Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1042

Chapter 1029 The Power of the Black Tortoise Bamboo and the Invitation from the Dragon Blood Society

In the Dark Sky Garden, all things were dark, the lush grass turned into shadows, and three Dark Kings appeared in the shadows. From Locke’s perspective as a Star Ring Wizard with a magic pressure of 21,500, the opponents were like three dark stars in the dark depths of the dark world, and the three Dark Kings were merely manifestations of those three dark stars.

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But it was still not enough. To the sound of the war drums of a Dark War Drummer commanded by the Dark Great Evil King, the fourth and fifth Dark Death Stars emerged from the depths of darkness.

The five Kings, wearing dark hats taller than themselves and with pointed tops, surrounded Locke, their powers interconnected.

The Five Dark Kings declared in unison, “We, the Five Dark Kings, are the rulers of five dark planets created by the Great Evil King. We are the sharpest swords under the Great Evil King’s command, sweeping away all enemies for him. We voluntarily suppress our magic to 23,000, just to test your mettle.” The

Five Dark Kings were former rulers who surrendered to the dark world, plunging it back into an unchanging darkness. They were also the Great Evil King’s most loyal subordinates, and now naturally, they were a vital vanguard force for Golden Crown Mountain in the dark world.

In the darkness, countless dark natives watched with expressions of anticipation.

The Great Evil King’s eyes also revealed satisfaction; this time, he could finally watch this dark game as a spectator.

At this moment, many Golden Crown Mountain wizards and resident wizards had gathered in the Sky Garden to watch the Sky Garden’s first use of the Dark Garden testing system.

The Black Dragon Wizard whispered to the Red Dragon Witch, “The Five Dark Kings were originally mid-to-high-level Star Ring-class lifeforms with a magic pressure of 25,000. Furthermore, the power system of the Dark World was modified by the ancient wizarding world, so their power systems are quite formidable. I think it will be difficult for your student to gain an advantage.” “

But considering his past achievements, it’s not impossible to have some hope.”

The Black Dragon Throne glanced at the Fist-Breaking Wizard, who stood in the garden with his arms crossed like an iron pillar, wondering what this power-wielding wizard, with his muscular body, smooth skin like a young man’s, and a full white beard, was thinking.

The Red Dragon Witch said, “I recently arranged for one of my Star Ring Wizard students with a magic pressure of 28,000 to use magical plants to enhance the Five Dark Kings. In the recent wars waged by the Dark World, these five mid-level lords haven’t performed well.”

“That Great Evil King has the form of a third-ring being, but his academic level is at most around the lunar ring. Most of his power comes from the special world power of the Dark World, namely the ‘Great Dark Melody’ mentioned in the third-ring, first-zone paper we recently published jointly by the Five Dragon Thrones.”

“Without that Dark Melody, the Great Evil King would probably only have the strength of a lunar ring. His true level is only around the lunar ring.” “

However, he can pretend to be unfathomable in front of Locke.”

Wizard Fisher bowed to the two and then said, “If Locke reaches the limit of the star ring, I’m afraid the Great Evil King will find it difficult to put on airs in front of him.” Wizard

Fisher tried to maintain the balance between the Academic Committee and the Senate, after all, they were competitors within the same academy. Moreover, this time it was just that the Fist King was dissatisfied with Locke for keeping his grandson in the Hanging Gardens, so he deliberately came to provoke trouble and look for an opportunity to cause trouble. This was not the Senate’s intention.

Therefore, Wizard Fisher needed to balance the relationship between the two sides, and he deliberately brought Antoine, who had a good personal relationship with Locke, to ease the tension.

Antoine was wearing a clearly alien earring, and he raised his eyebrows, “So many second-ring creatures?”

In the Dark Garden, amidst the dark melodies projected by the five dark planets, hordes of first-ring and second-ring dark creatures appeared in the dark world, roaring at Locke. Most of these dark creatures were not humanoid, but rather many different kinds of ferocious and terrifying dark beasts.

These beasts had no eyes, but they had highly developed ears.

This army of dark beasts continued to roar at Locke, expressing their provocation. The Dark Evil King was using every means at his disposal to make things difficult for Locke.

But the next moment, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, and terrifying thunderclouds emerged from the depths of the dark world, illuminating the entire dark world.

Light appeared in this world that had only been dark.

It was the lightning unleashed by Storm Xuanwu Fangzhu.

A bolt of lightning struck, unleashing a violent storm that engulfed the entire Dark Beast Legion, wiping them out in a mere instant.

