Moon Witch, embark on the journey!

Luna only remembered that she activated the two protective items on her body at the last moment, and then she was stunned for a moment by a huge impact, but she woke up soon after.

Compared with the storm of the first-level magic, falling from a height of hundreds of meters is not worth mentioning, and there are a lot of gravel and sand falling around, forming a buffer.

"It really collapsed... Where is this?"

Luna took out a tube of healing potion and poured it into her mouth. The warm air flowed through her body. Soon, the minor injuries on her body were almost healed.

She climbed out of a pile of rubble and saw a huge underground space.

"Is it the snake cave just below? I wonder what level it is."

It would be troublesome if you fell into the lair of a first-level monster.

There was a sound of movement nearby. A slender hand covered with white scales appeared from the pile of rocks and pushed aside the rubble.

"Oh, Claire!"

Luna quickly helped to dig out the rubble around her and dug Claire out. The girl was in tatters and had many scratches on her body.

"This is truly the most embarrassing moment since I was promoted. And it happened in my own territory."

Claire sighed. It was not a big deal. She also used a first-level protection scroll at the end.

"for you."

Luna handed her a bottle of healing potion, and she immediately reached out to take it and drank it.

Seeing that she was fine, Luna felt relieved and looked around.

"Where did you fall? You made a snake nest underground?"

Claire stood up with a confused look on her face. She replied:

"I haven't seen it either..."

129. Skeleton

The two girls' outer clothes were in tatters, revealing their beauty. But they were covered in dust, and there were no outsiders around, so they didn't care.

This is probably a space close to or deep underground. There are some faintly glowing minerals and some strange plants around it. On the surface, it looks no different from other snake nests.

However, the interior was quite empty. The two used their mental power to search the surroundings, but they did not find any trace of the monster for the time being.

"It's really not a snake's nest. But this space...was it not discovered when it was first built?"

The two were not in a hurry to go up, as there might be monsters running around above their heads.

This space was unexpectedly large, and I walked for a long distance without reaching the end.

In the dim cave, a black-haired girl with torn clothes was exuding coldness from the previous battle, making Luna next to her feel a little cold.

"That is--"

Claire suddenly walked a short distance quickly and came to a huge stone. No, it didn't look like a simple boulder.

hum.

She performed a random trick, and a bright light source rose into the sky, illuminating the things below.

The stone block, which was about seven or eight meters high and as big as a small house, was actually a statue of a giant snake. Its surface was covered with a lot of wind-dried dust, but it vaguely looked like a frost snake or an ice python. Its body was coiled together, and when fully stretched out, its length might be close to a hundred meters.

At the top, the giant snake’s head drooped and drooped limply to the side, frozen in its dying state.

"Even a mature second-level ice python wouldn't have this size."

Claire whispered softly, she walked forward and placed her hand on the statue. Then, she showed some doubts:

"I seem to...hear a call. It's not a stone statue, but the corpse of a real monster!"

The shadow of the white snake on her body emerged almost uncontrollably, and the 'stone sculpture' in front of her also trembled slightly, emitting wisps of the aura of an ancient giant beast.

Luna felt a little suffocated, but the corpse of a person who had been dead for many years still brought a sense of pressure.

"This is!"

She was a little surprised. Luna's mental power had already reached the peak of a high-level apprentice, and there had been signs of this in the previous battles. At this moment, stimulated by the breath of this giant beast, a small part of her mental power had undergone subtle changes.

This is the feeling of mental power slightly materializing.

It became thicker and stronger, with a faint sign of ascending to another level. Even the moonlight above the sea of ​​consciousness became brighter, and the spiritual power that showed signs of semi-substantiation was constantly driving the rest of the spiritual power that had not changed to change.

The last piece of the puzzle was obtained.

Claire, who reached out to touch it and was bathed in the giant snake's aura, benefited even more. The shadow of the ice python on her body became more solid, and her own aura also increased a lot.

"I felt its last memory..."

Luna suppressed her somewhat surging emotions and asked curiously:

"Is this guy really a high-level magical beast?"

