Sorcerer: I want to be an Academic Prodigy

Chapter 446: Chapter 445: A Cut Above in Skill

Of course, the Hunting Space involves a lot of things, which cannot be understood all at once; Ivan would need to slowly try and explore in the future.

The old tortoise, Marshall, had already landed inside the Hunting Space, truly entering the pit.

Ivan sighed inwardly, thinking that this was an accidental success.

On the other hand, it also showed that the old tortoise was really unlucky to have fallen into a special Hunting Space, now it truly couldn’t hide anymore.

“Stay here and wait for me to come out.”

“How could I, sir? I am your guard, I must—”

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“Stop babbling. Do you have any arcane scrolls on you? Once there is a significant change, I have no extra strength to protect you.”

After making preparations, Ivan instructed the swamp ant briefly, then connected with the Silver Moon Blade and headed straight into the Moon Blade Space.

The entire Moon Blade Space looked empty, except for an island floating in the middle; there was nothing else. This was clearly not the original appearance of the Moon Blade Space, which had been destroyed in chaos.

“It’s larger and taller than the botanical garden of the Dark Moon Blade, but it’s also poorer.”

“It seems to contain an inexplicable wildness.”

Ivan strolled around the space leisurely and did not find any other concealed and crucial elements, which meant he could not likely restore it to its original state.

He didn’t mind rebuilding, but he had to deal with the hidden dangers lurking on the island first.

With this in mind, he slowly flew towards the island, stopping not far above it.

“Let me see if you still dare to continue playing dead.”

Ivan’s eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and without any visible movement, he just stood there silently.

In fact, he had already thrown a ‘Sacrificial Heart’.

This Sacrificial Heart was fully disguised, colorless and invisible, blending almost entirely with the void; it was now using the power of the Hunting Space to enter the location of Marshall’s head, merging quietly.

After a second or two, the expected change occurred.

“Roar! Damned human sorcerer, you didn’t keep your word.”

The island exploded with a loud boom, and Marshall the old tortoise once again revealed its full appearance, face fierce and eyes red with rage, immediately launching a fierce attack.

Ivan had anticipated this.

Besides setting up multiple layers of defense, he also took the opportunity to strike with a palm powered by the Black Magic Hand, which was especially vast.

Whether attacking or defending, he relied on some of the power of the Hunting Space.

However, the old tortoise was extremely ferocious when enraged, and after a confrontation, it was Ivan who reluctantly backed up a distance, his expression becoming more cautious.

“Stop pretending, what do they say? ‘Put to death and then resurrected,’ you just want to use my power to escape, who knows when you might turn your back, right?”

“Damn, haven’t I helped you settle this space? Without me, when could you repair this space? It’s a shame you’re descended from the Justice Ancestor God; I see you as nothing but a deeply evil sorcerer.”

“You’re right, I am indeed a sorcerer.”

“——”

Clearly in a terrible mood, Marshall not only attacked Ivan but also didn’t forget to curse him loudly.

Ivan was somewhat knowledgeable in trading insults and naturally did not lose his composure.

“Darn! You still want to secretly control me, how preposterous, I will show you that lordly creatures are not to be insulted.”

After a period of probing and seeing that he couldn’t handle the opponent, and already running out of steam, Marshall finally couldn’t bear it anymore.

At that moment, it was as if some kind of limiter was released on Marshall’s body; its power climbed incrementally, about to reach its peak, but the sorcerer activated a scroll just in time, capturing the perfect timing.

In a flash, powerful winds and thunder erupted.

Level 4 spell “Wind and Thunder Double Python Arrow” once again revealed its boundless power, forming two closely entwined Lightning Pythons aimed at the old turtle.

“Damn it, let’s die together!”

With his final resentment, the old turtle launched a dying strike.

Imagine, a Star Realm lord being toyed with by a mere human sorcerer, this time the old turtle poured all his strength in hatred.

Under the fierce collision of the two fourth-level forces, the area was like the sky had shattered and the earth had split.

“What a terrifying attack!”

As the other party in the battle, Ivan took the brunt and personally experienced the terror of a fourth-level creature.

In the clash, he witnessed the Wind and Thunder Double Python Arrow being forcefully twisted and distorted, the opponent’s attack surged over, leaving him no room to dodge.

The defensive layer brought by the Hunting Space broke.

Followed by the breaking of another defensive shield.

In the moment of crisis, another arcane scroll on his person activated automatically.

This time it was a Blood Rune Scroll, capable of fully blocking one fourth-level attack, the scroll generated a cyan shield that firmly protected him from behind.

Muffled under the loud noise, he was sent flying backward for a distance.

A second or two later, he finally regained his footing.

“Phew!”

Ivan stared intensely at the other island, taking a long breath of relief.

Fourth-level creatures are indeed not to be underestimated, even if the opponent’s body was riddled with holes and on its last breath. Even so, a trivial release of power was enough to doom any Level 3 creature irreversibly.

Fortunately, the old turtle had burned through the last bit of strength inside.

Now it was thoroughly dead.

“Since you didn’t keep the promise yourself, there’s no need for me to send you back to your homeland, stay here to nurture the Shadow Blood Guards.”

Having lost two arcane scrolls, one of which was a life-saving Blood Rune Scroll, his consumption was undeniably heavy. However, it was worth it to eliminate such a big hidden threat.

Conveniently, the carcass could be used to cultivate Shadow Blood Guards, testing the power of the Hunting Space.

After a while, once Ivan confirmed there were no hidden dangers left, he quickly reached the spot of the old turtle’s head, and another Sacrificial Heart emerged, cast into and absorbed by the old turtle’s body.

Not long after, the Sacrificial Heart flew back to him.

“So it is, you really are an unlucky turtle.”

As his strength increased, his understanding of the Meditation Method “Black Magic Sacrifice” deepened.

He used to be able to condense only one Sacrificial Heart, and it took quite a while. Now, it had doubled, and he could directly condense two in just a few minutes.

If not using the Sacrificial Heart to control creatures, he could continuously condense them.

Furthermore, his Sacrificial Heart had developed other uses, capable of absorbing creatures’ memory images, thus reading parts of their profound memories.

Being freshly dead, the old turtle was a suitable subject for the Sacrificial Heart.

The Sacrificial Heart successfully captured a portion of memory images, likely the ones the old turtle couldn’t stop thinking about in its dying moments.

It was an extremely unlucky story, chased by Star Realm creatures, hunted by sorcerers, torn apart by cosmic storms, and finally fled into the depths of the Great Sky River and fell into a deep sleep.

As a result, due to its creature characteristics, it formed a strange spatial prison in its sleep, trapping itself tightly inside. Later, as it was severely wounded and its power continued to wane to preserve its life, it had to suppress its own power, entirely wasting the fourth-level tier.

“Trapped to death by itself?”

“Could it be the suppression from the grand will that made it so unlucky?”

As Ivan pondered, he thought of a possibility, causing a shiver in his heart.