Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1061

Chapter 1046 This is his world!

Locke donned two safety magic ropes and slowly descended the rock wall. According to the previous footage, the rock wall leading into the valley should have been bare, with nothing on it. But now, some flowers and plants had sprouted from it.

Locke immediately recognized these plants from their roots, stems, and leaves as the special vegetation that the two second-circle wizards he had sent down had encountered.

Moreover, after consulting the records, he discovered that these were likely the demonic plants that Probus had reported to Golden Crown Mountain sixty years ago, which he had discovered in a void world.

Besides these demonic plants, there were also some antelope-like magical creatures climbing up the rock wall. Locke exchanged a glance with an antelope with yellow eyes. The antelope seemed to sense Locke’s danger and quickly slipped into a crevice in the rock, disappearing from that section of the rock wall. The evolutionary speed

of the ecosystem inside this laboratory seems to have accelerated recently? “

Is it because of a large intrusion by outsiders, the Starfield Sea’s ascension plan, or some variable that occurred inside the laboratory?”

Locke glanced at the magic rope around his waist. As he descended, the rope automatically extended, its speed depending on the force he exerted. So when Locke suddenly jumped down, the rope began to extend rapidly.

*Bang!*

Locke landed on the ground in his Golden Dragon Claw Air Pineapple Wizard Shoes. Unlike the two second-circle wizards who, despite wearing wizard shoes, still fell into the trap of the Flower and Grass Demon Dog, Locke’s shoes shimmered with golden magical light. This indicated that there were various complex magical forces on the ground, but all of them were isolated by the golden magic on his shoes. Locke

recalled the characteristics of the Demon Grass-type magical plants described in the dossier.

It was a special magical plant whose seeds were spread through the air. The seeds were so small that even a second-circle wizard could not see them with the n*ked eye. They needed to be imbued with the spiritual energy of magical creatures to grow, and after borrowing the spiritual energy of others to grow, they could also possess certain characteristics of that spiritual energy.

This was a common characteristic of Demon Grass-type magical plants.

Wizard Probus was one of the key discoverers of the demonic plants, having unearthed and discovered a large number of them in various worlds within the void.

However, the Golden Dragon Claw Air Plant could isolate spiritual energy and magical power, preventing its own spiritual energy from reaching the ground and leaving no footprints. Consequently, the bizarre reproductive method of the demonic plants became ineffective.

Locke glanced at the planet grass at his feet, sneered, and walked around it.

“According to the feedback from the eye grass, Wizard Ike is nearby. Hmm? He’s been going around in circles. That’s strange; he should be able to fly, right?”

Locke suddenly realized something. He quickly located the “Earth Treant” based on the previously recorded footage. This Earth Treant was a white poplar tree, its white bark adorned with distinctive black eye patterns, seemingly staring eerily at Locke, scrutinizing him.

Locke glanced at the white poplar and immediately thought of the document mentioning that Wizard Probus wanted to use the mystical meaning of the Star Ring Magic Plant [Great White Poplar]—the “One is Ten Thousand”—to graft Cloud Rice onto the true form of the Great White Poplar—its underground roots—to give Cloud Rice perennial characteristics.

In other words, this Star Ring Magic Plant did indeed exist in the Despair Valley Laboratory.

The Great Poplar Grove is a sacred, magical plant; its true form is the underground network of roots, while the trees above ground are merely individual offshoots. In other words, a sacred poplar grove is theoretically all one and the same Great Poplar Grove.

But the Great Poplar Grove before us is clearly not the original Great Poplar Grove. Rather, it has undergone multiple rounds of evolution in the ideal world created by the wizard Probus, becoming unrecognizable.

“The Earth Treant that Ike and the others mentioned should be this mutated large-scale white poplar,”

Locke pondered. “In that case, there’s no point in dealing with this tree. After all, this tree is just a small individual growing from a vast network of roots underground, like a single hair on a human body. Although I don’t know why this mutated large-scale white poplar has lost its ability to form a forest from a single tree, the land beneath my feet seems to have become its territory.”

“Never mind, it’s not bothering me right now, so I naturally won’t bother with it,”

Locke thought. “Mr. Ike has been spinning in place like he’s in a maze, which is most likely caused by this tree.”

