Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 745

Chapter 742 Bloodline Science Universal Spell: Burnout!

The Sith wizard stood atop his mahogany canoe, glancing at the Celtic leader and Locke, transformed into the Shepherd Dragon, who had followed them. He frowned slightly.

They were currently hot on Esther’s heels, surrounded by a swarm of dragons that blotted out the sky.

Locke even raised his dragon head, spotting a floating fortress above the Dragon Mountains, long since devoid of power. Unlike cities built by human wizards, this fortress exuded an ancient aura, featuring a gate resembling a giant’s gate.

Locke felt a chill; this must be the legendary [Ancient Aerial Ruins] that only appeared in the Heavenly Barrier Lands.

It was said that even modern wizarding civilization had vanished, and the records of who created these ancient ruins

remained. He hadn’t expected to encounter such ancient ruins on the outskirts of the Heavenly Barrier Lands during this pursuit.

However, when he was still a first-ring wizard, he naturally wouldn’t want to enter such a forbidden place to die.

Right now, if he didn’t have a mission, he would have been tempted to go into that ruin and take a good look.

Those ancient ruins were quite a valuable resource point.

The Sith wizard asked the Celtic leader, “Celtic wizard, didn’t you deal with that troublesome Sun-Shepherd Dragon?”

The Celtic leader hesitated, unsure how to explain.

His face was flushed; as a second-ring wizard, he hadn’t been able to deal with a second-ring dragon for so long—it was incredibly embarrassing.

The Celtic leader said, “I apologize, Lord Sith, that dragon is incredibly cunning. It pretended to be clumsy and uncoordinated, making me careless, but then suddenly became incredibly agile.”

“It took advantage of my momentary lapse in attention and ambushed me!”

“I’ll take care of it right now!”

The Sith wizard, standing on his canoe, glanced back in Locke’s direction and then said, “Never mind, it’s unnecessary.”

“The reason is, even if we went to great lengths to eliminate that dragon, there would be no positive gain. Look… that dragon.”

The Celtic wizard’s eyes widened. Among the flock of dragons appeared a dragon the size of a small mountain, possessing a Sun Ring-level magical pressure.

That dragon was a marvel of the world, its size comparable to a super mountain range, the details of its scales clearly visible.

That was… the Death Dragon.

A special and powerful individual among the dragon race.

It is said to bring death to its enemies, leaving them no chance of survival.

When a wizard sees it, they should be wary, for the Death Dragon possesses an extremely high aggression and despises anyone who possesses the power to resist it.

It would attempt to kill any powerful individuals in its vicinity.

At this moment, the Death Dragon swept its cold gaze across them, its eyes lingering on the Shepherd Dragon.

Then, the Death Dragon’s gaze quickly shifted away from Locke, seemingly uninterested; its true interest lay with the Sith Wizard and the Enchantress Esther!

The Death Dragon would attempt to kill anything that might resist its power.

Similarly, because of the Death Dragon’s presence, hunting a Shepherd Dragon was pointless at this moment.

Since another Dragon King was present, even if the Shepherd Dragon disappeared, the Dragon Plague would not cease.

The most terrifying aspect of the Dragon Plague lay here: a continuous stream of powerful dragon creatures would emerge.

Locke was startled by the Death Dragon. His body was already enormous, resembling a multi-story building, but compared to the Death Dragon, he was like a miniature toy dragon.

The Death Dragon moved through the sky like a continent, each scale covered in natural magical runes; its scales themselves were the best defensive magical artifacts!

The Death Dragon swept across the sky, crashing directly into the ruins. Instantly, the ruins shattered, crumbling and crumbling, with countless structures and treasures raining down upon the Dragon Mountain Range.

The ancient aerial ruins were pulverized by the Death Dragon, falling to the ground.

‘Roar!’

The Death Dragon roared, seemingly intent on killing every wizard it saw, and immediately pursued Esther, who was running at the front.

Locke, seeing this, felt a sudden chill; oh no, Esther had been targeted by the Death Dragon.

The Death Dragon, like a shadow of death, displayed the power of a Sun-ring level dragon, its massive shadow enveloping Esther.

