Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 177 - 7 Nightmare Body Evolution

Chapter 177: Chapter 7 Nightmare Body Evolution

“Nightmare Demon Beast? This thing looks quite powerful,” Richard said as he watched the ever-transforming Nightmare Demon Beast, the Magic Wand in his hand gradually taking shape.

The Power of Nightmare could create True Illusions, and just as Richard could craft a body, he could naturally craft a Magic Wand.

However, this creation was not without its limits.

When making an artificial object, Richard had to have a sufficient understanding of it, be familiar with its materials, and know the method of its creation. In the case of certain materials, he had to know their physical properties.

Moreover, there was one condition, that was, Richard must have seen the object before.

He could not hypnotize himself and use the Power of Nightmare to create an illusion of a material or a Divine Artifact.

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“Gaah, the most troublesome part of these things isn’t their strength, but the fact that their appearance signifies the onset of a beast tide,” Ulysses said, looking at the Nightmare Demon Beast with disgust in his eyes. Their taste was even worse than that of Nightmare Spirits.

He had collected the Power of Nightmare in the past and eaten many of these things, which utterly nauseated him.

“These beast tides vary in size; the small ones may have one or two demigods, while the big ones might feature Nightmare Lords or even Nightmare Kings.”

Richard looked at the energy pathways on the ground; these pathways ran deep underground but allowed Richard to see them through thick layers of earth.

This beast tide wouldn’t be small.

As Richard was pondering, the Nightmare Demon Beast in the forest finally took shape and let out a dull roar.

The beast had a humanoid shape, standing about two meters tall with an extremely muscular physique, almost like a Black Tower when stationed in the woods.

The Magic Beast’s body was covered in a layer of black full Armor, with vein-like bulging patterns. Its helmet completely encased the face, revealing only a pair of blood-red eyes and a bright red mouth full of sharp teeth, drooling.

After roaring, it charged toward Richard. As it moved, streams of Power of Nightmare flowed out from beneath it, gradually shaping into a Nightmare Steed, while a black Riding Spear appeared in its hand.

“A Knight? Then I’ll call you the Nightmare Knight for now.”

Richard, watching the Nightmare Knight charging at him, waved his Magic Wand gently, and the ground in front of the charging beast suddenly turned to mud. The Nightmare Steed lost its footing, tumbling to the ground with its rider.

Then Richard waved his wand again, and the mud turned back into hard stone, instantly trapping the Nightmare Knight within it.

Dealing with such brainless creatures, Wizards had too many methods.

The trapped Nightmare Knight struggled to break free, but because the stone fit his body so tightly, his space to exert force was extremely limited.

Even though its strength had reached that of Level 1 Creatures, it was temporarily trapped in the stones.

Richard approached it, and tiny Runes started to appear in his palm. His spiritual power entered the stone through the Alchemy Array, and in an instant, the stone seemed to come alive, rapidly spreading along the Nightmare Knight’s body, wrapping it entirely in the blink of an eye.

Then, Richard casually used the Power of Nightmare to condense a feather pen and began Engraving Runes on the stone.

These Runes were simple in purpose, primarily to reinforce the stone prison.

Dull thuds came from the stone, and fine cracks began to appear on its surface.

But as more Runes were added, the cracks stopped growing and even began to heal under Richard’s control.

The Nightmare Knight’s struggles were futile against the Runes.

“Gaah, do you plan to dissect this thing?”

Ulysses, looking at the stone encasing the Nightmare Knight, expressed his amazement.

The breadth of strategies used by Wizards was more diverse than any Race he had ever seen; it was hard to imagine a Race capable of utilising such a varied arsenal of abilities.

“Of course this thing must be studied,” Richard said, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

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As a Wizard, any opportunity to gain knowledge was precious.

“Gaah, what about these, then?”

Richard looked toward the depths of the forest, where one dark figure after another was gradually taking form.

“Obviously, they are all to be slaughtered,” Richard said calmly.

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Boom!

A black Fireball exploded in the forest, and the sprawling Flames instantly turned two Nightmare Knights into black fragments.

Without Magic Stones for replenishment, Richard had to be thrifty with his Spell usage, choosing his moments carefully.

If a single Fireball could resolve the situation, there was no need for a second.

A black crow darted through the forest, continually carrying fragments of Nightmare Knights to Richard for him to consume.

It must be said that Ulysses had a reason to detest these things.

The taste of Nightmare Knights was more than ten times worse than that of Nightmare Spirits. When devouring the fragments of the Nightmare Knights, Richard felt as if he were guzzling swill, a disgust stemming from his Soul that was excruciatingly painful.

But to harness the Power of Nightmare, Richard could only endure it all.

Who made him not a Nightmare creature?

A Nightmare creature?

Richard’s Magic Wand paused mid-air, and the forming Fireball dissipated into thin air.

