Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 347: Pool of Elements, Tower Defense Game

The mental force brushed across the rune lock on the box, and the metal box broke free from Ronan's palm and floated in the air.

All the densely packed runes on the box lit up, and pale white light bloomed from the gaps. Then the entire box quickly melted like wax and flowed downwards.

The ground beneath Ronan's feet sank instantly, and a large area of ​​gray quickly spread out. Invisible ripples spread out and sank into the darkness in the distance. Even the noisy sounds seemed to be silenced for a moment.

Ronan took a few steps back, and soon the ripples in front of him stabilized. A puddle of gray "water" appeared under his feet, and then gradually began to be stained with mottled colors.

Ronan could sense that countless free energy particles in this space were being drawn by a force, gathering into trickles that were continuously injected into the "ash pool".

Ronan's expression changed slightly.

"It can't be."

After a while.

Ronan stood under the crystal beam of light hanging from the top, holding the Crown of Deep Knowledge in one hand. At his feet, little flame figures the size of a palm ran out, screaming and rushing into the darkness ahead one by one.

Several black skeletons wearing tattered ancient armor walked out of the darkness with unsteady steps. They were pounced on by the fearless fire elemental figures, and a ball of flame exploded on their bodies with a "bang".

Several villains rushed forward one after another, but in the blink of an eye they could only turn into a pile of charred bones and die completely in their "reluctance".

These are the warriors of the Keldiim Wizard Empire who once died in battle here. After death, their bodies were corroded by the foul dark energy and became lonely undead wandering in the waterways.

"It really is the Pool of Elements."

Ronan retracted his gaze, turned around, and looked with a complicated expression at the water in front of him, which had expanded to a diameter of five meters and changed its color from light gray to bright colors, like a "pool" filled with oil paint.

Perhaps because Ronan had the Crown of Deep Knowledge, the Great Elder of the Deep Sea gave him this Pool of Elements.

The good news is that Ronan can use the power of the Crown of Deep Knowledge and the Pool of Elements to continuously create elemental life to help himself explore the ancient waterways.

It may still not be as good as the joint efforts of the elite wizard teams from other forces, but it is much better than his original exploration alone.

the bad news is
"If I had known it was the Pool of Elements, I should have opened the box in the misty space."

No wonder the middle-aged wizard who brought him here emphasized that he should open the box in the right place before leaving.

Once the Pool of Elements was opened, it became difficult to move. Ronan tried to use the "Mirror of the Void" to transfer it to the foggy space, and he was able to do it. However, the Pool of Elements had just been built and its structure was extremely unstable. Any slight change would likely cause the entire Pool of Elements to collapse.

We can only consider the transfer after a period of time has passed and the entire elemental pool has completely stabilized.

In order for the Pool of Elements to exert its full effect, a process of energy accumulation is also required.

At this stage, Ronan's newly formed elemental pool can only create elemental life forms with about level one strength. It is adequate for dealing with ordinary "miscellaneous soldiers" in the ancient waterway, but it is not enough to deal with monsters with slightly stronger strength.

“It feels a bit like a tower defense game.”

Ronan checked the surroundings of the Elemental Pool and found that there was a naturally formed layer of energy light film around the Elemental Pool. He reached out to test the strength and found it was not high, only about level one.

However, it should continue to improve with the upgrade of the elemental pool.

Ronan thought about it, took out the rune stone he carried with him, and set up several more layers of magic defense outside the pool of elements.

“I can only stay here for a while.”

Ronan looked around. Creepy growls could be heard from the darkness from time to time. The monsters wandering in the ruins of the ancient waterway were constantly rushing towards the light source.

It was just right that during this waiting time, he could practice using the Crown of Deep Knowledge and the Pool of Elements to create elemental life.

A month later.

"Kakaka-"

With a crisp sound of bones crackling, Ronan stood up from the ground.

The clear blue eyes seemed to be a little deeper than before, with a strange light flashing, but it quickly retracted into the pupils.

"call--"

Ronan exhaled gently and checked himself.

After reaching level 12, the increase in soul power brought by the two reincarnations in dreams has now been completely digested, and the strength progress has reached [Level official wizard: %].

The main reason was that his second dream only lasted for more than eight years before it was interrupted halfway, so the effect was much worse.

His mental strength had grown significantly, and he should only have two more reincarnations before he reached the middle stage of level 4. It was hard to imagine that only a little over a year had passed since he was promoted to level 4.

"However, the [Secret Pupa] is still lacking the last bit of accumulation, and has not yet been completed."

Ronan frowned slightly. In his consciousness, the light cocoon representing the [Secret Pupa] had been "ripened" by him using magic crystals a few months ago to the point where only a trace of white remained that had not been filled with black.

But when I checked now, it was still a little short, and there seemed to be no change.

