Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 1088

Chapter 1071 The Qualifications to Call One’sself an Ancestor

Inside the bronze cauldron, the flames of potion-making danced, and all the useless forms within Locke’s body were being refined into Zero Potions using the reverse potion-making method. At

this moment, Locke observed his own body, and within his consciousness, he saw pure Zero Potions, without a single impurity. These Zero Potions were of even higher quality, and from now on, he could use his useless forms to refine Zero Potions at any time.

He would be less lacking in Zero Potions. There is a limit to the number of useless forms a person can possess within a given period.

The illusion of the Red Dragon Witch glanced at Locke, a look of surprise flashing in its eyes.

“This is—the same aptitude as me.”

“My student—”

The Red Dragon Witch smiled bitterly, shaking her head.

“Teacher, I never imagined I’d face the same choice as you. Before, from a student’s perspective, I thought you were selfishly restricting my choices. But now, putting myself in your shoes, looking at such an excellent student, a gem in the rough, and considering his unwillingness to stay at Golden Crown Mountain…

I suddenly understand you.”

“Would I be different from you?”

The Red Dragon Witch’s illusion shattered completely.

Because while Locke was refining his own form through the reverse potion-making technique, he had also refined the form of the Heart Spell along with it.

Locke introspected his sea of consciousness and saw the pure Zero Potions gathering together, actually condensing into a human spirit form in his sea of consciousness—a sea of stars formed from spell models, meditation, and immense magic.

“The Zero Potions have condensed into a human spirit in my sea of consciousness”? Yes, this is the first step in my reverse potion-making technique. “

I’ll use the original reverse refining method in reverse. First, I’ll refine myself using the second step, and then use the Zero Elixir I’ve refined to condense the spirit of a ‘human’ through the method of the first step. The Zero Elixir within this sea of consciousness gathers and disperses, accumulating the Zero Elixir.”

The spirit of a ‘human’ formed by the Zero Elixir accumulated within Locke’s sea of consciousness suddenly moved according to Locke’s thoughts. Locke pointed forward, and this sea of consciousness, the spirit of a ‘human’ standing above the Sea of Stars, this accumulation of spirit that was indistinguishable from his real self, also pointed forward.

Locke was filled with inspiration.

He didn’t know why, but he felt as if he had received some kind of blessing. Various kinds of knowledge surfaced in his mind, and his past accumulation exploded at once. Locke even regretted not having read more books on potion-making.

Truly, one only realizes the value of knowledge when it’s needed!

Locke pondered, “Now, my potion-making reverse technique can produce zero potions on its own. Moreover, I can use the potion-making flames to refine my form, combining it with the top-level meditation method to enhance my ability to achieve emptiness through subtraction.”

At this moment, Locke was no longer present in the raging flames within the bronze cauldron.

Only the potion-making flames remained.

This was a purer form of emptiness than simply achieving emptiness through the top-level meditation method.

This was a level that only the potion-making reverse technique combined with the top-level meditation method could achieve.

Locke realized the third function of his new reverse technique. His magic pressure, which had been forcibly increased by the Shadow Assassin’s Divine Orb, was now rapidly increasing under the influence of the potion-making flames. He was quickly absorbing the Shadow Assassin’s Divine Orb.

In other words, the reverse potion-making technique could help him learn meditation and quickly digest star ring resources!

Especially top-tier star ring resources like the Shadow Assassin’s Divine Orb, which were difficult to digest!

But was this all his reverse potion-making technique could do?

Locke closed his eyes, and the spiritual Locke within his sea of consciousness also closed his eyes at the same time.

If his reverse potion-making technique was only this, then there was no room for improvement; at best, it was just a little cleverness.

But at this moment, Locke combined his knowledge outside of potion-making and came up with a new ingenious use. He immediately recalled his limited knowledge of bloodlines and combined it with his dragon bloodline. At this moment, the illusion of the Abyss Dragon appeared beside the spiritual Locke within his sea of consciousness.

The illusion of the Abyss Dragon passed by the spiritual Locke within his sea of consciousness, and the next moment, the spiritual Locke transformed from a human wizard into a dragon.

