Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 991

Chapter 983 Illusion and Reality, the Yellow Spring Heavenly Wheel Magic!

A second-ring wizard at the White Ice Tower, who was also a senior wizarding instructor at the academy, looked up and immediately asked his assistant, a regular first-ring wizard, “Check the real-time monitoring data from the White Ice Tower…”

The wizard took out a block of ice from his pocket. The ice reflected the reconnaissance capabilities that a high-level wizarding tower, built with billions of millennia of wizarding power, should possess. At that moment, a Frost Eye appeared at the top of the tower next to Rose Building, a tower made of white ice crystals piercing the sky.

This giant Frost Eye immediately peered into the surroundings, observing what was happening.

The regular first-ring wizard chanted a spell, activating the Frost Eye of the White Ice Tower. He observed what was happening around him through the ice block in his hand. “Such a complex magic circle, when was it set up?”

A look of surprise appeared on his face.

“It’s a summoning school magic circle, seemingly summoning something. The magic circle is invisible to the enchanting school’s spell model, but it’s massive in scale. Logically speaking, if it were set up in our White Ice Tower area, we couldn’t have been completely unaware. Sir, the magic circle has been set up and activated. I think it wasn’t activated now, but has been activated for at least an hour.”

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The second-circle wizard and senior wizard instructor in the White Ice Tower next to Locke had a grim expression. He immediately looked at the second-circle wizard from the Tide Great Wizard Tower beside him, who had been watching the show, but was now being glared at.

He quickly said, “This has nothing to do with me.” “

None of our teachers and students know such powerful summoning and enchanting magic. Besides, is it possible for an outsider to do something like this right under the noses of your Wizard Tower’s Frost Eye? I think this is embezzlement. What tricks are you playing now? I think the riverbank of the Frost River was blown up by your White Ice Tower wizards.”

The White Ice Tower’s senior wizard instructor immediately retorted angrily, “Don’t talk nonsense!”

“This is our territory. We have invested in the Rose Building. How could we possibly do anything here? Who did it?” At this moment, the Rose Building shook violently, the building trembling continuously.

The summoning array in the sky was no longer hidden; a huge skeleton appeared in mid-air—the bone of a dragon’s head. Then, three summoning books combined to form a summoning array, summoning a dragon’s head—a total of three dragon heads. Immediately afterwards, the three dragon heads suddenly burst into flames, their soul flames leaping and then, in a very short time, completely engulfing the dragon heads.

The three dragon skulls vanished in the flames.

Then, a massive inverted pentagram magic circle appeared in the sky above the hundredth floor. From within the circle emerged a three-headed skeletal dragon, pale flames leaping from its three heads. This dragon possessed a magical pressure at the Star Ring level. The witch Rose crossed her arms and looked up at the sky with disdain.

“Tch.”

“What the hell? There are dark wizards along the Tianjiang River?”

The president of the Fura Association, standing next to Locke, also looked grim. This opening ceremony of the Rose Building was the result of her meticulous planning; anyone who interfered was provoking her.

A wizard from the Summoning School said, “We might all be mistaken. This isn’t a high-level summoning spell model array from the Summoning School, but rather a summoning array from the Necromancer School. Some of the Necromancer School’s second- and third-level disciplines are derived from the Summoning School, which is why they’re similar. But… looking closely at the final summoning array’s spell model, I realized it’s not from the Summoning School, it’s from the Necromancer School!”

The head of the Fura Association immediately said, “That’s absolutely impossible! The Black Wizard Alliance has been eradicated along the Tianjiang River for many years. Thanks to our efforts, the entire society of this wizarding land has become very developed, peaceful, and law-abiding. How could there still be Black Wizards using Necromancer School spells? Necromancer School magic is completely forbidden here.”

“Roar~”

The three-headed dragon lich in the sky laughed loudly.

“Years of victory have made you white wizards lower your guard.”

“You destroyed a bunch of our phantoms, and then became so arrogant as to think you’d truly wiped us out. Little did you know that while your attention was diverted, we were secretly growing stronger. After all this time, you don’t even know who

our real enemy is.” “Today, your gathering here has given me the perfect opportunity to wipe you all out. Even with the white ice tower nearby, do you dare use your wizard tower’s amplified magic to attack this place? Hahahaha… that would only lead to your mutual destruction. And we’re already dead, we don’t care about that.” “

Just resurrect them with a necromancy spell.”

