Wizard's Journey

Chapter 445 The Devouring Shell (Part 1)

Without a Saint Mark Wizard to lead the way, sending a 10,000-strong army across the Flame Soul Continent to the far north ice plains would undoubtedly be an extremely foolish choice.

Green would never make such a foolish choice.

Even choosing to bypass sea after sea, or even traversing some eerie and calamity-ridden places that even the Locust People fear, is far better than openly crossing the hostile Flame Soul Continent.

Six months later.

Even though Green had been extremely cautious, several demon hunters still perished when they crossed the sea of ​​sea dragonfly bubbles half a month ago.

The situation at the time was indeed critical.

The natural rules and unique biological evolution methods of this world are quite different from those of the Wizarding World.

This vortex sea is now one of the most feared seas by the Locust People. Beyond this sea lies the far north ice plain of the Flame Soul World.

The temperature here has dropped significantly.

Although the Locust People have dominated the Flame Soul Continent for a long time, there are still some powerful but mindless creatures in the depths of the ocean that many Locust People fear, much like the various legends of human sailors in the Wizarding World.

In this whirlpool sea, there is a legend of a strange creature that possesses the ability to control the local ocean and cause locusts to fall into a deep sleep. The locust people call it the Devouring Shell.

Among the locust people living around this sea area, it is said that the smaller the Devouring Shell, the more terrifying it is.

"The Devouring Shell?"

Green and Sennitch obtained information about this vortex sea that terrified the locust people from a locust-man prisoner, and murmured about this strange creature named the Devouring Shell.

The ability to control a localized ocean is, in the wizard's understanding, naturally the ability to control the water element.

And falling into a deep sleep involuntarily is undoubtedly a form of mental hypnosis.

For a formal wizard, as long as the difference in the level of the creatures is not too great, these two abilities are nothing special when prepared; they are just one aspect of a wizard's understanding.

Strangely, although the Devouring Shell has always been a legend in this sea area, and some Locust People have even recounted their encounters with it and their miraculous escapes, no Locust People have ever captured a live specimen.

The Devouring Shell has always been shrouded in mystery.

"Where did the name 'Devouring Shell' come from?"

With an enigmatic, mysterious, terrifying, and evil wizard-like demeanor, Green coldly questioned the locust-man prisoner, his expression murderous and ready to kill at the slightest dissatisfaction.

"It's shaped like an ocean whirlpool! The whirlpool resembles an open seashell. Devouring vortices with a diameter of over one hundred meters are common in this area and aren't considered particularly dangerous. However, if you encounter a devouring vortex with a diameter of less than one meter, unless you're a great fire god, anyone who gets close will be devoured!"

The locust-man prisoner spoke in terror.

"You mean someone? Including your saints?"

As Senicino asked, an ostrich head beneath him, seemingly out of curiosity, pecked at the purple sea fruit he had collected on the back of the locust-man prisoner, and then puffed on a cigarette.

Glug glug glug glug!

The sea fruit seemed to taste good, as the three ostrich heads took turns pecking at it, looking quite pleased with themselves.

Although the locust people felt sorry for the sea fruits they had painstakingly collected at the risk of their lives, they dared not refuse anything since their lives were now in the hands of these terrifying wizards.

"Yes, including the great locust saint."

The locust-man nodded in response.

Two figures flew back from afar; it turned out to be the Demon Hunter Wizard who had been sent to scout the area.

A female witch hunter was extremely alluring, with skin as white and delicate as snow, and a pair of transparent dragonfly wings on her back. Her temperament was somewhat similar to that of Kretia behind Grimm.

The other male wizard wore a square box, with densely packed pale green mechanical eyes around his eyes, and a pale red lightsaber on his back. He was thin under his wizard robes.

Both of them are Level 2 Demon Hunter Wizards!

"Master Senecino, after reconnaissance of the waters ahead, we have found nothing except a meaningless vortex formed by natural laws."

After the male wizard with the square box on his head finished speaking, he released the recording from the crystal ball into a light screen.

A strange vortex appeared, tens of thousands of meters in diameter and only about seven or eight meters deep at its center. The vortex looked like an open seashell, and Green and the little Hachi, Senicino, and Cretia on his shoulders were all stunned.

This vortex really doesn't conform to the rules of wizarding knowledge.

Such a large vortex, yet the center is only seven or eight meters shallow. I really don't know how the world formed such a regular shape!

"This is just a common Devouring Shell; it's harmless."

The locust-man captive hurriedly explained under Green's questioning.

"So? Should we bypass this area, or continue forward?"

Senicino turned to Green. Although Senicino was the commander of the formation of ten thousand demon hunter wizards, his demon hunting mission was to lead the legion to assist Green in completing the "Far North Ice Plains Strategic Mission".

After a moment of contemplation, Green suddenly used the power of nature to imprison the locust-men and cautiously said, "I'll go investigate first."

Taking the detour would add at least a month to the journey. This vortex sea area is even larger than the True Spirit Crater in the Wizarding World, so it is necessary to delay the investigation for a few hourglasses.

"No……"

The locust-man struggled, shouting, "You have no idea how terrifying this whirlpool sea is! It's a forbidden zone set up by the great Flame God. No locust dares to enter this sea without permission, no..."

The locust-man struggled desperately, but Green ignored him and left Little Eight behind instead.

"You wait here."

"Huh? Okay. Hmm? You're not going either?"

Little Hachi, who had just flown off Green's shoulder, asked Cressia.

Xiao Ba had gotten used to Kredia always being by Green's side, but Kredia said, "No, I have something to ask this master."

At this moment, Cressia was talking to the second-level witch who had just returned from scouting and whom Green sensed had the same aura as Cressia.

It seems that both of them possess the aura of ancient black magic that gathers allure?

…………

"Waaaah, Wizard, please let me go..."

This locust-man, who lived in a remote area of ​​the Flame Soul Continent, actually begged for mercy from Grin. Perhaps the true terror of the wizard had not yet spread to this remote area, and this locust-man still held onto a sliver of hope.

Green ignored him.

Unlike the wisdom of ordinary wizards, Green actually dived into the sea and flew around. Although a formal wizard could use the power of nature to survive in the sea, Green still used a wizard's shield, like an eggshell, to isolate himself from the seawater.

The bottom of the seawater was very calm and clear, but strangely, there was no life in it; it was a dead sea.

Suddenly, Green seemed to notice something and pointed towards a tiny whirlpool in the distance that led straight down to the seabed, saying, "Is that the Devouring Clam?"

This vortex, only about one meter in diameter, leads to the seabed, a stark contrast to the massive whirlpools in the previous crystal ball images, which were tens of thousands of meters in diameter but only a few meters deep. (A fantastic giveaway! Win a cool phone! Follow the Qidian/Chinese website's official WeChat account (add friends on WeChat - add official account - enter qdread) to participate now! Everyone wins a prize, follow the qdread WeChat official account now!)

(End of this chapter)