Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 982

Chapter 974 The 78th Floor of the Unclaimed Abyss and the Great Slimming Down of the Silver-Clad Peach Garden

In the key laboratory, a week later in Wizarding World time, Locke, the witch Planknia, and the wizard Moromotota completed the cultivation and breeding of the upgraded version of the Dark Gold Dragon Claw and the Air Pineapple Wizard Shoes. They also completed the Abyss version of the Black Hummingbird and made it breedable.

Because the Dark Gold Dragon Claw and Air Pineapple have the 2.0 Abyss Devourer, it is relatively simple to hybridize their own Air Pineapples and transfer the corresponding Abyss Eye.

This is equivalent to a special magical plant energy-producing organ that can be stored and can be integrated into all their Air Pineapple creations at any time through hybridization. Locke looked up at the sky of the 78th layer of the Abyss and saw that the Supreme Eye Demon’s avatar, the Great Abyss Form, and the Saint Avatar of the God of Oser Terra were engaged in fierce battle. The power of the two sides clashed back and forth, half of the entire plane was filled with holy light, and the other half was filled with the Eye Demon’s Abyss energy. The armies of both sides also fought together.

Locke was already quite familiar with the power of the Beholder race. He carefully observed the paladins of the Persepolis divine race who wielded so-called divine magic, and discovered that they seemed to have established some kind of two-way channel with their gods, based on a bridge of faith. The Paladin God could receive their faith power, while they could receive divine magical energy transformed from this faith power through the Paladin God’s divinity, divine nature, divine office, and divine fire.

This divine magical energy allowed them to cast certain magical powers, which were essentially simplified versions of some kind of divine power.

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but often possessed some characteristics of divine power. Therefore, Locke judged that these paladins’ combat strength should be considerable, and that their divine magical attacks were particularly effective against spirits. One of their favorite moves, the Holy Slash, simultaneously struck the enemy’s body and spirit—this was neither an ordinary physical attack nor an ordinary magical attack.

Locke watched the war, pondering how best to describe this method of divine magical attack.

It was like a form of staged accident.

In the endless void, when civilizations clashed, a battle between individuals was usually a fight between two different individuals from two different civilizations, using physical and mental strength—a battle between two people.

But those paladins had gods, the divine realm, and a divine magical system behind them. Therefore, a battle between one person and another was equivalent to using one’s personal strength to fight against the divine magical system behind the opponent.

The divine aura of the opposing god constantly collided with and overwhelmed the spiritual aura of the person behind the attack.

Locke deduced that if this group of Bewitching Demons weren’t fighting on the Abyss’s home turf, their disadvantage would likely be even greater. These divine magic users possessed a kind of cheat-like combat power.

Fighting these divine magic users wasn’t fighting them, but rather fighting the system behind them.

In other words, you thought you were fighting a one-on-one duel, or just fighting their legion, but you didn’t realize you were fighting their civilization.

It was a very special perception.

If Locke hadn’t carefully observed these past few days, it would have been difficult to notice this subtle detail.

At this moment, Planknia ran towards Locke and said, “Teacher Augustine, I’ve packed everything.” “We can retreat now.”

A holy wave swept in from afar, heading towards Planknia. Planknia’s pupils suddenly shrank, because this was the aftershock of the slash from the avatar of the Holy Knight God. Originally aimed at the Supreme Bewitching Demon; Great Abyss, after the Supreme Bewitching Demon; Great Abyss dodged it, it crossed space-time and phases, slashing towards her.

The Persepolis gods are a Void race, possessing a highly advanced civilization. Therefore, traversing different phases of the same space is not a challenge for them.

Faced with the Holy Slash, now largely depleted of its energy, Planknia’s pupils constricted sharply. Her Water Cloud Barrier automatically activated, absorbing energy in an attempt to deflect the extraordinary divine power: the Holy Slash. However, the Water Cloud Barrier shattered instantly; it was a weakened Sun Ring-level spell attack.

What ability did a first-ring wizard have to deflect it with her permanent defensive field?

At that moment, Planknia instinctively used a life spell to protect the ring on her hand. This astral ring contained two types of fertile seeds from Locke’s Air Pineapple Wizard Shoes, and a Dark Gold Dragon Claw containing the key energy-producing cells of the Abyss Devourer 2.0; Air Pineapple. In this critical moment, this thought flashed through Planknia’s mind.