The three-headed dragon lich suddenly opened its maw, and countless soul flames flew out, raining down like raindrops.

The corpses of the magical beasts killed by Locke, Rose the witch, and the other wizards opened their eyes immediately after being drenched by this rain of souls. These stone-winged evil birds were all resurrected as undead, neither alive nor dead, and given the special soul flames of ghouls, becoming ghoul variants.

The corpses of the Abyssal Spine Dragon and the Copper Hammertail Dragon actually rose from the ground and, after being bathed in the Soul Rain, instantly transformed into two Ancient Bone Dragons.

Star Ring Spell Model – Soul Rain.

Star Ring Spell Model – Bone Dragon Hatred.

This is a spell model that can transform all corpses present into ghouls, neither alive nor dead, by spreading soul energy. Bone Dragon Hatred can forcibly elevate a dragon-type undead creature into an Ancient Bone Dragon, but only if the creature is an undead creature of level two or higher. With this entire combo, the hundredth floor was instantly filled with an army of undead creatures.

The group quickly discovered that the floating staircase of Rose Building was unusable. The first group of wizards who boarded the floating staircase found themselves stuck after descending only a short distance. Looking down, they discovered that many ghouls transformed from Stonewing Evil Birds lay within the core magic circle of the floating staircase, effectively blocking the magic circle.

A wizard tourist exclaimed, “Oh no, we can’t get down. The floating staircase is blocked, and the sky is blocked by that Star Ring-level dragon lich. We’re trapped.”

The dragon lich laughed, “You want to go down? Fine, so be it.”

His three dragon heads simultaneously spewed forth frost dragonfire. The icy blue dragon breath descended, instantly turning the hundredth floor of Rose Tower into a frozen inferno. The floating staircase, struck by the frost, shattered completely, and the wizards on it screamed as they plummeted from the hundredth floor.

At the same time, the frost dragonfire ignited the central passageway of Rose Tower, preventing the wizards from using the permanent defensive field to jump directly from the hundredth floor.

Locke witnessed the entire sequence of events.

“This Star Ring Dark Wizard isn’t from the unspoken rules of this wizarding land, the kind sent by investment banks. His main objective isn’t to destroy Rose Building, but simply to annihilate all the wizards present. Is he just causing trouble? But why now?” Locke guessed that the Tianjiang coastline was likely to hold an important position in the Star Domain Sea’s ascension plan in the future, which was why this small wizarding land had gathered so many forces, and these forces were now embroiled in huge conflicts over it. To some extent, the fact that this usually somewhat inconspicuous wizarding land was now in such chaos was also due to the Star Domain Sea. The Ascension Plan had made this place a target of everyone’s ire.

Hearing the screams of the falling wizards, the Dragon Lich laughed loudly.

He looked at the Summoning School wizards who hadn’t yet reacted, and suddenly extended his skeletal dragon claw, grabbing a Summoning School wizard at the vaporization stage directly into his hand. It was a second-circle spell model, the Necromancer’s Dragon Bone Claw.

The wizard was utterly helpless; Summoning School wizards were generally not very good at melee combat.

The Dragon Lich laughed loudly, “Little wizard, the Summoning School’s superior summoning and our Necromancer’s sacrificial summoning are essentially the same thing, not much different. Remember that next time.”

“I’ll send you to reincarnation.”

He opened his massive mouth, spewing out a wisp of frost dragon breath, about to burn the wizard to death. But the next moment, a wizard’s robe appeared before the wizard. The half-finished robe burst into flames, then froze into dust in the frost dragon breath, slowly shattering into pieces on the ground. Five spiders crawled in the void, rapidly weaving a wizard’s robe by spraying silk from their tails as they moved.

This was the work of the witch Rose, a second-circle spell model: Spider Silk Robe.

The dragon lich tilted its head, and the next moment, when it looked back at the summoning wizard in its claws, it found that the wizard was holding a ball of spider silk.

Hmm?

The three-headed dragon lich surveyed its surroundings, two of its heads chanting defensive spells, summoning walls of bones to protect itself and neutralize the spells launched at it by the wizards.

The third head turned to Rose the Witch and said, “Young witch from out of town, you’re quick on your feet.”

