Wizard: I have ten trillion nanomachines

Graxsis clutched his chest wound, watching Lokunlun approach step by step, his heart churning with turbulent emotions.

This person's power was terrifying; he shattered the wizard's shield with a single blow, something no knight on this backward continent could possess.

The more he thought about it, the more certain he became that the person in front of him was no ordinary person.

Or they are wizard apprentices like him, who have fled from the prosperous Wizarding Continent to enjoy themselves in this wild land.

Or they are lucky ones who possess extraordinary bloodlines and have received tremendous opportunities.

There are many branches of wizards, among which there are branches known as Bloodline Warriors or Bloodline Sorcerers.

Their power comes from their bloodline; they only need to grow up over time to possess strength far exceeding that of ordinary people.

"That must be it!" Graxis's eyes gleamed. "This guy must have had bloodline sorcerers among his ancestors, otherwise how could he possess such brute strength!"

Seeing Lokunlun wielding the broken steel greatsword, each step causing the ground to tremble slightly, his icy gaze like the stare of death, Graxus panicked completely. He hurriedly raised his hand and cried out, "Wait! My friend, it was all a misunderstanding! I'm willing to offer rare magical materials as compensation, just please spare my life!"

Luo Kunlun didn't stop, a cold smile playing on his lips: "If I didn't have this kind of power, I'd probably already be crushed into mud by you, just like those ordinary people in the manor, wouldn't I?"

Luo Kunlun's voice was calm, yet carried a chilling edge, "When you killed them, it was as casual as stepping on ants, without any shame or remorse."

"That's different!" Graxis hurriedly protested, his voice trembling. "You're completely different from those insects. We're the same kind, extraordinary beings who transcend mortals!"

"Besides, a natural disaster like a heavy rain or an earthquake kills countless people. Has anyone ever hated the heavens? Has anyone ever hated the earth? I've simply done the same thing as heaven and earth!"

This sophistry, which completely shattered the last vestige of hope in Luo Kunlun's attempt to communicate. He fell silent, his eyes filled with chilling killing intent, and his figure suddenly transformed into a black lightning bolt, charging towards Graxis with his sword in hand!

There's no need to say another word; this thing in front of us doesn't even deserve to be called a human.

The only way to deal with this kind of thing is to use a sword as the blade and force as the edge to beat it to death!

Seeing Lokunlun make a sudden move, Graxis was terrified and could no longer maintain his pretense. The last bit of magic power in his body was rapidly activated.

In the brief pause between his shouts, he had quietly recovered some of his spellcasting abilities. Now, he quickly activated the Wizard's Hand, an invisible energy palm supporting his body as he sped away like an arrow, seemingly flying through the air.

While fleeing, Graxis did not forget to block the pursuers.

As Luo Kunlun pursued, the ground suddenly exploded with a "bang," creating a series of half-meter-deep craters. Debris flew everywhere, attempting to hinder his progress. This was the destructive power of the Wizard's Hand.

Although Graxis was only a beginner peak apprentice, he was by no means a waste.

Wizard's Hand is for offense, Wizard's Shield is for defense; these are the basic spells that every wizard apprentice must master, and only those who can cast both at the same time are considered qualified.

At this moment, he had already made a desperate gamble. Within his mental space, the magical model that had been maintaining the Wizard's Shield collapsed instantly, and all the mental runes were reassembled into the model of the second Wizard's Hand.

One energy hand propelled him as he fled at breakneck speed, while the other constantly created obstacles in front of Luo Kunlun, sometimes slamming the ground to cause explosions, and sometimes transforming into a giant fist that slammed down.

Unfortunately, all of this was in vain in the face of absolute speed and power.

Luo Kunlun clung to him like a leech, relentlessly pursuing him without missing a step. The heavy armor did not slow him down at all; on the contrary, it made each landing carry the force of thunder.

Out of the corner of his eye, Graxis saw that the broken steel greatsword in Lokunlun's hand was slightly raised, with a cold light flowing across its blade. It was clear that it was ready to strike, waiting for the right distance before leaping up and cleaving him in two with a single blow!

"No! I don't want to die!" The sense of impending death was like ice water poured over his head, and Graxis was terrified. He suddenly raised his right hand, revealing a bronze ring covered with strange patterns on his finger.

This was his most treasured magical artifact, which he rarely used.

