The wizard starts by trimming the donkey's hooves

Chapter 422 Blood Crystal and Ascension
Pierce had a ferocious look on his face. He suddenly raised the newly grafted green dragon head on his right hand and attacked Elida who was chasing him closely behind him.

Suddenly, the head of the green dragon, which had been dead for a long time, opened its mouth strangely and blew its signature breath towards Elida!
"Be careful, sister!" Erida, her elder sister from a distance, immediately reminded.

In fact, she had already cast the defensive spell Shadow Shield on her sister Alida long before she launched the attack.

When Alida saw the foul-smelling yellow-green breath all over the air, she suddenly stopped with her slender legs and dodged by jumping sideways like lightning. The small amount of acid splashed was also blocked by the shadow shield on her body.

Facing this 360-degree coverage of the green dragon's breath, it would not be a wise move to continue engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

The green dragon's breath is a mixture of acid and poison. Although it does not seem to be as powerful as the red dragon's fire breath, it is actually more difficult to deal with.

If you get a little contaminated, it will be very troublesome.

Moreover, Pierce was already seriously injured and was at the end of his strength. There was no need to risk a fatal blow from the opponent by engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

So after a moment's thought, Alida flashed and chose to return to her sister's side.

"Sister, I'll leave it to you now."

When facing this kind of enemy, it would be much safer to use long-range witchcraft attacks.

"Ok!"

I saw Ereda silently chanting a spell, and a black cloud of "disability spell" that Ryan was quite familiar with penetrated into Pierce's body, greatly reducing the opponent's speed.

Seeing this scene, Ryan smiled and gave up the idea of ​​going forward for close combat. Instead, he quickly chanted a spell and raised his hand. Three huge metal nets flashing with silver light quickly blasted towards Pierce.

It is the liquefied killer move 'metal cutting net'!
Meanwhile, Eredar cast the second-level shadow spell "Shadow Strike".

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

"boom!"

Three giant silver nets and another black beam of light took turns hitting Pierce. Although they were not fatal, Pierce was covered in blood and was staggered back several steps.

"I'm coming too!"

Taking advantage of this gap, the army captain Baldwin, who had just taken drugs, immediately stepped forward with a happy look on his face.

Finally I found a place to use my skills!

He thought he had taken the medicine in vain.

I didn't expect that I can still make some use of my remaining energy now.

However, just as he was about to attack with the giant ground spike technique, he suddenly felt a very strong fluctuation of metal particles coming from beside him.

He turned around and saw that a giant thorny iron ball with a diameter of more than two meters suddenly appeared in front of Ryan.

“Hiss, hiss, hiss!”

All I saw was the surface of the iron ball, covered with densely packed spikes of varying lengths, rubbing against the ground with sparks flying everywhere. It was obvious at a glance that it was incredibly powerful!

As Ryan pushed with both hands, there was a "whoosh" sound, and the giant iron ball drew a straight line and rushed towards Pierce rapidly, accompanied by huge kinetic energy, which was terrifying.

When Erida saw the witchcraft of her master, Ryan, her beautiful eyes flickered and she seemed to have thought of something.

She immediately stopped the third-level spell "Shadow Storm" that she was performing and instead performed the second-level spell "Shadow Grasp".

Ok?
Although Pierce was a little confused at the moment, facing such a large iron ball coming at him at high speed, he instinctively tried to dodge.

But just as he tried to move, his legs were firmly held in place by the Eredar's Shadow Grip.

At the same time, Ryan's second-level metal magic "Metal Cage" was also cast and covered it.

Although these two spells are only level 2 spells, their power is limited no matter how much they are amplified, and they cannot restrict Pierce for long, only one or two seconds.

But this was enough. When Pierce removed the two immobilization spells, the high-speed rotating thorny iron ball, with sparks and lightning, came in front of him.

"what!!!"

Pierce's eyes were wide open and he roared suddenly. He seemed to summon up his last bit of strength and crossed his arms to block the green dragon's head and the two-handed sword in front of him.