Using a human spiritual body as a furnace, the potion refined was a zero-value potion.

So what kind of magical potion is made by using the spirit of the “Dragon” as a furnace?

How does the spirit of the “Dragon” differ from the spirit of an ordinary person, and will it have different effects and powers?

At this moment, Locke’s mind raced, constantly devising new potion formulas.

King Otto had said that the Zero Potion was just the beginning.

The reverse potion-making method could never only produce one type of potion.

Now, he needed to figure out a second potion that could be made using the reverse potion-making method.

However, Locke’s knowledge was simply too limited.

At this moment, the image of Shan Chuan Ke flashed through Locke’s mind.

“Shan Chuan Ke.”

“Thank you.”

“Your Ancestral God Treasure has come in very handy at this time.”

At this moment, Locke directly mobilized the Ancestral God Treasure, taking advantage of this burst of inspiration to burn this part of the knowledge and think about how to create his second reverse potion.

This was a potion formula that truly belonged to him.

At this moment, the witch Bailouluo thought about it and felt that something was wrong. She saw that the door to Locke’s potion room was not closed, so she went back inside.

“Mr. Augustine.”

The witch Bailouluo glanced at the potion room, her face showing surprise.

“Strange? Where is everyone?”

She searched the potion room thoroughly, even bending down to look under the tables and chairs, but saw no one.

Standing beneath the blazing bronze cauldron, she said uneasily, “This is bad.”

“Where is he? Could he have been burned to death? But he’s a Star Ring Archmage, how could he have vanished without a trace? And even if he was reduced to ashes, what about the echoes here? The magical tide concentration gradient here isn’t abnormal at all. Wait a minute.”

The Witch Bailouluo finally realized the biggest problem here.

“Why?”

“Whether a Star Ring Archmage is dead or alive, his influence on the surrounding environment can never disappear; it’s just a matter of degree. It’s like a celestial body located within another, larger celestial body. Regardless of the state of the original celestial body—whether intact or broken—it will still affect the interior of the larger celestial body.” “

Therefore, when a Star Ring Archmage passes through a mortal empire, his magical pressure can even trigger environmental anomalies and celestial changes in that empire.”

“It can cause torrential rain, rainbows, and other anomalies. But why, when I entered this potion chamber, did I not feel any magical pressure from Locke Augustine, nor any influence from him here? It’s as if he’s completely gone.”

The Witch Bailou covered her head; she was even beginning to forget Locke.

“Memories related to him are becoming increasingly difficult to recall, like reading obscure and incomprehensible text.”

“Even with the most advanced meditation techniques, it’s impossible to eliminate all influence on the surrounding environment. What happened?”

“Where did he go?”

The Witch of Bailouluo waited a while, then chanted a spell. Instantly, the Book of Summoning appeared before her, its pages turning rapidly, revealing a sparrow-like magical creature before her.

The Witch of Bailouluo chanted a spell, and simultaneously, an identical spell model appeared in both the creature’s left eye and her own.

This was the Star Ring Summoning spell model—Eye of the Bird Demon.

At this moment, she used the summoned beast’s eye technique to search for the “missing” Locke Augustine.

She looked at the flames within the bronze cauldron several times, but she could clearly see that the potion-making flames were empty; there was no one there.

“Such a living person couldn’t just disappear.”

“Could it be that he discovered a way to enter the next level of Probus Wizard’s memory space, so he abandoned us and went in alone? It’s not impossible—”

The Witch Bailouluo looked thoughtful.

“Bird Demon, come back.” “

The Bird Demon has the most powerful reconnaissance ability in the Star Ring. Even the reconnaissance abilities of many famous magic eyes of the Alchemy School or the innate magic eyes of the Bloodline School are not as good as the Bird Demon’s eyes. So, he couldn’t have used invisibility or other methods and was still hiding in this potion room.”

“Then where did he go?”

Seeing that she couldn’t find Locke no matter what she did, she used the most primitive method.

She shouted loudly, “Mr. Augustine, are you here?”

“If you are here, could you please respond to me?”

