Wizard Bloodline.

Chapter 373 Oasis, Fable
“This is the Quevada Oasis?”

Ronan recovered from the brief dizziness caused by the space teleportation, and when he saw the scene in front of him clearly, his expression fluctuated slightly.

The first thing he saw was a rainbow-colored sky.

However, it cannot bring people any dreamy, blurry, or beautiful feeling. Instead, it looks slippery and disgusting, just like the corrupt bacteria that grow in the flesh and blood of a rotting corpse of some creature, presenting various pus colors. It is also like poisonous mushrooms growing in the wild, filling the entire sky in clusters.

The air was also filled with a sweet, pungent, and slightly rancid smell.

He was now standing on a piece of sand covered with strange dark purple crystal clusters. Behind him was a body of water that was either a lake or a sea, and in front of him was lush "vegetation".

If everything in front of him faded away from the mottled and dark colors, then what he was stepping on should be a piece of soft silver or white sand, with golden sunlight falling from above, sprinkling over the sparkling clear water, and the breeze rustling the leaves of the palm trees.
A tropical landscape, a great place for a relaxing vacation.

However, now, all Ronan could see was a thick layer of rainbow-colored oil film floating on the surface, stinking waters full of sticky, corrupted gelatinous liquid, plants twisted into strange shapes, black and red vines crawling everywhere, and heavy "fruits" wrapped in undigested corpses.
The dark purple crystal clusters with sharp edges on the sand under his feet also grew and bit like teeth, making a constant clicking sound like bones rubbing against each other.

This is a land of corruption, depravity, and abandonment.

"tsk"

Hathaway's voice came from behind, like reciting a book, "It is said that when the Quevada Oasis was first discovered, it was full of magic crystals. If it weren't for the sudden disaster, it would have become the most prosperous civilization and commercial center of the entire continent."

Ronan looked at her, and Hathaway explained, "When you were away, I found a lot of documents about waterways and oases on those monsters!"

Hathaway suddenly screamed and covered her right hand, as if she had been bitten by something.

Ronan also felt a burning pain on his right wrist. He frowned and looked towards the location where the burning pain came from. He found a gray-white ring-shaped brand on his wrist for no reason, and the brand conveyed a faint sense of guidance.

Ronan stared at the circular brand, his eyes flickering.

"It looks like we have entered the second stage of the Destiny Stone Trial."

Ronan looked up and saw the astronomical society members appearing one by one on the beach in front of them. As expected, each of them had a gray-white circle mark on their wrist.

Ronan looked at them quietly, waiting for them to come back to their senses from their brief confusion and tension, and then find himself, looking at him with a complicated and indescribable look.

Several people exchanged glances, and then Ivan slowly walked up, "Mixia."

"As agreed, we entered the Quevada Oasis and the contract was completed."

Ronan spoke.

Ivan pursed his lips, "Yeah..."

Ronan said calmly: "I may not be able to continue to protect you from now on."

"That was not what I meant."

Ivan spoke quickly, smiled bitterly, then saluted Ronan and said solemnly: "Thank you."

Ronan returned the greeting, nodded, said nothing more, and asked Hathaway to leave.

Just after walking for a while, I suddenly heard an urgent call from behind.

Ronan turned around and saw Anand chasing him a few steps forward. It seemed that he had something to say to him but was too embarrassed to speak. He scratched his head and looked a little embarrassed.

Ronan thought about it and threw a communication stone over.

“After this trial is over, outside, you can contact me again if you have the chance.

Our friendship still exists.”

Anand held the communication stone given by Ronan tightly as if it were a treasure, his face slightly flushed with excitement. He waved goodbye to them vigorously until he could no longer see them from his sight.

The other members of the Astronomical Society looked at Anand with great envy. To them, the final gain from this trial might be far less than the small communication stone in Anand's hand.

That represents the friendship of "Mixia"!
Oh, I should have studied more about astrology earlier.

Including Ivan, more than one person felt regretful and sighed in their hearts.

"rustle--"

There were strange rustling sounds coming from the rotting tropical vegetation around.

Suddenly there was a sound of explosion, accompanied by flames and the sound of some creature howling in pain.

A large area of ​​vegetation and sand in front of Ronan was suddenly flattened by something, and then he could see a strange humanoid creature covered with black scales, being tightly embraced by several fourth-level fire elements. Its whole body was burning and crackling, and it was rolling madly on the sand full of crystal clusters.

