Bizarre Realm-Chapter 174 - 16: Blood War Trial – Slaying the Legend!
Chapter 16 Blood Battle Trial - Slay the Legend!
In the gray mist.
Shawn’s figure fell from the sky, the way Aemon tossed him back was as simple and brutal as ever, directly throwing him down from ten thousand meters high.
——Dimensional Jump.
Amidst the howling wind, Shawn’s figure flickered and landed, with the experience from last time, this time his landing location was very precise, he could even adjust his specific position during the fall as if he was skydiving.
"This time, your blood battle trial is to slay the Lizardman Tribe leader."
Aemon’s words still echoed beside his ear, as calm as always, yet chillingly so, he said expressionlessly: "It is a legendary level monster."
"I don’t care what method you use, you must kill it within half a month!"
"If you can’t kill it ahead of time, it will lead all the elite hunters of the Lizardman Tribe to find you."
Shawn landed.
He looked around and headed towards the Eye Demon Nest.
"Legendary creature, huh!"
Shawn recalled Aemon’s words, a bitter smile involuntarily appearing on his face: "Even if the enemy doesn’t have the law of destiny, it’s not something I can easily deal with."
"Aemon is really trying to kill me!..."
The last trial was dangerous, but at least Shawn had the ability to counterattack.
But this time, Aemon actually raised the difficulty to the legendary level, making him clear the Lizardman Tribe on the swamp’s periphery all alone, Shawn couldn’t think of any way to directly slay a legendary level Lizardman leader.
In direct confrontation, he simply wouldn’t last more than three rounds in front of a legendary powerhouse, the only way to slay a legendary level enemy is through unexpected victory.
Aemon’s answer was also ruthless, he said calmly: "You are now a transcendent with dual ascensions in Arcane and Mind Path."
"If you cannot possess the ability to transcend tiers and slay stronger enemies, then our efforts would be in vain, wouldn’t they?"
"Don’t overestimate the enemy, but also don’t underestimate yourself."
With just that one sentence, Aemon tossed Shawn back into this hellish Poison Gas Swamp.
This bastard is forcing Shawn to press his potential on the brink of death, but he probably won’t let Shawn execute a mission that is certain death, which means he indeed has a chance to take out a legendary level enemy.
But the problem is Shawn hasn’t found his breakthrough point to slay a legendary level enemy yet.
Eye Demon Nest.
After returning here again, Shawn felt like he was in another world, although Abyss City is chaotic, it’s still much better than the wilderness of Bizarre Realm.
This time he has to stay longer in the wilderness, so Shawn prepared to make some things in advance.
A large pile of wood was gathered.
Seeing the pile of wood before him, Shawn took a deep breath, began recalling the mind knowledge retained in Su’en’s Brain, then slowly lifted his hand.
——Ghostly Skill (Spiritual Energy) (4th-circle Spell)!
The pile of chaotic wood began to change, their shapes shifted at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if an invisible force was altering their shapes, soon these woods magically transformed into piles of simple spike traps, even according to Shawn’s intention, they transformed into various handicrafts.
A wooden bed, a table, a chair, and a pile of wooden spike traps.
They all looked like quality handicrafts, Shawn’s craftsmanship was fairly average, requiring further study to produce higher precision craftwork out of thin air.
Shawn now realized how those demigods of the Alchemy Path created those world wonders by hand back then.
——"Ghostly Skill[4th-circle Spell] (Spiritual Energy): The caster transforms a material into a craft product of the same material. Ghostly Skill cannot be used to create creatures or magical items. The quality of the objects created using the spell is equal to the quality of the raw material. If you use ore metal to make items, the target item’s volume shrinks to 1 cubic foot per level rather than 10 cubic feet.
For those products requiring high craftsmanship, you must make a related craftsmanship check."
In six seconds.
In front of Shawn, the pile of wood had completely transformed into handmade products, if he wanted, the material could be anything like stones, minerals, metals, etc., give him a pile of linen thread, he could instantly make a piece of cloth, then turn it into clothes from a tailor, even sails, curtains, bed sheets, anything requiring fabric to make.
It all had one prerequisite, that Shawn possessed the corresponding craftsmanship and mastered relevant technical knowledge.
"Is this how the Alien Monster Empire managed to build interstellar battleships by hand?"
Shawn began organizing the handmade creations before him, he needed to stay here longer, must prepare for a prolonged battle.
The future development of his own ’Mansion Technique’ would also require corresponding craftsmanship.
Because everything in the Dimensional Mansion needs to be made by oneself.
Shawn was promoted to Spiritualist in the Mind Creation Series during the ritual, this path’s representative mind spell is ’Creation Skill’, creating things out of thin air is the basic ability, mastering the legendary ’Creation Skill’ at 9th-level, which means opening a new half-plane in chaos.
If Shawn wanted, without conserving his spiritual power, he could now use a pile of wood to manually create a wooden villa.
Too precise things might be a bit troublesome, after all, this spiritual spell requires craftsmanship support.
He is not a block man after all.
Only a few individuals can use these kinds of creation spells to magically create a Floating City out of thin air.
"If only I were an engineering student."