The Witch Bailouluo waited for a while, and seeing that nothing happened, she sighed and patted her forehead with her left hand.

“What am I thinking?”

“I am the little princess of the renowned ancient Tyrannosaurus Rex family, the Maupassant family. How can I be so childish?”

The next moment, the flames inside the bronze cauldron behind her suddenly surged, startling the witch Bailouluo.

She turned to look at the bronze cauldron.

“Could it be—Lock Augustine is still inside this bronze cauldron? But there are only flames inside.”

“Lock Augustine—what kind of magic did he use?”

“I can’t even understand it anymore.”

The witch Bailouluo’s eyes sparkled.

“Father was right after all. The scenery in this world may repeat itself, so a knowledgeable person can easily become bored with it. But the geniuses in this world are never repeated; these geniuses are the most beautiful scenery in this world.” “

And Locke Augustine is the most magnificent scenery I have seen among all these most beautiful scenery.”

“It’s so beautiful.”

The witch Bailouluo’s eyes revealed a deep interest.

Locke’s talent had completely exceeded her understanding.

At the top of a wizard’s tower in the Starfield Sea, within the Citadel,

countless stars shimmered in the room atop the tower. A group of wizards, their robes emblazoned with star patterns and wearing bright silver monocles, gazed upon the stars, overlooking the entire Eastern Realm and the cosmic river they were supposed to observe there.

Suddenly, a fourth-ring wizard spoke up.

“There’s a peculiar reaction to the presence of ancient beings in the Eastern Realm. Not third-ring, at least fourth-ring.

” “Wait—something’s wrong.”

The brilliant cosmos within the room atop the tower suddenly turned entirely red, triggering alarms on all the magic arrays at the top of the tower.

The crimson cosmos continued to spin rapidly within the room, dazzlingly beautiful.

At this moment, the wizards of the Prophecy school in the research group within this room were frantically using prophetic magic, quickly stabilizing the [Eternal Astrolabe] and searching for the cause of its alarm.

The fourth-ring wizard’s expression turned grave. “This isn’t an ancient fourth-ring interference in this world. This is—this is a fifth-ring—this is an Origin Wizard.”

“An ancient being, not belonging to this era, is interfering in this world.”

Excitement flickered across his face.

“Finally—a big fish has been caught! “

A Truth Wizard entered.

This Truth Wizard’s eyes were like the most beautiful gems in the world, his pupils exceptionally beautiful. He stood with his hands behind his back and said, “I already know the situation, my colleagues. Success or failure hinges on this.”

“My Starfield Sea is to ascend to magic, and we need to summon these beings hidden among the dusty archives, to have them also contribute to the Eastern Realm and the Wizarding World. Can you determine their location and identity?”

The fourth-ring wizard immediately ordered his students and assistants to manipulate the Eternal Astrolabe, using the celestial trajectories of the 365 great worlds in the endless void to deduce the identity, location, and purpose of the other party.

This is one of the most famous large-scale wizarding devices in the Starfield Sea, a super device for super divination that can use 365 large worlds equipped with related basic devices to deduce everything: the Eternal Astrolabe.

This is an experimental device of the most advanced divination school that almost no top academy in any wizarding land could afford.

The fourth-ring wizard operated the Astrolabe, and after a minute, he frowned.

“The other party used a special method to hide himself, after all, he is an Origin Wizard. But I am sure that the other party is a Fifth Ring, and it seems that he is still a living Fifth Ring.”

“He should have been lured here by a competition we are holding in the Eastern Boundary.”

The Truth Wizard said without changing his expression: “It doesn’t matter, it is really difficult to lure such an old fox into the game. Let’s take it one step at a time. Let me ask you, since he is a Fifth Ring Origin Wizard, has he claimed to be an ancestor or a lonely solitary figure?”

The fourth-ring wizard investigated again, and after some investigation, he revealed his findings.

“The opponent used a special method to conceal their presence. Although we don’t know what that method is, they must be in some kind of forbidden zone that no other life form can tread. Nevertheless, the Eternal Astrolabe still detected some clues about them.”

