Wizard's Journey

Chapter 114 Turning the Tide into Clouds

This……

Can this really be true?!

Yaz seemed to have bumped into an invisible wall, and stopped abruptly in his tracks.

Soram forgot to flap his wings and crashed to the ground. Even the swirling black mist seemed to lose its restraint and began to dissipate in all directions.

Both Yunli and the white mouse on her shoulder seemed to be frozen in time, motionless in the sky.

Bibi Leona's body slammed against the stone pillar, and the intense pain at that moment told her that all of this was real, and this was not a dream.

Yokliana, still standing by the pillar, kept her mouth in the shape of a scream, but no sound came out.

Mina, the Son of the Sun, stood protectively in front of her sister, frozen in place, her arms still outstretched, staring blankly at the person in the sky whom she called her "fated enemy."

At this moment, everyone stared blankly at the wizard apprentice in the sky wearing metal armor, with only one thought in their minds.

This can't be real, right?!

Even these people instinctively stopped their escape, rubbed their eyes hard, carefully examined the ice cave and the surrounding cracks, and then looked at the metal-armored figure to confirm that the two wizard apprentices in the sky were not the reversed version of each other, and that they had seen wrong.

……

In the sky.

Beneath the pale mask, Green let out a cold laugh. Was this the strength of that so-called monster from District 15?

A negative emotion called pride began to grow in Green's heart. He was about to release his magic to press his advantage and completely suppress the so-called monster that had fallen into the Fifteenth District of the Ice Mountain when Green's body suddenly trembled.

The Pale Mask's transparent shield shattered with a "crack," and then Green vomited up everything in his stomach with a "whoosh."

hum...

Green felt a piercing buzzing sound, as if every cell in his body was being swept by a high-frequency shockwave. His mind was filled with the piercing sound of the strange short-bladed sword of the Fifteenth District wizard apprentice clashing with his Hydra greatsword. Every cell in his body was vibrating in sync with a certain frequency.

Green's body trembled, his face was deathly pale, and the arrogance and pride that had just begun to arise vanished instantly.

His voice trembled with horror, all pride gone. Grimm exclaimed in terror, "Is this the sonic magic Millie from the Ice Age talked about? This feeling is so similar to the Faceless Masked Wizard on that ship!"

As he trembled, blood began to seep from the pores of Green's skin, covering his entire body, making him look like a blood-soaked person.

At the same time, Green's limbs began to relax like a mollusk, and strange, mutated tentacles began to take shape, as if trying to break free from Green's will and become some kind of independent creature.

Green felt the horrific state of his body; his bloodshot eyes shrank, and his heavy, panicked breathing revealed a trace of fear within him.

Green will never forget the consequences of those experimental subjects on the lab table losing control of their life codes.

"No! This is... the vibration of a crack in the code of life? No, no... this can't go on!"

Green's initial smugness was now replaced by a deep-seated fear.

If the cracks in one's life code go out of control and expand infinitely, the body will be torn apart into countless independent creatures, which will be one's final fate and signify Green's complete death.

"Unconsciously, I did become arrogant, just as my mentors had mentioned."

Green thought bitterly.

In a panic, Green looked at his arm, which had begun to mutate wildly, and with trembling hands, he used one of his tentacles to curl up a crystal-clear green leaf from his private parts and put it in his mouth. Then he took out a bottle, unscrewed the cap, and poured the liquid inside down with a "glug, glug" sound.

This leaf is the leaf of the advanced life form on the fourth floor of Black Tower, and this potion is the precious potion that temporarily increases physical strength.

With the flow of a powerful life force within his body and the rapid depletion of his physical strength, Green's cellular strength and activity are constantly increasing, estimated to be between 15 and 20 points. Under the continuous depletion of his physical strength, Green can only last for about one-tenth of an hourglass.

As his physical activity increased and his vital energy was replenished, slowly, the mutated tentacles in Green's skin began to retract, restoring him to a normal human form. The blood that had been spreading on his skin was also swallowed by the retracting tentacles.

At this moment, after catching his breath, Green, hidden behind the pale mask, finally began to regain his composure. The slight pride in his eyes gradually transformed into wisdom, indifference, and calmness.

A wizard apprentice who could be called a monster by the Son of the Sun, a wizard apprentice who could suppress the Ice Age, is indeed not comparable to an ordinary wizard apprentice.

Compared to a typical legendary wizard apprentice, this District 15 wizard apprentice was clearly stronger.

