Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 861 Demonic Pressure 18,500! Second Observation of the Secret of Creation!
The high-ranking tree spirit was a mixture of cursed energy and natural power. Because Hussein's blood curse magic was relatively pure, the tree spirit did not become too strange. However, it was still like a twisted tree spirit, with its branches and twigs full of spirals, like a tree-man with spiral bull horns.

Using the power of the twisted tree spirit, the high tree spirit deflected the fire giant's battle axe, and under Hussein's control, the high tree spirit stepped on the fire giant's axe.

The fire giant's eyes widened, for although he didn't know how the high-level tree spirit before him had suddenly changed its form and become even more powerful, it was still like a drop in the ocean compared to his own strength.

Of course.

The high-level tree spirit has a magic pressure of only 6000, while the fire giant's magic pressure can be said to be 16000, with a breakthrough of the racial soul limit in between.

But the one who used the power of curses to manipulate the tree spirit into battle was none other than the second-circle archmage Hussein!
Inside the cockpit of the [Explorer Vanguard], a blood-red thread appeared in Hussein's palm. Through Locke's bloodline power, the thread crossed the crystal wall system of the Three Holes World and remotely manipulated the tree-man on the ground.

The tree-man that had been transformed into a tree spirit not only did not fall into a disadvantageous position in Hussein's exquisite battle, but even had the possibility of turning defeat into victory.

However, the rest of the giants descended from the crater, a total of eleven: the fire giant, the wind giant, the water giant, the earth giant, the grass giant, the mountain giant, the oracle giant, the war giant, the victory giant, the steel giant, and the kingship giant.

The wind giant and the water giant had already reached another tree spirit and begun fighting it, while the remaining nine giants simultaneously attacked the more powerful high tree spirit.

It seems they won't give Locke any chance to arrive.

Hussein frowned.

"If it were only that fire giant, I would still have a chance. With my ultimate magic, the Life Stealing Instrument, I could convert the energy I obtained into the curse energy of the Blood Ancestor's true form, and then share this curse energy with the thing I cursed to enhance its magical pressure and defeat that giant."

"But there are too many of those giants now."

Nine giants surrounded the high tree spirit, their eyes filled with fear and unease. They had never seen such a powerful enemy before, not even the demon wolf clan in the underworld seemed to be this evil.

The curse of Hussein was emanating from the high tree spirits, and this curse was equally malevolent to these giants.

Locke said to Hussein, "Kill that grass giant first. Once I kill that grass giant, I can immediately descend into it using my Saintly Avatar."

Hussein realized that, indeed, as long as he could kill the grass giant, the so-called tree spirit was no longer important.

As long as Locke's saintly incarnation can descend, there are basically no ways for this world to counter it. The only possibility is that the still very mysterious 'God of Gods'.

Inside the cockpit of the [Explorer Vanguard], Hussein chanted a spell in a low voice. The high tree spirit let out a shrill cry, and from the distorted sound came a blood curse, which was the [Demonic Blood Curse] that Hussein indirectly cast.

If these giants hadn't possessed the rank of second ring, a single Demonic Blood Curse would have wiped them out.

These giants covered their ears and swayed from side to side.

At the same time, Hussein controlled the high dryad, raising its branches. The spiraling branches automatically extended, transforming into terrifying swords that shot towards the throat of the Grass Giantess, one of the nine giants.

'Boom~'

The Grass Giantess's eyes widened. Why was she always the unluckiest?

The high-level tree spirit's sword-like branches pierced her throat, and a large amount of crystalline golden blood dripped onto the ground, turning into patches of grass.

The high treant pulled out a branch of his, the spiraling branch stained with the giantess's blood. Then, Hussein quickly chanted a spell, attempting to cast the curse a second time.

For a curse caster skilled in blood curses, any act that allows them to come into contact with their own blood is dangerous.

A skilled user of blood curse magic can use a small amount of bloodline power to lock onto the opponent's bloodline and perform a chain curse through advanced geometric curse spells.

Suddenly, the body of the high-level tree spirit made a 'crack' sound.

