Wizard: Starting fro Chapter 307: One Month Later

Chapter 307: Chapter 307: One Month Later

Dog-man Reed reacted quickly, roaring as his body instantly swelled to a five-ter tall combat form, his sturdy arms sweeping with a muffled sound that tore through the air, soon intercepting those shadow tendrils.

There was no loud collision, only a dull energy burst.

The tendrils were slapped apart by Reed’s imnse strength, transforming into a mass of swirling black smoke, but the smoke did not disappear. Instead, it writhed swiftly, as if alive, trying to reassemble.

The other tendrils hit by Reed also behaved in the sa way, scattered but not extinguished.

"Ray of Light."

Duke extended a finger, from which a beam of light instantly shot out. After being struck by the beam, the tendrils imdiately emitted black smoke and soon lted away like ice and snow.

"As expected, it requires Light Attribute energy to counter, and it works quite well." After observing Reed’s battle with the tendrils, he had roughly guessed this.

These tendrils were not living beings but pure Dark Attribute energy conglorates, possessing only so instincts.

After eliminating the tendrils, Duke noticed so objects dropped to the ground. Upon closer inspection, they were pieces of black crystal. It was unclear what they were.

He collected these items, intending to study them after leaving, or to ask soone for answers if he couldn’t figure it out.

After collecting these items, Duke looked around, planning to explore this area for a while.

The fragnt area he saw before coming here was vast, almost a small continent, with an area so extensive it couldn’t be fully explored even in three months.

Duke looked up again, seeing many shadows retreating in the sky, all of them fragnt areas.

This was a unique feature of this place. For so unknown reason, the fragnts were moving automatically, and they seed to do so in a regular pattern, even automatically avoiding obstacles ahead, as if alive.

The fragnt area where the Emperor Fla Turtle was located was also quite large, but due to the disturbance caused by the Emperor Fla Turtle, it was temporarily dangerous, so he had to leave for the ti being.

Duke looked towards an area with relatively stable dark energy and more open terrain, preparing to start his exploration from there.

Ti passed silently in exploration. The area was astonishingly vast, with bizarre landscapes.

There were hills like solidified black waves, huge crystal forests shimring with dim phosphorescence, bottomless dark abysses that swallowed all light, and rivers flowing with ink-like dark liquid.

The air was always filled with a cold, viscous Dark Attribute energy, which was like a nourishing source for Duke. He felt his Shadow Affinity had improved imperceptibly in such an environnt, and absorbing the Dark Attribute energy beca increasingly effortless.

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A month later.

Duke was hiding in a vast area filled with towering, twisted black crystal pillars.

These pillars were dozens of ters high, with a faint glow flowing inside, forming a natural maze.

He was searching for valuable items in this area. Over the past month, his bag had accumulated a lot of things. Their value was still unclear because many of them were unrecognized by him, and he didn’t know how much they could be sold for.

Dog-man Reed followed behind him. During this ti, he had faithfully shouldered his duties, multiple tis detecting dangers that Duke had not sensed.

Suddenly, Reed sensed sothing, instinctively looked up, and saw two tiny black dots in the distant sky.

Noticing Reed’s action, Duke also looked up and discovered those two black dots.

He found that the two black dots were getting closer from a distance, moving in a very regular pattern, indicating they were not debris but likely goods, with a high probability of being wizards participating in the Void Corridor this ti.

This was naturally not a good sign, as the arrival of other wizards would inevitably increase instability.

During this month, Duke was almost certain there were no other wizards here, probably just him.

Because he hadn’t encountered another wizard in so long, not even any traces.

It was likely due to the continuous movent of this fragnt area, making it rare for other wizards to arrive here.

Now that soone was coming, Duke needed to stay alert and see if he could avoid conflict.

Regardless, this place was large enough, so even if more wizards ca, there would be plenty of space.

The two black dots rapidly enlarged, becoming gradually clearer in outline.

They were not flying witchcraft artifacts but two strangely shaped creatures.

They were covered entirely in black scale armor that seed to absorb light, with long, serpent-like bodies and broad, semi-transparent mbrane wings on either side.

The edges of the mbrane wings were laced with dim purple energy patterns, each silent flap leaving a faint trace behind, like ink dripping into water.

"Void Serpents?" Duke thought, recognizing these rare and difficult-to-ta Dark Attribute void creatures.

They were born with the ability to traverse unstable spaces, making them ideal mounts for exploring the Void Corridor. However, they were extrely valuable and hard to find. The Wizard Plane had no such creatures, and only a few capable entities could harness them.

Void Serpents generally existed as summoned beasts, which could be summoned at will.

Summoned beasts differ from slave creatures, usually requiring a summoning contract with other-dinsional beings, with various ways to establish it.

The content of a summoning contract is entirely negotiable between the parties, with the summoned beast sotis having more rights than the summoner, depending on their respective strengths.

If a summoning contract is made with a particularly powerful being, the summoner might have to pay a high price to summon the other even once.

Strictly speaking, it is a form of transaction, entirely different from the concept of slave creatures.

These two Void Serpents are rare summoning creatures that can be summoned anywhere for a certain price. This thod also bypasses the Void Corridor restrictions, allowing more personnel at hand.

However, not everyone has the ans to establish a summoning contract with powerful demons; it depends on one’s strength, luck, and access to other-dinsional beings.

As the two shadows approached, Duke could see a figure on the back of each Void Serpent.

But they were still too far away to discern their appearance.

Duke originally intended to avoid conflict with them, but it seed these two individuals were heading towards this area, unable to leave quickly, making contact almost inevitable.

He could only hide with Reed, observe the situation, and act accordingly.

The Void Serpents gracefully spiraled down, eventually choosing to land on a relatively flat, large black crystal stone surface several hundred ters away from Duke’s hiding spot.