Rose the Witch gave a forced smile and said, “What are you pretending to be, you pale-faced wanderer from the Hidden Spirit Land? Although I don’t know how you set up the sacrificial summoning array here, nor how you escaped the White Ice Tower and my surveillance, I will make you pay the price. There’s just one thing I don’t understand: what is your purpose in attacking this place? You dark wizards and I shouldn’t have any conflict of interest.” The Fura Association President, her face grim, took out a magic umbrella from her astral ring.

“The bigger problem is, we haven’t produced a single dark wizard along the Tianjiang River for at least ten years, and we’ve even applied for related awards. What are you anyway, how could you possibly enter our Tianjiang River region?”

The dragon lich let out a mocking laugh.

A group of dark wizards emerged from various corners of the hundredth floor of Rose’s Building.

The usually ruthless Rose the Witch and the confident senior wizard instructors of the White Ice Tower were both completely bewildered.

Wait,

what’s going on? “

How could this be?

” The head of the Fura Association was furious. “You came from outside?”

She knew it was impossible, because if they were from outside, there would only be a few dark wizards, not so many. The records of the wizard airships were traceable.

Furthermore, the number of wizards from outside entering the Tianjiang coast couldn’t be too large. The Tianjiang coast had few resources, and every resource had a name and a trace. Could someone really live off resources, hiding in a mortal country and starving for years?

Even the undead needed a magical tide concentration gradient to keep their soul fire burning.

The senior wizard instructor of the Tide Grand Wizard Tower had gone from astonishment to complete spectator mode, but he still secretly ordered his students and teachers to gather to prevent any accidents and observe the situation, ready to seize any opportunity to break out or counterattack these suddenly appearing dark wizards.

Wizards from the Sunlit Umbrella Court, the Hundred Demon Scrolls, and other related groups were also mostly observing the situation.

After all, with the dark wizards attacking, the ones who should have contributed the most were the witch Rose, Olayer, and the White Ice Tower, the host.

Especially the wizards of the Tide High Wizard Tower; it would be good enough if they didn’t turn around and attack the White Ice Tower.

Of course, some wizards secretly inquired whether the wizards of the Tide High Wizard Tower were the dark wizards they had hired. The second-circle wizard leading the Tide High Wizard Tower team, of course, vehemently denied it. He couldn’t afford to take the blame; if the association suspected collusion with dark wizards, the ethics review committee would thoroughly investigate their academy.

Meanwhile, the advanced wizard instructors and formal wizards of the White Ice Tower each summoned a white ice tower above their heads. The wizards of the White Ice Tower all studied the same advanced meditation method—the White Ice Tower Advanced Meditation Method—and used the White Ice Tower’s unique Evocation School magic.

The core of this magic was to summon a white ice tower crafted from ice magic. Through this ice tower, they could increase attack range, accumulate magical energy, and increase attack efficiency.

This ice tower had a spiral shape.

Meanwhile, there is a demonic eye at the top of the ice tower.

At this moment, these wizards were attacking the dragon lich and the pale, wandering black wizards nearby, unleashing a barrage of ice spears from the top of the ice tower.

The ice spears rained down.

Meanwhile, the black wizards chanted spells, bending low and striking the ground with their palms, summoning walls of bone to block the ice spears.

The opening ceremony of a commercial building had unexpectedly turned into a chaotic battle between black and white wizards!

The ice spear barrage clashed with the bone walls.

Upon discovering that the bone walls could successfully block the ice spears, the wizards of the white ice tower immediately adjusted their spell model, transforming the ice spears into ice needle spell models. This was a special type of ice magic, a unique magic produced by the ice magic along the Tianjiang River under the influence of humidification. By incorporating the principles of humidification spell models, it transformed solid ice into a special state between liquid and crystal, forming special ice needles. By reducing the absolute damage of these ice needles, their penetrating power was enhanced.

So these ice needles relentlessly rained down from the white ice tower above them like machine guns, piercing through the bone walls and striking the dark wizards directly. Because ice needles can pass through even the smallest gaps,

many dark wizards were instantly struck and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, the second-circle wizard Achillia of the white ice tower smirked.

“You thought being undead meant you were immune to ice magic? But you didn’t expect ice needles to enter a wizard’s body, then travel through countless tiny cracks in his flesh, settling within your bones and joints, creating a sealing effect.”

The three-headed dragon lich let out a mocking laugh.

“Hahaha… All this time, you’ve been so lost in illusion, unable to see reality. Have you ever truly seen the objective world?”