Clearly, as a liquefied entity, it had finally reached its limit under the suppression of the nine second-ring level magical pressures. The curse power of the Blood Ancestor's true form that Hussein shared with it, namely the immortal power of the vampires, could only help it sustain itself until now.

The fire giant attacked from behind, leaping high into the air before cleaving the tree spirit in the back with an axe.

‘Click~’

The tree spirit exploded and turned to ashes, leaving only the branch stained with the giantess's blood, even though that branch was charred black.

The Grass Giantess lay on the ground, inhaling less air than she exhaled.

Locke frowned. Hussein hadn't killed her immediately, which forced him, who was ready to summon the Forest Laws and descend into the incarnation of a saint, to stop and wait for the giantess to die slowly.

Hussein said, "It's my fault. She was just one step away from dying."

Locke shook his head slightly. Hussein remotely controlling a treant that was originally an apprentice-level creature to fight against nine second-ring level native giants was already quite exaggerated.

Not every second-circle wizard can achieve this level.

I was right to bring them here this time.

Besides, he had indeed carried out his orders.

Secondly, since they haven't even entered this world yet, they can't directly understand it or intervene in it. Therefore, Locke suspects that even if Hussein had managed to deliver the final blow, the giantess might not have died under the interference of the so-called 'God above God'.

Meanwhile, on the other side, another tree spirit was also chopped into countless fragments by the wind giant.

Locke noticed the hundred-meter-tall Wind Giantess, who wore two rings on her hands. These two rings were the same magic rings that had accompanied her half-body.

Ok?
Locke looked at the Wind Giantess in surprise. Under his watchful eye, she silently used the wind to lift the sealed stone from the ground without being noticed by the Water Giantess.

In the present world, the Wind Giantess looked at the stone in her hand and whispered, "Everything Nicholas said has come true. There really are outsiders, and there really are stones. If these are all true, then are the other things he said true?"

“Nicholas, the man rejected by the gods, the man devoured daily by vultures, can I believe what you say? I must be insane.”

The giant of wind hid the stone without telling the other giants or reporting it to the god above.

The wind giant and the water giant soon joined up with the other giants.

The giants surrounded the Grass Giantess, whose body was beginning to turn to stone.

They discussed it among themselves.

The fire giant said, "We destroyed the three trees that the demon god sent down. That's great, we have successfully thwarted the invaders."

"But those three outsiders turned themselves into stone. Look, this is the one I'm holding. There should be two more; did you get them?"

Seeing everyone looking at them, the water giant shook his head in confusion and took a half step back, looking at the other giants with a puzzled expression.

“I swear to the King of Gods, we have never seen such a strange stone.”

The giant of wind then spoke.

“I haven’t seen it either. Besides, the land around the tree-man that the God-King destroyed has been destroyed by the God-King’s power, and there’s no trace of the stones.”

The fire giant's face was grim.

"That means two stones are now missing."

"We must find those two stones and find a way to destroy them. Otherwise, those stones might still summon the demons from beyond the heavens."

The fire giant looked up, filled with lingering fear, at the fading full moon in the sky.

He didn't want to feel that terrifying power again.

The Wind Giant looked at the Grass Giantess, "And Margaret, she's dying. My God, she's so badly injured."

In an instant, the giants began to stir. The word "death" was very distant from them, who considered themselves immortal.

Now that this word had appeared before them, the giants were filled with fear and unease.

The fire giant hesitated.

“If Margaret dies, she will enter the underworld, right? Then she will become our enemy. We rule the world of the living, and the wolf clan rules the afterlife; this is our agreement. We enjoy immortality and will never die, but once we die, we will enter the enemy's territory. The wolves, on the other hand, die forever and cannot enjoy the beauty of the present world or the offerings of mortals, but they can stay away from the shadow and fear that death brings them.”

The giant of kingship suddenly spoke, “Do not be afraid. I have a way to heal her. Do not forget. I am the god of kingship, the protector of kingship.”

"I have a medical aspect to me."

