Chapter 167 Death and Misfortune

Chapter 167 Death and Misfortune

Chapter 167 Death and Misfortune

Fighting spirit is a kind of life energy, and mental strength is a kind of soul energy. Both are relatively superficial parts of it.

At this time, Toins abandoned his original body and transformed into another form, which made his soul exposed to the outside world on a large scale. Even with the protection of special aura and rune magic formation, he still had to take great risks.

What's more, Ivan disrupted the rune magic formation.

Facing Toins' roar, Ivan couldn't help but increase the speed of destruction. He stirred the rune magic array with one hand and slashed with his fighting spirit with the other. Cracks appeared on the array platform under his feet and it was about to fall apart.

The rune magic array is so chaotic that it is difficult to take shape.

At this moment, Pernie felt like a fish caught in a storm, oppressed from all directions, forcing her to use her mental strength to defend herself. She could no longer see clearly what was happening around her.

In just a dozen seconds, Toins' consciousness became increasingly blurred. As he accelerated his sprint, he finally reached another rune node. Following the connected auras and seals, he rushed to the end of his thoughts.

A swift wood silkworm was awaiting his arrival.

Ivan was behind the Swift Wood Silkworm. He stacked the three flower and wood shields together to protect himself. He witnessed the red and black energy transformed by Toins and poured into the small body of the Swift Wood Silkworm.

Matters of the soul must be handled with great caution. Even changing from human to human contains huge dangers. Toins had no idea how many things he had planned for this. Now that he had transformed from human to insect, crossing a species, he was facing unknown dangers and it was extremely terrifying.

Toins was different from the others in one respect. He had just been transformed into a demon pet, and his soul had already suffered a severe blow. This time he would definitely die.

"No - Ivan, you witch - I curse -"

In the last half second before death, Toins suddenly woke up and realized that he had been plotted against, but it was too late. He was unwilling to die and tried to fight back, but he didn't know that this action accelerated his death.

In the end, he only left behind a few intermittent words, and the remaining life was gone.

"You will not live if you do your own evil."

Ivan shook his head slightly, thinking about the last years of Toins's wizarding career. He had harmed countless apprentices and was backstabbed by his own students twice. It was all his own fault.

Toynes died.

Purney fainted from the stress.

The formation was destroyed, and with no one in charge of the two control nodes, it soon stopped running in chaos, and when it was looked at again, it was riddled with holes.

The swift wood silkworm in front of Ivan also fell into a coma. He went forward to check it immediately, but couldn't find any major problems.

"Being filled with energy, I don't know what changes will occur. This is the essence of a wizard's life and power. Queen Silkworm, what do you think?"

"Mumble."

The queen silkworm raised her head hard to express her dissatisfaction.

Envious, unhappy.

"Envy? You are really not afraid of death." Ivan was speechless. The thinking of insects is different from that of humans. They are simple and stubborn, and they are never afraid of death when faced with the opportunity to evolve.

If more than 90 percent of the group needs to die in exchange for a chance to transform, they will definitely rush forward without hesitation.

"That's right. Disasters are also opportunities. If it can successfully overcome this, it might be able to transform into an intelligent creature. Then it will surpass you."

"Mumble, mumble—"

The Queen Silkworm retorted, no matter how things change, they are all subordinates.

After teasing the silkworm for a few words, Ivan put the unconscious Swiftwood Silkworm into his pocket, in order to avoid causing any accidents in the insect nest before he could stop it.

The cave had turned into a mess at this time.

"It's a pity that Toins' rich knowledge has also disappeared." He sighed and squatted beside Perney to check on her. It was just that his mental strength had suffered some shock, and he would recover after a good night's sleep and a few meditations.

The curse mark on Penny's arm was gone, but he could feel that there was still a trace of curse power entangled there. He tried, but found that he could not eradicate it.

It probably won't be long before the mark reappears on my arm like a stubborn disease.

Ivan turned his head and looked into the depths of the cave. The singing there became clearer and clearer, making his mental strength more active and giving him a very comfortable feeling, as if something was being slowly smoothed out.

"Newly minted wizards will experience a period of fatigue as their mental strength grows, but the singing here can actually alleviate that. Could it be that the curse power that was transmitted just now activated something?"

He soon figured out what the singing was soothing, something he had never heard of before.

Not only that, when he calmed down and listened to the song, something was faintly attracting him, and his intuition told him that there was something in it that could bring him great benefits.

"In that case, take a look."

He didn't notice anything that was disadvantageous to him, not to the point that he didn't even have the courage to take a look. The profession of a wizard is destined to deal with strange things, otherwise how can he stimulate the growth of his mental strength.

After thinking for a while, Ivan summoned another Swiftwood Silkworm and cast a spell on it.

'Eyes of the Insect Shadow'

This is the bug-modified version of Eye of Shadow, currently only a level-0 spell, and is unique in its detection capabilities.

The swift wood silkworm obeyed the command and flew towards the deep passage.

Ivan took out his crystal ball and tapped it lightly with his finger. A picture appeared, which was exactly what appeared in Xun Mucan's vision. However, the spell was suppressed by the special aura and was not as clear as expected.

The Swift Wood Silkworm walked along the deep passage and came to a larger cave.

The spell suppression became more serious, and the picture became unstable. Only the front part of the Swift Wood Silkworm could be clearly shown. A smaller rune magic formation appeared, and on one side of the magic formation was a human-shaped statue.

