"Hmph! This is the last one!"
Ilo looked down at the thin figure below.
A jet-black robe covered him from head to toe, revealing only a pair of pale and calm eyes, as if he were out of place with the surrounding power of rules.
Just as Princess Lori had predicted, Iro's anger did not dissipate; instead, it gradually accumulated, surged, and grew increasingly intense.
Even though he was a peak level 5 Morning Star Wizard, he deliberately suppressed himself to the level 4 Morning Star Wizard perfection and agreed beforehand to limit himself to only three moves.
But what was the result?
Of the three human Morning Star Wizards, the first two actually withstood his attack.
The first one used the power of the rules to achieve restraint and was even unharmed; the second one was injured, but it was only a superficial injury and did not cause any fundamental damage.
In Ilo's eyes, every human Morning Star Wizard who could break free of the rules on his own was a blatant humiliation.
Now, both of them have escaped unscathed.
Whether it was to defend his reputation as a peak fifth-level Morning Star Wizard or to vent the anger in his heart.
This last one will never leave easily again.
Even... killing them outright might not be a bad option.
The Meteor Council would naturally have reservations about killing three human Morning Star Wizards in one fell swoop; but if only one died "accidentally," and the other two walked out unharmed...
What can be said then?
Moreover, even if the Meteor Council knew perfectly well that he did it on purpose, what could they do?
In the wizarding world, strength ultimately reigns supreme.
He had already given the Meteorite Council enough face, so they should naturally reciprocate.
As his thoughts raced, a faint hint of murderous intent flickered deep in Yiluo's eyes.
"The last one...take this."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly moved.
At this moment, there was no longer any of the previous probing or perfunctory responses.
The power of the body suddenly erupted, and a terrifying aura swept out like a tidal wave.
It was still the rule of life, but this time, it was completely unreserved, and its power completely crossed the boundary of level four, vaguely touching the level five!
rule?
A cold smile appeared on Ilo's lips.
Since no human wizards were present to observe, no evidence was left behind.
"The Rules of Life!"
Rumble!
In an instant, the earth trembled.
A vast, surging life force rose from the earth's surface, transforming into a rolling green ocean, carrying suffocating fluctuations of power, sweeping towards the Spirit-Eyed Wizard, attempting to completely engulf him.
"Damn it!"
Lynn, who was controlling the Spirit Eye Wizard, noticed the anomaly almost immediately.
He controls the rules of creation and is particularly sensitive to changes in the power of life.
In just a moment, he figured it out...
The life force contained in this strike was one to two times stronger than the one the Earthshaking Fist Wizard had endured before!
The Earthshaker Wizard was a true mid-stage fourth-level Morning Star Wizard, yet even he was nearly crushed by the power of this rule.
Without the restraint imposed by the rules, the result would likely have been either serious injury or death on the spot.
But what about now?
The "Spirit-Eyed Wizard" body controlled by Lynn was, in the end, nothing more than a shell that was strong on the outside but weak on the inside.
On the surface, he possesses the level of a mid-stage fourth-level Morning Star Wizard, but in reality, he is all show and no substance.
Lynn was unable to utilize any of the original power of this body's rules; all he could unleash was the power of a mere third-level archmage.
In this state, once completely locked in by this life-giving rule, there is only one outcome.
They are doomed to die.
"...No, we must release the Spirit-Eyed Wizard."
Without the slightest hesitation, the thought crossed my mind.
In the next instant, Lynn's consciousness had already sunk into the spiritual realm of the Spirit Eye Wizard.
It was a vast spiritual space, like a starry sky, and at its core, a golden sky serenely floated.
Beneath the scales lay the consciousness of the Spirit-Eyed Wizard himself, firmly suppressed by a series of tight seals.
"return."
Lynn's mind stirred slightly.
The golden scales then slowly dissipated.
With the disappearance of the scales, the layers of seals also collapsed, turning into invisible ripples of spirit.
