Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 701

Chapter 698 The True Second Ring, the True Ultimate Magic!

Inside the train carriage, the gunslinger was about to kill the girl. The girl, seeing the dark muzzle of the gun, closed her eyes in terror.

The cultists were furious, but powerless, only able to rage helplessly.

Just as the gunslinger was about to shoot the young priestess, a voice suddenly appeared in his ear. “Brother, could you please not shoot my summoner?”

The gunslinger’s pupils suddenly contracted.

He immediately scanned his surroundings but found no one in the third carriage.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a beautiful, flawless full moon. He turned around and saw a full moon reflected in the carriage window.

But only in the train carriage window was there a full moon, while outside, dusk was still falling, and inside the third carriage were only them—how could there be a full moon?

The gunslinger turned back, his pupils contracting again. “What the hell?”

He pulled a flintlock pistol from his waist and aimed it at Locke, who had suddenly appeared before him.

The man before him, Locke, wore a tailored navy blue suit, a fedora, and carried a cane.

It wasn’t that he intended to appear in this world in this form; rather, the ancient ritual magic was designed by the Silent Witch, its internal framework already predetermined.

His true form was currently outside this world, at the boundary between the crystal system and the void.

In a broad sense, he was already in this world, but in a narrower sense, without entering the crystal system, he couldn’t enter the prime material plane, and therefore couldn’t be said to have entered this world.

What appeared here was a saintly avatar summoned by the ritual magic.

That is to say, a special magical avatar, similar to a special avatar—a natural avatar.

The image of the saintly avatar was predetermined by the Silent Witch.

This saintly avatar was formed from the power of the plane, and the plane principles it contained were naturally the plane principles of this world, so it wasn’t subject to the problem of being rejected by the plane power of this world.

Locke said, “This must be the ‘Saint’s Descent’ form mentioned in the competition data.”

He pondered, “My true form hasn’t entered this world yet, which is normal. Right now, I’m a second-circle wizard, and my magical pressure is almost one-fifteenth the magical pressure of a standard small-scale plane.”

“Generally speaking, a world would actively resist the direct entry of someone with such powerful magical pressure. And since I became a second-circle wizard only because of the gift of the Silent Plane, I can’t resist its will and can’t force my true form to descend.”

The believers looked at Locke in astonishment, then they became extremely excited and worshipful, bowing to Locke and cheering.

The young priestess, however, looked at Locke in surprise, then her eyes reddened.

Her god had appeared in her dream when she was ten years old, teaching her knowledge, telling her secrets, helping her grow up, and establishing the current cult.

All along, she could only meet this god in her dreams, but today, this god had finally descended into this world.

The young priestess was filled with excitement. “You’ve finally arrived.”

“The Empire is like an eternal nightmare, and you, the only savior of this world, have come. Please save us from this nightmare, Evolution Moon!”

Locke glanced at the incredibly excited believers. Of course, he could understand their feelings from their perspective.

After all, a god had appeared directly before their followers.

Nothing could inspire them more.

But the problem was, he needed to understand the current situation.

‘Dream conversations? For years?’ This was a classic colonization method. When a world possessed great power, wizards who wanted to conquer it, unwilling to engage in direct conflict, or for some other purpose, would create dreams and have the natives actively summon their saintly avatars to descend.

Locke pondered, ‘There are many advantages to doing this. The saintly avatars are condensed using the power of this world’s planes, and will not conflict with this world.’

‘Secondly, it can bypass the world’s barriers and the powerful native inhabitants of this world, directly entering the rear.’ “

Moreover, this way one can understand this world, grasp its civilization, and not be hostile to the entire civilization, but rather seek out potential allies within it.” “

It seems this world must have a powerful power system and powerful wielders. Otherwise, the Silent Witch, who was only at the ordinary second-ring stage back then, wouldn’t have needed to use this method to enter this world.”

Locke pondered, “But I remember that the prerequisite for this magic is the cooperation of the world’s will. Otherwise, before the true body can enter the prime material plane, unless some powerful force is directly invested, it’s difficult to influence the natives of the prime material plane.”

“But to invest powerful force, there will inevitably be conflict with the powerful beings of this plane. Thus, this roundabout method becomes meaningless.” “

So, the Silent Witch was recognized by the will of this plane back then, and even actively invited?”

“Hmm… it was mentioned in the competition introduction that she wanted to save this plane back then, but failed, so she regretted it.” Locke pondered, “She was probably conducting an ecological experiment and discovered the problems in this plane. She probably wanted to prevent its destruction back then.”

According to the competition introduction, the main objective was to survive to the end using ultimate magic and become the champion.

The sub-objective was the reason for surviving to the end: this world was heading towards its doom, and with each passing period, it drew closer to the historical doomsday point of that plane.

Therefore, with each passing period, the environment of this world worsened.

Hence, they needed to survive.

There were two ways to play this competition: the first was to build ultimate magic and then eliminate others;

the second was to build ultimate magic, then survive under the pressure of this world’s impending doom.

But regardless, Locke needed to understand this world thoroughly, identify its greatest danger to him, and understand why this world was destined for doom in history.