"Yes, it's a genuine high-level magical beast, and it should be very powerful. It lives a carefree life in the icy world, preying on those first- and second-level magical beasts. The environment is very similar to the scene in the Ice Demon Cave..."

"and then?"

Even though her bloodline was significantly improved after coming into contact with this kind of thing, Claire's expression remained calm, but there was still a hint of weirdness at this time.

"And then it died. It was hunted by a more powerful ancient beast, and had no chance to fight back. In the end, it wasn't even considered food. It was thrown aside after being severely injured, like a broken toy."

"Is there still such a thing in the Ice Demon Cave?"

Luna was a little bit unbelievable. Treating a high-level monster as a toy, could it be a terrifying existence of legendary level? Is it just in the secret realm? How can it be occupied by the Dark Ring?

No, it's not completely impossible.

"That feels like a long time ago. Even a legend wouldn't be able to live that long... Oh, something seemed to have gone wrong with Silver Moon in the sky at that time, and the monsters all became agitated and crazy... I just felt that it was very panicked, and in a panic, it bumped into the legendary creature."

Claire probably just regarded it as a novelty from ancient times. But Luna almost immediately made an association and understood the time point - this should be the time when the Silver Moon fell.

In the end, is it possible that even the extremely cold demon cave contains something that is vaguely related to her?

No, in ancient times, the fall of the Silver Moon was probably a major event with a very wide impact. Perhaps not only in these two places, but also in other ancient secrets and history, many clues can be found.

While Luna was still a little dazed, Claire, who was sober and extremely indifferent, did not have any further feelings and walked directly to the back of the huge fossil.

There is a small stone tablet about one person tall, located behind the fossil, which is very inconspicuous because it is hidden.

Claire used magic to blow the breeze to wipe the stone tablet. She looked at the ancient characters written on it and read them out word by word:

"My name is Helit, I don't have a last name. But from now on my name will become my last name, and it will be the beginning of a wizard family. I hope that tens of thousands of years later, it will be my descendants who discover this stone tablet."

"I am just a formal wizard with poor qualifications. I was originally going to be stuck at the first level for life. Fortunately, I made merit in a mission of the organization. The leader of the organization, the great legendary wizard Mr. Bon Cesk, 'Punishment of Thunder', rewarded me with the bloodline of the ancient ice python, so that my strength has improved by leaps and bounds."

"What we are looking for is this secret place named 'Ice Demon Cave' by the legendary wizard. It is a fragment torn from the ancient ice world, but it is almost stuck together with a fragment of another shadow world, which aroused the interest of the legendary wizard."

"In short, after reaching the peak of the second stage smoothly, I found it difficult to make progress again. Breaking the bottleneck of bloodline is not something that a mediocre person like me can do. So I set my sights on the source of bloodline, which is this secret realm."

"...After that, I experienced many dangers. I only got a fossil skeleton of a third-level ice snake king. It's a pity that it died in ancient times and is difficult to use now."

"I built a snake cave here. I raised a large number of magical snakes in the name of exploring their bloodline. I used a witch formation to guide the aura to this fossil, hoping that after a long period of time, this corpse will be revived a little so that my descendants can use it."

130. Advanced Start

"To prevent the news of the high-level monster corpse from leaking out, I will seal this secret space with a witch array, and the news will not be passed down. It will only be activated after thousands or even tens of thousands of years, when a small amount of essence is successfully extracted from it and a tribe member with a blood concentration that meets the requirements arrives."

"After many years, the family's bloodline will inevitably decline. I hope that the younger generation whose bloodline concentration reaches the requirement can lead the family to glory again."

While reading the contents written on the stone tablet, Claire recalled softly:

"The ancestor did a lot for the family. After he was unable to become a high-level wizard, he spent most of his energy on the training of his descendants in his later years..."

Thousands of years ago, when the legendary wizard founded the Dark Circle, it was also the most powerful era of the organization. At that time, there must have been no shortage of followers of high-level wizards, and there were even more advanced wizards. But now, few surnames are still circulating.