When it was about to roll to Ronan's side, the strange creature suddenly opened its mouth, and a tongue covered with scarlet barbs in its mouth tore through the air like a spear, whistling towards Ronan.

Unfortunately, this concealed attack was blocked by an invisible force field when it got within a few feet of Ronan.

The force field pulled, and tiny beams of bright light condensed on their own, cutting the long tongue into countless small pieces in an instant, which fell to the ground with a crackling sound.

"boom!"

The fire element that was hugging this strange creature suddenly exploded, and a ball of blazing fire rushed out, followed by the second, the third
After four fire elements launched self-destruction attacks, the strange creature that attacked Ronan was burned into a ball of red charcoal and completely stopped moving.

This thing's vitality is even stronger than the lizard-like Khorne beast that we encountered in the waterway before.

Ronan used his mental power to fiddle with the corpse of the strange creature and felt some mysterious power emanating from the corpse and flowing quickly towards his arms.

There was a slight burning sensation on my wrist. The gray-white circular mark that was left there when I entered the Quevada Oasis seemed to be filled in a small part, with a bit more bright red color.

The sand beneath Ronan's feet moved slightly, and a line of blurry words appeared on its own - [Purify them.]

Ronan's eyes flickered, and he lifted his foot and stepped lightly over the writing, then continued forward along the path that the strange creature had just struggled to create.

The only six remaining fire elements followed him faithfully on all sides like guards. Soon, Ronan heard the sounds of battle accompanied by bursts of magic.

Pushing aside a broad leaf covered with a strange blood-gel-like mucus, a small blue lake appeared before him.

The lakeside was densely crawling with the same strange creatures he had encountered before, which were covered with black scales, in human form but crawling on all fours. The air was filled with a rotten and foul smell. Hathaway, leading a fifth-level water elemental and a large group of fourth-level water elementals, was standing on a high ground by the lake, resisting wave after wave of attacks from the humanoid monsters.

Ronan's arrival attracted the attention of some humanoid monsters. Pairs of scarlet and violent eyes instantly stared at him and rushed towards him rapidly.

Six loyal fire elementals rushed forward without saying a word, but they were able to only stop two humanoid monsters, while the rest rushed towards Ronan.

"Ding—" Like the crisp sound of crystal hitting a metal plate, pieces of gold and titanium like broken notes flowed out from under the cuffs of Ronan's robe, carrying with them a slightly raised voice of ancient chanting.

Ronan casually pointed his finger out, and the golden blade light splashed like a waterfall, sweeping across the entire blue lake in an instant.
After a while.

In the center of the small blue lake, which was gurgling with strange bubbles, no humanoid monster dared to crawl out from the bottom of the lake.

The air was filled with the smell of melting sand and burning flesh. Some asphalt-like golden flames fell on the ground and burned quietly. All around the blue lake were corpses and broken limbs of humanoid monsters.

Ronan collected the corpses of these monsters one by one into the foggy space and threw them into the elemental pool to serve as raw materials for energy decomposition. Hathaway also directed the water elements to help.

The right wrist still felt hot, and almost one twentieth of the gray-white circle had been covered with bright red.

Ronan casually picked up a monster's corpse and saw a line of small words appearing on the sand below it - [The water source is polluted and cannot be drunk]

He shook his head speechlessly.

Ronan had almost figured out the "rules" of the second stage of the trial.

It's probably about "purifying" this corrupted oasis, and the way to purify it is of course to clear out the monsters from the other world in the oasis.

Every time a monster is killed, the ring mark on the wrist will record the "merit" and occasionally give inexplicable guidance and hints.

As for what will happen after the ring is filled, Ronan is not quite sure yet.

But according to his speculation, this should represent the qualification and credentials to enter the third stage of the trial.

The rune stone that records the content of the trial describes that after entering the Quevada Oasis, the trial-taker needs to find the "token" left by the new prophet.

"The third stage of the trial may revolve around this token."

“We can only wait and see what the next steps are after the circle is filled.”

If this speculation is true, theoretically, the faster this second stage is completed, the better.

The sooner you enter the third stage of the trial, the sooner you can get clues about the "New Prophet's Token".

Ronan wasn't sure if anyone had completed the second stage of the trial yet, but in any case, he should speed up.

He had already wasted a lot of time in the first phase of the ancient waterway trial. If he had not luckily met the people from the Astronomical Society, he would probably still be wandering around in the waterway looking for the entrance to the oasis.

