Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 948 The Age of the Demon Dragon
As the gates of the supernatural purgatory opened, countless waves of killing intent shot out from within, and emerging from these waves of killing intent were power masters and wizards from different eras of Golden Crown Mountain.

These power masters' wizard robes each have their own style and characteristics of their respective eras, but they all wear the emblem of the Golden Crown Mountain on their chests, and some of them are even third-ring power masters.

The Dragon Wizard remained expressionless as he watched these power masters, their killing intent surging, with cold indifference.

The power masters clashed with the wizards of the past Star Age, who were still alive in the embers of time, and in an instant, the conference room became a battlefield.

A power master's fist, imbued with killing intent, slammed into a wizard lord from the Age of Stars. The next moment, a ring of kingdom domains appeared around the wizard lord, and the power master's fist, filled with killing intent, struck him.

This wizard lord clearly possesses some of the wisdom of the past, because what remains in this sacrificial system is his former belief. Therefore, although he is not the real wizard, he can represent the state of that wizard when he was worshipping the Tower of the Black Sun.

He saw a huge fist slam into the kingdom's domain in front of him. Looking at the eyes that were radiating killing intent, he swallowed hard. The next moment, cracks appeared all over his kingdom's domain, and then one ring of his kingdom's domain collapsed, sending him flying.

The power masters of wave theory see everything as a world of waves. Therefore, power is a wave, the world is a wave, and life is also a kind of wave. These killing intent waves are waves formed by the magical pressure changes caused by the intense emotions of anger, hatred, and battle of the wizards of the past. These waves were preserved in the supernatural purgatory. Now that they are released, they can naturally summon back all their past combat power through the killing intent waves.

After all, as long as the supernatural purgatory exists, it can replenish the energy lost due to the killing intent left behind by these past wizards.

As the ancestral home of wave theory, Mount Jinmian is naturally the sacred place for this lineage of power masters.

The wizard count, who had unleashed a ring of kingdom domain, got up from the ground and cautiously looked at the power master before him.

"What era is this? What kind of wizards are these? It's hand-to-hand combat... The kingdom's territory is defenseless..."

In the blink of an eye, the Killing Intent Wave Power Master leaped over like lightning. His fist was full of power, and the next moment, he unleashed the Four Killing Fist, turning one fist into four fists, each containing killing intent, and then smashed into the opponent's kingdom domain.

"Unable to communicate..."

The wizard count asked in surprise, "It can't be defended either. What force is the Black Sun Tower fighting against? This doesn't match any wizarding force I remember."

The kingdom's domain and the permanent defensive force field were both pierced by some kind of energy. Even though it didn't touch his face, his entire face looked swollen as if it had been punched. Then, before the fist even reached his face, he was sent flying. His body twisted in the air as if he had been punched countless times.

With a loud 'boom,' his body exploded, turning into countless specks of dust from the past.

Locke stood in the center of the battlefield and witnessed this scene firsthand.

"These must be the wartime defense forces of Golden Crown Mountain. Those senior wave energy masters from the energy school are indeed too strong in combat. I used to think that I was at a disadvantage because I couldn't use the permanent defensive force field in the magic combat competition, but now I think I was not at a disadvantage at all. Even when I fought with Antoine that time, I used the permanent defensive force field from the beginning, but it was difficult to change anything."

The main group consists of wave psychics who believe that everything is composed of waves.

One of the fundamental properties of fluctuations is that they can superimpose on each other without interfering with each other.

This results in the ability of a power master's attacks to partially penetrate a permanent defensive force field, making their attacks extremely difficult to defend against.

As a price to pay for casting spells, every spell from the Power School must bear enormous physical stress, possessing a casting pressure far exceeding that of ordinary spell models.

Locke guessed that it was likely something like the killing intent fluctuation that could easily interfere with a wizard's own life fluctuations, so the risk of using fluctuation magic might be even greater than the spell risks of ordinary power magic.

The Dragon Wizard puffed on his pipe and smacked his lips. He searched for Locke's location, and as he approached after finding him, he discovered a third-ring level Killing Intent Power Master standing before him. It was a young wizard with the appearance of a killer, his eyes radiating crimson killing intent. His face was not entirely human; instead, dragon scales appeared on his forehead.

In the ancient Pureblood era, the Pureblood Order cast a spell on the entire wizarding world, cursing every non-human pureblood wizard in the wizarding world, causing their bloodline characteristics to appear on their faces, and depriving them of the right to appear before the world in human form.

