Wizard's Journey

Chapter 395 Second-Level Flame Giant

Fifteen years later.

As the hourglass of instruction expired, Green finished teaching the basic rules for configuring fire element runes on the high platform. Without looking back, he strode out of the teaching hall, regardless of whether the wizard apprentices understood his pioneering ideas.

"Professor Green!"

A girl's call from behind made Grimm pause slightly. Beneath the Mask of Truth, his two-colored eyes, like two flames of different colors, looked at the witch apprentice named Grimm.

This witch apprentice is quite bold; she must have some connections within the academy. Back then, Green wanted nothing more than to stay far away from those terrifying dark wizards.

She had large, beautiful almond-yellow eyes, single eyelids, brownish-yellow curly hair, and fair skin. Her figure was very tall, barely reaching Green's nose, and she was almost eye-to-eye with Green.

The two-colored eyes were full of doubt.

Green didn't have the extra time to engage in any more pointless social interactions with these short-lived wizard apprentices.

With her large eyes wide open, the witch apprentice performed the wizarding ritual, then pursed her lips slightly and said, "Respected Instructor Grimm, your course was wonderful, allowing me to experience joys I had never known before. However, I searched the second and third floors of Black Tower but couldn't find any individual lessons from you. I think..."

Green shook his head, stopping the girl from speaking.

"I'm just a temporary tutor at the academy. Teaching is just part of the rules, not an obligation. You've misunderstood."

Having said that, Green, who was somewhat eager for the results of his research, prepared to leave.

They had just taken in a disciple and devoted themselves to nurturing him for over a decade, only to find him already dead when they returned from the next demon-hunting expedition?

It's so boring.

The witch apprentice said eagerly, "But Master Grimm, I truly admire your wizarding knowledge. If I wish to become your disciple, shouldn't I be given an opportunity or some guidance?"

The most common way for a formal wizard to select wizard apprentices is to recruit them after being satisfied with the wizards who taught them in a paid, private session.

This is also how the academy's arcane wizards plan for the future, considering whether they can earn wizard essence income after each Holy Tower Qualifying Battle.

Green paused slightly.

However, Green not only did not want to obtain witch essence in this way, but he also had no interest in wasting his precious time on this and delaying his experimental research.

After thinking for a moment, Green glanced at the witch apprentice and said calmly, "If one day you become the source of fear for all the dark wizard apprentices in the six academies, and you still have no mentor, then go to the seventy-ninth floor of the Black Tower and find Dean Peranos. I will consider it then."

Having said that, Green ignored the witch apprentice and strode forward.

The witch apprentice remained where she was, her face filled with disappointment, watching Green's figure gradually disappear into the distance, like yellow sand.

Without a good mentor to broaden your horizons, how can you possibly achieve greater success?

Green's words clearly rejected any idea the witch's apprentice might have.

Even the former Green, if it weren't for his mentor Peranos's dedicated and focused instruction in advanced knowledge, which broadened Green's horizons and understanding, would probably have been at most one of the top ten masters during the Holy Tower Battle, far from being able to compete with legendary wizard apprentices, let alone become the nightmare of all wizard apprentices.

For this witch apprentice to meet Green's requirements, she would need to be at least at the legendary level of a witch apprentice, which would be almost impossible without a good mentor.

"Hehehe, young master, you're so cruel. That little girl is probably completely desperate now, hehehehe..."

Xiao Ba chuckled slyly, but Green remained unmoved, channeling his elemental power to take flight and head towards his laboratory.

The Black Tower has twenty-two floors.

On the experimental table, a bottle of black blood was burning like flames. This was the Dark Annihilation Flame God blood primer that Green obtained from the Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard.

During his time as a formal wizard, the Flame Giant continuously used his Soul Devouring talent, and the former Greedy Flame Giant later mutated into the Flame Giant, greatly increasing his strength. Over time, he accumulated power and was only a short distance away from the standard values ​​stipulated by the rules for second-level biological wizards.

Ten years ago.

Having thoroughly studied and backed up the Dark Flame God's soul fragments gifted by the Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard, Grimm attempted to have the Flame Giant devour the Dark Flame God's soul fragments. As a result, an incomparably hungry thought emerged from the Flame Giant's simple will.

