Chinese professors at the Wizarding Academy

"waste!"

The sound was extremely sharp, and it went straight into Gu Chen's eardrums through his senses.

"Dude...you're overreacting."

Gu Chen twitched his lips and shook his head.

This is indeed our beloved Lord Jobeck, the eldest son of the Antinoya family, a blood wizard, and a participant in all sorts of conspiracies—

There aren't enough chairs here to accommodate so many people.

In short, it was indeed Joe Baker, but his voice was sharper than I remembered, like a taut string that could snap at any moment.

Gu Chen lay prone deep inside the storage shed, his right arm pressed tightly against the ground, the Soul-Eating Death Qi threads transmitting every vibration inside the tent.

Just then, hurried footsteps came from inside the tent.

"Lord Jobeck, the reconnaissance rune was only disrupted for three seconds. We have done everything we could to ensure everything is safe..."

Another voice was urgently defending itself; it sounded older.

"There were indeed unusual magical fluctuations during those three seconds... We checked all the pre-set alert points and found no intruders, but I feel..."

I won't listen to excuses.

Joe Baker interrupted him, his voice sounding somewhat agitated and frantic.

"...Never mind, what about the energy readings at the sealing tower?"

"report."

A brief silence fell inside the tent.

"Splash splash splash..."

"That sounds important... It's stored using a magic scroll, which can prevent many detection methods."

Gu Chen immediately perked up his ears, for a very simple reason: the sound indicated that someone was turning over papers or some kind of recording medium.

Then it's most likely a magic scroll. If it's well-made, this kind of scroll is basically safer than keeping the information in your head.

I'm not afraid of mind reading, not afraid of some soul interrogation techniques, and not afraid of getting information out of people through words.

If the scroll bar is set up well, it can not only record information but also automatically update the content over time.

For example, you can set up a trap at a distance, or read the magic fluctuations of a magic circle, and then record the data on a magic scroll. A specially treated magic scroll can even read this content remotely.

Gu Chen always felt that this thing was actually very similar to a mobile phone...

It's not just because it allows for remote viewing; this magic scroll even requires a password...

If you try to unlock it without entering a password, unless you're a highly skilled expert, some magic scrolls might even self-destruct...

"It's still relatively stable, but the benchmark value has dropped by 0.3 percent compared to yesterday."

The third voice sounded rather hesitant.

"The resonance signal coming back from the sealed cave is also weakening. Perhaps... the seal's self-repair mechanism is kicking in?"

"If he continues to self-repair, then we will have absolutely no chance of getting in."

Then, silence fell over the tent again.

Gu Chen couldn't read minds, and Ken had also fallen silent after his confrontation with the gray-robed man. What were the expressions on the faces of the three people inside the tent? What were they thinking? What were they going to do...?

Gu Chen couldn't sense any of their thoughts or ideas.

However, Gu Chen was very clear about his own thoughts.

Specifically, it manifested as his lips twitching...

"Fine, you really do know everything..."

"Tsk, this is a big problem... but it sounds like they can't get into the cave yet."

"And, just now, Joe Beck also mentioned something about the goods..."

"What kind of goods? What's their connection to the seal on the gravedigger's side? Is it some kind of key or something?"

Gu Chen was still brainstorming when, after a brief silence, a sharp sound came from inside the tent again!

Of course, it was Joe Baker yelling; this time, his voice sounded noticeably angrier.

However, Gu Chen had already anticipated this. He manipulated the bloodline to slightly plug his ears, creating a simple earplug.

Of course, you can't block it all out, otherwise you won't be able to hear anything at all...

"fart!"

"Knock knock knock!!!"

The sound was muffled yet intense; Gu Chen knew it was Joe Baker slamming his fist on the table.

"Self-repairing? That thing has been locked up for hundreds of years!!!"

"It hasn't happened for hundreds of years, and it certainly doesn't now. How could it possibly self-repair? Someone must be interfering! Either it's those meddlesome forest rangers of the Emerald Ring, or—"

His voice suddenly lowered, but the Death Threads caught the gnashing hatred in his voice.

It sounds as if they intend to skin the person in the conversation alive.