The storm, however, remained, the dark clouds lingering, continuing to unleash bolts of lightning upon the ground.

One bolt struck the Black Tortoise Bamboo ruler in Locke’s hand, the lightning coiling around its edge. As Locke used the “Unbreakable Will” technique, manipulating the magical plant to swing it forward, a bolt of lightning leaped from the Black Tortoise Bamboo ruler, instantly obliterating three second-ring Dark Beast Legion members before him.

Five Dark Kings stood before Locke, their tall, pointed dark hats concealing their inner thoughts.

The dark natives in the sky above erupted in gasps and applause.

At this moment, a flicker of fear crossed the Dark Great Evil King’s massive dark eye, his earlier amusement gone.

“That demonic plant is so powerful?”

“And why can it summon lightning of a light color in the Dark World? This world can devour everything outside of darkness. Logically, it shouldn’t be able to summon a lightning storm of normal color in the Dark World. And even if it could, the magical pressure it would consume would be immense.”

The Dark Great Evil King looked at Locke with a puzzled expression.

A major barrier of the Dark World is its ability to devour everything outside of darkness, making it extremely difficult for creatures from other worlds to adapt.

But now, Locke looked at the Storm Black Tortoise Bamboo in his hand. With just a wave, the spell model, weakened by his own magical pressure, shattered and could no longer be maintained.

He still needed to learn the Four Holy Blessings as soon as possible.

The shortcomings in this botanical spell model have actually limited me. Without the protection of the Four Saints, relying solely on one plant is simply not enough to control such a powerful magical plant. Even with the grafting and cultivation process of the Throne of Sunlight, which I optimized using the Intense Light Cultivation Method, this Black Tortoise Bamboo has become this powerful. “

After fully utilizing the Black Tortoise’s spiritual energy, the Black Tortoise Bamboo can generate storm and thunder power.

But this wind is not wind element, this thunder is not thunder element, and this light is not light element. Wind, light, and thunder are all products of the evolution of the Black Tortoise’s spiritual energy.”

Locke closed his eyes, using the technique of spiritual energy merging, allowing his spiritual energy to merge with that of the Black Tortoise Bamboo. In this way, he could more easily sense the power of the Black Tortoise’s spiritual energy, and his understanding of spiritual energy had deepened further.

“Spiritual energy is life, is breath; this breath is air, and this air is that single point.”

In the boundless darkness of the world, the Black Tortoise Bamboo in Locke’s right hand released a point of light—the light of the Black Tortoise’s spiritual energy.

The lightning of the Storm Black Tortoise Bamboo evolved from the Black Tortoise’s spiritual energy, essentially a water-based mine.

Therefore, it was completely different from ordinary lightning magic. In fact

, although it appeared to be lightning, because it was the spiritual energy at work, it wasn’t lightning magic, but life magic. This is

because the core of lightning magic at the second stage is spiritual touch, not spiritual energy.

All things imbued with spiritual energy possess the rhythm of life.

At this moment, the lightning of the Black Tortoise Bamboo gradually transferred towards Locke’s body. This was a life-giving water-based mine of Black Tortoise spiritual energy, possessing the characteristic of being all-pervasive and capable of striking anything. When Locke actively controlled it with magic, this Black Tortoise spiritual energy wrapped around his body.

Now, a thin wisp of Black Tortoise spiritual energy covered Locke’s body, making him appear as if he were covered in lightning.

The Five Dark Kings exchanged bewildered glances.

How could there be light in this dark world?

Unless, it wasn’t light.

The Dark Evil King on the celestial canopy commanded, “Attack!”

“You will directly engage the Augustine Wizard.”

The five kings did not immediately engage. As beings of the Star Ring, they possessed their own pride. Thus, a star ring appeared beneath the feet of one of the Dark Kings, rising from his feet to the top of his head like a halo above an angel’s head.

The Dark King raised a dark greatsword and slashed at Locke.

The next moment, the Xuanwu Bamboo clashed with the dark greatsword.

One side possessed 23,000 magic pressure, the other 21,500.

Logically, a difference of 500 magic pressure between Star Ring Wizards should be significant.

The Xuanwu Bamboo’s own magic pressure was only slightly over 20,000, but under the powerful Xuanwu spiritual energy igniting the Xuanwu Thunderstorm, the two were evenly matched.

Moreover, this was mainly because Locke’s spell model for manipulating the Xuanwu Bamboo was too ordinary, unable to fully unleash its power.