He seemed to have done something foolish.

The Dream Knight who noticed the slip leaped forward, showing Richard a jump slash on the spot. The Great Sword in the dark whistled through the air, but Richard just glanced at it, and his Magic Wand transformed into a Pure Gold long spear.

Then he sidestepped, thrusting the spear upward, and the Dream Knight received a devastating blow from Richard.

After dealing with the last Dream Knight, Richard crawled out of the Nightmare Body and then controlled the Nightmare Body to devour the fragments of the Dream Knights.

Then, a miracle happened.

The sickening feeling of guzzling slop instantly vanished, replaced by a tasteless sensation as if chewing wax, and a sense of satisfaction like that of eating a meal.

These sensations made Richard, who had just devoured so many fragments of the Dream Knights, feel like a big idiot.

He should have thought of it earlier, having suffered so needlessly.

But now that he had discovered it, it wasn’t too late; there were still many fragments in the forest that hadn’t turned to dust.

One hour later, Richard had finally devoured all the Dream Knight fragments in the forest.

Although much of the Power of Nightmare had dissipated during the battle, the remaining power in the Dream Knight’s bodies had reached nearly forty thousand strands.

When all these strands of Nightmare Power entered the energy circulation of the Nightmare Body—

An anomaly occurred!

The vast amount of Nightmare Power exceeded the carrying capacity of the crude energy circulation system within the Nightmare Body. The newly integrated Nightmare Power made the energy circulation perilously unstable.

At that moment, the energy circulation of the Nightmare Body suddenly branched off, and the excess Nightmare Power surged into this new offshoot, turning it into a wide avenue.

With the emergence of this tributary, the entire energy circulation underwent an earth-shattering transformation.

What was once as crude as a child’s simple drawing became an art student’s creation within minutes.

Simultaneously, the core of the Nightmare Body also underwent a transformation; a Rule Power from the Nightmare World invaded Richard’s core through the Void, leaving a rule imprint within.

Under this rule imprint, the Nightmare Core grew rapidly, continuously producing spiritual power.

This spiritual power should have made the consciousness within the Nightmare Core stronger, but at that moment, it was completely dominated by Richard’s Soul Seed.

Once the growth of the Nightmare Core was complete, the rule imprint suddenly collapsed, transforming into a surge of Rule Power from the Nightmare World that merged into the Nightmare Body.

Richard felt that this imprint was a kind of permit, a license needed by the Nightmare Core to grow.

When all was completed, Richard’s Soul Seed suddenly felt an itch, the True Illusion of the Nightmare Body abruptly vanished, and the humanoid Nightmare Body began to undergo a form transformation.

A black cloak rose up from the Nightmare Body, enveloping it entirely. From the outside, the interior of the cloak was pitch black, and even with Richard’s use of spiritual power, he couldn’t discern what lay within.

“Ga, it seems this is your Nightmare Talent,” said Ulysses, looking at the Nightmare Body with some surprise. “A cloak that cannot be investigated, that’s quite in line with your personality.”

“What do you mean?” Richard frowned slightly. “What’s a Nightmare Talent?”

“Ga, these Nightmare creatures gain a Nightmare Talent when they become little Nightmares. These talents are varied and bizarre; they can be anything. However, one thing for certain is that this talent is related to the Nightmare creature’s personality.

A hot-tempered creature’s talent leans towards attack, a cautious creature’s talent is often supportive, and some with a mad mind have talents that follow their owner, emphasizing what’s the word for it? That adjective you use for actions that are hard to understand.”

“Abstract, perhaps?”

“Ga, that’s it, abstract! I once devoured a Nightmare creature, whose talent was to make anyone who walked trip and fall, and where they fell, there would always be a pile of dung. The entire talent was useless except for being revolting.”

“So, you tripped?”

“Ga, of course not, I swooped down from the sky to eat it.”

After the cloak’s formation, the evolution of the Nightmare Body appeared to have ended.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Richard entered the Nightmare Body again. The evolved Nightmare Body had reached the level of Level 1 Creatures, and by Richard’s assessment, its Physique should be between 51 and 53, just within the range of newly advanced Level 1 Creatures.

But the gap between a One Ring Wizard and a high-level Wizard Apprentice was immense.

Before the evolution, controlling the Nightmare Body was like an adult wearing a child’s clothes, being cautious not to rip them with too much strength.

But now, Richard had finally put on clothes that fit.

“This body feels much more comfortable,” Richard moved his body and said with satisfaction.

“Ga, don’t celebrate too soon. Nightmare Demon Beasts have their detection methods. In a few days, the nearest Nightmare Lord will send someone over. What do you plan to do then?”

“What will I do?” Richard smiled faintly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, “Why, offer them ‘an opportunity to surrender,’ of course.”