Wizard: The exploration panel keeps me pure.

He even spotted two familiar figures among them.

Felix Blackwood

[Strength: First-Ring Wizard]

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Salin Vieira

[Strength: First-Ring Wizard]

Just then, a mighty voice suddenly came from the sky above, like the roar of a legendary dragon, filling the entire world: "Go in when you're ready."

The moment Ron heard the voice, his mind went blank, and the magic within him surged uncontrollably.

Fiery red feathers began to appear on its body, and its face gradually transformed from a human face into the appearance of a Moloch Firebird.

"It's hot, so hot!"

"Your orders are the direction we must take."

Just as he felt himself about to burst into flames, the voices of the formal wizards above him finally brought a sliver of clarity back to his mind:

[You are attempting to spy on a higher being; physical contamination +0.1%, mental contamination +0.01]

[You are trying to glimpse the existence of a higher realm; pollution continues to increase...]

The moment his consciousness returned to his body, the notifications on the panel flashed wildly before Ron's eyes, and the originally light blue panel screen had now turned into an eerie deep red.

As messages flashed before his eyes, Ron's previously hazy consciousness instantly cleared.

Upon seeing the changes in himself, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately mobilized his mental energy to control the chaotic magic power within his body.

Soon, the strange changes in his body gradually disappeared, and he returned to normal.

"Hey, Ms. Salin, Mr. Felix, look at that boy, isn't he the little fellow who's always been so close to you juniors?"

With Ron in such a public place, his transformation naturally attracted the attention of some of the formal wizards present, including Fiona's teacher Salin and Adele's grandfather Felix.

Upon hearing the words of the familiar person beside them, the two immediately looked in Ron's direction.

At this moment, the boy stood in the square where "gods and demons danced in chaos," his body as pure as if it had never been polluted or eroded, so "clean" that it was almost unbelievable.

Even among the many formal wizards present, their bodies underwent slight changes upon hearing that voice. For example, the fine silver scales around Salin's eyes, Felix's slightly reddened hair, and the blood-red worm-like tentacles on his sharp ears.

None of these changes indicate the high status of the person who just spoke.

But it is precisely because of this that Ron's transformation is all the more pronounced.

"That kid doesn't seem to have any treasure on him, does he?"

"Why don't we catch it and eat it? No matter how good it is, it can always be digested once it's in our stomachs."

"No, no, I think we should 'train' him a bit. Maybe he'll talk once he feels good?"

......

The strange change in Ron successfully attracted the attention of all the other formal wizards present, and strange-looking creatures in the sky were staring greedily at the boy in the arena.

Salin and Felix listened indifferently to the discussion of their colleagues, without saying a word.

"Salin, Felix, you wouldn't be protecting that little thing, would you?"

"No/It has nothing to do with me."

The two of them only had a slight relationship with Ron because of their junior status, but it wasn't important enough for them to risk offending so many people of the same level present to save him.

The situation where effort and reward are disproportionate is no longer a possibility in their world.

As for Salin's previous manipulation of Ron's fate, it was merely an experiment and she never took it seriously.

"Alright, at your age, you're still thinking about what's on the little guy. Stop guessing. That little guy has the bloodline of the Morok Firefeather Bird, and he probably has some symptoms of bloodline atavism. He inherited the sacred purifying power of the phoenix, which is why he can resist pollution."

"Stop doing these pointless things and get started."

"Otherwise, those little guys won't be able to hold on."

Just as the formal wizards in the sky were getting restless, that magnificent voice from before appeared again.

However, this time, the other party clearly restrained himself, and the many apprentices below who had already "gone mad" heard it. Otherwise, it's hard to imagine what the already chaotic situation would have become.

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, the formal wizards, though their eyes flickered as if they were thinking something, still respectfully agreed.

One by one, they folded back their bizarre bodies and returned to their human forms.

Then he began to mobilize the magic power within his body and began to inject it into a stone archway in the center of the square. A beam of light that shot into the sky instantly attracted the attention of everyone present.

Ron was unaware that he had just narrowly escaped a life-or-death crisis.

As soon as he regained consciousness, he saw that the people around him had changed drastically:

Lying on its hands and feet, standing on one leg, flesh and blood worms, mental fission, bone, wings, rotten flesh, blood vessels, tentacles, intestines, tail... it was truly bizarre and eye-opening.

The only one who was somewhat normal was Adele beside him, but at this moment, apart from her eyes and hair, her entire body was covered in black skin, and her arrogant little expression was gone, leaving only a strange "hehehe" laugh, exuding a savage aura.

Looking at all this, Ron felt a sense of unreality welling up from the bottom of his heart.

Which is the most authentic version of this world: what I saw before, or what I am seeing now?

Just as this question arose in his mind, a beam of light shooting into the sky not far away caught his attention, and at the same time, it made everyone present slowly regain their senses.

"Once you're awake, recover quickly. Don't let it get out of control and contaminated again if you go inside later."

A middle-aged man standing closest to the group looked coldly at all the apprentices present, his tone full of impatience—not only towards them, but also towards the academy's arrangements.

Delaying the experiment!

Ron and Adele exchanged glances, nodded, and then sat down cross-legged to begin their recovery.

Although I wasn't greatly affected before, I have a chance to adjust my state of mind, so why not make good use of this time?

After everyone had recovered sufficiently, the formal wizards around the stone gate began their next step:

"what!"

A fat wizard, whose body was as big as a small mountain of flesh, casually waved his hand, and several of the apprentices present flew towards the direction of the wizard.

Then, using his mental power, he hung them upside down in mid-air and swung them down several times until everything except the innermost layer of clothing fell off. Only then did the other party nod with slight regret and throw them towards the door.

As for those items, they were naturally returned to them, but Ron noticed that the fat man had openly taken at least a third of the valuables.

"Isn't that asking for too much?"

Although he had thought the other party might receive some benefits, he really didn't expect them to receive so much.

The number of apprentices in the arena decreased one by one. When it was Ron's turn, he was being examined by Adele's grandfather.

This cheered him up, making him feel that he wouldn't be like the others who had their third of their belongings taken away at once.

And indeed, things turned out exactly as he had imagined.

Felix glanced at the boy in front of him and emptied his belongings, which included magic stones, enchanting materials, and other items, in addition to the necessary items he had prepared for the retest.

As shown in the figures...

Take them all?