BXBX NOVEL Chapter 379: Moths to a Flame
Chapter 379: Moths to a Flame
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Having advanced to become a high-level Divine Wizard, Yang Ling sat cross-legged on the Great Wizard Altar, silently observing the changes within his body.
His Wizard Core had doubled in size, circulating majestic Wizard Power with every pulse. He could originally only create ten Soul Slaughtering Arrows at one go, but he could now easily create twenty arrows, the range of those arrows increasing to about two hundred steps away.
After shooting out the arrows, Yang Ling managed to pin a few dozen dazed Violent Earth Bears that had not managed to escape far enough away from the restriction onto the ground. Following that, he absorbed their souls for his own use.
In the past, he could only sense movement over a few hundred meter radius. Currently, he could faintly sense the situation within the faraway Jaboli. Even though it was a little hazy, he could still detect the position of Yuna, Sofia and the rest. He could make use of his rich Wizard Power and mental energy and teleport there instantly with his Earth Evasion Technique.
His Wizard Power and mental energy had obviously gotten stronger. However, Yang Ling realized that the changes within the Wizard Pagoda’s Space were even larger after he entered the space!
The entire Wizard Pagoda’s Space had been enlarged several times. Yang Ling could not see an end to the vast forest even after teleporting a few times and traversing tens of thousands of miles.
The sweet little pond of the past had ballooned to a size beyond belief, its blue waters spanning ten thousand miles like the Mediterranean Sea. Soft beach, azure sky, fish that would leap out of the surface of the sea from time to time... They made up the picturesque scene.
Large, large beyond belief, incredibly large!
Yang Ling was overcome with emotion after making his way around the Wizard Pagoda’s Space several times. The Wizard Pagoda’s Space would grow multiple times larger every time he advanced to the next level. If it were to grow at such a rate, he did not know just how large it would become in the future.
When he had first entered the Wizard Pagoda’s Space, he had thought that the area could become his backyard paradise, separated from the world; However, currently, he felt as though he had obtained a vast piece of territory or even a unique world!
The white fog released by the Wizard’s Pagoda had become thicker, the area in which it enveloped also several times larger. After quickly walking into the Wizard’s Pagoda, Yang Ling noticed that the door leading to the fourth level of the Wizard’s Pagoda had indeed opened. There was also a mysterious stele here, just like the three levels below it.
“Tame all living creatures, control the environment, Great Wizard Seal!”
The stele at the third level of the Wizard’s Pagoda primarily recorded the methods used to create Wizard Weapons, while the stele at the fourth level focused on recording high-level Wizard Techniques used by Great Soul Wizards — Great Wizard Seals.
In ancient times, Wizards that trained their souls were the key to whether or not their tribes would be powerful. Unlike splinter classes like the Wizard Warriors, Poison Wizards and Shadow Wizards, top-notch Soul Wizards could tame the souls of every living creature of this world and strived for control over the primal energy of this world.
When judging the abilities of a Soul Wizard, one did not look at how deep his Wizard Power was, or how powerful his mental energy is, but whether or not he has learnt the mysterious Great Wizard Seals.
A Heaven Wizard could set up Illusory Formations to trap sage-level fighters; A Divine Wizard could set up Imprisonment Restrictions to trap a Domain Expert; However, even an Earth Wizard with weak abilities could set up an Illusory Formation to trap Domain Experts as long as he has learnt the Great Wizard Seals.
The strength of the Great Wizard Seals did not lie in allowing the user to cast more Wizard Techniques, or how much it increased the wielder’s Wizard Power; The strength of the Great Wizard Seals lie in its ability to amplify the power of the Wizard Techniques of the wielder tens, or even hundreds of times.
As an analogy, when drawing a ferocious tiger, a technical artist could search for various resources and produce a drawing accentuating the appearance of the tiger; But a brilliant painter could inject soul into the ferocious tiger, fully displaying how merciless and brutal the tiger is!
A Soul Wizard that did not know the Great Wizard Seals is akin to a technical artist, their movements predictable; Soul Wizards who have understood the Great Wizard Seals were like genius painters and could display the true essence of the subject within the same painting!
Looking at the Great Wizard Seals recorded on the stele, Yang Ling sat down cross-legged, beginning his training on the spot. His hand gestures changed continuously. If the Corpse Wizard King and the Dark Dragon King was here, they would realize that the speed in which Yang Ling was changing his hand gestures had increased several times. His movements were fluid like flowing water, dazzling the eyes.
“Great Soul Wizard, Great Wizard Seals!”
Sometime later, maybe as short as an instant, or as long as millennia, Yang Ling slowly opened his eyes, his hands forming a mysterious gesture.
After successfully learning the Great Wizard Seal, even though he did not know just how powerful his abilities got; He was sure that the Corpse Wizard King was no longer a match for him even if he regained his abilities to the peak of the domain-level!
The strength and potential of a high-level Divine Wizard that could use Great Wizard Seals were unimaginable!
“The fourth level of the Wizard’s Pagoda recorded the Great Wizard Seals. What kind of techniques are recorded within the fifth, sixth and seventh levels?”
There were seven levels within the mysterious Wizard’s Pagoda. After gaining a preliminary understanding of the powerful Great Wizard Seals, Yang Ling was filled with curiosity and interest for the steles on the upper levels. Unfortunately, without reaching a certain level in his abilities, there was no way that he could open the door leading to the next level no matter how hard he tried.
As he walked past the stele at the third level, he deliberated for a moment, then took away the crystal skull placed on the very top. According to the explanation on the stele, he had the ability to reforge this mysterious crystal skull now that he had advanced to become a high-level Divine Wizard. By tampering with it, he would be able to obtain his first piece of Wizard Weapon.
