Wizarding Age: I can analyze everything

Chapter 197 Mastering the Heart of the Elements, The War to Slay the Gods

Yulis followed cautiously behind Pei Ze, glancing fearfully at the lightning-streaked clouds above, as if afraid that lightning would strike her at any moment.

She hadn't realized how dangerous the lightning element demiplane was when she was in the outer areas, but now, as Pei Ze went deeper, she truly understood its perilous nature.

Not to mention the endless stream of lightning elemental spirits, what's even more dangerous are the lightning bolts that strike from time to time, the power of which terrifies Yulis.

However, upon seeing the mage armor covering her body, Yulis felt a slight sense of relief.

Fortunately, she was smart enough to beg the wizard named Pei Ze to let her stay by his side. Otherwise, having lost most of her power, she might have been killed by the spirit of the lightning element while alone in the lightning element demiplane.

Pei Ze casually killed a foolish lightning elemental spirit, then glanced at Yulis beside him out of the corner of his eye, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

The Dark Elves are one of the branches of the Elven race, but their relationship with other branches has always been terrible, and they are even regarded as a disgrace to the Elven race. During the Dark Ages, they were driven to the Underdark by a coalition of many Elven branches and had no choice but to turn to the Spider Goddess and rely on Lolth to survive.

This is why the Dark Elves deeply resent other branches of the Elven race.

To be honest, it's not surprising that dark elves capture silver moon elves to use as sacrificial offerings, but it's somewhat surprising that even wax molten elves personally participated in the hunt.

As everyone knows, the Wax-Melting Fairy is Rose's handmaiden and only obeys Rose's orders.

Besides, even the most exalted clan matriarchs among the dark elves cannot command them.

In other words, the pursuit of Euryth was most likely ordered by Rose.

Pei Ze didn't believe that the Spider Goddess would "value" a Silver Moon Elf so much without some hidden secret.

"Why is Rose hunting you down?" Pei Ze asked.

He knew that Eurythm understood what he meant.

Yulis hesitated for a moment, then said, "Probably because I stumbled upon their secret."

"What secret?" Pei Ze immediately became interested.

Euryth didn't hide anything and said in a low voice, "Our clan has a bad relationship with the dark elves. Those dark-skinned guys have infiltrated our plane to carry out assassinations many times, but recently they have been silent. The chieftain felt that something was wrong, so he sent me to infiltrate the Underdark to investigate."

"It turns out that it was because divine abominations had appeared in the Underdark, and the Dark Elves were too busy dealing with them to attend to anything else."

Divine calamity!

Pei Ze was startled.

He certainly knew about this creature, which was even more dangerous than evil.

I never expected that a divine monster would appear in the Dark Region.

"It seems that there used to be a seal on the Dark Region, which may have been passed down from ancient times. I don't know if the seal was destroyed naturally over time or if it was accidentally destroyed by some unlucky guy."

After thinking for a moment, Pei Ze shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Regardless of how the divine abominations appeared, it has nothing to do with him; that's a matter for the Underdark to worry about.

As for why Rose was hunting down the Silvermoon Elves, it was most likely to suppress the news.

If word gets out that the Divine Abomination has appeared, other branches of the Elven race might take advantage of the Dark Elves' predicament to invade the Underdark.

Or perhaps it was a hostile deity taking advantage of the situation to kick someone when they were down.

In the multiverse, Rose and the Dark Elves have few allies but a large number of enemies.

Pei Ze didn't ask any more questions. Regardless of whether what Yulis said was true or false, this matter was not of much concern to him. He should focus on increasing his affinity with lightning elements.

Collecting his thoughts, Pei Ze continued hunting for lightning elemental spirits.

Yulis soon witnessed Pei Ze's power once again.

Witnessing Pei Ze effortlessly kill one lightning elemental spirit after another that was close to the level of a giant, the elven girl couldn't help but feel secretly shocked.

"This level of strength is definitely that of a level three crystallization wizard!"