What exactly caused this world’s inevitable demise?

The gunslinger pointed at Locke’s forehead, “You… what are you?”

“By the Emperor, what are you?”

The priestess and her followers’ expressions changed drastically, angrily demanding that he put down his gun and not offend the gods.

Locke gave him a cold look but didn’t answer, instead turning his attention elsewhere.

Because the four of them made no attempt to conceal themselves the moment their saintly avatars entered this world, their immense magic appeared directly alongside their saintly avatars.

This world, filled with the roar of machinery, appeared to be an ordinary mortal world without superpowers, but this was impossible.

The reasons were simple.

First, even the Silent Witch couldn’t directly enter this world back then.

Second, this world had actually allocated four World Stones to these four wizards, granting them the status of second-ring wizards.

Considering the countless powerful beings in this world, and the fact that the world itself must possess at least one World Stone sufficient to support a second-ring level, the overall magical pressure of this world was astonishing.

Such a world must be either a highly advanced technological civilization or a civilization with a powerful power system.

It was absolutely impossible for it to be an ordinary mortal with low-level martial arts like this.

Although what puzzled Locke was that this world inexplicably lacked any magical tides, appearing like

an ordinary, magic-free world, a magic

-free world couldn’t withstand its magical pressure.

It was like a ping-pong ball that couldn’t enter a drop of water.

The second-ring wizards were like that ping-pong ball, and the magic-free world was like the drop of water—how could they possibly enter?

Thirdly, there was the network of mental energy that appeared in the air before him, invisible to ordinary people.

Simultaneously, he saw a terrifying mental light emanating from a certain direction in this world.

Since the four had just arrived and had no time to conceal their immense magic, they were immediately detected by this mental network and noticed by the powerful holder of the mental light, who was about to suppress them.

In the center of this world, in the imperial palace where the capital was located, a terrifying mental light erupted, pressing down on the four.

Locke, Edgar, Georgina, and the wizard Smith were forced by the mental network controlled by the mental light to the brink of being banished from this world. Their immense magic

rose into the sky:

Evolution Moon, Time Shadow Fern, Weaving Machine of Destiny, and Celestial Meteor.

These four immense spells were located in four different directions in this world—east, west, south, and north—while in the center was the mental network controlled by the emperor’s mental light. With this mental network, he successfully forced the four’s immense magic into the sky, intending to further banish them from this world.

At this moment, Locke seemed to have three perspectives: one was his true form outside the dimensional crystal system; another was his evolutionary moon, the ultimate magic, forced into the stratosphere by the Mind Light Network in this world; and the third was his saintly avatar in the city train of this world, surrounded by numerous believers and gunslingers. His

true form seemed to be overlooking the world, outside of the world, overlooking the world.

Standing tall, one sees far.

He saw the entire network of consciousness, permeating heaven and earth, driven by the light of the mind.

The Saintly Avatar spoke to the gunslinger before him. Locke brushed the musket aside and said, “No need to be so fierce. I’m not this ignorant girl.”

“Since you’re willing to listen to her, it means you’re starting to doubt the Emperor, aren’t you? This… gunslinger.”

Locke’s Saintly Avatar was formed from dimensional power, allowing him to communicate through it and gain access to much of this world’s common knowledge.

Of course, this knowledge wasn’t simply crammed into his mind; it was triggered.

It was like seeing something and knowing what it was. But the prerequisite was seeing, encountering, and reflecting upon it.

Essentially, it meant being in a state of constant harmony with the universe, thus gaining knowledge about many things related to this world.

The gunslinger’s pupils suddenly contracted, and he sheathed his two muskets. “I do have some doubts about the Emperor. I’ve done a lot of dirty work for him, and I know he’s not a good person. But what are you, really?”

“At least so far, the Emperor seems more human to me than you.”

“Convince me.”

Locke glanced at the gunslinger. “I don’t need to convince you. You’re the one with the doubts, not me. So you’re begging me. If you want to know the truth, then let’s make a deal. You protect this girl.”

“I will show you the truth.”

The gunslinger narrowed his eyes.

Meanwhile, Locke’s immense magic was clashing fiercely with the Emperor’s mental network.

Locke himself was communicating with Antoine and the Preston Witch, who were also outside the dimensional crystal system but within the plane itself.

Antoine said, “So, the current amount of Great Magic constructed is only enough for your Saint Incarnation to go down, is that right? Then find a way to construct an even greater total amount of Great Magic pressure so I can go down too.”

The Preston Witch argued, “Why? I should be the second one to go down.”

Antoine said, “This isn’t the time to talk about that. I’m a reincarnated Third Ring Wizard. I’ll be more useful than you. In this round, we’re the assistants; we need to help Locke with wisdom, not strength!” Meanwhile

, in the stratosphere high above this world, Locke’s Great Magic clashed with the Emperor several times, consistently at a disadvantage.

The reason was simple: firstly, the Emperor of this world had been operating in this world for many years, while Locke and the others’ Great Magic was newly established.

