Lord of Mysterious Wizard

Chapter 168: Chapter 168: The Return of the 2nd Generation

“Golden Furnace Meditation: Beginner, progress 28%.”

When this image emerged, Tang Qi’s surprise was only natural.

If he remembered correctly, before this, the progress of the meditation method should have been around twenty-two percent. Even if he had collected some mutated dwarfs and other abnormal resentful souls in the underground, it wouldn’t have surged so much in such a short time.

The key point was, one “digestion” process was missing.

The fuel he collected needed to be digested in a meditation state with the help of the melter.

“Hum”

Tang Qi was staring at himself, pondering the changes.

Suddenly, exceptionally special information fragments flowed by.

It was clearly scenes from the past.

In the dim underground, Tang Qi transformed into a fog arrow to escape. Behind him, a soap bubble appeared, its colorful thin film began to gradually open, seemingly never able to catch up with Tang Qi.

But in a grey, misty space, when the soap bubble overflowed from the abyss, thick, bristly and transparent tentacles, resembling jellyfish roots, had already filled the underground first.

They were soft and densely packed.

In an instant, they entwined Tang Qi.

“Hisss”

Tang Qi’s pupils slightly contracted, and at this moment, he finally knew where the phosphorescence on his body came from when he left the underground.

The power of the crucible burned all the “jellyfish roots” that entangled him.

Burned along with it were intense malice, terrifying radiations and the force of pollution.

Meanwhile, Tang Qi also saw the golden sun in the ruins of darkness receiving new fuel, its light becoming even more brilliant, and the progress of the meditation method rapidly increasing.

“Phew”

Tang Qi reopened his eyes, a flash of realization passing through them.

He had thought upon arrival, it would be great to find a new fuel similar to the Fresh Red Heart.

Unexpectedly, it really became a reality. That bizarrely abnormal “jellyfish roots”, apparently from another world, turned out to be the third type of fuel.

Even more so, there was a surge of impulse in Tang Qi’s heart, stronger than at any previous time.

Stemming from the meditation method, a throbbing.

Urging Tang Qi to return underground, to continue burning the jellyfish roots.

This throbbing, completely surpassed what he felt when confronted with the resentful souls and Fresh Red Heart.

Feeling the throbbing, Tang Qi harbored some speculations and squinted as the last information fragment appeared.

“It is unknowable, indescribable; in a state of sleep, sealed, or some inescapable state; it is the best fuel…”

“Phew~”

Even Tang Qi, who had tried his best to elevate his imagination of the “being” in the abyss, was still astonished at this moment.

His breathing once more became rapid, then he turned around and left without hesitation.

Information Fragments, they do not deceive him.

But Tang Qi was not a madman who would go after fuel at all costs. He could see that both the Master of the Crucible and the “being” in the abyss seemed to regard each other’s power as “food,” and Tang Qi was caught in the middle.

Perhaps, he could gain some advantages by leveraging the power of the crucible.

But the slightest mistake could have led to a horrific end.

Just like just now, the Flame Giant that appeared out of nowhere without any warning—if he hadn’t reacted quickly, he would have been dragged into the abyss by now.

Leaving was the best choice.

He currently had no right to intervene in a world of this level.

And the crises here, as long as nothing unexpected happened, would not affect the human world.

Even if there were occasionally some seeking their own doom, such as the Heart Polluters and Charming Hearts, once they entered underground, they would automatically follow two unknown programmed processes: production and recycling, which was very environmentally friendly and would not implicate the regular human world.

…

Tang Qi left Cloud Mist Peak at top speed. The incident in Cold River Town was temporarily concluded, but Tang Qi felt an increasing urgency to enhance his own strength.

The forthcoming Extraordinary War in Messer City!

The sudden Great Horror!

Compared to these, Samra’s threat seemed even less harmful.

While heading back to Messer City, he pondered ways to quickly increase his strength.

Below, on the ground were the wilderness areas he had seen last night, the continuous mountain ranges, and the largely untraveled forests, which were undoubtedly very suitable as a “Hunting Ground” compared to the somewhat turbulent Messer City.

Apart from hunting, the Extraordinary Market was not to be missed either. By leveraging his Special Ability and visiting a few more times, there would surely be unexpected surprises.

The most regrettable was the Secret Medicine. Within the Original Secret Medicine School, besides the “Fog Body” series, only the Rubber Man Secret Medicine series possessed formidable combat capabilities. However, making the Rubber Man Secret Medicine was extremely difficult, and just a trip to the place of origin of the School would be enough to stump the current Tang Qi.

However, the profession of Beast Tamer seemed to have quite a bit of potential to explore.

If he could find some appropriate Extraordinary Monsters, it might quickly enhance his strength. Of course, the Tusked Lizard that had already been recycled was not viable; a monster he could easily crush could not possibly enhance his strength.

Amid various thoughts flickering, Tang Qi returned to Messer City as quickly as possible.

He had left in the dead of night, and now it was early morning when he returned.

As usual, Tang Qi changed clothes in the suburbs, switching from his Second Body back to his original self, then hailed a taxi to the campus.

Normally, he should have gone to the police station for work. However, at this juncture, he was on a “protective leave.” Tang Qi was happy to become inconspicuous and planned to wash up after returning to the apartment and then go to class; his actual profession was a high school student.

If it weren’t for the vacation, he wouldn’t even have remembered this.

The taxi soon arrived at the campus entrance; it was time for school.

Students from various districts got off the buses; those from wealthier backgrounds were dropped off by private cars; and those close to the campus simply walked over in groups of two or three, gathering into a flood of students crossing the white brick square toward inside the campus.

The scene was filled with vibes of youth and liveliness, and due to the presence of the church, there was also a sense of serene beauty.

The turmoil and bloodshed within Messer City seemed completely unrelated to this place.

This was Thorny High School.

Tang Qi muttered to himself internally and then planned to pay the taxi fare, wash up back at the apartment before going to class.

But just as he was about to step out of the taxi, a scene that suddenly appeared in front made Tang Qi’s expression pause, and his gaze focused intently.

Among the crowd at the campus entrance were about a dozen human figures, conspicuously noticeable.

They were indeed that group of privileged, wealthy second-generation individuals who had been gone for a long time.

Like Tang Qi, they belonged to the privileged class among high school students.

Now, as they returned, the other students, seeing some subtle changes in the appearances of these “second-generations,” all looked on with envy.

Most probably thought they had returned from a vacation.

But Tang Qi saw a completely different scene: each second-generation radiated faint ghost lights, and special images began to form on them.