He bent down, raised his serpent staff, a symbol of royal power, and placed it on the giantess's throat, where the branch of the high tree spirit had pierced her. Instantly, the serpent staff transformed into a snake, a snake that seemed both dreamlike and ethereal.

The medical principles of the Three Caves World respond rapidly.

Then, the snake burrowed into the Grass Giant's throat, and the wound in the Grass Giant's throat was quickly filled.

She stood up abruptly, breathing heavily.

The female giant Margaret thanked the king giant, saying, "Thank you. I even saw the underworld just now, and I saw that pack of demon wolves baring their teeth at me."

"Fortunately, you helped me at the crucial moment."

"You saved me."

The Giant of Kings said, “Of course, this is my duty. But my power can only save one of our gods. If anyone else is on the verge of death, then even I am powerless to help.”

"However, the problem should have been solved. We successfully stopped that demon."

The fire giant said, "Yes. There are also two stones that sealed the demon god's servants. But it doesn't matter, I can travel across mountains and rivers to find those two stones..."

The next moment, the voice of the supreme god appeared directly in the minds of all the giants. It seemed to have gone hysterical, completely disregarding the past practice of issuing divine pronouncements only through the god-king and the prophetic giantess.

All the gods left the crater and entered the mortal world to search for the two missing stones.

"Proclaim our divine decree to all mortal cities and states of the world: no one shall hoard stones in their homes; all must bring out the stones in their houses for us to inspect."

'If I cannot find these two stones within a month, I will unleash heavenly fire! It will sweep across the earth, recreate humanity, and reshape the world!'

'Because these mortals have already disappointed me enough.'

All eleven giants showed expressions of fear and unease.

Because they both sensed each other's anger and anxiety from the words of God above.

Could it be that the demons in the heavens are so powerful that even the omnipotent supreme god is threatened?
In the cockpit of the Vanguard, Locke pondered, 'That wind giant had a testing ring; it must have been given to him by my half. Where exactly is my half?'

'The flow of time in this world is different from that in the Wizarding World. And the Heart Charm is magic cast by my teacher, extremely profound, so I can't be sure how long my other half has existed in this world, or what my current situation is. But it must not be very free, otherwise he could be in that world right now, helping me summon the Saint's Avatar.'

'Furthermore, he didn't need to hand over both testing rings to that wind giant. Since the wind giant had hidden a sealing stone, it meant she had definitely communicated with my other half.'

The old pirate Henry observed the situation.

"This is not good. All the forces we deployed have been destroyed. Of the three gasification wizards, one has been captured, and we don't know how long the sealing stone can hold out. The other two are also in dire straits."

Old pirate Henry frowned. "How about we try sending the first-ring wizards again?"

At this moment, all seven first-ring wizards felt a chill run down their spines.

The local power in this three-hole world is frighteningly abundant.

They weren't confident that their second forced arrival would be more successful than their colleagues' first attempt.

Locke looked at the old pirate Henry and said, "No need. After this round, I have successfully deceived those natives and made one of my tree-man incarnate descend."

"Don't forget, everyone. The Red Holly Tree Ent can be resurrected as long as it has a single branch. I had one of the tree entities break off a branch before the battle and plant it in the forest."

"Those giants could not fully control the principles of the world, so they could not distinguish between ordinary trees and broken branches of red holly."

Hussein looked at Locke with confusion and said, "But you are still separated by a crystal wall system. Before, you poured your power into three branches to cast magic and enlighten the treant across the world. Now there is only one branch left, and it does not have your magical power yet. With your current magical pressure, you should not be able to make it grow quickly and enlighten it."

"If your current magical pressure could achieve that, you wouldn't have only enlightened three tree spirits before."

Locke said, "That's right. With my current magic pressure, I really can't do it. Then I just need to increase my magic pressure."

Hussein blinked.

"Oh, what you said makes a lot of sense. Then you can get promoted."

On the other side, the old pirate Henry stared wide-eyed, his face showing a look of astonishment.

No, what are you talking about?

Is magic pressure something that can be increased simply by saying so?