The watching wizards whispered amongst themselves.

“That magical plant—is its strength a bit beyond that of ordinary magical plants? I previously thought that Wizard Locke was only cultivating magical plants at the second ring stage, and that they were very powerful. Moreover, the most powerful magical plant I knew he cultivated was a flying magical plant, so I thought he was more skilled in that area. But I didn’t expect him to be so talented in cultivating offensive magical plants as well.”

The Sky-Piercing Jujube, Crimson Gold Peach, and Golden Peach that Locke used before were all cultivated by others.

But the Black Tortoise Bamboo was cultivated by himself.

A Star Ring Wizard from Golden Crown Mountain commented, “And that’s a bamboo magical plant. If it weren’t for the grafting cultivation method, cultivating bamboo magical plants would be too difficult. Even with our Golden Crown Mountain’s complete equipment, there aren’t many teams that dare to do this kind of cultivation work.”

An old second ring wizard said with a mournful face.

“I wanted to increase the flexibility of the Azure Sword Bamboo, but the initial planting stage alone took me twenty years. In the end, even the investors lost confidence. But how can we collect plant factor data and conduct related cultivation without planting Azure Sword Bamboo in large quantities?”

A Star Ring Wizard criticized him, “Cultivating bamboo-type magical plants, unless it’s through grafting, how can you collect plant factor data using magical plants you cultivate yourself? The growth period and reproduction method of bamboo-type magical plants determine that it’s unrealistic to cultivate them in large quantities to collect special plant factors, analyze their components and energy-locking structures. We can only go to the Great Void to collect similar magical plants, or use related references from magical plants of the same genus.”

“That’s your own problem. You completely designed the wrong research method and chose the worst one. No wonder your investors are dissatisfied. When I was researching Azure Light Bamboo, I went to the Great Void to buy large quantities of the same kind of magical plants.”

The old second-ring wizard still wanted to defend himself.

“It’s not that I don’t want to do it. But doing so would increase costs, and this project hasn’t secured any funding. Ultimately, it’s all the investor’s fault; he didn’t give enough money.”

The group exchanged glances and nodded, agreeing that it was the investor’s fault.

Many wizards who wanted to invest in a research area were short on funds, had many tasks, and wanted everything, wanting to research every direction.

The group deeply sympathized with this.

Meanwhile, in the Dark Garden, the second Dark Lord suddenly attacked, wielding a decapitation blade, aiming for Locke’s neck. But the next moment, the spiritual energy of the Xuanwu Bamboo coiled around Locke’s body, intertwining with his own spiritual energy, and in a split second, forming an armor. The decapitation blade was deflected by the spiritual energy armor.

The defensive power of this spiritual energy armor even surpassed that of a permanent defensive force field.

The moment the decapitation blade fell was equivalent to a dark star crashing into Locke; the impact was enough to instantly destroy Locke’s permanent defensive force field shell.

However, it was repelled by the Xuanwu Spirit Armor that formed instantly.

But the armor only formed for a moment before automatically disintegrating, and no matter how Locke tried to recreate it, he failed. “

That phenomenon just now seemed to be formed by the entanglement of Xuanwu’s spiritual energy and my own,”

Locke pondered. “If I can reproduce that situation and study it clearly, perhaps I can develop a new magical model for the Life School.”

Locke, wielding the Xuanwu Bamboo, clashed with the Decapitation Blade and the Dark Blade, holding his own for a moment. Darkness and lightning collided, neither giving way.

The third Dark King made his move, thrusting a dark spear towards Locke’s throat. Each thrust of the spear contained the power of a colliding star.

The wizards watching the test results and Antoine were all holding their breath for Locke, because, no matter how they looked at it, the miraculous spiritual energy armor phenomenon seemed impossible to reproduce at any time.

Locke raised the Black Tortoise Bamboo, the spear piercing its nodes, which crackled with lightning.

The third Dark King said in a deep voice, “Aren’t you going to use any power other than this magical plant?”

“Wizard.”

He shook his spear, trying to repel Locke, but he was also startled by the Black Tortoise Bamboo’s strength. As a member of the Azure Bamboo genus, each cell wall was covered with a layer of plant protein, making it difficult to penetrate or destroy. In that instant, the Black Tortoise Bamboo seemed to be enraged; its leaves suddenly wrapped around the dark spear, grabbing it to prevent it from being knocked away.

