Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 184 - 14 The Great Black Current

Chapter 184 -14 The Great Black Current

Watching the approaching dark line in the distance, Richard couldn’t help but feel a headache.

The consumption of these dozens of Black Knights would definitely be a substantial enhancement to his strength. However, the strength of these Black Knights was a bit too formidable; if he forced himself to consume them, he was very likely to choke to death.

“Ulysses, I remember you mentioned that these Black Knights would hunt down nightmare creatures. Are they interested in a foreign soul like me?” Richard asked, tilting his head.

“Caw, I really hadn’t thought about that, you can give it a try.”

Richard turned his head toward the Black Knights. The Black Knights were like a black tide, their charges carrying an unstoppable force, their riding spears seeming capable of piercing through any obstacle in their path.

Beyond that, they also emitted strands of the Power of Nightmare. These powers intertwined with one another, forming chains that linked dozens of Black Knights together.

Richard surmised that these chains should be able to balance out the injuries among the Black Knights. If he couldn’t kill a Black Knight in one strike, the injury would be evenly distributed across the dozens of Black Knights.

“No wonder Magic Puppet Billy said I was lucky, these Black Knights really are different when they charge.”

Richard watched the Black Knights and muttered to himself, his body’s Power of Nightmare rapidly transforming into Nightmare Crystals.

Creating Nightmare Crystals didn’t require any special method, any nightmare creature would understand how to do it after seeing one.

Richard collected these Nightmare Crystals into a Magic Pocket condensed by the Power of Nightmare, and then his soul left the Nightmare Body, leaving only a dummy made of the Power of Nightmare standing still.

The production of a Nightmare Body was not difficult, and even if it was lost, it meant little to Richard.

Hiding to one side, Richard quietly watched the Black Knights charging toward the Nightmare Body. During this process, Richard, as an Observer, gleaned a lot of new information.

For example, this group of Black Knights must possess some special law.

As the Black Knights charged, their internal Power of Nightmare did not exhibit any other changes besides intertwining. In normal circumstances, even if Black Knights charged, they would only be Level 1 Creatures at most.

It was not possible for them to pose a threat that even Second and Third Level creatures would avoid.

But the changes in the Black Knights were real, and their killing power was indeed increasing with their charge.

On their spear tips, Richard smelled the scent of death.

“The Nightmare World is truly wondrous,” Richard exclaimed.

As the Black Knights approached, the Nightmare Body left in place was reduced to ashes by their spears, and they were not the least bit attracted to the nearby Richard.

“It seems these Black Knights only pursue nightmare creatures and have no interest in a foreign soul like mine,” Richard observed the Black Knights with a fiery gaze.

“If that’s the case, then there’re workable options.”

After speaking, Richard took out a Nightmare Crystal, casually creating a new Nightmare Body as bait, not adding the black powder, but this Nightmare Body was sufficient.

The Black Knights who had killed the Nightmare Body immediately turned to charge at the new one, while Richard calmly set up a Magic Array under the feet of the Nightmare Body.

Because of the presence of the Power of Nightmare, Richard had no need to worry about material consumption, and soon a simple Magic Array trap was ready.

Richard left the Nightmare Body and flew to one side to continue his observation.

Just as the Black Knights reached the new Nightmare Body, they instantly turned it into ashes and, in doing so, triggered Richard’s Magic Array trap.

In an instant, several Refined Gold Long Spears thrust out from the ground, impaling two Black Knights.

After all, these Black Knights were only Level 1, and their bodily defenses were as frail as paper against the unreasonable weapon that was the Refined Gold Long Spear.

Although the spears were not enchanted, their sharp and sturdy shafts still inflicted fatal damage on the Black Knights, to the extent that their life chains could not save them.

The Nightmare Steeds beneath them dissipated in an instant, while their bodies fell to the ground, starting to emit black Power of Nightmare.

“Plan’s success, Ulysses, we’re going to make a big score this time.”

…

Using the same method, Richard managed to kill the entire group of Black Knights on this stretch of wilderness.

Richard piled up the bodies of the Black Knights, and then, while enduring the disgust akin to drinking swill, devoured them all.

This was not because Richard had any special predilection, but because for some unknown reason, the bodies could not be stored in the Magic Pocket. And it would take a long time for Richard to craft a Nightmare Body with a core.

In the meantime, Richard could only watch as the Black Knights’ Power of Nightmare seeped into the ground.

This outcome was obviously difficult for Richard to accept.

So, for the sake of the Power of Nightmare, Richard decided to tough it out.

It’s just hard to swallow, isn’t it? How could he become a Great Wizard if he couldn’t endure a little hardship… Bleh!

After enduring a considerable amount of pain, Richard finally managed to devour all the Black Knights.

In total, these Black Knights provided Richard with nearly three hundred thousand strands of Power of Nightmare, which combined with his original Power of Nightmare, was enough to push him to the limit of a Level 1 nightmare creature.

