone, which transformed into black smoke, passed through the magic circle, and entered it.

The laboratory was large, and all sorts of research instruments were covered in dust. The dust removal array had long since stopped working.

Through his clone's perspective, he saw in the center of the laboratory a three-meter-tall crystal vessel that had been opened and was covered with runes.

Inside the vessel was jet-black water, radiating intense heat, bubbling and gurgling, with a complex network of black tubes.

"It's somewhat like a device for bloodline modification experiments."

Ultimately, the clone found something resembling a laboratory research log.

After reading it, Li Wei fell into deep thought.

The owner of the ruins is unknown, but during his lifetime, he was researching an eight-ring life-extending potion called the "Millennium Potion." If the research was successful, taking this potion would extend one's life by a thousand years.

This potion requires the bloodline of the phoenix, so he imprisoned an eighth-level phoenix creature and studied it day and night.

However, despite numerous experiments, he still failed.

His final experiment was shortly before his death. He took a desperate gamble, ingesting a drug with uncertain effects, hoping to try his luck, but he failed again.

He was still unwilling to give up and planned to try to extend his lifespan through bloodline modification, but obviously, that also failed.

Not long after, the clone found a skeleton in the laboratory, dressed in an old wizard's robe, which was clearly of ordinary quality, eight rings.

Li Wei had his clone remove the robe. The eight-ringed witch artifact, though an antique, was still usable and could be auctioned off. This trip had already netted at least ten billion taels of silver.

In addition, there was an ancient-looking ring on the skeleton's finger. Upon seeing the ring's design, Li Wei was delighted.

"It's from the same series as my Tremor and Snake Eyes... Looks like this guy is also a Lord of the Rings collector."

This ring, named the "Laughing Ring," is said to unleash a "Laughter Spell." A wizard affected by it will be unable to stop dancing and gesturing, inevitably affecting their spellcasting. However, this effect is probabilistic and unlikely to work on elemental spirit wizards; it has only collectible value.

Most importantly, he instructed his clone to store the contents inside and check them out later.

However, so far, nothing that would have made Li Wei feel dangerous has not appeared, which makes him very vigilant.

He had his clone put away all the experimental logs, equipment, and other materials.

"A thousand-year potion, a good idea. It's a pity, extending lifespan is the most difficult thing for wizards, otherwise wizards would have already unified all the worlds."

As far as Li Wei knew, those that could extend lifespan by a thousand years were generally nine-ring elixirs or rare and precious herbs.

Currently, there are occasionally some eight-ring life-extending potions on the market, which only extend life by about three hundred years, and the price is extremely high. Even Li Wei is reluctant to buy them.

These longevity elixirs involve a wide variety of rare and precious materials and involve complex refining processes, surpassing even breakthrough elixirs.

Moreover, longevity drugs are usually only taken once.

"However, this experimental diary is still of reference value. I can study it on my own. If we can really refine an eight-ring potion that can extend life by a thousand years in the future, it will be of epoch-making significance. If Baihua and Triss can gain another thousand years of lifespan, they will have a chance to reach the ninth level of the realm in the future."

Furthermore, if the production of this potion could be slightly increased, many eighth-ring wizards in the wizarding world could benefit from it and advance to the ninth ring.

As the inventor of the drug, Li Wei also made a fortune.

However, it seems unlikely, as the limitation on life-extending drugs is like a skilled cook not having rice to cook.

Unless the wizard makes a groundbreaking breakthrough in the science of potion materials, he can replace those rare and precious materials.

Otherwise, life-extending drugs would remain the privilege of only a very few people.

"It's a pity that there's no trace of the Truth Wonder in this laboratory. Either it wasn't conceived, or it was conceived and then took human form and disappeared. Twenty thousand years is really too long."

After searching the laboratory again, he found no other useful clues. Li Wei withdrew his clone and turned to leave.

Just then, an unexpected change occurred. A dark shadow suddenly appeared at the exit ahead, and a beam of black light shot out at an unimaginable speed.

boom!

boom!

boom!

