Wizard's Journey

Chapter 464 The Whirlpool Gate

This seemingly insignificant beam of light made Green feel as if he were lifting a massive boulder weighing thousands of pounds.

Perhaps this is insignificant to great figures like the Stigmata Wizard and the Lord of the World, but for Grimm, who has lost his magic, not to mention borrowing the power of the Endless Ruler, even possessing it is a huge burden.

After leaving the towering cliffs and arriving on the ground, Green didn't choose a direction; he simply ran desperately away from the towering cliffs.

At this moment, Green looked like a child who had stolen an adult's pocket money, trembling with fear, as if he was about to suffer a terrible disaster.

However, for adults who lose their pocket money, they may not realize their loss for a long time, they may ignore it, or they may never realize this insignificant little thing in their entire lives.

It's all because the difference in their perspectives is just too great.

Flying low over one Devouring Shell after another, Green used all his strength to fly.

It used to be Liu Yong leading Green towards the Cangyan Giant Mountain, as if heading towards a wonderful and hopeful land filled with all sorts of strange and unfamiliar places. Now, for Green, it was about escaping from the source of fear and nightmares.

Naturally, nothing unusual happened to the towering cliffs, and Green did not suffer any special attacks.

Everything was as usual. For this space between reality and illusion, another day of the Eye of Destruction had passed.

The infinitely large Devouring Clam in the sky was once again pushed open by two thick pillars of light. Grimm glanced back and felt as if he could see the outlines of two giant crab claws!

This……

Green seemed to have thought of something, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Could it be that I am now an enhanced version of the creature whose eyes were once chaotic, used to achieve the goal of making the Thousand-Eyed Crab unable to control its "chaotic slaughter"?

Could it be that the true identity of this colossal mountain of craggy rocks is an infinitely enhanced version of the Thousand-Eyed Crab?!

Its purpose is to steal and collect the Awakening Light of the Mirage Pearl Ruler time and time again, for some unknown purpose.

…………

The light of the Mirage Pearl's awakening shines once again on this interlayered space between reality and illusion.

The endless, boundless seashells slowly expanded, and thousands upon thousands of mirage pearls chased and played with each other.

With the help of the awakening light, Green saw the faint pillar of light on his chest connecting to the distant, towering mountain. He also saw the traces of vortex gates of varying sizes on the ground, some flashing by, some not appearing at all, and some spinning continuously.

If Green were still living in the deception woven by the colossal mountain of craggy rocks, he probably wouldn't have seen this wondrous sight at all, and would have already hidden inside the Devouring Shell, entering his own self-centered illusory world.

The reason why the pale red light on Green's chest became so dim at this moment was partly due to Green's continuous weakening over a long period of time, and partly because the farther away from the giant rock mountain, the weaker the perception would become.

"Yes, that's great, there's a vortex gate over there."

Green discovered a vortex gate in the distance, more than ten meters in diameter. This was a relatively large vortex gate, and it was constantly rotating around the eye of the vortex.

When Green arrived at the entrance to the whirlpool, he was about to jump down when he froze.

The aura emanating from this vortex gate is rather strange!

The aura emanating from this vortex gate possessed an indescribable sense of oppression and panic, much like... the vengeful spirit bead that Senior Sister Youquan had once given him, with an unspeakable eerie charm.

The unfamiliar rules of this world meant that Green would have to explore on his own, which was dangerous. After hesitating for a moment, Green actually gave up on this vortex gate and flew towards another vortex gate that he sensed in the distance.

Contrary to what most people think.

Although Green and Hachi possess the talent of being connected to time and space, if they want to teleport across dimensions to a great distance, it's easy for Hachi, who can easily reach Green's side using the illusory space of the dimensional gap as a medium. However, if Green wants to reach Hachi's side, since there is no dimensional gap, this wondrous illusory world that connects to endless worlds, he needs to go through many preliminary steps.

One of the most important aspects is finding the world node.

World nodes are key parts of a world, often containing natural mineral resources or unique features. They are often home to large-scale biological groups or protected by world guardians.