Locke was chanting a spell, using vine entangling on the bamboo leaves. Although it was only a minor first-level spell, combined with the Black Tortoise Bamboo’s own will, it perfectly resolved the crisis at this moment.

The third Dark King mocked, “You are directly colliding with the power of darkness.”

The next moment, both of them, as phenomenological beings, witnessed the scene: the desolate planet in the boundless darkness crashed into a bamboo.

This was because Locke’s Xuanwu Bamboo used its leaves to grasp the Dark Spear, a symbol of the Dark Star’s power, resulting in a direct clash of power. This caused both to collide as phenomena.

The Dark King initially thought that by directly confronting the Xuanwu Bamboo with the Dark Star’s total magical pressure of 25,000, he was taking advantage of the rules and escaping the Dark Garden’s testing mechanism.

However, in the vision, after the Dark Star struck the Xuanwu Bamboo, the bamboo was suppressed and destroyed by the massive phenomenon. Bamboo leaves flew everywhere, and some bamboo sections began to crack, but it was not destroyed. Under the stimulation of a Xuanwu spiritual life force, the damaged bamboo sections grew and recovered rapidly, and the ends of the bamboo continued to grow upwards, showing a tendency to break through the Dark Star.

Outside the vision, the third Dark King held a Dark Spear, and the bamboo leaves of the Xuanwu Bamboo were about to completely entwine the entire Dark Spear.

He took a half step back.

“The power of this magical plant—is beyond my expectations—”

“This magical plant is incredibly powerful.”

“The power is being backfired; the magical pressure of this plant—no, the magical pressure of this plant is not just over 20,000.”

The wizards who were observing and testing had now shifted their attention from the Dark Garden testing system to the Black Tortoise Bamboo that Locke had cultivated in the Hanging Garden using the Garden Spirit.

The second-ring wizard who had previously complained about wasting twenty years cultivating bamboo-type magical plants said, “The Azure Bamboo magical plant cultivated by wizard Locke Augustine seems to be more complex than it appears. It’s because of the user that the magical plant spontaneously lowered its magical pressure to accommodate the user.”

A moon-ring wizard instructor observing the results said, “It’s the Star-ring’s ultimate magical pressure. That’s the true magical pressure of that magical plant. This is the advantage of a wizard who personally cultivated the first magical plant of that type. A magical plant can hardly accept a wizard with lower magical pressure. Because a wizard needs to establish a magical grafting relationship with the magical plant, if the wizard’s magical pressure is lower than the plant’s, it’s equivalent to the magical plant planting itself in a pot smaller than its roots. Under normal circumstances, this is an impossible relationship.”

“But Mr. Augustine personally cultivated that magical plant, and in order to be able to enter Mr. Augustine’s slightly smaller flowerpot, that magical plant actively suppressed its magical pressure.”

This Moon Ring Wizard was clearly quite famous in Golden Crown Mountain, and the surrounding wizards all bowed to him.

“Locke Augustine, his talent as a breeder is truly commendable. And by using the garden’s spiritual energy, he raised that magical plant three levels in succession, naturally pushing it to the peak of the Star Ring. Of course, this is not the key point,” he whispered, “but that rare and powerful spiritual energy. This is not something that Star Ring Wizards and Moon Ring Wizards can easily research. It is something that is hard to come by, requiring luck and talent to cultivate.”

Antoine nodded after listening to the Moon Ring Wizard’s explanation, also marveling at the power of the Xuanwu spiritual energy.

Facing powerful enemies, the Xuanwu spiritual energy had already defeated the strong several times.

In the Dark Garden, Locke’s Black Tortoise Bamboo shattered the opponent’s dark spear, sending the third Dark Lord flying.

At that moment, the other four Dark Lords attacked simultaneously: a dark greatsword, a decapitation sword, a two-handed axe, and a death hammer.

These four dark weapons hurtled towards Locke, each imbued with the impact force of a dark star.

Locke discovered that with his current magical pressure and the spell model he was using, he couldn’t properly wield such a powerful magical plant. A

sudden inspiration struck him; he quickly activated the two Star Ring bloodlines within him to enhance his physique, and then used the magical plant as a regular weapon against the four opponents’ weapons.

The four dark weapons clashed with the Black Tortoise Bamboo.

The two forces came to a standstill.

The Black Tortoise Bamboo itself emitted a crisp sound.

The first Dark Lord grinned maliciously.

“It’s still just a bamboo after all.”

