Chapter 333: Beginning

Time flows.

Lynn had been in Gito’s wizard tower for nearly two months, and various potions and supplements were about to be exhausted.

As for his cultivation…

On the surface, he had just become a Senior Wizard Apprentice, but in reality, he was already approaching the peak of a Wizard Apprentice.

If he progressed steadily, he would definitely be able to become a Formal Wizard within two years!

With Gito’s careful guidance and the assistance of potions, the zero-circle spell—Bloodline Purification Technique—had also been completed.

By the way,

he had also constructed a mind protection spell—Eternal Silence Flames.

This spell could calm chaotic emotions and restless moods, allowing him to maintain composure in any situation. It also provided powerful resistance against various soul attacks.

Everything was ready.

At the same time.

Gito was also drawing many mysterious runes on the second floor of the wizard tower, and placing beast bones, magic crystals, pure flames, and other items in the corners…

With a Wizard Apprentice’s knowledge, one wouldn’t be able to see what he was doing, but Lynn could see it clearly.

Plundering bloodlines!

It was something similar to an altar, using special spells to plunder the bloodlines of others.

Judging by the situation, it was also almost fully prepared.

“Hoo…”

Lynn took a long breath and checked all the items on his body one last time, preparing to face the changes.

“Hmm?”

His temple twitched lightly, and Lynn’s expression suddenly changed.

It was as if an invisible steel needle had pierced into his Sea of Consciousness, and the intense pain made him cry out involuntarily.

“Ah!”

“What’s wrong?”

Gito, who was setting up the altar, frowned upon seeing this, and flashed to his side, tapping his staff lightly:

“Expulsion Spell!”

The first-circle spell, Expulsion Spell, could expel any foreign objects invading the mind or body, and was a relatively powerful auxiliary spell.

As the magic light landed on him, Lynn’s facial expression gradually returned to normal, and he opened his eyes with lingering fear.

“Mentor.”

“What happened?”

“…” Gito’s expression was displeased:

“What have you been doing outside recently? Just now, a Formal Wizard was cursing you from afar.”

As Lynn’s cultivation increased, Gito’s attitude towards him became increasingly unkind, and he was gradually losing his patience.

He was speaking with anger at this moment.

That was normal.

After all, Lynn had almost drained his savings during this period, and his cultivation progress was not particularly outstanding.

In addition, since he was about to seize Lynn’s bloodline, Gito was too lazy to continue speaking kindly.

“This…” Lynn shook his head lightly:

“I didn’t do anything!”

He had some guesses in his heart, but he didn’t plan to reveal them. Moreover, his performance just now was too obvious, and it would be bad if he was seen through.

“Hmph!”

Gito snorted coldly:

“It’s probably because you offended someone, so someone cast a curse on you. But it shouldn’t be a big problem, I don’t think any Formal Wizard would spend a lot of effort dealing with a Wizard Apprentice like you.”

He added:

“You’re at the most crucial moment now, so don’t think too much about it, and focus on your cultivation.”

“Yes,” Lynn responded.

…………

Several days passed.

Gito was fully prepared, and the wizard who cursed Lynn from afar had not made any further moves.

On the second floor of the wizard tower.

The candles hanging on the wall ignited on their own, and a strange six-pointed star array quietly emerged from the surface of the floor.

Lynn, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, seemingly did not notice this, and continued to cultivate diligently.

“Da…”

Gito walked slowly into the array, making hand seals, and the wizard tower’s doors closed, beginning to operate at full power.

Everything was ready, just waiting for today to be completed.

Thinking that after today his foundation would be solid and his future would be promising, even though Gito was over a hundred years old, he still couldn’t help but breathe slightly faster and his heart beat faster. His eyes also showed a hint of fanaticism as he looked at Lynn.

This wasn’t a disciple, was it?

It was his ladder to the second circle!

“Mentor.”

The puppet Doris, whose body was now mostly covered in rust, spoke softly from the staircase:

“Wizard Natalie sent a message, saying she wants to see you.”

“Natalie?”

His joyful mood was forcibly interrupted, and Gito’s face showed displeasure. Without turning his head, he simply waved his hand:

“Don’t bother with her for now, we’ll deal with everything after today.”

