Wizard: I Have a Nightmare World

Lynn's words quieted Amber down.

She didn't ask any more questions, but simply flew to Lynn's shoulder and sat down, gently patting his neck with her small hand.

"Then Amber won't bother you anymore, you can focus on your practice."

Lynn nodded, opened the book of [Wind Blade Technique: Consecutive Slashes], and carefully studied the structural diagram of the sorcery model from beginning to end.

This trick is an advanced variant of the Wind Blade Technique. Its core model is similar to the basic Wind Blade Technique, but it is much more complex in terms of energy diversion and trajectory control.

The basic Wind Blade Technique only requires compressing mental energy into a wind blade and releasing it.

The continuous strike requires splitting mental energy into three streams simultaneously, with each stream maintaining the same compression precision and release angle.

"Mental energy diversion..."

Lynn closed his eyes and tried to simulate that feeling in his mind.

It felt like having to open two more openings in a pipe that originally had only one outlet, while still ensuring that the water pressure at all three outlets was exactly the same.

The difficulty level is on a completely different scale.

Lynn understood the difficulty involved, so he only simulated it in his mind and did not try it in reality.

He then carefully studied the model structures of the other two magic books, "Wind Binding Technique" and "Life Detection," and memorized them all.

After doing all this, Lynn glanced at the sky outside the window.

The sun was just beginning to set, and there were still several hours until midnight.

He wasted no time, sat cross-legged, and began to meditate on the tides.

The impurities in the spiritual liquid pool have been basically purified. The current visualization is more about consolidating the stability and control of spiritual power.

The repeated erosion of the tides made Lynn's mental energy more solid, pure, and controllable.

When Lynn finished his meditation and opened his eyes, it was already completely dark outside the window.

He ate a little something, drank some "Clarity Water" to improve his concentration, then lay down on the bed, closed his eyes, and quietly waited for midnight to arrive.

When that familiar pulling sensation came, Lynn opened his eyes and found himself in the nightmare world.

He hurried toward the edge of the barrier, his gaze piercing through the transparent walls and into the depths of the gray fog.

Outside the barrier, there was nothing.

There was no figure wrapped in black bandages, no cross-shaped sword, and no dark red light.

But Lynn noticed something different.

Another drag mark appeared on the ground outside the barrier.

The drag marks looked deep, with the soil at the edges turned outwards, as if something heavy had been dragged through the area.

The drag marks started about three meters from the ground outside the barrier, extending all the way to the right into the depths of the gray fog, disappearing at the edge of the field of vision.

At the end of the drag marks, the ground showed an abnormal dark red color, as if it had been stained by some kind of liquid.

Lynn crouched down and carefully observed the dark red ground through the barrier.

The liquid was half-dried, its color a blend of dark red and rust, and it emitted a faint, sweet, fishy odor.

"Bloodstains..."

After seeing it clearly, Lynn frowned.

Someone—no! I should say something—was injured outside the barrier.

Moreover, judging from the degree of dryness of the bloodstains, it was not long ago, probably between yesterday and today.

Lynn stood up and looked in the direction the drag marks extended, but the gray fog was too thick to see anything further.

He stayed outside the barrier for a while, and only after confirming that there were no other abnormalities did he turn around and return to the activity area.

"Whatever that thing is, as long as it can't get in, I'm safe."

Lynn suppressed his doubts, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness into his mental space.

He recalled the model structure diagram of [Wind Blade Technique - Consecutive Slashes], and the complex image with three intersecting arcs began to slowly unfold before his eyes.

"Let's start with this!"

Lynn's mental energy threads began to outline the first wind blade in his consciousness space.

With the experience of building the basic wind blade spell, the outline of the first wind blade was drawn very smoothly, and the main loops were completed quickly.

But a problem arose when he began to outline the second wind blade.

He needs to maintain the stability of the first wind blade energy loop while also having to focus on building the second one.

This distraction caused fluctuations in his mental energy output.

The outline of the second wind blade, which was only half-drawn, collapsed due to insufficient mental energy.