At this moment, a bolt of lightning flashed across the surface of the Xuanwu Bamboo, and a Xuanwu spiritual aura appeared. Immediately afterward, Locke gritted his teeth and tried to forcefully use the Xuanwu Bamboo to fully unleash the power of his demonic pressure and Xuanwu spiritual aura. The next moment, the surfaces of all four dark weapons were covered with cracks and shattered instantly.

The four Dark Kings were dumbfounded, and before they could react, they were all sent flying by the Xuanwu Bamboo.

Antoine, who was watching the situation, twitched at the sight.

“What a powerful magical plant.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen such a domineering magical plant among the Star Ring magical plants.”

Locke swung the Xuanwu Bamboo towards the first Dark King, who could only hastily forge a dark dagger to try and block it.

“Wait—”

But at this moment, Locke’s eyes were already red, mainly because he could not fully control this enormous power. Like a swinging hammer, the gravitational potential energy caused the master’s body to lean forward. At this moment, Locke swung the Xuanwu Bamboo, and a bolt of lightning fell. The dark dagger in the hand of the first dark king was shattered directly, and the whole person was sent flying.

The second Dark King attempted to rescue him, but Locke struck him with a backhand blow, sending him flying. Even his dark armor cracked.

Next, the three kings who tried to ambush Locke were all sent flying one by one.

Bolts of lightning flashed.

The last Dark King was even knocked off his armor, his dark helmet flying away.

The Dark Drummer, who was beating the dark war drum, stopped, staring in horror at the brutal scene before him.

Locke, wielding the Xuanwu Bamboo, was actually chasing after five Dark Kings. Each attack was accompanied by flashes of lightning and a constant storm, with thunderclouds striking down from the sky. Locke had actually used a single Xuanwu Bamboo to suppress five mid-level lords of the Dark World, each possessing 23,000 units of demonic power—the most powerful subordinates of the Great Evil King.

Deep within the Dark World, the Great Evil King was dumbfounded, his dark eyes roaring in fury.

“He can’t maintain this power for long, five Dark Lords, hold on a little longer. Let’s see what he does when he can no longer drag that demonic plant.”

At this moment, Locke was already panting from chasing the five lords. The full power of the Black Tortoise Bamboo was indeed too much pressure on a wizard.

To use the Black Tortoise’s spiritual energy, one’s own spiritual energy also had to withstand the pressure of this spiritual energy, and this pressure was already overwhelming.

Locke said, “Trying to stall until I run out of strength? You won’t have that chance.”

Locke took out a peach pit from his Astral Ring. It was the Hundred Dragon Peach Pit that the witch Catherine had given him.

The main body of the Hundred Dragon Peach Pit was made from the peach pit of the Dragon View Peach King.

And it contained the spiritual energy of a hundred giant dragons.

At this moment, Locke placed the Hundred Dragon Peach Pit together with the Black Tortoise Bamboo and used the technique of spiritual energy merging to make the spiritual energy of the two collide.

Not just any magical plant can support the Hundred Dragon Peach Core, and before this, Locke didn’t possess a single magical plant capable of using it. But now he did.

Locke raised the Black Tortoise Bamboo high, and at that moment, a bolt of lightning struck down from the thunderclouds above. This lightning struck the Black Tortoise Bamboo, instantly creating a bolt of lightning that stretched across the heavens and earth, surrounded by hundreds of dragon spirits revolving around it.

As these hundred and one dragon spirits amplified the Black Tortoise Bamboo, the lightning itself reached an exaggerated scale, transforming into a gigantic turtle with a snake’s tail.

Locke said, “Let’s end this test with this magic. I am very satisfied with the results of this test.”

The five fleeing kings looked at Locke, who was chasing them. As mid-level lords of the darkness, they had eyes, unlike ordinary dark creatures.

At this moment, their eyes were bloodshot with rage.

Locke swung the Xuanwu-shaped bamboo ruler in his hand, and from above, the Xuanwu-shaped lightning bolt and a hundred giant dragons, unable to withstand the magic model alone, fell towards the five of them.

*Bang!*

The five Dark Kings watched in despair as the exaggerated lightning struck.

With the devastating lightning bolt, the entire Dark Test Space was completely emptied.

Locke exhaled a breath of stale air as he looked at the Dark Kings, now reduced to ashes.

At the same time, the Dark Drummer, who had been standing motionless, began to beat his war drum after seeing the victor of the game, and the spectators from the dark world applauded, offering their respect for this exhilarating performance.

The Dark Great Evil King’s pupils flashed with disbelief.