Locke said to the large-scale white poplar on the ground, “If you dare to provoke me, you’ll end up like this tree.”

Locke swung his Storm Black Tortoise Bamboo, and in an instant, dark clouds filled the sky. A bolt of lightning struck down, and the ring of demonic plants [Wraith Elderwood] next to the large-scale white poplar was instantly pierced by the lightning and turned into a fireball.

The Wraith Elder is a rare carnivorous magical plant, full of aggression, and will randomly attack any magical plants in the vicinity.

Locke had already seen the remains of many apprentices beside a demonic plant. It seemed many of the mining apprentices of the Fang of Terror had died on this plant, which explained why this Elderberry Tree, which particularly needed the nourishment of wraiths, grew so vibrantly.

After the Elderberry Tree transformed into a fireball, a few leaves fell from the lonely poplar trees on the ground.

Clearly, Locke’s act of killing trees to create more trees had truly terrified this mutated group of poplar tree-men.

In the mist of Despair Valley, Wizard Ike summoned a Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine. He stood on this serpent-like vine and made it move rapidly. However, what increasingly frustrated Wizard Ike was that he soon realized he was stuck in the same place.

“In the air above this area, for some reason, many vines are lashing out from the mist. Every time I take flight, I’m immediately knocked back down.”

—

“Now I have to find the rock wall I came down from and climb back up through it.”

“But why am I just going around in circles? I just passed this place—”

Wizard Ike looked frustrated. This Despair Valley Laboratory was indeed too strange. This was only the outer perimeter of the laboratory; they hadn’t even entered the interior, yet this very perimeter had trapped a second-ring wizard like himself.

“Someone must be casting a spell in the dark.”

“Otherwise, why would I be lost? Even the Prophecy Ring I used earlier couldn’t lead me back the right way. Based on my past experience, even if someone is using tricks, as long as I keep using the Prophecy Ring, I can escape this predicament and find a way out. Hmm?”

Wizard Ike’s eyes brightened slightly, because after casting a spell to make the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine move rapidly, he finally saw something he had never seen before ahead—a cave.

Flames were rising from inside the cave.

This suggests that he likely used the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine’s ability to move at high speed on the ground to forcefully break through the maze set up by his opponent.

He just didn’t know who was behind it.

Wizard Ike was determined to make his opponent pay the price once he was free.

The Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine beneath him sped towards the cave. This was the first different thing he’d seen after constantly pacing in the same spot, so Wizard Ike immediately rushed over to at least check the cave.

“Ah? There’s a laboratory inside?”

Wizard Ike peered into the cave and saw a group of apprentices conducting experiments inside.

“Could it be that I’ve used the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine to travel all the way here and ended up in the Terror Fang’s laboratory in this Valley of Despair? Never mind, I’ll capture a few dark wizards first and use them to force them to take me out of this Valley of Despair. The wizards of the Terror Fang must have a way to leave.”

“They must have their own safe exit.”

“Once I leave this laboratory and enter the wizard town outside the Valley of Despair, finding Mr. Augustine again will be a simple matter. Compared to that, this valley is extremely vast, almost like an independent world. If I end up in a completely deserted place, and Lord Augustine can’t find me—he might return after completing his investigation. Wouldn’t I be trapped here for many years?”

Wizard Ike trembled at the thought. He suspected that if the investigation team couldn’t find him for a long time, they might give up looking for him altogether. Wizard Ike

immediately commanded the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine beneath him to move towards the cave.

The branches and leaves of the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine slid and rubbed against the ground like snake scales, rapidly advancing towards the cave. As soon as Wizard Ike rushed into the cave, he manipulated the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine to attack the apprentices directly, aiming to subdue them before they could activate the magic array within the cave, preventing any accidents.

With lightning speed, the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine bound the dark wizard apprentices inside the cave. But the next moment, Wizard Ike sensed something was wrong, because what the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine bound didn’t seem to be people; it wasn’t the touch of human flesh, but rather the friction of trees against trees.

He immediately rubbed his eyes and then discovered that what the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine had coiled around were actually humanoid tree roots.

