OBS Chapter 190 The Final Ritual!
Chapter 190 The Final Ritual!
Chapter 190 The Final Ritual!
Deep underground within the Eternal Tower front, the massive magic circle that had already been inscribed began to emit a faint glow.
The spiritual energy of those who died in battle, the intense emotions they erupted before their deaths, especially pain, despair, and resentment.
As if drawn by an attraction, they were forcibly pulled from the corpses and transformed into countless invisible energy streams that seeped into the ground and surged wildly towards the top of the Eternal Tower where Lenrke was located along the pre-set energy channels!
The eternal holy flame burned more and more "vigorously," the writhing within the light core became more and more obvious, and the suction force it emitted grew stronger and stronger.
On the other hand, under the cover of the shadows and mists of the Silent Forest, the "Soul-Stealing Web" set up by Lilith, Hughes, and others was also operating efficiently.
Countless tiny, almost imperceptible shadow tentacles emerged from the ground, and even from the shadows of the fallen!
Like the most agile predator, it precisely captures and seizes the high-quality soul energy that has just dissipated.
In particular, the soul fragments of powerful wizards or those filled with intense negative emotions were rapidly transmitted to Hick's location through the shadow network.
Nia roamed the chaotic battlefield, each flash of his light spear precisely taking down a powerful dark creature.
He acted with unparalleled bravery, like a true hero, inspiring the soldiers around him.
But the ornament on his chest was also slightly warm, silently carrying out its mission—collecting and transmitting.
Renkel and Hick, two predators hidden behind the scenes, are using this unprecedented bloody massacre to wage a silent but fierce gluttonous competition!
They were all racing against time, frantically devouring the enormous energy generated by the sacrifice of countless lives!
Every person on the battlefield, from the most arrogant wizard to the most humble soldier, became food on their plates and firewood in their hearts.
The white torrent and the black tide continue to collide, consume, and annihilate each other in a frenzied struggle.
Every minute and every second, thousands of lives are lost.
The plains of Blanc have been completely transformed into a boiling, all-consuming furnace.
The two beings seated atop the furnace watched all this with indifference, awaiting the climax of the feast, awaiting—the moment of final satiation.
Who can be faster?
Who can get more?
Who will have the last laugh?
The outcome of this decisive battle had nothing to do with the outcome of the war, but only with the digestion speed of these two greedy predators.
Aika's fate hangs by a thread!
A silent forest, a dark canyon!
"Okay—let's begin!"
Staring at the black flame on the altar that gathered unimaginable enormous energy, Hick's eyes were filled with barely suppressed excitement and fanaticism!
"Mentor, your most outstanding student will realize the great vision you were unable to fulfill before!"
Hick had been waiting for this moment for five whole years!
It can be said that from the moment he learned of this earth-shattering plan from the forbidden manuals left behind by his mentor, all his actions and all his schemes were for the sake of today!
So, what exactly is this plan?
According to his mentor Heath's initial plan:
Once he successfully crafts Kabus into a perfect puppet, he can use the inherited artifact "Ring of Silence" to forcibly control Mochamo!
Then, return to the Dark Canyon, hatch the Shadow Dragon's egg, and nurture it to at least the power level of a second-level wizard, sparing no expense.
Next came the crucial step of unleashing the controlled Mochamo to launch a wizarding war that swept across the entire city of Aikar!
From this unprecedentedly fierce battle, a massive amount of "firewood" was harvested.
Next, the massive amount of collected "firewood" was thrown into the "Death Flame," which not only fully activated the flame but also infinitely enhanced its power!
The more "firewood" there is, the more terrifying the final power of the "fire of death" will be!
Of course, considering the success rate of soul fusion, the amount of "firewood" originally needed to be precisely controlled near a critical point.
When the power of the "Death Flame" is raised to the predetermined level, he can forcibly extract the dragon soul of the nurtured shadow dragon and use it as a shield to protect his own soul, in order to try to fuse with the raging "Death Flame"!
If successful, Heath will be able to directly cross the boundary, complete elementalization, and become a level four wizard!
This is a force powerful enough to change the entire landscape of Aika!
However, compared to his mentor Heath's relatively "conservative" plan, Hick's plan was undoubtedly more extreme and more insane. After all, the premise for Heath to implement his plan was that he had already reached the pinnacle of a level three wizard and was in a semi-elemental state.
Hick, however, was determined to forcefully push forward and complete this insane ritual that originally belonged to a peak level three wizard, despite being merely a formal wizard!
The process of the plan remains largely the same, but Hick removed all restrictions on the amount of "firewood"!
The power of "Death's Flame" is the stronger the better; there is no upper limit!
Then, he will personally merge with this "Death Flame" whose power has been enhanced to the extreme, and leap to the fourth level of wizard!