But the next second, he was still crushed by Ryan's enhanced version of the thorny iron ball.

The high-speed iron ball weighing several tons rolled from Pierce's hips, abdomen, chest to his face. The iron spikes simultaneously penetrated into his body, instantly creating a row of bloody holes.

Pierce, who had become a shower head, could no longer hold on. He twitched a few times on the ground and then stopped moving.

"Hiss~ Such power, Lord Ryan. It seems that the rumors I heard about you before were underestimated." Baldwin, the army captain at the side, could not help but exclaimed in amazement.

You have to know that metal witchcraft is good at attacking, and Ryan is super friendly, plus the blessing of the third level of the Iron Heart Advanced Meditation Method, the power is so great that it has already exceeded the upper limit of ordinary third-level witchcraft.

"Mr. Baldwin, you are too kind." Ryan said with a smile.

Ryan naturally knew the power of his third-level witchcraft "Thorn Iron Ball". It had reached 191 degrees before, and now it was definitely 200+.

Even compared with the crystallized killing moves of some third-level wizards, the difference is not that big.

"Is this the rift closer?" Ryan asked, pointing at the box in Erida's arms.

"Yes, Lord Ryan, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to accompany me to the target location." Baldwin said apologetically.

"Of course I did. I also received instructions from the command hall." Ryan nodded and said.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly felt something and took out the slice to check it.

Baldwin on the side also showed a change of expression and took out the slices almost at the same time.

This made the two Erida women look over in surprise.

Ok?
When Ryan saw it, he raised his eyebrows, obviously quite surprised!

There was a message clearly written on the thin piece of paper, which said that the Goddess of the Underworld Sea had entered the secret realm.

'You're not here for me, are you?'

Ryan couldn't help but ponder.

"I don't think so. It's most likely to destroy the empire's foundation."

After thinking about it, Ryan shook his head slightly and said to himself.

Baldwin's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed, "What! The goddess of the underworld is here too?"

These words immediately made the two Ereda women look at each other, with some worry in their eyes.

As former members of the Secret Snake Cult, although not members of the Poseidon Cult, they are very aware of the supreme power of a true God. Even if he is just an incarnation, his strength is extremely strong.

"Don't worry. In the secret realm, the power that this Undersea Goddess can exert is limited. Generally speaking, she is on the same level as us." Ryan looked at the three of them and comforted them.

“Having said that, at the same level, humans cannot be a match for the incarnations of gods. Even a one-on-two or one-on-three situation would be difficult,” Baldwin said in a deep voice.

"Well, that's true under normal circumstances. However, I once fought against the projection of the goddess of the underworld, and luckily defeated her." After thinking about it, Ryan briefly revealed what happened last time.

Because Ryan felt that it was necessary to cheer them up.

Otherwise, if you become afraid before the battle, you will be passive.

"Huh?" The Erida sisters looked at Ryan with their beautiful eyes, shocked.

"Sir, have you fought against that projection? And won?"

"We have managed to repel the enemy, so don't worry too much." Ryan said with a smile.

The army captain Baldwin, who was standing nearby, was also shocked and wanted to say, "You're just bragging?"

But he thought back to the fighting ability that Ryan had just shown and hesitated again.
Mr. Ryan may not be bragging.

With Ryan's comfort, the three of them were obviously much calmer.

Baldwin began to deal with his injuries and the aftereffects of taking the explosive potion.

The Eredar sisters began to clean up the battlefield.

After a while, Elida walked over with her slender long legs and smiled, handed Ryan a brown package, and said:
"Sir, this is Pierce's bag."

"Oh?"

Ryan took it with interest.

When he opened it, he saw some bottles and jars inside. In addition, there was a bag of crystals emitting blood-red mist in the bag.

As a master of potions, Ryan knew at a glance that most of these bottles and jars contained various healing potions.

As for the blood crystal, it should be the blood crystal that Ryan had seized twice.

"Huh? So many blood crystals." Erida let out a soft exclamation.