The earth dragon barrier and other protective force fields shattered one after another.

The black light collided with the [Citroën Armor], piercing a hole in its left chest area. This was a top-quality seventh-ring witch artifact.

However, after piercing the sorcery, it was bounced off the golden scales on Li Wei's body and grabbed by Li Wei's large hand, which was wrapped with golden gravity.

A tremendous force surged through his palm, causing it to tremble uncontrollably. Li Wei looked closely and saw that it was a black feather.

The dark figure let out a surprised exclamation, clearly not expecting that it had failed to penetrate the enemy's armor.

Li Wei's eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous aura.

Seeing that its attack had missed, the dark figure tried to escape. It transformed into a black light and flew away from the ruins.

To his shock, he discovered that the entire ruins, spanning over twenty miles, were surrounded by a ring of silver mountains. Countless black lightning bolts filled the sky, radiating an aura of destruction. Furthermore, towering storm vortexes swirled outside the mountains, and unknown creatures of air emerged from the storm, flying towards him.

A figure in black armor, carrying a massive sword the size of a door panel, was looking at him with a mocking gaze.

"You ambushed me and now you want to run away?"

A woman wearing a black veil appeared before Li Wei.

She was slender with a slim waist, and her black dress billowed in the wind, revealing her long, white legs and bare feet.

The woman in the black dress suddenly spoke in the common wizarding language:

"Wait, if I said I meant no harm, would you believe me?"

Her voice was somewhat hoarse, even unpleasant, and completely at odds with her beautiful figure.

Li Wei suddenly moved, transforming into a hawk and soaring straight into the sky, a sharp sword aura already slashing down!

"If you stand still and let me strike you with my sword, I'll believe you."

The woman in the black dress's expression changed drastically. She raised her hand, which conjured a giant black claw that clashed with the sword energy.

Rumble!

As the sword energy dissipated, the woman's giant claws were also torn apart.

She frowned and said:

"Although you are somewhat special, my cultivation level is above yours. Don't force me... Don't forget, you were the one who trespassed into my territory first. Is this how you humans behave? So domineering."

The human before her possessed an aura that appeared to be only at the mid-stage of level seven. She, on the other hand, was at the late-stage of level seven.

Li Wei remained unmoved. He activated the [Peng Snake Path], and the figures of a celestial roc and a celestial snake could be faintly seen accompanying him. Even with the black-dressed woman's eyesight, Li Wei seemed to have turned into an elusive afterimage. One sword aura after another attacked from all directions, accompanied by a series of innate spells, which could be described as a saturation bombardment.

The woman in the black dress cursed under her breath:

"This is outrageous!"

With a wave of her hand, seven streaks of black light appeared, which were seven black feathers. They trembled and hummed, like secret swords, tearing through the air waves and rushing towards Li Wei.

boom!

boom!

boom!

Li Wei gripped the greatsword, and the black light struck the blade, causing him excruciating pain in his hand.

"This monster is quite formidable."

He simply sheathed his greatsword, the Fist of Doomsday appeared, and he activated the [Wuji Dao] form, entering a state of complete freedom and ultimate mastery.

The flesh and blood, like a shape-memory fluid alloy, formed concentric ripples, transforming into a golden scale shield that deflected the black light.

At the same time, he stretched out his hand, and his ten fingers transformed into blood nails, shooting out.

The woman in the black dress waved her hand, and a pair of illusory black wings unfurled, enveloping her.

A series of crackling sounds rang out; some of the blood-stained nails were bounced off, while others pierced through her and plunged into her chest.

Black blood flowed, turning into black flames that melted away the blood nails.

boom!

Suddenly, the wind and thunder surged, and an immense sense of danger swept over her. A nine-colored giant, three thousand meters tall, quietly appeared behind her.

"Oh no, is this a shaman?"

The giant embraced her like a tree, compressing the space around her. Nine-colored divine light filled the heavens and earth, and black lightning and blue fire exploded!