“It’s plant mimicry! There’s a high-level magical plant here using its roots to mimic a human wizard apprentice—oh no!”

“This cave is a trap.”

He was about to turn and leave through the cave entrance when, to his astonishment, Wizard Ike discovered that the cave had simply closed.

The entrance had vanished!

At the same time, tree roots sprouted from all four sides of the cave’s surface, resembling shark teeth, rotating on the cave walls, making the entire cave look like the mouth of a monstrous beast.

Wizard Ike said, “It’s that Earth Treant! I suspected it was its doing. This cave is a carefully designed trap!”

Wizard Ike suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.

It wasn’t carelessness; the intricacy of this trap far exceeded the normal behavior of a wild magical plant.

At this moment, the roots on the cave walls were slowly contracting, not quickly, but steadily and firmly.

Wizard Ike hurriedly activated his Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine, attempting to use this second-ring enchanted plant to stop the roots from approaching. However, no matter how the second-ring enchanted plant lashed out, it couldn’t affect the roots’ movements in the slightest.

Inside the cave, some wizard apprentices, their expressions filled with fear and dread, ran out. They were ragged, covered in blood, and generally had serious wounds.

The wizard apprentices cried out to Wizard Ike, “Stranger wizard, please save us! This is a cave created by a mutated swarm of poplar trees. Those mutated poplar trees eat people. This is where they eat people, but their roots move very slowly, so we need to set traps.”

“Stranger wizard,” Wizard Ike continued, “it’s said that no one can ever come out of this cave after entering it, so we call it the Cave of Death. Anyone who gets lost and goes in dies. The entrance is now covered with the roots of the mutated poplar demons. Can you fight your way out? If not, you’ll probably have to go deeper into the cave and see if you can find a way out.”

Wizard Ike heard their cries and realized he couldn’t stop the roots from moving.

He sneered.

“Here we go again.”

“This time they even added sound.”

He immediately manipulated the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine, coiling it forward and grabbing the three wizard apprentices, who screamed in terror.

Only after capturing them did Wizard Ike suddenly realize that these three were actually real people.

Wizard Ike angrily berated them, “What are you three doing in this cave?”

The three second-rank wizard apprentices immediately begged for mercy.

“My lord wizard, spare our lives! We know a lot about this magical plant, please don’t kill us.”

“We are miners from the Maupassant family. We’ve been working in the mines here since we were ten years old. But the three of us fell into the trap of a mutated horde of white poplar demons and ended up in this cave, cut off from the outside world for who knows how long. Wizard, please spare us, we’re very useful.”

“Don’t kill us—”

Wizard Ike didn’t put the three down, his face displeased.

“Ten years old and already miners? Damn black wizard families, do they even care about the White Wizard Association’s wizarding laws? How can such an organization exist in this world, ignoring the law so completely?”

“You three, come with me, I’ll take you out.”

Wizard Ike saw that these three were just children under sixteen, and already second-class wizard apprentices. Thinking about it, these people in the White Wizarding World would probably still be studying in a secondary academy, preparing for their advancement exams to higher academies.

But these three had been turned into something unrecognizable by life here.

When Wizard Ike saw a sixteen-year-old wizarding apprentice who had lost half his nose, and two others who were missing ears or had severe, unhealable wounds on their faces and bodies,

he was overjoyed to hear that Wizard Ike had promised to take them out.

However, after their initial elation, terror flashed in their eyes. Wizard Ike’s agreement had been far too quick, too fast for them to accept, shattering their worldview formed from the information they had received since birth.

They didn’t know what level of wizard Ike was. They

could only guess that he was at least a formal wizard.

But such a powerful wizard had agreed to rescue them after only a few words?

Was he going to use them as cannon fodder to scout ahead?

The next moment, tree roots rained down from the mountainside. These roots were fast and powerful; if Wizard Ike hadn’t used the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine to block them, the three apprentices would likely have been crushed instantly by these roots.

Wizard Ike’s expression changed slightly, his gaze turning hostile towards the three.

“Didn’t you three say the roots of this large group of poplar trees moved slowly?”

“What’s going on?”

The three were terrified.