The most fatal problem here is that, logically speaking, the success rate of Hick's approach is infinitely close to zero, which is simply courting disaster!
But who can blame him for possessing a system of unparalleled power from an unknown source!
What might be a dead end for others, for him, even if the success rate is as low as dust, the system can turn it into an absolute certainty!
The excitement in Hick's eyes was almost tangible.
He stood before the altar at the deepest part of the dark canyon, a place seemingly a world apart from the deafening carnage of the distant Blanc Plains. Only the violently fluctuating, almost tangible, shadow energy in the air revealed the cruel connection between the two.
Above the altar was not a traditional wizard's magic circle, but a ball of pitch-black flame that was violently pulsating and constantly twisting and deforming!
It seemed to possess a life of its own, radiating endless coldness, deathly stillness, and greed!
This is the "Flame of Death," the existence that Mentor Hick pursued throughout his life, a flame that he learned from the "Sanctuary" did not belong to this world!
At this moment, a massive amount of "firewood"—the soul energy and negative emotions forcibly plundered from the Blanc battlefield through the "Soul-Stealing Web"—flowed into this flame like a surging black tide!
With each injection, the "Death Flame" swelled, its pulse became more violent, and its aura grew increasingly terrifying—hunger!
It was like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring the bloody nourishment, its color gradually changing from pitch black to a deeper, seemingly all-encompassing "nothingness".
Around the canyon, countless intricate and eerie runes were carved, glowing with an eerie light and forming a massive binding force field, barely restraining the increasingly unstable and dangerous flame.
Not far from the altar, a massive shadow dragon lay prostrate on the ground.
It was the Shadow Dragon that had just hatched five years ago!
It's remarkable that a five-year-old could have such a large size!
All we can say is that terrible news has come from the Dragon Clan!
He was a creature that Hick had catalyzed using countless resources and experimental sites!
It's fair to say that if it weren't for Hick's experimental points forcibly extending its life, this dragon would have died long ago!
Its power was forcibly catalyzed to the peak of a level two wizard!
But his eyes were unfocused, devoid of any brilliance as an intelligent being, only showing a pure, suppressed despair of life!
It was born to be a vessel and a sacrifice.
"system!"
Hick silently recited it in his mind.
The fusion ceremony of the Flame of Death is ready.
[Current energy level: Extremely high (and continuously increasing)]
[Estimated fusion success rate (based on current host state and conventional logic): 0.0017%]
[Should I adjust the success rate?]
A cold, emotionless mechanical voice echoed deep within Hick's mind.
"yes!"
Hick didn't hesitate at all, his eyes flashing with madness and absolute confidence.
"In my name, I define this fusion—it will surely succeed!"
[Command received——]
[Number of Experiment Points Consumed: 186 million!]
[Remaining Experiment Points: 32]
[The fusion success rate has been revised to: 100%]
The system's voice remained calm, but Hick could sense that some power beyond the laws of the Ecar world had been activated.
An invisible, absolute "outcome" is pre-determined; no matter how absurd and dangerous the process may seem, the final outcome is already locked in!
"here we go!"
Hick let out a low growl and suddenly raised his hands upwards!
Whoosh—!
The entire dark canyon shook violently!
The "Death Flame" on the altar, which had expanded to its limit and was almost about to break free of its restraints, suddenly stopped, and then burst out with an indescribable and terrifying suction force!
"roar!"
The imprisoned shadow dragon let out a mournful and desperate cry. Its massive body became illusory at a speed visible to the naked eye. A solid, struggling and twisted phantom of the dragon soul was forcibly torn out of its body and dragged toward the ball of "death fire" with a wail!
At the same time, Hick himself also felt that irresistible pulling force!
His soul seemed to be leaving his body, willingly throwing itself into the flames of death!
But he did not resist. Instead, he released all his mental defenses and actively guided his soul to crash headlong into the "Death Flame" that was powerful enough to annihilate everything in the world, together with the dragon soul of the shadow dragon!
boom!!!
The pitch-black flames instantly engulfed Heath's physical body, his soul, and the dragon soul!
An indescribable pain instantly overwhelmed every sensory unit of Hick's body!
That's not just burning; it's decomposition, annihilation, and the process by which existence itself is forcibly assimilated by the "fire of death"!
The Shadow Dragon's soul emitted a continuous and piercing wail!
It acted as a barrier, withstanding the first and most intense wave of impact.
Under the power of the system, it was forcibly refined and integrated into the essence of Hick's soul.
It provides them with shelter and an affinity for shadows.
Hick's consciousness was almost fading away in extreme pain.
But the system notification in his mind that said "100% success rate" was like the most solid foundation, firmly protecting his last shred of clarity!
"I—will—definitely—ascend to the heavens!!"