The woman in the black dress exploded, turning into countless black lights that flew in all directions. She then transformed back into human form, her face pale and bloodless, still shaken.

Before she could even regain her composure, a thick, purple lightning bolt, about a mile in diameter, descended from the sky and struck her down.

"what!"

A humanoid figure fell from the sky, her black dress torn, revealing a glimpse of her skin; her face was quite pretty, though.

Within the vortex of the storm, Si Lei, with a human head and a snake's body, emerged.

Li Wei's fist shone brightly as he unleashed a powerful downward hook, slamming the woman into the ground and shattering her body into pieces.

The next moment, the flesh and blood began to gather again, transforming into the figure of the woman in the black dress.

"This guy's pretty tough."

The Nine-Colored Emperor slammed his hand down, and Li Wei casually cast the [Heavenly Net Thunder Light] spell to entangle and control him.

The weak and frail woman in the black dress hurriedly said:

"No...don't kill me."

She had initially thought that although the black-armored man in front of her was special, he was at most on par with her, since she was at least a minor realm above him. But now it seemed that this man was far stronger than her.

Li Weidao:

I won't kill you.

He slammed his hand down, engulfing the woman with the power of a scarlet dragon, creating a crimson enslavement. The woman in the black dress stared blankly for a moment, then said:

"Owner."

Li Weidao:

"You're probably just a clone or something, your real body is under that suppressing magic array."

The woman in the black dress said:

"Yes."

Li Wei thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

The woman before him possessed an immense power of immortality, clearly related to the phoenix; Li Wei had already discerned this. If this woman was a being with the bloodline of the phoenix, wouldn't she have lived for tens of thousands of years?

he asked:

"Tell me about your situation and the details of your remains in detail."

He found a place and listened quietly to the woman's story.

a few days later.

Li Wei led the woman to the Wan Yan Sealing Spirit Formation.

Sealed beneath this magic array is an extremely powerful extraordinary creature named the Black Phoenix Parrot.

More than 20,000 years ago, this black phoenix parrot was captured by the owner of the ruins and brought to the Scorched Rock World, where it was suppressed by the Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Formation.

Then the wizard attempted to use the phoenix bloodline within the black phoenix to create a thousand-year-old potion in order to extend his own lifespan.

This wizard was originally a fully-fledged eighth-ring wizard, possessing great strength, but he only had two hundred years left before his lifespan was about to end.

Under normal circumstances, he would have no hope of breaking through to the ninth ring and could only pin his hopes on longevity potions.

Unfortunately, the wizard ultimately failed and died.

Although he died, the Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Formation continued to operate, relying on the abundant earth fire and heavenly fire power of the Scorched Rock World.

The black phoenix parrot was suppressed in this place and could not escape. As time went by, its strength dropped to the seventh level.

Fifteen thousand years ago, this black phlox was nearing its end.

Before its demise, it hibernated its physical body. Its true spirit, using the Black Phoenix Parrot's unique ability to reincarnate only once, chose to be reborn and awoke in the body it had prepared beforehand, becoming this woman in the black dress.

She appears to be human, but in reality, she was created by combining the bloodline and secret techniques of a black pheasant with the physical body of a race called the Black Pheasant from a multiverse. It is said that this race was once the retinue of the phoenix in the multiverse.

Over thousands of years, this woman in black cultivated to the seventh level and then came here to release the physical body of the black phoenix parrot and break the seal of the magic array.

But she was not a wizard and did not understand magic circles. She tried countless times but could not shake the eight-ring magic circle.

The phantom of the divine bird that flies out every night is her effort to awaken her physical body through the power of her bloodline.

As time went by, she cultivated and grew stronger in the Scorched Rock World, eventually reaching the late stage of the seventh level.

Until this day, with the arrival of Li Wei, this uninvited guest, she subconsciously assumed that Li Wei was an accomplice or descendant of the owner of the ruins.