Wizard Ike led them back quickly, struggling against the continuous lashes of the roots. “I was really stupid. I actually asked these three clueless kids. Yes, the roots of this large group of poplar trees not only move slowly, but you could describe them as moving at the speed of snails.”

“It’s already impossible for them to create this cave.”

“Let alone their current attack speed.”

“Could it be that this large group of poplar trees has mutated again?”

“This mutation speed is too fast!”

After using the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine to block more than two thousand attacks from the roots, Wizard Ike’s forehead began to sweat, because he was starting to run out of strength.

The Great Magic on his back, Green Vine Peach Garden, which enhanced the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine, had also reached its limit.

The Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine had lost many leaves and vines; this serpent-type magical plant even began to break in the middle, its tendrils snapping into pieces. The Great Magical Peach Garden, which could enhance magical plants and strengthen vine-type magical plants, was also being attacked by the root whips and was beginning to crumble.

Wizard Ike felt a deep sorrow. “Could it be that I, a dignified second-ring wizard, am going to die here?”

“Wait, these three brats, aren’t they just bait left behind by this mutated swarm of white poplars, or perhaps another trap specifically set for me?”

Wizard Ike instinctively wanted to abandon the three, as he was already in grave danger, and most importantly, he couldn’t find a way out—it was as if there was a path to heaven but no gate to hell.

Just as Wizard Ike saw the root whips of the swarm of white poplars gradually breaking through the defensive layers of his Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine and attacking his face, he could even feel the powerful wind rushing towards him.

But at that very moment, countless vines suddenly sprouted from the cave’s surface. These vines possessed the characteristics of a Virginia creeper, and their growth rate was extremely fast. Countless vines coiled around the old roots covering the cave’s surface, binding them one by one.

Even the roots that were fiercely attacking Wizard Ike were entangled by the vines.

In just five minutes, the cave interior, previously filled with those special tree roots, was now entirely covered in lush green vines.

These vines were even spreading underground, aiming to completely ensnare all the related roots.

*Snap!*

One by one, the tree roots were snapped by the vines’ binding force.

Wizard Ike exhaled a breath of stale air.

“Green—Green Dragon Vines. This is Lord Locke Augustine’s magical plant! Thank goodness, I’m saved!”

“Lord Augustine not only didn’t abandon me, but he also directly rescued me. I was truly judging him by my own petty standards.” *

Bang!*

The cave wall above his head suddenly collapsed, and Green Dragon Vines burst forth, forming a vine tunnel from which Locke emerged.

He nodded to Wizard Ike, then looked into the depths of the cave. A chilling wind emanated from the depths, carrying a faint roar, as if it were the resentment and anger of the large white poplar tree.

It was about to devour a second-circle wizard.

Although it feared Locke, feeling that Locke’s magical pressure was far too powerful, it still refused to give up and refused to open the cave.

Locke said, “I told you before, if you mess with me, I won’t let you off.”

Locke sensed that the tree’s root system had reached an exaggerated level. After more than sixty years of neglect and the constant evolutionary stimulation from this laboratory, the roots of this mutated poplar had penetrated tens of thousands of kilometers underground, forming the foundation of the laboratory.

Even his green dragon vines couldn’t completely eradicate its roots.

Although he had previously strangled most of the tree roots near the cave, compared to its true root system, this was merely a drop in the ocean.

And Locke’s green dragon vines weren’t good at burrowing.

However, Locke remained expressionless. An evolutionary moon appeared behind him, descending from the sky, approaching from afar. Then, the moonlight shone on the roots of the poplar, and two enchanted blades, one gold and one silver, appeared, striking the roots.

In an instant, the mutated poplar seemed to truly sense the danger, and its remaining roots in the cave retreated rapidly.

But it was too late.

Locke directly used the Atavism + Lunar Cultivation Method on this magical plant.

This large grove of white poplars was clearly mutated far too much, so Locke directly used a reversion evolution on it. This time, much of the plant essence that had appeared due to acquired mutations was completely removed. Moreover, due to Locke’s lunar cultivation method, it conversely strengthened the original plant essence of the large grove of white poplars. This

was because Locke used the large grove of white poplars’ own plant essence on the spot, allowing its own plant essence to interact with its own, and then used reversion evolution to remove those plant essences that were obviously added later and had a degree of separation from the innate plant essence.