"Can you use it?"

"It was useful before, but not now." Erida said, shaking her head slightly.

Ryan thought about it for a moment and then something dawned on his face.

Before, the Eredar sisters believed in the Secret Snake Cult, but after signing a follower contract with him, the mark of the Devouring Serpent on both of them disappeared, and as a result, some special secret arts of the cult could no longer be performed.

For example, the secret technique of snake hair can no longer be used.

Of course, pure shadow witchcraft is not affected, such as the "Cripple" and "Shadow Blast" used by Eredar just now.

However, since the blood crystal contained the resentment of living beings, it needed evil cult techniques or prayers to eliminate it. Naturally, the two women could not use it as easily as before.

But that's a good thing!
In Ryan's view, relying on external forces, especially the power of God, must come at a price.

At this moment, Ryan suddenly thought of something. He tried to pick up the blood crystal. Sure enough, the system prompt sounded:
[Ding! Detected some unknown high-quality energy that can enhance the crystallization of spiritual power. Yes/No? (Note: The system can remove impurities by absorption.)]

"As expected, I remember the system was able to absorb blood crystals before." Ryan's eyes lit up.

However, Ryan did not absorb it immediately. Instead, he chatted with Alida for a while, then came behind the improved Hellfire Golem and silently said "yes"!
It is naturally not convenient to let others see the absorption of blood crystal.

Even followers.

In addition, since Hela, the goddess of the underworld, has entered the secret realm, he naturally has to be as prepared as possible.

Although Ryan said it calmly just now, he actually took it very seriously.

In the words of the great man, 'strategically we need to despise the enemy, but tactically we need to take the enemy seriously'.

In simple terms, it means maintaining a self-confidence and fearlessness in psychology and will, and not being intimidated by the enemy's powerful appearance. However, in specific battles, one must be cautious and not take it lightly.

As he was thinking, Ryan suddenly felt a burning energy rushing from the palm of his hand straight into his mind.

The entire bag of blood crystals was absorbed by Ryan at once and turned into powder instantly, emitting a wisp of smelly black smoke.

A few seconds later, Ryan felt the silver liquid in his mind that looked like solid honey, and glanced at the system panel again:

Spirit: 135 (crystallized 43%)

"Not bad, an increase from 30% to 43%!"

"It's almost equivalent to nearly ten years of hard training for an ordinary crystallized wizard." Ryan was delighted.

The improvement of mental strength will comprehensively increase the power of all witchcraft and play a significant role in improving combat effectiveness.

After absorbing the blood crystal, Ryan accidentally glanced at the golem again, which was the box that came from Barnes and the other two.

After thinking for a while, Ryan took the three boxes from the Hellfire Improved Golem. Ryan first opened Reagan's box and took out the test tube containing Reagan's blood essence.

He pulled out the cork and put a finger into it.

Sure enough, the system prompt appears:
[Ding! Detected that the host has touched a special blood essence, found a small amount of absorbable dragon gene fragments, yes/no to absorb? ]

(Note: After the dragon gene fragment is absorbed, it can enhance the blood concentration of the host dragon.)
Without any hesitation, Ryan immediately chose "Yes!"

Ryan had anticipated the above situation.

But what he had been thinking about before was to take these bottles of blood essence back to the imperial capital and study them carefully.

After all, as a potion master, he still has some knowledge about bloodlines.

He wondered if he could get a general idea of ​​the Dragon Scale Brotherhood's current level of bloodline research by studying these bottles of bloodline essence.

However, things are different now.

Since it has been confirmed that Hela, the goddess of the underworld, has also entered the secret realm of Dragon Valley.

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Ryan felt it was necessary to improve himself as much as possible.

Because he was deeply impressed by the last battle between him and the opponent's projection, if he hadn't relied on continuously recovering his physical strength, he would really not be the opponent's opponent.

After all, the other party is a god!
After absorbing Reagan's blood essence, Ryan felt vaguely that there seemed to be something different in his body.

