Just became an evil god and was summoned by the saint.

Chapter 260 Revisiting the Star Spirit Forbidden Land
Protoss Forbidden Land.

Celia walked slowly through the forest.

At Ross's request, she came here to begin her training in the second passive spell.

There are three prerequisites for overcoming Mercury retrograde.

Ross's phantom appeared beside Celia and spoke.

"First, you need to learn how to use the Water of Stagnation; second, you need to be in a state of crisis at all times; third, you need to have a high aptitude for magic."

Celia was taken aback. "Can magical talent... also be a prerequisite for cultivation?"

Ross nodded: "That's how passive spells work. There are even more bizarre prerequisites for passive spells, I'll tell you about them another time. But even if you have poor magical talent, there are ways to cultivate it. Someone once developed a mental spell to disguise a highly talented mage. After disguising yourself, you can still cultivate the Water Reversal Dispel spell."

Celia: "..."

How can there be such magic?

I never thought of that.

This is even less useful than the spell drawn on the scroll exam.

"This spell is quite interesting. Those with high talent will find their talent displayed as low after learning it, because their talent is so high... Do you want to learn it?"

Celia immediately shook her head: "I would only waste my time learning useless spells. Even if I use them for disguise, the disguise spell is enough. The disguise magic talent is useless. Talents can only be detected by specific instruments. I can't think of any use for it."

Ross chuckled lightly: "Alright, let's begin learning."

After saying that, he sent all the knowledge about [Mercury Retrograde Repelling] to Celia.

Passive spells can be learned smoothly without attribute compatibility, provided all conditions are met.

Soon, Celia circulated the magic circuit of [Mercury Retrograde Dispel] through her body, making herself feel something vaguely, yet not quite.

"Next, we just need to charge into the monster horde."

Celia plunged headlong into the Protoss forbidden zone.

The Protoss Forbidden Lands are no longer the desolate, uninhabited place they once were.

When Celia officially entered, she soon saw people fighting against the monsters in the forbidden area.

Celia glanced at them, but instead of disturbing them, she quietly left and quickly ventured deep into the Protoss Forbidden Lands.

"Mother Vanessa said she would gradually open up exploration of the Protoss Forbidden Zones and even issued bounties to encourage mercenaries to find heretical strongholds, but are those who come here to explore really looking for heretics?"

After carefully observing the mercenaries who entered the Protoss Forbidden Land, I found that most of them were Tier 1, and a few were Tier 2. They were all active on the outskirts, hunting and such, and had no intention of searching for heretical strongholds.

"Although the magical beasts in the Protoss Forbidden Land haven't been corrupted into monsters, their meat, grown up in a polluted environment for so long, is far inferior to that of magical beasts outside. Even as materials, they need to be purified before they can be collected..."

Celia muttered to herself for a moment, then decided to stop paying attention.

She came here to practice passive spells, and without Ross's guidance, she would have had a hard time locating the heretics' stronghold.

The last time we were able to find her was when she was acting on Ross's instructions.

Rose's current guidance is for her to learn the "Mercury Retrograde Reversal" skill, so there's no need to think about anything else.

"There are too many people on the outside, it's not convenient. I'd better go inside."

Celia looked at the Celestial Tree, mounted her flying broom, and began a low-altitude flight.

During this time, many hunters in the trees set their sights on her, but she easily evaded them all thanks to her keen sense of danger.

While dodging, try to trigger the effect of water counterflow to disperse it.

All attempts failed.

“Not enough sense of crisis,” Ross said.

Celia nodded.

The outer area is filled with first-tier magical beasts, with second-tier ones appearing only occasionally. Even though these first and second-tier magical beasts live in a polluted environment and are much stronger than ordinary wild beasts outside, they are still no match for Celia at present.

It has to be a third-order one.

Before long, Celia arrived in an area she had never been to before. This area had fewer trees, which were sparsely distributed, and the view was somewhat open.

Celia felt the surroundings gradually getting colder.

A faint sense of crisis slowly surfaced in Celia's mind.

Celia asked nervously, "Lord Ross, have we stumbled into the territory of a fourth-tier magical beast?"

Ross said calmly, "No one entered."

After Celia relaxed, she added, "We just entered the territory of a group of third-tier magical beasts. Well, there are about a hundred magical beasts around, of which about thirty are third-tier."

Celia's heart pounded again.

She turned around without hesitation, but Ross's voice came again: "It's a great practice spot, you can't leave."

"Thirty magical beasts! If I don't leave, won't I be delivering takeout to them? I didn't bring many scrolls with me."

Even with scrolls, you'd need a setup like the Saintess Squad to dare to fight them.

She alone isn't enough for Warcraft loot!
“Thirty Tier 3 beasts, not thirty magical beasts, there are over a hundred magical beasts,” Ross said.

Celia: "..."

"Ouch——!"

Just then, a very penetrating howl rang out, startling countless birds and beasts.

That vague sense of crisis immediately intensified.

Celia took a deep breath, hung everything on the puppet, moved a little further away from it, and held her staff, inhaling and exhaling repeatedly.

"Relax, relax, if Lord Ross says it's possible, then I definitely can!"

A strong threat came from the side. Suppressing the urge to dodge, Celia released [Mercury Retrograde Retreat].

Before it can be passively activated, this spell needs to be actively activated at all times.

Like now.

A gigantic wolf-like monster pounced from the shadows. Invisible water elements rapidly condensed, using Celia's body as a starting point, and swiftly charged towards the onrushing wolf.

Like an invisible impact, the wolf's pounce slowed rapidly, and eventually, due to insufficient momentum, it fell down.

It didn't leave; after taking a few steps back, it began circling around Celia.

Celia looked at it, her danger perception alerting her once again.

Following Ross's method, when Celia activated the spell this time, she slightly reduced her control over the spell, allowing the spell to work in conjunction with her danger perception.

But it's not that easy.

The invisible water element condensed again, rushing towards the wolf that was silently pouncing, slowing its movement and preventing it from gaining momentum.

Celia looked at the wolves standing on either side.

Both wolves were of the same breed, with snow-white fur, red eyes, and tails that looked like ice crystals, spiky and sharp.

Ross looked it over a few times, then said uncertainly, "This looks like a dire wolf that only exists in the ice fields of the far north?"

“Ice wolves? But this is the center of the continent, so far from the ice plains, how could there be ice wolves?” Celia wondered.

Ross smiled slightly: "I don't know about that. With the changes of history, perhaps they were driven here by the era of calamity. The living conditions of monsters are not that harsh. The Ice Wolf has a characteristic: it does not attack in groups. It prefers to fight in waves and slowly wear down its prey."

Just as Celia was about to say something, a sense of crisis returned.

More and more dire wolves are appearing.

But Celia was no longer afraid.

Fighting spirit high.

"A war of attrition? A war of attrition is great!"

(End of this chapter)