Wizard: Adventures in Two Worlds-Chapter 527 - 34 Subsequent
As the halo contracted and the figures inside vanished, the Star Gate sealed shut, leaving the area deadly silent.
Only Carl’s provocative actions and voice lingered.
Daniel asked, his voice hoarse and expression complex, "Is that him? Carl?"
Lisa’s expression was icy as she spoke solemnly, "Whether he is the Carl you mentioned, I do not know. But he is definitely the murderer who killed Barn and Badden!"
Vulcan said, his face grim, "Carl was one of the first to come here from the Eastern Kingdom Continent. He was only exposed to the Wizard World in his twenties and arrived here in his forties. He’s just over sixty years old now. He never had contact with top-level witchcraft, nor did he receive a great inheritance, having only cultivation at the First Circle Early Stage."
"First Ring?" Lisa scoffed. "Hit by my soul centipede, even a Three-Circle Wizard would need to cultivate Bloodline Magic to withstand it. He didn’t die. His physical body is already quite formidable!"
"You made a move?" Vulcan looked startled, then shook his head. "It seems someone disguised themselves as Carl, using our pathway to go to the Eastern Kingdom Continent. For him, that’s the safest place."
Daniel opened his mouth. He wanted to say it wasn’t a disguise, but thinking of the consequences of saying so, he promptly shut his mouth. If it wasn’t a disguise, then they were in trouble.
"Truly malevolent!" Daniel said fiercely, "Deceiving our feelings!"
"Hmph!" Lisa could see through the two men’s thoughts but decided not to dwell on it. She asked directly, "Can the Star Gate be opened again?"
Vulcan shook his head. "No. It must wait ten years before it can be opened again, and even then, I fear... it might not be possible."
The Eastern Kingdom Continent was blessed by the Gods; a Wizard’s power would be terribly suppressed there. Even a Three-Circle Wizard wouldn’t be effective.
"Hmph!" Lisa scoffed coldly again, scanning the two men. "You let the murderer go. Think hard about how you’ll explain this to the Tower."
Swishing her sleeves, she strode out, her expression extremely unsightly and her eyes filled with anger.
How dare he provoke me?
And my soul centipede!
Damn!
「Eastern Kingdom Continent.」
Black Swamp.
Accompanied by a burst of starlight, a figure was flung out. Before others could react, the figure, enveloped in lightning, shot towards the sky, disappearing after a few flashes.
"What happened?"
"What’s going on?"
"Seems like someone came over from the other side? But are there any Wizards willing to come here anymore?"
"..."
A group of Wizard Apprentices looked at each other, unable to make sense of the situation, and ultimately dispersed helplessly.
「Shortly thereafter.」
Not far from a certain battlefield.
"Ugh!" Carl grunted, plummeting from mid-air to the ground, his forehead slick with cold sweat as he forcibly activated a Divine Domain Fragment.
SWOOSH!
The absolute rationality from the Divine Domain Fragment instantly suppressed the chaos brought by the pain, restoring his consciousness to normal.
To think that, in such a short time, I could still be hit by a move. Can I only say that it’s truly worthy of a Three-Circle Wizard?
Looking down at the spot over his heart, Carl looked afraid. Thank goodness the connection was severed; otherwise, this thing would have surely taken my life. It’s actually a Third-tier construct!
In the place of his heart, a finger-sized, centipede-like thing was frantically tearing at his flesh.
His physical body, at the Sixth Layer of Holy Demon Transformation, unexpectedly couldn’t withstand this thing’s casual bite. Furthermore, it was infusing toxins that attacked his nerves and consciousness.
And this was merely it acting on instinct.
If someone were controlling it, Carl estimated that he wouldn’t even have had the chance to return to the Divine Domain Fragment.
The moment the Star Gate closed, he felt a sudden pain in his chest, and then this thing appeared inside his body.
"Huff..." Taking a long breath, Carl’s body swayed and he directly transformed into an Abyss Giant Squid, while six Dead Souls flew out. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂
Ten Thousand Buddha Temple—Dragon Subduing!
Successive palm strikes passed through his flesh, hammering at the construct, followed closely by the Dead Souls and the Abyss Bloodline. With his current cultivation and strength, he could ensure that the power burst within an inch without harming his own body.
BANG!
The finger-sized construct trembled upon impact, then its body stretched out, connecting to Carl’s blood vessels like spider threads.
As the attack landed...
SPURT!
Carl spat out fresh blood, his spirit instantly flagging. His gaze flickered as he looked at his own body in dismay. Three-rings Witchcraft, life sharing?
Struck by this technique, if the construct lifeform was injured, he would be injured too.
With Carl’s abilities, he could kill the construct at the cost of sustaining serious injuries himself, but he might then need a century of bedridden recovery.
The key issue is that this thing could turn on me at any moment. If it were to backstab me while I’m fighting someone else...
If it’s not resolved, it will always be a problem.
A Third-tier construct, even without sentience, possesses certain ’programming’ and is definitely not an inanimate object. This could be seen from its reaction just now. When it lost its master’s control and received a sufficiently fatal attack, it chose to activate life sharing.
It seems I can’t make a move in the short term.
After pondering for a moment, Carl sighed resignedly. Constructs were a rather niche part of Wizard academic disciplines; even he didn’t know much about them. Attempting to resolve it from this angle was akin to ascending to heaven.
Two methods!
One is for my physical body to become stronger. If Holy Demon Transformation breaks through to the Seventh Layer, I could destroy it at the cost of a light injury.
The other is to cultivate the Three-rings Witchcraft, Life Source. This would allow me to consistently regenerate vitality or to lock down a part of my own vitality—which it couldn’t do—thus allowing me to forcibly remove it.
Though these are two methods, they essentially boil down to one.
That is, brute force.
Moreover, only these two methods would allow Carl to proceed with his original plans without distraction.
Name: Carl
Constitution: 40.3
Spiritual Power: 25
Source Material: 21
Level: Second-Order Holy Knight, Second-Circle Wizard
Abyss Bloodline Fusion: 61%
Glancing at his status panel, Carl appeared contemplative.
Life Source is a Three-rings Witchcraft. Even with the enhancement from the Divine Domain Fragment, successfully constructing the Magic Model would require at least thirty points of Spiritual Power, and I...
I’m still lacking some!
As the thought turned, the value in the Source Material column abruptly disappeared, and his Spiritual Power surged to 27.1.
Based on past experience, to increase his Constitution beyond fifty, each point might require twenty points of Source Material. Crucially, even if the numerical value surpassed fifty, it wouldn’t mean his cultivation reached the Third-tier; it would merely be an increase in the stat itself.
However, cultivation advancement is different. The Seventh Layer of Holy Demon Transformation is genuinely Third-tier, and moreover, it’s not considered weak among those at that rank.
In that case, it’s better to increase Spiritual Power.
Cultivating the Three-rings Witchcraft, Life Source, can lock in vitality and enable recovery. As long as I’m not killed in a single blow, I’ll have a chance to recover. Furthermore, it can provide a massive amount of energy for cultivating Holy Demon Transformation. It’s truly killing several birds with one stone.
First, I need to find a place, then go into seclusion for a few years. I’ll emerge after resolving this problem with my body and making significant progress in strength.
Carl mused after a brief contemplation, I need to notify Mei Weiya.