In addition, the raven pet with a level three strength also surprised Yulis.

It was fortunate that she didn't know Pei Ze hadn't gone all out yet and hadn't used many of his trump cards, otherwise her eyes would probably have popped out of their sockets.

After spending most of the day acquiring six more portions of elemental dust, Pei Ze returned to the outer area and used the same trick to create a Demon Duncan Chamber before beginning to refine potions.

Yulis now understood why a powerful figure like Pei Ze had lingered in the outer areas.

What shocked her even more was that Pei Ze was actually a pharmacist!

Pharmacists not only hold a high position within the Astral Alliance, but are also respected by countless civilizations and races throughout the multiverse.

Before today, Yulis could hardly imagine that a young wizard, while possessing formidable strength, was also an apothecary.

Most elves are highly sensitive to the presence of life, and the Silvermoon Elves are among the best of them.

Yulis could sense that Pei Ze's real age was not high, and that his youthful appearance was not the result of any deliberate means.

Pei Ze did not deliberately avoid Yulis when refining the potion, and carried it out in front of her the whole time.

The elven girl stared wide-eyed for a long time, then finally gave up in frustration.

Without the relevant knowledge, she wouldn't understand even if she saw it.

Pei Ze didn't care and devoted himself to refining the potion.

After summarizing the lessons learned from the previous failures, the success rate of refining the lightning element affinity potion increased significantly this time.

Ultimately, the six elemental dusts were successfully refined into three bottles of lightning element affinity potions.

Two of the bottles were of superior quality, and one was of medium quality.

"Your mental strength is still a bit low, otherwise the success rate could be higher."

Pei Ze looked at the Grade 3 potion in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

Elemental affinity potions are indeed among the most difficult to refine in the fifth tier. Even with the aid of the All-Seeing Eye and mental strength far exceeding that of others of the same tier, his success rate was only barely half. Other alchemists of the same tier probably couldn't even reach one or two percent.

In fact, most of those who concoct elemental affinity potions are fourth-level wizards.

There are very few fourth-tier alchemists among third-tier wizards, let alone fifth-tier alchemists.

The difficulty of crafting potions of the fourth rank and above increases dramatically. It is no longer enough to simply meet the spiritual power requirement to craft them; the skill and knowledge required of the alchemist are now much more demanding.

In other words, Pei Ze possesses an omniscient eye; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to master the lightning element affinity potion so quickly.

After taking the three bottles of medicine in sequence and waiting for the effects to take effect, Pei Ze's affinity for lightning element had increased to 24.4.

"Great, four or five more bottles should be enough."

Pei Ze was overjoyed.

Although the potion's effects have decreased significantly, it's close to its limit of 25 marks, and another four or five bottles should be enough to replenish it.

Full of energy, Pei Ze packed his things and continued his journey deeper into the plane.

Yulis had no choice but to follow.

Now she has no choice but to follow Pei Ze.

Two days later.

The outer edge of the lightning element demiplane.

After taking the last bottle of Lightning Affinity Potion, Pei Ze looked at the information "Current Lightning Affinity: 25 (Maximum 25)" fed back by the All-Knowing Eye, and a genuine smile of joy appeared on his face.

After spending so much time and effort, I finally managed to enhance my affinity for lightning to the level of the Heart of the Elements.

In this way, one of the three conditions for igniting the elemental fire has been met.

And it has reached the maximum limit!

"Next, all that's left is mental strength and physical fitness."

There's not much to say about these two aspects; we can only improve them step by step.

Fortunately, there are still more than eight months until the Holy Ring War, and Pei Ze is confident that he can strengthen his mental strength and physique to the standard of igniting the elemental fire before then.

Once the Holy Ring War is over, you can start your sprint to advance.

Taking a deep breath to calm his joy and excitement, Pei Ze focused his mind on sensing the changes within himself.

Previously, as his affinity with lightning elements gradually increased, he could clearly feel the surrounding lightning elements' erosion of his body gradually weakening.

