Chapter 954

Chapter 948 The Age of the Demon Dragon

As the gates of the supernatural purgatory opened, countless waves of killing intent surged forth, and from within emerged one after another, power-wielding wizards from different eras of Golden Crown Mountain.

These power-wielding wizards wore robes with distinct styles from their respective periods, but all bore the emblem of Golden Crown Mountain on their chests; some were even third-ring power-wielding wizards.

The Demonic Dragon Wizard remained expressionless, facing the cold indifference of these power-wielding wizards shrouded in killing intent.

The power-wielding wizards clashed with the wizards of the past Star Age from the ashes of time, instantly transforming the meeting room into a battlefield.

A power-wielding wizard’s fist, imbued with killing intent, slammed into a wizard lord from the Star Age. The next instant, a first-ring Kingdom Domain erupted around the wizard lord, and the power-wielding wizard’s fist, imbued with killing intent, struck him.

This wizard lord clearly retained some of his former wisdom, for it was his past beliefs that remained within this sacrificial system. Therefore, although he wasn’t the true wizard, he represented the state of that wizard during the Black Sun Tower ritual.

He saw a massive fist slam into the kingdom’s domain before him. Looking into those eyes radiating murderous intent, he swallowed hard. The next moment, cracks appeared in his kingdom’s domain, followed by a ring of collapse, sending him flying.

Power masters of wave theory viewed everything as a world of waves; therefore, power is a wave, the world is a wave, and life is also a wave. These murderous intent waves were formed by the magical pressure changes caused by the intense emotions of anger, hatred, and battle experienced by the wizards of the past. These waves were preserved within the supernatural purgatory, and their release now naturally summoned back all their past fighting power through the murderous intent waves.

After all, as long as the Supernatural Purgatory exists, it can replenish the energy lost due to the killing intent fluctuations left behind by these past wizards.

Golden Crown Mountain, as the ancestral home of wave energy, is naturally the holy land of this branch of power masters.

The count wizard who had unleashed a ring of kingdom domain got up from the ground, cautiously looking at the power master before him.

“What era is this? What kind of wizard is this? Melee combat… Kingdom domains can’t defend against this…”

In the blink of an eye, the killing intent power master leaped forward like lightning. His fist was brimming with power, and in the next moment, he unleashed the Four Killing Fist, turning one fist into four fists, each containing killing intent fluctuations, before slamming them into the opponent’s kingdom domain.

“Unable to communicate…”

the wizard count exclaimed in surprise, “And unable to defend either. What force is the Black Sun Tower fighting against? This doesn’t match any wizarding force I remember.”

The kingdom’s domain and the Permanent Defense Field were pierced by some kind of energy. Even though it didn’t touch his face, his entire face looked swollen as if he’d been punched. Before the fist even reached his face, he was sent flying, his body contorting in mid-air as if he’d been punched countless times. With

a ‘boom,’ his body exploded, turning into countless specks of dust.

Locke stood in the center of the battlefield, witnessing this scene firsthand.

“These must be the wartime defense forces of Golden Crown Mountain. Those wave-based power masters from the Power School are indeed incredibly powerful. I used to think I was at a disadvantage because I couldn’t use the Permanent Defense Field in the spell-fighting tournament, but now I realize I wasn’t at a disadvantage at all. Even when I fought alongside Antoine, and I used the Permanent Defense Field from the start, it didn’t change anything.”

This was mainly because the wave-based wizards believed that everything was composed of waves.

One of the fundamental properties of fluctuations is that they can superimpose without interfering with each other.

This results in the ability of a power mage specializing in fluctuations to partially penetrate a permanent defensive force field, making their attacks extremely difficult to defend against.

As a consequence, each spell from the power school incurs immense physical stress, far exceeding the casting pressure of ordinary spell models.

Locke speculated that the killing intent fluctuations could easily interfere with a wizard’s own life force fluctuations, making the risk of using fluctuation-based spells potentially even greater than the spell risks of ordinary power school spells.

The dragon wizard puffed on his pipe and smacked his lips. He searched for Locke’s location, and upon finding him, was about to approach when he discovered a third-ring level killing intent fluctuation power mage standing before him. It was a young wizard with the appearance of a killing intent fluctuation, his eyes radiating crimson killing intent, and his face not entirely human, but with dragon scales on his forehead.

In the ancient pure-blood era, the Pure-Blood Order cast a spell on the entire wizarding world, cursing every non-human pure-blood wizard, causing their bloodline characteristics to appear on their faces, and stripping them of the right to appear before the world with human appearance.