The next moment, the gem at the top of the ring suddenly lit up with a ghostly green light, and a stream of dark green acid, as thick as an infant's arm, gushed out like a venomous snake, carrying a pungent stench, and rushed straight at Luo Kunlun's face!

Luo Kunlun's eyes narrowed, and he quickly twisted his wrist, unleashing a dense curtain of sword energy with his broken steel greatsword in front of him.

With a "whoosh," the sword wind whistled past, forcefully shattering the ball of acid.

The splashed acid landed on the tree trunks on both sides, making a "sizzling" sound. The hard tree trunks were instantly corroded, rotted, and turned black, with sap flowing everywhere. In a short while, they turned into a puddle of foul-smelling mud.

A drop of acid splashed onto the blade of the broken steel greatsword, actually burning a tiny hole in it, and the blade emitted a piercing corrosive sound.

"What a powerful corrosive effect!" Luo Kunlun felt a chill in his heart. If this acid were to fall on his body, even he would probably suffer a great loss.

But this brief obstruction also gave him an excellent opportunity. In the instant that Graxis activated the magical artifact and his figure paused slightly, he had already entered his attack range!

"Now!" Luo Kunlun's eyes flashed with cold light, his arm muscles bulged, and he poured all his strength into his greatsword, slashing fiercely at Graxis!

Seeing that even the treasured magical artifacts could not stop the opponent, and instead allowed Lokunlun to get closer, Graxis was completely plunged into despair.

He didn't want to die yet; he hadn't enjoyed the thrill of wanton slaughter enough and wanted to continue to tyrannize this continent!

"Wizard's Shield! Hold on!" Graxis roared madly in his mind, drawing out all the mental and magical power in his mental space and desperately activating defensive magic.

At the same time, he took out a glass bottle the size of a finger from his bag.

There wasn't time to use it properly, so he chewed the entire glass bottle to pieces, letting the potion inside flow out.

This is a banned drug, meant for monsters, and no apprentice with a sound mind would use it.

But because he had no money, Graxis had to use this medicine as a last resort. What's even more infuriating is that it might even be an expired, substandard product!

Consuming life force is only the mildest side effect; the real damage lies in the soul, that is, the depletion of the soul's potential.

But at this moment, he had no better options.

If he doesn't replenish his magic soon, he'll be killed!

As soon as the medicine entered his stomach, Graxsis felt his magic power recovering and increasing in an abnormal way.

Without time to consider the underlying principles and side effects, Graxsis immediately began casting the spell.

At the same time, within his spiritual sea, the silvery-white mist representing spiritual power surged and boiled, like a volcano about to erupt.

Apprentices with wizarding talent must open their spiritual sea through meditation, then continuously meditate on will runes to absorb external magical energy particles to strengthen their spiritual power. At the same time, they can interfere with reality through specific combinations of runes to complete spellcasting.

Apprentices are divided into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced, which correspond to being able to meditate one to nine, ten to eighteen, and nineteen to thirty-six will runes at once, respectively.

Each breakthrough to a new level not only represents a significant increase in the amount and rate of growth of mental energy, but also an improvement in spellcasting ability.

By using will runes as structural units and combining them in a specific structure, one can interfere with reality and complete the casting of spells.

The improvement in spellcasting ability refers to the increased ability to interfere with reality.

The same kind of witchcraft, such as the fire spell, is transformed into a small flame by a novice apprentice, while a medium-level apprentice can create a torch.

At this moment, under the pressure of Luo Kunlun's sword aura and the effect of the expired forbidden drug, the bottleneck that Graxis had not been able to break through for many years suddenly shattered!

As his mental energy surged, the number of will runes that he had been unable to successfully meditate for many years instantly broke through the upper limit of nine, reaching the threshold of intermediate apprentice.

He can now cast some spells that were originally useless and less cost-effective than the Wizard's Hand.

clang--!

The greatsword of broken steel struck the hastily formed wizard's shield heavily, but this time, the shield did not shatter instantly as before. Instead, it burst forth with a dazzling white light, forcefully blocking most of the force of the attack.

Graxis was struck hard, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His body was thrown dozens of meters away by the huge impact, crashing heavily to the ground, but he was not fatally injured.

"Heaven has truly saved me! I've broken through! I've become a mid-level wizard apprentice!"

Graxsis struggled to his feet, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. His eyes blazed with wild joy, all his previous fear and panic vanished, replaced by extreme arrogance and cruelty.