“Even though I restricted its power, the five Dark Kings were no match for that one magical plant. What kind of magical plant is that?”

“Wizard. You’ll remember this.” “

You can never imagine the depths of the dark world. Sooner or later, I will bury you in the darkness.”

Then, as the Dark Game ended, he was forced to leave.

The pupil of the Dark Great Evil King disappeared into the darkness along with the other dark creatures.

As the Dark Garden testing process ended, a test result sheet for a Black Tortoise Bamboo was projected above the Dark Garden and directly entered the top position in the Dark Garden’s Star Ring Attack category of magical plants.

Locke looked up at the leaderboard.

“So that’s how it is. The top ten records will directly enter the leaderboard and appear above the Dark Garden, visible to everyone. I wonder which throne wizard designed this. This is probably to motivate us breeders. Oh no, the consequences of overusing Black Tortoise Spiritual Breath are here.”

Locke took a step and felt dizzy. He quickly put away the Black Tortoise Bamboo. At this moment, his magical pressure had reached its limit.

In a real battle, this state would be extremely dangerous.

However, the Dark Garden Testing System is, after all, just a special testing ground for magical plants.

At this moment, the wizards of the Hanging Gardens, looking at the magical plant characteristics of the Bamboo Scutellaria projected in the sky, began to discuss it amongst themselves.

“So it’s called Black Tortoise Bamboo? This magical plant’s traits—are all excellent.” “

While its other traits are merely outstanding, its Black Tortoise Spiritual Aura is absolutely unique, undoubtedly the most powerful among all Star Ring magical plants.”

“Yes, I reckon Locke can publish another article in the Second Ring, First District. Moreover, this Black Tortoise Bamboo doesn’t even have any mystical meaning yet, which means it can be further enhanced using the Spiritual Aura cultivation method, giving it a special mystical meaning.

However, this mystical meaning needs to be carefully managed. Giving a magical plant a mystical meaning is like giving it a second chance at reincarnation; if done well, it can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary—if done poorly, it will backfire.”

“I’m thinking, if Locke becomes a Moon Ring Wizard in the future, could this Black Tortoise Bamboo compete for the title of ‘Representative Species’ among bamboo magical plants?”

“Huh? The top 100 representative bamboo magical plants are basically all exclusive to the teams from the Starfield Sea, right? The teams from the Starfield Sea are very protective of this aspect. Even if someone temporarily takes the position of representative bamboo magical plant, those teams will immediately work overtime to cultivate stronger bamboo magical plants and take back the position.” “

Besides the Starfield Sea, most of the representative bamboo magical plants are kept in the hands of the top teams in various superior wizarding lands. Every position is already taken.”

The old second-ring wizard suddenly spoke up, “As for the Cloud Marsh Wetlands, none of our teams on Golden Crown Mountain have representative bamboo magical plants. After all, we are doing our best to preserve the representative peach magical plants. But I remember that some teams, such as Bonifacius University, the Rose Council, and Quinnjoll, do have representative bamboo magical plants.” “

Moreover, the representative bamboo magical plant of the Rose Council is a magical plant of the Azure Bamboo genus, right? So Locke’s Black Tortoise Bamboo is the most direct threat to that team.”

The Moon Ring Wizard instructor who had previously commented on the Black Tortoise Bamboo said, “There’s a team in the Rose Academy that has a representative bamboo magical plant. But it’s all too early to say. Locke Augustine’s Great Magic is still in the preliminary stage; he’s far from achieving true mastery. Right now, no one should worry that he’ll steal any bamboo magical plant representative spot from any team.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. It’ll only create enemies for Locke.”

“You’ll be happy if those guys actually focus their attention on our academy’s genius wizards.

” The second-ring wizards exchanged glances and apologized to the Moon Ring Wizard instructor for their boastful remarks.

With the Dark Garden test completed, Antoine breathed a sigh of relief; he had been genuinely worried for Locke.

The Black Dragon Throne nodded.

“Red Dragon Witch, your student is indeed quite remarkable. To cultivate a magical plant of that level at this stage and age is truly an advantage of our Hanging Gardens.”

The Black Dragon Throne began to boast directly.

“Of course, his own abilities also play a part. The rest is quite ordinary, but his ability to extract the Xuanwu’s spiritual energy is extraordinary. This is the most successful aspect of that magical plant. It clearly shows how much better our Hanging Gardens are than that White Cardamom Farm. This is a genuine Star Ring Limit Magical Plant cultivated with 21,500 magic pressure to nearly 30,000 magic pressure.” The Red

Dragon Throne nodded.