But it seems that because there are too few dragon gene fragments available for absorption, the blood concentration has not changed at all and is still "rich".

So, immediately afterwards, Ryan opened the second box.

This is Bronson's box.

Ryan repeated his previous actions and put his finger into the test tube containing Bronson's blood essence, and the system prompt appeared again:

"."

After absorption.

“It seems to be a little short.”

Ryan vaguely felt that there was a dormant volcano lurking in his body, ready to erupt.

You know, Ryan's blood concentration had been absorbed several times before, but it still remained at the "rich" level.

But now, it seems that we have reached the critical point where quantitative change is about to lead to qualitative change.

This made Ryan look at Barnes' box with some heat.

The box of the strongest among the three.

But strangely, the next second, Ryan suddenly looked towards the east side of the forest. At the same time, he stopped what he was doing and slowly straightened his back.

The changes in Ryan's movements and breath immediately attracted the attention of the two Eredar women and Baldwin.

Several people followed Ryan's gaze at the same time.

Suddenly, three strange figures appeared silently in the woods.

"It's them!" exclaimed sister Alida.

“But these three are not.”

at the same time.

In the Imperial Capital of Tamriel, the command hall on the second floor of the Astrologer's Platform was bustling with activity.

The scene on the oval stone platform was also lingering on a messy scene where a fierce battle had just ended.

Marshal Alfred and General Augustus' focus at this time was naturally on Hela, the goddess of the underworld who had just entered the secret realm.

Although the opponent is in the secret realm and will be restricted by the rules of the secret realm, the upper limit of his strength can be exerted, which is the peak of legend.

But the problem is, the other party is God!

Although there is an upper limit to hard power, soft power, such as combat reaction, familiarity with various witchcraft, the ability to cast most witchcraft instantly, etc., would be extraordinary if it were placed on one person.

What’s more, all these advantages are concentrated in one person.

This means that when the opponent is at the same level, his combat power is equivalent to that of two or three top powerhouses.

In addition, the other party’s goal this time is unknown.

It was hard not to make everyone in the command hall feel nervous.

"According to the latest news, the person who carried out this mission, Samun from the military, encountered the goddess of the underworld sea in the black water swamp area in the northeast corner of the secret realm and has now died."

"Blackwater Swamp?" General Augustus frowned.

He immediately checked the map of the secret realm to determine the location.

"Marshal, why don't we send the internal security team that has already placed the rift closers to encircle and suppress the enemy?" After thinking for a while, Augustus suggested.

Marshal Alfred frowned when he heard this and did not reply to Augustus immediately.

This is actually a dilemma.

Because the personnel who have completed the task of activating the rift closer actually have another important task, which is to eliminate the teenage dragons infected by the void beasts.

But the problem now is that if we do not encircle and suppress this goddess of the underworld and allow her to act freely, the consequences will be unpredictable.

The other party can kill anyone they want.

Can kill lone mission executors.

Can also kill healthy teenage dragons, etc.
In principle, Alfred also agreed with Augustus's advice.

After all, the lesser of two evils is the better choice.

But the problem is
The opponent is too strong. Can the three people from the internal security team do it?
this is a problem.

As the saying goes, think about failure before thinking about victory.

If they fail, not only will three members of the Internal Guard Squad die, but the captain of the previous military team, Baldwin, will also be seriously injured. The only ones who can maintain full combat effectiveness are the Sword Bearer Task Force.

In other words, it would be almost impossible to continue to gather enough strength to encircle and suppress the Goddess of the Underworld in the Dragon Valley Secret Realm.
Therefore, if we are going to encircle and suppress them, we must succeed in one go!
"Not enough! Have Agrippa speed up the placement of the rift closer at the second point."

“Also, have the internal guard team immediately go to the second point to meet up with Agrippa, and then encircle and suppress the enemy.” Marshal Alfred said in a deep voice.

Agrippa is the captain of the Sword Bearer Team and a legendary peak warrior.