“They are not ancestors, not lineages, they are descendants.”

The True Wizard’s expression changed slightly. “A big fish, an absolute big fish.”

“Five-ring wizards after the Enlightenment are either ancestors or lineages. And those who are ‘descendants’ belong to the ’emperors,’ a path chosen only by high-ring wizards from eras long before the Age of Stars and the Age of Empires. The opponent is—a big fish that hasn’t appeared in our wizarding world for a long time. Who is it that could attract such a big fish?”

A smile appeared on the True Wizard’s face.

“I am not alone.”

“The younger generation of our Great World of Truth is becoming more and more accomplished. These days, we’ve caught more and more big fish. Although the opponent is an Origin Wizard, we have the support of the times, we have research groups, academic lineages, and top-notch equipment. We can still have a go at that Origin Wizard.”

“Everyone, it’s time to work overtime again.”

“This time, we will lure that ‘descendant’ of the ancient beings into the game, let him join our Ascension Plan, and make some contributions to the Eastern Realm and the Great World of Truth!”

“Since these old monsters have jumped out, my Starfield Sea has the magnanimity to accommodate them.”

Another fourth-ring wizard smiled.

“Of course. True knowledge becomes clearer through debate.”

“True knowledge that fears challenge is not true knowledge.” “

Even the ‘descendant’ of the ancient beings has appeared. Hopefully, the wizarding world today can satisfy this ancient ancestor of our Great World of Truth.”

The two smiled at each other.

The Wizard of Truth said, “Also, quickly have someone check all the competitions currently being held.”

In the Despair Valley Laboratory, within the bronze cauldron and Locke’s sea of consciousness, the “Dragon” spirit had concocted a special Zero Potion. It wasn’t a completely blank spirit, but rather a Zero Potion that, upon consumption, could temporarily transform a person into a dragon.

“I used the flames of potion-making to refine the Abyss Dragon Spirit from my own dragon bloodline, and then used the Abyss Dragon Spirit and the reverse potion-making method to concoct this special potion,”

Locke said. “In that case, let’s call this potion the Dragon-Shaped Potion.”

Locke continued to refine the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat bloodline within his body using the flames of potion-making within the bronze cauldron, and in half an hour, he obtained a Three-Eyed Tiger Cat Spirit.

Locke

followed the same method, deciphering the Spirit, and then an image appeared in his mind: a Three-Eyed Tiger Cat standing under the moon, tail raised, roaring angrily at the moon in the sky.

Next, inside the bronze cauldron, he assumed the pose of the three-eyed tiger-eyed cat, his spine arched upwards, his limbs on the ground. The only difference

was that the cat had a tail, while the human did not.

This made Locke ponder for a moment, then he quickly came up with a solution. He raised his left leg, using it as a tail, assuming the cat-like ritual.

Soon, potion-making flames appeared within the cat’s spiritual body in Locke’s sea of consciousness, and following the reverse potion-making method, began to concoct a special zero potion mixed with the spirit essence of the three-eyed tiger-eyed cat.

Half an hour later, the zero potion, which Locke named the Cat-Shaped Potion, appeared within Locke’s body.

Holding the two bottles of the special zero potion, Locke fell into deep thought.

“Based on my self-created reverse potion-making method, I use the spiritual essence of special magical creatures, and by deciphering these essences, I learn the hidden true forms of these magical creatures. Then I can use the ritual to begin concocting special Zero Potions.” “

These Zero Potions contain the hidden true forms of these magical creatures,”

Locke said. “According to my pre-designed plan, drinking these two special Zero Potions allows one to transform into that magical creature at the spiritual and spiritual essence levels, even achieving the exact same magical pressure, spirituality, and other aspects.” “And

gain the special abilities of that magical creature.” “The reason

I couldn’t use the true abilities of the Abyss Dragon and the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat before was because I hadn’t learned any advanced bloodline magic, and coupled with the limitations of my human form, I couldn’t fully unleash the power of the two bloodlines. I only used the two Star Ring-level bloodlines as tools to enhance my magical pressure and physique.”