Because what the Black Dragon Throne said wasn’t false.

Locke was able to do this largely because the Garden Cave Heaven elevated the Xuanwu Bamboo by three levels through the Garden’s spiritual energy—this was the strength of the Garden Cave Heaven.

However, the wizard Fisher, listening nearby, couldn’t stand it anymore.

The Black Dragon Throne declared majestically, “Building this aerial garden is far more worthwhile and realistic than going to some remote corner and fighting a bunch of natives whose bodies are made of hadrons. We are not gamblers; we cannot gamble on whether an unknown planet hides some unknown ancient secret. Besides, this so-called ancient secret was obtained by our young wizard through the sacrifice of himself from a myth passed down orally among native tribes.”

Antoine’s face flushed red, and he coughed.

Wizard Fisher murmured, “The Hanging Gardens are indeed wondrous. I was somewhat skeptical at first, but seeing the Black Tortoise Bamboo, I believe it. Of course, I can’t be sure now whether the Hanging Gardens are truly that powerful, or whether it’s the talent of Wizard Locke Augustine himself, or perhaps both.”

“But my grandson’s discovery on the ancient planet is also true. And this discovery contains significant secrets. If the Academic Committee can support us, we will surely reap enormous rewards—”

“The ancient planet might be—a great prison of the endless void.”

The Red Dragon Throne and the Black Dragon Throne remained silent.

Both of them wanted to concentrate resources on building the Hanging Gardens.

But the Senate insisted that the ancient planet contained ancient mysteries.

The Killing Fist Wizard turned and said, “Isn’t Mount Golden Crown already putting most of its resources into your Sky Gardens project?

Even our Senate has sent capable power masters to help you construct power magic arrays. No need to say more. Mr. Fisher, Antoine, let’s go.”

Wizard Fisher asked in surprise, “Your Majesty, don’t we need to concern ourselves with the Moromuta Wizard’s affairs?”

The Killing Fist Throne said, “This young man is quite interesting. No wonder my grandson is so attached to his home. Let the Moromuta Wizard stay with him.”

Wizard Fisher immediately understood.

Originally, the Moromuta Wizard was just one of the Killing Fist Throne’s hundreds of grandsons, not particularly valued.

Now, having him by Locke’s side seemed like a good deal.

The Killing Fist Throne left directly.

Antoine glanced in Locke’s direction and then followed. He thought of his beautiful wife on the ancient planet and was reluctant to leave, only wanting to return to his little home there as soon as possible.

However, he thought of the rumors he had gathered about the ancient planet.

He looked up and heard Wizard Fisher and Throne of the Killers discussing the specific details of the Strongman True Body Magic project.

Throne of the Killers said to Wizard Fisher, “The Academic Committee has its own geniuses, its own plans, and projects along the Tianjiang River. If the Senate and we Three Fist Wizards can’t keep up, we’ll fall behind the Academic Committee in this era and struggle to reclaim our rightful voice.” “

Therefore, we need to strengthen our geniuses and boldly pursue our plans. The research results on Strongman True Body Magic can now be used by Antoine. Although it’s somewhat against regulations, I believe Antoine’s potential is still greater than Locke Augustine’s.” “

It’s just that Antoine has been acting rather absurdly lately, actually taking that marriage seriously.”

Wizard Fisher glanced worriedly at his grandson.

“Antoine will understand what a real relationship is and what a fake one is. But when we got married, we did use the rituals of the wizarding world. This marriage is recognized by the laws and magic of the wizarding world. That might be why Antoine was distracted.”

“At the time, we were indeed negligent in this aspect, forgetting the ancient magic of marriage.”

“This was mainly because we misjudged the level of civilization of those natives. We didn’t expect that they would be considered a civilized group by the Eye of Truth.”

Locke tidied himself up and then walked towards his teacher and the Black Dragon Throne.

The Red Dragon Witch looked at Locke and scolded, “Locke, didn’t I tell you to rest before I informed you?

“

“Why use Garden Breath at this time? You were already tired, and now you’ve added such a burden.”

Locke said to Ekaterina, “I’m sorry, teacher. But what happened along the Tianjiang River makes me want to strengthen myself as soon as possible. And the second round is less than a year away.”

Ekaterina

frowned, then sighed helplessly.

“You child.”

—The

Black Dragon Throne smiled and said, “Katya, isn’t this good? He gave a perfect demonstration of how to use Garden Cave.”