This was known as the “Hybrid Tattoo”!

In that era, this young man, a third-ring wizard, became an outcast. He chose to become a Power Mage and joined the Golden Crown Mountain.

Behind him, a pure-blood human third-ring wizard emerged.

The two coldly stared at the Dragon Wizard.

The Dragon Wizard smiled.

“Just two mindless remnants of power. Even if we find a way to preserve your power, what can we do?”

He vanished from his spot.

The next moment, he reappeared behind the two.

The Dragon Wizard was about to head back towards the center of the battlefield, where Locke was, but the next second, two fists landed in front of him, and a wave of killing intent blocked his path, preventing him from advancing further.

The witch Catherine approached from a distance, speaking slowly and deliberately, “This wizard of the Tower of the Black Sun, I think you’ve misunderstood something. These killing intent fluctuations are waves transformed from the magical pressure left behind by past power masters, not simply residual power. Fluctuations can overlap without interfering with each other. Their fluctuations remain here, and as long as you don’t destroy them, they will never disappear, nor will they allow you to pass. In fact, right now, it’s your life force that’s blocking this wall. The killing intent fluctuations will constantly capture your life force; you can’t escape them, you can’t get past.”

Catherine snapped her fingers, and instantly, when the dragon turned around, he saw a wall of fluctuations blocking his way.

To pass, he would have to let his fluctuations pass through this wall, which meant a head-on collision, since he knew absolutely nothing about fluctuation theory.

“Difficult to defend against, difficult to escape,”

the Dragon Wizard exclaimed. “No wonder it was once a military fortress capable of withstanding attacks from the entire wizarding world. These killing intent fluctuations are indeed troublesome. However, I only want to kill a second-circle wizard, why must you become my enemy? Killing a second-circle wizard shouldn’t be a great loss for you.”

“Is it worth risking the deaths of many more just to save one person? That’s a dead man, he should have died long ago.”

Upon hearing this, the witch Catherine laughed disdainfully, pointing to the two killing intent fluctuations behind her.

“Even if I agree, do you think my predecessors at Golden Crown Mountain would agree? You’ve asked this far too late, tens of thousands of years too late.”

“Golden Crown Mountain’s answer then was worthwhile, and Golden Crown Mountain’s answer now is still worthwhile. Golden Crown Mountain exists to protect the minority, even if it means going against the entire world; we’ve already done it. We did it once before, in even more difficult times. There’s no reason for us not to persist now.”

Behind the Red Dragon Witch were two third-ring Power Masters wielding killing intent.

They were the Martin brothers. They weren’t truly brothers; after separately joining Golden Crown Mountain during the Pureblood Era, they became sworn brothers without blood ties. This was unacceptable to the Pureblood Order at the time, and they were to be eliminated.

The killing intent of the two third-ring Power Masters overlapped and strengthened, forming a wall of killing intent that blocked the Demon Dragon Wizard’s path.

The Demon Dragon Wizard expressionlessly reached out, and sure enough, he touched a wall blocking his way, preventing him from advancing.

“But those whom the Tower of the Black Sun deems deserving of death have never truly died.”

“Not just anyone can be protected by you.”

The witch Catherine looked at him defiantly.

“Then come and try. Before these waves of killing intent.”

The red dragon witch’s eyes blazed with fire.

“Offending the Tower of the Black Sun means being condemned by the world? Very well, we at Golden Crown Mountain are merely repeating what we did in the Pureblood Era.”

More waves of killing intent appeared behind the red dragon witch, but that wasn’t all. She also summoned one of the Twelve Demonic Peaches, the Black Hole Peach. The Black Hole Peach also retained the bloodline power of many dragon-blooded wizards from Golden Crown Mountain in the past. These illusory powers appeared behind her, standing beside her.

Golden Crown Mountain was originally part of the battlefield; far too many wizards had died on this mountain.

In the past, the entire wizarding world had tried to erase this place—the only one in that era to openly challenge the wizarding world—the stronghold of the Pureblood Order.

In the Pureblood Era, Golden Crown Mountain was also a protagonist of its time.

Now, the witch Catherine merely activated the power of the Black Hole Peach, summoning a portion of the dragon blood power that had been stored within the old peach tree.

Killing Intent Wave – Power Master, Dragon Blood Wizard Power Afterimages—these were originally the wartime defensive forces of Golden Crown Mountain.

The Demon Dragon Wizard’s eyes remained unchanged.

“Just some power afterimages, far inferior to those so-called waves.”

“These superficial afterimages cannot stop my advance.”