At this moment, Locke felt the attention from the Probus wizard.

The Probus wizard seemed to have noticed him.

And this large grove of white poplars seemed to be wailing. Its plant essence was purified by Locke’s reversion evolution the moment it came into contact with Locke, and a lot of the results of the acquired mutations were lost.

The cold wind that spewed out from the cave seemed to be mixed with the fear of this tree-man.

Locke watched the rapidly receding roots on the cave surface and sneered. He used the Spirit Vein Stitcher’s Grafting Knife to cut open a root, then reached out and pinched the moon behind him with two fingers. The moon seemed to transform into a miniature toy, and he placed it into the root.

“That should do it. My ultimate magic, Evolution Moon, will cause this large swarm of white poplars to continuously revert to their ancestral evolution. This kind of foreign plant factor is the easiest to remove.” “

At least it can restore this magical plant to a state close to its original state.”

“Although it will take quite a while.”

Locke pondered, “Restoring this magical plant to a state close to its original state should be beneficial to me. This magical plant is practically the foundation of the entire laboratory, scattered throughout. Hmm?”

Locke saw a bee fly by in the cave.

Then, he saw that there were inexplicably many beehives in the cave.

“It’s not that simple after all.”

Locke had originally planned to use his ultimate magic to continuously revert to the ancestral evolution of this magical plant over half a month, but he didn’t expect that there was a counter-force within this magical plant, constantly adding new plant factors to it.

Locke looked at the bees, a guess forming in his mind.

Probus’s ultimate magic was based on hybridization, a fundamental method of cultivation.

He was most skilled at using magical insects in conjunction with this hybridization technique.

Therefore, these beehives were clearly the outer edge of Probus’s ultimate magic.

As long as his magical power was present, Locke could only engage in a tug-of-war with the wizard’s magic within the large colony of poplars, and would likely be at a disadvantage, as his own atavistic evolution was clearly suppressed by the wizard’s bee hybridization method.

Three minutes later, the cave was completely silent.

Dead tree roots and fallen vines and leaves were everywhere.

Wizard Ike hesitated for a moment, then said to Locke, whose back was turned, “Lord Augustine, thank you for coming all this way to save me.”

Locke nodded.

“It’s nothing, just a quick exploration. We’re all from the same wizarding academy; saving you was my duty.”

“Besides, I was your leader this time; it wouldn’t be right to lose you.”

Wizard Ike smiled.

Locke pointed at the three apprentices and asked, “Who are these three?”

Wizard Ike replied, “Oh, these three are apprentices I found in this cave. They’re all pitiful souls. Judging from their life force, they’re about sixteen years old. And their talent is quite good; they’ve managed to become second-class wizard apprentices in this treacherous environment. They’re worth saving.”

“I’ve weighed the cost-benefit ratio and think I can take them out of Despair Valley.”

Locke looked at the three silent apprentices, who were clearly too frightened to speak, and one could only guess at Wizard Ike’s actions.

Locke untied a safety magic rope from his waist and tossed it to Ike.

“Ike, then take this magic rope and return to the ground first, then report the situation to the elk and the lion. Tell them I’ll be going back up in an hour.”

“You take these three back by yourself first.”

Wizard Ike hesitated for a moment, then asked Locke, “Captain, aren’t you coming back with us?”

“This place is too dangerous, too eerie. I think we should come down as a team, so we can look out for each other.”

Locke waved, and a Shadow Eye Grass floated out from Wizard Ike’s shadow.

“This is the Eye Grass I cultivated.”

“If you can’t wait for me to come out, use this to contact me. If the wizards of the Maupassant family suddenly attack, you can also use this to notify me.” “

I sensed Probus’s magical pressure nearby. Just now, the moment he focused on me, I also confirmed his location. I need to go see him and ascertain his mental state. Tell the elk and the lion to first map out the Valley of Despair and start trying to locate the entrance to the laboratory. We need to find the True Sight Crystal that stores information inside the laboratory.” “

Only with that crystal can we obtain firsthand information about what happened back then.”

Wizard Ike said, “Yes, Captain.”

He hesitated for a moment and said to Locke, “Captain, you must also be careful.”

