Locke imprinted his soul mark into the Griffin Cube. Immediately, the Griffin Cube transformed into countless small cube robots that coiled around his Hydra vines, constructing protection for the Hydra.

Similarly, as Locke input his permanent defensive force field into these small cube component sub-robots, these cube robots immediately emitted powerful permanent defensive force field fluctuations externally. Nine layers of permanent defensive force field appeared on these robots.

As Locke's thoughts slightly moved, the nine layers of permanent defensive force field, through compression and the extension of the Griffin Cube robots, transformed into a permanent defensive force field hand that directly grasped the dark void ahead. With a fierce grab, even the air trembled.

Seeing this scene, Director Morrison couldn't help but nod. "The Hydra magical plant and Griffin Cube cooperating seems to bring out maximum power."

"No wonder that stingy fellow would actually proactively give you the Griffin Box to use, the most advanced thing in his hands." Director Morrison stroked his chin and said quietly.

Director Morrison snapped his fingers. Under his magical pressure at a scale an individual person absolutely couldn't possess, the entire flower island began to automatically rise and head toward the sky above Cloud Lake.

On the way, they also encountered Witch Diana and Wizard Edgar who were searching for Locke and the steel fortress's location. The two also landed on the flower island.

Although both carried massive tactical-level magical plant treants, on this flower island, these massive treants also appeared very ordinary and normal.

At this time, they entered the Cloud Lake region. The water around them was all blocked by this flower island. The water of Cloud Lake automatically began to part upon seeing them.

Second Circle magic was marvelous like this.

Director Morrison said to the somewhat unhappy Witch Diana and Wizard Edgar, "You two don't need to be too upset. After all, it's a competition. There are always winners and losers."

"The Cloud Marsh Cup runner-up and third place are also quite good."

"Losing to Locke isn't unjust."

Witch Diana and Wizard Edgar didn't refute.

Indeed, the Hydra magical plant work could indeed overwhelm their two treant tactical-level magical plant works.

Wizard Morrison continued consoling them, "The committee's point statistics will probably take another two days to come out, so you can wait."

Meanwhile, Locke suddenly felt something. He looked at the Scorpion Woman Ring worn on his left middle finger and froze slightly.

All along, for some unknown reason, there had always been a blind spot in his thinking, as if he mistakenly believed he had already returned the Scorpion Woman Ring to Grand Wizard Sulla.

But at this moment, he suddenly discovered that the Scorpion Woman Ring was actually still worn on his hand. Moreover, the magical pressure belonging to Grand Wizard Sulla on the Scorpion Woman Ring had suddenly declined just now, then become faint and indistinct.

Locke's expression changed slightly. The True Sight Orb Grand Wizard Sulla gave him was still in his astral ring. Something must have happened on the Land of Six Towers side.

Locke looked at the Scorpion Woman Ring. Immediately, his thinking was as if all seals had been released, like a gauze covering his eyes was finally lifted by someone, and he could finally see everything clearly before his eyes.

Locke removed the Scorpion Woman Ring from his left hand. The cross-shaped blue birthmark that should have disappeared actually appeared on his palm.

Locke's expression changed slightly.

Grand Wizard Sulla had miscalculated. The Scorpion Woman Ring he gave himself couldn't remove this Destined Death enhanced by ritual magic.

This Divination School decree magic sub-direction spell seemed to have obtained some kind of powerful force support. After being weakened by the Scorpion Woman Ring for almost an entire year, not only had it not become weaker, it had actually become stronger. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Wearing the Scorpion Woman Ring, he could only control and suppress it, but couldn't truly erase this mark.

The moment he took it off, a large amount of destiny force from the Mage Plane gathered toward him, inexplicably strengthening his mana by about double. But soon, this destiny force gathering toward him began to be consumed excessively, rapidly depleting.

From this destiny force, Locke sensed a weak and declining world, as if the entire world's destiny force had been plundered clean by someone.

Locke finally remembered what he and Grand Wizard Sulla had forgotten in the Land of Six Towers. Their greatest enemy was never those demon people, but that destined child in the prophecy.

He just didn't know why, but after using the Scorpion Woman Ring to seal the mark on his body, neither Grand Wizard Sulla nor he had ever thought that the magical bearer of the destined child didn't have to be just one person.

He and Grand Wizard Sulla's thinking became narrow under the influence of prophetic power, developing cognitive obstacles, actually not thinking even one step in that direction.

...

At the same time, in the laboratory of Neher University inside Spiral Basin, Witch Medea picked up a branding iron cross in her hand, smiled slightly, then endured severe pain to brand it on the back of her own hand.

Immediately, she let out a scream. Then a large amount of destiny force gathered toward her arm. That was the power that harvested most of the Mage Plane's fortune.

Five minutes later, Witch Medea endured the severe pain throughout her body, rolling her eyes back, then deliriously took a pencil and scribbled randomly on the ground.

When she knelt on the ground and came back to her senses, regaining her sanity, she discovered she had written a large string of doodles on the ground.

Witch Medea simply reorganized her attire, then stood up from the ground and quickly looked at the doodles on the ground, then furrowed her brow slightly because they were really abstract.

This was using harvesting the entire Mage Plane's fortune as the spellcasting prerequisite, utilizing ritual magic to cast a First Circle [Prophecy Poem] spell. She wanted to prophesy where she should go with her current 9999 magical pressure to obtain a suitable World Stone that could help her advance.

Moreover, not ordinary advancement, but the World Stone most suitable for her. This way, she would have greater potential to go further and continue upward.

Witch Medea complained about her drawing skills. "I should have learned from a speed artist. It seems I can still understand it though... You must walk toward the east, don't stay, immediately abandon everything you have now. You are a betrayer. One betrayal is not just your destiny. You will continuously repeat betrayal. Loyalty is your poison. Staying will make you die of old age."

Witch Medea's eyes changed slightly. "Walk toward the east. Eventually, you will complete a transaction with a young person and obtain the World Stone most suitable for you. This matter benefits both you and him. But remember, you are the embodiment of betrayal. Your destiny is only betrayal. Loyalty will make you die of old age."

Witch Medea sat on the ground, looking at this prophecy and contemplating for a long time. This was what she used the moment the Mage Plane's plane child was killed by Sulla, using Destined Death to gather the fortune as the price to cast Prophecy Poem.

Its credibility was very high.

However, the content of the Prophecy Poem was too abstract and broad, making her unable to determine whether she could accurately interpret the content in the poem.

Even prophets could die from misinterpreting their own prophecies.

Especially for matters concerning advancement to Second Circle.

"East? Isn't that the direction of the Three Marsh Lands and Star Domain Sea? I must betray multiple times. Does that mean I can't stay at Neher University as a wizard instructor?"

"Staying will prevent my progress. Loyalty will make me mediocrely die of old age."

"But I must remember one point. Second Circle wizards' extremely powerful magic will interfere with my prophecy. If a Second Circle wizard appears in my Prophecy Poem, it will cause my Prophecy Poem to become extremely inaccurate, with the direction becoming unknown."

"But the young person mentioned in the poem probably won't be a Second Circle wizard, because Second Circle wizards in Prophecy Poems are generally referred to as mature wizards, experienced wizard instructors, youths, and the like. Young person... is that a First Circle wizard?"