“If I lose these experimental materials, the teacher will definitely be angry, and might even ask me to leave the lab. I must protect them.” But when Planknia looked up, she immediately saw a holy slash coming towards her in her pupils.

The holy slash was a beam of light, a beam of light that seemed to be composed of the spiritual light of countless believers, yet it also seemed to be the light emanating from the pupils of the Holy Knight God, Oser; Terra. The spiritual light of the believers and the light in the god’s pupils seemed to be two sides of the same coin, possessing a strange synchronicity.

That was the power of a civilization entirely different from the endless void—the power of the Void Nomads, a civilization that had been entangled with the wizarding world for countless ages, and the second all-encompassing adversary the wizards had ever encountered.

A look of panic flashed in Planknia’s eyes.

“Oh no, I’m going to die.”

She even felt a sense of absurdity, because she had finally managed to enter the renowned Locke Augustine’s laboratory, relying on many favors and putting in a great deal of effort. She had succeeded, and on the day of her success, she had worked diligently in the laboratory for three consecutive days as a reward for herself. And now she was about to die.

Was she too useless?

Or was her teacher’s laboratory simply too dangerous?

The next moment, the wizard Moromuta suddenly rushed in front of her, seemingly using some precious teleportation artifact. At the same time, a shield appeared in front of him; the shield had originally been his finger… The ring he wore suddenly enlarged, transforming into a defensive magical artifact. “Crack!”

The defensive artifact, [Jumela’s Ring Shield], worth 1.1 million magic stones, shattered instantly, breaking in two, its internal magical energy dissipating.

The wizard Moromuta’s eyes immediately showed visible heartache.

When he turned to look at Planknia, he saw a pair of large, howling dragon-birds behind her; clearly, even without his intervention, Locke had been able to save Planknia.

The wizard Moromuta looked at Locke, his eyes flickering.

Locke, in turn, looked at him thoughtfully.

“Just now, Wizard Moromota seemed even more concerned about Planknia than I was. My earlier guess was right; this guy didn’t join my team for me, although that might be a side goal, but his main reason for joining was Planknia. But I’ve looked at their resumes; they’ve never met, and their lives are completely unrelated, meaning there’s absolutely no personal connection between them.”

“Then it’s for the Senate’s scheme.”

“It seems this student my teacher gave me has the Senate’s backing. But what kind of backing? Why target wizards on our Academic Committee? And Planknia seems very important to them. Could it be related to Planknia’s special talent—her ability to identify magical plant seeds more easily than ordinary wizards?”

Locke pondered. “Does my teacher want me to figure this out for her instantly? That’s fine. And these two are indeed very useful. With a little manipulation, I can even get some resources from the Senate.”

“Next, the Senate will likely clash with the teacher because Antoine found the Super Planet Project. Antoine’s magical pressure will also increase rapidly due to the massive investment of magical resources. To complete the teacher’s sub-project, I still need to earn his trust.” Locke said to the two, “Mr. Moromuta, Planknia, you should take the magical plants and leave. I need to close this laboratory.” The wizard Moromuta quickly replied to Locke, “Yes, Lord Augustine. I will protect Ms. Planknia.”

“Don’t worry.”

“This is all to protect our team.”

Locke nodded, then looked at the Holy Knight God located in the 78th layer of the Abyss, because that attack was definitely intentional. When Locke tried to close the laboratory, the fragments of divine faith that had scattered into it began to transform into invisible golden phantom bridges of spiritual energy, forcibly erecting and preventing Locke from closing the laboratory.

A red light appeared throughout the small world, clearly a warning from the key laboratory.

Locke stood within this phase space, meeting the gaze of the Holy Knight Lord across the void.

In that single glance, Locke understood the other’s intentions.

After dealing with the Bewitching Clan, he would then use this phase space to attack him.

As the God of Paladins, the god of justice in the Terra pantheon, he would never let go of the slightest opportunity to eliminate evil, so he intended to destroy both Locke and the Bewitching Clan simultaneously.

Therefore, he deliberately killed Planknia, firstly to provoke Locke, and secondly to prevent him from leaving.

The God of Paladins’ eyes were extremely cold, icy, and ruthless; he simply wanted to eliminate Locke and the others, as he already considered them evil.

