Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 439 - 58 Chapters Wasted Land

Leaving the battlefield, Richard found a corner to hide in.

His points were already sufficient, so there was no need to engage in further battle with other wizards.

Moreover, most of the wizards in the competition had formed alliances, and the only ones who were alone were either the unlucky ones who hadn’t found teammates or fierce individuals like Delis.

Although Richard was confident he could win against these wizards, there was always the possibility of an unexpected defeat.

So it was safer to find a place to hide and wait for the competition to end.

A few days passed, and the new competition area was designated.

But the direction of the reduction took all wizards by surprise.

Richard, looking at the fairy map, couldn’t help but frown.

The reduced competition area was quite far from his current hiding spot.

"The Military Department is doing this on purpose," Richard complained.

The first reduction of the area was evenly made, but this time, the range went directly to the lower-left side of the competition map.

It was clearly a deliberate move to get most of the wizards moving.

After all, there were not a few wizards who thought like Richard.

Richard slipped the Galaxy Mayfly specimen into his pocket and sighed helplessly.

"Ah, what a hassle."

...

Boom!

A massive black sphere suddenly expanded in the air, instantly engulfing a wizard’s figure.

On the vast plain, a tall wizard clad in metal armor was tangled in battle with several wizards.

"Don’t use soul magic, his resistance to soul magic is ridiculously high!" a pale-masked black-robed wizard suddenly shouted.

His orifices bleeding, he nearly passed out, clearly suffering from spell rebound.

Seeing their companion in such a state, the other wizards’ hearts sank again.

This was not the first piece of bad news they had received in this battle.

The alchemy wizard in front of them was terrifyingly powerful. Despite a surprise attack by seven wizards, they had not only failed to end the fight immediately, but this wizard had also managed to send two of their number away with a beam spell in an instant.

The remaining five, although prepared, rendered the wizard’s beam-spelling magic equipment ineffective.

But the wizard’s formidable power still left them in a dire state.

Robust physique, powerful spells, impeccable defense, and seemingly endless magic power.

It all made the attacking wizards feel as if they weren’t besieging him but were being besieged by him instead.

It wasn’t the wizard who was struggling; it was they who were desperately holding on.

"Retreat!"

A wizard shouted loudly.

The situation was increasingly unfavorable for them; from the original seven, only three were still able to fight. If the battle continued, they feared not only would their ambush fail, but they might all be eliminated by this wizard.

"Retreat?" The besieged alchemy wizard gave a cold smile. "Too late!"

Suddenly, a strong surge of energy burst from the armor of the alchemy wizard.

In the next instant, the alchemy wizard appeared beside the wizard who had spoken, his dark gold staff crashing down with earth-shattering force.

It turned out that during the previous fight, the alchemy wizard had not activated the full power of his armor.

Bang!

The magic barrier shattered, and the dark gold staff, with overwhelming force, triggered the wizard’s protective mechanism, transporting him back to the palace complex.

The remaining two wizards, seeing this, immediately used every trick they had to escape the battlefield.

Their speed was astounding.

"Really, they just ran off like that?"

The alchemy wizard opened his helmet’s visor, revealing his true face.

This alchemy wizard was none other than Richard, who had been forced to leave his hiding place due to the Military Department’s actions.

"Seven wizards ganging up on one, yet I managed to counter-kill six of them. The weaker they are, the more they stick together."

As the selection competition was reaching its end, the remaining wizards who weren’t strong enough could only survive by numbers.

Unfortunately, they were Black Wizards.

Black Wizards, unlike White Wizards, lacked rich experience in group combat and supporting techniques. A group of the same number of wizards, when made up of Black Wizards, had a total combat power that was merely the sum of each individual’s strength. In contrast, a group of White Wizards could multiply their combined strength several times.

Under such circumstances, once Black Wizards formed a group, they were practically stepping on the line of elimination.

The rest was merely a matter of how soon they would be eliminated.

A fierce tiger does not need a pack.

Using radiation control, Richard devoured the lingering energy radiation on the battlefield, quickly and perfectly replenishing his magic power.

After replenishing, he summoned a fairy to confirm his location.

This battle involved seven wizards. Even for someone as formidable as Richard, it was inevitable to switch battlefields multiple times.

The fairy displayed the map in the air, and Richard, seeing the circle not too far from him, breathed a slight sigh of relief.

At last, he had arrived.

These past few days of relentless travel had left him severely exhausted.

From his pocket, Richard took out two metal ingots and began to use battlefield alchemy to perform basic repairs on his single soldier armor.

On this battlefield, the protective performance of the Mechanic Type One Single Soldier Armor was already a bit insufficient.