The Demon Dragon Wizard looked towards the center of the battlefield.

“I’ll say it again: hand over Locke Augustine to me. Then I can retreat. You have formidable enemies ahead of you now, don’t you? Let me guess, Esther, and the Dark World. Not only that, you have other enemies as well. I’ve said it before, man proposes, God disposes. All your enemies, your fate, are clearly visible in my eyes.”

“Red Dragon Witch, I can see all your destinies. Don’t struggle. Hand over Locke Augustine to me.”

“I’ve seen all your schemes. If I were to reveal these, are you sure those Truth Wizards would tolerate you?”

The witch Catherine’s eyes flashed with even more murderous intent.

“Then you will surely die today.”

“You haven’t yet rid yourself of the heart-shaped curse I left on your half.”

The dragon wizard shook his head. “Why must people always defy fate?”

“Even if I don’t go, are you sure Locke Augustine can survive the siege of those past witch kings?”

The dragon wizard said, hands behind his back, “I’ve said it before, through my divination, I understand all your schemes. How many times do I need to say that?”

“Although it would take me quite a bit of time to divine the fate of a throne wizard of this era, I had already completed all of this before even setting foot on your mountain.”

The witch Catherine paused for a moment after hearing this, then the murderous intent on her face quickly faded, replaced by a smile as she regained her composure.

“How interesting. So you know nothing at all.”

The dragon wizard appeared thoughtful. “Hmm?”

At this moment, in the center of the battlefield, three first-ring wizard counts appeared before Locke, launching a direct attack.

The three first-ring count wizards shouted, “Sinful Dragon! Surrender now!”

But the next instant, all three were obliterated by a bolt of Attila’s lightning. A large blue-leaved dragon bird, imbued with Attila’s lightning, appeared in the sky, instantly destroying all three.

Their first-ring kingdom domains also shattered instantly.

“So that’s how it is. In this ember of an era, this conference room is essentially no longer the land of the modern magical age, which is why they can summon kingdom domains here,”

Locke pondered. “It seems the teacher is fighting that dragon. Is the Black Sun Tower so determined to kill a wizard with dragon blood? They’re using a wizard close to the fourth ring level right off the bat…”

Fortunately, the school he chose to join was good; it was protective of its members.

At this moment, Locke’s sense of belonging to Golden Crown Mountain deepened.

“Hmm?”

Countless vines appeared behind Locke’s forehead. These green vines resembled giant snakes, attacking the back of Locke’s head.

This was the second-ring magical plant, the Five-Snake Python Vine, an ancient magical plant from a bygone era.

However, before these vines could even get close to Locke, the light of the Evolution Moon behind him shone upon them, and instantly, the Five-Snake Python Vine transformed from a mature magical plant into three seeds.

The wizard king who was preparing to ambush Locke nearby was stunned by this sight.

The Witch King’s gaze turned grave. He glanced at Locke’s Evolution Moon, utterly surprised by this turn of events. A second-ring magical plant, manipulated by his kingdom’s domain, had transformed into three seeds the instant it attacked an enemy, and had broken free of his control.

This was beyond his comprehension.

Was magic in this era truly this terrifying?

The next moment, Locke appeared above him. Before he could react, Locke grabbed his head. A great cry of a dragon-bird appeared behind Locke, emitting a sharp screech in the air.

In the blink of an eye, Locke had lifted the second-ring Witch King high into the sky.

The second-ring Witch King tried to struggle, and a second-ring magical plant vine within his kingdom’s domain attacked Locke. But the next moment, this vine also degenerated into three seeds.

Blooming and Falling Flowers!

This was Blooming and Falling Flowers, imbued with Locke’s ultimate magic rune!

Originally, Blooming and Falling Flowers could only be used on one’s own magical plant. Due to the resistance of the other’s magical power and the magical resistance of the plant itself, Blooming and Falling Flowers was ineffective against other people’s magical plants. However, at this moment, due to the further enhancement of the Evolution Moon’s forging process, his Flower Bloom and Decay spells had been strengthened.

After becoming a Star Ring Wizard, the forging of his ultimate magic had become much more refined. This refinement resulted in solidified magical power, thus amplifying the power of all of Locke’s spells.

Simultaneously, Locke’s understanding of botanical magic had deepened, allowing him to slightly adjust his spell model, leading to this outcome.

Of course, this was all based on the premise that the other party hadn’t formed a magical grafting relationship with the magical plants.

Locke discovered that this ancient wizard king had actually planted the magical plants within his kingdom’s territory, indirectly controlling the vines through that territory. Simply put, he wasn’t like a modern breeder who had formed a magical grafting relationship with the magical plants.