“Hahaha…”

“The victory of illusion and the unreal world have robbed you of your normal senses. I’ve been along the Tianjiang River for a very, very long time. I’ve witnessed the development of every one of your renowned spell models. Do you think I… a master of dark magic, don’t know the strengths and weaknesses of the magic of your White Ice Tower’s Evocation School?”

“Archiian.”

The fallen dark wizards rose again from the ground. The magical rings on their fingers flashed with magical light, and then their entire bodies ignited with soul flames. These soul flames instantly destroyed all the ice needles within their bodies through indiscriminate self-attack. Upon witnessing this scene, the second-ring wizard Achilles froze on the spot. The other party clearly knew the White Ice Tower’s renowned magic, Ice Pine Needles, and had even devised a countermeasure strategy, bringing a magical artifact ring with a counter-effect. Moreover, the other party had even called him by name, proving they were definitely a native wizard from the Tianjiang River region.

But now the problem was even more serious.

So serious that Achilles felt a sense of absurdity.

Hadn’t the Tianjiang River region already announced… that no new dark wizard had been born in ten years?

Was it all… a lie?

Achilles’s eyes darted around, feeling as if his worldview had been shattered. In his understanding, there shouldn’t be a dark wizard alliance on the Tianjiang River region; the eradication of dark wizards was something this wizard had been doing all along.

Why was this happening?

The reality of this world… was illusory…

In Akilian’s daze, the dragon lich appeared before him, its three heads spewing frost and fire at him. The official wizards of the white ice towers beside him paled, hastily chanting spells, their ice towers connecting their energies to summon an iceberg.

The iceberg was shattered by a single swipe of the dragon’s claw.

Their actions had been predicted by the dragon lich!

Akilian reacted instantly, a cold laugh playing on his lips. He suddenly didn’t dodge, charging directly into the frost and dragon’s breath. A layer of frost armor appeared on his body—his permanent defensive force field, the Frost Armor, providing some defense and freezing attacks.

“I let you get close on purpose, dark wizard. Don’t think you see through everything. This is magic my research group has been studying for thirty years. Let’s see what you do now!”

He chanted a spell, and the ice tower above his head began to radiate rays of extremely cold air, forming a speed bump that covered the three-headed dragon lich.

The moment this cold air touched the three-headed skeletal dragon, it froze him, and the effect spread into the dragon’s scales, trying to turn him into a block of ice.

But the next moment, a crack appeared in the frozen block of ice on the three-headed dragon lich’s body, and then it shattered. Then, sharp cracking sounds came from within every bone in the dragon lich’s body. His entire dragon skeleton vibrated, thus shattering the ice block.

The three-headed lich sneered, “Archirian, I know all your magic inside and out. This wizarding land holds no secrets for me, including that ridiculous project you’ve been working on for thirty years and still haven’t finished. It’s one of the few second-ring foundation projects in your academy, isn’t it? A precious legacy left to your academy by your former chief wizarding mentor before he left.”

The next moment, Archilian was engulfed in dragonfire, and he was slapped away.

The White Ice Tower’s wizarding force was instantly scattered by the dragon lich’s tail sweep, while the dark wizards seized the opportunity to attack. By this time, the wizards who had been watching the spectacle had realized something was wrong.

They hadn’t expected the dark wizards, who had been weak along the Tianjiang River for so many years, to suddenly unleash such power, possessing so many wizarding troops and knowing them so well. They couldn’t just sit idly by and watch the White Ice Tower fight off these dark wizards alone; if they didn’t intervene, disaster would surely follow.

After being knocked away, Adrian fell off the wall, his frost armor cracked and torn in pieces. When he stood up again, the frost armor had returned to normal.

The dragon lich was about to fly over and launch another magical attack to completely neutralize the high-level wizard instructor of the white ice tower when, at that moment, a magic umbrella appeared above his head. The Guild Master Fura opened the umbrella and chanted a spell. The umbrella automatically opened above his head, releasing streams of cold, damp rain.

This rain transformed into countless droplets that attacked him, each droplet spinning in mid-air before landing on him and merging directly into his body.

The magic umbrella not only protects against cold and rain but also has storage capabilities. Since Guild Master Fura is a telekinetic mage within the alchemist school, she can naturally use the cold, damp rainwater stored within her umbrella for direct attacks. She extends a finger and spins it continuously. The water droplets attacking the dragon lich in the air converge in mid-air, then miraculously coalesce into a spiral of water waves that envelop the dragon lich. This is a model of the Alchemist school’s telekinetic ring spell – Extreme Cold Rain.

