988: Regional Association Fund and Great Magic - Fake Snake Corpse Vine!
The Gasification Wizard was clearly hesitant. If he led Locke, and Witch Heidi eventually escaped, wouldn't he offend Witch Heidi? And once Locke left, he would surely die.
But the next moment, he suddenly spat a mouthful of blood at Locke. The blood was black, with some light green filamentous structures. Locke's expression remained unchanged; his Permanent Defense Force Field directly blocked these things. His Innate Magic Eye on his forehead instantly detected that these blood samples were mixed with many plant spores, which were continuously diffusing into the air.
Therefore, he took out a Wizard Mask from a Second-Ring Exploration Set from his astral ring.
This way, these spores would be difficult to enter his body through his breathing.
Locke glanced at the Wizard and found that his entire body was controlled by the spores in his blood. Mycelial structures appeared on the surface of his skin. It seemed this Wizard had been targeted by his colleague from Golden Crown Mountain from the very beginning, having ingested spores containing fungoid Magic Plants. When he tried to betray her, these dormant spore Magic Plants in his blood would erupt.
Locke used a lingzhi magic plant to review Witch Heidi's information. He found that she had published one tier 1 journal, seven Second-Ring Second-Tier journals, and many other levels of journals. She had also won several Breeder competitions in lower-level Wizard territories, and she should be over fifty years old this year. In a sense, she was a Breeder genius, a Wizard genius, with a promising future, at least within the Golden Crown Mountain Academy system, she still had room to grow.
Although she was currently only a permanent Lecturer Mage at Golden Crown Mountain, she still had the potential to become an Official Wizard mentor in the future. By normal reasoning, it was hard to believe she would destroy her future like this.
Locke discovered that this Witch specialized in the breeding and development of mushroom-type Magic Plants, and had multiple projects related to mushroom-type Magic Plants. Among them, she had developed three classic mushroom-type Magic Plants: Stalactite Bolete, Neon Parasol, and Death Green Cap Mushroom.
Stalactite Bolete is an agricultural Magic Plant, a Second-Ring Magic Plant, which can enhance the comprehensive vitality, accelerate the growth, and strengthen the Magic Pressure of Second-Ring earth-attribute magical creatures. It was her most proud work, and it was with this work that she won multiple championships in the Yunze Wetlands and earned the qualification to teach at Golden Crown Mountain.
The Neon Parasol is a fluorescent mushroom weapon-type Magic Plant. Its cap contains a special energy-locking structure that can release a spell-like ability—Rainbow Ray—which possesses high thermal energy damage. This is a Second-Ring Magic Plant that can decompose the corpses of magical creatures and, through complex mechanisms, produce an enzymatic luminescence reaction to release powerful Rainbow Rays.
Fluorescent mushroom-type Magic Plants possess the special ability to convert biological energy into light energy.
The Death Green Cap Mushroom is a poisonous mushroom, a Star Ring mushroom. Even a Star Ring Wizard has a very high chance of dying if they consume it. This appears to be a special spore-type toxin that cannot be destroyed by high temperatures, acid hydrolysis, or electric shock. It can penetrate a Wizard's cells, destroy the organism's ability to synthesize normal cells, cause acute organ failure, and completely deprive a Wizard or target of their body's self-healing ability.
In other words, this Breeder had been pursuing the research and development of mushroom-type Magic Plants.
Logically speaking, this had nothing to do with the so-called Undead Magic Plant.
Her three most prized Magic Plants were simply three different research directions for mushroom Magic Plants. To be honest, it's already remarkable for a Wizard to be proficient in one direction, yet she was proficient in so many.
Locke glanced at the Gasification Stage Wizard in front of him, knowing that the other party must have been poisoned by the Death Green Cap Mushroom. Clearly, Witch Heidi intended to attack him by activating the Death Green Cap Mushroom spores within the Wizard.