Locke nodded.

Wizard Ike immediately led three apprentices, whose lips had turned pale with fright, and quickly left the place using the Thousand-Mile Serpent Vine along the passage of Locke’s Green Dragon Vine.

After he left, Locke went to a beehive. He cut open the beehive with a grafting knife and saw that there were no bees inside, but he saw some pollen left inside.

Locke pinched some pollen between his fingers, not smelling it, but using the monocle of the sun-illuminating magic mirror under his wizard’s mask to observe it.

“These are pollen from different magical plants. Sure enough, Wizard Probus’s Evolution Garden is still operating; he’s continuously activating hybridization through the pollen inside these beehives.” “

This is a massive hybridization method that permeates the entire world.”

“It can be said to be at the level of a Star Ring Breeder.”

“The entire Despair Valley Laboratory is under his hybridization method. He has utilized the advantage of hybridization, which allows for the interaction of N different plant factors, transforming this entire world into his ideal world. It can be said that the Evolution Garden—Magical Insect Hybridization Method—is the cornerstone of his ideal world.”

Locke, having seen the data on Wizard Probus’s ultimate magic, knew that his ultimate magic’s power system used different types of magical bees as its symbols.

In other words, the foundation of his ideal world was precisely these different types of magical bees.

Behind Locke appeared the Great Ming Dragon Sparrow, its flames, seemingly solidified, slowly flowing across its banana leaf wings.

Locke pondered the location of the Probus Wizard he had observed earlier, quickly pinpointing his location; he was going to find him directly.

Although this was dangerous, he figured with the foreign wizards trying to capture Probus present, he could take advantage of the chaos, so it wouldn’t be too much of a problem.

Locke swiftly flew into the air through the passage created by the green dragon vines. Because the [Large Flock of White Poplars] wasn’t interfering, he wasn’t attacked even while airborne.

Probus Wizard’s current location wasn’t far away.

Locke’s Great Ming Dragon Sparrow summoned a fiery cloud in the sky, and his movement in the sky also became a movement of that fiery cloud.

“Found it.”

Locke quickly located the source of the abnormal magical pressure fluctuations.

He immediately flew towards that location.

At this moment, Locke saw in the Despair Valley Laboratory a giant-like man, his entire body covered in black hair, resembling black armor, standing on a hillside. He roared incessantly, beneath his feet a six-pointed star magic circle with six layers of enchantment.

Before him stood six second-ring wizards wearing wizard masks, their faces completely concealed by the masks’ illusionary properties.

Three were ordinary second-ring wizards, and three were star-ring wizards.

Their wizarding robes bore no trace of the academy’s attire,

clearly indicating their deliberate concealment.

The giant, his black hair transformed into armor, his eyes blazing with madness and crimson light, relentlessly assaulted the six-pointed star array.

The six wizards appeared extremely excited.

“So many people have died, and finally, this madman has fallen into our trap. There are two ways to get into the lab. The first is to get the magic key, but that’s with the Throne Wizard. That’s impossible. The second way is to capture this Echo, and then use a special magic array to open a door to the lab from inside its body.” “

Hold on a little longer. This six-pointed star magic array requires at least six second-ring wizards to maintain.”

“This is a six-fold enchanted array! Once he enters, we’ll definitely catch him!”

“Everyone, give it your all! If we just hold on a little longer, we can suppress this Echo. This Echo itself is a rare research material. I’ve never seen an Echo with such rich emotions, even a certain degree of intelligence, and such immense power. Everyone, we’re just one step away from success.” “

That’s a representative species! How many articles can we publish with this representative species? How many second-ring projects can we apply for? How many star ring resources can we obtain!”

“Wait, what’s that over there?”

The six second-ring wizards watched in surprise as a fiery cloud rapidly approached them from the sky. The power to influence the heavens in such a place was undeniable.

They hadn’t expected the newcomer to appear so suddenly, just when they had finally managed to lure the echo into the magic array.

Locke slowly descended from the sky.

He saw the giant within the six-pointed star magic array, his black hair and beard bristling, gradually weakening. Bolts of lightning struck his body, attempting to dismantle his magical power, inflict extreme pain, and suppress his remaining sanity.

