Wizards begin by accessing the Inspiration panel.

Chapter 166: Robert's "Gift"

Abomination charged to the Blood-Patterned Clay Troll again, wielding its giant iron axe and chain ball with lightning speed, instantly hacking at the Blood-Patterned Clay Troll until it screamed in agony, and regained the upper hand.

This left Robert speechless: "The power of Blood Amber!! The secret technique of the Ring of North!!"

"Stop! That expert from the North Ring over there! Donato from the North Ring and I are good friends!" Robert shouted towards the woods where Richard was hiding.

Clearly, Robert believed that his opponent was a master from the North Ring!

Because both the power of blood amber and the summoning of abominations are very representative witchcraft of the North Ring.

Donato was very famous among the wizarding apprentices in the Ring of North.

"Me and Gi of the North Ring."

What interrupted his speech was a guiding arrow from Richard!

Robert's defensive magic had been almost completely depleted while he was fending off Stephena's attacks.

At this moment, because he was distracted by defending against Stephena's attack, he could no longer dodge Richard's arrow whose trajectory was unpredictable!

A streak of blue light flashed by like lightning, and instantly a hole the size of a thumb appeared on Robert's Adam's apple!

The arrow was too fast and pierced Robert's neck, silencing him from saying the rest of his sentence!

Robert collapsed to the ground, looking utterly defeated.

When he died, his eyes were wide open, clearly indicating that he died with his eyes open in disbelief!

A scroll slipped limply from his hand, clearly sealing some powerful sorcery, but he didn't have time to use it.

With Robert's death, the Bloodstained Clay Troll instantly lost its vitality, turning into ordinary soil, which then gradually solidified into a small mound.

A mark radiating intense energy instantly enveloped Richard and Stephanie.

This made Richard frown. The energy intensity of this symbol seemed to be stronger than the tracking marks left after killing the apprentices before!

This shows that the wizard who cast the tracking mark on the person in front of him is quite powerful!

Obviously, this is not a good thing!

However, since he was now in the Norman Secret Realm, the power of the Secret Realm also blocked the spread of the tracking mark. Therefore, he and Stephanie were currently safe and sound in the Secret Realm!

However, things get more complicated once you leave the secret realm!

After all, he only had one substitute doll left, while he and Stephanie had both been marked!

Richard put away the mask that the mimicry wristband had conjured and walked out of the dense forest.

Seeing her master Richard emerge from the dense forest with a worried expression, and then looking at the marks on her own body, Stephania knew she must have gotten into serious trouble. She immediately sheathed her sword and stepped forward to apologize, saying, "I'm sorry, Master, it was my fault."

Richard waved his hand and said, "It's alright. The other party clearly has ill intentions towards you, which also means that as long as you resist, your strength will be exposed sooner or later."

"Also, next time you encounter someone harassing you like this, don't hesitate, just strike first!" Richard paused, then added with a serious expression.

Stephanie couldn't help but chuckle at Richard's humor, feeling a sweet warmth in her heart.

Richard's words made her feel that although the two of them were currently in a master-servant relationship, Richard, as the master, did not treat her as a mere tool, but rather considered her feelings.

As an extremely pure surge of soul energy flowed through him, Richard couldn't help but shudder with a feeling of pure bliss!

After Richard calmed down from the stimulation that was dozens of times more intense than the combination of betel nut and cigarettes, he began to carefully examine the memories transmitted through the crystal about the enemy's mind.

Robert Soto, nicknamed Blood Demon!

Hiss! Richard had certainly heard of this guy.

This guy is one of the most famous wizarding apprentices in the Ignis School. Although Richard doesn't spend much time in the school, he has heard people talk about him several times.

Which school of thought has the closest strength to a full-fledged wizard, a level three wizard apprentice, and a potential wizard seed?

Huh! He's actually one of the most valued offspring of the Soto wizarding family!

Upon seeing this, Richard frowned deeply, realizing that his original backup plan might fall through!

Originally, at the very least, one could sign a contract with a school of thought to advance to become a formal wizard.

But now it seems that this path has suddenly become extremely difficult, or even impossible!