However, she didn't expect his Innate Magic Eye's insight to be so astonishing, allowing him to react immediately and put on his Wizard Mask. "Witch Heidi, I'm tired of playing cat and mouse with you."
The Crimson Gold Holy Peach in Locke's hand actively wrapped around his arm, transforming into a Magic Plant weapon resembling a tree claw—this was the Peach Guard Curse! A Da Ming Li Dragon Sparrow appeared before him, then, bolstered by his two Great Magics, it swiftly headed towards the depths of the laboratory, destroying anything in its path with the Attila Lightning Chain spell.
At the same time, the Da Ming Li Dragon Sparrow flew rapidly towards the Witch's location.
Not only was Locke's combat power exceptionally strong, but he also lacked accumulation among Star Ring Wizards. However, the opponent's Great Magic seemed to have become extremely unstable as she fused with the Undead Magic Plant, preventing her from exerting the normal combat power of a Star Ring Wizard.
Witch Heidi, in the deepest part of the laboratory, was observing the entire laboratory through an ice magic mirror. She felt the Da Ming Li Dragon Sparrow rapidly approaching, and her face turned grim.
"Damn Wizard."
Witch Heidi's face was gloomy.
"One after another, none of you want me to succeed. I just want to explore the truth. As long as there are no ethical restrictions, my exploration speed will be much faster. Are all those high-ring Wizards truly innocent?"
"Am I the only one who's dark, and everyone else is pure white?"
Witch Heidi looked at the lingzhi magic plant and continuously sent messages to President Fura.
It was President Fura who invited her to the Tianjiang Coast and guaranteed her protection, provided she joined the Tianjiang Coast and brought all her projects and patents there.
"Fura, you ungrateful liar, a treacherous villain who forgets righteousness for profit."
Witch Heidi's eyes were dark and she scanned the apprentices beside her with a crazed expression.
She frantically sent messages to President Fura.
"Didn't you say you would help me establish a Wizard Academy on the Tianjiang Coast?"
"Didn't you pat your chest and say everything would be fine?"
"You kept inviting me to participate in your White Wizard Association's [Tianjiang Coast Fund] on the Tianjiang Coast, telling me to apply, and saying that as long as I came, I would definitely be accepted. I could get funding from your White Wizard Association to collaborate with a local Wizard Academy to offer a certain course for commercial development. What happened then? After I arrived, you immediately told me there were competitors. What's the deal with Witch Rose? Tell me!"
The next moment, Witch Heidi's message to President Fura was displayed as rejected.
Witch Heidi immediately erupted with Magic Pressure, her dark pupils filled with rage.
Star Ring Wizards are, to some extent, cross-Wizard territory beings, capable of having interests in multiple Wizard territories, completely different from ordinary Second-Ring Wizards.
The commercial development zones in the Wizard World are essentially based on academies and Shop Alliances. Therefore, President Fura, in order to bid for planar war weapons, was preparing to combine with the highest-level Tianjiang Coast Fund on the Tianjiang Coast, intending to distribute it to the Shop Alliance or a certain Wizard Academy within the Tianjiang Coast, and have them offer courses.
Offering courses can cultivate Wizards in a specific field, increasing the talent pool in that direction.
This is also how Star Ring Wizards, outside their own academies, apply for local White Wizard Association funds in various places: by becoming visiting mentors or honorary mentors at other Wizard Academies, then offering courses, taking on projects, and applying for funds.
However, this only applies to high-ring Wizards in top academies in upper-level Wizard territories, not to Wizard Academies in lower-level Wizard territories.
It's not something ordinary Wizards within a Wizard Academy can afford to play with.
It was clear that President Fura was hedging her bets and not putting all her eggs in one basket, but the desperate Witch Heidi at this moment had obviously believed all the promises she made when she summoned her.
At this time, Locke, using the Da Ming Li Dragon Sparrow, pinpointed her location, then he fought his way into the laboratory, using his Innate Magic Eye to perceive dangers and anticipate crises in advance.
