Wizard: Starts with Advanced Meditation

"This is... a secret passage?"

Hughes looked behind the door and discovered that there was a long passage inside the boulder.

He glanced at the glowing ring in his hand, then without hesitation, stepped inside.

"clatter……"

"..."

The passage was long and dark, but fortunately it had no forks; it was a completely linear passage.

A few minutes later, Hughes reached the end of the passage.

He looked up and, with the aid of [Dark Vision], discovered that what lay ahead was still a ripple wall.

"Or the border?"

Hughes frowned, then sent a wisp of his mental energy forward, only to be immediately and violently repelled.

But at that moment, one of the rings in his hand suddenly lit up.

"Buzz—"

Hughes looked down and saw that it was his first ring that was lit up.

"Could this be... a hint to me?"

He muttered something to himself, then raised his hand and slowly touched the rippled wall.

"Buzz—"

Sensing the subtle spatial energy above, Hughes opened his eyes, and a spell name immediately flashed through his mind.

[Shattering Realm Impact]!

Thinking of this, he immediately opened his hand, and strands of silver light suddenly condensed in his palm.

"Sizzle—sizzle—"

The next second, the energy of the shattered realm burst forward with a roar.

"boom--!!!!!"

There was no impact, only pure shattering energy, but even a simple touch caused the ripple wall in front to shake violently.

"Click—click-click—"

The next second, several cracks spread out from the point of impact.

But the silvery light streams did not dissipate; they continued to crash forward, and the ripples on the wall showed signs of fading away.

"Buzzing—"

"Sizzle—sizzle!"

A moment later, the ripple wall was torn open by the light, revealing a small gap, and Hughes immediately stopped.

It wasn't that he had reached his limit, but because of this opening—he was now able to penetrate the spatial barrier and place teleportation points outside the wall.

"Buzz—"

A few seconds later, a buzzing sound came from outside the wall, indicating that the teleportation point had been placed.

Hughes' lips curled slightly, and his entire body disappeared from the spot as a silver light shone.

"call out--"

"..."

When Hughes opened his eyes again, he found himself seemingly in a cave. The cave was also very dark, and there was even a strange smell in the air.

He turned around and saw that the ripple wall behind him had turned into stone.

However, to be more precise, it should be said that it was disguised as a rock.

One of the stones had an extremely fine crack, which was exactly where it had just broken.

Upon noticing a faint, strange odor, Hughes tentatively took a breath, but the next second... his heart sank.

"No way..."

He muttered to himself as he reached into the storage compartment and rummaged around for a moment.

Then, he took out the Blood Mask from inside and put it on his face.

"Click... gurgle gurgle..."

(How about changing the transformation process of the Blood Mask to the squelching sound of flesh wriggling? The previous sound had too many words and was quite troublesome to watch.)

……

The cave wasn't deep; after taking a few short steps, Hughes reached the entrance.

The scene outside the cave then came into his view.

"clatter--"

Hughes swayed suddenly and instinctively took a few steps back.

His eyes held surprise, bewilderment, and deep shock.

The sky outside the cave was a deep crimson.

A blood moon hung high in the center of this blood-red sky, like a giant eye looking down on the earth.

He looked around and found that even the forests and grasslands outside the mountains, and even the rocks under his feet, were mostly deep blood red.

But this place is definitely not the Blood Domain.

Hughes had just explored the area and found that the spatial structure here was completely integrated with the Living Land; the ripple wall he passed through was just a "barrier".

Not to mention, there was a blood moon in the sky that he had never seen in Maranthelle before.

Everything before him reminded him of one place—the "World Gate" secret realm.

He had heard about this location from Elena; it was said to be a large secret realm that Osiris discovered a thousand years ago in the Blood Domain.

The vampires now live here and have changed their name to "The Secluded Vampires".

According to the other party, this secret realm relies on the Oren plane for magic supply, and after thousands of years of development, the degree of environmental demonization is comparable to that of Maransel.

This is why the vampires today possess such astonishing magical combat power, because they have been lying dormant in this environment for a full thousand years.

At the same time, if this crimson world before us is indeed a secret realm within the World Gate, then it undoubtedly explains another question.

It is the Land of Living Beings... It is not a "storage space that can store living beings" at all, but a large secret realm that can move freely with the ring!

Thinking of this, Hughes's expression changed repeatedly.

If the Land of Living is the "Gateway to the World," then what was Gabriel's intention in placing one of the entrances to the secret realm underground in the Blood Domain?

Was the discovery of the entrance by Osiris part of the plan, or an unexpected event?

Hughes put aside these doubts for now, as his primary objective was to confirm whether this place was indeed the World Gate.

And if that's true, is there any risk that he will be discovered?

Thinking of this, Hughes immediately went back into the cave and carefully sensed it before discovering that the camouflage of the Ripple Wall was perfect.

Even if he uses his mental power to probe it now, what he perceives is still a whole "hard rock".

As for the cave, it is located halfway up a high mountain, and there is nothing of value inside, so it would not attract any attention.

"That's true... Hundreds of years have passed, and everything that needed to be developed has been developed, yet they haven't discovered this place."

Thinking of this, Xiuding felt much more at ease. After confirming that his teleportation point had not been isolated, he transformed into black mist and flew out of the window.

He needs to confirm this.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

……

Meanwhile, in a castle within the secret realm, the atmosphere had reached its peak of tension.

"Whoosh—whoosh whoosh—"

Even indoors, the vampires in the castle used flight magic, their bodies almost touching the dome and walls as they flew through the corridors.

In their hands, they held various expensive magical potions and medical supplies.

"Ahhhhhh!!!!"

At this moment, hoarse cries echoed throughout the castle, but all of these sounds came from one person.

It's hard to imagine the kind of pain the person who cried out was enduring.