Chapter 261: Aftermath
Chapter 261: Aftermath
As the aura contracted and the figure within vanished, the star gate completely sealed, leaving an eerie silence in the area.
Only Karl's provocative gesture and voice remained.
"Is it him?" Daniel's voice was hoarse, his expression complex.
"Is it Karl?"
"I don't know if he's the Karl you mentioned." Lisa's expression was icy as she spoke sternly, "But he's definitely the murderer who killed Barn and Baden!"
"Karl was among the first to come from the Eastern Kingdom Continent. He only entered the Wizard World in his twenties and arrived here in his forties. He's just over sixty now." Volgan's face darkened, "He never had access to top-tier wizardry or a good inheritance. He's only at the initial stage of the First Circle."
"First Circle?" Lisa scoffed, "Even with my Soul Centipede, a Third Circle Wizard would need to cultivate bloodline witchcraft to withstand it."
"He's not dead, his physical body is incredibly resilient!"
"Did you make a move?" Volgan was taken aback, then shook his head, "It seems someone impersonated Karl and used this passage to travel to the Eastern Kingdom Continent."
"For him, that's the only place to go."
Daniel opened his mouth but stopped himself from saying that it wasn't an impersonation. The consequences of such a statement were too severe.
If it wasn't an impersonation, then there was a problem with them.
"How vile!" Daniel gritted his teeth, "He deceived our emotions!"
"Hmph!" Lisa saw through their thoughts but didn't bother elaborating. Instead, she asked, "Can the star gate be opened again?"
"No." Volgan shook his head, "It can only be opened again after a decade, but even if someone went through, I fear... there's no way."
The Eastern Kingdom Continent was under the protection of the gods, and wizards' powers would be severely suppressed there.
Even a Third Circle Wizard would struggle.
"Hmph!" Lisa scoffed again, glancing at the two of them, "The murderer is gone because of you. Think about how you'll explain this to the High Tower."
With a fierce sweep of her sleeve, she strode away, her expression grim and her eyes filled with anger.
How dare he provoke me?
And my Soul Centipede!
Damn it!
Eastern Kingdom Continent.
Black Swamp.
A cluster of starlight emerged, and a figure burst out, rushing towards the sky before anyone could react. In a few flashes, the figure had disappeared.
"What happened?"
"What's going on?"
"It seems someone came from the other side, but would any wizard willingly come here?"
"..."
The wizard apprentices looked at each other in confusion, unable to make sense of the situation. Eventually, they dispersed, each going their own way.
...
Some time later, near a battlefield.
"Ugh!"
Karl grunted, falling from mid-air, his forehead beaded with cold sweat. He forcibly activated the Divine Realm Fragment.
"Shua!"
The absolute rationality of the Divine Realm Fragment instantly suppressed the pain, and his consciousness returned to normal.
"I didn't expect to be hit by a single move, even from a Third Circle Wizard. I guess that's the power of the Third Circle," Karl mused, looking at the centipede-like creature at his heart, its body resembling a centipede, as it frantically tore at his flesh.
"Fortunately, I severed the connection, otherwise, this thing would have taken my life. It's a Third Rank construct," he said, his face pale with fear.
The creature was biting and tearing at his flesh, its venom invading his nerves and consciousness.
And this was just its instinct.
If someone controlled it, Karl doubted he would have even made it back to the Divine Realm Fragment.
At the very moment the stargate closed, he felt a sudden pain in his chest, and then something new appeared within his body.
"Huff..."
With a deep exhale, Karl's body trembled, and he transformed into the Abyssal Giant Squid, releasing six wraiths in the process.
Ten Thousand Buddha Temple—Dragon Subjugation!
A powerful palm strike, through his flesh, struck the construct, followed by the Abyssal Bloodline and the wraiths.
With his current cultivation and strength, he could ensure that the power erupted within an inch without harming his original body.
"Boom!"
The thumb-sized construct trembled under the attack, then its body stretched, connecting with Karl's bloodline like a spider's silk.
As the attack landed, Karl spat out blood, his spirit instantly weakening. He blinked, looking helplessly at his own body:
"Life Sharing of the Sixth Circle Witchcraft?"
With this move, the construct's life was injured, and so was his.
With Karl's abilities, he could kill the construct even at the cost of severe injuries, but it would likely mean a century of bed rest afterward.
"The problem is that this thing might betray me at any moment. If it backstabs me during a fight with someone else..."
"If I don't deal with it, it'll always be a problem."
Even a third-tier construct without sentience has a certain 'program' and is not a lifeless object, as evidenced by its recent reaction.
When it lost control of its master and faced a lethal attack, it chose to activate Life Sharing.
"In the short term, it seems there's no way to take action."
After a moment of contemplation, Karl sighed helplessly.
Constructs are a niche field within wizardry, and even he didn't know much about them.
Trying to solve this issue from that angle was akin to climbing a mountain.
"There are two ways!"
"One is to strengthen my physical body, advancing the Holy Demonic Transformation to the seventh level, allowing me to destroy it at the cost of minor injuries."
"The other is to cultivate the Life Spring of the Sixth Circle Witchcraft, which will enable me to continuously recover life force or lock down a portion of my life, while it can't, allowing me to forcibly deal with it."
Although he mentioned two methods, they were essentially the same.
It was a brute force solution.
Moreover, these methods wouldn't distract Karl from his original plan.
Name: Karl
Constitution: 40.3
Mental Power: 25
Essence: 21
Rank: Second-Tier Sacred Knight, Second Circle Wizard
Abyssal Bloodline Fusion: 61%
Glancing at his status panel, Karl's expression turned pensive.
"The Life Spring is a Sixth Circle Witchcraft. Even with the support of a Divine Realm Fragment, constructing a successful spell model requires at least thirty points of Mental Power, and I..."
"Still need a bit more!"
His thoughts shifted, and the Essence value in the panel suddenly disappeared, followed by a boost in Mental Power to 27.1.
Based on past experiences, a Constitution over fifty would require an estimated twenty points of Essence for each increase. The key issue was that even pushing the value above fifty didn't guarantee a third-tier cultivation; it merely raised the numerical value.
Cultivation, however, was different.
The seventh level of Holy Demonic Transformation was a genuine third-tier, and it wasn't weak within that tier.
Given this, it was better to focus on Mental Power.
By cultivating the Life Spring of the Sixth Circle Witchcraft, he could lock and recover life force, and as long as he wasn't instantly killed, he'd have a chance to recover. It also provided a vast energy supply for the Holy Demonic Transformation, achieving multiple benefits.
"I'll find a place to seclude myself for a few years, deal with the issue, and emerge once my strength has significantly improved."
After a brief pause, Karl said:
"I should inform Lady Mewaya."
(End of Chapter)
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