You should be aware of the current situation.
Whether you survive or not depends on your own abilities.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lynn's consciousness withdrew and returned to the golden scales.
He did not completely let go.
Even within the scales, he could still clearly observe everything outside, only temporarily handing the stage back to the true Spirit-Eyed Wizard.
………………
outside world.
The Spirit-Eyed Wizard, now fully conscious, slowly opened his eyes. Deep within his pale pupils, murderous intent and resentment surged and churned, like a long-suppressed undercurrent.
But this murderous intent was not directed at Yiluo.
He had only witnessed everything from an outsider's perspective, and there was no deep-seated hatred between him and Yiluo that warranted a fatal confrontation.
What truly stirred his heart was another name: Lynn.
During the long period when he was suppressed and controlled by the golden scales, the Spirit-Eyed Wizard was fully aware of everything that happened.
In the original battle of the "Landscape," he not only failed to break free from the "Landscape," but instead became a complete slave to the scales of justice.
The little wizard named Lynn was someone he recruited from the Spirit Eye Forge, which he had personally created.
A guy who started out as just an ordinary Muggle has gradually risen to his current heights.
His strength was in no way inferior to his former fourth-level Morning Star Wizard realm, and he also controlled that supreme treasure... the Golden Balance.
Not only that.
Beneath the scales of justice, he was far from the only one enslaved.
This even includes Astrid.
He deliberately cultivated Astrid with the intention of having her replace him as the bearer and scapegoat of the scales.
But in the end, he couldn't break free of the scales, and Astrid also fell for it, even becoming Lynn's plaything.
Resentment, hatred, humiliation, loss...
All sorts of emotions accumulated and fermented during the years that were sealed away.
But what hurt him the most was always just one emotion.
Envy, jealousy, and hatred.
When he became a fourth-level Morning Star Wizard, Lynn, a mortal Muggle, might not even have been born yet.
But what about now?
This Morning Star wizard not only lost his Morning Star essence and failed to escape the control of the Scales, but also became a pawn and a slave under Lynn's command.
If only we could go back to the past...
He will definitely drag this damned Lynn out of the Spirit Eye Forge with his own hands, refine his soul with the cruelest witchcraft, dissect his consciousness, and find out what kind of trump card he is hiding!
pity.
There are no "what ifs" in this world.
The only remaining question is how to survive.
"hiss……"
The Spirit-Eyed Wizard took a deep breath, slowly spread his hands, and let the terrifying life force surging from heaven and earth rush towards him.
At that very moment, his eyes suddenly widened.
One after another, obscure yet powerful fluctuations of rules erupted from his body.
That wasn't an external force.
Rather, it was his true foundation, the embodiment of the Morning Star, the rule of the Spirit Eye.
The rules of heaven and earth are endless.
It includes explicit rules that are directly manifested between heaven and earth, such as earth, water, fire, wind, lightning, and ice;
There are also hidden rules, such as fear, apprehension, the mind, and the soul, that lurk deep within the world and are difficult to grasp...
Besides these two, there is a third path.
For example, the Spirit Eye Wizard is currently using... the Spirit Eye Rules.
Its essence lies in his pair of pale eyes.
Using one's own organs as the root and the "eyes" of the human race as the anchor, one refines the origin and condenses the power of rules!
Everything in the universe has its origin.
Lynn chose extraordinary plants, using the power of this life form to forge his own rules;
Humans are also one of the myriad things in the universe.
It doesn't even correspond to just one rule.
Flesh and blood, consciousness, emotions, will... all kinds of rules and traces are imprinted in the origin of humankind.
The human eye is the part that the Spirit Eye Wizard controls.
Rumble!
The moment the Spirit-Eyed Wizard fully opened his eyes, a huge and indifferent "gaze" seemed to appear behind him.
That did not belong to him personally.
Rather, it originates from the entire human race, a fundamental reflection of this race existing within all things in heaven and earth.