“…Yes.” Doris opened her mouth, and finally glanced at Lynn who was cultivating with his eyes closed, and shook her head lightly.

She had thought that this young man would have some means to change the situation, which was why he had been so calm from beginning to end.

Now it seemed…

Nothing had changed.

“Swish!”

◈◈◈

The candles in the room suddenly flared up.

Gito stepped into the altar, sat cross-legged in a specific position, glanced at Lynn sideways, and made a hand seal with both hands.

“Buzz…”

A magical light appeared.

Two strange auras rose from their bodies, intertwining in mid-air, one large and one small.

The large one belonged to Gito, and the small one belonged to Lynn.

The large one,

was devouring the small one.

Everything was developing according to the predetermined path. Gito began to devour Lynn’s bloodline, but suddenly a change occurred.

“Hmm?”

“What’s going on?”

Since their auras were connected, their minds would naturally have a certain degree of contact.

And Gito suddenly discovered that a powerful mental force surged from Lynn’s body, rushing towards his Sea of Consciousness.

It was like a heavy hammer, carrying a brute force that smashed down fiercely.

“Bang!”

Gito let out a muffled groan, and two streams of blood flowed from his nose. The devouring process was also involuntarily halted.

‘A Wizard Realm’s mental force?’

“How is that possible!”

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In a certain meditation chamber.

Angus’s face was pale, and he held a dead man’s skull tightly with both hands, his thumbs digging into the skull’s eye sockets, and his body trembled slightly.

‘How could this be?’

‘How is that possible?’

‘Lynn is just a newly advanced Intermediate Wizard Apprentice, why is his mental force so powerful?’

He had not doubted that he had locked onto the wrong person, but the aura he had sensed initially was indeed Lynn’s.

When attacking others with mental magic, one would ‘see’ the person being attacked.

It was indeed Lynn!

Moreover…

They were already in the casting phase, and their mental forces were intertwined, making it impossible to stop.

Forcibly stopping the spell…

would result in death!

His thoughts raced, and he gritted his teeth, desperately urging the mental force, which had been forcibly enhanced by the dead man’s skull, to smash towards his opponent.

Angus’s cultivation was related to the mind, and this kind of mental confrontation was his strength.

With the dead man’s skull, even if the opponent was a Formal Wizard, he still had a chance of winning.

On the other side.

Gito’s expression also changed drastically.

“How could this be?”

“This kid actually has a Formal Wizard-level mental force, could it be that someone has possessed his body?”

That would explain why Lynn’s cultivation had advanced so rapidly in such a short period after leaving the academy.

If his body had been possessed by a Formal Wizard, with the wizard’s experience in cultivation, of course he could achieve this.

“Even if you are a Formal Wizard, trying to defeat me in my wizard tower is wishful thinking!”

“Besides…”

“Your mental force is far from as strong as it appears. It must be through some secret technique, and it will definitely be difficult to sustain for long.”

With that thought,

Gito composed himself and began a fierce battle in his Sea of Consciousness with the incoming mental force.

Outside.

Lynn slowly opened his eyes, glanced at Gito who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed and a ferocious expression on his face, and smiled faintly:

“I was originally planning to let my original body take action, but I didn’t expect to encounter such a good thing. The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman benefits.”

“Interesting!”

He had long since noticed Angus’s long-distance curse, but he had been dodging it with spells until he lured the other party to attack when Gito was preparing to seize his bloodline.

And when Angus attacked, he hid his mental force in his Sea of Consciousness, avoiding the brunt of the attack.

When Angus attacked, sensing Gito’s consciousness, he naturally attacked Gito, thinking he was Lynn.

And Gito was clearly thinking the same thing.

Once a mental battle began, it was difficult to end it without a victor.

“You guys fight your fights.”

Lynn raised his head and made a hand seal with both hands:

“Mentor, I’ll take this great gift of yours first!”

Bloodline Devouring Technique!

Gito would never have imagined that this apprentice he had taken in not long ago, in just a few months, had not only mastered the Bloodline Purification Technique, but even the Bloodline Enhancement and Bloodline Devouring techniques.

Moreover, while he was fighting with Angus, he was also devouring his bloodline in reverse to increase his own foundation.