Shawn showed some regret on his face, Ghostly Skill can be applied to all metals, which means creating any parts by hand, as long as he has related knowledge reserves and corresponding materials, manually creating a nuclear bomb would be no problem at all.
However, the knowledge and craftsmanship required are quite horrifying.
"The best material to use around here is wood."
Shawn’s next move is to prepare poison, he wants to set up a triggered trap near the Eye Demon Nest.
——Extraction Technique! (4th Order Spiritual Energy)
Shawn took a deep breath and began to mobilize the spiritual energy within his body, interfering with the existing time stream.
"Use spiritual energy to extract a segment of time!"
"Extract the essence of time, creating an essence that keeps items in a state of [Stasis]."
The surrounding time exhibited slight fluctuations.
As a small piece of the law of time was dismantled, a mass of silvery viscous substance emerged in Shawn’s hand, known as ’Essence’, the creation of a spiritual spell, a masterpiece of the Alien Monster Empire.
To the naked eye, it appeared to reflect a subtle glow like a mirror, yet it possessed the law of time. Items enclosed within the essence were unaffected by the passage of time, essentially entering a time-stasis space in technical terms.
A large concentration of ’Essence’ could theoretically preserve large items or structures, even a complete living being, eternally shielding them from the interference of the time stream.
Much like the golden toilet on which the Emperor sits.
This is the spiritual inheritance that Aemon had plotted for hundreds of years to create for the Alien Monster Empire!
"Is this the essence capable of suspending time?"
Shawn carefully stored away the silver-white gelatinous substance in his hand. Anything it coated completely would be immune to the interference of time, entirely in a state of stasis.
And it only requires a 4th Order spiritual spell to create, making the threshold remarkably low.
The advancement path of a Mind Warlock is much more convenient than that of a Wizard.
While a Wizard needs a lot of resources to advance, a Mind Warlock can tap into their internal Extraordinary Essence to unleash potential. The Mind Knowledge within Su’en’s Brain had almost entirely been absorbed by Shawn. The Alien Monster Empire had their own unique system of spiritual inheritance to adapt to the laws of this cosmos.
They could even ’download’ knowledge from more powerful beings.
Download.
As the name suggests, just like inserting a USB drive and downloading files from a computer, the Mind Path allows for this capability.
Of course, a Wizard’s ’Reading Magic’ could be considered a low-grade form of quantum reading to some extent.
A rustling noise triggered the alert magic.
——Invisibility Technique.
Shawn, who was preparing to set up traps, became instantly alert. His figure vanished on the spot, entering a state of invisibility.
To enhance the capabilities of a Mind Warlock, Shawn now needed to focus on spiritual spells until he fully assimilated the Extraordinary Essence of this stage, achieving the maximum Extraordinary Level of a Mind Warlock.
Level 5 Wizard/Level 5 Mind Warlock, double-path level 9 casting ability.
Only then could he advance to the next step, the Arcane Spirit Master.
The edge of the forest.
Under the shadow of eerie crooked trees, Shawn detected the presence of the Raven Scouts. They still refused to give up, wanting to know what powerful enemy appeared nearby.
——Raven Scout.
A Raven on the Wandering Path, it stealthily slipped into the shadows, sneaking to the outskirts of the Eye Demon Nest.
"Just one enemy?"
Shawn did not engage, bypassing the enemy to approach the Black Forest, wanting to make sure if there were any other Raven presences nearby.
He found nothing.
Shawn, a bit disappointed, raised his hand and unleashed a powerful spiritual wave.
——Mind Spike.
Bang.
The head of the Raven instantly exploded on the spot, resembling a burst watermelon, its entire skull shattered open.
The Mind Warlock’s Headshot Spell.
The Mind Spike of the Spiritual Path can lightly cause seven orifices to bleed or heavily result in an exploding skull, making it one of the signature abilities of a Spiritualist alongside Mind Shockwave.
Instant kill!
Dealing with such minor foes, Shawn now had a preemptive advantage, essentially taking them down in one strike.
"The abilities of a Mind Warlock are indeed strong, but there are too few spells."
"To master new spiritual spells, I have to challenge stronger alien monsters."
Among all casting paths, only Wizards can master the most spells.
Shawn went over to clean up the battlefield, needing to ensure that the nearby eerie creatures knew a formidable new owner had taken over the Eye Demon Nest, so all sorts of baneful entities wouldn’t test his limits.
The Invisible Hand lifted the beheaded Raven’s corpse.
A sharp wooden stake was moved over.
Shawn thought for a moment, choosing a prominent position, he planted the stake into the ground, then used the Invisible Hand to impale the Raven’s body on-site, the stake’s tip eventually protruding through the Raven’s neck.
Marking the territory for now as nightfall approaches.
Shawn needed to stay here for a prolonged period. If the nocturnal bizarre creatures weren’t aware of his prowess, he couldn’t even get a decent sleep.
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(PS: The spiritual inheritance that Aemon developed is actually the Arcane Spirit Master of the Heart Stealer Empire, a group of powerful alien monsters that can create Interstellar Battleships by hand.
For Aemon, if Shawn couldn’t take down a pseudo-Legendary monster leader after ascension, it wouldn’t count as a passing trial.)