He then wanted to kill it to avoid affecting his plan to save his physical body.

Unexpectedly, she was caught off guard and easily manipulated by Li Wei.

Although the black pheasant's physical body is not bad, it is ultimately no match for the black phlox.

According to the Black Pheasant Tribe's creation legend:

Before its death, the supreme and selfless phoenix distributed its various body parts to different extraordinary creatures.

Then came the ancestors of all the phoenix-blooded creatures in this world, who are collectively known as the "first generation of immortals".

The ancestor of the black phlox fed on the tail feathers of the phoenix, thus acquiring the most magnificent tail in the world.

Birds like the Frostfire Bird, Blackflame Bird, and Blue Fire Crow are all hybrids from countless generations ago. They are far inferior to the original species like the Black Phoenix, and therefore have very low growth potential.

The ancestor of the Black Phoenix was a level nine legendary creature named the Cockatiel.

As is well known, unless purebreds mate with each other, any extraordinary bloodline factor will be diluted through generations of inheritance and reproduction.

During the dilution process, all sorts of hybrid creatures are born, but by the time it reaches the Black Phoenix generation, it can only reach level eight.

Of course, even though it's diluted, it still far surpasses other hybrid creatures, and if given the chance in the future, there's hope of returning to the original immortal race.

That's why the woman in the black dress was determined to reclaim her physical body at all costs. The Black Pheasant Clan had too little potential. Even with the Black Phoenix Parrot bloodline and after a great deal of modification, it was difficult for them to advance to level eight, let alone revive their ancestors' glory and advance to level nine.

Only by reclaiming her physical body can she hope to take a step forward and start a new life.

To be honest, this black phlox is quite pitiful. It was captured by others to make medicine and conduct experiments, and was kept locked up until it died.

They even used up their only chance for reincarnation; it was a completely undeserved disaster.

Now that Scarlet has enslaved her, Black Phoenix is ​​one of his own, and he can rest assured to break the seal and rescue her body.

The Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Array is difficult to break by brute force alone, or even with his current level as a seventh-ring array wizard. A combination of both is necessary: ​​using his knowledge of arrays to identify its weaknesses, and then exerting all his strength, is the only hope.

Next, he settled down in the Scorched Rock World, intending to study it slowly and, incidentally, open and take inventory of the owner's storage ring.

Inside the ring, there weren't as many items as Li Wei had imagined.

Tai Shi only had a little over 100 million. It wasn't that the owner of the ruins was poor. Judging from his experimental diary, he spent all his life savings on that set of experimental equipment, capturing black pheasants, building magic arrays, and researching potions.

In the end, he was so poor that even as a fully-fledged eighth-ring wizard, he only had a second-hand ordinary eighth-ring wizard's robe.

There were some mineral materials, a specialty of the Scorched Rock World called [Divine Rock Iron], a level seven ore of good quality. Li Wei put it away and went back to refine weapons for the Holy Infant.

After searching for a while, Li Wei finally found what he wanted.

The design blueprints for the Eight-Ring Magic Array, the "Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Array," are worth mentioning. It's also worth noting that the creator of this magic array was the great wizard Gargamel.

In addition, there is a book on the inheritance of magic arrays.

The book's cover is blood red, with a strange eye on it, blinking and staring at Li Wei.

Li Wei's eyes narrowed, and then he took out two more books from his storage ring, both of which were "The Book of Cypher".

The first book was obtained when he killed the second-circle wizard [Lost Evil Wizard Pinoz] when he was young. It only contained some low-level magic circle blueprints, which accompanied him for a long time.

The second book was obtained from the Fire Wolf Wizard when the Burning School and others were exploring the secret realm. It contained more complete information, including not only low-level but also mid-level magic array blueprints.

Li Wei browsed through this book and found that it was more comprehensive, containing thousands of low-level and mid-level magic arrays, as well as dozens of high-level magic arrays and even several nine-ring magic arrays.

"This is the true Book of Cyphers; the one in this man's hand is the complete version."

