Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"Splash! Splash splash!!"

The icy thorns quickly climbed up their bodies. Although they couldn't pierce the thick ice armor, they could wind and wrap around the seams, tightly restraining their raging bodies.

Above, Hughes' hands shone with brilliant blue light. With a slight flick of his wrists, the thorns binding the giant beasts suddenly exerted their force, pressing down all their enormous heads.

"roar--!!"

The giant beasts roared deafeningly, their massive claws slamming into the ground, trying to shatter the thorns that suddenly sprouted from the cracks in the earth.

But the more they beat the ground, the wider the cracks opened, and the more fiercely the thorns poured out.

The reason they, or rather those crystals, are so agitated is not only because their bodies are restrained by thorns, but what truly drives them mad is the gushing energy from their mouths.

The light inside the nozzle had already begun to burst forth, and in just a moment, the destructive energy inside would be unleashed.

But their heads were suddenly pressed down, forcing them to retreat urgently, but it was too late to reverse the situation; the energy would be unleashed in a few seconds.

"Gurgle gurgle..."

In desperation, the crystals on the surface of all the other magical beasts began to writhe violently.

The next moment, the monsters that were originally preparing to attack Hughes immediately changed their target and pounced on the thorns on the giant beasts.

In an instant, all sorts of attacks surged toward the Frosty Thorns. The monsters either spat ice blades at it, flung ice spikes at it, or bit it with their teeth and tore it with their claws.

But all these offensives were like a drop in the ocean when they hit the icy thorns.

They already possess extremely high resistance to ice-attribute attacks, and also have incredibly flexible properties, so these magical beasts' temporary attacks cannot harm them in the slightest.

Suddenly, the crystal began to wriggle again.

"Gurgle gurgle—"

Clearly, they had anticipated the outcome and had no choice but to hastily control the remaining monsters to scatter and flee.

The situation reversed instantly.

"Buzz...buzzing!!"

A few seconds later, the vents in the giant beast's mouth all went out of control.

The earthy yellow light could no longer be suppressed and surged outwards like a collapsing dam, with destructive energy about to erupt!

At this critical moment, Hughes twisted his hands again.

"Click—click-click-click!!!"

The next moment, the thorns binding the giant beast exerted their force, twisting the nozzles in all directions—aiming at the fleeing monsters.

"boom--!!!"

The next second, a violent torrent of energy surged out of the nozzle, and earthen-yellow light exploded on the ground one after another, engulfing the surrounding monsters.

The heavy, crushing force of the earth element instantly arrived, and before they could even let out a wail, they were crushed into countless pieces of flesh by the giant beast's breath.

"Boom! Boom boom!! Boom boom!!"

The nozzles spewed forth one after another, and the ground occasionally burst into yellowish-brown light.

The entire underground passage was shaking violently, with rubble and ice chips constantly falling from above.

In an instant, the entire underground passage became a graveyard for burying monsters.

When the dust and smoke from the bombardment cleared, all that remained on the ground were scattered bones and pieces of flesh, and a few dying giant beasts.

Their mouths were blown to pieces, and their huge nozzles had long since disappeared in the uncontrolled spewing.

Taking advantage of the beasts' weakness, Hughes raised his hand and waved it, instantly turning the icy thorns into bone-chilling cold air that directly invaded their bodies.

"Click—click-click—"

The behemoths had no power to resist and were frozen from the inside out, instantly turning into huge ice sculptures.

After confirming that there were no more surviving magical beasts on the ground, Hughes looked up at the situation above.

Meanwhile, the battle between Bilim and Jaeiro was coming to an end.

All the level zero magical beasts had perished, crashing to the ground like kites with broken strings. Only a few level one magical beasts remained in the air, still fighting the two.

However, despite having the advantage in numbers, the Warcraft side was clearly at a disadvantage.

They are all common flying magical beasts with weak bloodlines, so they not only have very limited spellcasting abilities, but also have rather limited physical attributes.

"Whoosh—Bang!!"

"Gah!!"

Caught off guard, a monster was hit head-on by Bilim's fireball and immediately transformed into a burning "firebird," plummeting straight down.

And Warcraft, which was already at a disadvantage, has now lost another member.

Seeing this, Hughes decided not to join the battle and instead began searching for the remaining crystals on the ground.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated at the time, everyone knew how strange these crystals were, and taking some to study was certainly not a bad thing.

"..."

The bombardment we just witnessed was purely a crushing force of earth element.

Therefore, the monster's corpse and the crystals on its surface still existed; they had not turned to ashes, but were simply crushed into powder.

The ground was a mix of red and blue, with crimson blood fragments spread out like a carpet, while the crystals resembled blue stripes adorning the carpet.

But now, these "stripes" are wriggling slightly on the ground, sparsely weaving through flesh and bone fragments, slowly crawling deeper into the passage.

Of course, Hughes wouldn't let them have their way. With a gentle wave of his hands, a gust of cold wind swept across the ground.

"Whoosh—whoosh!!"

"Click-clack—click-clack—"

In an instant, all the flesh and blood on the ground were frozen, covered with a thick layer of solid ice.

Those crystals were naturally frozen solid inside Hughes's ice, unable to move.

Then, Hughes broke the ice on the ground into pieces and put them into several containers.

Although it's troublesome, it's the most direct solution he can think of right now.

"My God, you're awesome, Hughes!"

At this moment, Bilim and Jaeiro also finished their fight. They looked at the mess on the ground with shock on their faces.

"We'll collect it for you."

"..."

With the help of the two, the collection of ice fragments accelerated dramatically. In no time, all the solid ice with crystals frozen on the ground was dug up and put into containers.

Suddenly, Hughes's expression changed, and he put down the container in his hand.

"No need to pretend anymore."

The other two seemed to sense something as well. They looked closely and saw that the crystals in the container had lost their luster and become completely dull.

"They...have lost their fluctuations!"

Jaeiro's eyes were filled with solemnity. After dealing with these magical beasts controlled by the crystals, he had come to believe that these crystals were some kind of parasitic organisms.

And it wasn't just him; the other two thought so too.

"What exactly are these crystals? They can both control living organisms and move autonomously."

Bilim frowned, but ultimately suppressed the urge to take them out and examine them closely.