Wizard's Journey

Chapter 1157 The Hungry Lion

He assumed his most instinctive defensive stance, and the Extreme Abyss Magic Staff, which had been fused into his body, appeared in his hand.

However, according to Green's perception, this life form was not very powerful. Judging from the traces of its life fluctuations, it was in a very weak state, probably around the level of a level five creature.

Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble...

"roar!"

Seemingly very familiar with this metal forest, it moved swiftly closer to Grin without triggering any invisible time fractures. Amidst its savage roars and howls, Grin's Face of Truth revealed a world of black and white dots and lines, a world of truth structure. A skeletal, wild golden lion leaped from the metal forest and pounced.

His body, which was over ten meters tall, appeared particularly bulging and protruding at the joints. His skin, which was close to his bones, was emaciated due to hunger. His sunken eye sockets indicated that he had fallen into a semi-mad state, and his pupils were bloodshot. At this moment, seeing Green, he seemed to have gone mad and was reckless. Every tooth in his open mouth was as sharp as a dagger.

"Hmph, so weak, yet it still dares to attack. It seems it's truly driven mad by hunger, willing to risk its life."

Compared to elemental wizards like Grimm, passively evolved creatures consume a much larger amount of food and require a constant supply of food; this is beyond doubt.

After confirming his opponent's condition, Green felt a sense of relief and let out a cold laugh. A black flame silently ignited at the tip of his Abyss Magic Wand, amidst the overflowing chill. In an instant, an unsettling vibration, along with the distorted convergence of light and darkness from all directions, crackled and vanished in a flash under the rules of the Elemental Garment.

Even though this golden lion, which is over ten meters long, may have once been a level six creature and was extremely powerful, its current weakened state means it is likely not even as powerful as a level five creature, and it has even lost the power to activate its true form.

"Roar! I'm hungry, I'll eat you, I'll eat you!"

Amidst the chaotic fluctuations of will, a pale golden light ignited on the golden lion's right forepaw in mid-air. It was incredibly pure and exuded an aura of kingly majesty, a power that no ordinary low-level creature could possess.

"kindness!?"

Green was slightly surprised; this guy seemed to have some connections.

As expected, under that pure, pale golden light, the annihilating arc was unable to pose a threat, and it neutralized the annihilating power.

However, it was clear that the golden lion was very weak. The annihilating arc had only neutralized half of it, and the pale golden radiance was already showing signs of weakness. It suddenly flipped over, avoiding the remaining annihilating arc, and continued to pounce on Green.

Bang!

With his powerful insight and calculation abilities through the Face of Truth, Grimm leaped backward, easily dodging the golden lion's ferocious pounce. The earth trembled and shook under the relentless, ferocious attack of its claws, sending bone fragments flying everywhere and creating a huge crater.

"Hmph, still retains a considerable amount of brute force."

Just over twenty meters backward, the scattered bone fragments rippled on the protective shield around Green's body. As the patterns on the Face of Truth changed, suddenly, a mysterious and eerie aura spread between Green and the Golden Lion—it was Meshesa's gaze!

"roar……"

But then the golden lion suddenly flicked its mane, and Green's petrification attack seemed to have no effect at all. At this moment, Green was really surprised. Just who was this guy before?!

Bang!Bang!Bang!

Three consecutive claw strikes, each causing a massive tremor and sending bone fragments flying, were met with effortless evasion from Green. As the golden lion's third attack exhausted its strength, Green unleashed a sudden repulsive strike. The unbalanced golden lion, locked in by Green's tri-colored eyes, unleashed a second arc of annihilation.

This time, even though the Golden Lion consciously tried to evade, it was still struck by the power of annihilation.

With a mournful cry, Peak's eyes instantly cleared, and with a "whoosh," he fled into the distance.

Struck directly by the annihilating electric arc, half of his body was completely obliterated, yet this guy still had the strength to escape, his vitality was surprisingly vigorous.

In reality, the battle was relatively complex, but in appearance, it was just a few simple flashes before the outcome was decided. Just as Green was about to give chase, some unusual activity in the distance made Green's expression change.

Uh...

"Damn it, at this time of year!"

The Time Storm struck again. In the illusory world of Flowing Light Rewind, this was almost the most dangerous natural disaster. Under its dominion, any creature caught in it had no hope of survival. Over the past few months, Green had fully adapted to the Time Storm that could come at any time.

Beneath the mask of truth, the three-colored eyes gazed at the fleeing golden lion, but ultimately abandoned the idea of ​​pursuing it. With swift movements, it collected some of the lion's blood and unleashed the power of annihilation, digging a smooth, mirror-like pit on the spot, and hid beside the metal forest.

Soon, the storm of time swept across the ruins of bones, and unstable, fragmented, distant alien spacetime rifts intertwined, like the most terrifying blades, slicing through everything at once.

Inside the cave, Green stretched out his left hand, and above his palm, a small clump of pale golden liquid floated—the blood left behind by the lion.

Casting a curse spell?

Killing that golden lion would yield nothing more than a emaciated, starving, and weakened corpse, offering no benefit to Green's understanding of this illusory world.

The Deep Illusion World serves as the digestive system of the Endless World and a vessel for the spacetime sealing techniques pursued by wizards. Wealth acquired here is meaningless if it cannot be brought back to the real world, as the holder and the wealth will be completely digested by the Endless World.

Furthermore, Green's research on curse magic was extremely limited, making it impossible for him to inflict a fatal curse on such a high-level creature.

So...

Green has made his decision.

With some extra energy crystals in hand, Grimm used the surrounding bones to build a simple altar, then inlaid the energy crystals and used magic ink to draw layers of magical runes.

In a short while, a very simple altar was completed in the hands of Green, a fifth-level holy mark archmage. He silently chanted a witchcraft incantation, and the life information blood in his hand, driven by strange magic, made contact with a weak will in the dark.

"Hehehehe, mighty Lion King, how about we make a deal?"

Green tried to communicate with the will of the golden lion. This golden lion had been exiled for countless years in the world of time travel and could not possibly be killed by the storm of time above.

Although a small portion of its body was destroyed by Grimm's Annihilation Power, creatures of this caliber possess terrifyingly tenacious vitality. Given enough time to rest and recover, it's not a problem at all.

There was no response, but Green did not give up and continued, "I have countless foods here. You can obtain them if you obey my will, sign a contract, and become allies in this illusory world!"

This time, Green finally received a response from that weak will.

"My name is Simba. State your name."

Green breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face of truth.

"You may call me the Annihilation Wizard."

(End of this chapter)