The view kept rising, and it turned out that the witch formation was built under the statue.

The higher you go, the narrower the field of vision.

"return."

Ivan did not feel disappointed. After all, it was just a level 0 spell. He simply conveyed the return order to Swift Wood Silkworm.

Suddenly, the picture in the crystal ball flashed, revealing a beautiful face with a kind smile on it, and the picture flashed away.

The Insect Shadow Eyes spell could no longer hold. "This is--this place is indeed unusual." Ivan's mind subconsciously jumped, and he carefully checked the inside and outside of the crystal ball, and there was no trace of the curse power. "Forget it, let's explore it again when we are stronger."

Although the other party seemed to want to express some goodwill, it could not be ruled out that it was a trap. Considering that he had only recently become a first-level wizard, he gave up the idea of ​​exploring it in person.

At the entrance of the passage, the swift wood silkworm returned safely.

Ivan discovered that there was an extra energy in it.

"Mumble--"

The Queen Silkworm also sensed an energy that was beneficial to the Swift Wood Silkworms.

After this, I envy and want to go.

"Next time, we'll go back."

Ivan sent the queen silkworm back to the insect nest, put the exploratory swift wood silkworm into another pocket, took Penny with him, and returned the way they came. Soon they arrived at the underground river.

There are no potions of water breathing this time.

Ivan was not worried and jumped directly into the river with Pernie. After they entered the water, the flower and wood shield emerged and turned into a thin protective layer, blocking all the river water out.

"Fortunately, my innate witchcraft consumes little energy, so I can hold on until I surface without any problems."

He muttered to himself, using the current to push himself outward, and soon he was back at Nichols Lake, with the familiar cluster of roots coming into view.

He brought Pernie out of the water, and summoned out the Queen Silkworm and several Swiftwood Silkworms.

"Change your shape and turn into a green dove."

"Mumble."

The Queen Silkworm muttered lazily, first using the "Power of Controlling Crowds" to gather the other Swift Wood Silkworms onto herself, and then used the "Mimetics" of one of the Swift Wood Silkworms.

In the blink of an eye, a majestic blue-gray dove appeared, with a wingspan of nearly ten meters.

The two people in the water landed lightly on Qingjiu's back.

The green dove chirped happily, and after obeying the command, it flapped its wings and flew in one direction, its speed far exceeding that of the blood-colored dove he had summoned before.

"Ivan, how is it?" Randall heard the news and came riding a big golden beetle.

"I'm fine, you don't have to come here to pick me up." Ivan didn't expect Randall to come so soon.

"It is necessary. Toins has an accomplice, a strange stranger wizard." Randall gestured to the side, indicating that the enemy was in that direction, and he found that there was one more person beside Ivan.

"Where did you pick this up?"

"An apprentice of Leah Singer's Sanctuary, kidnapped by Toines. It turns out she was also Toines' student. We come from the same place."

"Where's Toines?"

"He's dead. That guy really has evil intentions."

When he mentioned Toins, Ivan did not hide anything and briefly recounted what had happened.

"It's good that he's dead." Randall sighed. It was unpredictable for a senior wizard to end his life in this way.

"Teacher, please keep an eye on them for me and make sure they don't get any problems." Ivan brought the two swift wood silkworms to Randall. When it comes to knowledge of insects, he can't compare to his mentor even if he flatters.

"Let's go, we can talk while walking, as for that guy over there--"

"Don't make things complicated."

The master and the disciple agreed and did not want to get entangled any further.

Led by the golden beetle and the blue dove, the three of them headed towards the Mona Ant Farm hut.

Not far away, Kisan noticed the two people leaving.

"all gone."

"Will Toins' plan succeed or fail? No matter what, the agreement has been fulfilled. If he succeeds, he will naturally contact us. If he fails, it proves that he is worthless.

By then, we can win over his disciples. Being able to thwart a wizard's conspiracy is enough to prove his value. With the relationship with Toins, we can also be considered to have some connection."

The more Kisan thought about it, the more he felt that he had not lost anything by not chasing after him.

……

Mona Ant Farm Cottage.

Ivan and the other two have returned.

On the way, the master and the apprentice were originally planning to talk about the problem of the Swift Wood Silkworm, but Randall's 'Golden Beetle General' competed with the Silkworm Queen and sped up, so the two naturally had no chance to chat.

It was only because the Queen Silkworm combined the strength of the other five silkworms that she was able to avoid losing to the Golden Beetle General in flying speed.

Back at the academy, Randall told him the test results.

"There's nothing wrong with them. In fact, this is the usual way insects improve themselves. They use brutal force to induce mutations. The mortality rate is as high as over 95%, and sometimes even close to 100%. What was the result of your Swift Wood Silkworm's last evolution?"

"Fifty percent."

Ivan said truthfully that nearly 300 Swiftwood Silkworms underwent metamorphosis, but only half of them remained. Among them, one-fifth developed special abilities, which were the same as the first five, namely, mimicry, mimicry of breath, and photosynthesis.

Randall said, "Insects are such fragile creatures. Without your insect breathing method, I can only guarantee that their survival rate is 20 to 30 percent."

After hearing this, Ivan realized that the mortality rate of insects during metamorphosis was so high, and that the insect breathing method he created out of nowhere had made a great contribution.

(End of this chapter)