A special alchemical gel material called T1 freezing gel is mixed into this rainwater, shaped like a water sprite. This special rainwater from the Frigid River region, infused with both water and ice magic, explodes upon contact with an enemy, freezing the area within the blast radius.

Because it looks almost identical to ordinary rainwater, it’s indistinguishable and virtually unavoidable. Furthermore, the T1 freezing gel can be used as cover and its impact to strike the opponent.

At this moment, the frigid rain transformed into a spiraling wave of water that struck the three-headed dragon lich. The lich’s permanent defensive force field shell was the [Anti-Life Necromantic Barrier], which only provided basic physical defense against this water magic attack. The barrier was quickly broken, and he was sent flying into the sky.

The rainwater itself didn’t do much to the dragon’s bones, only damaging the joints, but the T1 freezing gel mixed in with the rainwater landed on him, exploding into bursts of cold air that froze the parts of the dragon bones it touched. Then, the magic umbrella that had been thrown into the sky by the frigid rain appeared above the lich’s head.

Red tassels and cherry blossoms hung from the umbrella’s canopy, extending like three red ribbons that bound towards the lich’s body.

Instantly, all three heads of the dragon lich were caught by the red tassels and cherry blossoms on the magic umbrella.

The dragon lich was forced to look up at the magic umbrella and let out a smug laugh.

“Umbrella Witch: Fura.”

“I heard of your fame two hundred years ago. You were once a decent witch, but unfortunately, you lived in peace along the Tianjiang River for too long and became obsessed with the fantasy of your victory over the black wizards. You white wizards deceived us all day long with false justice and unsustainable things, stealing everything from us.”

“Then you skinned us alive and beat us into becoming black wizards. Heh heh heh…”

“How pathetic. What you see and hear is not only false, but also an illusion.”

A pair of angel-like wings appeared behind Fura, but these wings were just fake, merely a Star Ring-level magical artifact called [Sura’s Angel Wings]. She floated in mid-air, behind her were the spell model of Extreme Cold Rain, as well as raindrops manipulated by Extreme Cold Rain and T1 freezing gel. These things looked just like ordinary raindrops.

The magic umbrella spun slightly, and three iron chains extended from it. The umbrella appeared to be a large, composite magical artifact, adorned with numerous magical artifacts. Each of the three chains was different; one chain was an iron ball, crackling with lightning, which hurtled towards the dragon lich’s spine.

Thanks to over five hundred years of accumulation, although Guild Master Fura had remained at this level for a long time, she had also amassed a body full of Star Ring-level magical artifacts. Every chain and every red ribbon she had just used was a Star Ring-level artifact. Even the T1 cryogel was a recent research product from the Tianjiang coast, representing the current pinnacle of gel science, a third-level discipline within the Alchemy School of this wizarding land. The dragon lich felt a sharp pain as its back was struck. The lightning on the chain ending in an iron ball could not only cause physical destruction but also harm its soul.

Guild Master Fura sneered, “You’re finished. Immortality only means the absence of a physical body, but for someone at our level, that means nothing. You are still limited by your soul shell; your body is a shell, and your soul is also a shell…”

At this moment, the iron hammer chain wrapped around the dragon lich’s entire body.

Guild Master Fura looked at the dragon lich and said, “Make those dark wizards surrender. Also, tell me, who exactly are you, where did you come from, why were you able to infiltrate the White Ice Tower, why are you so familiar with the Tianjiang River coast, and where did you obtain this information?” The dragon lich showed no fear; instead, it let out a mocking laugh.

“Even at this point, after seeing it with your own eyes, you still dare not admit that all your White Wizard Guild’s past victories were just your illusions? Guild Master Fura, I want to ask you something: do you believe what your eyes see?”

Guild Master Fura paused, taken aback.

The Dragon Lich said, “Why do you believe that the elimination of black wizards is a fact along the Tianjiang River? Why do you believe that no black wizard has been born along the Tianjiang River for ten years? Did you see it with your own eyes, or did the documents on your desk tell you this?”