"It's that bastard, Gu Chen."

"How could he hurt me, fucking... his blood is so cheap! He even contaminated me!"

"Damn it...where did his soul-devouring death aura come from?"

"The Bound Spirit Beast... Damn it, could it be controlled by those people?"

Gu Chen's eyes turned cold as he stood in the shed.

"You fucking want to die..."

Gu Chen gritted his teeth, his eyes cold.

This person really knows how to insult people... If you call him an idiot or something, Gu Chen won't argue, after all, his talent is indeed not very good, but that can be made up for with hard work.

Why did you have to curse me as a bastard...?

Gu Chen was inexplicably dragged into a political storm caused by bloodlines, and recently he has heard quite a few real rumors about lineage...

I really hate having my bloodline mentioned now.

more importantly,

Who are you, Joe Beck?

Is bloodline so noble that you dare call others bastards?

Gu Chen's eyes were so cold they could kill...

You see, the reason he's having so many troubles right now is largely thanks to this young master in front of him...

"You also know about the Emerald Ring..."

"The Bound Spirit Beast doesn't sound like it's controlled by the Antinoya family either..."

This person knows too much and has caused far too much trouble; he must be killed, absolutely cannot be allowed to live...

It was already seriously affecting my life, studies, and teaching, and now I clearly know even more.

They definitely have to be killed.

Meanwhile, the conversation inside the tent continued.

"Young master, Lord Karkosa instructed that if the reconnaissance runes show continuous anomalies, the outer barrier must be reinforced immediately, and two patrol teams should be dispatched to conduct cross-searches around the camp."

The older voice advised,

"The fire isn't completely under control yet. What if someone really managed to sneak in..."

"fire?"

Joe Baker gave a cold laugh.

"That was just an accident. It was nothing more than a few apprentices clumsily breaking the storage crystal. I heard the report."

"We can kill them or sell them later, it doesn't matter, there aren't any rules at the hunting party anyway, and..."

"And we're about to pay their wages, so if we just physically eliminate them, we won't have to pay them."

At this point, Gu Chen could clearly hear Joe Beck let out a laugh.

"The most important thing right now is the goods."

He paused, his voice losing its laughter and revealing a morbid fanaticism.

"The final resonance test of the cargo must be completed under my personal supervision."

"Father said that as long as we pass this test, the family will gain access to the bottom of the Sealed Tower... At that time, not only Gu Chen, but the entire Emerald Ring will have to kneel down and beg us."

Gu Chen's fingers tightened slightly.

Where are the goods? What are they?

Gu Chen knew he needed more information... He couldn't act now; he needed to know at least what the goods were before killing Joe Baker.

It sounds so morbid... What if this thing is something that can break the seal of the tomb guardian? This whole area would probably be blown to bits, and I wouldn't have much of a chance to survive.

"But young master, your health..."

The older man hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

"Shut up."

Joe Baker's voice suddenly turned cold.

"That injury won't kill you."

"The Dark Eroder has left me a 'gift'!"

"Although it's painful... I'm fine!"

"I have to prove myself to my father!"

"I can do it! What do I lack compared to that bitch! Besides, she's dead now!"

"Why shouldn't she do what she can't? I'll do it! I can do it, I'm capable of it!"

The voice even sounded somewhat manic...

"That's insane... It sounds like Alyssa is quite favored, but that big-breasted, brainless woman is incredibly stupid. It seems like you're not even as good as that stupid woman in the family..."

Gu Chen listened to the sounds inside the tent and mentally complained.

Then, Joe Baker took a deep breath, his voice a mixture of pain and excitement.

"Bring the box over here. Now."

Gu Chen heard a heavy metallic scraping sound, followed by the dull thud of the box hitting the ground.

The opportunity is here.

He slowly withdrew the death energy threads. The chaotic vortex within his right arm remained in an unstable, dormant state; forcibly stimulating it would only exacerbate the backlash.

However, the Grip of Life and Death is still usable. Although the Soul-Eating Death Aura cannot be sensed from a distance, it is sufficient for close combat.

Not to mention the magic of death, the power of darkness...

