Wizard's Journey

Chapter 470 The Bookworm's Younger Brother, Alliance Leader: Claws of Hell

A month later.

After leaving the Valley of Wind, Grin and Kredia did not head directly to the Flame Soul Continent, but instead made a brief stop at the Ice Strait between the Far North Ice Plains and the Flame Soul Continent.

The two stopped here because they discovered that there were no signs of abyssification on a small island they briefly passed over during their flight.

In the past, such an island was nothing special in the Flame Soul World, but now it has aroused the interest of two wizards.

This demonstrates the extent of the abyss's encroachment on this world.

On this small island, Kretia continuously collected specimens of native creatures from the Flame Soul World, attempting to compare them with abyssal creatures from other regions, and thus speculate on the possible consequences of the abyssal cataclysm that would occur in this world in the coming decades.

On the ground, Green took out one hundred portions of the Blood of the Filthy Eye from the dimensional gap, seemingly intending to conduct some kind of experiment.

"Young master, don't overthink it. This kind of material is definitely best suited for making high-end consumables using mystical methods. Based on what you said before, this thing should be similar to the Eye of the Demon that old Antonio obtained."

Xiao Ba kept urging Green on.

"Are you sure this formula really works?"

Green looked hesitant and indecisive.

"Even with the help of dozens of cubs, it would still take several days of the Eye of Destruction to gather one hundred portions of this Blood of the Filthy Eye on that towering mountain of Cangyan. It would be a real waste to waste it here. Trading it with some high-level wizards might yield amazing returns."

Little Eight, however, was radiant and full of confidence!

"Hehehe, young master, you can rest assured."

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Using magic stones as a fire source, the soup pot bubbled and gurgled, its surface a deep crimson. This was a mixture of blood from one hundred kinds of creatures and one hundred portions of tainted eye blood that Grimm had collected in the Flame Soul World.

Little Eight, with its wings, patted its head as it recalled, saying uncertainly, "Then there's... the seed of the Soul-Soothing Grass."

Green opened a dimensional gap and took out a seed that looked like a walnut from a small black jar. Twisted ghost faces with black auras were emanating from it, making it extremely eerie.

Just as Green was about to put the requiem herb seed into the soup pot, Little Eight seemed to suddenly remember something and quickly stopped him, saying, "No, we need to add a little tear lizard saliva first!"

Green's hand trembled.

The rigorous experimental approach of ordinary elemental wizards is simply not suited to this kind of mystical experiment.

"What's the next step?" Green said angrily.

"Gah! Young master, don't be angry, gah gah gah! I just got it mixed up, my mistake, my mistake! I should have released the tear lizard's saliva first!"

Xiao Ba nodded repeatedly, looking quite certain.

After snorting, Green seemed to realize something. His face darkened beneath the mask of truth, and he said grimly, "This ingredient wasn't in the recipe you gave me. I don't have it at all right now!"

Even if Green wanted to gather the materials now, it would be too late; this place is far too far from the wizarding community.

Damn it, did the experiment fail...?

I knew all along that Xiao Ba was unreliable.

Green sighed, looking at the wasted ingredients in the bubbling broth in the boiling pot, feeling a little regretful.

On the other side, Xiao Ba seemed indifferent. He let out a "ha" and then "whoosh" spat a mouthful of slurry directly into the soup pot, completely unconcerned.

Little Eight murmured, "No Tear Lizard saliva? Then use Eighth Master's, it might work even better, hehehe. Then there's the Soul-Soothing Grass seed, the mermaid's tears..."

Green stared at Xiao Ba in astonishment. "Is this even possible?"

Indeed, it's best not to study too many different fields of knowledge at the same time.

Green simply couldn't imagine what a terrible situation it would be if a rigorous elemental wizard, dedicated to rigorous experimental research, were influenced by Xiao Ba's mystical experimental spirit.

