Wizard's Journey

Chapter 459 The Mystery of Mirage Desire (Part Fourteen)

Although it was merely a deceptive illusion that created trust between two different races of beings, Grimm did not, like most dark wizards, choose to kill these still helpless cubs to obtain their power of the Azure Rock.

Of course, even if you kill them, you won't gain much Azure Rock Power.

With one hand holding Gurendorf's still-burning head and the other collecting the remains of Zhahan, Green ignored the cubs and rushed at full speed towards the foot of the giant mountain of Azure Rock.

We must enter the Devouring Shell before the Mirage Pearl Sovereign descends.

Green has not yet fully regained his senses and is not ready to leave this boundary.

Gazing at the vortex in the sky, which had become relatively still, and seeing the mirage dominating the infinitely large Devouring Shell that had been stretched open by two thick red beams of light, Green hurriedly threw Gurendorf's self-igniting head and Zhahan's remains into the seven-meter-long, dark gray Devouring Shell, and lay down inside, slowly closing his eyes.

"Um?"

Green opened his eyes a crack, and his body went cold.

"What happened? Is it because it's too late?"

The Devouring Shell that Grimm lay in did not close, nor did Grimm enter the self-centered illusory world. However, the mirage shell that was constantly writhing beside him broke free of its cocoon due to the light emanating from the Mirage Pearl Sovereign. A pale white color and soft light appeared inside the Devouring Shell.

Green's heart pounded wildly, and he felt a pang of regret.

If I had known, I wouldn't have rushed to obtain the power of the Azure Rock from Gurendorf and Zhahan. After all, Grimm has plenty of time to slowly acquire the power of the Azure Rock by hunting other creatures.

These mirages appear to be pure white and soft on the outside, but when they become truly ferocious, they are extremely terrifying. Green has seen countless hunters completely melt away after being exposed to their light.

At this moment, Green was conscious, and there was such a mirage next to him!

If this mirage pearl were to summon other mirage pearls to attack Grimm like the previous ones, Grimm would probably be completely melted in just a few breaths.

His right hand trembled slightly, and Green's body was tense, his teeth clenched beneath the mask of truth.

With the Devouring Shell wide open, Grimm could see an endless array of mirage beads filling the sky. After a few whooshing sounds, several mirage beads flew towards the Devouring Shell where Grimm was lying.

Green was on the verge of going berserk, and in the next moment, he made a desperate, last-ditch effort, his heart nearly leaping out of his chest.

However, things did not go as Green had imagined.

These mirage beads merely flew around Grundorf's head and Ghahan's remains, seemingly dispelling the power of the Azure Rock, showing absolutely no interest in Grin.

Are these mirages harmless?

Or is it harmless to creatures that are not powered by the Azure Rock Force?

After hesitating for a moment, Green tried to move his fingers slightly, but found that the mirage beads next to him did not react at all. He then moved his head, but the mirage beads still did not react.

Finally, Green opened his eyes, but the mirage beads still did not react at all!

Grimm took a deep breath and suddenly sat up from the Devouring Shell. The mirage beads remained unchanged because of Grimm, as if he did not exist at all!

This……

Green calmed his wildly beating heart and fell into deep thought, deeply moved.

It turns out it was all a scam.

Once a creature trapped here hunts the Mirage Pearl and absorbs the power of the Azure Rock, it will be a dead end from which there is no turning back. It is destined to spend its entire life in this space between reality and illusion, either dying or being bewitched by the Azure Rock Mountain and committing suicide towards the true Mirage Desire Realm dominated by the Mirage Pearl.

At the same time, Green looked down and finally saw the root of his obscured perception.

Under the pure white and soft radiance of the Mirage Pearl Sovereign, a pale red ray pierced through Green's chest, connecting him to the towering cliffs. The awakening light of the Mirage Pearl Sovereign effectively weakened this pale red ray.

On the towering, rocky mountain, every living being is connected to such a ray of light, and all living beings are deceived by their own perceptions.

This ability is truly terrifying.

From the moment Green regained consciousness, he was deceived by Liu Yong, unable to remain conscious when the "Eye of Destruction" descended. He could only move around on the Azure Rock Mountain and "kindly" told Green Yong how to break free from his self-illusion.

Whether it's a self-generated illusion or a flowing cocoon, it's nothing more than a fixed deception of the Cangyan Giant Mountain.

Later, one after another deceived creatures on the towering Cangyan Mountain formed a cycle of deception, hunting mirage pearls according to the rules set by the towering Cangyan Mountain. All the creatures trapped in this world between reality and illusion were so willing and resolute.