However, the dense silk threads extending from the light cocoon are much more than before. One can feel that it is absorbing nutrients from one's body and soul all the time. Perhaps, it won't take long before it truly matures.

Ronan stopped checking and looked around.

A month passed in the blink of an eye. His own strength did not change much, but the surrounding environment changed a lot.

During this period, Ronan cleaned up all the waterways within a two-kilometer radius by himself, and gained a general understanding of the ancient waterway remains.

The most numerous monsters in the waterway are the strange creatures that look like both fish and lizards that he encountered on his way in. They are not very strong, but they travel in groups and are fearless of death, just like the cockroaches that are rampant in the dark and damp corners and cannot be killed no matter what.

The second group is the warriors of the Keldiim Wizard Empire who died in the waterway that year. After their death, they were corroded by the power of another world and turned into undead skeletons. Most of them are of average strength, slow and clumsy in movement, and pose little threat.

Some of them transform into big-bellied corpse demons with bloated bodies. Their strength can reach the fourth level close to the fifth level. They have certain means of energy attack and have extremely strong corrosive ability. After being killed, a lot of parasitic worms will jump out of their stomachs, which will be more difficult to deal with.

The most difficult one is a monster from another world that looks like a lizard man.

Lizards have human bodies and lizard heads. They are agile, powerful, highly resistant to spells, and extremely tenacious. Their strength is generally at the fourth level. Ronan even encountered a fifth-level lizard monster and had to use some tricks to kill it.
Ronan wrote down all the information about these monsters that he had learned from actual combat in the notebook he carried with him. This can be regarded as an alternative form of knowledge accumulation. After he gets out, it may be helpful to those who come after him.

After being cleaned up by Ronan, the area is now much quieter. The foul smell of decay in the air has dissipated a lot, and it seems that even the light from the lighting crystals has become softer, with a more tranquil feeling.

On the side, after a month of energy accumulation, the elemental pool expanded to eight meters in diameter and its depth was undetectable. On the thick and colorful surface of the pool, elemental life forms broke out of the water one after another, all emitting energy fluctuations comparable to the third level.

"In another half a month, we can officially transfer."

Ronan felt the stability of the entire elemental pool and thought silently in his heart.

It was much faster than he expected, mainly because after accidentally throwing the corpses of several lizard monsters into the elemental pool, Ronan unexpectedly discovered that the corpses of the lizard monsters could be decomposed by the elemental pool and converted into pure energy.

During this period, he threw almost all the wandering monsters in the waterways that he killed into the Pool of Elements, greatly accelerating the accumulation of energy in the Pool of Elements.

Looking at the elemental life forms walking out of the element pool one by one, the darkness, earth and water elements are the most numerous, and the energy fluctuations have basically reached the third level or above.

The energy protection strength of the elemental pool itself has almost been upgraded to the third level, and with the layers of protection of the outer rune array, Ronan had the idea of ​​leaving temporarily and exploring further on his own.

"I have basically eliminated all the monsters above level 4 in this area. Dozens of level 3 elemental creatures should be able to deal with those level 1 and 2 monsters. Even if they are level 4 or above, the elemental creatures' unique self-destruction attacks will not only kill them, but will definitely be able to hold out for a while, long enough for me to notice and return."

Ronan made up his mind, put away the Crown of Deep Knowledge, and slowly began to walk into the darkness beyond the light.

Ronan summoned a ball of fire to provide lighting.

The golden fire quickly dispelled the damp vapor and the foul and decayed smell in the air. Ronan stepped on the slightly slippery stone road, moving forward calmly step by step.

Several dark shadows were attracted by the light and suddenly flew over. Ronan's eyes moved slightly, and an invisible heat wave was released from the flame suspended in his palm.

"Bam—"

Several fireballs burst out at various locations around Ronan. Along with slight screams, several charred and twisted bat-like creatures fell to the ground with a thud, struggled a few times, and then died completely.

The waterway was more complicated than Ronan had imagined. If it had not been reduced to ruins in an ancient battle, large sections of the stone walls of the waterway would have been flattened, as if returning to the Minotaur's labyrinth.

Ronan fought off several waves of monster attacks. Suddenly, he saw something in the distance that seemed to be glowing faintly and swaying back and forth.

His eyes moved slightly, and he walked over the broken ruins.

When I got closer, I realized that it was a blurry figure, emitting a faint green light. The lower half of the body was empty. It was wandering back and forth along a small section of waterway, with its head lowered, and seemed to be muttering something over and over again.

ghost!

Ronan's eyes flickered.

He discovered that the Lost Land was like a super-large "garbage dump". It was located underground in the Upper Ring Continent and had been filled with foul air for who knows how many tens of thousands of years. Later, it became a battlefield for the invasion of monsters from another world, causing all kinds of filth and evil to breed.

Here, it seems that all kinds of monsters can be seen. It may be a paradise for wizards who major in darkness and undead.

(End of this chapter)