“Didn’t you see the expressions on the faces of the Senate members? Now there will be far fewer wizards questioning our project recently.”

The Black Dragon Throne said to Locke, “Young man, you did very well. As a first meeting gift, I have a present for you.”

“This is a Black Dragon Peach Pit.”

“Similar to the Hundred Dragon Peach Pit you just used, it contains my Black Dragon’s spiritual energy. Using my Black Dragon’s spiritual energy can restore your body.”

The witch Catherine looked at the Black Dragon Throne with surprise, but did not stop him.

Locke accepted the Black Dragon Peach Pit; it was a black peach pit that seemed to be inlaid with dragon crystal.

“Thank you, Lord Black Dragon Throne.”

The Black Dragon Throne smiled. “It’s nothing. You’ve done a great service. You can gain access to my Black Dragon Spirit through this Black Dragon Peach Pit. It’s not much, but it’s enough for you to recover. You may go now.”

Locke bowed and left, as he had reached his limit.

After he left, the witch Catherine suddenly attacked the Black Dragon Throne.

“Only wizards who have signed a teaching contract with Golden Crown Mountain can receive the Five-Colored Dragon Spirit Breath inheritance. You actually gave him the Black Dragon Spirit Breath inheritance ahead of time. What are you trying to do?”

The Black Dragon Throne smiled and said, “Don’t you know me? Among the three-ring wizards, I’m considered quite self-centered. I am who I am, and I’ve never changed. I was like this when I was young, and I’m like this now. I just took a liking to this talent.

I want to keep him as long as possible. Isn’t it better to make it a fait accompli?”

The witch Catherine reminded him, “Without a contract, how can this be considered a fait accompli?”

The Black Dragon Throne laughed, “Anyway, it wasn’t your decision. If something goes wrong, Katya, you won’t bear any responsibility. Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing.” “

Besides, if you really felt it was inappropriate, you should have stopped me.”

The witch Catherine looked at him in surprise and said, “My student is going to get benefits for free? Why should I stop him? My relationship with him is much closer than my relationship with you.”

The Black Dragon Throne smiled. Every generation of Five-Colored Dragon Wizards has sworn brotherhood.

“Your junior is my junior. He’s going to Despair Valley, and it wouldn’t be right for me not to give him something to rely on. But I think the friendship between our juniors really needs to be strengthened. I saw that Blue Dragon’s junior went to see him. I wonder what his purpose is.”

Locke was about to descend the mountain when he encountered a Star Ring Witch on the way down. Behind her were a Crystallized Wizard and a Second Ring Wizard.

All three of them were somewhat arrogant, with an air of pride in their eyes that was completely different from that of ordinary wizards.

They walked along the mountain path of Golden Crown Mountain as if they considered this place their home.

Locke said wearily, “Gentlemen, is there anything I can ask you?”

The Star Ring Witch smiled.

“As expected of Locke Augustine, you certainly have a big mouth. You can call me Witch Roy; by seniority, I’m older than you. I’m the most outstanding offspring of the Blue Dragon Throne. These two are both descendants of third-ring wizards from the Blue Dragon lineage. “

Locke was somewhat surprised.

Even among descendants of high-ring wizards, the chances of becoming a high-ring wizard themselves weren’t particularly high.

Actually, these three were already quite outstanding.

Witch Roy put her hands on her hips and said, “Preston, that little witch, calls me ‘sister,’ so you can call me Boss Roy. Our club is holding an event soon, and Mason invited you several times, but you didn’t come. Locke, the descendants of the five-colored dragons should maintain certain relationships; it’s our responsibility.” “

It’s also for the good of the academy’s development.”

“So I invite you to our next gathering.”

“Of course, we know your temperament. You and the Red Dragon Throne both prefer practical things. And this gathering of ours is for an auction.”

The Witch Roy smiled and said, “How about that, are you interested?” “

Our club’s auction has a theme, and this time you’ll definitely be very interested in the theme: world wonders that can assist in the cultivation of spirit energy. These were all obtained by our club’s wizards on the New Sea Route, so it’s considered an internal club benefit auction, not open to the public.”

Locke’s eyes flashed with interest.

“In that case, esteemed Ms. Roy, I would indeed like to participate.”

A hint of surprise flashed in the Witch Roy’s eyes, “I originally thought you were quite impolite.”

A smile appeared on her face, and her attitude became much more polite.

“Brother Locke, the auction will definitely not disappoint you. So, here is the time and place.

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