On the contrary, the inconspicuous Helit family still has a certain reputation and strength, although there are also signs of decline.

Claire pondered for a moment, then continued:

"The method to open the witch formation is as follows—"

She began to recite the spell recorded on the stone tablet, and with the help of her mental strength and blood power, she activated a long-forgotten formation.

buzz-

A flash of light passed by, and a few drops of blood floated out from the corpse of the giant snake. With a strong sense of majesty and a hint of coldness, as soon as it appeared, it froze the moisture in the surrounding air, forming a large area of ​​frost.

Luna felt her whole body stiffen and quickly stepped back a few steps. The power naturally emitted by the blood was like a small-scale first-level witchcraft.

The blood essence of high-level magic beasts is expensive. However, for other wizards, it is just a kind of material, but this blood obviously means something completely different to the Helit family.

"This is the glass tube for the potion. Take it."

Claire didn't feel uncomfortable at all. She even looked at those drops of blood with a strong desire. It was rare for her to show such a fierce expression shortly after she stimulated her blood.

She took the special glass tube from Luna and used a magic trick to collect the few drops floating in the air. Looking at the small half tube of blood essence, she looked away with some difficulty.

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"In this way, Claire, your bloodline should be able to go a step further and reach the level of the First Ancestor."

Although Claire's bloodline is atavistic, it is likely to reach the second level. But it is still a little far from the peak of the first generation second level. After using these blood essences, it can almost be made up.

As for the third level? Unless this high-level monster is resurrected on the spot and all its blood essence is implanted, it is possible to reach that level.

Thousands of years passed before a few drops of blood were restored. It is completely impossible to have a complete third-level bloodline.

Claire stared at the drops of blood for a long time, but became a little hesitant.

"Uncle Grein has done a lot for the family. He has been stuck at the peak of the first level for a long time. If there is this..."

"But you are the successor chosen by your ancestors. Your uncle Grein didn't discover this space, which means he is not the right person, right?"

Although she had no ill feelings towards the wizard, Luna still hoped that Claire's strength would become stronger. She continued to persuade:

"To be frank, your uncle has limited potential. If he fails to advance, it will be completely wasted. Even if he becomes an advanced wizard, he will never be able to reach the peak of the second level."

"I... will think about it again."

Claire still put away the half tube of blood and did not use it.

This is a treasure inherited from their family, so Luna shouldn't interfere too much.

Click.

Suddenly, there was a slight noise nearby, which startled the two. Claire took a few steps forward, followed the sound, bent down, opened a secret compartment under the stone tablet, and took out an old, yellowed scroll.

This should be the fur of some kind of magical beast, which has been specially processed and has not decayed for thousands of years.

"This is a map that leads directly to the depths of the Extremely Frost Demon Cave. It is the route that the First Ancestor explored back then... but it is too early for us now."

After a few glances, Claire put it away. The value of this map is also extremely high, but even the second-level peak wizards think that it is difficult and dangerous and cannot be explored at present.

"There shouldn't be anything else. Shall we go up now?"

She looked up into the sky. Although this place was deep underground, a proper wizard could reach it with a flying spell.

"Claire, this should be safe, right?"

Luna suddenly asked.

"Of course, this is a secret space arranged by our ancestors. There is nothing else."

Luna and Claire were very close to each other before, so they should have come down together. But the two first-level monsters did not fall down with them, probably because they were excluded by the magic formation.

"There are monsters outside now, it's a bit dangerous."

Luna took a deep breath and decided:

"I want to become a formal wizard right here!"

......

The refined advanced potion is carried with me, and the other conditions are also met.

Under Claire's protection, Luna began to meditate and adjust. After a while, when she felt it was about right, she immediately started to think about her own advancement.

In her sea of ​​consciousness, the apprentice-level mental power has reached its limit, and there is a feeling that it is about to overflow.

Influenced by the previous stimulation, a tiny strand of it has changed, and compared with other illusory mental powers, it feels as real as it actually is.

Luna poured the potion into her mouth.