As a result of the chain reaction, the energy loop of the first wind blade also began to vibrate, and eventually the entire model collapsed.

Lynn's consciousness space trembled slightly, and a slight stinging sensation came through.

He couldn't help but open his eyes and rub his temples.

"Splitting mental energy... it's not that simple after all."

But Lynn did not give up.

He adjusted his mindset and quickly began his second attempt.

The second failure was even faster; before the outline of the second wind blade could even be drawn, the mental energy diversion had already gone wrong.

The third time, he tried to adjust the distribution ratio so that the mental energy output of each wind blade was the same.

This time, he held on a little longer, but collapsed while constructing the third wind blade.

The fourth time, the fifth time...

Lynn failed more and more in the nightmare world, but he never gave up, rebuilding himself whenever he collapsed.

With each failure, he would carefully analyze the problem and then make adjustments in the next attempt.

When he tried for the twenty-seventh time, the outlines of the three wind blades were finally completed simultaneously.

Although it's just an outline and there's still a long way to go before a complete model is built, it's already a huge step forward.

He didn't stop there. After adjusting his breathing, he began the second step: filling the inside of the contour with energy channels.

This step is more difficult than outlining the contours.

The three energy loops must not only be independent and precise, but also achieve balance at their final convergence point.

Even the slightest deviation will cause the entire model to become unbalanced and collapse.

Lynn's mental energy threads weaved between the three outlines, like an acrobat walking on three parallel tightropes high in the air, maintaining stability for all three.

Lynn's mental energy was rapidly depleted as it operated at high speed, but he never stopped.

Just as he felt his mental energy was about to run out, the last energy loop was finally completed.

The model of the three wind blades operated stably and completely in the consciousness space.

"We finally succeeded!"

Lynn let out a long sigh and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

The successful execution of a magic trick means he has a stronger ability to survive and a greater means of attack.

In the following period, he began to focus on [Wind Binding] and [Life Detection].

With the experience gained from their recent success, the construction of these two magic tricks was completed one after another.

Looking at the brand-new model in the consciousness space, a smile appeared on Lynn's face.

Taking advantage of his good condition, Lynn took out the dark gray tissue sample again and began to practice grafting shielding abilities.

Following the guidance method given by the Bloodvine Wizard, Lynn's mental energy established a connection with the energy circuit within the organization.

Once, twice, three times...

When he completed his fifth grafting practice, the overall shielding capability showed a significant improvement in both continuity and stability.

If the first success was just a flash in the pan, then on the fifth time, he was able to maintain the shielded state stably for more than three minutes.

"It's still not enough; we must find a way to stabilize the model of this capability."

Lynn took a deep breath and continued to immerse herself in practice.

……

At dawn, as the bells rang, Lynn exited the nightmare world.

I opened my eyes and the morning light streamed through the window into the cultivation room, forming golden beams of light in the air.

Amber was still curled up in the lily-of-the-valley cottage on the windowsill, asleep and not yet awake.

Lynn rolled out of bed, took out the crystal ball for testing mental scale from his spatial ring, and then placed his palm on it.

As mental energy was injected, the crystal ball instantly burst into a dazzling light, and the scale soared from 0 all the way up.

In the span of a single breath, Lynn's mental scale broke through the previous 3.2 and showed no signs of stopping, continuing to rise.

3.3, 3.4, 3.5...4.6!

Spirit Scale: 4.6!

During this time, Lynn spent most of her time meditating, aside from being busy with these matters.

This resulted in his mental level increasing by 1.4 levels.

It can be said that he is only a few steps away from the spiritual scale of 6 for a third-class apprentice.

If things continue at this pace, he is confident that he can advance his mental strength to the third-level apprentice level, or even higher, before the conscription order arrives.

After putting away the crystal ball, Lynn walked to the bedside, looked at the gradually brightening sky outside the window, and his eyes sparkled with contemplation.

"Having magic tricks alone may not be enough to protect oneself; one must learn other skills!"