Chapter 1112

Chapter 1092 The Core of the Jungle and the Five Kings Bottle

During the day, in the sky above Wizard Town, Locke spoke for seven consecutive days. The three thousand seats, initially occupied by only a few wizards, were now half full, and the number was steadily increasing. These seats were reserved for wizards of the second ring or higher, with the front rows reserved only for Star Ring and Moon Ring wizards. First Ring wizards and apprentices remained in Wizard Town.

Many temporary guesthouses, snack shops, wizard taverns, and wizard cafes sprang up in the town.

Locke even noticed vegetarians and magic painters, among other functional magic practitioners, bringing their families and large groups to Wizard Town. This caused the previously worthless accommodation prices in the town to rise dramatically, naturally attracting scammers.

This put considerable pressure on the competition organizers.

The reason was simple.

These charlatan wizards were eroding Locke’s credibility, the credibility of the Swamp Folk Club, and the credibility of the competition committee. Some cunning wizards even sought to gain exclusive operating rights by offering Locke a share of the profits, since foot traffic equals wealth.

When Locke stirred up trouble in the Rainswamp with a competition, a large influx of people gathered, bringing wealth.

However, these people were actually Locke’s enemies. They didn’t understand that the competition was a ritualistic magic act orchestrated by Locke, and while their actions might bring short-term gains, they would damage the competition’s credibility. Therefore, Locke ordered wizards like Grandet and Thomas to borrow a large number of wizarding apprentices and qualified wizards from the Maupassant family to jointly crack down on these unscrupulous merchants.

When a merchant isn’t planning on long-term business, they only intend to make a killing on first impressions. In such cases, inferior magical artifacts are often passed off as high-quality ones, masquerading as artifacts from renowned masters and selling for five to ten times the price. The deceived wizards, unable to find the culprit, will only remember that they came to participate in a competition organized by Locke Augustine, thus falling for the scam.

Locke knew that if he wanted to organize this competition successfully, and even continue it indefinitely, such a situation was unacceptable.

Therefore, he demanded that the competition team work overtime to prevent this from happening again.

Locke’s main body had already left the laboratory, while his Abyssal Dragon avatar transformed into a dark sun, becoming a sun in the sky, continuously maintaining the ritual magic.

This meant that he was constantly consuming magical pressure; the competition hadn’t even started yet, and he was already incurring some of that consumption.

But there was no other way; this was the necessary price to pay for holding a competition.

Locke explained in simple terms the Bitter King Bottle, the Strongman Bottle, the Flower King Bottle, and the Shadow Bottle to the numerous wizards, taking a total of seven days. Then, while perfecting the Glass Bottle, he demonstrated it to everyone, finally completing the Glass Bottle, which was already just the final step, in three days.

Each of the five bottles contained a different magical plant, from Sea Gold Sand to Golden Pineapple, then to Crimson Gold Peach and Great Roaring Dragon Sparrow. Locke explained for ten days straight, and during this process, many things he hadn’t understood before began to become clear.

And this was the eleventh day.

Locke stood on the platform in mid-air, about to demonstrate the Five King Bottles. On the first day of demonstrating the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method, he had his team of wizards work overtime to create the Five King Bottles. Because of the Strongman Heart-Piercing Poison connecting the bridge, the Five King Bottles were easy to complete.

Locke looked at the materials in his hands. In front of more than a thousand second-ring wizards, he remained calm and composed, and when he encountered something he didn’t understand, he openly and frankly consulted the materials on the spot.

Locke was studying knowledge related to jungles.

“A single tree cannot make a forest. A jungle is about different magical plants supporting each other. For example, corn, green beans, and pumpkins planted together, if properly distributed, can all three produce high yields simultaneously. Marigolds and cabbage planted together can significantly increase cabbage yields and reduce pests. There are many other examples. Even with the most common vegetables eaten by mortals, it can be seen that planting different plants together can significantly enhance their collective vitality.”

“A single tree in the wild has limited vitality.”

“But the vitality of a forest is far greater than the sum of the vitality of a single tree. The Witch of Happiness discovered this and thus introduced the concept of the ‘jungle.’ The simplest ‘jungle’ consists of two components: one responsible for the main mystical meaning, and the other, the mystical meaning of the magical plant that assists it.” “

Generally speaking, the simplest combinations are three types.”