He and Hathaway killed about dozens or even a hundred humanoid monsters by the blue lake. Most of them were level four, and there were no level five.

The fifth-level leader might be hiding at the bottom of the lake and not appearing, but Ronan was too lazy to look for him.

He invited Hathaway to leave together, and the two of them walked through the corrupt forest that was like a tropical rainforest.

On the way, we encountered many plants similar to coconut trees, with branches full of large fruits. One by one, they fell to the ground, splashing out all the foul-smelling pus and blood. In the pus and blood, there emerged a boring reminder full of bad taste, which seemed to be left by the new prophet - [This is their favorite drink. If you are an adventurous gourmet, you can try it..]

After passing through the dense forest, we encountered attacks from two groups of humanoid monsters of varying sizes. After we dealt with them all, the vegetation in front of us gradually became short and sparse.

They seemed to be walking out of the rainforest and entering a relatively flat plain area.

"Whoosh-"

The sharp sound of breaking through the air was approaching rapidly. Ronan released his mental power and "pulled" Hathaway's body in front of him back a few meters.

"Oh!"

A water element with water waves flowing all over its body suddenly exploded, and a large pit several meters deep and more than ten meters wide appeared at its original location. In the center of the pit, a wooden short spear as thick as a fist was shaking constantly, emitting waves of strange and cold energy.

Hathaway's pretty face turned slightly pale, and she looked at Ronan with lingering fear.

If Ronan hadn't pulled her just now, the short spear would have probably fallen straight on her. In such a short time, she would definitely not be able to take corresponding defensive measures. It is still unclear whether the protective force field that comes with the late stage of level 4 can block it.

Ronan flew into the air and squinted his eyes to look in the direction where the spear came from.

He saw a group of monsters approaching them quickly. They were a kind he had never seen before - most of them were over three meters tall, with strong human limbs but the heads of goats.

His eyes were red, he carried crude weapons like spears, and his whole body exuded a strong evil aura.

These monsters with goat heads and human bodies were equipped with many bone ornaments. From a distance, they made meaningless growls at Ronan and the other man, as if they were being hunted, and ran towards them at a very fast speed.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

The sheep-headed monsters took off the short spears on their backs and threw them at the two men as they ran.

They are incredibly powerful, and the short spears they shoot out are not ordinary cold weapons. They emit obvious energy fluctuations, and when they break through the air, they are like black lightning with astonishing momentum.

Hathaway was ready to fight, obviously still upset about the attack just now. She waved the staff in her hand and rushed forward with a group of water elemental minions.

But Hathaway obviously underestimated the strength of these goat-headed monsters. In the intervals between her spells, the short spears shot by the goat-headed monsters fell like rain.

Each short spear had an attack power comparable to that of a fourth-tier spell, and its launch speed was extremely fast, allowing it to easily shoot down a water elemental with one or two hits. Hathaway hid behind the only fifth-tier water element, looking somewhat embarrassed.

Ronan looked for a while, then stood up and walked over, gently wiping the empty space in front of him with his right hand.

Along with a burst of space magic fluctuations, a silver mirror-like curtain quickly rose above the head and unfolded.
The short spear shot by the sheep-headed monster whizzed into the silver mirror curtain, causing ripples.

Soon, the disappeared short spears suddenly reappeared above the heads of the sheep-headed monsters, with their remaining force undiminished.

The sheep-headed monsters were caught off guard, and amid a series of piercing and gas explosion sounds, the group of sheep-headed monsters were quickly killed by the short spears they threw.

The strong sheep-headed monster was nailed to the ground by short spears. Smelly blood flowed out of its mouth, nose and wounds, and it gradually became silent.

Ronan walked over slowly, looking at the gray and empty eyes of these goat-headed monsters. He felt the round mark on his wrist burning hot, and then saw another line of small words quietly emerging among the scattered corpses of the goat-headed monsters - [The red and black blood soaked the land, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.

The seeds of rotten evil are buried in the ground, and they are breaking through the soil.

They could come back at any time. 】

This was the first time Ronan had seen this kind of prompt, which was full of revelations, like a mysterious fable.

Ronan stood in front of the corpse of the goat-headed monster, his eyes flickering. Suddenly, he reached out and pulled off the bone ornament from the body of a goat-headed monster under his feet, holding it in his hand to examine it carefully.

(End of this chapter)