Richard felt the Power of Nightmare inside his body and joyfully exclaimed,

“A great harvest, a great harvest. Now I can start refining some Soul Essence to boost my spiritual power.”

However, just as Richard was in high spirits, a subtle fluctuation suddenly skimmed past his soul.

“Huh? What’s going on?”

Richard looked towards the source of the fluctuation, adjusting his vision to Energy Vision.

In an instant, black-red vein-like patterns appeared before his eyes.

These black and red energy pathways, cutting through thick layers of earth, entered Richard’s vision as if they were blood vessels.

The entire land seemed to be the skin of some enormous creature.

Rumble rumble rumble…

The faint rumble reached Richard’s ears, sounding like thunder but also somehow more fragmented.

Richard listened carefully for a while and realized that this thunderous sound was actually the resonance of thousands of small noises combined together.

Those subtle noises appeared to be… hoofbeats!

Richard looked toward the horizon and casually cast the Eagle Eye Skill on himself.

He saw a dark curtain steadily advancing in the direction of Amade’s territory, beneath which was a tide of Black Knights sweeping forward like a surge of water.

“The Dark Tide is coming,” Richard murmured to himself.

…

By the time Richard returned to his territory, all the Nightmare Spirits in the corners were shivering uncontrollably.

These Nightmare Spirits did not have Richard’s perception, but intuitively, they could sense a terrible disaster looming.

As Richard’s loyal servant, Bone continued to patrol the village diligently, despite his body trembling incessantly.

“Big, big boss, you’re back!”

Bone’s expression lit up with excitement upon seeing Richard return.

Having a boss at this time was like having a backbone.

Richard looked at the Nightmare Spirit and hesitated about what to do with it.

The Nightmare World could produce an endless stream of Soul Essence, which made Richard reluctant to simply flee from the Nightmare World.

He wanted to establish a force in the Nightmare World to collect the Power of Nightmare, to facilitate his own future re-entry into the Nightmare World to refine Soul Essence.

But the Nightmare World and the Material World were not on the same dimension, and the connection between the Soul Seed and the soul was likely to be weakened.

At that time, whether Richard’s Nightmare Body could even move was a question.

So he was contemplating whether to cultivate this seemingly loyal Nightmare Spirit before him as the force he would leave in the Nightmare World.

“Bone, the Dark Tide is coming,” Richard said indifferently to Bone.

“Ah, boss! What are we going to do?”

Bone’s expression turned to panic upon hearing about the Dark Tide; the terrifying impression left by Black Knights made him unable to muster even a hint of resistance.

“Bone, don’t panic, panic, fear, these emotions won’t make things any better,” Richard said, his voice very calm, a calm that stabilized Bone’s nerves.

He looked at Richard with resolute eyes, eager to hear his boss’s plan.

“Boss, I’m listening to you. Whatever you say, I’ll do,” Bone said.

Richard nodded, “That’s good, I do have something for you to do.”

With that, Richard pulled out a Magic Pocket and poured out a pile of Nightmare Crystals.

“You are too weak right now, swallow these Nightmare Crystals, and then I’ll tell you what to do.”

Bone looked at the Nightmare Crystals before him, feeling as though he had entered someone’s dream.

All these… were for him!?

After confirming with Richard that they were indeed for him, Bone almost collapsed to the ground.

He felt incredibly lucky.

Otherwise, how could he have met such a generous boss?

Bone bowed to Richard and then began to devour the Nightmare Crystals on the ground greedily.

Meanwhile, Richard observed Bone’s changes carefully with his Energy Vision.

As a native creature of the Nightmare World, perhaps Bone’s evolution process would differ from his own.

As Bone devoured the Nightmare Crystals, Richard suddenly felt a surge of the Power of Nightmare enter his body.

This was the effect of bestowing a name.

Bone soon finished swallowing the Nightmare Crystals on the ground, and the vast Power of Nightmare rampaged within his body. Through the connection that bestowing a name provided, Richard could clearly sense Bone’s pain as well as a fervent devotion that seemed to come from nowhere,

“I finally survived until today and met a generous boss. The boss gave me so much Power of Nightmare, and he’s going to entrust me with a big task, how can I die?

I must not die!”

Bone, engulfed in pain, kept chanting in his heart. As a wild Nightmare Spirit, it was not easy for him to scrape by to this day.

Now that Richard had given him the chance to grow, he had to survive.

Whether it was for his own sake or for Richard’s.

Quickly, new branches appeared in the energy cycle, followed by evolution.

Bone’s bony appearance began to distort, and a black robe appeared on his body, making him look like a mirror image of Richard. However, underneath the robe, Bone grew a layer of black Armor,

which made him look like the Black Knights.

Bone’s entire evolutionary process was almost identical to Richard’s, further confirming to Richard that his Nightmare Body was indeed a creature of the nightmare.

“Boss, I have evolved. You can assign me the task now!”

Bone, having completed his evolution, knelt before Richard and asked respectfully.

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