Just like other wizards, they draw upon the power of rules from between heaven and earth...
At this moment, the Spirit Eye Wizard awakened and activated the human eye hidden deep within the origin of heaven and earth.
In an instant, a vast and ancient aura spread out.
It was as if the world had turned upside down, time had reversed, and we had returned to the primordial era before the dawn of time.
"Material rules? Hmph."
Seeing this, Ilo simply smiled coldly.
The universe and all things in it correspond to the various rules in the wizarding world. Therefore, it is natural that some wizards choose to use "matter" as the anchor point for their own rules.
However, the rules governing matter are ultimately different from explicit and implicit rules.
Explicit rules, such as earth, water, fire, wind, lightning, cold, and ice, are the most popular choice due to their explicitness and stability, and they are also the easiest to learn.
Implicit rules, on the other hand, are exactly the opposite.
Sensing, capturing, anchoring... even taking the first step is incredibly difficult.
These abstract and vague concepts are something that even the Morning Star Wizard may not be able to truly grasp, let alone condense into rules.
But if successful, its power will naturally justify the price paid.
As for the rules of matter, they are difficult, but not hopeless; yet they are certainly not an easy path either.
First of all, mastering the power of the rules is no easy task.
Take the Spirit Eye Wizard's Spirit Eye Rules as an example.
This is not just a seemingly simple rule like "human eyes," nor is it something that can be understood simply by relying on one's own eyes.
The origin of humanity lies buried deep within the origin of the world.
When a human is born, it is not by chance, but rather the wizarding world mobilizes the "origin of human rules" to give birth to a new individual.
Therefore, every living human being is merely a molecule in the fundamental rules of humanity;
The real denominator is the entire, enormous human race itself.
Given the size of the wizarding world, the scale of this denominator is an astronomical number that is almost impossible to count.
To touch upon the "rules of humanity" means that the numerator and denominator must reach a certain, almost demanding, resonance threshold.
This is precisely why understanding the rules of the human eye is not only extremely difficult, but the process itself is also cruelly appalling.
No one knows how many people this human spirit-eyed wizard killed, or how many eyes he dissected and studied, before he could barely grasp that trace of the rules belonging to the "human eye"...
Within the wizarding world, mortal Muggles, despite their low status, are not livestock to be slaughtered at will.
After all, wizards were born from mortals.
Only a sufficiently large base of mortals can continuously give birth to new human races, and among them, it is possible for beings with the potential to become wizards to emerge.
For this reason, the Wizarding Council has extremely strict control over the "killing of Muggles".
Whether human, elf, or any other race, once one enters the ranks of wizards, one is forbidden from indiscriminately slaughtering mortals.
Once a large-scale killing of Muggles is discovered, the Wizarding Council will issue an arrest warrant and hunt them down to the death without any leniency.
Of course, this ironclad rule does not apply to wizards.
Whether it's a fight between wizards of the same race or wizards of different races, the standards are completely different, and the Wizard Council has always turned a blind eye to it.
Even so, it is still extremely difficult to gain insight into the "rules of humanity" by hunting down low-level wizards, plundering their bodies and possessions.
First, the number of kills required is an astonishing figure;
Secondly, in this process, one is very likely to attract the attention of the White Wizard, and subsequently be wanted and hunted down.
Even if one manages to survive all of this, kills countless people, and successfully refines the rules of humanity, there is still an even more fatal problem.
The effect of this material rule on combat power is uncertain.
This is the cruelest part.
For dark wizards, the prerequisites for the rules of matter, though bloody, are not entirely insurmountable.
The problem is that after paying the price of slaughter, pursuit, escape, resource depletion, and even the risk to one's life,
The power of the rules that is ultimately obtained may not even be guaranteed to be strong enough?
Rather than that.
It would be better to honestly refine the explicit rules.
At the very least, explicit rules can be reliably and directly translated into combat power.