Now that the affinity with lightning element has reached its limit, this feeling has been elevated to a whole new level.

In Pei Ze's perception, the surrounding lightning elements were no longer a threat to him; on the contrary, they gave him a very welcoming feeling.

If he paid close attention, he could even faintly sense the active 'emotions' of the lightning element energy particles in the air, as if he could easily command these lightning element energy particles to his own use with just a flick of his finger.

"Is this the effect of the Heart of the Elements?"

This feeling made Pei Ze somewhat intoxicated.

"According to the book's description, the changes brought about by the Heart of Elements are very likely very close to the spiritual and physical energy transformation of elemental wizards."

"No wonder it's said that crystal wizards who have mastered the Heart of the Elements have a 90% or higher chance of advancing to the next level."

After concentrating and comprehending for a while, Pei Ze reluctantly exited that strange state and turned to look at Yulis beside him.

The elven girl had been paying attention to Pei Ze's actions, both intentionally and unintentionally, and was very curious about what kind of potion he was concocting.

Especially for that brief moment, she actually had the illusion that Pei Ze had become one with his surroundings.

This shocked her.

She had only ever felt this way with tree spirits or druids.

Both of these are known to be nature lovers, and it is not surprising that they are born with the ability to utilize the power of nature and integrate with their environment.

However, this is a demiplane of lightning element, filled with dense lightning element. Even if tree elves and druids came, they would not be able to blend into the environment.

Yulis was not ignorant; she knew that to achieve this, Pei Ze's affinity for lightning elements must have reached an astonishing level.

"Could it be the legendary Heart of Elements?"

Suddenly, a startling thought popped into Yulis's mind.

Although she didn't know much about wizards, she knew that if Pei Ze really mastered the Heart of Elements, it would almost mean that he had one foot in the fourth level!

A being at the fourth level would be considered a powerful being even in the vast and boundless multiverse!

Thinking about this, Yulis was even more amazed.

Pei Ze noticed the elven girl staring blankly at him and felt puzzled, but he didn't ask any further questions. He simply asked, "How are you recovering?"

Yulis snapped out of her daze and quickly replied, "I've regained some of my strength."

"Is it possible to travel between dimensions?"

"It should be fine."

"That's perfect." Pei Ze nodded slightly. "I'm about to leave, so let's part ways here."

Before Yulis could say anything, Pei Ze took out a scroll, tore it open, and with a flash of silver light, he disappeared.

Yulis was stunned for several seconds before she reacted, and couldn't help but purse her lips.

It's often said that wizards are a bunch of clueless guys, and now it seems they're really right.

She was a great beauty, yet this guy left without saying a word.

"Forget it, let's hurry back and report. Such a big thing happened in the Darklands this time, the clan will probably be making some big moves."

Yulis quickly retrieved the materials and began establishing the dimensional portal.

Without Pei Ze's protection, she dared not stay here any longer.

Dawn City, inner city.

The underground lobby of the mansion.

With a flash of light, Pei Ze appeared out of thin air in the center of the hall.

He glanced down at the useless scroll in his hand, and with a thought, a flash of fire appeared, burning the scroll to ashes, which then dissipated into the air.

Pei Ze has not yet mastered the means of interdimensional travel, so he can only travel to other dimensions through existing interdimensional passages, such as the previous Shadow Realm Interdimensional Gate.

For planes like the Thunder Element Demiplane, which are not very stable and cannot have permanent fixed plane channels established, the only way to travel there is through a plane teleportation scroll.

The two interdimensional teleportation scrolls cost Pei Ze 500,000 magic stone coins, which really stung him.

"We still need to master the method of interdimensional travel as soon as possible."

In the future, there will be more and more opportunities to travel to other planes. If he uses the plane teleportation scroll every time, no matter how much money Pei Ze makes, he won't be able to afford it.

"I also gained relevant knowledge."

Pei Ze left the underground hall, went to the study, sat down, and took out the memory crystal ball to read it carefully.