Therefore, the two magical plants that had attacked him earlier were essentially wild magical plants. His current Flower Bloom and Decay spells would indeed have difficulty producing the same effect on owned magical plants, but it was a different story for unowned magical plants.

Locke reached the ceiling of the conference room and tossed the Wizard King down from mid-air. Before the Wizard King even hit the ground, Locke transformed the Golden Peach into a bow and the hanging branch of the Giant Date into an arrow, firing it at him.

Spring Thunder Arrow!

The next moment, the arrow burst forth with vibrant life, which, activated by the magic of spring, transformed into spring thunder, piercing through the Wizard King’s body.

A second-ring Wizard King was instantly killed by Locke!

The next moment, three ordinary second-ring wizards manipulated their Kingdom Domains and flew towards the ceiling to kill Locke.

But in an instant, three bolts of spring thunder struck them down from the sky, followed by a bolt of lightning that pierced through all three—it was the second-ring Sea Gold Sand, who had been affected by the [Spring Return Spear].

In an instant, four ancient Wizard Kings were swiftly and decisively killed by him.

Terrifying indeed.

The Tree of Prosperity appeared behind Locke as a lush, verdant tree, supplying him with boundless energy.

The fifth Wizard King looked at the immense magic behind him.

“Is that immense magic channeling energy into him? It’s pushing the power of every spell he casts to its peak.”

He summoned his second-circle Kingdom Domain, which enveloped Locke, attempting to lock him down and suppress him from the ceiling.

This was a gravity magic Kingdom Domain.

But the next moment, a lightning bolt pierced his body.

The fifth ordinary second-circle Wizard King was dead!

In the distance, the thirty second-circle wizards who had participated in the battle chose not to retreat but remained. After all, those who had been teleported away were a motley crew, while they were wizards from Golden Crown Mountain; it was their duty to stay behind.

A Moon Ring wizard quipped, “Strange, why does Locke, with only 20,000 magic pressure, kill these second-ring wizards so easily? Logically, these former second-ring wizards, though weak, aren’t entirely without merit.”

“He’s only recently become a Star Ring wizard, yet his combat power seems far beyond that of ordinary Star Ring wizards. Could it be his powerful spell?”

The Moon Ring wizard looked at the flourishing tree behind Locke. The

Moon Ring wizard gritted his teeth, “Everyone, support Locke Augustine! He’s a genius of our Golden Crown Mountain. If something happens to him at our headquarters, the world will laugh at us. What will become of our reputation as a prestigious school?” “

Too many? No problem. We’ll stop all enemies higher than Locke’s level. As for the weaker but more troublesome enemies we can’t kill immediately, let them pass. Locke’s combat power is not weak.”

At this moment, Trajan also appeared on the battlefield; he seemed to have been hiding in the arena all along.

Besides, there were also the eldest brother, the wizard Georta; the second brother, the wizard Heidegger; the third sister, the witch Fiona; and the fourth sister, the witch Zoira.

They seemed to have also sent their avatars to hide here.

This place was clearly a trap set by the Red Dragon School, almost entirely using the school’s resources, to lure the demon dragon wizards into attacking at this moment.

Locke glanced back. Although he didn’t know why, his teacher seemed very certain that the wizards of the Black Sun Tower would attack him at this time, so he had set up an ambush here.

He was basically just lying down this time, joining a group.

At this moment, a tremendous pressure appeared on him.

“What are you looking at?”

A Star Ring level wizard king walked from afar, his body wreathed in lightning.

“Your opponent is me. I am the current successor of my Lightning Gate School, and I am the prime minister of the Wizard King of the Badakria Royal Court. I want to ask you something: where did you obtain our school’s secret technique—Attila’s Lightning Chains?”

He was polite, displaying the demeanor of an ancient wizard king.

Locke said, “It was an old friend of mine who taught me. I met him in this era, and he passed this magical inheritance to me through a young man.”

The Witch King immediately sneered, “Liar. We wizards of the Lightning Gate school, the court wizards of the Badacrian royal court, value etiquette above all else. Attila’s Chain Lightning is a spell model that only the royal family of the Badacrian royal court can learn. Passing it on to you would be against etiquette. Besides, you are a damned sinner.”

“How could we wizards of the Lightning Gate school do anything against etiquette?”

Locke smirked. “I see. There’s no point in talking further.”

“Then what do you want?”

the Witch King said, “You will pay a price. You cannot learn Attila’s Chain Lightning. You are not qualified.”

(End of Chapter)