“But using my two Transformation Potions, I can fully unleash the power of both bloodlines, directly transforming into the other. And this transformation isn’t just superficial; it’s a complete transformation into either of these creatures, acquiring their strengths and characteristics, and building upon their base abilities to unleash my own magic and combat prowess.”

In some ways, this even possesses unique advantages over bloodline-based spells or summoning magic.

Of course, those schools of magic certainly have their own unique advantages.

And their overall advantages are significant; they might even possess some strange and powerful spells, which I haven’t yet encountered.

Otherwise, they would have long been forgotten and lost to history.

For example, the hybrid beasts of the Transfiguration school can unleash the power of multiple powerful magical creatures within a single person; the magical creature legions of the Summoning school can summon dozens of Star Ring creatures at a time, coordinating with each other; the Bloodline school optimizes bloodline essence, creating bloodlines unique to wizard laboratories, and utilizes the power of magical creatures to unleash powers they couldn’t otherwise possess—the magic

of the three major schools is absolutely profound.

But his two shape-based potions, if they meet his design expectations, will have a special advantage: they can temporarily, in essence, transform a wizard into that magical creature.

Locke drank the cat-shaped potion, and the next moment, his body completely transformed into a three-eyed tiger-eyed cat.

His body, consciousness, and all his traits completely became those of a three-eyed tiger-eyed cat.

He wasn’t a Star Ring wizard with a magic pressure of 25,000, but an ancient creature with a magic pressure of 25,000, a three-eyed tiger-eyed cat.

Locke used meditation in this state and found that he was actually more attuned to nature.

In other words, he was meditating in the form of a three-eyed tiger cat.

Generally speaking, any transformation magic, bloodline spells, or summoning magic cannot change the fact that they are human wizards.

Their essence is still that of a wizard, merely borrowing a certain characteristic of a magical creature.

But Locke’s two major potions can temporarily transform a wizard into another creature entirely during the potion’s effect—

it’s simply miraculous.

Locke leaped out of the bronze cauldron, and the three-eyed tiger cat, which had supposedly disappeared from the world, reappeared.

Golden tiger eyes, an elegant and powerful figure, and even a cat tail.

When the witch Bailouluo saw a ferocious beast she had never seen before leap out of the flames, she immediately took a half step back. At the same time, all the summoned beasts beside her trembled before the King of the Forest, and Bailouluo, who had a spiritual contract with them, felt an ancient fear emanating from them.

Bailouluo’s Book of Summoning automatically flipped, and the Snow King, as her natal summoned beast, had special authority and could actively manifest.

The Snow King raised the Ice Wand in her left hand and the Fire Plum in her right, warily eyeing the Forest King before her.

“Ancient Forest Lord, I wonder if my master has offended you. I feel an instinctive fear of you, knowing your extraordinary power. Wizards are always arrogant, believing themselves to be the most special beings in the world, unaware of the great power of nature’s guardians.”

“Forest King, if my master has provoked you, then I apologize on her behalf.”

“We have no intention of being your enemy,”

the witch Bailouluo tried to interject. “Snow Queen, that’s a wizard.”

Snow Queen immediately said, “Shut up!”

“Little girl, what do you know? This being—I’ve heard similar legends among magical creatures. Legend has it that long, long ago, among magical creatures, there was a group of beings who stood at the top of all living beings. They were messengers of nature, possessing terrifying power surpassing their kind, possessing all sorts of incredible abilities.

“

Snow Queen felt the fear emanating from the blood essence within her body.

Wizard Bailouluo was quite speechless, “Snow Queen, am I your master, or are you my master?

“

Snow Queen said, “Of course you are the master.”

Locke said, “It’s alright.”

Snow Queen breathed a sigh of relief, but the other summoned beasts of Wizard Bailouluo remained lying on the ground, their fur standing on end, gripped by fear.

Some of the more stubborn ones even bared their teeth, baring their claws, but that was clearly because they were too afraid.

At this moment, Wizard Bailouluo’s Summoning Book automatically summoned her magical creature army.

Probably because it sensed Locke’s aura, and because of fear, the Summoning Book’s magic activated automatically.

