Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 261 [Sound of Destruction], [One Layer of Conch Palace], Arrived in the Central Part
"The Comb Snail is not a creature from this world."

When the strange snail in the body of the Devil's Fish finally erupted, Ronan obtained some incomplete information fragments and learned that the Ctenopharynx was a creature from another world.

This creature feeds on the souls of the dead and can emit terrifying sonic waves.

In the fragmentary memories Ronan obtained, this magic snail creature once dominated a world. Any creature that can rule the entire world would not be a simple existence. The strange snails now living in the Green Abyss are far from being real comb snails. At best, they are some "defective products" with some comb snail blood.

That's why it can only survive in the body of the ghost fish by parasitism. The real comb snail's talent of transforming ghost power into terrifying sound waves has also degenerated into extracting the host's vitality. Although it can also send out terrifying sonic attacks, after one outburst, it will not be able to withstand the recoil force and will die.

The last snail king Ronan saw had a very high blood concentration. Its shell still carried the souls of the former sea creatures, and even the memories of its ancestors remained in its body.

This is also the reason why Ronan was able to obtain the rune pattern in front of him from the other party.

Maybe it is not like this originally, but for a wizard, runes are the best language to interpret everything.

"The blood of the impure Comb-Bone Demon Snail has changed its talent from extracting the power of ghosts to extracting life force. For me, it is the most suitable."

The way the Comb Conch extracts its life burst is countless times more advanced than Ronan's own technique of simply and roughly compressing the life ball and then releasing it in one breath. Once mastered, Ronan's combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly enhanced when he tries to transform into a "complete giant monster" form.

"It just so happens that my master-level proficiency of [Austerity Body Forging] has exceeded 1,500 points, and the [Ancient Power] rune has been upgraded to a high level. My [Immaculate Body] is already a little weak. If the [Spiral Palace] method can really work, maybe it can make up for this."

Ronan had an indifferent expression. Even he himself had not expected that after the [Ancient Power] rune broke through to the advanced level, it would place such a heavy burden on his body.

The dull white hair on his body and the large quantities of healing potions he purchased from the Mystic Energy Workshop were all caused by the severe loss of vitality caused by the activation of high-level [Ancient Power] at one time.

Thinking of this, Ronan tried to activate [Innocent Body].

"Kakaka-"

Amid the familiar sound of flesh and bones colliding and squeezing, Ronan's body slowly rose up while he was sitting cross-legged on the blanket on the floor, and his whole body gradually became strong and tall.

Everything was the same as before, but on the palms of Ronan's hands, which were spread out flat on his knees, there were some black lines like vines, which began to grow wildly along his arms and all over his body like flames.
"boom!"

An invisible aura emanated from his body, like an invisible millstone, squeezing the void to create layers of wrinkles. The furniture in the room was destroyed, and layers of rune arrays lit up rapidly.

"Shh-"

Ronan stood up and quickly came out of the airship in a flash.

At this time, the airship had already completely left the influence of the Secret Energy Workshop and was flying over an endless, uninhabited, desolate desert.

Ronan stood in the air under the dim setting sun, with the desolate sky behind him. The black color growing wildly on his body had already spread to his chest.

His long white hair was flying high behind him, and a circle of inky halo emanated from around Ronan's body, just like a dark and twisted sun swallowing up the light of the void.

The terrifying aura continued to rise, and when it reached a certain peak
"Oh!"

Half of Ronan's upper body's flesh and blood suddenly exploded, and then black lines actually "grew" out from his exploded flesh and blood, dancing wildly like flames and vines, and emitting large wisps of twisting black filaments.

"Shh-"

Ronan made claws with his five fingers and waved them forward with an indifferent look.

next second.

"Click——"

In the void directly in front of him, there seemed to be inky black lightning shaped like tree branches flashing rapidly. Immediately afterwards, the void at a certain distance suddenly showed a distortion and collapse, and several bottomless narrow gullies appeared silently on the Gobi Desert below.

"call--"

After doing all this, Ronan seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and he was completely out of the activated state of [Innocent Body].

With a weak breath and a body covered in blood and shocking explosion wounds, he flew back to the airship, took out a large amount of healing potion from the space ring and poured it into his mouth as if it were free.