“First, a magical plant that produces certain resources paired with a magical plant that desperately needs resources, such as common bean magical plants, fern magical plants, etc., which produce resources, and other magical plants that desperately need resources, such as cruciferous magical plants.”

“Secondly, there’s a combination of a magical plant that can defend against certain disasters and one that is extremely afraid of certain disasters. For example, the combination of the Guardian Onion and the Golden Apple Tree. This is a standard jungle combination, as the various magical substances secreted by the onion play an important role for the Golden Apple Tree. The Golden Apple Tree is the plant in the world most susceptible to magical creature disasters like red spiders.”

“It’s worth mentioning that the prerequisite for a jungle is that the vitality of both must flow, and it must be meaningful to both, not just effective for one side. The leaves falling from the Golden Apple Tree, if they rot, are exactly the resources needed to protect the Onion. When the two are combined, they can form a powerful combination with mystical meaning.”

“The third type is less common. It’s a jungle formed by two magical plants whose production resources and production space do not overlap. Such magical plant jungles are generally weaker. But biodiversity itself can enhance the vitality of each other.

“

Locke read about the three most basic types of jungles in the world. Locke thought about the jungle he had seen before, which was wielded by the top-level White Frost Witch within the Moon Ring level. It seemed to be able to triple the ice magic, and also had two attack effects: Freeze Seal and Freeze Shatter. But it seemed to be formed by three magical plants combined at the same time.

He didn’t know which type it belonged to.

Locke thought that he was going to demonstrate the effects of the Five Kings Bottle later, so he had to decide on his jungle. According to his design, the Five Kings Bottle should be able to barely reach the level of cultivating a jungle, so he had to decide which type of jungle he would cultivate.

Which magical plant would he begin with in his jungle?

Locke, holding his spellbook, walked across the stage and addressed the assembled wizards, “Ladies and gentlemen, please wait a moment. Let me read this spellbook aloud. I’m considering which kind of jungle to construct.”

Upon hearing this, the Star Ring wizards exchanged glances, while a few Moon Ring wizards nodded in agreement, discussing whether Locke could complete the jungle’s construction that day.

A Sun Ring wizard representing the Triceratops Gardens, who had just taken his seat in one of the first three hundred main seats, looked at Locke upon hearing this and nodded repeatedly.

“This man dared to say in front of so many wizards that he could cultivate a jungle, so he must have some confidence. Whether he succeeds today or not, the wizards of Rainswamp will probably remember him.”

At this moment, Wizard Grandet suddenly walked onto the stage, stood behind Locke, and whispered to Locke, “Locke, something’s happened. Actually, it happened ten days ago, but we’re in the middle of nowhere, and our information is a bit outdated. Look, this is the evaluation of you from the wizarding conference in our Wizarding Lands. It’s mostly negative. The deans of the nearby wizarding academies are speaking up for you, but most of them are criticizing you.”

“The strange thing is, I don’t know why the criticism is all directed at you, not at us, and not at Golden Crown Mountain. Most of the wizards in the conference have a negative opinion of you. All of this is because someone somehow managed to open the Doomsday Gate.” “

And these newspapers are full of articles criticizing you. The general idea is that you’re ambitious and eager for fame, causing all the wizards in the Wizarding Lands to take risks for your own purposes.”

“They’re trying to launch a vote now, a vote by all the wizards in the entire Wizarding Land, to decide whether you’re allowed to continue holding the competition in our Wizarding Land.”

“I think they want to force us to stop the competition. Locke, we have to do something. If we don’t do anything, our competition can’t continue.”

Locke glanced at the materials that Wizard Grandet had given him. It was a huge pile of materials, from newspapers to meeting minutes, and even several meeting articles, all discussing how to handle his current situation. It was clear that they were serious about forcing him to stop holding the competition through a vote at the Wizarding Land meeting.

Wizard Grandet wiped the sweat from his brow.

“Besides these, some wizards from our club have told me they want to resign.”

“Probably due to pressure from the academy, friends, or some teachers.”

Locke nodded. He glanced at the wizards on his Golden Crown Mountain investigation team and found that none of them had expressed any intention to leave. This was probably because the wizards of Golden Crown Mountain basically all had teaching positions on Golden Crown Mountain, and this was their job.