Under the effect of the Peach Guard Curse, the Crimson Gold Holy Peach transformed into a Peach Tree Claw. Due to its characteristic of collecting all gold under heaven, it was incredibly heavy and unstoppable. Along the way, any mushrooms that attacked him were directly smashed to pieces by its claw.
By the time he reached Witch Heidi, he had already entered the deepest part of the laboratory and saw the corpses of Wizard Apprentices scattered across the floor there.
At this point, this deepest area was clearly the ice magic mirror room. At least fifty million magic stones worth of ice magic mirror was installed here, and a look of pleasant surprise flashed in Locke's eyes.
Because he couldn't use the other equipment in this laboratory, and the laboratory data was basically useless to him.
He had to hand them over to the White Wizard Association.
But this ice magic mirror room was definitely an unexpected surprise.
At this moment, only one First-Class Wizard Apprentice remained in the entire ice magic mirror room. That First-Class Wizard Apprentice had a Magic Pressure of 500, and his Wizard robe bore the Golden Crown Mountain emblem, clearly indicating he was a Wizard Apprentice from Golden Crown Mountain abducted here by Witch Heidi.
At this moment, the Wizard Apprentice slumped on the ground in despair, looking terrified at Witch Heidi, who resembled a demon.
"Teacher, calm down, it's me, I'm Trix... Don't kill me too. It's me..."
Witch Heidi held a shield-shaped mushroom. The mushroom continuously gathered magical energy, ready to unleash a rainbow glow at his body. That was her developed Star Ring Magic Plant, the Neon Parasol.
Locke thought for a moment and understood her intention; she was clearly doing it on purpose.
Killing these apprentices wasn't for venting anger, nor was she completely insane, but to show him that she truly would kill people.
Then, by actively attacking this First-Class Wizard Apprentice from Golden Crown Mountain, she wanted him to save the apprentice, thereby creating an opportunity for her to escape or counterattack.
And these were obviously things an apprentice couldn't figure out, so even though the Wizard Apprentice kept pleading with Witch Heidi, Witch Heidi merely looked at him coldly.
"Good child, you are a good child. You've followed me for so long. Other students would secretly report me, but only you are the most loyal. Not only do you not report me, but you also proactively tell me about those students who report me. When other Wizard Apprentices wanted to apply to me and were secretly dissuaded by my other students, you told me all the details."
Witch Heidi curled her lips.
The Wizard Apprentice hurriedly pleaded, "Yes, yes, Teacher, I am loyal to you. I have never betrayed you. Whatever happens privately, I will tell you."
Witch Heidi curled her lips, her gaze crazed.
"Doesn't that just prove I'm worth it? Now, make another contribution to me. Die, Trix."
Locke calmly watched all of this.
Seeing that Locke had no intention of stopping her, Witch Heidi's expression subtly changed. She sneered at Locke.
"Lord Commissioner, as a member of the Ethics Review Committee, you see me personally killing an apprentice from Golden Crown Mountain, and you don't even stop me. Tsk tsk, it seems we are the same kind of people, those who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals. You have violated your principles, and I have violated mine. We are two of a kind; we shouldn't be enemies."
Locke raised an eyebrow, pointing to the Peach Tree Claw on his right hand.
"The Peach Guard Curse can absorb once, and only once, the magic power of those killed by it, until I actively give it up. Witch Heidi, I've destroyed countless of your Death Green Cap Mushrooms along the way. You're finished, Heidi."
Witch Heidi's face instantly changed drastically. She spat out a black-green stream of blood, and at the same time, her hands began to rot and decay. This was because the spore toxins of the Death Green Cap Mushroom could prevent human cell synthesis and rapidly cause cell apoptosis, leading to acute multi-organ failure throughout a creature's body. At this moment, her hands were naturally destroyed, and the Star Ring Magic Plant Neon Parasol she held fell to the ground.
Witch Heidi turned to Locke, her face filled with fury.
"Committee Member, you've won unfairly. You actually used my magic to attack me..."
