North American wizards, starting as cooks, roam freely and without fear.

"promote!"

Li Heng's thoughts settled.

The next moment.

Before my eyes, starlight twinkled, and the hazy, exquisite pages of the "Book of Omniscience" suddenly shone with golden light.

Li Heng could clearly feel that he had gained a deeper understanding of the construction and operation of the [Witchcraft: Concealment] magic model in his mind, and even had a preliminary understanding of its magic essence.

From then on, when he cast this spell, he only needed to use less mental energy and elemental energy than before to maintain it for a longer period of time.

At the same time, his concealment is no longer just about hiding his body as before. In the future, "concealment" will be able to cover up his scent, aura, and even the sound of his footsteps, truly achieving complete silence.

[Witchcraft: Concealment (Beginner)] is upgraded to [Witchcraft: Concealment (Intermediate)].

At this point, the prompt data appears.

Li Heng sensed the changes in the "concealment" spell, and with a thought, his figure vanished from in front of the sofa.

"squeak!"

With a startled cry, Jerry the mouse, who was watching TV on the sofa, realized that his owner had suddenly disappeared. He was so frightened that he jumped up.

But soon, it seemed to have thought of something, and immediately stuck out its nose and sniffed the air intensely.

It couldn't smell anything; it was as if its owner had vanished.

But the mouse wouldn't give up. It stretched out its nose and kept sniffing, taking one step at a time, until its nose bumped into something...

"Stop sniffing, I'm right here..."

Li Heng reached out and pinched Little Jerry's nose, laughing.

But the mouse tilted its head, its tiny eyes filled with great confusion, because it couldn't smell its owner's scent anymore, as if it were being shut out by something: "Squeak..."

Li Heng ignored the little guy's question and felt satisfied.

Even with Jerry's current sense of smell, he couldn't detect the aura that had been hidden on his body after he used "Concealment".

In his estimation, while he dared not say that there were any formal wizards, among those below formal wizards, that is, below S-level powerhouses, no one among the extraordinary individuals should be able to detect the presence of his aura after casting the spell.

Of course, this only refers to those things that cannot be judged by the naked eye, breath, or movement.

However, if you make a direct attack, you can still touch Li Heng, since he is only concealing his form, not turning into nothingness.

Even so, it was still quite remarkable. As long as Li Heng didn't make a move and continued casting the spell, he could remain hidden for a long time.

"call..."

He let out a soft breath.

Li Heng dispelled the witchcraft, revealing his true form, and then looked at the "Book of Omniscience" before him.

Two points of Soul Essence remain out of four.

It can also upgrade a beginner-level spell; it can also be used on Jerry the mouse and Big Black the raven to initially explore research directions; and it can also be used to breed and evolve two witch pets.

Firstly, although witch pets can also enhance one's strength, he doesn't want to consider that for the time being.

He already has two witch pets, which is quite a lot considering that he is only a second-level witch apprentice.

Adding another witch pet would keep Li Heng busy just feeding it every day, and the thought of it was too much trouble for him.

Let's wait until he advances to the third level of apprentice and his cultivation level reaches the level of an A-level superhuman in this world before considering the third witch pet.

As for research directions on the rats and the big black dog, he doesn't have any ideas yet, because research is a field that only third-level wizard apprentices can begin to explore, and it's still too early for him.

So, he turned his mind slightly and looked again at the various spells on the pages of the book in front of him.

His gaze quickly fell on [Witchcraft: Bewitching Heart].

This sorcery is very useful in dealing with real-world problems. With further enhancement, it can even be effective against superhumans. If it were to encounter someone with weak willpower, such as a werewolf, the effect would probably be even better.

Without much hesitation, he thought to himself: [This upgrade consumes 2 points of Soul Source. Upgrade now?]

"promote!"

The next moment.

The golden light of the book pages reappeared before my eyes.

Li Heng also gained a lot of in-depth information about the model construction and operation of the "Bewitching Heart" witchcraft, as well as some preliminary understanding of the essence of witchcraft. From now on, he will be more skilled and free to use this spell.

[Witchcraft: Bewitching Heart (Beginner)] is upgraded to [Witchcraft: Bewitching Heart (Intermediate)].

The virtual prompt text then reappeared before my eyes.

All the soul energy he had accumulated was also completely consumed.

But the sense of security brought about by the enhancement of witchcraft was unprecedentedly satisfying.

Li Heng then looked at the deduction and optimization section at the top of the "Book of Omniscience".

The [Concealment (Beginner)] skill that was hanging there has now been upgraded to [Concealment (Intermediate)], so there's no need to deduce it for now.

He removed the spell, then looked at the pages of the book in front of him. He then opened his mouth and quickly uttered a mysterious and majestic syllable. The next second, a tender green seedling suddenly broke through the soil on the cement floor in front of Li Heng's coffee table, pierced through the thick carpet, and quickly grew bigger, greener, and covered with thorns, growing wildly upwards!

