Nascent Soul Rebirth: Starting as a Wizard

His expression turned somewhat grim.

No need to project spiritual sense or use any detection spells.

That oppressive force, originating from the level of life itself, was like icy seawater, overflowing from the ankles and reaching the knees, rapidly rising upwards and choking the throat.

It no longer sneaks around, no longer hides.

Here it comes.

With an overwhelming declaration of dominance, it breaks through the rock and ascends.

Right at the edge of the area plowed by the "earth vein stripping", the earth arched and cracked upwards like a volcanic eruption!

It wasn't a slow rise, but an explosive burst, with hundreds of tons of soil and rocks being thrown into the air thousands of meters high.

Accompanied by the chilling "crackling" sound of crystals growing at high speed, a colossal creature burst forth from the ground.

It is shaped like a giant scorpion, but is entirely composed of dark, thick, and sharp-edged dark gold crystal clusters. It is over thirty meters long and almost as tall as the city wall.

The shell is not a biological shell, but a geometric crystal with layers and sharp angles, each facet reflecting distorted light.

A segmented, crystallized long tail rose high, a full twenty meters long, with a hook at the end shimmering with an ominous purple light.

With just a slight sway, it creates visible ripples in the air.

Six pairs of crystalline legs plunged deep into the earth, each step leaving lava-like scorch marks on the ground.

What's most terrifying is the oppressive aura it exudes.

A vast, predatory energy field, imbued with the weight of the earth, spread out unchecked.

The air became viscous like mercury, and even the light seemed to bend and dim because of its presence.

The lowly apprentices on the city walls felt short of breath, their magic flowed sluggishly, and the runes on the knights' armor flickered wildly, trying to counteract the pressure.

Even the mid-level apprentices' faces instantly turned into expressions of extreme fear.

Subterranean Crystal Beast.

A predator on the Rock Plane that is close to being a Level 1 creature.

Its compound eyes, composed of hundreds of faceted crystals, "sweeped" across the city wall, devoid of emotion, displaying only pure, cold materiality.

They locked onto the inner group of apprentices who had just used "Earth Vein Stripping" and whose magical fluctuations were most noticeable.

"Level 2 Alert! Subterranean Crystal Beast! Approaching Level 1 combat power!" Solo roared with all his might, his voice drowning out all the noise on the battlefield.

He almost shouted it out as his body instinctively retreated to the side and back, creating a safe distance.

These are the rules: when facing monsters of this level, the greatest contribution is to sound the highest alarm immediately and then survive.

The piercing spiral alarm, signifying the highest level of crisis, resounded throughout the limestone production base.

The sound seemed to possess a magical power, causing a momentary lapse in concentration on the battlefield, affecting both rock creatures and defenders alike.

The crystal beast moved.

Its massive pincers rose—they weren't biological pincers at all, but two house-sized, spiked, dark gold crystals.

The jaws opened, and blazing white light gathered and compressed wildly inside, distorting the surrounding air due to the high temperature.

Target: Inner circle apprentice group.

"Activate the full defensive array!" the masked woman, a mid-level apprentice at the head of the group, shouted hoarsely.

The ten quickly changed formation, their magical connection shifting from attack to defense, and a semi-transparent hexagonal force field unfolded before them.

But it was obvious to everyone that the force field couldn't possibly stop the crystal beast's attack.

That's a qualitative difference.

Just then, a window at the top of the simple alchemical magic tower, which had always been silent and stood out like a background, slid open silently inward.

A hand reached out.

The palm was pale, having never seen sunlight, yet it was covered with intricate, complex, and slowly flowing pale gold alchemical patterns, as if they were alive.

It simply stretched out of the window and made three simple gestures towards the terrifying crystalline behemoth outside the city wall and the still dark, surging tide of rock creatures behind it.

First movement: Press down lightly with your palm.

The ground beneath the crystal beast's feet suddenly came to life. It didn't turn into a mud pit; instead, the rocks themselves began to twist and deform, extending countless thick arms made of soil and rock.

Each of these arms was as thick as a bucket, and its surface was covered with earthy yellow runes.

They surged wildly from the ground, grabbing tightly onto the crystal beast's six pairs of legs, long tail, and giant pincers, even climbing onto its carapace.

The energy that the crystal beast was gathering was interrupted instantly. It struggled angrily, and its crystal body scraped against its rocky arm, making a screeching sound.

Gravel fell in a flurry, but more rocky arms surged from the ground, firmly anchoring it to the earth.

Second movement: Turn your palms over and gently lift them upwards.

Centered on the crystal beast, the ground within a radius of 300 meters began to soften and sink.

It didn't turn into a mud puddle, but into a real swamp—a sticky, dark, bubbling swamp.

With just a gesture, he unleashed the "Earth Vein Devouring," a higher-level sorcery than the previous "Earth Vein Wave"!

The rock creatures were horrified to find themselves sinking, and the more they struggled, the faster they sank.

Small rock creatures were swallowed up in the blink of an eye, while medium-sized individuals could struggle, but they also sank into the darkness at a visible speed.

Only the Crystal Beast, with its enormous size and the stabilizing effect of its rocky arms, could keep most of its body outside, but each struggle only caused it to sink deeper.

Third movement: Bring your five fingers together and loosely clench your fist.

The sky suddenly darkened.

It's not that dark clouds are blocking the sunlight, but rather that the light itself is being "absorbed" by some force.

Dark clouds gathered out of thin air a hundred meters directly above the crystal beast. They were not clouds made of water vapor, but rather energy clouds formed by highly compressed dark gray magic.

Lightning snaked through the clouds, and the thunder wasn't a booming sound, but a deep, resonant thud, like the beating of the earth's heart.

Each time a heart-pounding clap of thunder sounded, the rocky biome below would tremble in unison.

Solo's pupils contracted.

He realized—this was not a pure energy attack, but a high-level application of sorcery using sound waves!

Those thunderclaps were at a specific frequency that was carefully tuned, creating a destructive resonance with the crystal structure and energy nodes within the rock organism!

"Thump!"

As the third heartbeat thunder sounded, the first small rock creature exploded into dust with a "bang".

It didn't shatter, it turned into powder.

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

The thunder began to accelerate.

A chain reaction has begun.

Like toppling the first domino, the explosion started around the crystal beast and quickly spread outwards.

Small rock creatures crumbled into stone dust in large swaths, medium-sized individuals developed spiderweb-like cracks on their bodies, and then disintegrated with the next clap of thunder.

Even the rock creatures trapped in the swamp began to disintegrate from the inside amidst the resonance of thunder.

The crystal beast let out its first screech since its birth—not a sound, but a sharp, soul-tearing energy scream.

Its dark gold crystal clusters shimmered wildly, trying to resist the resonance, but the rocky arms and swamp binding it greatly limited its power.