As the healing agent was infused, the remaining vitality in the body began to take effect, fresh granulation tissue grew on the wound, and then slowly healed.
When all the wounds on Ronan's body healed, he seemed to have "aged" by more than ten years. His white hair was scattered on his shoulders like dead grass, his back was hunched, and even his skin, which was originally as smooth as jade, became dull and even had some subtle wrinkles.

"The third power that reaches the level of 'taboo'"

Ronan looked at the lines on his palm, with an indescribable complexity in his eyes.

He never expected that the power of the [Ancient Power] rune would increase so greatly after being promoted to an advanced level.

It was so great that he easily broke through to a level equivalent to the forbidden realm of spells. And this was not even the full picture of the [Ancient Power]. He did not dare to fully release its "power".

When the [Ancient Power] rune first appeared, Ronan wondered whether the physical training of [Austerity Body Tempering] was just a "prelude" to the emergence of [Ancient Power], so that practitioners could withstand this terrifying power.

It's like [Ancient Power] is a sword, and [Innocent Body] is the scabbard.

The problem Ronan is facing now is that the knife is too sharp, so sharp that his scabbard can hardly contain it.

During the growth process of the [Ancient Power] rune, his body was constantly being destroyed, and almost all of the abundant vitality in his body had to be used for repair, which led to serious loss of vitality.

To solve this problem.

Or, increase the storage of life energy within the life light ball, which means speeding up the body's repair process.

Either
It is to strengthen the scabbard itself.

"I have 6% of the ancient frost hydra bloodline in my body. Logically speaking, my physique should be much stronger than that of a person who practices [Ascetic Body Building] normally."

Otherwise, Ronan would not have complained that the "complete giant monster" state was not strong enough, which restricted the performance of his perfect physique.

"Maybe it's because I lack the true inheritance? I've been missing a key step or item in the process of practicing [Ascetic Body Building]?"

Ronan once again thought of the unusual bottle of "God-Burning Potion" that Angele had given him. A long time ago, when he was working on the proficiency of the [Austerity Body Building] card, he had been thinking about figuring this out.

But later on, I discovered that the method of "bearing injuries" could promote the continued growth of my proficiency in [Austerity Body Building]. I didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, so I gradually forgot about the matter.

Now that [Austerity Body Building] encountered difficulties again, Ronan had a hunch that the key still lay in that bottle of "God-Burning Potion".

However, after the battle for the wizard, Angelet disappeared without a trace. Now that he was about to head to the central region, it would be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack to find him.

And even if he found Angele, he might not help Ronan solve his puzzle. So for now Ronan could only pin his hopes on the second solution.

"【Snail Palace】is derived from the first half of the Comb-bone Demon Snail's talent, using a special energy-guiding method to perfectly mobilize the vitality in the body.

At this stage, my body should be able to be greatly strengthened."

The reason why the comb snails that parasitize the ghost fish die is that they immediately transform this part of their mobilized vitality into sound waves and burst them out fiercely. Their bodies cannot withstand the explosion of the terrifying sound waves, so they naturally explode and die.

However, Ronan did not need to carry out the subsequent steps. He only needed the method of mobilizing the vitality of the Comb Conch.

Just doing this can perfectly solve the problem that [Innocent Body] cannot withstand the backlash of high-level [Ancient Power].

Of course, this is just Ronan's theoretical conjecture. Whether it is feasible and what the effect will be after it is achieved can only be known after he actually tries it.

“There are still five months until we reach the central region and go to Ewakwi.

During these five months, I just happened to try to build the [Snail Palace] system of the Comb Conch in my body."

Ronan visualized the [Spiral Palace] rune in his mind, its mystery and complexity were like a natural maze.

He didn't need to build the entire maze in one go. He just needed to create a prototype of the maze first, and then slowly expand and fill it in.

As for the rune part of the second half of the Comb Conch's talent, "Sonic Burst", which was originally integrated with the [Snail Palace], Ronan temporarily named it - [Sound of Destruction].

The system content of this part of the energy explosion is also profound and complex, and it can even be said to be the true essence of the Comb-Bone Demon Snail's talent.

Combining it with undead spells might create unexpected sparks.

It just so happened that Ronan had the inheritance of undead magic from the "Skeleton Deathstroke" in his hands. Whether it was Ahashiya, who served as the "arrow embryo" of the [Ghost Arrow], or the square-horned cowbell, they were both ready-made materials for spell experiments.

