Wizard's Journey

Chapter 778 Heart Tribulation?

It wasn't until Green regained consciousness that the Thousand-Eyed Crab, which had fled to a great distance, slowly flew back, seemingly unsurprised by Green's condition.

No wonder, it was once a member of the soul slave legion under the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard!

The brutal scene of the Black Sota Saint Mark Wizard devouring the giant slave bird seems to be gradually beginning to appear on Grin. Low-level wizards look up to and speculate about the unknown things of high-level wizards, but for high-level wizards, everything is so natural, just because of their own needs.

"Lord Green, it seems you need to undergo the mental tribulation as soon as possible to try and condense your Holy Soul. Otherwise, it will become increasingly difficult to fully control your rationality, and brutality and bloodlust will seep into your instincts. I fear you will become..."

The Heart Tribulation is a prerequisite for the soul's sacred mark to undergo a qualitative change and be able to accept the source of magic power.

Green controlled himself and slightly leaked the aura of self-sealing. The previously suppressed seven-colored runes began to move around Green's blurry, semi-transparent body again.

"A mental tribulation?"

Seemingly thinking of something, Green shook his head, a hint of sadness and disappointment in his expression.

"No, it's not a mental tribulation, just a side effect of cultivating the body. My mentor, Peranos, once said that it was a correct choice I made during my time as a first-level wizard. Although the wisdom of a low-level wizard seemed foolish and wrong at the time, now that I have reached my mentor's level of life, I have found that the mental tribulation for advancing to the Saint Mark no longer exists. My mentor told me these words when he was a third-level great wizard, and I have come to understand the meaning of his words over the years."

Raffi was once controlled by the dark wizard Hattori Hikō, becoming a puppet for Hattori Hikō to collect the power of human despair.

In the final critical moment, Green disregarded everything and went to the Black Tower Wizarding Academy to ask his mentor Peranos for help. Peranos questioned him, asking if he was prepared to break the rules of the Holy Tower and make a deal with the dark wizard.

Green nodded in agreement, hoping to secure a chance for Raffi's survival.

To this day, Green can't forget the intriguing words and the hopeful look in his mentor Peranos's eyes when he was already a Level 3 Archmage.

It was after that incident that Green was no longer seen as the shadow of the Dark Spring in Peranos's eyes.

"As your mentor, I must warn you, and even stop you from your current foolish behavior. If this had happened hundreds of years ago, before Hattori Hizo died, you would never have been able to leave Black Tower. But now, as a Grand Wizard at the peak of the third level, I must tell you: go and explore freely, and forge your own path in life."

Even Gahei, who was standing nearby at the time, bluntly stated that if Green were to attempt to advance to the Saint Mark in the future, the Heart Tribulation would no longer be a problem.

Over the years, Green has come to have a deeper understanding of how his mentor, Peranos, felt back then.

If he had chosen to fear the authority of the Holy Tower's rules and dared not transgress them, and had watched Raffi die, then although Green would have avoided a hundred years of imprisonment, he would probably have needed a thousand years of focused training just to overcome this mental tribulation during his time as a Level 3 Grand Wizard.

More than two thousand years later, today, looking back rationally on the choices we made then, it seems like a matter of a single thought, yet it was already predetermined by fate.

Too many foolish people only see the small gains and benefits in front of them, gradually getting lost in the self-satisfaction of the wizard's journey, losing the opportunity to break free from their fate. Only those "foolish" wizards go ahead.

As Green gradually awakens from his distant memories, a smile of a seasoned wizard appears on his face. His eyes are deep and unfathomable, like a galaxy. He needs no words to explain; his mature, wise, and charming demeanor shines through!

"Let's go and search for higher-level creatures that are older in this world and have traversed more shallow waters."

……

Three months later.

A crystal shrimp, about a meter long, floated in mid-air, sparkling and translucent.

Staring directly at the Thousand-Eyed Giant Crab, which exudes an even more ancient aura, and the mysterious and oppressive figure of the wizard standing on it, the Crystal Shrimp, despite being a level three creature, felt an instinctive fear of facing its natural enemy.