“Since it wasn’t something you saw with your own eyes, but only documents on your desk, what makes you so certain that the absence of black wizards along the Tianjiang River is a real and objective fact? That’s the crux of the matter. So far, you actually believe the pile of documents on your desk, believe the analysis reports of your White Wizard Association’s experts, and cannot admit that I, the black wizard, am standing right in front of you, and that the ten years without a black wizard being born along the Tianjiang River is something that never happened.”

“Sigh, Umbrella Witch, I am so disappointed in you.”

“You living beings always boast that your time can advance, while our time is forever frozen at a certain moment. But right now, I feel that you… not only haven’t advanced, but you’ve actually regressed,”

the Association President, Fura, said dismissively. “Ridiculous, and utterly pretentious. I have neither the ability nor the inclination to see everything along the Tianjiang River. I believe the results of rigorously verified investigations are the foundation of everything. If everyone had to see it with their own eyes, what an enormous amount of work that would be! Would I doubt every magical rune? Would I doubt every magical axiom and theorem, and repeat every basic experiment, or re-derive the conclusions?”

“If I don’t trust the data reports, why should I trust you?”

“I don’t know what tricks you’ve used.”

“But I’m sure you’ll tell me those tricks soon.”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t give up resisting, we white wizards will soon have reinforcements. The demon-hunting forces are on their way, and all the black wizards here will be eliminated. No one can save you.”

“So, just tell me honestly, how exactly did you get into the Tianjiang River area, and who gave you that information?”

The dragon lich let out a sneer. “Then we’ll wait and see.”

On the ground, Achilles got up and kept drinking potions to restore his magical pressure. In the battle with the dragon lich, some of the spell models in his mind’s eye had been damaged. The dragon lich’s attacks were truly terrifying; each attack carried powerful negative energy that corroded the enemy.

Achilles felt relieved to see that the Guild Master had controlled the dark wizard.

“As expected of the Guild Master, as expected of the Umbrella Witch.”

“She’s amazing.” “

She controlled that villain with just one move.”

“Now there’s no problem.”

On the other side, Locke was observing the battle. He saw that the Umbrella Witch, Fura, had controlled the Star Ring-level dark wizard and was about to recall the Great Blue Leaf Dragonbirds in the sky to stop fighting the flock of evil birds. But just as he was about to do so, a voice appeared in his ear.

“No.”

Rose the Witch appeared beside Locke. “Are you going to desert the battlefield?”

Locke looked at Rose the Witch with a half-smile and said, “It seems someone else has done it for us. In that case, why fight? Besides, if my Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow is damaged in battle, that would be troublesome. Weapon-type magical plants are judged by their past battle records, and the biggest fear for every newly released magical plant is battle losses. This is a big problem for early sales.”

Rose the Witch didn’t answer, but pointed at the dragon lich and asked, “What do you think his magic pressure is? What about Fula the Witch’s magic pressure?” Locke replied, “That dark wizard’s magic pressure is only a little over 20,000, just an ordinary Star Ring wizard. Fula the Witch’s magic pressure is much stronger than I thought, around 29,000.”

“I wonder if it’s close to 30,000.”

“But Fula the Witch is clearly quite powerful among Star Ring wizards.”

The Star Ring level is so powerful, and the special property of the second ring allowing for unlimited power expansion leads to an extremely large gap between the upper and lower limits of Star Ring wizards.

Fula the Witch has accumulated power for over five hundred years and is also the president of a local white wizard association, making her extremely powerful among Star Ring wizards. Locke said, “While her spell models aren’t fundamentally great, they’ve been honed over time, making them perfectly suited to her. Therefore, in terms of spell models, she’s no weaker than us, and might even be stronger, at least for how she uses them. But when it comes to academic level, that’s a different story. Her spell models are quite ordinary. She’s just accumulated enough time, so her abilities are strong, but this ability can’t be used for academic research, or to develop high-quality magical artifacts and spell models that others can use, let alone theory.”

The witch Rose nodded in agreement, “That’s similar to my assessment of Guild Master Fura.”

“Guild Master Fura is definitely stronger than us right now; even if we join forces, we might not be her match,”

Locke didn’t refute.

It’s a matter of accumulated time.

The Star Ring Wizard is simply too powerful. This level is essentially a reservoir of magical pressure for a specific stage. Locke and Rose are just beginning to accumulate their power; this vast reservoir is only a small amount. Fura, on the other hand, has been accumulating power for five hundred years, and the amount in her reservoir is not to be underestimated.