There are many different ways to travel between dimensions, but they can be roughly divided into three types.

The first method is to establish a dimensional portal.

This method can transport multiple people simultaneously, but it is extremely costly and is often used in interdimensional warfare to transport troops.

The second method is to establish a dimensional teleportation array.

This method can transport far fewer people at the same time than dimensional portals, but it is less expensive and more stable, and can be solidified into a permanent dimensional channel.

Compared to dimensional gates, dimensional teleportation arrays are more common.

The last method is through dimensional rifts.

Those with exceptional strength can break through dimensional barriers and create temporary dimensional passages, thus enabling them to travel between dimensions.

This method requires almost no additional resources and relies entirely on the user's own strength, making it the most convenient and simple.

However, very few beings can achieve this; they are all top-tier powerhouses at the very top of the multiverse pyramid.

Even elemental wizards find it difficult to break through dimensional barriers on their own; they mostly rely on the energy of wizard towers to create temporary dimensional passages.

To break through the dimensional barrier on one's own, one must be at least at the peak of level six, and one must even touch upon the power of the rules.

"If it really reaches that level, its power will be comparable to that of a god."

Pei Ze sighed inwardly.

Gods can be said to be among the beings with the deepest understanding of dimensional knowledge.

After all, the prerequisite for being a god is to rely on the main plane to open up one's own divine kingdom, and one cannot do this if one does not have a deep understanding of the plane.

The knowledge of dimensional travel obtained from Yulis mainly consists of the second and third types.

In addition, there is a lot of knowledge about spatial displacement.

However, the latter was not very useful to Pei Ze.

Sixth-circle spells include two spells: Dimensional Jump and Dimensional Teleport.

The former allows the caster to teleport short distances, while the latter allows multiple targets to be teleported short distances within the field of vision.

These two spells are no less powerful than the Silvermoon Elves' spatial displacement abilities.

In terms of ultra-long-distance teleportation, Pei Ze also possesses the Dimensional Leap Alchemy Mark.

All he lacks is the ability to travel between dimensions.

"Omniscient, knowledge of improved dimensional teleportation arrays," Pei Ze murmured to himself.

At this stage, he cannot break through the dimensional barrier. If he wants to travel between dimensions, he can only do so through the second method.

[Quest created: Improve knowledge of dimensional teleportation arrays; estimated requirement: 14269 level of mental energy]

Pei Ze nodded secretly. It was alright; the consumption wasn't too great.

Of course, the focus right now is on analyzing ancient runes, and improving knowledge of dimensional teleportation arrays can come later.

"Speaking of which, I need to talk to the teacher about the divine abomination."

Pei Ze's eyes flashed, and he got up and walked outside.

"A divine abomination?"

After listening to Pei Ze's story, Mo Weng frowned and became deep in thought.

Since the Dark Ages, news of divine abominations has been extremely rare, and it is unexpected that a divine abomination would suddenly appear in the Underdark.

After a long pause, Mo Weng slowly said, "We can't be sure yet that what the Silver Moon Elf said is true. I'll send someone to verify the information. But I'll go myself."

Pei Ze was taken aback. Why did it seem like Old Man Mo was taking this matter very seriously?

He told Mo Weng about the Divine Abomination only because he wanted to learn more about it from him; he didn't actually think it had anything to do with Mo Weng.

Even if the divine abominations destroyed the Darklands, what does that have to do with Dawn City?

No matter how destructive the divine abominations are, they cannot destroy the wizarding plane.

As for capturing divine monsters for research, that's even more impossible!

The Astral Alliance explicitly forbids the cultivation and research of even evil creatures, so it would be even more unacceptable to cultivate divine abominations, which are even more dangerous than evil creatures.

Furthermore, divine abominations are not something that elemental wizards can study.

To study divine abominations, one must at least be at the level of a rule-based wizard; otherwise, one will surely suffer a backlash.

Pei Ze couldn't help but ask curiously, "Teacher, you seem to be quite interested in that divine abomination in the Dark Region?"