Locke shook his head. "Heidi, for a Wizard, their greatest weapon is calmness. You have clearly lost this ability. Your perception has declined to such an extent that you didn't even notice the spore toxins you created permeating the air." "The spore toxins of the Death Green Cap Mushroom are indeed formidable."
"President Fura was probably preparing to invite you to join the Tianjiang Coast and compete for the Tianjiang Coast Fund."
Witch Heidi's face showed surprise.
"She told you? Did that bitch betray me?"
Locke said, "You've misunderstood. You're too sensitive, Heidi. The Tianjiang Coast Fund is the largest fund available from this Wizard branch. It's normal for Fura to invite you to participate. However, this type of Wizard-level fund is deeply tied to the development direction of the local Wizard territory, which means it has long been targeted. I, Witch Rose, and perhaps many others, even some Black Wizards, are all aware of this. Because they all know that obtaining this fund means gaining a huge advantage and receiving full support from the White Wizard Association."
"Heidi, you have no hope."
"In that sense, President Fura did indeed play you."
The First-Ring Fund, second-ring fund, and special funding are issued by the White Wizard Association headquarters, and key individual sub-projects are also issued by the White Wizard Association headquarters.
However, the Tianjiang Coast Fund is merely a Wizard-territory level fund, its scale and rank related to the level of the local White Wizard Association.
This is something the local association can decide on its own.
Witch Heidi roared. She tried to stand up, but under the toxins of the Death Green Cap Mushroom, her feet also began to turn into pus. "That bitch Fura."
Locke cautiously took half a step back.
"To some extent, the reason you couldn't join the White Wizard Association was also because I contacted the people from the Tide Great Wizard Tower in advance. Fura was probably arranging for them to invite you to join, to be affiliated with the Tide Great Wizard Tower, but it seems they have already made a decision between you and me. However, Heidi, you're too crazy. Your current state makes me feel strange; I think you seem to be controlled by some spell." Witch Heidi roared, "No one can control me. What can mere Death Green Cap Mushroom toxins do to me?"
She opened her mouth, and a shriveled vine attacked Locke.
The Da Ming Li Dragon Sparrow in the sky automatically descended, attaching itself to Locke's back, then quickly moved Locke on the spot, dodging the attack of the opponent's shriveled vine.
Witch Heidi burst into laughter.
"Hahaha... This is my power, look, this is the power with which I explore truth..."
Locke paused in mid-air, observing the situation and dodging all of the opponent's attacks.
"It's not that I'm really afraid of her, it's just that her state makes me feel very strange."
"Someone tricked her into fusing with a Necromancer Magic Plant; she is now partly a Necromancer."
"And her current mental state is very similar to being controlled by some spell."
The Innate Magic Eye on Locke's forehead opened, and the gaze of a fierce beast silently observed the Witch's condition.
"Found it."
He caught the moment Witch Heidi used magic, and she subtly connected with a Wizard Apprentice's corpse on the ground. Clearly, the other party had been pretending to be a corpse, either to avoid his investigation or to ambush him.
In any case, it didn't matter.
Because he had found him.
Witch Heidi, however, turned around, seemingly intending to use the shriveled Magic Plant in her throat to destroy the ice magic mirror chamber. The opponent successfully captured his greatest need: to protect the ice magic mirror chamber.
Because she was going to turn and attack the equipment behind her, luring Locke to protect the ice magic mirror chamber, and then perhaps the fellow who had been pretending to be an Wizard Apprentice's corpse would suddenly strike.
This was probably why he manipulated Heidi into killing so many Wizard Apprentices.
The next moment, Heidi's withered vine had just touched the magic mirror chamber, but Locke directly ignored it. The magic power of the Death Green Cap Mushroom on the Peach Tree Magic Claw in his hand dissipated, and he directly attacked the corpse, intending to use the Peach Guard Curse to seize the opponent's magic power.