Suppressing his discomfort, Green put the Soul-Soothing Grass seeds into the soup pot, then took out a small bottle of precious ingredients—the mermaid's tears—and dripped a drop into the bubbling soup pot.

A full hourglass event followed.

The liquid in the pot had become very viscous and started to burn. The black smoke seemed to be the birth of a demon in the pot, constantly baring its fangs and claws. Its hideous face flashed by, but it was trapped by the pot with Green's unique characteristics.

"Hehehe, young master, look! Our Hellclaw is successfully forged!"

Little Eight pointed at the black smoke in the pot, shouting excitedly and jumping around.

This guy probably only succeeded in his experiments a handful of times.

Green couldn't help but feel incredibly lucky that the experiment was successful. How could such an experiment be successful? The occult is truly too "mysterious".

And is this Claw of Hell really as Xiao Ba said, able to amplify the effects of the Blood of the Filthy Eye tenfold?

The potency of one hundred doses of the Blood of the Filthy Eyes is roughly equivalent to the self-deceptive illusion that Green was just experiencing when he was trapped in the Devouring Shell of the Azure Rock Mountain. This level of potency is already quite terrifying.

If it were a thousand portions of the Blood of the Dirty Eyes, it would be roughly equivalent to a low-level creature living on the Azure Rock Mountain and collecting Mirage Pearls for a period of time. It would be considered a moderate level of being deceived and bewitched by the Azure Rock Mountain, and it would be extremely difficult for it to escape the illusion.

"Wait a little longer. This Claw of Hell is not fully formed yet, and all the broth inside has not fully fermented."

Xiao Ba stopped Green from trying to collect the strange smoke inside.

A few minutes later, following Xiao Ba's guidance, Green took out a green cat's eye stone and put it into the soup pot, while extinguishing the magic flame.

To Green's surprise, the eerie smoke in the soup pot was actually absorbed by the cat's eye stone.

At this moment, this originally ordinary cat's eye stone underwent an incredible transformation.

The green gradually turned into blood red, and it really did resemble the bloody, destructive eye hidden by the altar of the Azure Rock Spring after Grimm broke through the perception deception in the Azure Rock Giant Mountain.

It's just that its size has been reduced by countless times.

From the cat's eye stone called Hell's Claw, Green seemed to hear eerie voices from another world whispering in his ear, which had a mysterious and alluring deceptive quality, much like the mysterious allure of towering cliffs and mountains.

Green silently put away the cat's eye stone.

Is this what occult knowledge is?

All mysticism and mystical powers, though seemingly elusive, share a common characteristic: the ability to borrow the power of higher beings. This Claw of Hell undoubtedly borrowed the power of the Azure Rock Mountain through some means.

The power emanating from this Hell Claw cat's eye stone could have terrifying consequences if the person being targeted were truly bewitched.

The victim might even be pulled by the towering cliffs and mountains and dragged into that terrifying semi-illusory world!

Two days later.

Green then crafted two more Hellclaw Cat's Eye Stones, each containing one hundred portions of Filthy Eye Blood, and Clementia also returned with collected specimens.

"So, what did you learn?"

Grin and Kredia flew together in the air, heading towards the Flame Soul Continent, Grin asked.

Although Clementine's face was alluring, Green sensed a certain evil in the eerie curve of her lips.

"Actually, I've been wondering, after the Abyss Cataclysm occurred in this world, could the Spider Queen race of the far north really have survived? Even the Demon Hunters who are on expeditions here, after the World Heart, corrupted by the Abyss, underwent a large-scale distortion of time and rules..."

Green said calmly, "You don't need to worry about that. The combat command has already made these arrangements and will not allow the Abyss Cataclysm to continue indefinitely. The Abyss invasion is a means of external warfare for the Wizarding World, not the creation of an Abyss world."

The bookworm's younger brother became the leader of the "Wizard's Journey" alliance, so two extra chapters were added.

(End of this chapter)