The wizard era begins with the alchemist wizard

Chapter 897 The dust has settled
At the heart of the attack, Richard's body was almost entirely devoid of flesh, leaving only a black skeleton.

However, the Overlord is unaware of the bones and flesh; even if only a single hair remains, the Overlord can restore it to its original state.

"They survived!?"

The Great World Tree looked at Richard and casually struck the Spectre Overlord beside him, sending it flying—now that he no longer needed to act, the Spectre Overlord posed no threat to him.

On the other side, the Netherworld Lord's eyes were wide open, his blood-red pupils filled with disbelief.

The wizard actually survived!?
How could he have survived? He couldn't have stopped that attack. This wizard was just an ordinary ruler; how could he have withstood it?

Richard's body began to heal itself, and in the blink of an eye, a layer of flesh grew from his bones and filled his body at a visible speed.

“Truly powerful.” Richard’s voice was a little hoarse. “Just by descending with your will, you can display such strength. If your true form were here, I would probably be dead by now.”

Unfortunately, your true form cannot come.

Such a large number of small-dimensional collapse cannons is beyond what Shan Hai can resist. However, just because Shan Hai cannot resist them does not mean that Shan Hai cannot weaken them.

After separating and storing one segment of the Mountain and Sea, the remaining Mountain and Sea absorbed most of the power of the Small Dimension Collapse Cannon for Richard. The remaining power was then absorbed by his body.

He was, after all, a ruler who had survived the original Dimensional Annihilation Cannon, and his body was specially adapted to withstand it.

Thanks to this specialization, Richard withstood the remaining terrifying power that was enough to tear a medium-sized world apart.

The Mechanical Overlord stared at Richard, its crystalline eyes devoid of any emotion. Cold data swirled and calculated in its mind; in order to use the previous concentrated attack, the Mechanical Overlord's dimension had completely collapsed—even a small-dimensional collapse cannon requires dimensional fragments as materials.

He now has to devise a new combat strategy.

But how could Richard allow him to calculate so leisurely?

Dimensions unfolded, and the mountains and seas reappeared. With the infusion of dimensional power, the mountains and seas, which had only one remaining element, recovered to their previous state at an astonishing speed.

After establishing the Wizarding Alliance and bringing three civilizations into it, Richard's share of dimensional power surpassed that of all the Overlords within the Alliance. Furthermore, the amount of dimensional power he could obtain from the Alliance every moment was truly enormous.

In this kind of battle where there is no dimensional confrontation, his dimensional power can be described as almost inexhaustible.

Richard can replenish the dimensional power consumed by the destruction of the mountains and seas in just a few days.

As the mountains and seas moved, a black hole suddenly appeared in the void.

During this period, Richard was not simply hunting; he also continued to improve his own strength—Richard found a more efficient way to condense black holes from the Mist Overlord.

hum!
The second black hole appeared the instant the first one was formed.

The two black holes, one in front of the other, generated massive gravitational tidal particles that overlapped at this moment!

Even the void itself trembled under the gravitational tides!
But this is not enough.

After the second black hole, the third and fourth black holes appeared in succession.

The four black holes are arranged in a straight line, and their gravitational tides overlap, creating a massive gravitational force that is enough to tear apart more than a medium-sized world.

Richard's face was slightly pale, and his massive body was almost withered.

There can be no room for probing when confronting civilization devourers; the swiftest and most powerful measures must be taken immediately.

The civilization devourers have consumed countless civilizations and acquired virtually endless knowledge. If the battle cannot be resolved immediately, the course of the conflict will inevitably be reversed by the civilization devourers.

In this world community, no one can outlast the civilization devourers in a war of attrition.

hum!
An energy burst erupted from the Mechanical Overlord's body as it attempted to escape the gravitational tide. Unfortunately, the gravitational tide arrived too quickly, giving it no time to react.

This time, a hint of emotion finally appeared in the eyes of the Mechanical Overlord.

[The goal is continuously evolving]

Last time, Richard could only use a single black hole at a time, but now he can use four black holes simultaneously.

This progress is nothing short of miraculous, almost defying common sense.

Is this the backlash of fate?

The mechanical overlord's gaze remained calm; he looked at Richard, but not at Richard.

The next moment, the mechanical overlord's body suddenly exploded.

Along with the bodies of the Tide Spirit Ruler and the Ghost Ruler, they were shattered together.