With each strike of lightning, the figure resembling the Probus wizard trembled.

Locke looked at the six wizards, their identities and faces concealed by masks, and asked, “Who are you six?”

The six wizards suddenly countered with their question to Locke.

“And who are you?”

“We’re capturing experimental subjects here, and we’re almost there. I see you’re a white wizard, so you should be reasonable. We’re capturing experimental subjects that are important to us, so I think you should stay away from here to avoid any misunderstandings.”

Locke said, “Capturing experimental subjects? I didn’t know this was no-man’s land! This is Golden Crown Mountain’s property, and the people in front of you are wizards from Golden Crown Mountain. Did you ask Golden Crown Mountain before capturing our wizards?”

The six of them were all surprised and uncertain.

They hadn’t expected the most troublesome thing to happen.

In fact, they had already noticed the Golden Crown Mountain emblem on Locke’s body, but now that they had reached a critical moment, they simply couldn’t give up.

Locke looked at the six and said, “You must leave here immediately.

Or rather, you should tell me your identities.”

“Since you’re all white wizards, you must be people of some renown.”

As he spoke, another bolt of lightning struck Probus on the forehead. Probus screamed in agony, staggering backward.

The leader, the Star Ring Wizard, kept changing his hand gestures and chanting incantations, a look of delight on his face.

“Quick, he’s dying. Let’s hold on a little longer.”

He looked at Locke and said, “You must be a wizard from Mount Golden Crown. We know we’re in the wrong, so we dare not reveal our faces or names to you. But you should also know how fanatical a wizard can be when faced with experimental subjects they desire. We don’t care what this person means to you wizards of Mount Golden Crown.”

“If we’ve got our eye on him, he’s ours.”

“In the end, this place is practically unclaimed territory. Otherwise, the Fang of Terror wouldn’t have occupied it for so many years.

So don’t talk to us about the law.”

He chanted a spell, and a soybean sprout appeared beside him. This soybean sprout grew upwards continuously, and this magical plant actually began to mimic the wizard himself.

Soon, a lifelike soybean sprout magical plant, just like his own body, appeared before him.

This soybean sprout magical plant took over the six-pointed star magic array in his place.

He then freed his hands and looked at Locke, saying, “This wizard from Mount Golden Crown, my magic pressure is 21,700, while yours is only 21,500. And I also come from a wizarding academy no less prestigious than yours at Mount Golden Crown—”

He paused, knowing he shouldn’t say more, so he stopped there.

“My magical heritage and academic level are at least no less than yours.”

“You still have some self-awareness, don’t—”

Locke said with his hands behind his back, rather helplessly, “You think I want you to leave because I’m saving the wizards of Mount Golden Crown? No, I’m saving you.”

“This is the world of Probus wizards. I don’t believe—your little tricks can control him. You’re blinded by your own involvement, you haven’t noticed a problem.”

The next moment, Probus, the wizard still screaming in agony within the magic array, roared. His magical pressure transformed into boundless fury, and a swirling black aura rushed towards the group.

A phoenix-tail bamboo appeared in Probus’s hand.

The bamboo’s magical pressure was so powerful that it blocked all the lightning striking him.

The leading Star Ring wizard’s face turned grim.

“How is this possible? The representative seed is actually in his hands?”

“An echo of a Star Ring wizard, how could he activate that Moon Ring magical plant without the aid of a magic array?”

Locke said, “I’m not sure. But this is his world. Although he’s in a state of illusory forging, his form seems to have expanded to a height comparable to a Moon Ring. It even shows a tendency to continue expanding.”

The next moment, all six men’s abdomens were pierced by tree roots from the ground, seemingly made of steel. All

six men coughed up blood simultaneously.

Meanwhile, Wizard Probus wielded his Phoenix Tail Bamboo, and countless purplish-red flames, like liquid spilled from the bamboo, erupted in an instant. The magic array shattered, and all six wizards were sent flying by the boundless fury.

Even Locke’s Storm Black Tortoise Bamboo in his left hand was subtly suppressed by the mysterious Phoenix Tail Bamboo’s power.

Was it because it was a representative species of bamboo-type magical plants?

“Does a representative species have a suppressive effect on non-representative species of the same kind?

“