Since he was the God of Paladins, he would never avoid battle.

It was simply a matter of order.

The Holy Knight God blasted a Star Ring Eye Demon to pieces with a single punch of his left hand. “These evils must be eliminated. Eye Demons wreak havoc everywhere, inciting war and betrayal, while the Nightmare Legion’s rampant invasion of other worlds must also be eradicated. If we can enter that key laboratory through this phase space, we can even infiltrate their laboratory and then their world

, opening up a new battlefield.” “I will turn this small matter into a big one.” Countless flashes of light appeared around the Holy Knight God, exploding like bubbles before shattering. These countless flashes forced back the Supreme Eye Demon; Great Abyss, who brandished its Eye Demon Scepter, casting spells as it retreated.

Its cloak fluttered, and its crown released evil power amidst the holy light.

The Supreme Eye Demon; Great Abyss said, “You’re attacking that Lurker? You want to fight two against one?”

The Supreme Eye Demon seemed to become unusually angry, and because of this anger, the size of its avatar increased again, and its pupils emitted demonic light. The Holy Knight God, Oser Terra, stated frankly, “Only after eliminating all the Eye Demons will I lead my army to destroy the Nightmare Legion.” “Everything has its order.”

“Kill you first, then kill him.”

The Supreme Eye Demon’s Abyss Form is an extreme combat form that allows the power of the abyss to permeate his soul, granting him greater possibilities. Each Abyss Form of a Lord of the Abyss Plane generates Abyss Power.

At this moment, the Supreme Eye Demon used his Abyss Power—the Causal Reversal Vision.

The movement of his eyeballs released a dazzling demonic light, instantly blasting the Holy Knight God away. Because of the causal reversal, the Supreme Eye Demon concentrated his faith power, borrowed divine fire, condensed divine power, and then bestowed divine magic upon mortals, reversing the situation so that he gained divine power because of mortals. This was a terrifying causal reversal.

Immediately, a question arose in the hearts of all believers: did they become Holy Knights because of the Holy Knight God, or did the emergence of Holy Knights lead to the appearance of the Holy Knight God?

The Holy Knight God immediately sensed his divine power waning.

His actions allowed Locke to begin shutting down the laboratory, as the divine power he had left in that phase was shattered by the Supreme Beholder’s gaze.

The Holy Knight God looked at the Supreme Beholder in confusion, for the Supreme Beholder was actually helping the wizard close the laboratory.

The Supreme Beholder was furious. “How dare you underestimate our Beholder race!”

“I am the greatest eye in the endless void, how dare you mock and belittle us? In your eyes, is the Nightmare Legion more threatening than my Beholder dynasty? You treat me as an appetizer and him as the main course!” “And

what’s worse, you want to eat two dishes at once!”

“Everyone says we Eye Demons aren’t good at head-on combat, but today I’ll show you our highest level of head-on strength!”

The Holy Knight God discarded his cracked divine weapon and drew a divine sword from his back.

“Ridiculous.”

“Incomprehensible.”

“Holy Slash!”

A Holy Slash swept from left to right, cleaving space in two. This was the ultimate power amplified by the peak magical pressure of the Sun Ring and special divine power. With this single strike, countless Eye Demons were cleaved in two, and even the Supreme Eye Demon was sent flying.

His avatar collided with the slash, then spun from left to right. His so-called highest level of head-on combat strength was clearly not displayed, or rather, it was impossible for him to fight the Holy Knight God of the Terra pantheon, who excelled in head-on combat.

“Ah…” The Supreme Eye Demon’s

avatar screamed in agony. He immediately abandoned the idea of continuing the head-on melee, because if this continued, his avatar would be cleaved in two.

The Supreme Eye Demon’s pupils once again emitted demonic light.

Causal Reversal Vision!

Was he sent flying by the blade, or did he intentionally fly backward?

This was the second time he had reversed cause and effect; the powerful pressure of cause and effect weighed on his pupils, causing tears to stream from his eyes and his vision to deteriorate.

“I can’t see clearly.”

Because he had used Causal Reversal, the Supreme Eye Demon had directly escaped the Holy Slash, but he noticed his vision had deteriorated from 5.0 to approximately 3.0.

He saw only shadows.

However, this meant the Holy Slash was ineffective against him in this battle.