"not good!"

Upon seeing this scene, Li Heng instantly cleared his mind and immediately cut off the energy supply, severing the witchcraft that was about to take shape.

Even so, this vine, covered in sharp thorns and menacing vines, still grew to more than two meters tall, almost reaching the three-meter-high ceiling of the apartment.

[Mastering Witchcraft: Entangling Vines]

Seeing the prompt that appeared before him, Li Heng immediately looked at the carpet on the ground that had been pierced by thorny vines, and the cement floor that had been lifted up under the carpet. Fortunately, the floor was still quite thick, otherwise he was really afraid that the vines would have pierced through it.

He went over and looked through it, then felt relieved; it wasn't a big problem.

[Witchcraft: Entangling Vines], a general-purpose witchcraft, its effect is to trap and kill enemies.

As a general-purpose sorcery that only third-level wizard apprentices in the previous life could access and learn, "Entanglement of Vines" is very powerful and effective at trapping enemies. However, due to its high consumption and complex sorcery model, ordinary apprentices are unwilling to touch it.

But these shortcomings were nothing to Li Heng, who possessed the "Book of Omniscience," so he learned them.

However, the basic level "Entanglement of Vines" does consume significantly more mental energy than regular witchcraft, making it somewhat uneconomical. But upgrading to the intermediate level reduces this energy consumption considerably, and its power increases dramatically, making it very useful.

Therefore, Li Heng plans to rebuild it again.

Seeing the "entwined vines" already displayed on the pages of the "Book of Omniscience," he immediately added it to the deduction and optimization section.

【Witchcraft: Entangling Vines】Deduction in progress, 1%...

......

Disperse the "Book of Omniscience".

Li Heng glanced at his watch. There was still quite a while before his 8 o'clock appointment with Dorothy, so he took out his laptop, opened it, and logged onto the "New World" website.

I first browsed the popular bounty forum section, but when I didn't find any suitable bounty tasks, I exited.

Then I clicked into the Miscellaneous Talk section.

I looked through the miscellaneous discussion section to see if anyone was discussing the Black family posting a bounty on their own.

No one noticed it being discussed.

Li Heng exited again and opened the trading section.

Aside from the most powerful "Fireball" spell in the early stages, he didn't study many offensive spells to improve his sorcery skills. Instead, he focused on auxiliary spells because of the existence of firearms.

Even someone as physically strong as the black werewolf during the daytime was blown to the head by him with a large-caliber pistol that was comparable to a hand cannon!

Now that he's made money, he definitely needs to buy more weapons and truths to bolster his strength. With the Dimensional Space Ring, the power of these truths in his hands will be far greater and more formidable than anyone else's!

This time, he not only wants to buy rifles with long range, high accuracy, and greater power, but also sniper rifles for long and ultra-long range, as well as machine guns capable of suppressing and blocking enemy fire!

In addition to these firearms, he also needs to buy grenades, including offensive grenades (high explosive), defensive grenades (fragmentation grenades), and special grenades, such as smoke grenades, flashbangs, tear gas grenades, and illumination grenades.

He even wanted to have some anti-tank grenades, anti-light armored grenades, and rocket launchers, which are also effective anti-armor weapons for individual soldiers, on hand.

Compared to the high cost of magical artifacts and extraordinary items, gunpowder of truth is much cheaper.

He possesses a dimensional space ring, something that other extraordinary beings in this world don't have... Well, that's not necessarily true, but considering that the advanced wizarding civilizations of Tyria have already left their home planet and ventured into the stars to conquer and enslave other worlds, dimensional space rings are still very expensive.

The technology involved in this extraordinary equipment is extremely advanced. Given the current scale and form of the extraordinary world, it's uncertain whether it can even be manufactured.

Even if such a thing existed, it would be far beyond the reach of ordinary superhumans.

Although, based on Li Heng's perspective, he tends to believe that there are no superhumans in this world capable of creating something like a dimensional space ring.

In recent days, he had seen on the "New World" website that the highest level of cultivation among extraordinary individuals was S-rank, while SS-rank individuals had appeared a few times, but very rarely.

A first-class official wizard in the world of Tyria, equivalent to an S-rank wizard.

So SS-rank should correspond to a level two official wizard.

What about the third-level arch wizard above the second-level wizard?

What about the world ruler above the third-level archmage?

Given the extraordinary scale of the world ecosystem that Li Heng is currently witnessing on the blue planet beneath his feet, the history of the birth of extraordinary beings in this world should not be too long or too distant.

Therefore, this world should be, and certainly is, one that has not yet given birth to extraordinary beings of the fourth rank, which are defined and called "Lord of a Realm" or "Lord of a World" by the wizarding world.