Anyway, the ice magic mirror chamber was protected by a Wizard Array. Such a large piece of equipment couldn't be completely destroyed in a short time; at most, he would find someone to repair it. But he absolutely had to eliminate the true mastermind behind luring the Golden Crown Mountain Wizard to fall!
At this moment, just as Locke's Peach Tree Claw was about to touch the corpse, the 'corpse' of the Wizard Apprentice on the ground suddenly flipped over.
He had the appearance of a middle-aged man, with traces of stitching on his forehead, only one eye open, the other tightly closed. At the same time, as the Peach Tree Claw was about to touch him, countless withered vines suddenly drilled out from the ground, wrapping around his body, leaving only his one open eye exposed.
"Crack~"
The Peach Tree Claw scratched spell sparks on the withered vines and branches on his body.
A gloomy incantation sounded in Locke's ear, followed by one withered vine after another drilling out from the ground. At the same time, Witch Heidi behind Locke quickly changed her target, summoning withered vines to attack Locke.
Under the double-pronged attack, Locke spun around, and the Peach Tree Claw arced through the air, cutting all the surrounding withered vines in half.
Only then could the 'corpse' barely dodge Locke's attack, but the withered vines that had originally wrapped around his body were mostly cut open, and a huge gash appeared on his chest.
Clearly, if he hadn't suddenly counterattacked, Locke could have directly split him in two with that strike.
Witch Heidi clutched her head, her expression dazed.
Meanwhile, the middle-aged Necromancer let out a light laugh, "To be seen through, indeed worthy of a Wizard from Golden Crown Mountain." The First-Class Wizard Apprentice inside the ice magic mirror chamber looked at the man in horror.
"My lord... you... you're not dead."
The Necromancer let out a dry laugh.
Witch Heidi, however, clutched her head, clearly in great pain. She looked at the Necromancer who had suddenly appeared before her, her eyes filled with confusion and shock.
Voices appeared in Witch Heidi's ears.
The Necromancer chuckled, "Fool, didn't you realize your teacher was my puppet all along? After all, he's just a First-Class Wizard Apprentice. The entire laboratory was actually controlled by me. Never mind, during this time, with the help of this Witch, I've gained too many experimental results."
"The academic level of the Golden Crown Mountain Wizards is indeed good."
"Through her, I got a lot of things. I originally thought I could get more experimental data, but unfortunately, I was targeted by your White Wizard Association's Ethics Review Committee. Tch, what a hassle."
"Kid, you can die now."
The Necromancer raised his hand, reaching for the First-Class Wizard Apprentice. The next moment, he appeared in front of the First-Class Wizard Apprentice, his palm touching the Wizard's chest.
The First-Class Wizard Apprentice immediately broke out in a cold sweat, his mouth wide open, as if gasping violently.
He felt he would die the next moment.
However, Locke was actually gripping the Necromancer's hand, looking at him coldly.
The First-Class Wizard Apprentice's pupils dilated, and he slumped to the ground. For a moment, he seemed to have seen death; he thought he was already dead.
But in fact, he wasn't.
The First-Class Wizard Apprentice looked at Locke and said, "Committee Member."
The Necromancer looked at Locke, "Have you seen Heart-Gouging Magic?"
"Committee Member."
Locke smiled faintly.
"This unfamiliar Black Wizard, I didn't provoke you, yet you dared to provoke me. This person is my student from Golden Crown Mountain. You want to kill him in front of me; are you treating me as nothing?"
The Necromancer had a playful smile.
"You must have seen Heart-Gouging Magic, but seeing it and being able to easily stop it are two different concepts. This Committee Member of some White Wizard's committee, it seems you have some strength."
"Hehehe. This is a twelve-ring magic."
Witch Heidi, on the side, clutched her head, screaming in pain.
"This... what is it..."
The Necromancer looked at her.
"So that's it, worthy of a Star Ring Wizard. She still retains a certain amount of sanity amidst my Necromantic Whispers."
"I thought I had completely destroyed her sanity."
Witch Heidi screamed, clutching her head.