Without a doubt, Cypher, the author of this book, was an ancient great wizard, and many of the versions of this book that have been passed down are censored versions.

This is a common occurrence; some wizards hold back when selling or teaching, to avoid being surpassed.

"A book of the legacy of a nine-ring magic array wizard. This trip was really worth it. The Book of Cypher, which spans more than eight hundred years, has finally been collected by me, Li Wei."

Li Wei put away the inheritance and planned to study it later. Many of the magic arrays in the Book of Cypher could be used in the construction of his territory on the Ancient Dragon Continent and in the building of his Wizard Tower.

This is a priceless treasure; even a great wizard would go mad for it.

"Black Phoenix, you will keep watch over the ruins from now on, and forbid anyone from coming here. Report to me immediately if there are any issues. I need to study this for a while."

With his current knowledge, understanding the Eight Rings Formation is somewhat beyond his comprehension, but since he's not creating the formation, but just trying to sabotage it, it shouldn't be a problem.

Black Phoenix actually has a name; her name is Nanali Royas.

She nodded and left the ruins.

Three years later.

Nora, 412.

A bloody battle that lasted 198 years.

At dusk, Li Wei, who had been away from home for some time, was chatting with Baihua at the round table.

When are you coming back?

"It's not clear yet; I won't be able to go back anytime soon."

"Well, in the Tower of Dawn, another wizard failed to break through. It was the Coral Witch. I thought she could succeed, after all, she's the Child of the Elements, and she has nine talents. But she still failed at the last hurdle. Maybe it was just bad luck. Also, not long ago, the Ice Phoenix passed away, dying of old age. That Frostfire Bird also passed away. Do you remember the Lily Witch? One of my girls, she's gone too... The good news is that Soret successfully achieved the sixth ring."

"I see."

Over the years, the group of people who first met Li Wei have gradually grown old.

Of the twenty-four flowers of the Hundred Flowers, the Rose Witch passed away long ago, as did the Violet and the Lily Witch, some dying of old age, others in various missions.

Of the Twenty-Four Flowers, only one, the Cherry Blossom Witch, has broken through to the Yuanhun realm; she currently serves as a professor at the Tower of Dawn. She's a rather quiet witch, and Li Wei vaguely remembers her. In fact, given his status and position, he rarely interacts with them.

Xavier from Starfire Wizarding Academy has also left. Rose Witch and Newt Wizarding, who were also struggling to advance in the Five Realms, are now retired and traveling the wizarding world.

Huffman, the halfling, although he has a longer lifespan, is still struggling to break through to the sixth ring. He is now living a life of retirement and researching potions, and plans to raise a few outstanding halfling offspring before he dies.

This applies not only to wizards but also to knights. Over eight hundred years after the establishment of the Twilight Temple, most of the earliest knights, if they were lucky enough to advance to level five, stopped before reaching the level six barrier. Those who were unlucky left even earlier.

As the leader of the organization, Li Wei had long since taken these things lightly.

Separation and death are unavoidable in both the extraordinary and the mortal world.

He personally attended the funerals of some of his close friends and those he remembered well, such as Xavier, and even took the initiative to bring his daughter, who had a talent for wizardry, to the Tower of Dawn to study, which could be considered as some form of care.

Of course, death is not everything. Apart from a few single people, most extraordinary individuals will start to form their own families early when they feel hopeless about advancement, to pass on their bloodline and continue the family line. This is an instinct solidified in their blood.

The twenty-four beauties and the knights who died all had their own descendants or families left behind. They all lived in the mortal settlements of the Ancient Dragon Continent, protected by special warbands, serving as a talent reserve base for the organization.

Those with talent will follow in their fathers' footsteps and continue on the extraordinary path that their predecessors did not finish, thus perpetuating the cycle from generation to generation.