When the seven formal wizards heard Locke and Hussein's conversation, their minds went blank. For a moment, they all felt as if their logic had broken down somewhere, as if they had missed something.

In order to descend into his saintly incarnation, Mr. Augustine needs to increase his magical pressure.
That's magic pressure at the second ring level!
……

In the Golden Crown Mountain District, inside the Golden Crown Mountain dormitory, Locke ordered Douglas to stand guard outside his dormitory door. He looked at Douglas and smiled, "Douglas, I need to take the Tourmaline King Peach. I need no one to disturb me."

Douglas bowed to Locke and said, “Mr. Augustine, I will not allow anyone to disturb you during this process.”

The Witch-King Lagmamon thought to himself, 'Excellent. This is a golden opportunity to get closer to him. Douglas, you'd better make a good impression! These kinds of opportunities don't come often.'

Douglas said, "Teacher, I've got it."

Locke glanced at Douglas. Lately, he had been hearing Douglas and the ancient witch king discussing their secret treasures and saying they would come to find him. He had been waiting for three months, and the two of them were quite patient.

Surprisingly, they didn't contact me.

Then, they discussed every day how to get them to come find him, how to help them open the door to the secret treasure, and how to gain his trust before that...

He waited for them to speak to him every day, but three months later, the two were still discussing the matter every day, showing no sign of them wanting to speak to him.

So Locke simply asked Douglas to help him guard the door.

This way, he can probably get closer to him, and he'll feel safer when the other person asks him for help.

The stone golem sculpture behind Locke's study was actually his potion-making pet, meaning he always had a backup plan.

The obelisk stone demon is its own true protector.

If Douglas tries to do anything to him while he's meditating, the obelisk golem, who has advanced to the crystallization stage due to consuming a lot of second-circle potion residue, will immediately attack him.

However, Locke was still very curious about what the secret treasure left behind by the nameless witch king from the Age of Stars was.

At this moment, in the study, Locke took out a pile of Sky Stones. He absorbed the newly acquired Sky Stones from the Heidelberg Plane and increased his magic pressure from 16,500 to 17,000.

Then, Locke picked up a tourmaline peach and ate it.

The first tourmaline king peach can increase one's magic pressure by one thousand!
In an instant, Locke felt a cool power surge into his soul, and he was forced into the 'no-thought' state of advanced meditation.

I saw a star map shaped like a peach tree, composed of countless particles of matter in the endless void, within which countless energies were flowing.

'This is... the secret of creation within the Tourmaline King Peach...'

Locke immediately understood why the Tourmaline King Peach could help wizards break through to the second ring, and why a wizard's magic pressure could increase by a thousand the first time they took the Tourmaline King Peach.

This tourmaline king peach contains the secrets of creation.

At this moment, Locke was in advanced meditation, observing the formation process of a plane. In this secret of creation, there seemed to be no involvement of the Force Wave, or perhaps the Force Wave was not needed at this stage, or perhaps this was a different kind of plane formation process.

The benefits of seeing the secrets of creation vary for wizards of different ring levels.

If a wizard can directly see the secret of creation every time he takes the Tourmaline King Peach, even if it's the same secret of creation, he will definitely gain a huge boost.

"So that's how it is. The Tourmaline King Peach contains a secret of creation planted within it by the wizard who cultivated it. How was this possible? What level of magical plant is this? Perhaps all its fruits contain the same secret of creation. Therefore, repeated consumption will reduce its effectiveness; the first consumption is the most effective."

Moreover, this is not just an ordinary secret of creation.

Locke instantly realized that he was not directly observing the secret of creation, but rather that the energy transformed from the secret of creation contained within the flesh of the Tourmaline King Peach was being poured into him.

"Consuming this magic peach will help me digest the secrets of creation. However, I cannot explain exactly how it does so. Therefore, every wizard who consumes this magic peach will receive a fixed increase based on their level of cultivation."

At this moment, Locke observed the star map and saw that there seemed to be some kind of natural magical structure flowing in the void dust. This caused some magical reactions to occur in each dust, and began to exchange matter with the dust in different areas.