"What is appearing in my mind? I... Committee Member... protect my student, Trix. I'm beyond saving." A trace of clarity flashed in Witch Heidi's eyes.
"My body has fused with a Necromancer Magic Plant; I've become a Necromancer controlled by him. This Necromancer is the true culprit behind instigating me to violate academic ethics. He..."
Witch Heidi's remaining sanity vanished again, and at the same time, her Great Magic actually began to shatter.
This caused huge fluctuations in the surrounding magic tides.
The surrounding magic energy surged, impacting again and again.
The Necromancer's expression became serious.
"It seems to have failed."
"This experiment has failed again. It is indeed difficult to control a Wizard with Great Magic in this way."
Locke looked at the Necromancer and asked, "A question, you said Heart-Gouging Magic is twelve-ring magic, so you shouldn't be a native Wizard of the Wizard World. Where are you from?"
The Necromancer showed a strange smile.
"Ignorant and arrogant Wizards of the modern magic era. I am a Wizard of the Wizard World."
"Just not a Wizard of this era."
"How ignorant. You think you've won, but have you truly won? Standing at the crossroads of time, you are terrified, unsure of where the future leads. If you truly knew the right path, we would not reappear. I am from... the Dark Age." Locke's gaze became serious. "The Dark Age? Someone told me that in that era, they didn't want anyone to break through the second-ring." The Necromancer's gaze subtly changed. He sized up Locke, as if he had gleaned something from his words, but he quickly recovered.
"I don't know why. You seem to have something I dislike very much. But you are still an ignorant and arrogant Wizard of the modern magic era."
He extended his left hand, the one not controlled by Locke, and placed it on Locke's chest.
The next moment, a spell model array appeared on his palm.
But the next moment, Locke's Peach Tree Claw swung, and in an instant, it broke his arm.
"Great Magic: Fake Snake Corpse Vine!"
Behind him, a huge withered vine appeared. This vine looked like a large snake, and this large snake swooped down, attacking Locke.
This great snake's offensive was particularly fierce, and it seemed to have a special restraint against Botany magic. Locke's Life Magic began to automatically collapse upon contact with it. "Bang~"
The Peach Guard Curse and the Fake Snake Corpse Vine collided, sending Locke flying.
Witch Heidi immediately spat out a withered vine from her mouth, attacking Locke.
The Necromancer seemed extremely excited.
"My Necromancy Magic Plant Magic completely restrains you Botanical Wizards. What's more, I even upgraded my Necromancy magic by seducing your Golden Crown Mountain wizards and having her do it for me, using your laboratory to turn my Necromancy Magic Plant Magic into version 2.0, so it can keep up with this era."
"Go to hell, Committee Member."
"This witch is no longer useful. I didn't expect that even with some tricks, deceiving her and making her fall for my Necromantic Whispers, I still couldn't successfully turn her into a zombie. But Committee Member, I can try you... Watch as I inject corpse poison into your body." The Fake Snake Corpse Vine attacked Locke.
Facing the pincer attack from both, according to normal logic, Locke should have released his Great Magic. However, his Hyper-Intuition suddenly warned him that if he released his Great Magic, he would die instantly or fall into a state of powerlessness.
Locke climbed out of the laboratory wall, hunched over, coughing up blood.
"I say... Black Wizard, don't destroy my ice magic mirror room."
The Necromancer froze. "What?"
The next moment, a Sky-Propping Date arrow appeared in front of him, then directly shot him in the head. In an instant, his head was destroyed by Locke's Peach Arc Thorn Arrow.
The Peach Arc Thorn Arrow has evil-breaking abilities, specifically countering Necromancy magic.
Moreover, this was the Peach Arc Thorn Arrow + Spring Thunder Arrow + Spirit Breath Divine Arrow.
The Spirit Breath Divine Arrow can lurk into the opponent's spirit breath, providing tracking, concealment, and 100% defense-piercing ability. This is a magic Witch Yekaterina liked to use in the first-ring stage, possessing unparalleled destructive power.