Its magical pressure was incredible.

Enveloped in its shadow, Esther’s skin suddenly turned ashen, and her magical power rapidly declined.

The shadow of the Death Dragon can plunder the life force and souls of others.

Therefore, wherever the shadow of the Death Dragon covers an area, both animals and plants will perish en masse, their souls transforming into spirits that converge towards the outstretched wings of the Death Dragon.

Thus, the Death Dragon is considered one of the most dangerous beings in the Heavenly Barrier.

This isn’t because the Death Dragon possesses overwhelming combat power, but because its abilities facilitate slaughter, and it is so eager to kill the powerful.

Seeing Esther’s body stiffen, a glint of joy flashed in the Sith wizard’s eyes. He then drew his peachwood bow, preparing to shoot an arrow at the witch Esther, completely dismantling her fighting power and sealing her away to be taken back to Mount Golden Crown for the witch Catherine to deal with.

At least, things haven’t escalated too much yet, so there’s still room for maneuver.

Esther’s eyes flashed with panic; she hadn’t expected to be targeted by a Death Dragon, a being capable of killing even a Sun Ring wizard!

At the same time, Locke was startled by the sight.

For a moment, he realized that for an ordinary wizard like himself to help a Sun Ring wizard escape, even with secret assistance, was incredibly difficult.

But then, by sheer bad luck, the Celtic leader, perhaps emboldened by the presence of the Golden Crown Mountain wizards, seemed to have gained confidence.

So he did it again!

He turned and aimed at him, unleashing Tranquil Plains once more. This time, however, it wasn’t a Great Magic spell based on [Vegetarian Assault Storm], but rather a Great Magic spell enhanced with his Second Ring spell, [Vegetarian Spear Array], infused with Great Magic runes!

Vegetarian blades transformed into spears, raised towards Locke, and then, like javelins hurled by a battle formation of ten thousand soldiers, attacked him.

At that moment, Locke thought to himself, ‘Team Leader Celt, as expected, is the best wizard to me besides my teacher at Golden Crown Mountain.’

‘I still owe him magic stones.’

‘Now that he’s attacking me directly as an excuse, I can find an opportunity to help the witch Esther. Although the Death Dragon is powerful, as a second-circle wizard, I can easily distract it!’

At this moment, Locke’s entire body was engulfed in flames, exploding and scattering like firelight. He was burning all the dragon blood within him, converting it all into dragon power.

After Locke transformed into a true dragon using the World’s Wonder, he finally understood how bloodline wizards viewed the bloodline power of magical creatures and how they combined that bloodline power with their spell models and magical power.

The key was [Burning]!

Thinking back, during his first stage, he had used many common bloodline spells with the help of the [Scorpion Woman’s Ring] and [True Blood] obtained in the Six Towers. These spells required consuming his own bloodline power.

However, this consumption was a flawed understanding based on his perception of himself as a wizard.

It wasn’t about consuming magic/bloodline power, but rather burning his own bloodline power to exchange for corresponding power.

Now that Locke understood how a true dragon used its power, he knew how to combine the bloodline spell model with this Shepherd Dragon.

At this moment, although most of his spells were unusable, limited to the ultimate magic and permanent defensive field of his own power, there was one thing he could still use:

the three True Bloods residing deep within his bloodline essence!

Even if he transformed into a dragon, these three drops of true blood would at most be equivalent to flowing from one bloodline essence into another.

Therefore, he could still use these three drops of true blood.

However, first-ring spells were currently of no use to him. But now he was a second-ring wizard, and he had studied these three drops of true blood for a long time. To better utilize them, he had sporadically learned some bloodline magic.

He wasn’t entirely without foundation.

Moreover, as a second-ring wizard and a second-ring dragon, he possessed a profound understanding of bloodline magic, with his own unique insights.

Furthermore, having grasped that the key to bloodline magic lay in [Burning], he had a flash of inspiration. Through instinct and sudden inspiration, he enhanced the merging of the three drops of true blood into one. Utilizing the indirect combination of the three first-ring bloodline magic models during this process, he slightly modified the three spell models.

Then, his bloodline began to boil.

