Wizard: I Have a Nightmare World

As the woman finished speaking, the air in the underground space seemed to freeze for a moment.

Lynn frowned slightly, met the woman's gaze for a moment, and then slowly nodded.

"Yes."

He didn't hide anything, nor was there any need for him to.

The name of the Bloodvine Wizard was an open secret in this expedition team. As the Bloodvine Wizard's disciple, it was perfectly normal for him to carry his teacher's works as a trump card.

Upon hearing his answer, a hint of satisfaction flashed in the woman's eyes. She then leaned back against the stone pillar, put her hands behind her head, crossed her legs, and adopted a completely relaxed posture.

"That's fine then, please do as you please."

Du Wei was stunned for a moment, clearly not expecting the other party to let them go so easily.

"It's that simple?"

"Otherwise what?"

The woman raised an eyebrow.

"We, the Crown of Thorns, owe Priest Bloodvine a favor, and this is how we repay it."

He gestured towards Lynn with his lip.

"Kid, go back and tell your teacher that the little girl he saved in the Eastern Region back then is now capable of handling things on her own."

Lynn was stunned; he hadn't expected that the Bloodvine Priest had such a relationship with him in private.

He was silent for a few seconds, then nodded solemnly.

"I will tell the teacher."

"Alright, enough catching up, let's get down to business."

Du Wei clapped his hands, his gaze returning to the dark red orb of light floating in space.

"Obsidian's friends, as agreed, the core belongs to us, and the energy crystal belongs to you."

The gaunt man nodded without saying anything more, and led his three teammates down from the stone pillar toward the scattered energy crystals around the sphere of light.

The woman with the crown of thorns also stood up, dusted herself off, and walked towards the exit.

As she passed by Lynn, she suddenly stopped and whispered something.

"Watch out for steel scales."

Lynn frowned: "What do you mean?"

The woman didn't answer, but gave him a meaningful look before disappearing into the darkness of the passage with her three teammates.

Lynn watched her figure disappear into the darkness, and his unease grew stronger.

But now there's no time for him to think it over.

Du Wei had already walked to the bottom of the dark red orb and looked up at the world core that pulsated like a heart.

"Fei Qing, set up a protective barrier."

"Scarlett, be on guard."

"Cullen, cover Lynn."

"Lynn, you come with me up to retrieve the core."

Lynn took a deep breath, suppressed the distracting thoughts in her mind, and walked to Du Wei's side.

Du Wei took out a roll of silver-white rope from his waist, with a claw hook tied to one end of the rope.

He skillfully swung the rope, and the grappling hook precisely grabbed and secured a stone beam above the sphere of light.

"Stay close to me."

Du Wei grabbed the rope and quickly climbed up the stone beam, with Lynn following closely behind.

The two climbed up the stone beam, and the closer they got to the sphere of light, the more Lynn felt an immense sense of oppression coming towards them.

The surface of that sphere of light was covered with golden patterns, and each fluctuation released a powerful energy wave, like the heartbeat of this world, carrying an ancient and majestic power.

When Du Wei finally reached the height of the light sphere, he stopped, hovered beside it, and carefully examined the dark red sphere.

"Lynn, come and get it."

Lynn was stunned.

"Shall I?"

"right."

Du Wei's gaze fell on Lynn, and his expression became unusually serious.

"You are a potion master, and your ability to sense and analyze energy is stronger than mine and Cullen's."

"Moreover, this is your first time encountering the core of the world, so you don't have any preconceived notions. You might be able to see things that I and others cannot."

Just then, Amber flew over from the other side of the world's core and landed on Du Wei's shoulder.

Upon seeing Amber's shadow, Du Wei paused for a moment, then his gaze fell on Lynn.

"Did you release this little guy?"

Lynn didn't hide it and nodded.

"Yes, I want Amber to observe for me whether there are any restrictions or anything like that at the core of this world."

"Her return means that there is no immediate danger or restrictions above."

Amber nodded on Du Wei's shoulder after hearing Lynn's words.

"That's right, that's right. Amber checked it out, and this thing is indeed not dangerous, it just feels a little strange."

Du Wei and Lynn were slightly taken aback.

"What's wrong? Amber, is there something wrong with this?"

Amber frowned, looking like she wanted to express herself but couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"Even amber would have a hard time describing this feeling, Lynn. Be careful when you handle it."

Seeing this, Lynn took a deep breath, nodded, and then slowly extended his hand.

The moment his fingertips touched the surface of the sphere of light, a warm energy surged into his body through his fingertips, spreading rapidly throughout his entire body along the magical pathways.