Killing this person in front of you is really not a big problem.

Not to mention the blood extraction involved.

"Wait..."

However, Gu Chen still needs to wait for the right opportunity.

The opportunity came very quickly.

Gu Chen began to hear a series of obscure and incomprehensible sounds...

The moment the sound entered his mind, Gu Chen began to feel a piercing pain in his brain. He clenched his fists tightly. This feeling was just like when the gravedigger uttered the name of the Silent Throat. As long as you heard it, you would be directly struck on the mental level!

"But it doesn't seem to be coming for me..."

However, perhaps because he had experienced something similar with the gravedigger, Gu Chen did not collapse immediately, but adapted quickly.

Inside the tent, Joebeck was chanting a spell that sounded very dangerous...

It was a distorted language, each word sounding like metal being scraped with a rusty blade, the syllables sounding jumbled and having no connection whatsoever to the language we usually speak.

As the incantation was chanted, Gu Chen could feel the death magic in the air beginning to converge towards the center of the tent, forming a slowly rotating vortex.

"Buzz..."

It seemed that when the death magic reached a certain threshold, a low resonance came from inside the box. The sound was not loud, but it made the wooden planks of the entire storage shed tremble slightly.

Gu Chen held his breath, activated his Star Gazing Technique at full power, and locked onto the location of every living being inside the tent.

"Four guards, at least three staff officers..."

Under Gu Chen's perception, everything that happened inside the tent was clearly displayed before him.

Four guards stood motionless at the door, while three advisors or assistants surrounded the box. One of them was the elder, whose magical energy fluctuations were around the mid-level of the first ring. The other two had weaker auras, but were only at the first ring.

And Joe Baker himself...

Gu Chen could clearly sense that the source of that soul-corroding death energy was right in the center of the tent, weak but unusually active.

This is very, very good news...

Because this isn't some remotely controlled puppet, but the real person right here.

At this moment, Gu Chen had begun to gather his strength, and the magical threads he had absorbed from his blood were also released, ready to connect to the guard at any time...

"Increase output!"

Suddenly, Joe Baker let out a low growl!

The incantation suddenly rose in pitch, and the magical vortex inside the tent spun faster. Gu Chen could even see some dark gray patterns appearing on the surface of the tent.

"The magic is overloaded... This is the best opportunity. In order to control the overloaded magic, the wizard has to allocate other energy to control, so at this time the wizard's senses will be significantly reduced... It's simply the best opportunity to make a move."

Right now.

Gu Chen stood up from the depths of the storage shed, his movements as light as a leaf falling to the ground.

He pushed open the shed door, his left hand still dragging the pitchfork, his right arm hanging naturally at his side. The Grip of Life and Death had been switched to the power of darkness, and the black power was now slowly flowing in the veins under his skin, waiting for the moment of explosion.

He walked out of the shed, head down, his steps hurried, still like an apprentice rushing to help put out a fire.

Twenty meters.

Fifteen meters.

It's too close, far too close...

This is already a distance at which the guards should be on alert.

"Stop right there! Who are you?!"

As Gu Chen approached, the four guards at the gate simultaneously turned to look at him. One of them raised his hand to signal them to stop and shouted loudly:

"Get out of here, this is off-limits..."

"Ugh...!"

At that moment, Gu Chen's right arm moved.

There was no dazzling dark gold light, and no complicated form changes.

It's the simplest and most direct strike.

Black magic emerged from his palm, simply transforming into five thin black lines that pierced the throats and hearts of the four guards in an instant!

Not only that, the four guards' bodies rapidly shrank, as if all their blood had been drained in an instant!

Because that's just the way it is!

Gu Chen even connected the magic circuit for blood absorption ahead of time!

Both attack methods are triggered simultaneously!

If his ring count wasn't higher than Gu Chen's, he was confident he could easily kill his opponent within the same rank!

As Gu Chen had predicted, the four guards had no time to react, and their fate was also as he had foreseen: death!

Everything happened so fast that they didn't even have time to sound the alarm.

The moment the body collapsed, Gu Chen had already burst through the tent flap and rushed inside.

The scene inside the tent came into view.