Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 396 - 16: The Method to Break the Game, Dragon Blood Snake King

Chapter 396 -16: The Method to Break the Game, Dragon Blood Snake King

“Just a final leap for the soul?”

Richard repeated the sentence, his heart filled with some confusion.

If based on the Rebound Effect, a Physique Evolution should also drive a breakthrough in spiritual power. And a breakthrough in spiritual power, in turn, represents a qualitative transformation of the soul.

But Ulysses said that these creatures were still missing the final leap.

“Yes, just the last leap,” Ulysses slowly began, “That’s the difficulty of pure Physique Evolution.

Pure Physique Evolution can indeed rely on what you call the Rebound Effect to break through the limits of ordinary humans in terms of spiritual power.

But that kind of breakthrough is merely an increase in quantity. In terms of quality, their souls are still those of a human.”

“Hmm!? Isn’t pure Physique Evolution a dead end then?” Richard exclaimed in surprise.

“It’s not necessarily a dead end,” Ulysses shook his head, “Those Abyssal scum walk the path of pure Physique Evolution, and they have two Dominators.

The last step of pure Physique Evolution requires a certain item as assistance to be completed.”

“What item?” Richard asked eagerly.

“Soul Sea Light.”

Upon hearing this name, Richard stood frozen in place.

Needing that thing, wasn’t pure Physique Evolution purely seeking death?

Soul Sea Light is a specialty from the Sea of Souls, and acquiring it means hunting a type of soul sea creatures called the Soul Sea Lanternfish.

For creatures below the Forth Level, the combat power of this species is simply a dimensionality reduction strike.

Souls below the Forth Level would be sucked into the lantern in front of it, and without special methods, one couldn’t even escape.

Even the most experienced Three Rings Soul Wizard would stay far away from this thing during a voyage across the Sea of Souls.

“Isn’t this suicide?” Richard couldn’t help but reply.

“There are other ways, but the only one I know of is this. And it seems those Abyssal scum have their own methods too.

But you are not of that wild sort; you have at least two paths you can take.”

“Two paths?”

Ulysses spoke with ease, “One is the ascension path of your Wizard World, while the other… naturally is the path of becoming a Divine.

We from the Gods Civilization have three and a half methods to ascend to Divinity. I cannot tell outsiders the complete three, but the half is not included in this prohibition.

If you really can’t walk the Wizard’s path later on, perhaps this half-method can help you ascend.”

Upon hearing this, Richard’s heart thumped violently. He had once thought becoming a Great Wizard was unattainable. But now, he could actually start considering the matter of becoming a Great Wizard.

“Thank you,” Richard said sincerely.

“There’s no need to thank me,” Ulysses said indifferently, “Our interests are already tied together. If you become stronger, I benefit as well.”

As he spoke, he gave a sly smile.

“Besides, I have to get my investment back from this ten thousand years’ Destiny Contract. I might earn less, but a win-win is always better than a lose-lose.”

Upon hearing this, Richard was taken aback for a moment before he couldn’t help but laugh.

This World Master was indeed a wondrous person.

“Enough idle talk, how do you plan to deal with this Frog King?” Ulysses steered the conversation back to the matter at hand.

“I can tell you frankly that I’m not sure I could defeat this Frog King. Although its soul has not made the final leap, its body has reached the domain of the World Master—even if it’s the weakest of its kind.”

Richard looked at the Frog King, pondering for a while, then suddenly spoke up, “You said there’s a Frog King in this swamp, but what about the Black Snake that feeds on these frogs? Could there possibly be a Snake King as well?

Otherwise, with the Black Snake preying on the frogs, this type of Black Snake would have fled this Poison Swamp.”

Ulysses paused, then agreed, “That makes sense. When I became the Master of the Crow Realm, I eradicated many creatures that preyed on our Annihilation Crows.”

Richard responded with a laugh, “So the solution to this dilemma should lie with the Snake King.”

…

Inside the Secret Realm, the black giant snake thrown in by Ulysses was firmly controlled by the World Mushroom’s mycelium.

Suddenly, a Secret Realm Rift opened, and Richard and Ulysses returned to the Secret Realm.

“World Mushroom, bring that snake over.”

At his command, the World Mushroom delivered the Black Snake to Richard. Richard had the World Mushroom remove the mycelium, then he deactivated the enclosed mode of his Single Soldier Armor, revealing the strong Life Radiation of a third-level creature.

And at the moment of contact with the Life Radiation of this third-level creature, the Black Snake coiled into a terrified ball.

Seeing this, an expression that said ‘I thought as much’ appeared on Richard’s face.

“Indeed, this Black Snake is not one of the Pioneer’s Biological Weapons.”

The Biological Weapons left by the Pioneers all have one characteristic: fearlessness in the face of death.

Their Life Cores have been modified by the Pioneers, and the instincts of risk avoidance have been removed.

Otherwise, just the slightest display of Life Radiation by an enemy would drive these brainless venomous creatures away.

Richard grabbed the Black Snake, brought it close to his face, and asked with a Spiritual Message.

“Little fellow, tell me where your Snake King is?”