Generally speaking, after a Shadow Wizard discovers a new world while roaming the endless void, he needs to conduct secret activities to locate spatial coordinates at multiple nodes in the target world, providing accurate spacetime coordinates for the arrival of the space fortress.

As for Grimm, he doesn't need to make large-scale deployments by traveling to multiple world nodes like the Shadow Wizard. He only needs to take advantage of the weak points of the world near the world node and set up a simple magic circle.

Another whirlpool gate.

This vortex gate, with a diameter of over a hundred meters, is filled with a violent aura and is very likely connected to a vast world.

After thinking for a moment, Green decided to continue searching for the next vortex gate.

For some reason, Green felt that this vortex gate seemed to be extremely repulsive to the outside world, perhaps it was the autonomous resistance from this powerful world?

It is likely that any being below the level of a world lord who rashly enters will be crushed into pieces during the "smuggling" process through this vortex gate.

And the Lord of the World rashly infiltrates a vast world with an endless ruler?

This is simply an unimaginable disaster.

Naturally, Green continued searching for the third vortex gate, and after a while, he finally made a discovery.

This is a vortex gate with a diameter of only two meters.

Although the aura of rules emanating from the vortex gate was different from any world Grimm had ever been to, it was a world with normal rules, and there shouldn't be anything too strange or threatening to lower life forms.

Without further hesitation, Green, despite his weakened state, leaped into the vortex gate in his second level of savage instinct transformation, transforming into a bone-armored monster.

A squeezing sensation of space being distorted.

This was the void pressure coming from the weakened void shadow. The sound of bone armor cracking kept coming. Even in the second layer of wild instinct transformation, Green still felt an unbearable pressure squeezing him from all directions.

"That's a bit of a gamble..."

Although in theory, the semi-illusory world of the Azure Rock Giant Mountain is unlikely to connect with worlds that are too far away, the distance between a being equivalent to the concept of an endless overlord is something that a lowly life form like Grimm cannot even imagine.

If it were truly some distant world like the Wizarding World's Demon Hunt expedition, without the protection of the cocoon box, it would be extremely dangerous for low-level wizards to teleport using their physical bodies.

Fortunately, Green seems to be having good luck.

The balance rules of the endless world and the rich elemental aura rushed towards me; it was extremely hot, and sand was everywhere.

However, Green's condition was not optimistic either. He was somewhat delirious. His previous injuries, coupled with the exhaustion from forcibly activating his second level of wild instinct, left him unable to move at all. He could only lie on the desert, panting, letting the scorching sun in the sky beat down on him.

The first thing Green did was to warn Hachiman not to come over through his soul!

Otherwise, without Xiao Ba's interconnected spacetime coordinates as a basis for teleportation, it would be impossible for Lin Ruo to return to the Wizarding World in who knows how long. For a low-level creature to venture into a foreign world where the will of the wizard has not been conveyed is undoubtedly an extremely dangerous act.

The second thing he did was use his last bit of magic to put the Awakening Light that had caused the desert and space to begin to distort into the dimensional gap, and then he fell into a coma.

After a long period of time.

Green finally regained some strength and even began to regain consciousness, while luckily escaping any attack.

To be unconscious in an unfamiliar world is extremely dangerous.

It's unclear whether the main rule of this world is the desert, or whether Green is simply in a specific area and only seeing a part of the world's rules.

Struggling, Green tried to sit up from the desert, leaning on his ram-horned skull magic staff.

The instinct of a dark wizard is survival.

From their apprenticeship as wizards, they undergo brutal selection and training. The survival instinct of dark wizards is ingrained in their bones. They use their strength and wisdom to survive in various extreme environments, preserving their wizarding will to continue.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Green's legs buckled.

This wasn't because Green hadn't fully recovered; rather, after the sand beneath his feet suddenly softened, a huge mouth suddenly emerged.

Green exclaimed in surprise, as if he had been sucked in like jelly.

A wet, slippery sensation, without any chewing or crushing by teeth, and Green, drenched in cold sweat, was sucked into the body of this unknown monster.

(End of this chapter)