In that instant, countless images flashed through his mind.

In the ancient totem world, the first totemists knelt in the wilderness, worshipping huge totem poles, their devout faces illuminated by burning campfires.

The purple sun in the sky slowly rises and sets, while the forests and rivers on the earth constantly change their shapes.

Generation after generation of totemists were born, grew up, fought, and died in the Holy City.

Then a crack appeared.

A huge rift was torn open in the sky, and a group of wizards dressed in white robes poured out of the crack, sweeping across the land like locusts.

Images of war flashed through my mind: the roars of monsters, the chants of wizards, and flames, frost, and lightning intertwining in the sky to create an apocalyptic scene.

The final frame shows a figure clad in totem armor standing atop the holy city, holding a spear and gazing up at the massive rift in the sky, his eyes burning with an indomitable flame.

The figure turned around.

Lynn saw his face, an old yet resolute one, his forehead etched with dense totem patterns, and the totem crystal core on his chest riddled with cracks, but his eyes remained as sharp as an eagle's.

The second-ring totem master, the strongest totem world who hid deep underground in the Holy City after being severely injured by the expedition team.

His gaze seemed to pierce through time and space, colliding with Lynn's eyes in mid-air.

Lynn suddenly came to his senses and realized that his palm was completely pressed against the surface of the light sphere.

The temperature of the sphere of light began to rise, the golden patterns flowed at an unprecedented speed, and the entire sphere of light began to vibrate.

"Lynn, what happened?"

Du Wei's voice came from the side, tinged with obvious tension.

Lynn gritted his teeth and withdrew his hand from the ball of light, but it was too late.

A dark golden line appeared in his palm. The line writhed under his skin like a living thing, then slowly sank into his flesh and disappeared.

After he withdrew his palm, the ball of light suddenly shrank, rapidly shrinking from its original diameter of three meters to the size of a fist, and then transformed into a dark red stream of light, flying into Lynn's palm.

The core of the world has recognized its master.

Du Wei stared wide-eyed at what he was seeing in disbelief.

"you……"

"I don't know what happened, but it chose my mental power."

Du Wei shook his head, raised his palm, and the shrunken dark red orb of light hovered quietly above his palm, slowly rotating and emitting a warm glow.

"It's inside me now, and I can feel its energy merging with my magic circuits."

"Can I take it with me?"

"Can."

Lynn nodded.

"That's enough, let's go!"

Without hesitation, Du Wei immediately retracted the rope, preparing to leave with Lynn.

But just as they landed on the ground, a violent tremor came from deep within the tunnel.

The tremor was like some enormous creature approaching, its heavy footsteps causing the entire underground space to shake.

Scarlett's voice came from the guard post, with a tone she had never used before.

"A large amount of energy fluctuations are rapidly approaching, at least... forty or fifty people."

Du Wei's face instantly darkened.

Forty or fifty people!

Judging from their speed, these are not ordinary totem apprentices, but elite totem warriors, and may even include first-ring totem masters!

"That old man is back."

Du Wei squeezed out those words through gritted teeth.

Lynn's heart sank suddenly, and an ominous premonition surged into her mind.

They had clearly calculated the time; the second-ring totem master should have been lured to the northern part of the Holy City for at least half a day. How could he have returned so quickly?

unless……

A terrible thought popped into his mind.

He rushed to the entrance of the passage, pressed his ear against the wall, and listened carefully.

A moment later, he heard a familiar sound, the sound of metal clashing, and a deep roar.

That roar wasn't from a wild beast, but from a human being.

Totem language!

Lynn couldn't understand the meaning of those words, but he could feel the overwhelming rage contained in the voice.

In the intervals between the roars, he vaguely heard another voice.

He had heard that voice not long ago; it was hoarse and laced with a cold laugh—it belonged to Gareth from Steelscale Academy.

"Steelscale Academy has been waiting for you for a long time, Your Excellency High Priest."

Lynn's pupils suddenly contracted.

He finally understood what the woman from Crown of Thorns meant by saying "Beware of steel scales" before she left.

Steelscale Academy didn't actually retreat at all. Instead, he turned around and led the way for that second-ring totem master, completely selling out the White Raven Tower team.

boom!!!!

The stone door of the passage was suddenly blasted open from the outside, sending rubble flying everywhere.

A tall figure stood behind the broken stone gate, covered in a tattered totem armor, with a cracked black crystal core embedded in his chest, and a spear burning with black flames in his right hand.

Those dark red eyes pierced through the billowing smoke and dust, locking onto Lynn.