It should be able to suppress the level of the academy guardians.

At that moment, Green felt a chill run down his spine, but at the same time, he began to feel excited.

Correct!

That's the feeling; the Wizarding Continent truly has some even more powerful geniuses.

In this way, I will never be lonely or alone on my journey, because there must be many wizard apprentices like myself who have already begun to set their sights on higher and more distant peaks!

……

On the ground, everyone witnessed Green's body uncontrollably transforming.

At that moment, everyone felt a chill run down their spines as they gasped for breath.

Even Solem, the wizard apprentice who was known to others as living in symbiosis with monsters, felt a chill run down his spine and broke out in a cold sweat the moment he saw Grimm's uncontrollable transformation.

Compared to Green's bizarre and terrifying image, who is the monster?

……

Slowly, a sound came from the ice cave, and a figure in black robes flew up. His arrogant demeanor had completely disappeared, except for the bell on his chest, which continued to ring incessantly.

The wizard apprentice had bruises at the corner of his mouth, with a metallic sheen flowing across his skin. His face was deathly pale, but his eyes shone with the same light as Green's—a flame of excitement!

The two wizard apprentices, both severely injured upon first meeting, looked at each other and for a moment found an eerie feeling of "kindred spirits".

"Good! Very good! After all these years, I've finally seen another version of myself. I take back all my arrogant words. Ward Twelfth District Wizard Apprentice, may I know your name?"

Hillwoods said this, then, after suppressing his arrogance, looked at Green calmly and attentively.

It seems that so-called arrogance is nothing more than loneliness when there are no opponents.

Since he possesses such power, it means that this wizard apprentice named Hillwoods is a human being with extremely high intelligence, and is by no means an ignorant, fearless, and arrogant being like some naturally powerful creature from another world.

Perhaps Hillwoods wasn't like this decades ago.

However, as Hillwoods in District 15 could no longer find a wizarding apprentice who could rival him decades ago, and all the wizarding apprentices avoided him with fearful eyes, when he could no longer find a wizarding apprentice in that small world who could fight and talk to him on equal terms, just like the children on the ship called Raffi and the others "Kings," a sense of arrogance and pride began to slowly grow.

Decades later, Hillwoods has become the person he is today, arrogant and dismissive of everyone.

Only when he finds a true opponent of equal or even greater strength, only when he sees a more distant and expansive world, will Hillwood feel the fear he once had, restrain his ignorant arrogance, and recall the self who once struggled relentlessly, the self who stayed up all night studying witchcraft in order to climb to higher peaks.

It can be said that...

At this moment, Hillwoods truly came alive!

In some ways, Green was lucky because, despite not having enough time, his life was incredibly fulfilling, even though every day was incredibly difficult.

It was this fulfillment that prevented Green from becoming as arrogant as Hillwood, and he didn't even have time to experience that kind of loneliness and solitude.

Otherwise, if Green can no longer see the towering peaks in the distance and has to endure decades more before he can compete in the Holy Tower Qualifying Battle, will Green, who is already regarded as a myth by many wizard apprentices, also lose his ability to control his reason and become as arrogant as Hillwood?

Green didn't know, because Green was a lucky person; Green experienced the fulfillment and joy of getting closer to the summit every day.

Looking at the calm-faced Hillwoods, and then at this senior wizard apprentice, Green replied in a low voice, "Green."

The greatest respect you can show to a true friend is to fight with even greater determination!

Potions that increase physical strength and high-grade life leaves only last for one-tenth of an hourglass!

Without hesitation, Grimm activated his magic, and the Hydra Greatsword was filled with the power of lightning and spatial distortion. These were the two powers that Grimm had found to be the most effective against sonic magic, based on his superficial knowledge of ultrasonic positioning magic.

Feeling the effects of the advanced life-giving leaf in his mouth and the duration of the constitution-enhancing potion, Green made a move.

His body blurred into a blur, and in the next moment, Green appeared in front of Hillwood. The Hydra Greatsword fell and made contact with the short sword. With another ear-piercing hum, Green's spatial distortion power and lightning power, coupled with his surging physique, allowed him to withstand the sonic attack after only a brief pause. Hillwood's body, however, once again plummeted towards the glacier with a "whoosh".

An invisible sound wave emanated from his back, shattering the iceberg beneath him, and Hillwood was once again "embedded" into it.