The Great World Tree reacted swiftly, its branches twisting into a giant hand that grabbed out, managing to hold off the Ghost Overlord's self-destruction and preserve his soul.

But the Lord of the Tide Spirits was not so lucky.

Faced with self-destruction, the Netherworld Ruler did not hesitate to choose to protect himself, and the soul of the Tide Spirit Ruler naturally disappeared without a trace in the self-destruction.

As for the mechanical overlord...

Richard looked at the mechanical overlord's body, which had been annihilated by the energy burst within the gravitational tide, and let out a soft breath.

"Have they already noticed something's wrong? They've deliberately annihilated their bodies."

For a civilization devourer, even the body of a ruler has some value. Yet now, the civilization devourer is willing to destroy the body rather than allow Richard any chance of seizing it, clearly indicating that it has figured something out.

A lose-lose situation is better than a win-lose situation.

However, this didn't bother Richard.

He possessed an abundance of knowledge and skills, including the art of ghost craftsmanship and the weaving of dimensional threads, which almost made up for all his shortcomings.

Now, all he lacks is a pure improvement in strength; skills and knowledge have become irrelevant.

Richard looked towards the Great World Tree, which had withstood the self-destruction of the Spectre Overlord to preserve the soul of the Spectre. Now, only a small part of its massive and lush body remained, its bark and roots charred black, seemingly about to crumble at the slightest touch.

But this was only the surface. As the ruler, Richard immediately saw the immense life force within the remnants of the Great World Tree.

As a veteran ruler, he dared to withstand the self-destruction, which naturally showed he had his own confidence.

"145, the person is gone, no need to pretend to be dead."

Upon hearing Richard's voice, the Great World Tree trembled suddenly, and then a layer of thick black charcoal fell off its charred trunk, revealing a huge eye.

"Ahem, I'm used to it, I'm used to it," the Great World Tree said somewhat awkwardly.

Richard had a slightly teasing smile on his face.

"It seems there's a reason why you survived the war back then."

Upon hearing this, the Great World Tree felt even more embarrassed and immediately found an excuse to change the subject.

His body shuddered, shaking off the charred remains. Newly sprouted buds transformed into branches at a visible speed, then twisted into a thick arm.

His arms were outstretched, revealing the sealed soul of the Ghost Lord within.

"Youming, you bastard, you have absolutely no sense of responsibility!" The Great World Tree cursed at Youming, who was not far away. "Since self-destruction won't kill you, why don't you just endure it and leave Xiling's soul behind?"

Upon hearing this, Youming was stunned for a moment, then immediately cursed, "You old codger, do you think everyone is as thick-skinned as you? Just because you can withstand self-destruction doesn't mean I can?"

"I'm going to die, can you resurrect me?" The Great World Tree tossed the soul to Richard and waved it dismissively.

"You don't need to say anything more, you're just a coward."

The Lord of the Underworld was furious and teleported to the Great World Tree in a few moments.

"You old coward, who are you calling a coward?"

"I told you you're a coward..."

Before the Great World Tree could finish speaking, Richard, looking somewhat tired, interrupted him, saying, "Gentlemen, stop arguing. Don't forget, although the Overlord has been dealt with, the pollution within the world still exists."

My clone has confirmed that the world of the Machine Race, parts of the Tide Spirit Race's world, and the Federation world have all fallen.

If we don't go back soon, the overlord's avatar of the civilization devourer will emerge.

While fighting the Mechanical Overmind, Richard's Overmind puppet avatar had returned to the Astral Plane and begun dealing with the contamination.

Just as Richard had predicted, the entire Machine Race had been implanted with contaminated memes. When the Machine Overlords acted in unison, all of them were corrupted by the Civilization Devourers.

Fortunately, the Machine Race has the fewest members, and therefore the fewest in the world.

Even if all of them are contaminated, the Alliance will only have a thousand worlds affected. With timely intervention, most of these worlds can be saved.

However, while the worlds of the Machine Race are few, the worlds of the Tide Spirit Race are quite numerous. Furthermore, due to their habitation in the ocean, the Tide Spirit Race also inhabits many other races' worlds.

The presence of these Tide Spirits made the task of cleaning up the pollution exceptionally large.

Upon learning of the current situation of the Natural Federation from Richard, Netherworld and the Great World Tree immediately abandoned their playful intentions.

"Then I'll leave the Ghost to you. Old Tree and I will deal with this pollution first," the Netherworld Lord said solemnly to Richard.

