BXBX NOVEL Chapter 422: Moths to a Flame
Chapter 422: Moths to a Flame
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Under the Dark Dragon King’s storm-like attacks, Yang Ling was unharmed. This proved that the Ground Guardian’s power was beyond everyone’s imagination. The mud-yellow glow might only be a thin layer, but not only could it effectively defend against the strong and powerful close physical attacks of the Dark Dragon King, it could also defend against its powerful Dragon Breath and Fire Element Spells.
After training in the Body Honing Wizard Mantra, Yang Ling’s body had long since strengthened itself time after time. His physical defense was originally already far above an ordinary person’s. Even f he were to go naked, it would be difficult for an ordinary arrow and spear to break through his physical defense. If he wore the Ice-sealing Throne Armor, and added the Ground Guardian on top of it, his defense would have reached a level that would render anyone speechless.
“My Lord, the layer of membrane around you is simply too powerful. Please spare me!” After giving his all to attack Yang Ling for half the day, the Dark Dragon King was exhuasted. Seeing that he was unable to even leave a small mark on Yang Ling’s body, he was utterly convinced. Shaking his head, he made the wise choice to quit his attempts at attacking Yang Ling, and transformed back into a human.
The disgusting scorpions on the Scorpion King Immet’s body might cause him to lose his appetite, but if he were to continue wasting his efforts with Yang Ling, he feared that he would still be unable to break through Yang Ling’s defenses even if were to exhaust himself to death. Maybe, if he could break through to the next level of Dragon Realm!
After training for a period of time by the lava lake, the Fire Element Energy in his body had become more and more immense, and he had a greater understanding of the Law of energy. If he put in more effort, he might be able to train till he got to the next level of Dragon Realm, and break through Yang Ling’s defenses.
The membrane on his body?
After hearing what the Dark Dragon King said, Yang Ling shook his head, and thought of something a certain type of men aimed to have. “Hehe, don’t keep getting ideas about the membrane in other people’s bodies. Don’t keep going around with the perverted Corpse Wizard King to fool around if you have nothing better to do. Be careful or he’ll lead you astray!”
“Uh...”
Looking at the sly smile on Yang Ling’s face before he walked away, the Dark Dragon Knig did not understand why he was suddenly linked to the old pervert Corpse Wizard King. It was not till Yang Ling had left the Wizard Pagoda’s Space did he get what he meant, and he reacted by claiming innocence. Pitifully, he had not encountered a female dragon in over a few thousand years. Not to mention a membrane, he had not even touched a finger. But he did not expect that in Yang Ling’s eyes, he had become an old pervert that was always leering, like the Corpse Wizard King.
With regards the power of the Ring of the Earth, Yang Ling was very satisfied. Secretly, in his mind, he considered himself lucky.
According the memories of the Pharaoh King Mobli, in order for him to be resurrected, he had already exhausted much of his Magical Energy. After that, he again exhausted a large amount of Magical Energy when he forcibly activated the Teleportation Portal. This caused his immense Magical Energy to be depleted till almost nothing. But, even so, the Holy Land Amor sustained by Magical Energy, managed to defend against the people’s combined heavy attacks, and combined with the Ground Guardian, he managed to drag Yang Ling himself to the underground palace, almost strangling him to death.
He could not imagine how terrifying the Pharaoh King’s Battle Power would be if he had his full Magical Energy. It might just be as Elder Brent had said, that no one would be able to get out of this alive!
One who survives a great disaster, is meant to have great fortune after!
Recalling the insane Pharaoh King, and recalling his hands, which was as hard and strong as metal, Yang Ling could not help but touch the scar on his neck, realizing exactly how hard it was to have gotten the Ring of the Earth on his finger now. Fortunately, he had gotten a great reward after the close shave!