This is also a matter of level.

In a lower ring state, even if someone accumulates power for a long time, the total magical pressure at that level is limited. At most, they might have more experience and their spell models might be more suited to them, but that’s about it.

There’s little difference in combat power.

But the Star Ring is different.

The maximum magical pressure a Star Ring Wizard can possess is incredibly high. It’s normal for two Star Ring Wizards to have a huge difference in power. For a Star Ring Wizard, an ordinary Star Ring Wizard is roughly equivalent to a powerful god, but a powerful Star Ring Wizard could be at the level of a great god.

Rose the Witch said, “That’s the problem. Guild Master Fura’s strength lies in her five hundred years of accumulated power, her five hundred years of magical energy, not in her spell models or her immense magic. If the enemy understands the weaknesses of all the spell models of the White Ice Tower’s wizards, it means the enemy understands all the problems with Guild Master Fura.” “

Although neither of us can see any major problems with her right now, I believe the enemy has grasped her weaknesses. She is no match for them. And the reason you and I haven’t acted immediately is not hard to guess; I think we’re in the same boat.”

Locke exchanged a glance with her.

First, they were observing the situation. Wizarding battles are battles of information asymmetry; the difference in victory between equals can often be just a tiny bit of information.

Second, they were observing the opponent’s background.

Third, they were assessing whether they could avoid getting involved in this conflict; after all, it’s best to avoid involvement if possible.

Wizards act based on self-interest. If the dark wizards were after someone else, why would they waste their energy? But it seemed the opponent intended to kill everyone present and wouldn’t stop there.

Rose the Witch said, “So I’m convinced this dark wizard attack won’t be easily repelled; they’re aiming to kill all the wizards present. And their goal is likely because the Tianjiang River is one of the seven essential waterways leading to the Star Domain Sea. If the Star Domain Sea’s demonic ascension plan continues, this area will become incredibly prosperous, making control here essential. Dark wizards tend to simplify complex problems and solve them in the simplest way, so their preferred method is conquest.” “

But I still can’t figure out how they got here.”

“Locke, you and I need to join forces.”

Locke suddenly understood. He had heard about this information before, but hadn’t paid much attention, and his teacher hadn’t told him, so he wasn’t entirely clear.

That makes sense; whether it was that mysterious investment bank, these dark wizards, or himself and Rose the Witch, they were all after this crucial waterway.

Locke said, “To be precise, I could easily break out on my own. All I need to do is retrieve the Great Azure Leaf Dragon Sparrow System and leave with the people from Silver Peach Garden. I have that ability; these dark wizards can’t completely seal me off.”

Rose the Witch looked at Locke, lost in thought. She crossed her arms, a smirk playing on her lips, and replied, seemingly unrelated, “Then there’s something to discuss. Let’s make a deal. After all, your reputation for the Magic Plant Platform is already established. If you were to withdraw now, given your personality, you would never agree. And I know you won’t help me without some benefit. Indeed, things are somewhat disadvantageous for me now. You can run away, but I can’t. This Rose Building is mine.”

“State your conditions,”

Locke said succinctly, “Money.”

Rose the Witch said, “That’s impossible. I can’t possibly make a monetary deal with you in this regard. It’s impossible.”

“We need to conduct normal business cooperation. Locke, even if your Magic Plant Platform is opened to other wizards, if I’m not mistaken, we still need to provide professional services and maintenance. Therefore, setting up a maintenance station is essential.”

“I think you don’t just want to sell magical plant extracts; you also want to open repair shops. You want to make money from both ends, you’ll make all the money.”

“I can cooperate with you on this. Although our mission is to get each other’s shop alliance to withdraw from the Tianjiang River, there’s still room for temporary cooperation between us.”

Locke glanced at Rose the witch with slight surprise.

He hadn’t expected Rose to think of this.

Locke said, “To be precise, it’s not just about making money from both ends. Because after opening repair shops, we can also offer parts upgrade services, so we can open parts supply points. Combining repair shops and parts supply points will turn them into magical plant service stations.”

“Making money from three ends.”

Rose the witch said, “You…”

At the same time, a loud rumbling sound suddenly erupted in the sky. The two looked up and saw that the dragon lich had used its ultimate magic. A Ferris wheel composed of six small worlds appeared behind the dragon lich.

“The Six Realms of the Underworld!”