Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 784

Chapter 781 Creating a Great Magic Burial Ground in the Forest

Behind Berber the wizard, a necromancy portal appeared, leading to a world filled with bones and negative energy. Behind the portal lay what appeared to be a burial ground.

Six massive ice spikes stood within this burial ground, pinning chains to the bone-strewn earth. Chains inscribed with magical runes floated above the burial ground, adorned with a dragon’s pearl.

[Great Magic: Burial Ground]!

Berber the wizard’s eyes were cold. He had once been considered a genius among dark wizards, rising through the ranks during the Pale Pilgrimage, but his inability to flatter or fawn resulted in his abandonment.

He too had been framed, his soul damaged, his future ruined.

But in the past thousand years, his magical power couldn’t have increased much; in fact, it had steadily declined in the southeastern region, causing his magical pressure to drop from near-Star Ring Wizard status to a mere 15,000 due to the low-magic environment, normal aging, and past injuries.

However, he seized every moment in the Southeastern Corner, refining his existing magic, utilizing the limited resources and the dark wizards of the region to undertake projects and support those topics that he could use.

Therefore, he could be said to be developing at a similar level in the Southeastern Corner, and had actually become stronger.

Although he had lost hope of advancing further, he continued to hone his skills in place.

The Berber Wizard unleashed a powerful spell, determined to subdue Locke’s clone with the fewest spells possible.

The Berber Wizard said, “Eye Demon Wizard, forgive me, but you are exceptionally talented and have a bright future. At such a young age, you have achieved so much. You should stay out of trouble.”

“You should accept my previous deal.”

From the burial ground behind the undead passage behind the Berber Wizard, a dragon’s roar echoed.

It was a bone dragon!

True dragons possess immortal scales and therefore cannot be transformed into bone dragons.

Ordinary dragons transformed into undead are insufficient to become bone dragons; therefore, the main source of bone dragons is the bones of those undead dragons.

After the dragon’s roar, a dragon ball flew out from behind the undead passage. It was a sphere formed of frost, resembling a sun. Its appearance caused the surrounding air temperature to drop continuously, and a layer of frost formed on the ruins of the University of Verdandia.

Seeing this, Locke immediately realized that Berber, like Isaac, these two dark wizards on their pale pilgrimage followed a path of planar conquest, where those who obeyed prospered and those who defied perished.

The planes behind their Worldstones had all been transformed into specific undead planes.

In other words, the creation of these two immense spells was equivalent to two undead catastrophes that destroyed the world.

To the wizarding world, these two were merely ordinary second-circle wizards, nothing special, but to the worlds within the void, they were at least two undead catastrophes powerful enough to destroy the living world.

Locke realized that if Edgar were here and cast [Return of All Things to the Tree], it would likely be a perfect counter to these two’s immense spells.

Locke raised his right hand, summoning Banxia, who was not far away.

The rapier-like Pinellia ternata flew back into his right hand. Locke used [Unable to Support a Single Tree] to control the magical plant Pinellia ternata. The Buddha Flame Bud continuously emitted light resembling summer flames and layered candlelight.

The fiery energy collided with the Bone Dragon’s Dragon Pearl, a violent clash between frost and fire, death energy and life energy.

The so-called fiery energy was not simply summer magic or fire magic, but a product of the mixture of summer magic and the life energy within the magical plant, possessing the dual attributes of life magic and fire magic.

The brilliance of the ‘Buddha Flame Bud’ at the top of Pinellia ternata was suppressed by the frost of the Dragon Pearl.

The next moment, the Bone Dragon flew out from behind.

It was a frost bone dragon, its eyes seemingly flashing with soul fire, freezing everything in its path.

On the other side, Hussein was grappling with the wizard Isaac.

Each clash between the two vampire marquises was like the collapse of the heavens and the earth. Both possessed immense physical strength and regenerative abilities, so their battle raged from the sky to the ground.

Their curses flowed effortlessly from their blood-red claws.

Many dark wizards were cursed simply by getting close.

However, overall, Hussein was at a disadvantage because his magical pressure was lower. Each use of magic and hand-to-hand combat put him at a disadvantage, requiring him to expend more magical energy to compensate.

Therefore, his energy expenditure was greater than Isaac’s.

After a hundred moves, Hussein was on the defensive, being choked and beaten by Isaac.

Meanwhile, in the library area of the second ring of Golden Crown Mountain, Locke’s true form found the Ackerman troll wizard.

The Ackerman wizard handed him the spellbook he had requested.

“Here you are, this is the spell model for the second-circle magical plant, Pinellia ternata, called ‘Summer Grass Firefly’,”

Wizard Ackerman said, pointing to the author. “This is the work of your senior brother Trajan.”

