Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Sitting cross-legged, after silently reciting the Wizard Mantra, Yang Ling felt the energy released by the Wizard Formation in the stone forest enter his body. The energy circulated around his body on a mysterious track, brought along by the Wizard Power. Round after round, the energy became converted into pure, blood red Wizard Power.

Concentrate, concentrate it even more!

After absorbing a massive amount of energy, he tried his best to concentrate the Wizard Power in his body, Slowly, the blood red Wizard Power in his body became more and more pure, seeping into every muscle and every inch of bone.

As he forced the concentration, he felt as though his body was a sponge, manically absorbing the energy gathered by the Wizard Formation in the stone forest. Soon, the energy that had been accumulated for eons in the ground and stone plates was released, forming a white fog around Yang Ling, getting thicker and thicker.

He might as well go all out now. Clenching his teeth, Yang Ling started to multitask, reciting the Psychic Mantra along with the Wizard Mantra. Soon, the trees around him swayed without wind, releasing streaks of green life force. Slowly, the life force got entangled with the energy gathered by the Wizard Formation in the stone forest, forming a fog that was intertwined with white and green.

The energy gathered by the Wizard Formation in the stone forest was too massive. After absorbing it for an hour, Yang Ling felt as though his body was going to explode from the pulsing Wizard Power, but the colorful light at the door remained unmoved, not changing at all.

Is it a problem with the method, or am I absorbing too little of the energy? Or could it be that the Wizard Formation in the stone forest is rapidly restoring the energy after absorbing the starlight?

Seeing that there was no change in the colorful light at the entrance of the cave, Yang Ling was confused. He decided to add another level to his plan after a moment’s deliberation, his hands rapidly forming the gestures for the Starlight Wizard Mantra. He hoped that he could steal some of the energy from the Wizard Formation in the stone forest and weaken, or perhaps, break the supply of energy to the colorful light.

As his hand gestures got faster and more complicated, he felt a rich, massive energy enter his body. The pagoda-shaped mark between his brows started quickly rising in temperature as it throbbed excitedly. It absorbed the massive energy like a whale swallowing seawater.

Yang Ling felt that the rate at which he was absorbing energy was already ridiculous enough, but it was incomparable to the Wizard’s Pagoda. The mark was absorbing energy like a bottomless pit! If his body was a pond, then the mysterious Wizard’s Pagoda would be the Dongting Lake, manically absorbing the energy in the surroundings.

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After absorbing a massive amount of energy, the Wizard’s Pagoda released a refreshing energy, which quickly circulated within his body. Slowly, Yang Ling felt his mental energy increase. He could clearly sense every action around him, even with his eyes closed. One mile, two miles… He saw the Beastmen patrolling before the sulfur mine. He saw the spider army that had turned into cocoons. The radius in which he could sense things had increased.

With the Wizard’s Pagoda’s manic absorption of energy, the colorful light at the entrance of the cave finally began to change. After a creak, its color became duller, no longer releasing a blinding light. Yang Ling finally saw some hope.

Ever since the trees around them had moved without the wind and let out rustling sounds, the Beastmen had all woken up from their slumber. Even the fox elder who had been sleeping in the tent was no exception.

Could it be that other than being a Summoner, Yang Ling was also a Great Spellcaster, or even a rarely seen Magical Tutor?

Seeing the strange, thick fog around Yang Ling and feeling his massive pulsing Magical Energy, the fox elder lost his color in shock, feeling lucky that he had not engaged in conflict with Yang Ling when they first met. Fierce soldiers, a terrifying Magical Beast army, and powerful magic… Who in a thousand mile radius around Wissen Town was a match for Yang Ling?

After quickly sending his people out of the strange stone forest, the fox elder was overcome with worry, seeing Yang Ling display his abilities. Without a doubt, a powerful leader had been born in Wissen Town. Where would his clansmen who had proliferated in the Ladak Mountain Range for centuries go now?

Even though Yang Ling had once promised that the Beastmen would be able to act as they pleased in Wissen Town and guaranteed that his clansmen would have the same privileges as the humans, who could guarantee that those words were not empty talk?

If they did not enter Yang Ling’s camp, how would his clansmen survive in the Ladak Mountain Range? The fox elder had a serious look on his face. Even he would not allow an uncontrollable faction to exist near his tribe, much less a human leader who was usually said to be greedy and crafty!

Abilities, everything depended on one’s abilities!

If the Beastmen had a Sage level powerhouse, his clansmen would not have landed in such a sorry state today. After a moment’s deliberation, the fox elder chose to go with the flow. If Yang Ling one day fulfilled his promise and had enough abilities to protect the factions that followed him, then it would not be too late to enter his camp. Of course, until the situation was that rosy, he still needed to be on good terms with Yang Ling.

The fox elder felt more at ease after coming to a decision, but Yang Ling’s situation was getting more and more dire!

Even though the Wizard’s Pagoda had absorbed a large amount of the energy from the stars, the life force, and the energy accumulated by the stone forest over the millennia, Yang Ling himself had also absorbed much of this energy. The massive amount of energy had far exceeded his imagination!

Even though he had made the swift decision to immediately stop casting the Psychic Spell and Starlight Wizard Mantra, the situation was already out of his control! Under the effects of the Wizard’s Pagoda, the massive energy swirled toward him, entering his body through every single one of his pores.