Great Magic has two important indicators:

first, the quality of the magic pressure;

second, the total amount of magic pressure.

Although their magic pressure quality was similar, and because it was Great Magic, its efficiency surpassed the Emperor’s, the problem lay in the total amount of magic pressure.

The Emperor here used this world’s power system, set up a mental network, and possessed all sorts of incredible abilities; his total magic pressure had already exceeded normal levels.

The four participants hadn’t even had time to begin constructing their ultimate magic, as they had only just entered the competition, and the game had only just begun.

Therefore, it was normal for them to be collectively suppressed by the most powerful beings in this world at the start of the game.

However, they couldn’t be driven away.

This was because they weren’t intruders, but

rather had achieved their ultimate magic using the world’s world stone! At this moment, Locke no longer wanted to entangle with them. ‘Continuing to fight this guy is pointless. I’ll hide my ultimate magic first, then go down and construct my Evolution Moon Ecosystem, accumulating the total magical pressure of my ultimate magic. Like the Forest Sanctuary.’

‘As long as the total magical pressure increases, the balance of power between me and the Emperor will reverse.’

‘Wasting time with him here is just a waste of time. He can’t drive me away, and I can’t defeat him. If he seizes an opportunity and seals my ultimate magic, things will get really messed up.’

Locke’s magical pressure erupted, strengthening the Evolution Moon.

At the same time, the other three participants had roughly the same idea and also began to increase their magical pressure.

Interestingly, with the appearance of their ultimate magic in this world, the overall magic pressure of this world actually began to double.

Ultimate magic is an incredibly powerful thing.

Its existence benefits all three parties!

The wizarding world gained indirect control of the world, and the wizard himself became a second-circle wizard. As for this colony, because the Worldstone fused with ultimate magic, the total magic pressure also increased, and the rules were completed.

Originally, the world will of this world, which had been suppressed by the emperor’s mental network, actually began to regain some of its mental strength to resist the emperor.

Locke and the three contestants had a brief exchange high in the sky.

“This guy’s power is somewhat like the psychic magic direction of the Mind School.”

“Just like, but there’s no spell model, no meditation method, no sea of consciousness; it’s not a magic framework. It’s the native power framework of this world, just with a hint of psychic magic.”

“Truth may come from many paths, but as long as you’re on the right track, some similarities are perfectly normal.”

“His method of becoming a second-ring cultivator seems to be replacing the world’s mind with his own. He seems to want to replace the world’s will with his own; he’s almost turning this world into a zombie! A wild approach! And this method has its limits; he’s currently stuck at this step. If it weren’t for the fact that his system’s total magical pressure is temporarily higher than ours, we could overthrow him now.”

Locke pondered: ‘Could it be that the Emperor is destined to be the source of this world’s inevitable demise? No, if that’s the case, this world will at most progress slowly.’

‘But slow progress doesn’t mean destruction!’

‘These are two different concepts.’

‘Let’s wait and see; perhaps the Emperor has other heaven-defying actions.’ The four individuals ‘

immense magical powers plummeted to the ground, rapidly shifting positions to conceal their location from the emperor.

Within the steel capital of this world, the imperial palace, a voice echoed: “Traitors!”

“Since that’s the case, we should cooperate to fight that disaster.”

“You cannot hide. This world is mine. I am civilization. One person is a civilization!”

On the train, Locke, having just thought he had escaped the emperor, witnessed the emperor’s mental network conducting a collective scan of the entire plane, attempting to locate them.

A bolt of mental lightning appeared in the train carriage, striking towards the passengers. Locke, seeing this, sneered. “Child’s play.”

“Did you think I’d fall for it?”

The mental lightning vanished before it even touched anyone.

Although they had only just exchanged blows, Locke could already discern from his opponent’s power system that its construction was rather crude and lacked precise control.

A full-scale mental scan of the entire world could potentially turn 99% of the population into idiots instantly, so the opponent dared not directly scan the minds of all humanity with his mental light.

Therefore, he employed a deceptive, world-wide mental lightning attack, but dared not actually launch a direct assault. A

direct attack would annihilate this civilization, causing the world to regress and degrade, impacting his authority.

So, he was merely intimidating them, trying to provoke them into intervening in the lightning; their intervention would reveal their hidden, powerful magic.

However, Locke had already observed the construction of that mental network system during their exchange—simple as boiling water to make a machine spin, impossible to manipulate with finesse.

Otherwise, he could have silently controlled everyone in the world, listening to their minds.

Unfortunately, he lacked this ability.

This was a fundamental deficiency in the system’s framework.

Therefore, Locke concluded that his opponent was simply deceiving him.

Most importantly, this saintly avatar has a very high health bar; even if it gets attacked, it won’t be a problem.

Locke pondered, “So, besides the contestants, this world has another major enemy: the representative of this world’s native power, the one-man civilization—the Emperor.”

Locke looked at the gunslinger and the girl and smiled. “Gunslinger, are you willing to temporarily pledge allegiance to me?”

The gunslinger replied, “Not allegiance, just following you to see the truth.”

(End of Chapter)