Locke paused, flipping through the spellbook’s title page. Sure enough, he saw his senior brother Trajan’s name on it, followed by a series of honorary titles, mostly related to planar conquest or plant hunting. He seemed to have discovered several summer magical plants.

Furthermore, Trajan was one of the developers of the Pinellia ternata magical plant spell system. According to the title page, he had a research group built around the second-circle foundation, all researching the magical plant Pinellia ternata.

Wizard Ackerman said, “This is the first generation of ‘Summer Grass Firefly,’ and it has now iterated to the third generation. Therefore, the spellbook for the first generation’s spell model has been made public by your senior brother for free.” Locke nodded

slightly. For a second-circle wizard, writing a spellbook could, to some extent, be considered a published article.

Similarly, there was the issue of citation count, which he hadn’t yet investigated in detail.

However, presumably to allow more wizards to read his book, he moved the spellbook directly to the free section.

The Ackerman troll wizard told Locke, “This spell isn’t difficult for a second-circle wizard. The main difficulty lies in needing a certain level of astronomical knowledge and special stellar power.”

Locke nodded slightly and quickly completed the spell model.

This was mainly because the spell model didn’t require much botany, which he could easily learn at his current level. As for the most difficult requirement—astronomical knowledge—thanks to the blessing of the Holy Dragon Star, it could be used directly instead of Mars.

Therefore, he didn’t spend much time, only about ten minutes, to construct a complete spell model.

Again,

for a second-circle wizard, learning an existing spell model wouldn’t be too difficult.

Aside from a few extremely complex spell models,

the real challenge lies in modifying these models to adapt to one’s own soul and magical pressure fluctuations, and further enhancing their power beyond their full potential.

These two steps often take a wizard over a decade, or even longer.

The Ackerman troll paused, surprised.

“So fast? I thought you’d need at least several weeks to construct this spell model. It’s definitely your senior brother’s research; it’s just right for you.”

Locke nodded slightly.

Since becoming a second-circle wizard, Locke increasingly understood that lineage had become crucial for them.

For example, the spells his senior brother researched were extremely easy for him to learn.

Because their magical foundations shared many similarities, learning these spells felt almost tailor-made for him.

Due to the power of ultimate magic, second-circle wizards had a significant advantage when learning spell models developed by wizards within the same lineage.

They could even unleash more power from these spell models than others.

For a second-circle wizard, there’s the support of the Root Realm, the support of the Academy, and the support of the Academic Lineage.

It seems that the entire second-circle wizarding stage is inseparable from support.

At this moment, in the southeastern corner, Locke’s Ancient Tree Fruit clone suddenly changed the spell he was casting, chanting an incantation. Simultaneously, the magical plant, Pinellia, was wielded. In an instant, a star emitting red light seemed to appear above Pinellia.

A burst of fire erupted from Pinellia’s Buddha Flame Bud.

In just a moment, the blazing fire invaded the body of the Frost Bone Dragon. The scorching spiritual energy swirled around each of its icy blue bones, turning them red. Then, the blazing fire condensed at the Frost Bone Dragon’s throat, and then surged towards the dragon’s skull.

Wizard Berber was stunned.

“Sharpening your weapon at the last minute?”

“Did you send your main body to learn the spell model while you were fighting me? You clearly didn’t know this spell model before.”

Locke had originally planned to learn the Pinellia’s accompanying spell model, but he hadn’t had time to do so before.

After wielding the Pinellia, Locke sensed that when he used the spell model “Summer Grass and Mars,” he could simultaneously draw upon the power of his Peach Blossom Thorn Arrow and the Sacred Dragon Star, merging them with the botanical spell of the Pinellia in his hand.

The Peach Blossom Thorn Arrow was originally an important component of his Evolution Moon.

Thus, the Evolution Moon—Summer Grass and Mars—Sacred Dragon Star appeared, their three powers combined, causing his attack spell to surge in power, as if a massive magic rune had been added!

Wasn’t this essentially giving him an extra massive magic rune?

No wonder it was a spell developed by his senior from the same lineage.

This magic was simply perfect for him.

The first version was already so powerful; he couldn’t imagine how powerful the current third version was.

The core of this spell was using the Pinellia and Mars star positions to connect his massive magic with the spell model of the Sacred Dragon Star.

His senior brother, the wizard Trajan, was also a man of great ambition, directly revealing this special spell model; it seemed to be an important research achievement of his.

It was thanks to this research that he became a Sun Ring Wizard at Golden Crown Mountain.

Of course, his free magic book didn’t actually contain a detailed record of this special spell model structure. This spell structure model was sealed away.

When he studied it, he could only learn it, not decipher it.

But the book mentioned that Wizard Trajan had articles in the paid section that publicly revealed the details of the spell model, but it required a large amount of contribution points.

