The Genius Mage

"Fellow villagers, for the ceremony today, these people on the stage are my greatest gift to the ceremony!" It was not hard to hear a hint of arrogance and pride in the voice of the person who spoke, Felt.

The villagers below the stage cheered. Taking advantage of the chaos, Audrey also secretly opened her eyes a little and sized up the situation around her.

She and her other teammates were tied to different human-shaped pillars like sacrificial offerings.

Feldt stood in front of the stage with his back facing Audrey. Naturally, he could not see Audrey's expression. The stage was filled with villagers who seemed to be in high spirits.

"What's the use of tying them up?" Although the mysterious person controlled the villagers, they had only cultivated things that should not be cultivated. They did not know much about tying people up.

On the stage, Felt sneered and said, "It's very useful."

"They are all extraordinary. If I absorb the energy from their bodies and convert it into everyone's energy for cultivation, wouldn't it be twice the result with half the effort?" Felt said. In short... he wanted to drain all the energy in Audrey and the others' bodies.

If the energy were drained, their years of cultivation would be gone. Moreover, the energy they had cultivated for many years had long fused with their bloodlines. So if the energy were gone, people naturally would not be able to live.

To think that this group of people had reached the realm of harming their kind to cultivate. It was truly unique.

Audrey snorted coldly in her heart. She naturally would not allow these extremely cruel people to succeed.

"Fellow villagers, what you are cultivating now is the strongest energy in the world. As long as you cultivate well and absorb more beast cores from animals or human energy, you will be able to achieve a breakthrough as soon as possible," Felt said again.

Only then did Audrey understand that the villagers wanted to take away the flaming beast cores for cultivation, and it was Felt who instigated them.

"Breakthrough! Breakthrough!" The villagers suddenly shouted. Everyone's eyes turned blood-red. Audrey was alarmed. The mysterious person had probably controlled these villagers.

It seemed like he had to get rid of the mysterious person as soon as possible.

Seeing this, Felt smiled smugly and said loudly, "Alright, since everyone wants to break through so much, let's send these people on their way."

As he said that, Felt stepped forward.

Audrey became nervous. It would have been fine if she had been chosen, but if she had chosen her teammates, she would not be able to be sure of their safety.

Fortunately, after Felt walked around once, he stopped in front of Audrey. He sized her up carefully, and the corners of his mouth curled into a disdainful smile. "Let's start with her."

Hearing this, Audrey's heart sank as she secretly sneered.

The few teammates beside her could not help but sweat for Audrey. However, with Audrey's warning in front of them, they did not dare to act rashly and could only quietly observe.

They saw Felt take out a transparent and shiny crystal ball from his long-distance run. Then, he cut his finger and injected fresh blood into it. The crystal ball immediately emitted a black-purple light.

Felt placed the crystal ball in front of him. His body released a black aura as if he was absorbing something from the crystal ball. At this moment, the crystal ball also released a stream of energy toward Audrey.

Audrey naturally could not let this energy touch her. But, if she guessed correctly, this energy was something that could absorb all the energy in her body.

"Ice storm, break!" Audrey chanted softly and cut off the rope that bound her. Before the energy touched her, Audrey released a burst of combat aura in time and directly knocked the crystal ball to the ground.

Following that, Audrey flashed and appeared in the middle of the stage. At the same time, she cast a spell and cut off all the ropes on her teammates.

"The Elder hid well enough to deceive us to such an extent," Audrey snorted coldly and said sarcastically.

Seeing Audrey standing not far away unscathed, a hint of surprise appeared in Felt's eyes. He had released the bewitching powder in the ice chamber. How could she still be awake?

A moment later, Felt slowly reacted. The charming powder had not bewitched Audrey. Instead, she had played along to trick him.

"Hmph, that's because you're stupid!" Since he had been seen through, Felt did not hide anything. He said angrily, "But I didn't expect you to see through me. Even the bewitching powder wasn't able to knock you out."

Audrey did not want to waste her breath on Felt. She only snorted coldly, and her azure eyes revealed a hint of danger. Her hands, which were hidden by the hem of her dress, had already secretly gathered a surge of combat aura.

"Who exactly are you?" Audrey asked.

"What has it got to do with you?" The Elder replied proudly.

At this moment, Klein and the others had gathered around Audrey.

"You tied us up to kill us. You're in cahoots with the mysterious people in the village. What do you want to do to the villagers?!" Cole questioned indignantly.

However, the Elder still had no intention of telling them. It was just a pity that his plan had almost succeeded.

"I won't tell you.

"You should have been dead. I didn't expect you to see through my plan and narrowly escaped death. But don't be happy too early. You won't be able to leave this place alive today," the Elder said coldly.