Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
It was not known when it happened, but a white fog descended upon the courtyard where Yang Ling was, getting thicker and thicker. At first, the guards could still vaguely see the thick and tall trees and the mysterious Wizard Altar. Later on, they could not see anything clearly. A huge energy whirlpool appeared in the air, accumulating a vast and boundless energy, like a mushroom cloud, enveloping the sky above Wissen Castle.
“Lord Orlando, what should we do?”
“That’s right, could it be that His Lordship has gotten into an accident?”
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Looking at the great fog that was getting thicker and thicker and had not dissipated after a long time, and looking at the astonishing energy whirlpool up in the sky, one after another, the Barbarian guards felt anxious and uneasy, fearing that Yang Ling might have gotten into an accident while practicing cultivation. Due to the fact that Yang Ling had laid various Restrictions in the courtyard, that no one else could enter, apart from the three, Sophia, Yuna, and Alice, the guards grew more and more anxious and went seeking advice from Orlando.
People in a special position gain a favorable advantage. Under Yang Ling’s nurturing, Orlando, who used to be an ordinary Beastman Warrior, had now leveled up to Sage Domain. Even though he still could not be compared to people close to Yang Ling, like the Corpse Wizard King and the Dark Dragon King, he had already far exceeded an ordinary person. On top of that, he was in a special position, being the only close bodyguard of Yang Ling’s, so in Wissen Castle, or even the entire Magical Beasts Realm, he held an extremely high position and was greatly respected by the Barbarian Guards.
“All of you stay here and stand guard. Strictly forbid anyone from coming close. And do not, under any circumstances, act rashly!” Even though Orlando was anxious and uneasy too, he forced himself to act calm on the surface, commanding the Barbarian guards to stay and strictly guard the courtyard where Yang Ling was.
As the only close bodyguard of Yang Ling, he understood that this astonishing scene in front of him was very possibly only a strange phenomenon caused by Yang Ling’s training. Especially the huge energy whirlpool, which had already appeared many times before. It was just that there was an addition of the heavy white fog this time around. Of course, he could not discount the possibility that Yang Ling had met with an accident while practicing cultivation. Just in case, he had better still quickly report the incident to people like Goode and Sophia.
Orlando acted rapidly. After having gotten the news, within two hours, people like Goode, Sophia, and Yuna all hurried back from all over using the Teleportation Formation. Even Ashnamov, who was on an expedition to the Holy Alliance to finish off what was left of the Church, had rapidly come back.
“What should we do, Lord Goode? What should we do?” Sophia was full of worries and anxiously paced back and forth. The huge energy whirlpool was nothing much, but the thick fog was simply too weird. The Detection Spell simply did not work, and they were unable to find out anything about the situation inside.
“Wait, Miss Sophia, we can only keep on waiting here. We definitely cannot brashly barge inside.” Goode’s expression was grave, and he instructed Orlando to increase the defense around Wissen Castle, strictly guarding against any enemy taking advantage of the opportunity to sneak in.
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One day, two days… The white fog within the courtyard grew thicker and thicker. But strangely, it only enveloped the courtyard itself and did not spread towards the outside. Even when a strong wind blew past, the white fog did not seem to move at all, as if it had grown roots and tightly enveloped the courtyard. The only thing that put everyone a bit at ease was that energy whirlpool in the sky above the castle had weakened bit by bit, slowly dissipating, no longer giving off ferocious ‘whoo-whoo’ sounds.
After an unknown amount of time had passed, Yang Ling slowly opened his eyes.
“Mastering the Laws, and altering or creating new Laws within a Space of my own control. This, is the true meaning of power?” Looking at the thick white fog in his surroundings, and feeling the energy ripples in the air, Yang Ling nodded his head in satisfaction.
The power of the Space Bind Spell far exceeded his expectations!
As per normal, Yang Ling carefully looked at the changes within his body in detail after practicing cultivation.
There was not much change in the size of his Wizard Core, and neither was there much obvious change in the Wizard Power contained within. But, he did not know when the Lightning Magical Shield enveloping the outside of the Wizard Core had solidified into an armor, solidly protecting the Wizard Core. A purple light rippled on the armor frequently. Bolts of snake-like lightning surfaced, tiny and almost invisible to the naked eye, but containing power that was not to be overlooked. Its power was far beyond the snake-like lightning that the Unicorn could release.
Like the Wizard Core, the Soul Crystal within his mind did not have much change, but there was an extra layer of fog-like armor, protecting the Soul Crystal like a thick layer of dewy fog. With a thought, he could immediately drum up a large area of Crystal Mist, tightly and solidly enveloping a radius of a few hundred steps away.
Mid-level Deity?
Could it be, that he had finally and unintentionally advanced to the level of so-called Mid-level Deity?
Carefully looking at the Lightning Magical Shield outside of his Wizard Core and the fog-like armor outside of his Soul Crystal, Yang Ling was overjoyed. He did not expect that after practicing cultivation in silence for a few days, he had not only started to master the Space Bind Wizard Spell, he had also unintentionally advanced to the level of Mid-level Deity.
The unique feature of a Mid-level Deity was that a layer of Heart Armor would solidify outside of his Divinity, and his defense power would greatly increase. Even if he were to be severely wounded, as long as his Divinity was not damaged, his power would not be greatly affected and could be slowly restored. Just like the Great Commander of the Dark Calvaries, he might have gotten one of his arms chopped off with one strike by the Siren King, but since his Divinity was not damaged, he could slowly recover after a period of time. It was just that his power was affected to a certain extent within that short period of time.