"Combine the strength of the two teams? Indeed, this will be much safer." General Augustus immediately understood what his superior meant, nodded and said.

"As you wish, sir." Tatia responded.

However, her pretty face suddenly revealed an expression as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

The people present were all smart people. Marshal Alfred noticed this immediately. He smiled and asked, "Major General Tatia, do you have any suggestions? It doesn't matter, just say it directly."

"Uh, my Lords, I was wondering if we should let Lord Ryan go with us?"

"Oh? Why? You know, Ryan has gone through two fierce battles, and his physical strength has probably been greatly depleted. It's already very good that he and Baldwin can take back the Rift Closer now."

Augustus said with a puzzled look on his face.

"I wonder if you still remember, Lord Ryan, that I once fought against the projection of the Undersea Goddess in the Frost Tundra."

"Yes, that's true." Augustus nodded and said.

Because at that time, he was the person in charge of the investigation and had asked Ryan about the relevant situation.

"Do you think that he has experience and will have a better chance of success?" Marshal Alfred immediately understood what Tatia meant.

"Yes, my lords." Tatia said with a smile.

"Let's take a look at the situation in Ryan first." Alfred said after a moment of thought.

"Sir Dallion, I need to trouble you again."

The marshal spoke to the great astrologer Dallion beside him with a slightly apologetic tone.

"You're welcome, Lord Alfred. It's all for the empire."

As the great astrologer Dallion silently chanted the spell, the picture on the oval stone platform in the center of the hall changed again, and the scene of Ryan at the moment appeared.

"Huh? This is..."

"Aren't these three people Barnes and his friends? I remember they were just defeated by Lord Ryan. What happened?" Tatia said with a shocked look on her face.

"The other party should have been infected by the Void Beast." The great astrologer Dallion on the side suddenly said.

"Huh? Don't Void Beasts only infect underage dragons? Why can humans be infected too?" General Augustus was also shocked when he heard the news and asked immediately.

"The secret realm was previously closed, and no human had ever entered it. Most of the infestations were huge beasts with great power, so this misunderstanding occurred."

“Although there are not many records about Void Beasts in ancient books, there are records of several cases of them infecting humans,” Dallion explained.

"To be precise, humans with bloodline inheritance are more likely to attract the attention of void beasts. This is because a considerable part of the strength of these people comes from their bloodline and from the body itself. From a certain perspective, they are very similar to giant beasts."

"I see."

"What should we do now? Do we need to transfer someone over immediately?"

"Huh? The twin snakes of the Secret Snake Cult have been accepted as followers by Lord Ryan." Tatia said in surprise as she looked at the message from Ryan.

"Huh?" Marshal Alfred was also stunned when he heard this.

He looked at the stone platform and saw that the picture on it was obviously not about being surrounded, but about two women following Ryan, and his face showed surprise.

"Will not the power of the gods prevent the fulfillment of the contract?"

"It's possible in other places, but not in the secret realm of Dragon Valley." The great astrologer Lord Dallion thought about it for a moment and figured out the cause and effect.

"Although there are four people on Lord Ryan's side, they all seem to be injured or their physical strength has not recovered. Can they deal with the three people infected by the Void Beast?" Tatia couldn't help but ask.

It’s not that the combat staff are unprofessional, but the situation of void beasts infecting humans has not happened for thousands of years.

Without data, it is naturally impossible to make judgments and decisions.

"After being infected by the Void Beast, the attacks will mutate. Generally speaking, the combat power will be improved to a certain extent." Dali stroked his beard and said.

"Should we mobilize support immediately?" General Augustus looked at Marshal Alfred and asked.

Ryan's performance has always been outstanding, and he is young, so he is now Augustus' favorite.

"Major General Tatia, please contact Ryan immediately and ask for his opinion and whether support is needed." Alfred thought for a moment and said.

"As you command, Marshal."

Tatiya immediately picked up the slice and called out:
"Sir Ryan, do you need any support?"

A few seconds later, Ryan said three calm words: "No need."

(End of this chapter)