Historically known as "mixed-race tattoos"!
In that era, this young man, who was a third-circle wizard, became an outcast. He chose to become a power master and joined the Golden Crown Mountain.

Behind him emerged a pure-blooded human third-ring wizard.

The two looked coldly at the Demon Dragon Wizard.

The dragon wizard smiled.

"You're just two mindless remnants of power. Even if we find a way to preserve your power, what can we do with it?"

He disappeared from the spot.

The next moment, he appeared behind the two of them.

The Dragon Wizard was about to head back towards the center of the battlefield, where Locke was, when two fists landed in front of him, and a wave of killing intent blocked his way, preventing him from moving forward.

The witch Catherine approached from a distance and said, enunciating each word clearly, "This wizard of the Tower of the Black Sun, I think you've misunderstood something. These killing intent fluctuations are waves transformed from the magical pressure left behind by past power masters, not simply residual power. Fluctuations can overlap without interfering with each other. Their fluctuations remain here, and as long as you don't destroy them, they will never disappear, nor will they allow you to pass. In fact, right now, it's your life force that's unable to cross this wall. The killing intent fluctuations will constantly capture your life force; you can't escape them, you can't get past them."

The witch Catherine snapped her fingers, and when the dragon turned around, he saw a wavering wall blocking his way.

If he wants to get through, he needs to let his energy flow through this energy flow, which means it will be a head-on collision, since he knows absolutely nothing about energy flow theory.

"Difficult to defend against, difficult to escape."

The Dragon Wizard exclaimed, "As expected of the military fortress that once withstood attacks from the entire wizarding world. These killing intent fluctuations are indeed troublesome. However, I only want to kill a second-circle wizard, why must you become my enemy? Killing a second-circle wizard should not be a great loss for you."

"Is it worth risking the deaths of many more people just to save one person? That person deserved to die; he should have died long ago."

Upon hearing this, the witch Catherine laughed disdainfully, pointing to the two men behind her whose killing intent was palpable.

"Even if I agree, do you think my predecessors at Golden Crown Mountain would agree? You've asked this question far too late, tens of thousands of years too late."

“The answer from Jinmian Mountain back then was worthwhile, and the answer from Jinmian Mountain now is still worthwhile. Jinmian Mountain exists to protect minorities, and we have done it even if it means going against the whole world. We did it once in the past when things were even more difficult, so there's no reason for us not to do it now.”

Behind the Red Dragon Witch were two Level 3 Killing Intent Wave Power Masters.

They are the Martin brothers. They are not actually brothers. They became sworn brothers after they joined the Golden Crown during the Pureblood era. This was unacceptable to the Pureblood Order at the time, and they wanted to eliminate the two of them.

The killing intent of the two third-ring power masters overlapped and reinforced each other, forming a wall of killing intent that blocked the way for the demonic dragon wizard.

The dragon wizard expressionlessly stretched out his hand and, as expected, touched a wall in front of him, blocking his way and preventing him from moving forward.

"But those whom the Tower of the Black Sun deems deserving of death have never actually died."

"You can't protect just anyone."

Catherine the Witch looked at him defiantly.

"Then come over here and try. Faced with these waves of killing intent..."

The Red Dragon Witch's eyes blazed with fire.

"To offend your Black Sun Tower, you will be attacked by the whole world? Very well, we at Golden Crown Mountain are just repeating what we did in the Pureblood Era."

More killing intent surged behind the Red Dragon Witch, but that wasn't all. She also summoned the Black Hole Peach, one of the Twelve Demon Peaches. The Black Hole Peach also retained the bloodline power of a large number of dragon blood wizards from the past Golden Crown Mountain. These phantom powers appeared behind her and stood with her.

Mount Golden Crown was originally part of the battlefield, and far too many wizards died on this mountain.

In the past, the entire wizarding world attempted to erase the stronghold of the Pureblood Order, the only wizarding world in that era that dared to openly challenge it.

During the pureblood era, Jinmianshan was also a protagonist of the era.

Now, the witch Catherine has only slightly activated the power of the Black Hole Peach, and has already summoned some of the dragon blood power that was left in that old peach tree.

Killing Intent Wave - Power Master, Dragon Blood Wizard Power Remnant - these were originally the wartime defensive forces of Golden Crown Mountain.

The dragon wizard's eyes remained unchanged.

"They are just some afterimages of power, far less significant than those so-called fluctuations."

"This superficial afterimage cannot stop me."

The dragon wizard looked toward the center of the battlefield.