Is this the terror of the Endless Overlord's rule-changing power?

Beyond the inherent difference in power, it has begun to affect the rules themselves. For the Lord of the World, the Endless Ruler represents a qualitative change at the level of life itself.

For a low-level life form like Grimm, facing the Endless Ruler is almost like facing an irresistible "god".

Escaping from the palm of "God" is already a pipe dream, let alone resisting.

Suddenly.

It seemed that this was the moment when the radiance of the Sky Mirage Beads was at its strongest, and with more than ten Mirage Beads nearby attracting the light of awakening, Green felt that he had regained a trace of the endless world's balance rules.

This means... that Green is now able to perform witchcraft.

Although the leverage rule is only a very low multiple due to the ambiguity of the balance rule, the leverage rule that witchcraft uses is only a very low multiple.

"Hachi!"

The first thing Green thought of was to contact Hachiman and escape from this world.

To Green's disappointment, although he could vaguely sense Hachi's presence, he was unable to establish a connection with the spacetime markers because the dark red pillar of light on his chest was still affecting Green's perception.

At least for now, Green is still unable to perceive not only the exit of the vortex gate on the ground, but also the true appearance of the giant mountain of Cangyan. He is still a long way from regaining full real perception.

call……

A flame ignited in Green's hand. Green was merely trying to determine the extent to which he could leverage the rules of magic, but he was surprised to find that this fireball seemed to have the same attraction as the power of the Azure Rock emanating from the corpses of Gurendorf and Zhahan. Half of the dozen or so mirage beads beside him slowly drifted over.

"Um?"

An unbelievable scene unfolded.

Green's faint sense of the balance rules meant that the fireball spell, which was originally supposed to leverage the rule by five times, could only leverage it by one time; the Ram's Horned Skull Magic Wand offered no bonus whatsoever.

But at this moment, as the seven mirage beads gathered together and shone with a soft light, the faint fireball in Green's hand suddenly burst into flames with a "whoosh," reaching eight times its original size!

This……

This completely overturns the rules of witchcraft in the wizarding world!

In his astonishment and shock, Green thought for a moment, then suddenly flew towards the higher sky where the mirage beads were even more densely packed.

The number of mirage beads passing by varied, while the highest degree of intensity that Green's fireball spell could reach was as high as fifty times, while the lowest degree remained at one.

These mirage pearls were indeed extraordinary.

No wonder the giant Cangyan Mountain keeps collecting mirage pearls.

The fireball spell reached the leverage rule of fifty times. Green could mobilize about one-fifth of his mental energy, which is between eighteen and twenty-two. So, after multiplying by fifty, the attack power of Green's fireball spell would be between nine hundred and one thousand one hundred degrees!

This was originally just a Firebat spell with a five-fold leverage.

If you leverage the Fire Bat spell with a 10x leverage rule, the Fire Bee spell with a 12x leverage rule, and the Explosive Flame spell with a 30x leverage rule, the power will reach 5,400 to 6,600!

This completely surpasses Green's highest attack power during the brief period when he possessed the source of magic.

Almost immediately, driven by the wizard's greed, Green thought that even before leaving this illusory world and returning to the real world, he would first collect a large number of mirage pearls here, so that once he returned to the real world...

The next moment, Green rejected this foolish idea.

Undoubtedly, even after leaving this semi-illusory world, the Mirage Pearl must still possess wondrous abilities. However, in reality, it is more accurate to say that the Mirage Pearl possesses wondrous abilities by absorbing the "Awakening Light" of the Mirage Pearl Master rather than the Mirage Pearl itself.

Otherwise, the Azure Rock Giant Mountain wouldn't have deceived all creatures into collecting the mirage pearls awakened by the Mirage Pearl Ruler, instead of the sleeping mirage pearls.

Ultimately, this wondrous source of energy is still dominated by the mirage pearl.

Also...

Beneath the surface of truth, Grimm's eyes gleamed. The so-called Spring of Azure Rock, which obscures perception and pollutes spiritual power, is the red ray of light connecting to Grimm's chest. This is the precious resource that Grimm was able to collect on a large scale in this illusory world!

This is the power of an endless overlord, even if it's just a trivial power!

Having missed this opportunity, it's uncertain whether Green will have another chance like this now.

The endless world is full of twists and turns of fate, and Green wouldn't be foolish enough to treat this place as a fixed, secret source of resources.

Is a level one being attempting to "mine" the Endless Overlord indefinitely?

Perhaps the next moment, the Endless Ruler will sneeze and unintentionally erase everything about this creature.

(End of this chapter)