Mo Weng glanced at Pei Ze, seemingly guessing his thoughts, and shook his head, saying, "I'm not concerned about the divine abomination, but rather the Spider Goddess."

Pei Ze was stunned for a moment.

"The appearance of the divine abomination in the Underdark will inevitably deal a heavy blow to the Dark Elves. Although the Spider Goddess is a madwoman who enjoys watching her followers fight amongst themselves, she will not stand idly by and watch the Dark Elves be wiped out. Otherwise, she will either fall into slumber or perish."

"Therefore, she will definitely take action against the Divine Abomination. Even if she is able to destroy or seal the Divine Abomination in the end, she will certainly have to pay a considerable price."

Upon hearing this, Pei Ze immediately understood and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"Does the teacher mean slaying gods?"

"That's right." Mo Weng narrowed his eyes, a glint of light flashing within them. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"The Spider Goddess is a mid-level deity with formidable power. Even a rule-based wizard would find it difficult to kill her. However, once she is severely injured in her battle with the abomination, she will be much easier to deal with. As long as we make adequate preparations beforehand, it's not impossible for us to win this god-slaying war!"

Pei Ze's breathing faltered slightly, his heart filled with shock.

What was initially thought to be just an anecdote has unexpectedly evolved into a war of god-slaying in Mo Weng's hands.

Although Pei Ze had heard of god-slaying when he was in the Turin plane, it was still too far removed from him.

But now things are different. This war of slaying gods can be said to have started because of him, and his teacher is one of the parties involved, which makes him feel emotionally turbulent.

Seeing the change in Pei Ze's expression, Mo Weng patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly, "You don't need to worry about this. Your most important task now is to improve your strength and achieve good results in the Holy Ring Battle."

Pei Ze nodded silently. He knew that in battles involving gods, only elemental wizards were qualified to participate, and even then, they had to be elemental wizards with their own wizard towers.

Otherwise, even if they went to the battlefield, they would only be cannon fodder.

Despite this, Pei Ze couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked, "Teacher, when do you plan to make your move?"

"That depends on when the Spider Goddess and that abomination fight."

Mo Weng pondered for a moment.

"The divine abomination is no small matter. We don't know what level of power that divine abomination in the Underdark is at. If it is too powerful, the Spider Goddess would probably rather relocate her followers than confront the divine abomination head-on."

Pei Ze nodded secretly.

Indeed, there is also the option of relocating believers.

Of course, the Spider Goddess would never do this unless absolutely necessary.

After all, most planes suitable for human beings to live in already have owners. If one wants to establish oneself in a new plane, there will inevitably be conflicts and battles with the local inhabitants, which will inevitably lead to heavy casualties among believers and severely weaken the gods.

Such a price is one that no god would want to pay.

"However, divine abominations that have just broken through the seal are often in a weak period and their power is not too strong. With the Spider Goddess's strength, it would be difficult to completely eliminate the divine abominations, but sealing them should not be a problem. We just need to wait patiently for her to make a move."

Mo Weng was clearly determined to be a bystander, like a mantis stalking a cicada, unaware of the danger.

Moreover, judging from his repeated use of the word "we," he will likely gather many more helpers later.

"In any case, this is not something that can be resolved in the short term, and we also need more intelligence to decide on the next specific action."

At this point, Mo Weng looked at Pei Ze with a smile.

"Don't say that the teacher didn't give you a chance. If you can advance to the Elemental Wizard level and build your own Wizard Tower before the operation begins, I can decide to let you participate in the operation."

That's what he said, but deep down he didn't think Pei Ze could really do it.

Putting aside the enormous cost of the Wizard Tower, just advancing to the Elemental Wizard level is no easy feat.

Although Pei Ze will eventually become an elemental wizard with his talent, it will be very difficult for him to achieve this in just one or two years.

If igniting the elemental fire were that simple, so many wizards wouldn't be stuck at this hurdle their entire lives.

(End of this chapter)