He essentially modified three long-stable first-level spell models on a whim. In botanical magic, this would be utter nonsense, but it was bloodline magic.

Bloodline magic, unlike botany, truly relies heavily on intuition and instinct.

At this moment, Locke’s entire bloodline seemed to be burning; his whole body was ablaze.

‘Damn, it seems I’ve gone too far. The three spell models repel each other yet combine, barely managing to function. But… the power is constantly rising.’

This behavior was like experimenting on himself, but firstly, Esther’s condition was critical, and he had no choice but to try anything.

Secondly, since this life’s health bar was separate from his original health bar, and he only had one day to use it, he might as well do it.

‘The power is surging up. At least I’ve grasped the most important thing in bloodline magic: burning. Not using and consuming magical pressure, but burning magical pressure, exchanging magical pressure for power, hence the instantaneous burst of power will be extremely strong.’

Locke, having forcibly created a spell model using his dragon physique and wizarding inspiration, named it the second-circle spell “Burn to Ashes. “

The next moment, a burst of fire erupted from his chest, as if the raging flames were about to burst his body apart.

Locke then opened his dragon mouth and unleashed a breath of dragon breath towards the Tranquil Plains – Greatest Magic. In an instant, the blazing dragon breath, under the effect of the Bloodline Universal Spell “Burn to Ashes,” was amplified many times over and highly condensed, transforming into a blazing pillar of light.

It ripped through the sky and

cleaved the world.

Then, the pillar of light pierced through the Tranquil Plains, grazing the face of the Celtic leader. The powerful dragon flames condensed into a pillar of light the thickness of a chopstick, nearly terrifying him as it grazed his face.

The pillar of light then passed him, directly attacking the Death Dragon.

‘Bang!’

The beam of light struck the Death Dragon’s back, instantly refracting the flames. The Death Dragon’s back, like mirror scales, reflected Locke’s dragon breath, sending it flying in all directions.

The Death Dragon, annoyed, turned its head and roared at Locke, as if saying, “Aim your aim better!”

With this turn, the reflected dragon breath beam shot upwards like a laser beam, slicing towards the Sith Wizard.

Although the Sith Wizard wasn’t afraid of attacks of this level, he was still distracted, stopping his Peach Bow Thorn Arrow and casting a defensive spell to block the dragon breath.

The Sith Wizard glanced back at Locke and the Celtic Wizard, surprised, “That dragon’s breath is so powerful?!”

“Among its kind, it’s considered powerful.”

At the same time, the Death Dragon changed its target, no longer attacking Esther, but instead extending its claws towards the Sith Wizard.

Esther released the dragon king, which had been parasitized by dodder. Under the pressure of the Death Dragon, the dragon king was rendered useless and unable to move.

But at that moment, in the air above the insurmountable barrier before Esther, a small void-based flying vehicle floated silently, bearing the insignia of the Rose Academy.

Esther’s eyes lit up. ‘Great! I’ve finally fulfilled His Majesty’s request and arrived here.’

Esther turned and called out to those behind her, ‘Everyone at Golden Crown Mountain, I’m just resigning normally. What’s the problem? I joined Golden Crown Mountain only for work purposes, not for signing a contract of servitude. Golden Crown Mountain can give me a promotion or dismissal, so why can’t I resign and switch jobs?’

‘I was only a temporary worker at Golden Crown Mountain anyway!’

Esther quickly flew towards the small flying vehicle.

“Previously, Throne Catherine clearly had a position as the leading wizard instructor at Mount Golden Crown that she could have given me.”

“Only by obtaining the leading wizard instructor position could I escape the pressure of the temporary worker assessment. But she rejected my offer and gave the contract to another Sun Ring wizard. Given that, isn’t it perfectly normal for me to find another job?”

The Sith wizard’s face darkened.

“Lies.”

“Just for a teaching position, you actually betrayed Her Majesty the Throne?”

Esther’s eyes were mocking.

“Just a teaching position?”

“But for this, we all fought tooth and nail, day and night. I’m not very shrewd; I can only see this much. If you won’t give it to me, am I not allowed to find one myself?”

(End of Chapter)