"This is a sea area protected by the great King of the Clams. Respected wizard, there are still 170 years until the tribute of slaves. May I ask what purpose you have brought here, master?"

This world is indeed a breeding ground carefully selected by a certain holy-scarred wizard.

Standing atop the Thousand-Eyed Crab, Grimm asked in a low voice, "To your knowledge, are there any other Thousand-Eyed Crab leaders under the King of the Clams? Or, in the seas not protected by the King of the Clams, are there any sea kings whose clans are Thousand-Eyed Crabs?"

The Thousand-Eyed Crab asked impatiently, "Have you seen any remnants of my clan?"

Crystal Shrimp secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I have never seen such an ancient and powerful Thousand-Eyed Crab in my life. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would hardly believe that such an ancient and powerful Thousand-Eyed Crab still exists in the Shallow Wave World. If there is any other Thousand-Eyed Crab in this world that is similar to yours, one of the more than twenty commanders I know should be able to provide some information."

The crystal shrimp then provided directions and directions, hoping that the two powerful creatures that had suddenly intruded into its territory would leave quickly, as their sudden arrival had already made it extremely uneasy.

call out!

Suddenly, Green's figure flashed and appeared in front of the Crystal Shrimp. With a cold and mysterious aura, he swung down the Extreme Abyss Magic Wand. The fluid attack was blocked by one of the Crystal Shrimp's claws.

"you……"

Bang!

The crystal shrimp's claws broke off, and it flew more than a hundred meters before crashing into the sea. Due to the force of gravity, the waves surged and the seawater froze instantly, making it resemble a floating iceberg.

The crystal shrimp fled in terror.

"Hmph, a mere slave guarding a breeding farm dares to call himself king before the will of a great wizard."

After giving the ignorant slave the necessary punishment, Green landed on this shallow island. He picked the only white coconut from a coconut tree that was over fifty meters tall, pressed it with his finger to make a hole, and golden juice fell into Green's mouth, filling the air with a sweet fragrance.

With a satisfied sigh, Green threw away the empty shell and returned to the Thousand-Eyed Crab, bowing his head to continue studying the Shadow Mystery World to obtain the Crystal Juice.

As for the energy generator given to it by Commander Xiahe, it has been replaced by Grin with the crystal core of the former Black Flame Soul Giant, and the Black Flame Soul Giant has also greatly increased in strength, reaching the level of a mature third-level being.

……

Two months later.

Splash...

The seawater churned, and the thousand-eyed giant crab, carrying Green, emerged from the water, crawling step by step towards a huge white snail shell more than fifty meters high on the shallows, as the waves and seawater surged in all directions.

Intimidated by the powerful and ancient aura of the Thousand-Eyed Crab, the snail shell slowly extended its legs and claws. It turned out to be a powerful hermit crab?

It's just unknown whether the powerful creature residing inside the snail shell was killed by it.

"We're kind of similar, so how about we crossbreed?"

Green asked the thousand-eyed crab beneath him in a low voice, and the crab quickly replied, "I will not choose to hybridize unless absolutely necessary, Lord Green. And more importantly, this is a male crab."

Slightly embarrassed, Green tried to hide it.

The Thousand-Eyed Giant Crab walked sideways step by step to the powerful hermit crab. Although they were both giant crabs from the same world, they belonged to different groups. Clearly, the hermit crab had adapted to the changing rules of this world better than the Thousand-Eyed Giant Crab, and its group had successfully multiplied and grown stronger.

On the beach, countless fist-sized hermit crabs fled to the surrounding sea. Green faintly sensed the presence of some level-two creatures lurking in the shallow waters around them.

The giant hermit crab and the hermit crab leader are similar in size, but the hermit crab appears larger due to its snail shell.

"I have been gone from this world for nearly seven thousand years. I have returned this time hoping to find my kind and continue my bloodline. Have you seen it?"

After a moment of contemplation, a pair of gloomy eyes in the dark space beneath the hermit crab's shell said, "Yes, I saw it once two thousand years ago in a remote sea area. Apart from that, there has been no other news about ancient thousand-eyed crabs like yours. If it is still alive today, it should be the last ancient thousand-eyed crab in the world."

(End of this chapter)