This Black Snake before him had already reached the level of a Second-level Creature. Even for snakes, which innately have tiny brains, it should now be capable of a certain level of communication.

As expected, after Richard’s inquiry, the Black Snake emitted a series of frantic hisses.

Richard hadn’t learned to speak Serpentese, and of course, even if he had, the snake language of the Green Forest World and the Wizard World might not be the same.

So, after hearing this string of snake language, Richard turned his gaze to Ulysses.

“Ulysses, I have a daunting task for you.”

“What task?” Ulysses asked, wary.

Described as daunting by Richard, the task was likely to be no easy feat.

“Make this Black Snake my Believer. What do you think?”

“…This joke doesn’t sound funny.”

“Indeed it’s not funny, but unfortunately, I’m not joking. Of course, you can choose another task.

What do you think about the Church using spiritual messages?”

“…I might as well try preaching to it then.”

Ulysses took the black snake from Richard’s hands, preaching to such an almost unenlightened creature was really not an easy task.

“I want to ask, why do you need it to believe in you?”

Richard spread his hands, “I need to communicate with it, but I can’t understand snake language.”

“…If it’s just for communication, we could try another method.”

As he spoke, Ulysses revealed his majestic holy light, following which, a beam of light shot into the black snake’s body.

The next instant, Richard could understand what the black snake was saying.

“Don’t eat me, don’t eat me! I’ll take you to meet the Lord Snake King.”

Hearing this, Richard laughed, “Heh, this little guy seems quite cooperative.”

He took the black snake from Ulysses and with a smile, asked, “Your Snake King and the Frog King next to the Crystal Tower, have they ever had any conflicts in the past?”

Under the pressure of a Third Level creature, the black snake trembled and replied, “Yes, yes! That smelly frog has fought with Lord Snake King many times.”

“Who won?”

“Nobody won, but Lord Snake King is a bit… a bit weaker.”

Richard stroked his chin, his mouth curling into a sly smile.

“A bit weaker, which means the Snake King is injured, right?”

“Sssss! How do you know!”

Richard waved his hand dismissively, “You don’t need to know how I know, you just need to understand that you’re going to take me to him, got it?”

“Understood, understood!”

“So you would also sign this contract, right?”

Saying this, Richard took out a Soul Contract from his pocket and handed it to the black snake.

“Leave your soul mark on this.”

The black snake looked at the Soul Contract, its instincts telling it that signing this thing would most likely not end well for it.

But could any outcome be worse than death?

The black snake glanced at Richard, who was watching it intently; it could sense a dreadful aura coming off Richard. That was the warning left by the creatures Richard had killed – don’t mess with this guy.

If it didn’t agree to the contract, it was almost certain that it would either die right there or endure something worse than death.

Hence, without hesitation, the black snake left its soul mark on the contract.

As the contract turned into flames and vanished into the air, Richard opened the Secret Realm Rift and left the Secret Realm with the black snake and Ulysses.

Once back in the Secret Realm, the black snake immediately perked up.

But before it could slither into the swamp, its body suddenly stiffened in place.

It could feel an invisible force constraining it; if it dared to run, this force would instantly shatter its soul.

“Little guy, don’t even think about escaping,” Richard said coldly, “Didn’t you read the terms of the contract before signing it?”

The black snake stiffened even more, thinking that in its situation, with death looming, it wouldn’t have made a difference whether it read the terms or not.

Bound by the constraints of the contract, the black snake could only abandon its thoughts of escape and lead the two unwelcome guests deeper into the swamp.

…

The Poison Swamp was vast and shrouded in mist, hiding countless dreadful creatures.

Richard followed the black snake deeper into the swamp, and the further they went, the more poisonous snakes appeared around him.

These snakes were either coiled around the trees or hiding in the water, snapping at anyone who came near with gaping jaws.

Even among its own kind, these snakes showed no mercy.

Or to put it another way, in this swamp, snakes were the most common food for other snakes.

Clang!

Another foolish poison snake bit down on Richard’s Single Soldier Armor.

Unfazed, Richard crushed the snake to death and casually tossed it into his pocket.

The venom of these snakes was highly valuable for research. If he could understand it fully, his Magic Potion skills would improve significantly.

Plus, even if he didn’t study it, the venom would make for an excellent snake soup.

“Little guy, how much longer?”

“Not far, just ahead.”

The black snake leading the way had an impressive Bloodline. In this swamp teeming with snakes, other snakes gave way to the black snake; there was none that the black snake had to yield to, including Third Level serpents.

Richard speculated that this black snake was likely to be related by Bloodline to the Snake King.

As the black snake had mentioned, it wasn’t long before Richard saw the Snake King.

In the dark swamps, a golden Dragon Blood Snake with dragon horns on its head coiled on the body of a dead World Tree Subbody, hissing away.

Behind it, a black festering wound oozed dark pus.

The Snake King turned its attention to Richard, its golden dragon eyes shining like the sun.

“Stranger, you shouldn’t be here.”

“Oh? And why is that?” Richard asked, clearly intrigued.

The Snake King slid down from the tree, hissing as it approached Richard.

“Because this world is about to die.”