Bizarre Realm-Chapter 196 - 24: Consecutive Promotions! Transforming Knowledge from Earth! (Part 2)
Shawn has been going out for a stroll every night lately, and he’s found that nighttime is actually more suitable for wild exploration and leveling up.
The night passed without incident.
Tonight, Shawn has already taken down three wild creatures: one shadow creature, one bizarre entity, and one evil spirit. Perhaps it’s because he’s been hunting so much lately that there are no evil spirits nearby running towards him at night.
"Maybe it’s because I’ve been camping here for days? They don’t come here anymore?"
After all, unlike the games from his past life where monsters would automatically respawn in the wild, Shawn has been on a hunting spree for three to four days, leaving the area devoid of wildlife.
"Could it be that someone has spread the word, so those evil spirits are avoiding me?"
Shawn still remembers the first night when he saw a large number of evil spirits, but lately, around the Eye Demon Nest, even the floating ghost fires have become scarce.
It turns out his assumptions are quite close to reality.
Evil spirits aren’t fools; they get a sense when a spot repeatedly spells death. Near the Eye Demon Nest, a tough character like Shawn has arrived, and very few passing evil spirits make it out alive. Naturally, they won’t foolishly run this way anymore.
Over time, as word spreads, even the ghost fires have disappeared from the vicinity.
The area where Shawn is feels like it’s turned into a safe zone.
"If this continues, there won’t even be any wild creatures left to hunt."
Tonight, he only managed to catch three small fry, which is indeed a bit meager compared to his glorious results during his first night of wild hunting.
He used to occasionally encounter resentful spirits and evil demons at night, but now, even passing wandering souls are hard to find.
If Shawn finds fewer and fewer wild hunting prey, to avoid returning empty-handed, he’d probably have to give a few kicks to any passing ghost fires, leaving some sort of trace before moving on.
The challenge level of ghost fires is only 1-3, considered the lowliest of wild creatures, but even a small bite is still meat.
The bizarre entities and evil spirits truly aren’t coming anymore!
In total, Shawn has slain over thirty of them, leaving nothing delivering itself to his doorstep at night. The last bizarre entity tonight was one he had to chase quite a distance to catch—it was a special type of bizarre entity called an Armored Monster, a bit tough to kill, but it dropped a supernatural relic with toxin immunity.
"My challenge level shouldn’t be low now."
Otherwise, those bizarre entities and evil spirits wouldn’t deliberately avoid his area of activity, forcing Shawn to go hunting outside his usual map.
Another day has passed.
Shawn’s preparations are almost complete now. He’s discovered that when he analyzes himself, it’s somewhat like a psychologist’s therapy, allowing him to reduce the insanity of mental contamination on his own. It’s been a long time since he’s heard the whispered voices of knowledge.
The entire Eye Demon Nest has been set up with precautionary traps, and Shawn is starting to prepare for the next phase of his advancement ritual.
——Magic Net Ritual.
This advancement ritual is inspired by the Otherworld’s Magic Net. Shawn has never seen or sensed what the Magic Net is, so he can only rely on what he learned from Lady Hecate to understand it himself.
The primitive Magic Net was supposed to classify spells by level, and the caster could use the structure of a certain circle of the Magic Net depending on their level.
It’s said that the highest level of spells in the Otherworld is the 9th circle. Without the Magic Goddess’s permission, it’s challenging to use higher-level spells.
However, in the Bizarre Realm, there aren’t such limitations, so they also don’t enjoy the conveniences of the Magic Net. The rituals derived from the Magic Net are more about slicing through the immense Primitive Magic Power, and different Magic Net advancement rituals represent slicing different parts of Primitive Magic Power. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦
During Shawn’s first Magic Net ritual, he sliced off a bit of the skin-like structure of Primitive Magic Power. This time, he intends to take a sip of its blood.
If he advances further, he’d be taking a bite out of its flesh.
If a destined legendary individual keeps using the Magic Net advancement ritual, it’s almost like gnawing on Primitive Magic Power, potentially attracting its will to descend.
——Divination Skill.
Shawn took out a trident and reported devoutly to Lady Hecate, preparing to divine the omens first.
This advancement ritual indeed has an element of luck; as long as he’s not gnawing heavily on Primitive Magic Power, there’s a chance of no backlash occurring. As long as the enormous Primitive Magic Power isn’t disturbed, there won’t be any occurrence of magical power runaway.
All rituals related to Primitive Magic Power come with a phenomenon called ’Madness Magic.’
If you disturb it, all magic power within the ritual range will go into a frenzy, resulting in spells cast becoming chaotic and having unpredictable outcomes. Some people seek out Madness Magic purposely because a 1st-circle spell can explode with the power of a 3rd-circle spell, provided they aren’t killed by the Madness Magic themselves.
But most casters don’t like Madness Magic because it is completely uncontrollable.
"Please don’t let the ’Magic Elements’ of madness descend!"
This is the backlash of ritual magic, where one’s own magic power runs amok, and any spells cast become unpredictable. At the same time, the cells within Primitive Magic Power transform into mad Magic Elements that attack you, akin to a Challenge Level 14 elemental elder.
And they are also close to a legendary level enemy.
The greatest advantage of wizards stealing the Extraordinary Essence of Primitive Magic Power for promotion is that it contains pure knowledge and magic within. If someone could replace Primitive Magic Power, they’d likely become the God of Magic in the Bizarre Realm.
Luck.
The result of Shawn’s divination was quite favorable, so he immediately began to prepare and set up the ritual. A complex Magic Net construction diagram, essentially simulating a simple Magic Net construct in a designated area, with the power of the Magic Net being used to slice off a portion of Primitive Magic Power’s body.