At first, he was still worried that using Wizard Power instead of Magical Energy would not have the ideal effect when using the Ring of the Earth. Unexpectedly, using Wizard Power was even better than Magical Energy, greatly enhancing the power of the Ring of the Earth. As a high ranking Level Surpassing Magical Beast, the Dark Dragon King was stronger than most Domain Experts. The fact that he could withstand and fend off the Dark Dragon King’s best efforts at attacking him hard, meant that after casting the Ground Guardian, his close combat ability had increased so many times that he could totally disregard an ordinary Domain Expert’s attacks!
In other words, apart from the rare few Domain Experts at peak level and Divine Level Experts, the Church would not be able to send enough people to their deaths!
With strong defense, teleportation-like Evasion Techniques, a huge Magical Beast Army, Soul Attacks that was hard to guard against... And with Restrictions and various traps that he could control with ease, he was full of confidence. As long as the enemy stepped into his all-encompassing trap, he would not even be scared if the other party was a Divine Level Expert, and would be confident to make sure he could not leave.
He wondered what the soul of a Divine Level Expert would taste like?
After tampering hundreds of evil demons’ Soul Energy in the Underground Tomb, and gathering huge amounts of threads of souls, Yang Ling’s Soul Energy increased greatly, and he once again deeply felt the mystery and power of Wizardry. If he could tamper so many powerful souls every day, he believed that it would not be long before he could level up to become a Soul Wizard, or even to the level of a Wizard Deity.
Unfortunately, all these were not really possible. Where on earth could he find so may souls of evil demons?
Unless...
Thinking about the legendary Graveyard of Deities and Demons, where it was said to have divinity and Divine Weapons and countless evil demons roaming about everywhere, and thinking again about the mysterious Teleportation Portal, Yang Ling had a sudden thought, then immediately shook his head helplessly. Even if he were to open the portal, he would be courting death just barging in with his current power level. He was afraid that he might not be even enough to fill in the gaps between the teeth of the bloodthirsty and savage evil demons. If one day, he could advance to become a Soul Wizard, or he could manage to tame a large number of high level Magical Beasts, then maybe he could carefully sneak in to take a look.
After teleporting to the Great Wizard Altar, Yang Ling sat down cross-legged and silently started practicing his cultivation.
The words of Elder Brent before he left, benefited him greatly, and broadened his horizons. Before this, he had thought that one could only train in one type of Law, and gain mastery over a Domain. But with Elder Brent’s pointers, he realized that he almost took the long way.
According to Elder Brent, there were, six great Laws, namely, Life, Order, Nature, Order, Death and Chaos. Every Law had countless branches and transformations. After mastering different Laws, one could stack and layer on different Domains, increasing one’s power by multiple times.
If the Energy Realm was stacked on top of the foundation of the Ice-sealing Domain, then what effect would it have?
Even though he had not mastered the Energy Realm, but he had been practicing the Body Honing Wizard Mantra, and after sparring time and time again with the Dark Dragon King, Yang Ling had become more and more comfortable with manipulating Energy. Be it close physical combat or an ambush, he had gotten excellent battle results. If there came a day when he mastered the Energy Law, and he could stack the Energy Realm with the Ice-sealing Domain and make it uniquely his own, he would definitely see a soaring increase in his power!
“Soul Slaughtering Arrow!”
After understanding which direction his training had to take, Yang Ling cast the Ice-sealing Domain. In mid-air, he froze 20 Soul Slaughtering Arrows that contained attacks on the soul. But different from before, he manipulated them to spin around himself, and was not in a hurry to release them.
If he could release a few hundred, or even a few thousand Soul Slaughtering Arrows, what would it do?
Recalling the Wind Ripple Daggers formed by countless wind daggers by Elder Brent, Yang Ling had a sudden thought, and froze a few hundred micro-sized Soul slaughtering Arrows in one shot. With his powerful Mental Energy, he controlled their position and speed of movement. Sometimes, he increased their rotation speed, and at other times, he made them hang still in mid-air, and still at other times, he released them at lightning speed...
From afar, the few hundred micro Soul Slaughtering Arrows looked like an ice dragon moving up and down, and it also looked like a tornado, spinning in circles. Wherever it passed, it was ice-cold! A few ants out to forage for food were frozen into ice sculptures. And unknowingly, a layer of white ice frosted on the leaves on the nearby trees.