"I'll say it again: hand over Locke Augustine to me, and I can retreat. You have formidable enemies ahead of you now, don't you? Let me guess, Esther, and the Dark World. Not only that, you have other enemies as well. I've said it before, man proposes, God disposes. All your enemies, your fate, are clearly visible in my eyes."

“Red Dragon Witch, I can see all your destinies. Stop struggling. Hand over Locke Augustine to me.”

“I have seen all your schemes. If I were to reveal them, are you sure those Truth Wizards would tolerate you?”

The murderous intent in Catherine the Witch's eyes intensified.

"Then you are doomed to die today."

"You haven't gotten rid of the heart-shaped curse I left on your half of your body yet."

The dragon wizard shook his head. "Why must people always go against the will of Heaven?"

"Even if I don't go, are you sure Locke Augustine can survive the siege of those former witch kings?"

The dragon wizard, with his hands behind his back, said, "I've said it before, I understand all your schemes after I actively perform divination. How many times do I need to say that?" "Although it takes me a lot of time to divine the throne wizard of this era, I did indeed complete all of this before I even set foot on your mountain."

After hearing this, the witch Catherine paused for a moment, then the murderous intent on her face quickly faded, and she smiled and regained her composure.

"That's interesting. Turns out you don't know anything."

The dragon wizard looked thoughtful. "Hmm?"

At this moment, in the center of the battlefield, three first-ring wizards appeared in front of Locke and launched a direct attack on him.

The three first-ring wizard counts shouted, "Sinful Dragon! Surrender now!"

The next moment, all three of them were destroyed by an Attila lightning bolt. A large blue-leaved dragon bird enchanted with Attila lightning appeared in the sky, and just one plant destroyed all three of them.

The three's first-ring kingdom domain was instantly destroyed.

"I see. In the embers of this era, this conference room is no longer essentially the land of the modern magic age, which is why they can summon the kingdom's domain here."

Locke pondered, "It seems the teacher is fighting that dragon. Is the Black Sun Tower so determined to kill a wizard with dragon blood? They're using a wizard close to the fourth ring level right off the bat..."

Fortunately, the school I chose to join was good; it was protective of its own.

At this moment, Locke's identification with Mount Golden Crown deepened.

"Ok?"

Countless vines appeared behind Locke's forehead. These green vines, like giant snakes, attacked the back of Locke's head.

This is the Five-Snake Python Vine, a magical plant from the second ring, an ancient magical plant from a bygone era.

However, before these vines could even get close to Locke, the light of the Moon of Evolution behind Locke shone on them, and the Five-Snake Python vine instantly transformed from an adult magical plant into three seeds.

The witch king who was preparing to ambush Locke from a short distance away was stunned when he saw this scene.

The Witch King's eyes were solemn. He glanced at Locke's Moon of Evolution. He hadn't expected to encounter such a thing. A second-ring magic plant manipulated by his kingdom's domain had turned into three seeds the moment it attacked the enemy and had broken free from his control.

This was beyond his comprehension.

Is magic in this era really that terrifying?

The next moment, Locke appeared above him. Before he could react, Locke grabbed his head. Behind Locke, the Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow appeared, bursting out with a sharp sound in the air.

In the blink of an eye, he grabbed the second-ring witch king and flew into the sky.

The second-ring witch king still tried to struggle, and a second-ring magical plant vine in the kingdom's territory attacked Locke, but the next moment, the vine actually degenerated into three seeds.

Flowers bloom and fade!

This is the blooming and withering of flowers, a form of immense magic runes imbued with Locke's ultimate magic!

Originally, the "Blooming and Falling Flowers" technique could only be used on one's own magical plants. It was ineffective against other people's magical plants due to resistance from both the other person's and the plant's own magical power. However, now, because the forging process of the Evolution Moon had further improved, it had enhanced the "Blooming and Falling Flowers" technique.

After becoming a Star Ring Wizard, the refinement of his ultimate magic became much more concentrated. This refinement resulted in solidified magic power, which enhanced the power of all of Locke's spells.

At the same time, Locke's understanding of botanical magic deepened, so he made slight adjustments to his spell model, which led to this situation.

Of course, this is based on the premise that the other party has not formed a magical grafting relationship with the magical plant at all.

Locke discovered that this ancient witch king was actually planting magical plants within his own kingdom's territory, indirectly controlling the vines through that territory. In short, he didn't seem to be a modern breeder at all, having formed a magical grafting relationship with the magical plants.

Therefore, the two magical plants that attacked me just now are equivalent to wild magical plants. It would indeed be more difficult for my current blooming and withering to have the same effect on magical plants with owners, but it would be a different story for unowned magical plants.