Richard nodded slightly. "Don't worry, Phantom will be fine. You've prepared a backup of his memories, right?"

"Yes, both he and I have prepared memory backups."

"That's good. After he's purified, he'll probably lose some of his memories, but with a memory backup, he can recover them directly."

Before the performance, Richard reminded Phantom to back up his memories to avoid problems after the battle. It seems his advice was heeded.

The Spectre and the Great World Tree went to cleanse the contamination, while Richard entered a dimension and began to use the Miracle Fire to cleanse the Spectre of its contamination.

……

Whether it was because he used the power of the Civilization Devourer to break through, or because he deliberately allowed his heart to be corrupted, the Spectre's soul was purified very slowly.

Richard spent a full year purifying the ghost's soul before he could completely cleanse it.

However, the benefits are also obvious.

After purification, the ghost's soul did not fall to the level of an ordinary ruler. Its soul remained at the limit-breaking level, only its mental power limit dropped significantly, requiring soul essence or other means to enhance mental power to recover.

"Am I...is this your dimension?"

The fully purified ghost looked at Richard, and after a moment of confusion, he immediately realized what was happening.

"Is the play over? Who is the mole?"

Richard said calmly, "Mechanics is the mole, but Xiling was probably corrupted by him."

The Ghost Lord was startled upon hearing this.

"There were two? That battle..."

Before he could finish speaking, he realized he had asked a foolish question. The plan was for him to undergo the corruption. Now that he had been rescued, the battle was naturally over.

"The battle went smoothly, you don't need to worry about that," Richard replied casually, rummaging through his pockets.

After searching through the bag, he suddenly pulled out a huge body that was nearly three meters tall from the narrow opening.

"Your body was made using the flesh and blood of your Youha race."

The ghost stared blankly at the body before it. The body Richard had escaped from was not exactly the same as that of a regular ghost, but it was also completely unrelated.

Although the regular Haunted Creepers possess immense strength, their bodies are all emaciated. From a distance, they can almost be described as long, thin ghostly figures.

But the body before him was as robust as a giant.

Moreover, while the skin of the typical Haunted Clan is white, this body's skin has black stripes.

Besides these, the Ghost could clearly sense that there were other adjustments to this body that were completely different from the physical structure of the Ghost Horde.

"This is...my body?" the ghost asked, confirming.

“Of course it’s yours.” Richard looked at the ghost as if he were an idiot. “I remember that purifying pollution at most reduces mental strength, not innate intelligence.”

The ghost remained silent, quietly entering the somewhat strange body before it.

Changing bodies was not difficult for the Overlord, especially since Richard had deliberately used bloodlines for compatibility. After the Phantom entered the body, it quickly established a spiritual-physical connection with it.

Immediately afterwards, a look of shock appeared on his face.

This body... is too strong!
The body Richard gave him was slightly inferior to his original body in appearance.

In every other respect, this new body is superior to his old body, which has evolved over tens of thousands of years.

The body's strength, agility, and reflexes were terrifying. Ghost felt that once he unleashed his true form, he could easily slaughter his past self.

In addition, this body contains a special energy-supplying organ. This organ utilizes the principle of annihilation of the four elements to provide a continuous energy supply for his entire body.

The technology of annihilation of four elements is not unusual, and turning it into an organ is not particularly difficult.

However, the energy supply of this organ exceeds the limit of its size.

Within this organ, the ghost sensed a dimensional force flowing. It seemed that within this organ, which appeared to be about the size of a heart, lay a small world serving as the space for annihilation reactions.

"What's wrong?" Richard asked, noticing that the ghost was standing still.

"Is there something wrong with the body I created?"

“No, no,” the ghost replied immediately.

He then bowed to Richard with the utmost respect.

"Thank you, Master, for creating this body for me. When I return, the Youhai Clan will definitely reward you handsomely."

Such a powerful body must have required a tremendous amount of resources and effort. Although Ghost knew that Netherworld had definitely paid for this body, it didn't stop him from coming to express his gratitude.

The difference between the bodies is like heaven and earth.

Richard casually waved his hand upon hearing this, and in doing so, opened a dimensional portal in front of the ghost.

"Just something I made out of boredom, nothing to be thanked for. Besides, the Ghost Clan no longer exists; now there are only Ghost Councilors in the Wizarding Alliance."

(End of this chapter)