Slowly, he realized that due to his extreme concentration, the Wizard Power and life force in his body were being forcefully fused together. It turned from a gaseous state to a liquid state, then from a liquid to a solid, accumulating a massive energy. Slowly, as the energy far exceeded what he could bear, he started bleeding from all of his pores.

Soon, looking from outside through the thick fog, one could see that Yang Ling had become fully covered in blood. Luckily, the refreshing feeling released by the Wizard’s Pagoda guided the massive energy in his body, slowly moving it and gathering it near his dantian, concentrating the energy once again. Otherwise, the massive amounts of energy would have long since caused his body to explode.

Seeing streaks of blood oozing out of Yang Ling’s body, even the far away Beastmen felt that something was off, much less the Ogres who had been standing by his side to protect him. But in such a short span of time, no one, be it the Twin-headed Ogre Braska or the fox elder, had any ideas and did not dare act recklessly.

Once the energy transferred to it by the stone forest was forcefully interrupted, the colorful light at the entrance of the cave became duller. Slowly, it revealed the faint outlines of a cave. From far away, the area within the cave was pitch black. No one knew how deep that strange cave went.

“Oh Yiblis, so cold!”

Seeing the colorful light getting duller, the group felt gusts of cold wind blowing out of the cave, the cold piercing their bones. It was even colder than the cold wind carrying snow on the outside. No one knew what was going on. Perhaps it was only his imagination, but the fox elder felt that the cold wind brought with it shreds of sinister Magical Energy, incredibly eerie!

“Without my orders, no one is to act recklessly!”

The expression of the fox elder became more and more serious. For some reason, the cave behind the colorful light gave him an unprecedented sense of danger. As a precaution, he restrained the clansmen who were ready to charge out and investigate the matter, then sent out a few agile scouts to obtain the location of the reinforcements who were estimated to arrive at daybreak.

Clenching his teeth, Yang Ling felt as though his body was being sliced by knives, his consciousness getting hazy. Some time later, the raging energy in his dantian rapidly expanded, then quickly contracted, shrinking to an orb the size of a pinhead, manically absorbing the energy in his body.

At the same time, the dull Seven-colored Light finally scattered, revealing a pitch black cave.

A Wizard Core? Did he unintentionally break through to the level of Earth Wizard and create a Wizard Core?

Feeling the changes in his body, Yang Ling trembled. He was elated when he remembered the explanation on the square stele. Originally, his only intention was to dispel the Seven-colored Light at the entrance of the cave. He had not expected to break through the bottleneck after absorbing the massive amounts of energy!

Roar!

Before he had time to closely observe the transformations in his body, a powerful, low roar suddenly came from within the cave. In that moment, just like the impact he suffered previously, his body was sent flying from the formless wave of air. He spat out a large mouthful of blood. The grain-sized, newly-formed Wizard Core nearly shattered.

Caught off guard, even the Ogres and few Beastmen who were nearby were sent flying, much less Yang Ling who was at the very front. Only the Unicorn, a level eight Magical Beast, stopped the violent wave of air after taking a few steps back.

“Not good! Move forward quick!”

Originally, seeing Yang Ling spit out a mouthful of blood, the fox elder had wanted to go forward personally to investigate. But after the roar, massive Giant Crab Spiders started crawling out of the cave in hordes, with no end in sight. In his shock, he quickly got his clansmen to charge forward and block the cave.

The fox elder knew more than anyone how terrifying the Giant Crab Spiders were. He had been there when three hundred elites of his clan had lost their lives after being surrounded by the creatures. If they became heavily surrounded by this large group of speedy Giant Crab Spiders, none of them might be able to escape the Taildon Valley!

The weapons of the Dogmen were strange. They were a sharp wooden spike that resembled a harpoon. When a Dogman threw one out with full strength, the weapon pinned a Giant Crab Spider to the ground in the blink of an eye. They were superior to the elf archers both in range and power. But caught off guard, faced with the tidal assault of the Giant Crab Spiders, even they could not do much.

Gripping his staff and muttering an incantation, the fox elder led a few of his clansmen to release walls of fire, hoping to seal the Giant Crab Spiders into the cave. Unexpectedly, the horde of Giant Crab Spiders were unafraid of death, and they manically charged into the flames. Some spat out acidic poison, and some dived into the ground and unleashed waves of Earth Spikes, killing dozens of Dogmen in the blink of an eye.

Seeing more and more Giant Crab Spiders swarm out of the cave while they were suffering more and more casualties, a Dogmen said in fear, “Elder, retreat! It will be too late if we do not leave now!”

Retreat?

Seeing his fearful clansmen and the Giant Crab Spiders advancing toward them, the fox elder swallowed with difficulty. This was the deepest region of the Taildon Valley, with all three sides being steep cliffs. There was no other way back other than the way they had gotten here.

But the path back was a winding area of strange stones. They would not be able to move quickly, and they would definitely not outrun the speedy Giant Crab Spiders. Going the original way back was definitely inviting their own deaths. There might still be hope if they could seal the Giant Crab Spiders within the cave!

Knowing that there was no way out, the fox elder launched walls of flame, the fire rising to the air. He instructed the group to fight back with all their strength, hoping that they could seal the Giant Crab Spiders within the cave. But with more and more Giant Crab Spiders swarming out of the cave, the situation was becoming more dire.