It required certain permissions and special contribution points to read, because it was published in the top-tier second-ring publication.

Wizards outside of Golden Crown Mountain would need to pay exorbitant subscription fees to read the premium publication.

After the fiery aura exploded on the Frost Bone Dragon’s head, Locke immediately summoned the Rose Dragon, using the “Unable to Support a Single Tree” model to control it, and flew to the wizard’s side. Taking advantage of the wizard’s unpreparedness, he swung his Half-Summer sword at him, trying to end the battle quickly.

‘Although his magical pressure is higher than mine, he’s too old.’

‘He moves slowly, and he has to consider whether his remaining lifespan can support his actions.’

Locke thrust the Half-Summer sword at the Berber wizard.

The next moment, at this crucial juncture, a pair of wizard shoes suddenly appeared on the Berber wizard’s feet. He teleported away, disappearing from his original spot and reappearing

fifty meters away.

The wizard shoes, once activated, immediately caused a pair of golden angel wings to appear on the Berber wizard’s back, and a golden halo to appear above his head.

A large number of light elemental particles accumulated behind him.

The Berber wizard’s old face flushed slightly.

Alas, his illustrious reputation is about to be ruined by these wizard shoes called “Radiant One 40K.”

Locke paused for a moment upon seeing the wizard shoes. If it weren’t for those shoes, the wizard Berber would have miscalculated the instantaneous attack power of his Half-Summer technique.

In his eyes, Berber’s skull dragon couldn’t possibly be instantly severely injured.

So, he had seized the opportunity of Berber’s carelessness and almost dealt him a fatal blow.

But because of those wizard shoes, the plan was ruined.

Locke looked at the wizard shoes and, recalling the sponsorship of the Rose Council and Storm Tower behind the Pale Pilgrimage, suddenly asked, “Is this operation sponsored by the Rose Council?”

The wizard Berber’s gaze sharpened.

“Wizard Locke, what are you saying?”

Locke said, “Those shoes of yours were made by Solas Barefoot, but they’re not any of Solas Barefoot’s currently available wizard shoes.”

“And the uppers of those wizard shoes are made of a fabric I’m familiar with—Cloud Beard Cloth.”

“That’s someone’s invention, and it probably hasn’t been sold yet. For a pair of shoes like that to appear on the feet of a wizard like you, there’s only one possibility.”

“You took on the testing of these wizard shoes. Since you’re testing these wizard shoes now, it’s highly likely that your operation is supported by the Rose Council…”

“There’s nothing in the Southeast Corner that the Rose Council would care about. Hmm… then it can only be the Forbidden Forest. Your Pale Pilgrimage and the Rose Council both have their eyes on something inside the Forbidden Forest?”

He hadn’t expected that his trip back to the Southeast Corner might have led him to stumble upon the Rose Witches’ scheme.

He had to report this to his teacher, the Witch Catherine.

Wizard Berber’s expression turned serious.

He hadn’t expected that simply using a pair of wizard shoes in front of Locke would reveal so much about his abilities.

The war between wizards was a war of information.

Currently, Berber was extremely displeased; being seen through by Locke meant he had been at a disadvantage from the start.

Just a newly minted second-ring wizard.

Just a genius like him in the past.

How could someone who had ascended the mountain mock someone descending it like that!

Berber said indifferently, “Whatever you say.”

He stomped his right foot, and the halo above his head shone brightly. Then, in an instant, he teleported to Locke’s side.

Extending a finger, he pointed—[Corpse Cloak Finger]!

All the death energy of the Great Magic—Burial Land—converged on this one finger. Locke seemed to see the boundless death energy of the entire world converging towards the Burial Land, while the death energy of the Burial Land converged towards this finger.

This was a second-ring spell model infused with Great Magic Runes!

Fifteen thousand magic pressure—that means at least two extremely powerful magic runes!

But there’s also the possibility of more.

The opponent’s first move was aimed at killing him, destroying this clone. The finger touched his body, instantly rubbing violently against the Demonic Dragon Rose, while death energy forcefully passed through the Demonic Dragon Rose’s leaves, striking him.

He felt as if he were trapped in boundless death energy.

The Berber wizard’s eyes were icy. As Locke was engulfed by the boundless death energy of the Burial Ground, he immediately launched his second attack. He chanted a spell, using the necromancy spell “Summon Dragons.”

Supported by the boundless death energy, it dissipated from Locke’s body, transforming into three gates to the underworld, each with three ordinary bone dragons behind it.

This was the maximum number of dragons he could summon after a thousand years of research, utilizing his existing magic pressure and the combined effect of the two second-circle spells infused with extremely powerful magic runes.

Then, he used his final second-circle spell infused with extremely powerful magic runes—the Death Energy Dragon Orb.