Because the Soto family has a deep and complex influence within the Ignis School, unless a second-level archmage speaks up personally, the Soto family will definitely obstruct Richard from signing a contract with the school and will retaliate afterward!

However, when Richard saw the next picture, he was shocked and delighted, and his previous worries vanished!

This guy actually knows the apprentice version of the Ignis School's top-secret Bone Meditation Technique!

This was undoubtedly fantastic news for Richard!

Richard's purpose in signing the contract with the school was simply to obtain another copy of the first level of the advanced meditation method or the apprentice version, thereby achieving the requirement of breaking the limit (3/3).

Richard reviewed the contents of the Apprentice's Guide to the Bone Meditation Method in his mind once again, and after making sure he had memorized them thoroughly, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed!

This means that he can use the Limit Break technique on the incomplete Rodrigo Meditation at any time, thereby obtaining a high-level meditation technique at the level of a first-level wizard.

However, now is clearly not the right time and place.

Richard continued to look at the next image.

Damn! Gildarts' clone has also entered the secret realm!

When Richard saw that somewhat familiar face reappear in Robert's memory, he exclaimed that something was wrong!

Sure enough, the wizard Gildas, Jenna and Joachim's mentor, actually sent his clone into the Norman Secret Realm this time.

Although they were ostensibly there to rescue the trapped wizarding apprentices from the three academies, a significant portion of their purpose was undoubtedly to find Richard.

This made Richard frown even more!

Continue browsing through the memory images

Huh! There's such a treasure. Based on the images in Robert's memory, Richard found the [Mistman Tor Orb] in Robert's body.

Oh no! Richard, holding the jewel, immediately realized that the jewel was actually a disguised tracking mark.

As long as one possesses this item, other jewel holders can determine their location relatively clearly.

Stephania, seeing Richard's expression shift from joy to frown, couldn't help but worry, asking, "Master, is the person we killed very troublesome?"

"It's troublesome! But good job killing him!!" Richard was taken aback, then immediately smiled and said to Stephanie.

If it weren't for Stephena, the other party probably wouldn't have started a fight with him.

Clearly, without a battle, he wouldn't have been able to unexpectedly acquire the Bone Meditation Technique, thus completing the final piece of the puzzle for breaking the limits of the Rodrigo Meditation Technique.

At first, Stephanie was a little worried when Richard said it was troublesome, but after hearing the second half of his sentence, she smiled brightly.

It feels so good to have my owner's full support!

Just as Richard was about to do what he did last time and stuff the pearl into the mouth of a bird, he had a better idea.

It might even weaken the opponent's strength!

Since he was now in the core area of ​​the secret realm, Richard had already encountered many powerful monsters.

The aura of several of these demonic creatures sent a chill down his spine. They must be powerful demonic creatures that had been born within the secret realm and whose strength had reached the level of a first-level wizard!

Individuals naturally born within the secret realm are not subject to the realm's rules in terms of strength.

Therefore, from this perspective, the strongest beings in the Norman Secret Realm are neither the leader of the Night Elves—the high-ranking Spider Queen Dolores, nor Gildarts's clone, but rather a small number of extremely powerful monsters whose strength has reached the level of a first-level wizard!

Richard has just come up with a solution.

He then stuffed the Mysterman Tor Orb into the mouth of a giant jungle python.

Then, the seven- or eight-meter-long python was thrown at the entrance of the nest of a golden-scaled lizard whose strength had reached the level of a formal wizard.

Sure enough, just as the trembling giant python tried to escape, it was bitten in two by a gaping maw that sprang out of the cave entrance, and then swallowed up like a spicy snack.

Stephena, who had been watching Richard's actions with curiosity, suddenly realized what was going on and couldn't help but applaud her master's "insidious and ruthless" actions.

Clearly, once the other members of Robert's team track the Mysterman Tor Orb all the way here, only two things will happen: either they believe Robert was accidentally swallowed by the Golden Scale Lizard, and out of pride, they want to avenge their teammate, thus triggering a major battle.

Another option is to run away immediately upon seeing the golden-scaled lizard!

If it's the former, then that's enough to give the rest of Robert's team a run for their money!