Three hundred arrows, five hundred arrows, eight hundred arrows...
When Yang Ling increased the number of micro Soul Slaughtering Arrows to a thousand, the small tornado formed into a moving storm, containing a terrifyingly powerful attack within. With a thought, the arrows shot out immediately with a ‘whoosh’ sound, shooting a giant rock a few dozen paces away full of holes.
“Good, I shall name this move the Ice Wind Storm!”
After teleporting over to look at the beehive-like giant rock, and touching the ice frosted on the surface, Yang Ling nodded his head in satisfaction. Limited by his Wizard Power and Metal Energy, the most number of micro Soul Slaughtering Arrows that he could create for now, was a thousand. But as his Wizard Power and Mental Energy increased, he could increase that number to two thousand, three thousand...
The more the number of micro Soul Slaughtering Arrows, its power would naturally increase accordingly. The better his mastery of the Energy Law, the stronger his control would become, and his power would naturally become stronger.
If there came a day when he thoroughly mastered the Energy Law, and make Energy Realm uniquely his own, the Ice Wind Storm would become astonishingly powerful. Maybe, by then, the Ice Wind Storm could even be comparable to Master Brent’s Wind Ripple Dagger. After all, the Ice Wind Storm made up of micro Ice Slaughtering Arrows could still directly attack the enemy’s soul, catching them off guard!
After teleporting back to the Great Wizard Altar and sitting down cross-legged, Yang Ling was preparing to continue his training. Unexpectedly, the pagoda mark between his brown suddenly jumped, and a feeling of unease crept into his heart. Puzzled, he poured forth his immense Mental Energy and spread it like a spider’s web, quickly pinpointing the source of his uneasiness.
They’re here. What would be would come sooner or later!
As a Soul Wizard, after setting the Restrictions over the whole of Jaboli city, he became extremely sensitive to the energy changes within the city. Using powerful Divine Knowledge, he quickly discovered a group of unwelcome guests in a bar near the Main Residence.
It was a group of weary looking Troops. There were men and women, including warriors wearing old and worn-out armor, Spellcasters in long robes, and archers with bows slung around their shoulders. After entering the hotel, the sat at a few tables near the windows. A few of them instructed the waiter to bring some wine and dishes, a few of them started polishing the sharp weapons with worn pieces of cloth, and other looked interestedly at the giant city Main Residence not far away.
On the surface, it seemed like this group of Troops were no different from other Troops teams. But, the vague Holy Energy coming from the few Spellcasters’ bodies quickly gained the notice of Yang Ling. The waves of Holy Energy from the other party’s bodies were extremely faint, due to them trying to mask it. While this might help them avoid detection by the soldiers patrolling the city, it would not the escape the notice of Yang Ling the Soul Wizard.
On Tailun Continent, apart from the Guardian Spellcasters, few people were able to master the mysterious Holy Spells. He might consider the appearance of one or two of them to be a coincidence, but it was not normal for a small Troops team to have ten Church Spellcasters. This made the identity of the other party very obvious.
The most powerful fellow in the group was only a Domain Expert, and they were all disguised as a group of Troops. It seemed that this bunch of fellows were here to collect information!
After using his powerful Divine Knowledge to get a general sense of the other party’s power and strength, Yang Ling quickly realized the other party’s identity and their purpose. With the Church’s capabilities, they definitely would not send a group of small fries to deal with Yang Ling himself. The only other possibility was that they were sent here to gather intelligence to prepare for their plans for revenge.
Hmph, sending people who were not even at peak level Domain Expert, into the all-encompassing trap he set, was like sending them to their deaths, like moths to a flame!
After coldly snorting, Yang Ling summoned the Corpse Wizard King, Dark Dragon King and gang. He whispered a few instructions into the Corpse Wizard King’s ear, and the latter cackled loudly in laughter a few times before leaving to do Yang Ling’s bidding.