Just wait until you have time in the future and slowly do the research.

"Five months."

Ronan gently wiped away the remaining healing potion from the corner of his mouth, took one last glance at his character panel, and then slowly closed his eyes.

Thanks to his introductory understanding of the [Ancient Star Meditation Method], his ability in subtle control of mental power has been greatly improved. Otherwise, it would be extremely difficult to construct a mysterious and complex rune system like the [Spiral Palace] in his body.

This aspect also made the plan of splitting and engraving the [Magic Control] rune much easier.

Five months later.

The green shade is like a sea, the treetops are interwoven into an endless dark green ocean, and several winding streams flow quietly like silver-white ribbons at the junction of mountains and valleys.

The outline of the mountains is vaguely visible in the distance, the sun pierces the mist lingering in the mountains, birds fly, and the sounds of nature echo melodiously.

In this steep mountain valley full of tranquility, mystery and primitive atmosphere, a tattered airship that looked like it was made up of several deflated hot air balloons was staggering over.

The airship stopped near a stream, and then a faint rune light flashed, and a tall and slender figure walked out of the airship.

This was a handsome young man with white hair and a black robe. He had a calm temperament, as if he had just awakened from a long sleep. When he came into contact with the sunlight, he subconsciously squinted his eyes, with a hint of trance on his face.

“Is this the Central Continent?”

Ronan put his feet on solid ground, bent down, picked up a handful of soil at his feet, and rubbed it slowly between his fingers.

He carefully savored the first feeling that this world brought him.

The free energy particles in the air are much denser than in the south, about two to three times more. If the upper ring continent is a sunken "valley" as a whole, then the central continent is located in the middle of this valley.
Ronan stood up, strolled to the stream, scooped up some stream water and splashed it on his face.

The forest breeze blew across his wet cheeks, bringing a slightly cool feeling. Ronan gently licked the few drops of stream water on his lips, tasting the long-lost natural sweetness.

Five months.

the time passes so fast.

He felt as if he had done nothing and five months had passed.

As his strength increased, Ronan now felt more and more that time was insufficient. Whenever he was studying spells or runes, time would pass by like a stream flowing before his eyes.

Although Ronan is still young and has plenty of time to waste, he still has a strong sense of urgency in his heart.

He began to admire Heramus more and more. It was said that Heramus grew from a wizard apprentice to the top figure of Dawn at the top of the Upper Ring in less than a hundred years.
"Fortunately, the prototype of [Shallow Palace] has been initially constructed."

Ronan looked inward and saw that in the center of the life ball in his body, there was a "blue snail" quietly floating, which was transparent inside and out and composed of countless light bands.

Its appearance is somewhat similar to the Ctenopharyngodon, but if you look closely at its interior, it looks like an incredibly complex and exquisite miniature maze.

Ronan spent almost all of the five months on the construction of the [Spiral Palace]. He stopped practicing all spells and even rarely practiced the [Ancient Star Meditation Method].

The complete [Spiral Palace] is countless times more complicated than the "blue snail" in front of him. Ronan has only completed the first step so he named it [First-level Spiral Palace].

The [First Spiral Palace] was completed on the third day after the airship entered the central continent, and Ronan did not even have time to test it.

This long journey from the south to the center was generally smooth.

A total of five unexpected situations of varying degrees of severity were encountered on the road, but they were all resolved by Ronan with his strength and he got through them safely.

However, the long-distance airship he was riding on was severely damaged and was now almost scrapped. It was simply a miracle that it could carry him to the place agreed with Ewakuei.

“Contact Ewakwi first.”

Ronan stopped by the stream for a while, picked up some dead branches and lit a bonfire. Then he took out a bottle of medicine powder that Ewaqui had given him when he was in the Uta tribe and threw it into the fire, chanting a low spell.

A moment later, accompanied by a strange "bang" sound, the flames in front of Ronan suddenly rose up, and soared several meters high. The orange flames turned into dark green, and the tongues of fire intertwined, and finally condensed into a masculine and rugged face.

"Damien, thank you for coming..."

Ewakui's voice came out from the mouth of the big flaming face, mixed with the buzzing sound of burning dead branches.

(End of this chapter)