That's why, when Ilo truly saw the power of rules unleashed by the Spirit Eye Wizard, he felt a surge of interest.
He wanted to know what kind of boost to combat power the "Human Eye" that the human wizard before him had comprehended could bring.
at the same time.
The Spirit-Eyed Wizard took a deep breath.
Having been sealed away for so long, he has finally regained control of his own body.
However, he could still clearly sense a mysterious aura residing deep within his spiritual realm.
That means that that damned little thief Lynn is still secretly watching this place.
But at this moment, he had no choice.
The only way is to go all out and withstand this blow.
Otherwise, they would only perish on the spot at the hands of this fifth-level elven wizard, Ilo, and all talk of the future, plans, and revenge would become empty words.
"My Spirit Eye Rules..."
"The increase in combat power is no less than that of ordinary explicit rules, and in some aspects, it is even slightly better."
The Spirit-Eyed Wizard's thoughts raced.
With the mental strength of the Morning Star Wizard, he could complete tens of thousands of calculations in an instant.
Even when facing imminent life-or-death crisis, they remain calm and quickly reach a conclusion.
"Unfortunately... I am only a mid-stage fourth-level Morning Star Wizard."
"And this Elf Elo, even though he deliberately suppressed his cultivation level, the power he is unleashing at this moment has already reached the level of a fifth-level Morning Star Wizard."
"The rules of the Spirit Eye alone... cannot stop it."
This is a perfectly clear judgment.
But the Spirit-Eyed Wizard did not succumb to despair.
Because his true confidence comes from more than just that.
His thoughts drifted back to the moment he first comprehended the rules of the "Human Eye," that unique gaze that had been projected from the depths of the very origin of human rules.
The fundamental rules of humanity reside in the deepest recesses of the wizarding world.
Back then, when he successfully anchored the rules of the human eye, he obtained a faint but real "guarantee" from that vast origin.
Within the wizarding world, if a non-human wizard attacks him and he is powerless to do so, the fundamental rules of humanity will provide him with limited protection.
in this case.
Given his mid-stage fourth-level Morning Star Wizard level, his combat power could be temporarily boosted, bringing him infinitely close to a fifth-level Morning Star Wizard.
certainly.
This condition is extremely demanding; the extent of the improvement is hardly groundbreaking.
Therefore, since acquiring this trump card, the Spirit Eye Wizard has almost never actually used it.
But now, facing a level five Morning Star Wizard of the Elven race,
He knew it very well.
Whether one can survive no longer depends on skills, experience, or calculation.
Rather, it is the fundamental nature of human rules that determines whether or not people are willing to respond to his call.
"bring it on!"
The Spirit-Eyed Wizard took a deep breath.
Behind him, the enormous, pale pupil seemed to tremble slightly, and then... slowly opened.
The next moment.
An indescribable power suddenly descended, directly pouring into the Spirit Eye Wizard's body.
At the same time, a magnificent and heavy pressure, like an invisible curtain of the sky, pressed down on Wizard Ilo!
"What?!"
The wizard's expression suddenly changed drastically.
As a fully accomplished fifth-level Morning Star Wizard, his understanding of the power of rules has long been perfected.
At that moment, he clearly perceived the essence of the giant pupil in the sky!
That was not a power of rules that a simple Spirit-Eyed Wizard could wield.
Instead... it connects directly to the very essence of human rules deep within the wizarding world!
Although the connection lasted only for a fleeting moment, Wizard Ilo still clearly felt the vast, ancient, and immeasurable terrifying fluctuations.
That feeling was almost exactly the same as the aura he experienced when he first entered Morning Star and received the world's gifts.
What he sensed back then was the terrifying power of the Wizarding World's origin, and this power of rules, while not comparable to the world's origin, is definitely on the same level!
Without a doubt.
That is the very essence of human rules hidden deep within the wizarding world...
"Damn it... the very essence of human rules!"
"What right do you have to interfere!" (End of Chapter)
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