This giant tree of material dust and star map, although not a true magical plant, has developed a special state similar to a magical plant life form. As a result, the entire plane gradually took shape in this special state.

This phenomenon made Locke realize that the primordial lotus leaf beneath the crater in the Three Caves World was probably formed in this way.

In other words, that lotus of creation may very well have originated from the material dust that I see in my mind now.

This is the creation star map.

The energy flow pattern of this creation star map is helping to fine-tune the spell models in his sea of ​​consciousness, making their positions more reasonable. At the same time, it is causing Locke's magical pressure to increase and also optimizing Locke's soul structure.

When Locke's normal magic pressure reached over 18000, Locke took out the second Tourmaline King Peach and ate it.

Taking the second Tourmaline King Peach will increase your magic pressure by 500!

Locke originally planned to wait another two or three years until the Heidelberg plane brought him two batches of Sky Stones, then raise his magic pressure to 18,000 before consuming the Tourmaline King Peach.

But after seeing the leaves of this world's leaves, Locke immediately abandoned the plan.

If I want to use the third and fourth batches of Sky Stones to increase my mana, I will need a larger amount of Sky Stones. However, the speed at which Sky Stones are captured in the Heidelberg plane is not fixed; sometimes there are many, and sometimes there are few.

Therefore, Locke was originally prepared to wait.

This is because it maximizes the use of resources.

But the moment Locke saw the World Tree leaf, he immediately realized that his time was also a resource.

Therefore, he directly consumed the tourmaline peach to increase his magical pressure.

Anyway, Bixi Wangtao can only raise her magic pressure to 19999 at most, but now she can quickly raise her magic pressure to 18500 through the Secret of Creation in order to conquer this world as soon as possible.

After all, if he thought about it carefully, if he couldn't enter this plane immediately, this exploration trip might be cut short, and he might end up like the wizard Jugglus Juggler.

Even if you have a lot of money, you don't know when you'll be able to prepare for the next exploration team.

On the contrary, if we use all the resources at hand to strengthen ourselves first, we might be able to seize the opportunity and immediately obtain more resources.

When a decision must be made, it must be made!

Two days later, Locke's magic pressure reached 18500!

At the same time, across a different world, he used Accelerated Growth on the Red Holly branch buried in the soil. With the external magical pressure boosted by the Beast Panel, he raised his magical pressure to 19999, which is the theoretical world level limit of the Three-Dungeon Plane.

Then, he forcibly revived the red holly, and with the help of the remaining moonlight of the Evolution Moon, he used the Moon Goddess's Blessing Spell to enlighten the tree spirit!

Once the treant was enlightened, Locke's Moon of Evolution entered that world again through a member of this ecological community.

Inside the void warship, Hussein wore an expression of nonchalance, while everyone else, including the old pirate Henry, looked at Locke in horror.

Did the captain really just raise magic pressure like that?
This……

Locke looked at Hussein and said, "Hussein, your current magic pressure is 13000, which means you can have two major magic runes. Can you tell me what magic has been incorporated into your two major magic runes?"

Hussein smiled and said, "The first one is the High Tree Spirit Transformation Blood Curse. The second one is the Primal Werewolf Transformation Blood Curse."

"Don't misunderstand, I'm just using these two blood curses to strengthen my Blood Ancestor True Body. The high-level tree spirits transforming blood curses can enhance the self-recovery ability of my Blood Ancestor True Body. That's a little trick I discovered after many tests. I can add a very large magic rune to different blood curses to give my Blood Ancestor True Body the characteristics of that blood curse."

"In this way, my Blood Ancestor True Form can acquire the characteristics of the Primal Werewolf and the High Treant. This is also one of the reasons why the three Dark Wizards of the Pale Pilgrimage were unable to defeat me alone for a long time."

“My understanding of the Blood Ancestor’s true form is different from theirs. The curse spells they added with the Great Magic Runes are basically offensive curse spell models.”

Hussein said, "It is difficult to truly forge their Blood Ancestor's true form. Only transformation-type curse spell models are most effective at forging the Blood Ancestor's true form."

(End of this chapter)