The Supreme Eye Demon cunningly used his telekinesis to grab a piece of natural glass, placing it in front of his eyes, allowing him to see many things clearly.

This was an inspiration he had received in a plane of the endless void.

The Supreme Beholder looked smugly at the god of the Persepolis pantheon before him. By twisting two lines of causality in succession, he had already severely weakened the divine power of this Terra god, renowned for his pantheon of faith. If the fight continued like this, the opponent’s true form might even lose its divine power. The Supreme Beholder said, “Hahaha, if you keep fighting me like this, your hypocrisy will be exposed.”

The Holy Knight God looked at the Supreme Beholder and realized he had somewhat underestimated the Supreme Beholder’s combat power. This Great Abyss form could push the Beholder race’s potential to the limit, a technique that could only be used in the Abyss’s homeland. It was indeed quite capable. Fortunately, it wasn’t the Beholder’s true form that remained in this plane; otherwise, the Beholder could have risen to the third ring level and possessed an even more powerful ability to twist causality.

A sacred ray of light shone from the realm of the gods, piercing the sky above the Abyss of a Thousand Eyes and illuminating his head. That ray of light fell upon him, and his divine power surged. He addressed the entire legion of paladins, saying, “Even if your cause and effect have been distorted, have you forgotten what justice is? I believe justice still flows in your hearts.”

The paladins, whose hearts had been filled with confusion, instantly felt their spirits lifted.

The God of Paladins declared, “I am justice, I am your faith.”

“Where the heart is, there the holy light shines.”

“You must believe in yourselves.”

Instantly, the paladins were no longer confused. They had indeed been distorted by cause and effect, and had fallen into bewilderment, but now they all believed in their own unwavering commitment to justice—a faith born from their own beliefs, from their own choices, and that faith was real and undeniable. A ray of light seemed to shine down from the heavens onto the mortal realm, illuminating the God of Paladins, Oser Terra, and then the holy light from the hearts of countless paladins shone upon Oser Terra.

The Supreme Beholder was dumbfounded. He hadn’t expected this to be different from his previous attempts to incite his followers to betray Oser.

This time, he used the same method, yet his opponent remained completely unaffected.

Oser Terra coldly stared at him.

“You regard us as lies, you see us as ordinary civilizations in the endless void, those easily deceived by you, but you are wrong. We are the most perfect Terra pantheon among the Persepolis gods.”

“Every one of my followers understands the way of the paladin.”

“You’ve distorted cause and effect, but can you distort their hearts? We are not comparable to those mere second-ring civilizations. Your methods are utterly ineffective against our civilization.”

The next moment, the Supreme Beholder was struck again by the Holy Slash and sent flying.

The Supreme Beholder was stunned.

He was truly helpless in this situation, because his double causal inversion was still intact, yet this Holy Slash directly harmed him—he couldn’t understand it!

Just as the Holy Slash was about to cleave it in two, the Supreme Beholder’s avatar used Triple Causal Reversal to reverse the causal relationship between its avatar and its true form, then summoned its true form to fight the opponent as a third-circle being.

Its vision steadily declined, from 3.0 to 1.0, then began to drop rapidly.

“Damn it. My vision isn’t enough to switch my true form. If I had switched it from the beginning, I could have done it…” The Supreme Beholder panicked.

“Is my homeland going to be completely destroyed by these bastards? My Great Abyss Form is going to be lost too? What do I have left?”

But the next moment, the Holy Slash, imbued with the holy light of all the dwarven paladins, fell towards its eyes.

The dwarven paladins shouted, “Kill! Kill! Kill!”

The Paladin God, Oser Terra, smirked.

It was over. The Supreme Beholder

‘s avatar had been killed, its Great Abyss Form shattered, and now the remaining beholders could be wiped out, followed by the Nightmare Legion that hadn’t yet fully shut down the laboratory.

However, this attack should leave few beholders alive.

His strike was a combination of Holy Slash and the transcendental divine spell: Sinister Strike.

Sinister Strike targets the entire beholder race; it will strike the Supreme Beholder and all beholders.

Even if the Supreme Beholder’s physical form survives, his beholder dynasty will be annihilated.