The witch Bailou looked at the three-eyed tiger-eyed cat with a complicated expression.

“Beside you, my summoning magic spells are starting to go out of control. What kind of magic is this, Lord Locke?

“

The three-eyed tiger-eyed cat replied, “This is my potion-making technique. Do you want to learn it? I can teach you.”

The witch Bailou glanced at the bronze cauldron, then shook her head. “How can a beautiful witch in the prime of her youth learn your kind of magic? Besides, jumping into that bronze cauldron myself is far too extravagant. And this potion-making technique is quite complex, isn’t it?”

“Without decades of experience in potion-making, you want to learn? Don’t even think about it.”

The witch Bailou looked at Locke with admiration and said, “Lord Locke, what kind of magical creature is this? As a summoner wizard of the summoning school, I have never seen any information about this kind of creature before, or even heard of it. I feel that it is an incredibly powerful astral ring creature.”

Locke said calmly, “I extracted the bloodline from the fossils of ancient creatures and resurrected it in this era using potion-making techniques.”

The witch Bailou followed behind Locke, looking at the tiger stripes on Locke’s back. She couldn’t help but want to stroke it, but she wisely stopped herself.

Locke, on the other hand, was thinking about something as he walked.

That is, he possessed two astral ring bloodlines, which was why he could concoct two types of potions.

The foundation of these two types of potions was the Zero Potion.

Therefore, he could only use his perfected potion-making reverse method to concoct them.

This meant that he could not develop a third type of potion without this bloodline.

Of course, it could also be said that his potion-making reverse method was not yet fully developed.

“As long as I acquire other powerful bloodlines, even if they’re unusable, even just a trace, I can still concoct new potions.”

Locke pondered, “That’s simple. If I want to gain immense power, or use it to cast bloodline spells or summoning spells, then the transplanted bloodline doesn’t need to be very powerful; just a token one will suffice. My bloodline is complex; I can’t possibly insert more powerful bloodlines.” “

But if I only use a trace of a bloodline to concoct potions, that doesn’t matter.”

“I can develop more Zero Potions, forming a Zero Potion system. My reverse potion-making technique can continue to improve. This is just the beginning, not the end

.” “I finally understand what the Fairy Dragon meant by that trace of potion-making potential within me. From this day forward, that trace of potential will become a real potion system.”

“No one can stop my path anymore.”

Locke’s two ultimate spells began to subtly reorganize automatically. During this process, he understood many things he hadn’t grasped before, and even some he had never considered before.

Therefore, he directly modified his ultimate spells, increasing the refinement of both.

He also realized that the two ultimate spells absolutely could not be merged or combined; otherwise, it would either be equivalent to forging a single ultimate spell, or they would hinder and restrict each other.

Therefore, the two ultimate spells needed to increase their independence, to utilize their unique characteristics, and to become more distinctive!

Locke glanced at his ultimate spells.

“In the pursuit of truth, I’ve come to understand many things I couldn’t before, which has allowed me to further improve my Great Magic forging. In other words, for a wizard, his research ability is even directly related to the forging of Great Magic.” “

Of course, this could also be a deliberate design by high-ring wizards.” “The reason

my Great Magic forging speed and my potion-making speed have increased so quickly is because since I came to the Despair Valley Laboratory, I’ve made tremendous progress in Spirit Breath Cultivation and Potion Studies.” “

I even published three articles on Razer in a row.”

“That’s why my forging speed is so fast. So, thinking about it the other way around, if I just continue to publish more articles, I can further increase my Great Magic forging speed.” “

At the same time—”

Locke, still in his Three-Eyed Tiger Cat form, walked around the potion room. He curled his tail, grabbed his bronze cauldron, and then put it into the astral ring he was now wearing on his tiger ears.

“I refined the Spirit Macro from my bloodline, and deciphered the ritual movements from the Spirit Macro, which is how I came to have my cat-like and dragon-like movements. These movements are essentially rituals. I think I understand how ritual magic originated.” “

The Spirit Macro is the key. The Spirit Macro was obtained by ancient wizards through observing all things in the world. Then they derived ritual movements from the Spirit Macro, and then combined various ritual movements to create ritual magic. But that’s not right.”