With the Space Bind, along with the Five Element Evasion Technique, the Ground Guardian along with the Heart Armor, who else would be able to defend against the ferocious strike of his knife?
Stroking the Battle Soul Blade on his back, Yang Ling was full of high spirits and was battle-ready. Now, he was full of confidence and was sure that he could face the Siren King head on to kill him. As long as he was not faced with an Ultimate Expert like Raymond, even if he encountered an Expert who was a High-level Deity at the peak of his power, he would also be able to retreat unharmed. And if he set a few well-placed traps, he could even counterattack and kill the other party!
In his joy, Yang Ling entered the Wizard Pagoda’s Space to look for the Nine-headed Snake King Hydra to test his skills out, to see how powerful the Space Bind was.
“My Lord, attack with all my might?” Looking at Yang Ling who was not too far off, the Nine-headed Snake King Hydra hesitated.
“Hydra, come on, let me see how powerful are you really?” Yang Ling took a deep breath, getting ready to battle Hydra bare-fisted. If he were to wear the Ice-sealing Armor, cast the Ground Guardian and pull out the Soul Battle Blade, Hydra would definitely be no match for him. In that case, it would not fulfill his purpose of testing his skill out.
Whoo…
Seeing how full of confidence Yang Ling was, Hydra no longer hesitated, and immediately transformed into her true self, flying into the sky with a whooshing sound, revealing ferocious claws. Yang Ling’s whole demeanor might be different today, and he seemed to have broken through again with his power, but as a Divine Beast at the peak power level of a Mid-level Deity, she was fully confident of herself.
If Yang Ling had worn his armor and had pulled out that terrifying Battle Soul Blade, she might have had some reservations, but no matter what, she did not believe that Yang Ling would be able to take a single strike from her at full power, bare-fisted!
Chi…
Hydra circled a few times, and dived down from a height in the sky, ruthlessly smacking at Yang Ling on the ground. Her body, more than two thousand meters long, smashed towards Yang Ling’s head like a small mountain, leaving a trail of afterimages and an ear-piercing sound of the sound barrier being broken.
Two hundred steps, 150 steps, 120 steps…
Seeing the immensely huge Hydra descending at high speed, Yang Ling stood motionless, like he had lost his mind. The people including the Dark Dragon King and the Flying Dragon King who were watching, went pale with alarm. After exchanging a few looks, they all transformed into their true selves, like a rocket ready to launch, at the ready to charge forward to stop Hydra at any time. The Corpse Wizard King and the Demoness were no exception, their expressions grave.
No one else might have known how terrifying the close body attack of Hydra’s truly was, but the people like the Dark Dragon King and Flying Dragon King knew it all too well. During this period of time, they had not suffered less from her attacks, getting trounced by her again and again under the guise of sparring.
In everyone’s eyes, Yang Ling was very powerful, and his speed of training was even more astonishing. But no matter what, they were unable to believe that Yang Ling could defend against Hydra’s heavy strike at her full power, without any armor or weapons!
“My Lord, here I come!” Hydra took a deep breath, accelerating again with a whooshing sound.
“Space Bind!” Yang Ling roared, immediately launching himself towards the sky, meeting Hydra head-on.
In an instant, everything within a radius of over a hundred steps was enveloped in a cloud of great, thick, white fog. Hydra, who was diving straight down, physically jolted, her speed greatly decreasing in an instant, as if she had accidentally fallen into a swamp. What was even more scary was that a shock went through her head, as if she had been hit ruthlessly with a stick.
Rumble…
The two of them hit each other brutally, giving off a thunderous bang!
A few bloody streaks appeared on Yang Ling’s chest, having been brutally whacked by Hydra’s giant claws. His blood seethed in his body. On the other hand, Hydra let out an anguished wail, having had a few of the ribs in the front of her chest broken on impact. His immense body was even thrown, and flew far away by the impact!
One strike to determine the winner and loser!
“It’s impossible, how can this be?”
“Could it be that His Lordship has advanced to the level of High-level Deity?”
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Looking at the surprising scene, the people like the Corpse Wizard King and Demoness were slack-jawed and shocked. At first, they had thought that Yang Ling would definitely be of no match for Hydra without any armor or weapons, and was ready to step in to stop them. Unexpectedly, on impact, Yang Ling only got a few light streaks of blood on his chest, but Hydra was thrown and flew out, like a sandbag.
Bare-fisted and Yang Ling could already easily defeat a Divine Beast at the peak power level of a Mid-level Deity. This was how scary his Battle Power was. If he were to pull out his terrifying Soul Battle Blade, then how powerful would he get?
Everyone was shocked beyond compare. They had not thought, at all, that just within a few days, Yang Ling’s power could reach such a horrifying stage! No matter the Corpse Wizard King or the Demoness, all of them had improved at an amazingly quick pace during this period of time. All of them had thought that they were already training at a rapid enough pace. But compared to Yang Ling, they understood that they were still a long way off. Not only did the gap in power between them and Yang Ling not shrink, it even got bigger and bigger!
“Howl… My Lord, one more time!” After shaking her drowsy head, Hydra, unwilling to admit defeat, once again dived downwards from a height in the sky, putting in all her might, gritting her teeth to wield her most powerful attack.