If one is lucky and talented enough, and can produce a descendant who advances to level six in the future, becoming a high-ranking member of a major organization such as the Ancient Dragon Continent's Twilight Temple, Dawn Tower, or Giant Beast Paradise, then that would be considered bringing glory to one's ancestors and returning home in triumph.

On this continent, everyone has their own story.

Occasionally, when Li Wei had some free time, he would travel incognito to the mortal realm, to roam the world, and to observe, from a god-like perspective, the talented and fortunate young people who were diligently cultivating themselves and reminiscing about their past.

Li Wei knew that in the next hundred years, he would have even fewer old acquaintances.

These people have all benefited from him, to varying degrees.

Sometimes, even acquaintances from his youth would boast about knowing Li Wei and swindle him.

But no matter what, in the first thousand-year chapter of his life, those relatively ordinary people will all disappear from the story, and their stories will come to an end.

After their conversation, Li Wei continued studying the magic array. He would be entering the ancient tower in five years, and he wanted to obtain the black phlox's physical body before entering.

From then on, there was no need to worry about the Phoenix bloodline anymore, and the path of the Death Dragon's cultivation was smooth sailing.

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the year 414 of the Nora calendar, after 200 years of bloody battles, Livy was already 838 years old.

Some time ago, he heard some news from the Blood Knights, some good and some bad.

The good news is that the Feather Knight successfully advanced to level six, and the process went relatively smoothly. The bad news is that the Halberd Knight failed to advance. Although he barely survived thanks to a rare treasure, his chances of reaching level six again are slim.

Despite surviving his failed promotion, the Halberd Knight was somewhat disheartened. Li Wei asked the Blood Knight to comfort him, saying that once he recovered, he could either continue working in the warband or choose to retire and live out the rest of his life.

Advancing to level six is ​​a major hurdle. The eighteen riders were selected from the best of the best by the Twilight Temple, but that doesn't mean everyone can reach level six.

Unless you're like Li Wei, a cheat code user who only starts breaking through after ensuring a near 100% success rate in their advancement.

After a new round of competition, the Alligator Turtle Knight defeated some newcomers and returned to his position among the Twilight Eighteen Knights. Having learned his lesson from the Halberd Knight, he was more cautious about advancing to the sixth rank.

Currently, sixteen of the Twilight Eighteen Knights are level six knights, leaving only the Pheasant Knight and the Crocodile Turtle Knight, who are not yet at level six.

The halberd riders were not an isolated case. Apart from the eighteen riders, there have been many similar cases in recent years. In the face of a level six natural barrier, it was a miracle if they could even keep their lives.

Even among the eighteen riders, some nearly lost their lives in the bloody battle.

If one day in the future someone suddenly dies in battle, Li Wei will not be surprised at all.

The extraordinary world is inherently fraught with unexpected risks, and bloody battles are even more so.

In recent years, in addition to studying magic arrays, he has also continued his meditation practice.

My mental strength has now reached 9800 points, and I only need 1200 points to reach the seventh ring of perfection.

He has also mastered the spells "Leap of Fire" and "Turning Earth into a Prison" to the fifteenth level. Even the most difficult spell, "Micro Disintegration," has finally been mastered to the sixteenth level, seventh ring. Theoretically, he can now disintegrate a level seven being.

However, Li Wei didn't intend to waste his talents. Most enemies could be killed with a single punch, so why use magic? Unless encountering a particularly troublesome enemy, there was no need to use the Disintegration Technique. But then he thought again, this Disintegration Technique, if not used on living beings, seemed to have no major side effects. Why not try using the hand seals used to disintegrate magic arrays?

Having spent years researching, he had roughly figured out the weaknesses of this magic array, and it was time to make his move.

After releasing the Black Phoenix's physical body, and spending three years advancing the Death Dragon to level seven, I will go to the Underworld City and the Dark Tower.

Just do it.

Li Wei arrived above the ruins, his eyes flashing. One after another, magical arrays fell onto the pillars in front of him, these were arrays to assist in breaking the formation.