Locke arrived at the ceiling of the conference room and then dropped the Witch King from mid-air. Before the Witch King even hit the ground, Locke transformed the Golden Peach into a bow, plucked the jujube branch from the Sky-Piercing Date and transformed it into an arrow, and then shot an arrow at him.

Spring Thunder Arrow!

The next moment, the arrow burst forth with vibrant life, which was then activated by the magic of spring and transformed into spring thunder, which pierced through the body of the witch king.

A second-ring Witch King was instantly killed by Locke!

The next moment, three ordinary second-ring wizards manipulated the Kingdom Domain and flew towards the ceiling, intending to kill Locke.

But in an instant, three bolts of spring thunder struck them down from the sky, followed by a bolt of lightning that pierced through the three of them. It was the Second Ring Sea Gold Sand who had been affected by the [Spring Return Spear].

In an instant, he swiftly and decisively killed the four ancient witch kings.

So terrifying.

The Tree of Prosperity appeared behind Locke as a lush tree, sending endless energy toward him.

The fifth witch king looked at the enormous magic behind him.

"Is that immense magic supplying him with energy? It's pushing the power of every one of his spells to some kind of peak."

He summoned his second-ring kingdom domain, which covered Locke, attempting to lock him down and suppress him from the ceiling.

This is the realm of the Gravity Magic Kingdom.

But the next moment, a bolt of lightning pierced through his body.

The fifth ordinary second-ring witch king has died!
In the distance, the thirty second-ring wizards who were participating in the battle did not choose to retreat, but stayed here. After all, those who had just been teleported away were all sorts of people, while they were wizards from Golden Crown Mountain, and it was their duty to stay behind.

A Moon Ring Wizard said in surprise, "It's strange. Why is it that Wizard Locke only has 20,000 magic pressure, but he can kill these second-ring wizards in an instant? Logically speaking, although these second-ring wizards from the past are weak, they can't be said to be without any merits."

"He just became a Star Ring Wizard, but his combat power seems to far exceed that of an ordinary Star Ring Wizard. Could it be due to his powerful magic?"

The Moon Ring Wizard looked at the flourishing tree behind Locke.

The Moon Ring Wizard gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, support Locke Augustine! He's a genius of our Golden Crown Mountain. If something happens to him at our Golden Crown Mountain headquarters, the world will laugh at us. What will become of our reputation as a prestigious school with a thousand-year history?"

"Too many people? No problem, we can stop all the enemies who are higher than Locke's level. As for those weaker but troublesome enemies that we can't kill in a short time, let them pass. Locke himself is not weak in combat."

At this moment, Trajan the Wizard also appeared on the battlefield; he seemed to have been hiding in this meeting place all along.

In addition, there are the eldest brother, the wizard Georta; the second brother, the wizard Heidegger; the third sister, the witch Fiona; and the fourth sister, the witch Zoira.

It seems they had already sent out their own clones to hide here.

Here, the Red Dragon School had set up a trap with almost all its resources, all to lure the Demon Dragon Wizard into making his move at this moment and in this place.

Locke glanced back. Although he didn't know why, his teacher seemed quite certain that the wizards of the Black Sun Tower would attack him at this time, so they would set up an ambush here.

I basically just coasted along this time, joining a group.

At that moment, an immense pressure began to weigh on him.

"What are you looking at?"

A Witch King of the Star Ring level walked from afar, his body wreathed in lightning.

“Your opponent is me. I am the current successor of my Lightning Gate school, and I am the prime minister of the Witch King of the Badakhrian Royal Court. I want to ask you something: where did you obtain our school's secret technique—Attila's Chain Lightning?”

He was polite and courteous, displaying the demeanor of an ancient shaman king.

Locke said, “It was taught to me by an old friend of mine. I met him in this era, and he passed on this magical heritage to me through a young man.”

The sorcerer king sneered, “Lies. We wizards of the Lightning Gate school, the court wizards of the Badacrian royal court, place the utmost importance on etiquette. Attila's Chain Lightning is a spell model that only the royal family of the Badacrian royal court can learn. It would be against etiquette to pass it on to you. Besides, you are a damned sinner.”

"How could we, the wizards of the Lightning Gate school, do something that violates etiquette?"

Locke smirked. "I see. It's better not to exchange a word when we don't see eye to eye."

"So what do you want?"

The Witch King said, "You will have to pay a price. You cannot learn Attila's Chain Lightning. You are not qualified."

(End of this chapter)