At that instant, Locke suddenly acted, throwing five newly concocted Name Potions out of the phase space. The five potions exploded, turning into mist and a great wind that swept towards the beholders and dwarves, sweeping towards countless beholders and dwarves. The

Holy Knight God looked on in confusion, but he didn’t stop or interfere. He was merely a Star Ring Wizard with limited resources; the Supreme Beholders of the Sun Ring level and their legions were the most pressing enemies. Even if a Star Ring Wizard caused trouble from the rear, the casualties wouldn’t be too great.

Just as Oser Terra was thinking this, his full-force attack landed on the head of the Supreme Eye Demon, but it couldn’t penetrate any further. He looked into the Supreme Eye Demon’s pupils, revealing anger and disbelief.

“That wizard…”

“He can actually see… a junior member of the Nightmare Legion! He can actually see him!”

The Supreme Beholder was stunned, because he hadn’t expected his enemy to suddenly freeze in place, as if under control, even when he had the upper hand.

The God of Paladins swallowed hard. He dared not bring down his mountain-sized Holy Slash, because Locke’s Name Potions weren’t any form of attack; they had merely imbued the Beholder’s spirit into the dwarves.

The principle of the Holy Slash was to simultaneously attack the enemy’s body and spirit, tracking a specific spirit to precisely target and kill a particular race or group, aiming for the ultimate divine purpose of completely annihilating all evil.

But the problem was, that wizard had exploited this mechanism, imbuing the Beholder’s spirit into the dwarven paladins.

With this strike, at least a third of his dwarven legion would be killed by him.

Oser Terra is someone who sees the elimination of evil as his highest mission. Therefore, even in such a situation, he would normally weigh the pros and cons, considering whether to eradicate evil completely and make necessary sacrifices to commit the necessary evil.

However, the problem is that his karma was previously distorted by the Supreme Eye Demon, and that karma hasn’t been distorted back yet.

He continues to gather power by using the justice in the hearts of many paladins, but he himself is now bound by that very justice. Regardless of what the gods are like, the dwarves’ understanding of justice is that justice wouldn’t do such a thing, wouldn’t actively slaughter its own people.

Therefore, he cannot bring himself to strike.

Oser Terra thought to himself, “Indeed, these wizards are far too evil.”

Locke met Oser Terra’s gaze across the distance, and both instantly understood each other’s eyes. Locke was telling him, “You dare attack my student? Then I will make you pay the price.”

Locke had said that if someone attacked him, it was a declaration of war.

Oser Terra believed that as a Star Ring wizard, he dared not truly fulfill this promise, nor did he have the power to significantly alter the course of the battle. But Locke proved him wrong.

Because Locke also had a civilization behind him

—a wizarding civilization.

Due to the nature of divine magic, this transformed their battle into a battle between civilizations.

And Locke cleverly used… Using all he could, he schemed and outmaneuvered the high and mighty Holy Knight God, causing him to encounter trouble at the most crucial moment.

The Supreme Eye Demon, recovering from its shock, immediately gathered all its power.

Like an abyssal demonic eye, it unleashed a twisted causality towards the Holy Knight God’s avatar. Instantly, the Holy Knight God’s avatar began to crumble under this twisted causality.

A massive explosion of divine power was about to occur.

Countless low-level eye demons converged on the Supreme Eye Demon, trying to protect it, while Oser Terra waved his hand, intending to use his last bit of divine power to send his legion back to the divine realm. He opened a gate to the divine realm in the sky.

“This time, due to the alliance of two evil forces, our battle has failed. I declare the Nightmare Legion the chief of all evil.”

“Young wizard, I will remember this. Perhaps we will meet again on the Void Battlefield,”

the Holy Knight God Oser Terra said coldly and angrily.

The Supreme Eye Demon, protected by numerous other Eye Demons, sought to find the person who had infiltrated this level of the Abyss. He still couldn’t confirm the person’s identity, but he had confirmed that the individual was a wizard from the Nightmare Legion who had used the key laboratory. With this information, and given his influence in the wizarding world, it would be relatively easy to uncover the person’s identity.

A flicker of apprehension crossed the Supreme Eye Demon

‘s eyes. However, he was currently dealing with the self-destruction of the Holy Incarnation of the Holy Knight God.

At that moment, countless flashes of light appeared around the Holy Knight God’s avatar—divine power—Holy Flashes.

Since this avatar was doomed, he might as well use this last bit of power to do something.