Because the Golden Scale Lizard is very powerful and extremely troublesome, for example, its innate magic Crystal Shine allows it to use the pale golden rhomboid plates on its body to launch a dazzling attack that temporarily blinds all enemies around it.

In addition to its extremely high elemental resistance and super-fast attack speed, even a formal wizard would find it extremely troublesome!

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After dealing with the Mysterman Tor Orb, Richard continued to have Stephanie lead the way. As before, the two maintained a distance of several tens of meters and continued to advance in the direction where they had first detected Melo.

Soon, Richard found a safe cave and immediately decided to break the limits of Rodrigo's meditation method.

With Hatred and Stephania setting up double guards at the hidden cave entrance, Richard brought up his Inspiration Panel inside the cave and eagerly focused his consciousness on the incomplete Rodrigo Meditation Method.

[Ding! The host has reached the limit of comprehension of the Rodrigo Meditation Method (Apprentice Edition). You may now perform one of the following operations:]

1. Breaking Limits.

II. Innovation.

III. Optimization.

Note: An innovation will add a new witchcraft.

Richard once again focused his attention on choosing to break through the limit.

[Detecting for breach conditions:]

1. The current apprentice level or the first level of mastery in meditation has reached its limit, and this condition is met;

II. For reference, the number of practitioners in the first level of meditation method must meet 3/3, thus satisfying this condition.

Second, the required energy points are between 98347 and 115671. This condition has been met.

[All conditions for breaking limits have been met. Shall we begin breaking limits?]

Richard felt a surge of excitement. The combination of opportunity and hard work had allowed him to quickly meet the requirements for breaking through the limits of the Rodrigo Meditation Method, which was truly unexpected. He silently repeated, "Yes!"

In an instant, Richard's soul was pulled into the dream space. This time, he came to a simple and spacious study, where he possessed a blurry figure wearing a hood and sitting at a desk.

On the large, dark red desk, several thumb-sized candles were lit, along with three books that shone with a dark gray light, immediately drawing Richard's full attention.

The three books are Robert's Ignis Advanced Meditation Method "Bone Meditation", Joachim's North Ring Advanced Meditation Method "Abomination Meditation", and the last one, Muken's Guru Academy Advanced Meditation Method "Spirit Meditation".

At that moment, a distant voice called out from the depths of Richard's heart, as if urging him to first open the first book, "The Meditation Method of the Dead," and begin learning.

Since each person can only practice one meditation method at a time, once a formal wizard breaks through, it can never be changed.

Therefore, although Richard obtained the latter two meditation manuals early on, he did not study them before that.

However, in the dream world, there are no such restrictions at all.

Driven by his inner impulses, Richard naturally flipped to the first page of the Bone Meditation Method. The title page briefly introduced the founder of this meditation method and the process of each improvement and revision.

Richard nodded. Every advanced meditation manual contains the hard work of great wizards and even higher-level wizards, as well as the joint improvements made by many later generations!

Turning to the second page, the first sorcery rune was a shape resembling a "φ" with a vertical line added in the middle when viewed from the front. This shape was three-dimensional, and its outline needed to be sketched in one's mind; otherwise, it would quickly dissipate.

Because Richard had experience with Rodriguez's meditation method and was driven by a wealth of inspiration, his learning efficiency soared like a rocket!

After an unknown amount of time, Richard completed his practice of the Bone Meditation Method.

Next is the aversion meditation method!

Turn to the first page.

It seems that several years have passed before Richard completed his second book, namely the practice of aversion meditation.

With great excitement, Richard opened the third and final book—The Art of Spiritual Meditation.

After a long time, Richard finally completed his study of the three meditation methods!

In an instant, Richard followed the voice of his heart, closed his eyes, and suddenly felt his thoughts like a small boat in a storm, sailing on a vast ocean of inspiration!

Countless thoughts and ideas exploded in my mind, a feeling akin to the explosion of taste buds on my tongue after eating a ton of popping candy!

It seems that the next level of Rodriguez's meditation method can be deduced in this way or that way, and there are too many directions to break through in one's mind.

This left Richard momentarily at a loss, unsure of which direction and angle to choose for a breakthrough in meditation!

(End of this chapter)