This arrow directly destroyed the wizard's head.
Immediately, his Fake Snake Corpse Vine let out a scream, and then, as if the magic had backfired, it was suddenly bounced back, smashing into his body.
And the power of the Necromantic Whispers on Witch Heidi instantly decreased, and she temporarily broke free from control.
"Committee Member... he was hiding, using a mechanism of mushroom Magic Plants decomposing corpses that I observed in an instant to arouse my curiosity, guiding me to research Necromancy Magic Plants. In my continuous process of approaching the truth and breaking ethical limits, my mind infinitely degenerated into darkness. I blurred the boundaries between life and death, but I didn't expect to be the first to suffer the backlash."
"I'm beyond saving, Committee Member. Kill me. Don't let him continue to defile my soul or Golden Crown Mountain. He holds a large amount of incriminating evidence; he wants to ruin Golden Crown Mountain's honor. You must kill him, or at least make him lose the evidence, meaning without me as evidence. Also... please bring my students back to Golden Crown Mountain. Although he did many bad things and is not innocent, I am willing to bear all related responsibilities. Push all the blame onto me. These students couldn't possibly disobey their teacher."
"Committee Member, please give these young people a chance to repent."
The next moment, the Necromantic Whispers magic power surged again on Witch Heidi. Her eyes lost focus, then transformed into the Necromancer's eyes. "Damn it."
The Necromancer was furious.
"There's actually this kind of attack method; I can't see your attack trajectory at all. You ambushed me. I won't give you another chance." His main body's head, or rather, the head of the body he was using, was destroyed by the Spirit Breath Divine Arrow, so his consciousness directly entered Witch Heidi's body.
"I am a twelve-ring Necromancer. I am an outstanding figure from the Dark Ages."
"Modern wizards, don't underestimate me."
The Fake Snake Corpse Vine appeared behind him again.
Locke finally understood why he had sensed mortal danger earlier.
"Your Great Magic... can parasitize other people's Great Magic... Your current Great Magic is parasitizing Witch Heidi's Great Magic. You don't have a main body. You've been living by parasitizing other people's Great Magic, which is why you're eager to create a Second-Ring Wizard zombie so you can find a main body."
"Are you a wizard of the Pale Pilgrimage?"
"No, although the magic you use is related to the Pale Pilgrimage, some of the spell models you use are very primitive. You are indeed not a modern Necromancer. Who exactly are you?"
Seeing that Locke had realized this, the Necromancer made a strange move: he turned to control Witch Heidi and the body he was using to escape. He immediately judged that he had no hope of winning this battle.
Because at this moment, he didn't have a complete Star Ring power available.
And the only chance of winning was to trick Locke into revealing his Great Magic.
But the problem was, Locke was so cunning that he didn't use Great Magic at all, not giving him a chance to use Necromancy.
A fierce killing intent flashed in Locke's eyes.
"Trying to leave? Get back here."
He realized that the opponent's Great Magic was extremely bizarre, considered unique and powerful even among Necromancers. Therefore, he directly transformed the Crimson Gold Holy Peach from its claw form into a bow and arrow, then summoned the Sky-Propping Date. He casually plucked three date pods and continuously shot them at the wizard's back. In an instant, Witch Heidi's body was hit by an arrow, and the Necromancer's main body was hit by an arrow. The three date arrows immediately transformed into spring thunder, exploding in an instant, intending to destroy both of them directly.
In just an instant, both bodies were completely destroyed.
Locke then plucked a fourth date pod and shot an arrow at the vine snake.
He wanted to kill this strange Necromancer directly, to fulfill Witch Heidi's dying wish and to eliminate hidden dangers for himself and Golden Crown Mountain. However, just as the spirit breath Arrow landed on the great snake, the great snake seemed to bite a glass marble on the laboratory table. In an instant, a Great Magic: Underworld Sky Wheel appeared above the great snake's head.