Locke directly designed a ritual magic through mental calculation.

But he found that this was just ritual magic, completely different from the sacrificial magic of the Black Sun Tower.

The strength of the two was incomparable.

“The Black Sun Tower—one of the former heavens of the wizarding world.”

Locke fell into deep thought, but these former heavens of the wizarding world were actually quite conflicting. For example, in the eyes of the Pureblood Order, the Black Sun Tower was simply a group of half-blood wizards.

“No. The foundation of sacrificial magic is indeed ritual magic, but what exactly makes sacrificial magic become sacrificial magic?

“

Locke designed two minor spells himself, one a sacrificial spell and the other a ritual spell.

Through comparison, an idea suddenly flashed into his mind.

“The only difference is—the ritual magic specifies the object of the sacrifice, and that object is the Black Sun Tower.”

“That’s the only difference.”

“But why does the ritual magic become a ritual magic simply by specifying the Black Sun Tower as the object of the sacrifice?”

Locke fell into deep thought.

Then, to the Snow King’s astonishment, Locke chose to transform from a tiger into a human.

Because the effects of the two Form Potions hadn’t worn off, and because he could use the spiritual power of the two ancient creatures and the Zero Potion within his body to refine the two Form Potions at any time, it was only a matter of a thought for Locke to transform into an Abyss Dragon or a Three-Eyed Tiger Cat.

The Snow King trembled with fear. “Human—human—human—”

“How can you be a human?”

“I’ve seen a ghost. In broad daylight, I’ve seen a ghost.”

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Byro Witch rolled her eyes at him and said smugly, “I told you he was a wizard!”

The Snow King rubbed his eyes and shook his head.

“But I possess a natural demonic eye: the Snow King’s Eye. My eyes can perceive the spirit of all things, and I’m quite certain you were the Forest King just now. And now—I’m also quite certain you’re a genuine human. What’s going on?”

“This is the first time I’ve encountered something like this since I was born.”

Locke glanced at him, offering no explanation.

The Witch Bailou, however, was pleased to have the opportunity to suppress her summoned beast. She crossed her arms and said, “This is the magical progress of wizarding civilization. My father and grandfather both said that with each true genius, our civilization progresses a little.”

“Clearly, magic has progressed. So you’ve seen things you’ve never seen before.”

The Snow King gave a cold laugh. “Progress?”

“Not all changes are progress. I’ve seen countless civilizations progress to their death.”

The Witch Bailou’s expression was serious. “Snow King, how old are you exactly?”

“You must be a native creature of the Rain Swamp.”

The Snow King said, “Yes, a native creature. But as I told you before, many dimensional portals are hidden within the swamps of the Rain Swamp. These were left behind by the three great divine races when they attacked your Great World of Truth. Many of these portals are still hidden beneath the swamps.” “

Even after years of investigation, you still find many dimensional portals hidden within certain swamps. I once fell into a swamp and entered another world. The flow of time in that world was different, and the laws of that world were not the same as those of the Wizarding World. That world would be destroyed in one era, and each time an era was destroyed, a new era would be born. I experienced a lot there. “

The Snow King said proudly.

“In that world, I was called the Snow Ancestor, and one era even became my Snow Ancestor Era. But later, I saw a civilization that, in order to prevent its era from being destroyed, tried to prolong that era as much as possible. As a result, after that era, no new life appeared in that plane.”

“That plane has returned to chaos.”

The Snow King looked at the Witch Bailouluo provocatively, recounting its terrifying little story.

“It shows that change in civilization isn’t necessarily progress, and progress isn’t always a good thing. In that plane, that civilization progressed to its death. They were too eager to prolong their era, resulting in no new era ever being established in that plane. That era became the last era.”

The Witch Bailouluo snorted coldly.

“Don’t use the affairs of medium-sized worlds to make your point.”

“The wizarding world is far more complex than you think. Otherwise, why would it need to be separated into individual wizards?”

Locke asked, “Bailuluo, has Mr. Patrick’s research been completed?”