Even the weakest wizard who could reach the inner circle would cast spells with a minimum energy level of seven to eight thousand.

With a slight use of Rule Power, the energy level of the spells would directly break ten thousand.

The single soldier armor, which could withstand spells of four thousand energy level, was virtually no different from paper in these battles.

Even so, Richard did not take off his armor.

Aside from the Radiation Gathering Cannon, the power system of this armor was of great assistance to Richard.

Single soldier armor was not just a type of armor; it was also a weapon in itself.

After finishing the repairs, Richard flew towards the area designated on the map.

Two hours later, Richard’s body fully entered the new venue.

The final contest venue was also a plain, with sparse trees scattered like stars across the boundless plain.

Richard bent down, scraped away the surface soil at his feet. Beneath it, the soil was charred black as if it had been scorched by fire.

Richard murmured to himself as he looked at the black soil, "It seems this was one of the main battlefields where the Military Department conquered this world."

He straightened up and surveyed the land that should have been vibrant and teeming with life, yet it had a desolate air.

Vast expanses of land were barren, with only a few sparse trees, as pitiful as the few hair strands on a bald man’s head.

Ten years had passed, and this land that had served as a battlefield seemed to rest forever along with the creatures that had perished in the war.

"What a waste," Richard sighed lightly.

If cultivated properly, this plain could sustain tens of millions of lives.

But for a wizard, with no resources or anomalies worth studying, this place was just wasteland.

The living space of wizards was too broad, so broad that vast expanses of land were just land, without any value whatsoever.

Outside the world, Garon Great Wizard and Bronze Spear Great Wizard were observing Richard’s every move through a mirror.

"Waste?" The Bronze Spear Great Wizard shook his head involuntarily, "Garon, your thoughts are somewhat unique.

I can’t see any waste here."

"Waste..."

Garon Great Wizard was also perplexed by Richard’s statement.

No resources meant wasteland for wizards. Wasteland did not need to waste energy to manage, a consensus among all Great Wizards.

"I’m not very clear either, but this youngster Richard does think differently from the average wizard.

Have you used the Magic Support Vehicle?"

The Bronze Spear Great Wizard nodded, "We’ve used it, but besides saving money, I haven’t found any other advantages. It’s rubbish that the spell components need replacement after one full-load usage."

The Wizard World Exploration Department possessed the richest strategic magic equipment arsenal in the Wizard World. Much of this magic equipment, limited by price, could not be used extensively.

But for the financially robust Military Department, price was not an issue.

Thus, a revolutionary item like the Magic Support Vehicle in the eyes of the ordinary White Wizard Army was merely an ordinary support weapon in the eyes of the Military Department.

They had already equipped weapons with similar functions long ago.

"Saving money is the biggest advantage," Garon Great Wizard said lightly, "I’ve asked Lu Song, he told me that all White Wizard Armies equipped with Magic Support Vehicles have shown a significant reduction in losses during Plane Wars. The pace of the wars has also become much faster.

And all this, achieved by spending only a few million Magic Essence.

In the past, would you believe someone saying that you could significantly reduce military losses with just a few million Magic Essence?"

The Bronze Spear Great Wizard remained silent. A few million Magic Essence sounded like a lot, but for a Great Wizard, it was just a trivial amount.

And for the Wizard World, this level of expenditure was almost negligible.

Yet it was this little amount of money that had enhanced the overall strength of the Wizard World.

Even if the enhancement was minimal, it was still a significant progress.

"Just wait, wait until this young man enters the Sky Garden. Then you can ask him yourself," Garon Great Wizard said offhandedly.

"Ask him myself?" The Bronze Spear Great Wizard was slightly taken aback.

Garon Great Wizard frowned slightly and turned to look at his old friend.

"Old friend, has your mind really rusted? Or have you become so self-absorbed as the head of the Exploration Department, thinking you are somehow above everyone else?

Arrogance is a major flaw hindering a wizard’s progress. If you don’t change this mindset, you will never reach the true gateway of truth."

The Bronze Spear Great Wizard fell silent again, and after a while, he replied softly, "My mentality does have some issues.

On the path to pursuing truth, there is no need for arrogance."

...

In the contest venue, Richard was unaware that his casual remark had caught the attention of a Great Wizard.

At the moment, he was engrossed in a new idea he had just come up with.

Land was useless to wizards because even if ordinary people colonized new worlds and progressed to Level 1 Creatures, they still had to return to the Wizard World for the advancement.

Because humans were not indigenous creatures of the colonized worlds and were not recognized by the World Origin.

But Richard suddenly thought, what if using Bloodline Witchcraft to create a subspecies of humans.

Could they possibly deceive the World Origin, allowing the subspecies to become Level 1 Creatures in the colonized worlds?