Locke said to the wizard Grandet, “I’m already very grateful to my colleagues for coming to help me. They’ve done a lot already. If they want to leave, then let them leave. This has nothing to do with them. Wizard Grandet, you, Kent, and Bella are also free to leave whenever you want.”

Grandet hesitated, then frowned as he looked at the documents and newspapers in his hands. One of the wizarding newspapers he held was even publishing a psychological study on Locke’s ambitious personality. This newspaper was called “Daily Argument,” run by a psychic wizard.

Because his serious interviews went unread, only his arguing reports attracted subscriptions, thus cultivating a habit of constantly arguing.

“Daily Argument” usually picked up hot topics and started making baseless pronouncements (or, as some annoyed people would say, “talking nonsense”). At this moment, the wizard on “Daily Argument” began to evaluate Locke’s personality.

“Based on my research into the character and methods of the wizard Locke Augustine, I believe he is a typical ambitious and vain person. While not necessarily a bad person, he would undoubtedly put us all in danger with the Doomsday Gate. Who allowed him to pass this competition? Didn’t anyone see the numerous safety hazards involved?”   Locke picked up the newspaper

. “You all say that this wizard Augustine is a young and talented man who organized a grand competition in the Rain Marsh, boosting the local economy. But if the Doomsday Gate opens, will your local economy even exist?”   ”I remember a magic drawing that can be copied and records a person’s words isn’t cheap. Other magical newspapers don’t use such expensive drawings; this person is really willing to spend so much.”   ”Let me hear what this person is saying.”   Wizard Grandet took a step back, raising the newspaper in his hand. “Wizard Locke, there’s no need to listen to this kind of argumentative person. Besides, this person might not even be a real argumentative person; it’s just that his newspaper sales are high because he talks like this. Before he started this ‘Daily Argument,’ I heard he went bankrupt with seven personal newspapers, almost going out of business and becoming a debt slave.”   ”This person’s name is ‘Wizard Ducas.’ I don’t think you need to listen to his trash talk. He just wants to provoke you; you’re not a magic stone, not everyone can like you. Moreover, this person doesn’t understand our competition at all. He doesn’t know that the Doomsday Gate was placed here by someone to prevent us from investigating further. It’s impossible to open it.”   ”He doesn’t know that we held this competition precisely to stimulate the local breeding industry, nor does he understand how much change our competition has brought to this place. If we find the truth, we can give Probus the truth, give many wizards of Golden Crown Mountain the truth, and even give the White Wizard Association the truth.”   Locke nodded.   ”It seems the insults were quite harsh. That’s why you comforted me, Mr. Grandet. Don’t worry. I don’t care about that.”   Wizard Grandet said in a low voice, “The insults were indeed harsh. Basically, they portrayed you as ambitious and selfish. Oh, and by the way, some people say you’re colluding with the Fang of Terror wizard organization. Others say you did things for the Pale Pirates before.”

Locke asked in surprise, “Wait a minute. The Fang of Terror wizarding organization and I have some connection because of this wizarding town. What’s this Pale Pilgrimage thing? I’ve killed quite a few of their people.”

The wizard Grandet opened a newspaper, a tabloid, and Locke saw an article that described himself with certainty as a necromancer, possessing a very high level of necromancy magic before the first ring, and only switching to breeding and botany at the second ring stage.

“He said I was a pure necromancer before the first ring?”

Locke was completely puzzled, unable to understand how the other party had associated him with necromancers.

The wizard Grandet covered his face and said, “They just want to smear you. They don’t need any evidence at all. They just need to find a few people to pretend to be bystanders and release a few press releases. These are all misleading statements—”

“But if they do this, some people in our club really won’t dare to continue.”

The wizard Grandet said, “But don’t worry. The three of us directors are people who see things through to the end. Once we decide to start something, we must do it well and finish it. So we will continue to help you. I’m still counting on you to get the competition going, and then we’ll set up a club specifically to help you run it. Look at this article, it says that during the second ring stage you were related to a bloodline laboratory of the Terror Fang that was previously destroyed, and that you personally performed a very high-level illegal implantation surgery of ancient reptile factors—”

Locke laughed, “According to what’s said above, I’m practically a genius.”