Flashes of light appeared like bubbles around him, then exploded throughout the 78th level of the Abyss, buying time for his dwarven Holy Knight Legion to retreat.

Seeing this, the Supreme Eye Demon’s eyes widened in fury, bloodshot.

Oh no!

The natural glass stone floating before his eyes shattered. “My eyes… the light is too blinding.”

The next moment, Locke, in the key laboratory, also sensed the earth-shattering holy light. It was holy light transformed from the power of faith through the divine authority of Oser Terra, burning all enemies with each flash. With each flash, a group of low-level beholder demons would have holy fire transformed from the holy light appear on their bodies. This holy fire was extremely effective against the power of the abyss.

The holy fire even burned on the surface of the sea of blood, threatening to scorch the abyss environment into white.

The avatar of the Holy Knight God aimed at the Supreme Beholder, “Demons, this is the power of civilization.”

“Ending Holy Script!”

Holy light transformed into a divine script and descended from the sky, landing on the Supreme Beholder’s head. He intended to seal the Supreme Beholder in this layer, sealing it before the Holy Avatar was sealed.

Meanwhile, Locke, in the key laboratory, finally shut it down amidst a series of flashing red lights and warning sounds.

As the small world vanished, the last blinding holy light and the surrounding abyss disappeared from Locke’s sight. Locke was now floating at the end of an empty star trail, with Planknia and the wizard Moromuta still in a state of shock beside him. Planknia breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the world disappear.

“Professor Augustine, it’s finally over. It seems that the gods didn’t catch up with us in the end.”

The wizard Moromuta also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Mr. Locke, we’ve successfully brought back our gains this time. Our experiment was a perfect success. It seems we can temporarily put our research on the 78th layer of the abyss on hold?” Locke

then fell into deep thought.

“Originally, I really wasn’t planning on entering the 78th level of the Abyss.”

The Supreme Eye Demon’s Great Abyss Form left a deep impression on Locke. The power it possessed to distort cause and effect, that sun-ring-level power, left an indelible mark on him. Only someone like Oser could withstand three consecutive attacks from the Supreme Eye Demon’s power.

If he were hit even once, it would be disastrous; he wouldn’t be able to cope at all.

So Locke really wasn’t planning on entering the Abyss again.

This time, entering the 78th level of the Abyss to hybridize pineapples was a bit risky, and he unexpectedly witnessed the power of the Persepolis gods and the Supreme Eye Demon’s Great Abyss Form. This was a level of strength that he couldn’t catch up to for the time being, a power far exceeding his current level.

There was just one problem.

It seems the God of Paladins sealed away the avatar of the Supreme Beholder before his own avatar exploded?

That means the 78th layer of the Abyss is now devoid of a Demon Grand Duke?

Locke fell into deep thought.

“The avatar of the Supreme Beholder was sealed, and the Holy God of Paladins’ avatar was destroyed. The dimensional portal from the 78th layer to the first layer, the Wilderness of Ten Thousand Demons, was closed by the Supreme Beholder himself during his battle with the Paladin army. He should have reopened it after the battle… because his true form needs that portal to return to that layer. Without it, he would have to descend layer by layer, and if even one Demon Grand Duke refuses…” “

he wouldn’t be able to return.”

So, the 78th layer of the Abyss is currently a no-man’s-land?

Locke realized this and suddenly understood that he could re-enter that layer’s special phase through the key laboratory. Although he himself couldn’t leave, he could take advantage of the now-no-man’s-land of the 78th layer as a laboratory, turning it into his experimental nursery.

Conducting experiments on the 78th floor has several advantages.

It’s a vast reservoir of plant factors, and since there’s no need to worry about polluting wild magical plants, there’s no need for an ethics application.

Secondly, the Abyss of a Thousand Eyes is a unique environment, meaning he can utilize its unique features for various experiments. Having that location gives him more options, perhaps allowing him to publish more articles in the future.

Of course, this is all predicated on the Supreme Eye Demon being unable to return to the 78th floor for the time being.

Locke made his decision.

“I still can’t be sure what happened there. Next time, I’ll send my clone into the lab, create a parallel world on the 78th floor, enter a special phase space, and then test it out. If he’s truly not there, then the 78th floor will be mine.”

He had previously observed that without the Supreme Eye Demon, the most powerful being there is the Star Ring Eye Demon.