The Witch Bailouluo replied, “No.”

Locke frowned and picked up the gold-plated clock from his astral ring. “Less than half a day left. Has he not finished yet?”

Locke was almost speechless.

He was genuinely worried that his plan would fail because his opponent was too weak.

Although it was an oversight caused by his opponent’s incompetence, it was still a mistake in his plan in a strict sense.

The Witch Bailou said, “But he has asked me about your progress several times in private. He asked again just now. How should I answer him?”

Locke said, “Give him some encouragement. Praise him more. I think praising him more should help.”

“Tell him I haven’t finished yet. As long as he finishes his research, he wins.”

The Witch Bailou suppressed a laugh and said, “Okay.”

“I’ll try.”

Half a day later, Patrick looked at the time on his gold-plated clock. He had completed his research in the last quarter of an hour.

He held the single grain of cloud rice, “Hahaha—hard work pays off. I sought the truth with all my heart, and the truth naturally responded—to

me. Locke Augustine, I won. I did what you couldn’t. I defeated you, defeated Probus, I defeated myself!” “

I completed the research in the last quarter of an hour.”

His forehead was covered in sweat.

It was truly a close call; he almost exceeded the 17-day limit, which would have prevented him from meeting the completion requirements and forced him to leave the laboratory.

Wizard Patrick immediately took the cloud rice to Wizard Probus’s office.

“Locke, you laughed at me as a coward, but it was I, the coward, who won this competition.”

“It shows that my actions at the time were not wrong.”

“I stood by and watched someone die for the sake of the truth.”

He pushed open the door and entered, only to see Locke and the witch Bailouluo, and then he saw the single grain of cloud rice that Locke had placed in the magic box.

In an instant, Patrick’s eyes turned red. He looked at the witch Bailou and said, “Are you playing me?”

The witch Bailou covered her mouth and chuckled, “You have so many lovers. Don’t you know that a woman’s heart is like a needle at the bottom of the sea, the most unfathomable thing?”

Patrick’s gaze was dangerous.

The witch Bailou said, “I’m not teasing you anymore. To be honest, compared to Locke, he is the bright moon, and you are a grain of rice. I admire geniuses and used to want to befriend the wizards in your club. But compared to Locke, your club is too bland and tasteless.”

Patrick said, “He’s not from the Rain Marsh.”

The witch Bailou said, “I’m not a wizard from the White Wizarding Family either.”

Patrick smiled. “People from dark wizard families are indeed utterly untrustworthy.”

“It’s alright. Even if you’ve completed your research, it’ll just be a competition to see whose plan is better.”

Inside the Ancient Bloodline Factor Research Institute, where they were watching the competition, a group of Star Ring Wizard geniuses from the Rain Swamp were discussing among themselves.

“I don’t understand. Judging from the current situation, that wizard Augustine must have already completed his research, right? Why did he specifically wait for Patrick? If he had gone to Wizard Probus’s office earlier, wouldn’t he have won earlier?”

“Is this a deliberate slap in the face to us Rain Swamp wizards? It really makes us Rain Swamp wizards look like cowards. Patrick is really useless. If I were in his shoes, I wouldn’t have made such a mess of things.”

“Honestly, watching this makes me want to ask for leave from the research institute.”

At this moment, Theodora Macedonian Witch narrowed her eyes. She saw through Locke’s thoughts.

She stood behind the group.

“Lock Augustine, you must directly crush Patrick’s evil intentions.”

“A direct victory wouldn’t be as effective. So he must defeat Patrick face-to-face, leaving Patrick no excuse to escape. This—this isn’t a competition, this is a mentoring session.”

The Macedonian witch whispered, “Lock Augustine is mentoring four wizards from the Mire People Club right before our eyes

. “

“Now we’ll see who wins this contest. He’s so confident; isn’t he afraid of a mishap?”

She

exchanged glances with the other four top-tier Star Ring wizarding geniuses from the Rainswamp.

“Interesting.”

“This guy is far more powerful than that alchemist from last time.

“

“He’s mentoring four wizarding geniuses of the same level.”