The wizard Grandet shrugged. “But what should we do now? Although it’s just a rumor, many wizards are cursing you in the council and in the newspapers. Public opinion can be devastating; I think if we don’t do something about it, things might get out of hand.

The most immediate problem is that I’m afraid someone might actually persuade the council’s records committee to initiate this proposal.”

“More far-reachingly, I’m afraid your reputation, Wizard Locke, might become like Wizard Probus’s—that might affect your mindset.”

Locke nodded, and leaves of power appeared behind him. A novice forging wizard needs to absorb and accept forms, and these curses and slanders are also forms. So, being in this state could indeed affect a novice forging wizard.

That’s the principle behind the saying “public opinion can be devastating.”

However—

a glint flashed in Locke’s eyes. He could actually novice forge at any time; he just lacked the accumulation of magical pressure. This was a physical problem, not a matter of knowledge.

After all, he was

too young and inexperienced.

But after developing a complete method for reversing potion-making, and after verifying his own great magic with that of the wizard Probus, and after rapid progress in his spiritual cultivation method, he had already developed a kind of constancy.

Constancy ensures that he is not easily influenced by external circumstances.

This is the principle behind the saying “a virtuous person has constant virtue. “

Even—

“Wait a minute.”

Locke took the newspapers full of doubt and slander from the wizard Grandet. Most of them were emotional outbursts, partly due to a lack of self-awareness leading to incorrect judgments, but a small portion were genuine self-criticisms, and their level was quite good, even impressive.

Locke treasured these opinions, reading them with great eagerness.

“Well, this person’s critique of my conference paper is truly excellent. Incisive and every sentence is reasonable. He pointed out the security shortcomings of my competition and listed numerous solutions. Grandet, it seems there are some gems among these critical articles.”

Locke flipped through these articles criticizing him, noticing that his Great Magic was actually accelerating its development amidst these criticisms. Yes

.

If a wizard possesses homeostasis, or is about to possess it, then these criticisms are unlikely to have any effect. Instead, they will find something useful within them, accelerating their progress, even meaningless curses.

This is the beauty of homeostasis.

He hasn’t achieved true homeostasis, so he doesn’t have complete homeostasis, but he already possesses it in its early stages.

As long as a wizard’s Great Magic power system is close to true homeostasis, they will possess homeostasis. What

if Wizard Probus hasn’t completely given up on himself? Wouldn’t he be able to use his sixty years of infamy to forge his homeostasis?

My judgment of Wizard Probus might be somewhat wrong. He may not have completely given up on himself.

“If that’s the case, it explains why he wasn’t forcibly dragged into the abyss by the Queen of the Abyss sixty years ago.”

He’s in a very delicate state right now, and if my guess is correct—no, if my ritual works on him, it will confirm my guess. At this moment, the goodness in Probus’s heart is fighting against his evil. “

My ritual will be the decisive factor. I’ve figured out why the ritual I unintentionally held before didn’t work. First, the scale wasn’t enough. Second, the quality wasn’t enough. Those wizards all have significant personality flaws; they can’t help Wizard Probus.

So, I’ll hold a larger-scale event and invite more wizards.”

Wizard Grandet looked at Locke and said, “My lord, how do we resolve this now?”

Locke looked at him in confusion and said, “Resolve? Why resolve it? I think some articles point out my mistakes very well.”

“Wizard Grandet, here are ten magic crystal cards. Give this money to the person who wrote the article. I think he wrote very well; let him write more.”

Wizard Grandet was dumbfounded.

“Ah?”

He took the ten magic crystal cards.

At this moment, Locke saw the wizard Probus standing beside him. Probus, dressed in a white wizard’s robe, had a gentle expression. He smiled at Locke and said, “Finally, you’ve felt what I once felt. Seeing those slanders against you, do you feel any anger?”

Locke pondered for a moment and said, “Not really.”

“Probus, I see you won’t learn your lesson until you’re faced with the truth. Do you think I’m easy to talk to? Even if I beat you and the mastermind at the same time, so what? I’m not one of yours. I’m just pursuing the truth. If you get in my way, I’ll deal with you anyway.”

“Why do you think so many wizards are standing behind me, helping me? It’s not because I have great personal charm, it’s just that I acted according to their desire to seek the truth, and so everyone around me became my friend.”

Wizard Probus looked at Locke.