Ignoring everything else, Green once again transformed into a blur and rushed into the ice cave. After a series of violent magical fluctuations from the half-iceberg, with a "boom," Green chased after Hillwood and flew out from the other side of the iceberg.

The sky was filled with countless ripples and the sound of metal clashing!

Suddenly, a muffled sound came from inside the half-iceberg, and countless ice fragments exploded. The Gluttonous Flame Giant and a metal monster roared and clashed with each other. The violent shockwave actually shattered the remaining half of the iceberg into countless fragments.

The metal monster also used sonic magic. Its mouth, which opened and closed at the top and bottom, resembled two gongs. Its eight slender, spider-like legs were seven or eight meters long and carried eight different elemental fluctuations. Its body in the middle consisted of only a large mouth and no other facial features.

After being consciously devoured by Grin's soul, the Greedy Giant had grown to a height of four meters. Its growth in the early stages was relatively easy, which is why it grew so quickly.

At the same time, because the giant's skin was covered with a layer of mixed water and lightning armor, and the black flames inside were also an invisible element, the sword of mixed water and lightning elements actually exerted absolute suppression on this metal monster.

Even so, it was difficult to determine a winner between the two elemental-activated monsters for the time being.

however……

When a blood-red, ferocious infant carrying a dark, unremarkable stone appeared from behind the Greedy Flame Giant, the metal monster could only barely stall for time.

The sky was fluctuating violently.

"gravitational!"

With a loud shout, Green pulled the defeated Hillwoods back into the air. After rapidly chanting a spell, a jet of water flashed by, followed by a burst of lightning. Then, he casually launched a sneak attack with a hidden spatial force.

Green also pushed off hard in mid-air, and the Hydra Greatsword, which was full of lightning and spatial distortion power, slashed down. The violent power even made the surrounding space tremble!

Blood trickled from the corner of Hillwood's mouth, his face flushed an unnatural red. He stared at the terrifying figure in the sky, clasped his hands tightly together, and with a "bang," an invisible sonic wave dispersed the water column.

After an invisible spatial wave attack dissipated, Hillwoods tilted his head back sharply and emitted a super-frequency resonant sound wave.

Ok?

Green's expression changed, and he dodged the sonic wave by twisting the space around him. As for the sonic waves that Hillwood slapped together and scattered in all directions, he didn't care much. He simply swung his greatsword and blocked them as if nothing had happened.

The Sound Tail Bone Dagger appeared in his hand, an inextinguishable flame swirling around it. Grimm roared, "Repulsion!"

Whoosh!

A piercing ripple cut through the sky, and the Sound Tail Bone Dagger, burning with an inextinguishable flame, appeared in front of Hillwoods in the next instant. With a crisp clang, although it was blocked by a piece of metallic skin, the terrifying force of the Sound Tail Bone caused Hillwoods to lose control of his body and retreat dozens of meters.

call……

A wisp of inextinguishable flame flowed across the metallic skin. Hillwood merely glanced at the nature of the inextinguishable flame before snapping his fingers and scattering it.

Suddenly, the space above Hillwoods' head twisted again, and the Grimm Hydra Greatsword fell. Upon seeing this, Hillwoods' face turned unnaturally flushed with a hint of paleness, and his right hand holding the short sword trembled slightly, yet he had no choice but to meet the attack once more.

boom!

Hillwoods fell from the sky.

Whoosh...

The three fire bat spells then chased after Hillwood, and the ground exploded into a sea of ​​fire with a series of booming sounds, engulfing Hillwood's figure.

Under the pale mask, Green was breathing slightly.

After forcibly holding his breath, Green's expression turned solemn. He suddenly spread out his arms, one hand forming crimson flames and the other a torrent. Under Green's extremely careful and exquisite control, wisps of elemental snakes separated and gradually gathered together!

On the ground and stone pillars in the distance, Millie, Mina, Soram, Yunli, Roga, Bibiliona, Yokleona, and Yatz were all completely petrified, staring up in disbelief at the battle in the distance, until at this moment, it seemed that Green was about to unleash some kind of powerful witchcraft!

The Son of the Sun watched as the wizard apprentice from District 15, whom he had called a monster, was relentlessly pursued and suppressed by the wizard apprentice he had called his "fated enemy," leaving him only with instinctive trembling and despair.

At this moment, a sense of ignorance arose in the heart of this once arrogant and proud wizard apprentice.

(End of this chapter)