The Ice-sealing Throne Armor was powerful and harbored many secrets; However, according to the explanation on the stele, a compatible Wizard Weapon is the most powerful weapon a Soul Wizard could wield!
After leaving the Wizard Pagoda’s Space, Yang Ling had wanted to reforge the crystal skull on the spot, then find a suitable opportunity to enter the underground tomb so as to completely get rid of this threat. However, standing on the Great Wizard Altar, looking at the horde of people outside the restriction, he could not help but be dumbfounded.
Could this be a large group of high-level Magical Beasts and Level Surpassing Magical Beasts that had taken on human forms?
After sensing the abilities of the people, Yang Ling shook his head, tossing away this unrealistic conjecture. If there were this many high-level and Level Surpassing Magical Beasts that could take on human forms within the Amazon Forest, they would have long been summoned by the Human Skin Drum in the underground tomb and destroyed the restrictions he set up.
“Sir, perhaps this is more troublesome than if a group of Magical Beasts had come!” Seeing Yang Ling silently appear beside him, the Corpse Wizard King was shocked, then explained the situation after letting out a bitter smile.
As it turned out, ever since Yang Ling cast the Obscure the Sky technique to block out the Human Skin Drums within the underground tomb, none of the Magical Beasts dared to approach the forest dozens of meters around the underground tomb. However, the group had just heaved a sigh of relief when various factions swarmed over in the next couple of weeks, putting a strong request for the Corpse Wizard King and the group to immediately remove the Magical Spell Formations around the entrance of the underground tomb.
In their eyes, the restrictions set up by Yang Ling were only mysterious Magical Spell Formations. With their numbers advantage, they claimed that they would engage in a forceful attack if Yang Ling did not dispel the Magical Spell Formations. They were in a deadlock with the soldiers in the area, with conflict about to erupt at any time.
The Church had sent over about a thousand people, their numbers increasing by the moment. They had countless sage-level and domain-level experts, much less the powerful ordinary Guardian Knights and Spellcasters. Other than the White-robed Cardinal Bishop that had come the previous time, there were also a dozen experts whose abilities that even the Corpse Wizard King could not detect.
The Dark Association had also sent several hundred people. Other than Elder Klive whom Yang Ling knew, there were also several experts at the peak of domain-level. Their strength rivalled that of the influential Church.
The Bellimore family that Casia belonged to also sent a large group of elite warriors. However, while Casia had been the leader back then, he was now merely a follower of one of the elders of the family.
The various great factions had sent out their elites, while the troops and adventurers who were well-informed also took action when they heard the news, all of them swarming into Jaboli in a frenzy. After hearing that the treasures of the Thebes Empire had been found within the Amazon Forest, they rushed here, each of them faster than the last!
The Thebes Empire was the most prosperous empire in the history of the Tailun Continent. It was rumored that the last generation of the Pharaohs had hidden the treasures and riches amassed over the millennia before he died. After knowing that the location of the treasures had been found within the Amazon Forest, who could resist such a great temptation?
Even the hunters of the Hunter Association had come to witness the spectacle. If not for Goode placing a notice within the Hunter Association, heavily warning the hot-headed hunters, the number of hunters that would have come might even more than the adventurers present.
Moths to a flame!
Yang Ling let out a cold smile as he looked at the troops and adventurers setting up camp outside the restriction, all of them wanting desperately to immediately charge into the underground tomb.
The Scorpion King Ymort and Zombie King Huttings were extremely powerful, and they were only the outer guards of the underground tomb. It was imaginable just how terrifying the guards deep within the underground tomb would be. Recalling the eerie beats of the Human Skin Drum, the dangers of the underground tomb must be extreme.
Even though he had advanced to become a high-level Divine Wizard and obtained a preliminary understanding of the Great Wizard Seals, even he did not dare to easily barge into the underground tomb without having understood how to use the Wizard Weapon crystal skull; An ordinary troop or adventurer charging in would definitely not be able to return!
“Hehe, cannon fodder who had brought themselves here, they sure don’t know any better!” After letting out a cold laugh, Yang Ling made a hand gesture and temporarily deactivated all of the restrictions and Illusory Formations.
The troops and adventurers had already been overcome with greed and would definitely not turn back even if they clearly knew that the road before them was fraught with danger. Trying to talk them out of it would only waste his efforts and even create unneeded misunderstandings. Since that was the case, he might as well temporarily deactivate the restrictions, in case anyone accused him of blocking their path to riches and making him the common enemy of the various factions.
Anyway, after understanding the Great Wizard Seals, his understanding of the restrictions as deeper than it was before. If he sensed anything off, he could immediately activate the restrictions that he had deactivated. He need not worry about any monsters suddenly emerging out of the underground tomb.
Furthermore, since the various factions, troops and adventurers had come uninvited, Yang Ling did not mind allowing them to act as cannon fodder and scout the underground tomb. He had to deal with the threat of the underground tomb sooner or later. Having this bunch of free cannon fodder scouting the path in front of him was definitely better than sending his Magical Beast army into the tomb to scout the path!
“You are the leader of the Magical Beast Territory Yang Ling?
Just as Yang Ling was deliberating the next step of his plan, a knight of over two meters tall, wearing a set of golden heavy armor and riding on a muscular horse quickly stepped in front of him, his helmet embroidered with a majestic lion.
Golden lion?
Could this be the brother of Holy Maiden of the Church, Angel, the genius knight from the Borg family hailed as the Golden Lion?
Looking at the heavily armored knight and his pulsing Battle Energy, remembering the Holy Maiden of the Church Angel, whose body had been groped by him under the name of dispelling her poison, Yang Ling took half a step back, cautiously activating his protective Wizard power. If the situation was not right, he could immediately summon his Magical Beast army!