The deathly aura emanating from Locke transformed into four dragon orbs, entering the bodies of the four bone dragons. Immediately afterward, the four bone dragons simultaneously unleashed their modified dragon breath at Locke.

That breath was also deathly aura.

The Berber wizard’s eyes were cold; he attacked with all his might.

He didn’t have much time, so he could only forcefully kill Locke, and also to quell the anger he felt towards this young man who had caught up with him in such a short time, an offense against him.

“The Pale Pilgrims possess sophisticated necromancy techniques. The Pale Pilgrims’ bone magic is not just a summoning spell. We death mages cannot simply be a group of summoners of undead creatures. Therefore, the Pale Pilgrims long ago changed their role from summoners to experts in the engineering and modification of undead creatures.”

The four bone dragons behind the Berber wizard each had a gray-black dragon orb inside their core, seemingly embedded in their chests, like the round belly of a Sun-Shepherd Dragon.

These bone dragons had clearly been modified by him.

Berber the wizard, panting, said, “In my cycle of death, Augustine, even your true form will be in serious trouble.”

“I…I am a dark wizard. Since I’ve made my move, I’ll go all the way.”

“I’ll kill your clone, and I’ll kill your true form too.”

Berber the wizard’s eyes gleamed with malice and glee.

“The world of the Second Ring is so cruel; a single misstep can lead to death or crippling. Hahahaha…Let me teach you a lesson.”

At this moment, Hussein was struck down from the sky by Isaac the wizard, crashing into the ground in front of Locke and creating a deep crater-like impact hole.

Isaac the wizard laughed loudly, “I told you long ago, don’t try to fight us.”

“Come back with me.”

At this moment, Locke’s main body also felt a wave of death energy rushing towards his soul.

The Berber wizard initially seemed to only want to suppress his clone, but after just one exchange, he directly attacked his main body, clone, and powerful magic with deadly force.

Locke’s main body, located on Golden Crown Mountain, had a strange expression.

“Since this is the Rose Witch’s move, we really can’t ignore it.”

“After all, she’s my teacher’s academic enemy.”

“That black wizard’s idea is good, but he forgot one thing: my main body’s magic pressure is 16,000, which is higher than his. Moreover, my total magic pressure is also higher than his.”

Because of the Forest Sanctuary, Locke’s total magic pressure is much higher than that of wizards of the same level.

At this moment, Locke channeled the death energy into his Forest Sanctuary, letting it impact his Forest Sanctuary, while he used the life energy generated by the ancient forest composed of thousands of first-ring wizards, tens of thousands of apprentice magic plants, and a second-ring ancient tree of life within the Forest Sanctuary to directly counter the torrent of death energy.

A fierce glint flashed in Locke’s tiger-like eyes.

Using his powerful perception, he detected a minor flaw in Berber’s spellcasting model: the torrent of death energy was easily countered.

“Berber’s so-called millennium is just a millennium of constant regression, wandering among the lower-level wizards… a meaningless millennium.”

“Repeating the same thing repeatedly only makes you proficient, but also solidifies bad habits. Only by leaving your comfort zone and constantly breaking through can you truly say you’ve worked hard for a millennium.”

At this moment, Locke naturally didn’t value Berber’s so-called millennium of experience.

Aside from the wizard’s shoes, which genuinely surprised him and put him at a disadvantage, Berber’s magic hadn’t impressed him much.

It seemed that over the past millennium, he had been constantly improving in the same place and constantly dominating weaker opponents, long since losing the normal level expected of a second-circle wizard.

The next moment, the surging life force from the Forest Sanctuary erupted from Locke, directly counterattacking Berber.

In an instant, various vines began to sprout from all four skeletal dragons, and Berber himself was also impacted.

He cried out, instantly realizing his mistake.

“Wait, the magic pressure of your main body is… 16,000? No, it’s 19,000…”

“A forest… an ancient forest, the total magic pressure behind you is much greater than that of a normal second-circle wizard!”

The next moment, Locke took advantage of the dimensional portal opened by the torrent of death energy, and through the torrent of life energy, blew in a large number of tree seeds from his Forest Sanctuary, along with a sliver of moonlight from the Evolutionary Moon.

Locke immediately used the Evolutionary Moon to stimulate the seeds, and used the Moon Cultivation Method to make the seeds undergo a leap in evolution!

He not only wanted to kill the wizard Berber, but also wanted to take advantage of this magical loophole to directly establish a branch base of the Forest Sanctuary in his plane!

This was a rough idea he had previously had.

But only by doing it could he know whether it would succeed and how to adjust it.

Therefore, seeing that the wizard Berber had rushed out to be his experimental subject for free, Locke immediately accepted it and made his move!

(End of this chapter)