Wizard's Journey

Chapter 869 The Last Gift

"Waaah..."

The cold, ruthless nature of the balance rules was immediately revealed when these stowaways from the ley lines were discovered. They were thrown back into the Netherworld Heart Secret Realm without any mercy.

In an instant, it traversed a distant space-time, unleashing an unparalleled and immense compressive force that even Green couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

With a deafening crash, Grimm crashed into the Netherworld Heart's secret realm. A shockwave rippled outwards, creating a massive crater a hundred meters in diameter that spread outwards from Grimm's human body in a spiderweb-like pattern.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of three identical impact shockwaves in the distance allowed Green, who had suffered severe backlash, to secretly breathe a sigh of relief. No one had perished on this trip, which was already an excellent result.

"Little Eight".

Green's weak call was followed by a flash of space on his shoulder, and Xiao Ba appeared.

"Huh!? Is this the wizarding world?"

Ten percent of the body's cells fall into a state of atrophy and dormancy, unlikely to recover within a century; fifty percent fall into a brief shock, requiring at least ten years to recover.

Ten percent of the body's magical power suffered a complete backlash, which is expected to take one hundred years to recover; fifty percent suffered a partial backlash, which is expected to take ten years to recover.

The situation isn't too bad; at least for a Stigmata Wizard, it's just a common injury.

Now that we are in the safe environment of the Wizarding World, our appointment with the Howling Cockroach World of Ghost Spring will not be delayed. Compared to the backlash of magic after the sealing spell failed, it is nothing to worry about.

This is inseparable from the powerful foundation brought about by the mutual amplification of the physical elements of the Grimm elemental refinement wizard.

"Okay, let's go check on the others."

Suddenly returning from an environment with nearly a thousand times the gravitational pull to normal gravity, Green felt incredibly relaxed. The long-suppressed tension was released, and he didn't notice much even though his body cells and magic were in a dormant state.

With a "whoosh," Green, carrying Hachi, flew towards the Tower of the Underworld.

As he flew, Green took out a crystal ball and meticulously observed the state of his own cells.

体质：7378，体力：5388~19180，力量：4549~25030，细胞活性：6746~1690。

Mental strength: 303, Magical strength: 3045~3456.

Three months in the ley lines world, the unknowing training under the immense gravitational environment actually increased my physique by more than 100 points, and my strength attribute was also released and brought into play, with its upper limit now exceeding 25,000 degrees.

Soon, the four—Heart of the Underworld, Sword of Destruction, Nine-Headed Wrath, and Grin—reunited in the main hall.

Green immediately judged that the injuries of Netherheart and Sword of Destruction were obviously more serious than his and Nine-Headed Wrath's, with Netherheart being the most seriously injured of the four.

"Ahem, I never expected that such chaos would occur over there during this trip, causing you all to be implicated. With the war of civilizations imminent, this is truly unfortunate."

"Heart of the Netherworld spoke apologetically," said Nether Spring, shaking his head and saying in a low voice, "We have already obtained what we wanted. Even if we had fought one or two fewer worlds before the War of Civilizations, it wouldn't matter."

As she spoke, Youquan looked at Green with a look that seemed to have lost some of the care and warmth she once had, and instead appeared more solemn.

Green read two words from it: opponent.

"Green, which of these two spoils do you want?"

A diamond-shaped, dazzling light, sealed by black flames, burned with certain attributes that alien life forms called divinity or laws and doctrines. This was the object that Youquan had tempered using the arm of the Netherworld God of Condensation, and it was also the proof of the Earth Vein World's attention: a divine spark!

This has no value to wizards, but for creatures in the ley lines, it's comparable to a discounted honor badge in the wizarding world for level three creatures, and for gods it has the attribute of stacked power, so its value is self-evident.

The other item was a mirror, the purpose of which was unknown, and its value was clearly less than that of the Earth Vein World Godhood.

"That must be it."

Green picked up the mirror, indifferent to the Dao. Compared to the gains from this trip—the Stone of Original Sin in the ley lines, the inspiration from the rules of repulsion and attraction, and the coordinates of the world's navel—it was merely incidental.

"Hehehe, young master, let me see what this is. These artifacts from other worlds have many interesting functions. The design of many ancient magical artifacts in the wizarding world is based on the functions of these weapons from other worlds."

Xiao Ba seemed quite interested in the mirror.

"Um."

He casually tossed the mirror to Xiao Ba, who then carried it into the dimensional rift. The Netherworld Heart Saint Mark Wizard, attended by several low-level wizards, slowly sat down on a high chair, looking extremely weak.

"Ahem, the League Conference is just around the corner, how are you guys going to get there?"

After taking some high-grade conditioning medicine, Netherworld Heart looked better and asked the three of them.

Nine-Headed Wrath is the least injured of the four. Like Green, he seems to have some expedition plans recently, preparing for the War of Civilizations.

"Mentor, since we're already here, let's go together. After this conference, it'll be time to announce full-scale preparations for war. If our generation of wizards wins, we'll be the ancient wizards that future generations will talk about! Hmph, if we lose, we'll be the ones some remote civilization will discover in some remote corner of the world, uncovering a forgotten wizarding civilization..."

The Heart of the Underworld then looked at Youquan and Green.

Youquan's sharp eyes were closed, as if he was tending to his injuries, while Green's eyes flickered beneath the mask of truth, and he nodded calmly.

"Hmph, fine!"

As he spoke, the Heart of the Netherworld looked at Green. Green's performance during this trip to the Earth Vein World was that of an absolute Saint Mark Wizard, as if he had directly skipped the fourth level wizard stage.

"The war of civilizations is imminent, and you don't have much time left. Before your death, your mentor Peranos came to me and traded a considerable sum of money for something, entrusting me to keep it safe. Once you and Varo advance to the Saint Mark level, it will be given to you both."

Youquan and Jiushounu seemed to know about this as well, and they both looked quietly at Green.

"His mentor?"

Green asked in astonishment, "What is it?"

Hmph hmph hmph...

With a deep laugh from the Heart of the Netherworld, a wave of spiritual energy rippled out. Immediately afterward, within the Heart of the Netherworld's secret realm, a series of long cries rose and fell, accompanied by a large number of rumbling footsteps, all converging towards the secret realm's wizard tower!

"Could it be...?"

To Green's surprise, the Dark Heart Saint Mark Wizard chuckled in a low voice, "That's right, your mentor left you a slave army of 100,000. Although it's not a large number, it should be helpful for your first expedition to another world. This is also Peranos's last wish."

Deeply moved, Green's figure flashed out of the wizard tower, and Nine-Headed Angry muttered in a low voice, "That third brother..."

(End of this chapter)