“Locke, you’ve just encountered some good teachers. I can see that you’ve never felt bad about encountering bad teachers. You can’t empathize with me.”

Locke looked at Wizard Probus and said, “Probus, do you think you bear no responsibility for having three teachers who didn’t get along with you? All four of my teachers were people I clicked with, which is why I chose them. My first teacher was a wonderful witch. She was kind, generous, gentle, and strong; she never failed to do what she set her mind to. She was the only teacher I couldn’t choose; the academy assigned her to me. But if I went against her taste in everything, she wouldn’t treat me well either.”

“Probus, every teacher I had after that was one I chose myself. They were choosing me, and I was choosing them.”

“They may be high-ring wizards, but as a low-ring wizard, I also have my own personality. In my wizarding world, the era without personalities is long gone.”

“Are you sure you didn’t slack off with the latter two mentors you chose, or that you felt you had no choice because you were a low-ring wizard and therefore gave up the right to choose given to you by the White Wizarding Association? You only turned against them when things were beyond repair. Why didn’t you choose them when you first sensed something was wrong?”

Wizard Probus fell silent.

He said in a low voice, “I was young then and thought I had no choice, but looking back now, I was indeed dissatisfied with them from day one. But I thought I could make do, and I considered myself a low-level wizard, inherently inferior in terms of choice, so I didn’t change teachers.” “

Locke, but your attempt to awaken my true form through ritual is wishful thinking. You’ve seen it yourself; right now, you’re being universally condemned in the Rain Swamp.”

“You’re about to become a public enemy.”

“Moreover, my true form is about to undergo pseudo-forging of the Infinite Evil Path. Once pseudo-forged, I can go to the Abyss through the series of steps I mentioned earlier, attain the Throne of Emptiness, and elevate the concept of the Infinite Evil Path to the Throne level, spreading it throughout the void, transforming it into an Abyss Plane, igniting countless Abyss Wars, and shaking the entire void as a result.”

“With such a prospect, why should I give up?”

Locke glanced at him. “The question I should ask is, why did you give up on yourself?”

“Your infinite evil path, after careful consideration, I don’t think it’s a superior form of pseudo-forging, or even whether it can be pseudo-forged at all. The difficulty of pseudo-forging it is extremely high.”

“I just don’t understand why.”

At this moment, Grandet and the many wizard spectators watched Locke converse with thin air, all somewhat bewildered.

Grandet tentatively asked, “Locke, I’ve always wanted to ask you a question. Is it possible for you to communicate with some kind of being from Probus?”

Locke nodded.

Grandet gasped.

“I’ve heard that those with true power can directly converse with the physical form of others. But these people are either fourth-circle wizards in their past lives, reincarnated multiple times, or have ancestors of immense power. Their ancestors must have done something to benefit the wizarding world.” “

Even benefited the Endless Void. Lady Macedon even said you had no ancestral blessings or reincarnations, which now seems absurd.”

Locke glanced at him but didn’t explain. After all, he could do it mainly because of the characteristics of the top-level meditation method of the School of Truth and Goodness, and also because this was the ritual he was conducting. His ritual magic was originally working on the physical form of Probus.

He was trying to awaken the benevolent part of the wizard Probus through this ritual.

In a daze, Locke saw the Abyss Queen singing.

Those who fall into the abyss are beyond saving; no one has ever rescued them.

Locke sneered, the black sun image in the sky growing ever larger.

Today, he would definitely pull this person from the abyss.

Because this was his path.

This is the truth I seek.

I must find the truth myself.

And the wizards who have come to participate in this competition are either pursuing the pinnacle of breeding science or seeking the truth.

The will of all the contestants will form a grand summoning ritual here.

Locke said to the wizard Grandet, “Don’t pay attention to those comments. You white wizards just haven’t experienced anything. When I was a mortal, when I first arrived at a middle-level academy, the students there wanted to kill me. Ridicule and mockery are child’s play; what’s truly terrifying is the moment a knife is plunged into your heart.” “

And later, I also encountered many attacks from dark wizards. They wanted to kill me, and I wanted to kill them. So when I see these people criticizing me and slandering me, I feel a sense of kinship. Do you know why these people spend so much resources to smear me? It’s because that’s all they can do. If they could kill me, they would have done it long ago. If they could stop one of my funds, they would have done it long ago. They can’t do anything to me, so they can only make these weak jokes here.”