Because once such a super life form is born, it may not necessarily unify the entire world, but its impact on the extraordinary world will be absolutely unparalleled.

However, Li Heng did not see anything similar on the "New World" website, so he concluded that there were no fourth-order life forms in this world.

Closer to home.

Therefore, his dimensional ring is very precious in this world!

Once exposed, it will likely cause trouble.

This is one of the reasons why he hoards a large number of weapons and heavy firepower.

If that ever happens, we'll never let them go; we'll kill them outright and destroy the evidence.

Speaking of this...

Li Heng immediately recalled the black werewolf in the taxi during the day who recognized him and tried to take him to earn a bounty, but instead, he shot him in the head and killed him. The body was still warm inside his dimensional ring, and he hadn't even touched it yet.

Thinking of this.

He directly probed into the ring on his hand with his mind and began to touch the corpse in that dimensional space.

Soon, he pulled out his only prize: a yellow leather wallet.

He took out his wallet, opened it immediately, and saw a credit card inside—yes, a credit card, not the gold card he had just received—and a stack of US dollars in cash. He roughly counted them and estimated they to be around six or seven hundred dollars.

Besides these two items, there is another photo that shows a black werewolf, a young black woman, and a half-grown black boy.

Finally, there was a small, black steel... no, stone cross, about the length of a little finger...

"Huh..."

Upon handling the small cross, Li Heng immediately sensed something unusual. Regardless of the material, he could feel a fluctuation of elemental energy emanating from it.

So he immediately perked up.

They quickly discovered that the cross was imbued with a water-elemental spell, likely a defensive or shield-like spell, though its strength was probably not high.

"It's all about luck!"

Originally thinking he had gotten nothing this time, Li Heng was overjoyed to find that he had obtained a super-level defensive artifact.

This cross would fetch a high price if sold. Harvey from the Carl Supernatural Research Association had a small spirit-testing stone worth ten thousand dollars, so this cross would be worth at least a hundred thousand dollars, maybe even more!

Suppress your thoughts.

Li Heng carefully searched through the wallet again, tearing open all the compartments. Apart from a credit card, a stack of cash, a family photo, and a supernatural cross, there was nothing else.

My credit card is unusable, and the photos have been burned.

He put away the cash, then put the extraordinary cross around his neck... Li Heng paused for a moment, then found a thin rope, threaded it through, and hung it around his neck.

Shield-type magical artifacts should be kept close to the body to avoid being caught unprepared.

Why didn't the black werewolf activate the cross in the taxi? He probably didn't have time. Of course, there might also be a lucky break—he couldn't bear to part with it!

Anyway, this extraordinary magical artifact now belongs to him.

After touching the corpse.

Li Heng's gaze returned to the computer screen in front of him, looking at the various shop links and numerous posts from self-proclaimed merchants buying and selling goods.

After observing it carefully...

I sent a list of truth-related weapons and equipment to several so-called businessmen via private message.

However, when he saw the prices in the replies, he was speechless. The prices offered by these people were not much different, but they were all at least 20% more expensive than the prices he had known before.

Do they think it's easy to make money off superhumans?

While it's true that it's easier to make money, it's all earned with your life on the line.

He used to visit numerous gun shops of all types in order to buy cheap handgun bullets, and he is very price-sensitive. Now he can be considered a seasoned buyer.

But he wasn't in a hurry. Instead, he started negotiating and bargaining with several merchants online.

In North America, guns are the easiest and most abundant commodity to buy, making it a buyer's market!

After a few words of negotiation, I decisively gave up on three of them, leaving the last two sellers who had the best attitude and were willing to offer discounts.

After another round of intense back-and-forth, they realized that the price had almost reached its lowest point.

Li Heng directly connected with two sellers and told them to buy from the one offering the lowest price. He eventually chose a seller, but even so, the price they asked for was still more than 10% higher than he had previously known.

But Li Heng didn't cut any more prices, firstly because it was indeed more expensive in the "New World," and secondly because the other party had all kinds of weapons and grenades. They had everything on the list he had, and in large quantities and of good quality.

He didn't want to go around searching for sellers online for just one or two truths, and he was worried about the quality if there were too few items. He preferred convenience and ease.

So he immediately paid a deposit and verbally agreed to an arms deal worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Delivery was agreed to be made ten days later.

The deal is finalized.

Li Heng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He had been thinking about this for a long time, and now he was just waiting to pick up the goods in ten days.

Let's check the time again.

The date was fast approaching.

After tidying up, Li Heng took the rat and looked at the sleeping raven, Dahei. He hesitated for a moment, then grabbed it and put it in the inner pocket of his black trench coat.

I went downstairs.

He walked to his parking space, opened the door of his nearly new, large SUV, and got in.

The next second, a powerful roar suddenly erupted, and the SUV shot forward, rushing into the neon-lit traffic.