Wizard Earl

Chapter 359 Soul Seed

Upon hearing Epstein's voice, Connor was startled, but he did not react and remained quietly hidden in his position.

Although the demonized knight who had the upper hand died in a very strange way, and Connor's mental power could not detect how Epstein controlled the ice blade to pierce the heart of the black-robed demonized knight, based on his trust in his own knowledge, Connor did not think that Epstein had truly discovered his existence and was bluffing him!

"Did you think I was bluffing you? I must admit, your control over mental energy is indeed quite remarkable. If it weren't for the slight fluctuation in your mental energy that you yourself might not have noticed when I mentioned the Turin Academy, I wouldn't have known you existed..." A strange smile crept across Epstein's bearded face as he turned and spoke in the direction Connor was hiding.

When Connor first mentioned sensing the danger Epstein was in, he immediately realized he had miscalculated; Epstein had indeed discovered his location.

"Whoosh!"

With a thought, Connor immediately activated the lightness spell on his black magic robe, instantly leaping onto a century-old pine tree several meters in front of him.

Standing atop a pine branch several meters above the ground, Connor stared intently at Epstein with a grim face. Although he didn't turn around, Connor's mental power had already detected three identical ice blades, exactly the same ones that had been plunged into the heart of the demonized knight, precisely where he had just been hiding. If, as a mental wizard, his intuition had been sharp enough to detect the danger beforehand, he would probably be dead, just like that demonized knight!

What's wrong with Epstein? He only meditated for a few minutes to recover, so how did his strength become so powerful and bizarre? If he had shown this strength from the beginning, how could he have been beaten so badly by that demonized knight?

"What's your name?" Epstein asked casually, meeting Connor's gaze.

"You're not Epstein!" Ignoring Epstein's question, Connor uttered a bitter truth that sent chills down his spine.

"Frightening...!" Upon hearing Connor's words, Epstein clapped his hands lightly, his gaze towards Connor now carrying a hint of admiration!

"Although you are only at the intermediate level of wizard apprentice, your knowledge far surpasses that of this inhuman beast. I am pleased that if you reveal your meditation technique, I may let you go!" By the end, Epstein's admiration for Connor had turned into greed.

Upon hearing that the other party wanted the "Abyss Secret Technique" he cultivated, Connor didn't get angry but instead laughed, nodding at Epstein and saying, "If I'm not mistaken, you must have planted a soul seed within Epstein. Epstein just now appeared to be meditating and recovering, but in reality, he was activating the soul seed within him to summon you. Am I right... Commander Longley!"

"Hahahaha, your meditation technique, you little psychic wizard, is truly amazing! You even discovered it..." Epstein, no! The possessed Lenglet clapped his hands and laughed loudly.

"Lord Langley, the Soul Seed is also part of the soul. If it is destroyed, you will at least suffer a great loss of vitality. Why don't you just pretend you didn't see me? I think that would be a good choice for both of us!"

Seeing that Lenglet had admitted what he said, Connor put away the bitterness on his face and showed a faint smile, and actually began to advise Lenglet instead.

Upon hearing Connor's audacity in threatening to destroy the soul seed that had possessed Epstein, Lenglet's composed smile immediately turned cold, and he said in a chilling voice, "Little guy, you really have a lot of confidence..."

Before Lenglet could utter another word, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his soul; he had been subjected to three consecutive mental attacks!

Although the vast difference in their cultivation levels meant that Lenglet, possessing Epstein's body, suffered no substantial damage from Connor's mental attack—he recovered instantly—in that very instant, he noticed that the psychic wizard before him had somehow acquired a blue-black staff, and simultaneously, a blue-black hexagonal magic circle had appeared beneath him…

Seeing Longley, who was possessing Epstein, carelessly dragged into his own Castilian magic circle, Connor's serious expression finally eased.

After realizing that Epstein was possessed, Connor no longer considered running away. He knew very well that the person who could plant a soul seed in Epstein, a high-ranking wizard apprentice, must be a formal wizard, and this person was most likely Epstein's superior, Lenglet.

He knew he couldn't outrun Longrey, so his only remaining option was to kill Longrey, the current Arbitrator and official wizard of the Church of Rune Storms who was possessing Epstein!

As a psychic wizard, Connor was somewhat familiar with the method of possessing others by planting a soul seed. First, the person being possessed must not resist, otherwise the possession will fail. Second, because the method of possession by a soul seed is relatively gentle and does not cause much harm to the person being possessed, the effects after possession are not very significant.

Most importantly, if Epstein had been possessed by Lenglet during his prime, Connor would have definitely backed down. But that's not the case now! Epstein was badly injured and on the verge of collapse after being attacked by that demonized knight. He's in a better position now that he's possessed by Lenglet, but where is your fundamental strength? How much stronger can Epstein be after you possess him with the Soul Seed, Lenglet?

Longley, trapped in the Castile magic circle, felt the circle restricting his magic and mental power. His face turned almost black with rage. He really didn't expect that this little mental wizard, who was only at the intermediate wizard apprentice level, would take the initiative to attack him. He was a little careless and was locked in this magic circle.

With a glance at the black mist swirling around him within the magic circle, Lenglet, possessing Epstein, simply raised his hand, and the five Darth Vaders lurking beside him were instantly torn to shreds by a storm of countless ice blades.

(End of this chapter)