“Public opinion is a fearsome thing?”

“If human words conflict with the truth, then they are nothing but air. No matter how much human words there are, as long as you pursue the truth and take concrete actions, they will all disappear on their own after a while.”

Locke put his right hand behind his back and looked at the many wizards in front of him with curious, scrutinizing, admiring, and somewhat complicated emotions in their eyes.

“Wizard Grandet, and the other one listening over there, if I, Locke Augustine, am ever intimidated by gossip, I am unworthy to pursue the truth.”

“The one listening over there, please think carefully. If this is all you are capable of, how can you pursue the truth?”

“Do you truly believe that the Infinite Evil Path is the truth?”

“Do you truly believe that what happened back then could be resolved simply by using the Infinite Evil Path, or that it was the best solution?”

“Probus, where are you? Where does your Infinite Evil Path place you? You are killing yourself first, then others. If you truly forge the Infinite Evil Path, you will be the common enemy of our wizarding world.”

Wizard Probus’s eyes were filled with complex emotions. The Abyss Queen appeared behind him. He turned to look at the Queen, a flash of pain in his eyes.

“But it’s too late. I’ve committed too many evils. These evils have had the Abyss locked onto me for a long time.

Even if I were willing to go with you, the Abyss wouldn’t give me a chance. I’m a person who has fallen into the Abyss, so there’s no way to escape.”

Wizard Probus disappeared from there.

Locke frowned. If other wizards heard this, they would probably just think the Abyss was evil, but Locke thought a step further. As the possessor of the Abyss Dragon bloodline, he had a certain understanding of the Abyss.

Why didn’t the Abyss forcibly drag him into the Abyss when it had clearly locked onto him?

Was it because he wanted to complete the False Forging – Infinite Evil Path that the Abyss wanted here?

Locke said to Wizard Grandet, “I will continue to hold the competition as usual. The reason my competition hasn’t been stopped yet is because there are too many wizards with vested interests in it, and many wizards want to see if I can successfully challenge all the Star Ring Wizards of the Rain Swamp, or they want to see me, with this kind of momentum, defeated by their Rain Swamp Star Ring Wizard geniuses.”

“The profits are so great, they won’t stop this competition. Or rather, even if I wanted to stop it, I would be stopped. I don’t think the wizard who used this trick behind the scenes was the original mastermind—” “

Because this is a foolish move that can only scare away cowards but will enrage the determined.”

Locke took a few steps forward and shouted to the entire viewing platform: “One more day, the competition will begin. Today, I will use the Five Kings Bottle to kick off our Probus Truth Unveiling Competition. Everyone is looking forward to seeing who will uncover the truth about the Probus wizard.”

Locke decided that his first jungle would be the first type of jungle, namely [Resource Provider + Heavy Resource Demander].

Since banana-type magical plants require humus and special diffused sunlight, it would be better to plant them together with sycamore-type magical plants that can provide shade and humus through fallen leaves. The two can also form a common type of fixed jungle, creating a symbiotic relationship.

Locke asked the wizard Thomas to borrow a seed of a culturing Star Ring Magic Plant: the Fangtian Huatong.

Next, he took out a culturing seed of the Great Magic Sword Tiger Orchid Dragon Sparrow.

He intended to use the [Super Powerful and Mighty] mystical meaning as the foundation, combined with a Wutong-type magic plant as a supplement, to form the first type of jungle.

Locke mentally calculated his success rate again, confirming it was quite high, before continuing to chant the incantation. At the same time, a Five Kings Bottle appeared in his hand.

This was a garden grotto already completed; the Five Kings Bottle looked like a large vase.

Many wizards immediately focused their attention on the garden grotto they had never seen before.

Many wizards whispered among themselves.

“That garden grotto seems unfamiliar. It seems to be another new type of garden grotto. My goodness, this is the sixth new garden grotto structure in his events!

” “This wizard really has a lot of new garden grotto structures.”

“But that’s just a world in a bottle, right? Not a world in the palm of your hand? Generally speaking, Moon Ring-level Spirit Breath Breeding Methods are basically at the level of a world in the palm of your hand. The fact that he can quickly develop many new structures of the World in a Bottle – Garden Cave is a gift from God, he’s really amazing. The District One Journal will no longer be unattainable for him. But if he wants to create a jungle, that’s a whole different world.”