"You little bug, you were arrogant for a moment, but now, the great Graxsis will make you regret ever being born!"

Before he finished speaking, Graxus's hunched back suddenly straightened, and his short body erupted with magical energy far exceeding what he had seen before, causing the surrounding air to tremble violently.

He raised his hand and aimed it at Luo Kunlun. The will runes in his mental sea rapidly combined, and a blazing fireball instantly condensed, a full foot in diameter, radiating scorching heat that distorted the surrounding air.

"Go to hell!"

Graxsis grinned and waved his hand. The blazing fireball, accompanied by a whistling sound, hurtled towards Lokunlun like a falling meteor!

The blazing fireball crashed down with devastating force, exploding with a blinding flash of light and a wave of heat sweeping in all directions!

The woodland was as if it had been bombarded by heavy artillery. Trees snapped and burned instantly, and craters several meters deep were blasted into the ground. Thick smoke billowed from the charred soil, and gravel and charcoal flew everywhere. The once lush woodland was instantly turned into a barren white wasteland.

The power of this fireball is no less than that of an RPG rocket.

But no matter how powerful it is, it's all in vain if it misses the target.

Luo Kunlun's footwork changed swiftly, and his figure moved sideways for more than ten meters like lightning, directly avoiding the core area of ​​the fireball explosion.

A scorching wave of air blew in, making the armor slightly hot.

With nanomachines capturing environmental data and predicting trajectories in real time, coupled with Luo Kunlun's perception honed through hundreds of battles, he could easily dodge fireballs that were barely faster than arrows, or even whistling bullets.

"Hmm?" Graxis's sinister smile suddenly froze, not because he was surprised by Lo Kunlun's reaction, but because of something else about him.

After breaking through to the intermediate apprentice level, his mental power detection range and accuracy improved significantly, and at this moment he could clearly sense that there was something inside Luo Kunlun's body.

Although I don't know what it is, I'm sure it's not a membrane or anything like that.

"There's a shadow lurking within you?"

He narrowed his eyes, his mental energy like a fine net, carefully examining the shape of the shadow. The more he looked, the more excited he became: "Although I can't figure out what it is, it looks like some kind of extremely tiny worm!"

"I understand now. Your power isn't some kind of bloodline inheritance; it originates from them!"

"I've seen records of this in ancient texts of the Wizarding Continent! There's a mysterious worm in this world that, after parasitizing a host, actively modifies its 'nest,' which is the host's body, in order to survive better!"

Graxis licked his chapped lips, a greedy glint in his eyes. "Under the worm's modification, the host's physical abilities and even intelligence will be extraordinary, making them a genius in the eyes of mortals!"

"Haha! What a tremendous opportunity!" He trembled with excitement, his short body swaying slightly with elation.

"I never expected to encounter such a wondrous creature on such a backward and barbaric continent!"

"Once I kill you, I'll extract these worms and let them coexist with me! Then, I'll not only be able to rid myself of this lowly, ugly dwarf body, but I can also use their power to reach a higher level of wizardry!"

Greed and ambition completely consumed Graxus's reason. The runes of will within his mind swirled rapidly, and magic power surged forth from his body like a tidal wave.

This time, instead of condensing a single large fireball, he simultaneously created six smaller fireballs, which hovered in front of him like six burning stars, radiating terrifyingly high temperatures.

"If one misses, then six will do! Let's see how long you can hide!"

Graxsis grinned and waved his hand. Six fireballs, like tracking missiles, flew in six directions, accompanied by whistling winds, and attacked Lokunlun from all sides.

The intense heat distorted the air, and the dry grass on the ground was ignited prematurely, forming a sea of ​​fire that attempted to block Luo Kunlun's escape route.

In his understanding, the "parasitic worms" inside Luo Kunlun's body were no ordinary creatures. They were numerous and possessed considerable intelligence; otherwise, they could not have transformed their host into such a powerful being.

He was well aware of the characteristics of these parasitic organisms: once the host encounters a fatal danger, some of the most resilient worms will voluntarily detach themselves and seek another host to continue their species.

At the same time, he realized that his breakthrough was achieved by accident with that medicine, which posed a significant hidden danger.

Therefore, he must act quickly and decisively to kill Luo Kunlun before the worms escape, and firmly grasp this priceless treasure in his hands!