Locke's eyes were strange because he had initially thought the opponent had no connection to the Black Wizards along the Tianjiang Coast, but who knew the opponent would use a special magic item to summon the Underworld Sky Wheel.
At this moment, the Underworld Sky Wheel opened six worlds in this space, and a wind from the Underworld blew out, with countless undead vengeful spirits crawling out from within.
Locke hesitated, because if he were to use the Great Spring Wind Dragon Sparrow Incantation at this moment, riding the Da Ming Li Dragon Sparrow, he could catch up and try to completely destroy this Great Magic unprotected by a physical body. After all, once this thing occupied a body, it would likely become a tricky opponent, with an unpredictable upper and lower limit.
But after some thought, Locke paused.
He could do it.
But the Dragon Lich behind the Underworld Sky Wheel might very well detect the Magic Dragon Bloodline on him.
And at this moment, he didn't have absolute confidence in winning.
"Either go for a fatal blow, or lie in wait."
Locke mused, "At this moment, I've just entered the Star Ring Wizard stage, and there's a gap in combat power with the Dragon Lich. Moreover, he has a hundred years of accumulation and a mysterious identity. If I enter the range of the Underworld Sky Wheel, and he senses the Magic Dragon Bloodline on me and I get locked by the Star Ring gravity of the Underworld Sky Wheel, then I'll be in trouble."
"Forget it."
"I'll give them a pass for now."
At this moment, the Spirit Breath Divine Arrow, which Locke had already locked onto and was about to hit the Great Magic: Fake Snake Corpse Vine, suddenly pretended to be pulled by the planar gravity of the Underworld Sky Wheel, deviated from its position, and directly shot into the Dragon Underworld Realm of the Underworld Sky Wheel.
A date tree date pod arrow disappeared into the Underworld Realm.
The Necromancer was immediately extremely angry, infuriated by his humiliation.
"Remember this, arrogant modern wizard. I am Kuten Zu, from the Dark Ages, from the Withered Vine World, an affiliated civilization of the Wizard Civilization."
"I'll remember this grudge."
Locke watched him disappear before his eyes, but his arrow had indeed fallen into the Underworld Sky Wheel and hidden itself through spirit breath.
"The forging level of the Underworld Sky Wheel is, after all, only at the Star Ring level. A wizard cannot fully master Great Magic, especially with the colossal size of the Underworld Sky Wheel. This can bring advantages, but also disadvantages."
The difference in detailed control between Great Magic of the same forging level but different volumes should be very significant.
The Underworld Sky Wheel is built with six medium-sized worlds, which also means it's easy to send one's power in without being discovered by that Dragon Lich. "There's no need to have a decisive battle with them prematurely for now; let's first see who they really are."
Locke mused, "And if I'm not mistaken, they definitely want to gain control of the Tianjiang Coast, so they must also be eyeing this regional association-level funding project. Rose, I, them, the investment bank, and others should all be targeting the Tianjiang Coast's regional association-level fund."
However, regional association-level funds, unlike those from the headquarters, offer greater room for manipulation and more personal connections, after all, fewer wizards are involved, and the Tianjiang Coast is a semi-acquainted society.
This is also the biggest difference between regional funds and headquarters funds.
If headquarters funds basically have no personal favors involved, then regional-level funds are all about human relations.
After all, a smaller pond leads to bigger waves.
And Locke remembered that one of the judges for the Tianjiang Coast Fund should be Wizard Jikongyue of the White Ice Tower.
Locke looked at the mostly undamaged ice magic mirror room before him, nodding slightly in satisfaction. The biggest gain this time was directly acquiring this ice magic mirror room, worth fifty million magic stones.
Because this thing was secretly built by Witch Heidi herself, it definitely has no owner. It belongs to whoever finds it. "Teacher, oh, teacher."
"This really is a sweet deal."
"Then I'll also check on the construction progress of the Great Green-Leaf Dragon Sparrow service station at the Tide Great Wizard Tower."