The incantation resounded, and a beam of white light surged from Li Wei's fingertips, shooting towards one of the pillars—the node of the magic array that Li Wei had calculated.

At first, the pillars remained unchanged. Just as Li Wei was about to use brute force to break the formation, he saw the pillars begin to crumble inch by inch, and the space around them also began to shatter.

The next moment, the pillar suddenly disappeared, and apart from that, everything was the same as before.

Li Wei even had the illusion that the pillar had never existed, and that its presence or absence was irrelevant.

"This is the art of disintegration, which negates the existence of something in space."

Everything in the world needs time and space as its basis to have meaning.

If we remove its spatial concept, then this thing naturally disappears.

Therefore, this technique is the most forbidden of all forbidden techniques, because it is completely contrary to the laws of nature.

Li Wei would only use this technique on inanimate objects, not on living beings. Now it seems that using the Disintegration Technique to break the magic array is a good choice. No matter what kind of magic array it is, it will be wiped out directly. This is the power of the Seventh Ring Disintegration Technique!

Rumble!

With one pillar broken, the magic array began to destabilize. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Wei drew his greatsword, unleashing a continuous barrage of sword energy that reached the heavens.

a few days later.

The Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Array had been reduced to ruins. Li Wei collected the broken pillars, as they were valuable materials for crafting magic arrays or wizard towers.

Once he reaches the eighth ring, he can create his own Myriad Flames Sealing Spirit Array. If he captures a black beast and there's no place for a Scarlet Slave, he can temporarily seal it within the array and slowly purify it.

Hei Feng sensed something and, with an excited expression, came to Li Wei's side.

"Master, you're amazing! I tried for so long but couldn't break it open. I never expected you to open it so easily."

Li Weidao:

"Breaking the magic array requires skill, not brute force. Go and remove the physical body."

Hei Feng hummed in agreement. She muttered some incantations, then made a grasping motion in the air. Under Li Wei's slightly expectant gaze, a black parrot corpse, no more than a person's height, slowly flew out.

Li Wei asked:

"Is your true form only this big?"

Black Phoenix said:

"Yes, Master. Although most extraordinary creatures grow larger as their strength increases in order to control their greater power and physique, we Black Phoenixes do not do that."

The parrot's corpse was cold, having been dead for thousands of years, yet it still exuded a powerful aura, and the body had not decayed.

This is what makes their race unique: they can hibernate their bodies before death, thus ensuring that they do not decay for thousands of years.

Li Wei summoned Leon, who then transmitted his voice:

"It is indeed a corpse, without any true spirit or remnant soul."

With this, Li Wei was relieved. Although he had enslaved the Black Phoenix, he didn't know much about the Black Phoenix parrot clan and was worried that the parrot might use some trickery to frame him.

Next, he personally watched as Black Phoenix gradually shed its Black Pheasant Clan body and returned to the body of the Black Phoenix Parrot.

Then, the lifeless corpse, like an ash dragon egg, began to regain its vitality and life.

The moment Hei Feng happily opened her eyes, a calm voice rang out.

"You're awake? I need to draw some blood."

Li Wei had been waiting for this moment for many years.

The black phlox transformed into a woman in a black dress, who stretched out her arm and said:

"Draw it, Master."

Li Wei finished drawing blood with a blank expression.

"I'm going into seclusion now. You'll protect me. When you return to the wizarding world, it's best to use your black pheasant form and not transform into human form."

Black Phoenix said:

"Okay, I'll do as you say, Master, but I still quite like the human form."

Jiaoyan World.

In the deserted ruins, the master and servant began their secluded life in seclusion.

a few days later.

On the other side of this world, above a colossal, dark city, a rift suddenly appeared.

An incomparably powerful seventh-level aura surged into this world.

This is a fire-type dragon with a wingspan of a thousand meters, covered in red scales, and possessing the most classic evil dragon appearance.

Scientific name: Charizard!

"Hahaha, the great hero Dick is long dead, you foolish insects, the great Flame Executioner Treize has returned!"

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