Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

Dago walked straight out of the square, stepped out of the light barrier of the rune array, and entered the wilderness. A gloomy and oppressive feeling immediately rushed over him.

Continuing forward with the pen leads to the location of that small hill in the wilderness.

The closer Dago got, the more intense the sense of oppression in his heart became.

Moreover, he always felt that there was a huge, invisible gaze above him, coldly watching him move forward like an ant.

"Even a wizard at the early stage of the first ring has been sent in, and he didn't bring anything with him."

Watching Dargo's figure disappear into the thick fog of the wilderness, the middle-aged wizard who had just announced the start of the test turned to the bald man in the high-backed chair and said in a chilling tone, "Sir, it seems Campbell is quite dissatisfied with us."

"Dissatisfied? Does he even deserve it?"

The bald wizard coldly said, "Later, you stand in front of the rune array and let this piece of trash who's only at the early stage of the first ring suffer a lot. It doesn't matter if he dies. From now on, every time he sends someone in, I'll cripple or cripple them."

The bald wizard grinned, revealing a mouthful of cold, pale teeth.

"Until...the pain and thorns behind him finally show their sincerity."

"roar!"

Just as the bald wizard finished speaking, a low, ancient, oppressive roar, mixed with violence and cruelty, came from afar.

The tranquil atmosphere of the entire space was immediately shattered. A sudden gust of wind arose in the wilderness, and large swaths of mist were broken apart, as if a stagnant pool of oppressive water was beginning to boil.

"My little pet is awake."

The bald wizard slowly rose from the tree root chair, squinted at the distance, and muttered, "The last fire-type kid ran away too quickly. This time, you can have some fun."

The inexplicable sense of oppression that arose in his heart, and the feeling of being watched, accumulated to a certain extreme, causing Dago to unconsciously stop in his tracks.

"Huff~ Huff~~"

Strange and loud sounds came from directly ahead, like something breathing heavily and frequently, and the mist over the wilderness surged and spread in all directions.

The next second...

"roar!"

A gust of hot wind carrying a stench swept in from directly in front, accompanied by a violent and suppressed roar. The rolling sound waves swept away the thick fog all around in an instant.

As the fog dissipated, the outline of the hazy hill in the distance became completely clear.

That wasn't a small hill at all; it was clearly a terrifying behemoth lying on the ground!

Its body is enormous, covered with a thick and rough rock armor. These rocks are dark gray, with grooves and cracks eroded by time, and faintly shimmer with a yellow light, as if they were crystals containing great power.

Its head is broad and flat, like a huge rock, with two huge eyes set on either side of its head, like burning red flames, revealing endless ferocity.

When its mouth is wide open, it resembles a cave, filled with sharp stone teeth, each one taller than a person, arranged in a jagged pattern.

Its limbs were as thick as giant stone pillars, and each step it took made the earth tremble. Its feet were broad and thick, covered with sharp rock protrusions, leaving deep footprints on the ground.

At this moment, its head was facing Dago, its huge, deep red eyes staring intently at him, scrutinizing the little insect that had offended it.

Dago stared blankly at the terrifying behemoth before him, feeling the surging, tsunami-like pressure crashing down on him wave after wave, causing his robes to billow violently. Then, the wind-breathing runes lit up, and he fell back down.

A few seconds later, Dagger snapped out of his shock and, without hesitation, turned and ran!

Mental energy flowed out like water, spreading out into a force field like a magnetic field. The ice elemental particles that had been gathered under the skin by the Elemental Resonance Technique emerged on the surface of the body, forming ice-blue patterns.

A thin layer of frost-like armor, formed by ice-blue patterns, floated faintly around him.

His right hand was a pair of giant ice claws, and his left hand was an ice crystal staff that appeared out of thin air. The Activation of Ice Crystals spell transformed the staff into a slender ice sword called "Dance of Fine Snow".

The energy fluctuations caused by the spell seemed to have thoroughly enraged the terrifying beast, which let out another low growl and charged after Dago.

Despite its massive size, the latter moved at an astonishing speed. With each step, the ground in the wilderness shook violently as if an earthquake had struck, and large swaths of soil and rocks were plowed up.

Dago's face tightened slightly as an invisible force from below lifted his body into the air.

However, before Dago could try to create some distance, he heard the giant beast behind him seem to stomp its foot hard on the ground.

"Buzz!"

A deep yellow energy halo quickly swept across the open field.

Dago felt his body suddenly sink, as if he were carrying countless iron rings, becoming clumsy and heavy, and even began to slowly fall downwards.

"Damn it!"

Dago's expression changed slightly. "Gravity! No-fly zone?!"

Once a magical beast reaches the first level of power, it gains the ability to further mobilize the elemental energy stored within its body, enabling it to unleash innate abilities similar to wizard spells.

The behemoth behind them was clearly a top-tier monster among first-level magical beasts. Not only was its body hard, but it also possessed abilities similar to earth-based "gravity" spells, which could greatly restrict the flight capabilities of formal wizards, achieving an effect similar to "anti-flight".

"boom!"

The moment Dago landed unsteadily, he suddenly pushed off the ground with both feet, leaping into the air at lightning speed.

Huge spikes blasted from the ground where he had stood, the blade-like spikes rising from the earth to pierce his enemies.

Dago's muscles and organs operated at high speed like a powerful and sophisticated machine, unleashing the extraordinary physique brought by the "Elemental Resonance Technique".

His figure transformed into a blurry phantom, darting through terrifying earth spikes with incredible ease!

This is all thanks to the energy vision brought by the "Dimensional Detection Technique," which allows one to see that the place where earth energy converges is where earth spikes will emerge.

"Ice Wind Cross Slash!"

Dago held the Dance of Fine Snow in his left hand, gathering large amounts of snow and ice particles. He then slashed the air in a cross shape, the icy wind carrying the ice particles to form a cross-shaped sword aura that struck the giant beast's head.

The cross-shaped sword energy, capable of easily tearing apart ordinary first-ring magical beasts, struck the giant beast, but only produced a dense "crackling" sound like hailstones hitting hard stone slabs.

The behemoth roared furiously, its breath sending splattered ice particles flying, which then burst forth from the howling icy wind.

"Ice Blade Wave Sword!"

Dago glided upwards in a dance of fine snow, unleashing vast amounts of ice energy that formed ice pillars that advanced forward. These ice pillars grew larger as they approached the behemoth, eventually rising from the ground to the size of a human figure.

The dark yellow crystals on the giant beast's back glowed, releasing a crystal-wall-like energy shield that blocked the onslaught of the rolling cold air.

Its massive body never stopped, relentlessly charging forward, bumping against the ice pillars bit by bit.

Dago took a step back, and a small ball of energy suddenly emanated from behind him, creating a small crater at his feet.

He suddenly turned around and found that he had unknowingly escaped to the starting square, with the rune array light screen representing "safety" just tens of meters behind him.

Inside the light screen, the bald wizard lay languidly on a high-backed chair, his face bearing a half-smile.

The middle-aged male wizard beside him was pointing his index finger at Dago, and an energy ball the size of an egg was gathering at the tip of his finger. The crater that had just exploded next to Dago was clearly his doing.

He stared coldly at Dago, his eyes revealing an undisguised and intense warning, as if to tell him that if he retreated any further, he would have to face more than just the giant beast.

Dago suddenly realized that he seemed to have been deprived of even the right to voluntarily "give up" the assessment.

He stopped in his tracks and saw a gigantic beast with bloodshot eyes, looking like it had gone mad, smashing through many ice pillars and roaring as it charged toward him, as if it wanted to chew him up and swallow him whole.

At this moment, Dago's mind calmed down.