A Moon Ring wizard commented, “Putting aside the Doomsday Gate, this wizard’s level is indeed quite good. Think about it, if this wizard’s World in a Bottle – Garden Cave can really cultivate jungle magical plants, then the change he will bring to our wizarding world will be quite significant. It’s like he has a way to allow Star Ring wizards to also create a [Jungle].”

The wizards watching the competition gasped, and some wizards had already started contacting their friends, wanting them to come and witness it.

Just as the Five Kings Bottle in Locke’s hand floated above his palm, a powerful magical pressure suddenly descended upon the entire wizarding town, causing panic among the birds and beasts.

Someone exclaimed, “It’s a third-ring level magical pressure!”

“The vice-principal of the Reptile Garden has arrived. Could it be that he’s here to watch the competition? My god, this Locke Augustine wizard has such great influence that he can actually get a third-ring wizard to come and watch the competition?” “

If a third-ring wizard comes to watch the competition, the entire level of the competition will be elevated. If one can come, more can come. The meaning of watching the competition has changed.”

In the distance, purple and red clouds drifted in, and two high-ringed dragon horses pulled a cloud chariot, which was followed by three hundred miles of purple aura, like a saint descending.

The vice-principal of the Reptile Garden, supported by students, stepped down from the cloud chariot. Behind him, a group of students followed. He nodded in the direction of Locke, then led the group of students towards the front seats.

“I received the invitation to this competition and find you young people quite interesting. Regardless of victory or defeat, today’s exchange will be a friendly one. Don’t say that Cloud Marsh is inferior to Rain Marsh, or Rain Marsh is inferior to Cloud Marsh; we are all wizards from the Three Marshes,”

said Jacques Jean with a smile.

Many wizards exclaimed in surprise that the vice-principal was greeting Locke, while Locke realized that the vice-principal wasn’t nodding at him.

Locke followed the vice-principal’s gaze and saw the Macedonian witch, who then turned and walked away.

Yes.

The vice-principal, the Macedonian witch, and the Barbara witch must be from the same family.

On the stands, Barbara the Witch followed the wizards from the Reptile Garden. She called out to Locke, “Boss Locke, I’m here to support you!”

The Vice-Dean glanced at the Macedonian Witch, then at Barbara, and chuckled, “I almost forgot, both of our family’s daughters have connections with that Locke wizard. How wonderful.”

Jacques Jean, the wizard, showed no sign of anger; instead, his eyes lit up as he looked at the Five Kings Bottle in Locke’s hand.

“Hmm? Is he going to demonstrate the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method?”

A Moon Ring wizard approached, eager to curry favor with the Third Ring wizard, and immediately seized the opportunity to say to the Dean, “Dean, this Locke wizard intends to use the Spirit Breath Cultivation Method to create a [Jungle].”

The wizards from the Reptile Garden exchanged bewildered glances.

A Star Ring wizard wants to create a jungle?

That’s far too ambitious.

Dean Jacques nodded, and at the same time, another ornately decorated convoy appeared on the ground.

Someone whispered, “It’s the Winged Dragon Garden’s convoy. My god, another third-ring level magic pressure.”

“Could it be that all the third-ring wizards from the top gardens are coming?”

Immediately, the headmasters or wizard representatives of the invited junior wizarding academies sat up straight. Some didn’t want to lose face, while others wanted to take the opportunity to leave a good impression on these high-ring wizards for future opportunities.

The third-ring vice-headmaster of the Winged Dragon Garden said, “Many of our Winged Dragon Garden wizards have died here. Young friend Locke, you invited me here, so you must let me see an interesting competition, and a meaningful one at that. I am Wizard Gray, and my masterpiece is the discovery that bloodline energy can be transmitted during a solar eclipse. This transmission even transcends time and space and world regions.”

“The principle of solar eclipses.”

“I think you should have seen the great magic built on this principle. I seem to have arrived at the right time. Are you here to conduct a spiritual cultivation method?”

An idea flashed through the minds of many wizards.

Now, wouldn’t this wizard Locke Augustine be cultivating the jungle under the watchful eyes of so many Third Ring Academy deans

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