It seems they had already anticipated that the Flame Giant would react.

Grimm threw his stored souls, as well as the soul condensation blocks he later acquired from the Nest World, into the Soul Devouring Maw of the Flame Giant.

Xiao Ba also spat out the Lava Core. Green set up a Fire Crystal Magic Array, attaching the Spiritual Framework of the Flame Giant to the Lava Core and preserving it within the Fire Crystal Magic Array.

Now, ten years have passed, and the Heavenly Flame Giant has gradually shown signs of regaining its will, which is why Grin is so eager to return.

In addition, Grimm did not immediately use the large bottle of Dark Flame God's pure blood essence to reconstruct the mental framework runes of the Flame Giant for evolution.

The reason is the analysis of the power of the Flame Soul!

Green discovered that in order to maximize the use of this precious World Lord's blood material, it was necessary to fully understand the nature of the Flame Soul Power and then add this ability to the mental framework of the Flame Giant.

Even in the future, the soul communication method of the "Flame Soul True Scripture" with unknown and powerful life forms in distant alien worlds will require this unique energy as a catalyst.

Thinking this way, Grimm did not immediately use up the precious blood of the World Lord to reorganize the mental framework of the Flame Giant's evolution, but instead left it behind.

In the world of Flame Soul, every locust person cultivates the Flame Soul Sword Dao, thereby developing the Flame Soul Power that combines soul and flame.

According to Green's research, the main source of power for the Flame Soul Sword Dao lies in the soul and the blade.

It seems that after conquering the Flame Soul World, if the Flame Giant reorganizes its mental framework, the Lava Giant Sword should lean more towards the Flame Soul Sword Dao. This would be the third evolution of the original Greedy Flame Giant after the Flame Giant mutation and this Soul Devouring evolution.

This evolutionary pattern is quite consistent with the evolutionary process of formal wizards who continuously increase the leverage of the elements.

"Young Master, how is it?"

The myna bird stood on the lab table, asking curiously.

After sensing for a while, Green said happily, "It'll be soon."

After calming down and regaining his composure, Green took Hachi and left the laboratory, heading towards another laboratory.

The third phase of the Truth Project, the Eagle Eye Project, will still take Green a long time to complete.

As for self-sealing?

Compared to the fact that Green is still a long way off, the symbolic spots on the skin behind the leg hair don't seem to have any particular value; the key point should be elsewhere.

Perhaps, the study of self-sealing techniques should begin with traditional sealing techniques?

However, for wizard apprentices, traditional sealing techniques are far more profound. As far as Green knows, only Millie has mastered the incomplete Ice Age sealing technique during her wizard apprenticeship, and thus became a legendary wizard apprentice.

Naraku's brother, Nari, despite having achieved such success during his apprenticeship as a wizard, still decided to sacrifice himself to preserve hope for his sister's survival.

The secret lies somewhere between the simple and the profound; what Green needs is a spark of inspiration.

Seven days later.

Riding the Shadow Starfall, Green flew towards the depths of the Conqueror Thorn Forest.

On a lush, grassy clearing, the Shadow Starfall came to a stop. With a "click," the upper hatch of the metal sphere opened, and Green slowly descended, standing on the grass.

With a silent incantation, a vast amount of natural power converged, and with a deafening roar, a fiery giant, its golden and black colors shimmering, appeared.

Its ten-meter-tall body seemed to be harboring a small volcano, with rolling heat waves constantly surging outwards, and the grass under its feet instantly turned from withered yellow to scorched black.

Roar! Whoosh...

Within the vast area of ​​the surrounding thorny forest, many creatures were frightened. Some powerful creatures scattered and fled, while the weak creatures remained silent. Suddenly, the surroundings became completely quiet, with only the two giant mouths on the chest and back of the Flame Giant, one crying and one laughing, continuously roaring.

Looking at the Flame Giant whose aura had become significantly stronger, Green and Xiao Ba said with delight under the Mask of Truth, "Hmm, the basic physique is over 500, and the highest value of the steady strength attack exceeds 1,000 degrees. According to the wizarding rules, it has indeed reached the minimum standard threshold for a level two body-refining wizard."

(End of this chapter)