He hadn’t found the Moon Ring Eye Demon, so he didn’t know if it even existed. Perhaps he hadn’t seen it, or perhaps the Supreme Eye Demon wouldn’t allow any Eye Demon to become Moon Ring-level lifeforms, because Moon Ring-level lifeforms would be qualified to compete with him for ownership of that level. He also dared not let his Moon Ring avatar remain on that plane; at that time, he had to use his true form to guard it.

But at this moment, this brought him a certain convenience.

Because if there were no Moon Ring Eye Demons there, only a very small number of Star Ring Eye Demons, then it would be like an uninhabited place for him. After all, at the same level, as a wizard, he didn’t need to fear anyone.

Locke coughed. “Let’s put this matter aside for now. We’ll go into the parallel world of the 78th level of the Abyss again later.”

Wizard Moromuta was startled. They had just escaped death, and Locke was already thinking about entering the 78th level again. Just this one time, they almost got caught up in the war between the Persepolis gods and the 78th level of the Abyss. Wouldn’t it be even more dangerous for them if it happened again? Wizard Moromuta pondered, “Could this be why Locke Augustine is so consistently successful? That’s…too dedicated.” “Well, since I’m in his team, I’ll listen to him. If he’s going all out, I’ll go all out too.”

Wizard Moromuta was actually starting to back down, because in just a short while, he had lost over a million magic stones and faced a life-threatening situation. As a wizard who had never left the key laboratory since birth, he had absolutely no real combat experience and didn’t know how dangerous things were outside. Those battles had already left him with some psychological trauma.

Wizard Moromuta looked at Locke with a respect and fear he himself didn’t realize.

Wizard Moromuta glanced at the witch Planknia.

“The most important person is her. We must protect her from any danger.”

“Oh no. Augustine’s laboratory is so dangerous. Witch Planknia is constantly in mortal danger if she enters it.” “There’s no other way. I can only request more resources from the Senate. Hopefully, it will help.”

When Wizard Moromota saw Locke looking at him, he deliberately distanced himself from Witch Planknia, acting distant, and then respectfully said to Locke, “Lord Augustine, you weren’t injured this time, were you? As your assistant, I suggest you purchase some servants from Star City…” Along the Tianjiang River, in the silver-clad peach orchard, Locke and Terence were talking.

At this moment, Terence was reporting their work to Locke.

Locke glanced at the remaining wizards in the large office and then said to Wizard Terence, “From today onwards, this clone of mine will remain here.”

Wizard Terence was somewhat excited. “Ah, that’s wonderful,”

Locke said. “How’s the enchanting scroll production line I asked you to order coming along?”

Wizard Terence replied, “I’ve already purchased it from the borderlands of Darkness and Light, where there’s a thriving enchanting industry. Two production lines in total, a full set of machines, plus the necessary training personnel. The original price was twenty million magic stones per line.”

Locke raised an eyebrow.

Wizard Terence said, “But I have a friend who told me that was too expensive, so he gave us a cost price, ten million magic stones per line. These two production lines might be using some spare parts, but don’t worry, I’ve checked them all; they’re all brand new, just possibly used as display items.”

Locke nodded slightly. “As long as it doesn’t affect usability, there shouldn’t be any problems.”

“Very good, Terence. With these two production lines, we can make our own Attila’s Chain Lightning enchantment scrolls. I remember that these production lines require specific consumables and templates, so every time we adjust the production of enchantment scrolls, we need to consult with the original manufacturer and pay a service fee, right?”

Wizard Terence nodded. “Yes, Lord Augustine.”

“And if the enchantment spells are too different, they might not even be usable.”

“By the way… Lord Augustine, what should we do about Olaye’s poaching?”

Locke said, “Let Rose go if she wants to. Those people have been taking advantage of us a lot while they were here. Besides that, I want to sell off the existing shops on a large scale. I want you to sell the shops that can still be sold, and close the remaining unprofitable shops on the spot. We need to cut our losses now and keep the remaining shops that we can manage.”

Wizard Terence hesitated for a moment; he was somewhat hesitant.

“Lord Augustine, do we really need to make such a drastic decision? Isn’t it a terrible waste? These shops were all painstakingly acquired from others by the wizards of the past. To just give them up like this… to just give them up like this… I…”