At this moment, basking in the long-missed sunshine, Theresa threw off the covers and unabashedly stretched herself out.
"Pretty skilled, did you practice especially?"
Lin Suo twitched the corner of his mouth.
"Talent... it’s kind of a specialty."
"Not bad, get up. There should be another magic tide today."
After a quick breakfast, the two of them headed together for the first defensive wall of Ancient Wind City.
A certain figure made Lin Suo couldn’t help but chuckle.
Maquire turned around somberly, with huge dark circles under his eyes, his tone slightly mournful.
"Rhein, you’ve let down my trust."
"Professor Theresa..."
"Alright, alright, come with me."
Lin Suo couldn’t help but cut off Maquire’s plea, leading him under the shadow of the city wall.
"So, what have you considered?"
Hearing this, Maquire hesitated a bit.
"Can I take a look at the effect first? To be honest, the evolution cores I have now are enough for me."
"Sure, I’ll show you once the magic tide starts."
This time, Lin Suo was trying to trade the permanent versions of the Bloodline Evolution Technique and Bloodline Ascension Technique from Maquire.
The evolution core he had given before was the bait.
Useful, isn’t it? Boost powerful, right?
I’ve got even better stuff!
Want an upgrade? Trade with good stuff.
That’s how wizards do it, being willing to trade is already a huge favor, many others wouldn’t.
This permanent version of the three-piece set.
It involves the core inheritance of the Life Transformation Sect, needed by both wizards who have refined their bloodlines and Pure Blood Wizards.
Lin Suo wants the permanent version.
It’s of greater value, so the trade must be roughly equivalent.
Maquire has his father, the Duke of Disaster up his sleeve, with countless treasures. Maintaining a long-term beneficial relationship is the best choice.
"What did you guys talk about?"
After the discussion, they returned to the front.
Theresa was a bit curious.
"Just a small trade."
"Ha ha ha, Rhein, you really have a sense of humor. It’s just giving each other small gifts to enhance the mentor-student relationship."
Maquire denied it, which made Lin Suo’s heart skip a beat; this guy might have embezzled from his father.
Seeing this, he didn’t object either.
Getting his hands on it was all that mattered.
After all, the three-piece set was just Middle Grade Permanent Witchcraft.
To him, it was incredibly valuable, but to someone like the Duke of Disaster, maybe not so much.
And stealing it sounds a little false.
So it’s assumed Maquire took it himself, didn’t he?
Time passed quietly as the three chatted and shot the breeze.
When the sun reached its zenith, the magic tide arrived, and dark clouds once again shrouded the sky.
The magic tide was like the waves.
One wave after another.
After clearing a certain range of creatures on the other side of the interdimensional rift, there would be a period of calm.
Only sporadic creatures would cross over, as the world on the other side wasn’t infinite either; after one batch died, gathering another would take time.
On the high platform of the city wall, a general appointed by Bertos Kingdom was commanding from the center.
He was arranging the segments of the city wall to be defended by the various wizard teams in an orderly fashion.
In the distance, a large group of flying creatures was swiftly approaching.
Blood-sucking Demon Birds, Black Obsidian Dragons, Ghost Puppets, demon eagles with human faces...
The land was engulfed by a black tide.
Such might! Suffocating.
At the very end of the monster tide, there stood a mutated one-eyed giant twenty meters tall.
Its gray enormous vertical pupil exerted an unimaginable colossal pressure.
Its aura was on the verge of a middle-grade wizard.
Just one step away from reaching the combat prowess of an upper-grade wizard.
"That one-eyed giant is strong. If things don’t work out, the commander will likely activate a contingency."
"No worries, watch me."
Lin Suo signaled to Maquire that it was fine just to watch.
The ring on his hand produced a large quantity of liquid metal that quickly assembled into a pitch-black matte sniper rifle.
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"Watch closely. The power of this weapon can incorporate witchcraft."
Maquire was stunned and didn’t understand what Lin Suo meant.
But he saw Lin Suo’s eyes light up with a reddish-gold sheen, and the pattern of the Eye of Truth appeared on his forehead.
"The bullet is just a regular attack, the real power of this weapon comes from the infused effects of witchcraft!"
"Dark Star Annihilation Cannon!"
A silent beam of pitch-black energy, composed entirely of the Power of Dark Star, shot out from the muzzle of the gun.
At an inconceivable speed, it struck the head of the one-eyed giant in the blink of an eye.
As the leader responsible for this monster tide attack.
The one-eyed giant possessed the most basic level of intelligence.
Even so, it couldn’t react before it was hit by the Dark Star Annihilation Cannon.
Starting from its head, it slowly turned into ashes and vanished, all without a sound.
Inside Lin Suo, the power of the Dark Star Angel was exhausted in one go, and he sank into the Death Pool Water to recover.
The sniper rifle in his hands also overburdened.
The level-seven liquid metal couldn’t withstand the outburst of the Power of Dark Star, turning into a puddle of black ash at Lin Suo’s feet.
The Evolution Core Ring shrank a size as a result.
Lin Suo genuinely didn’t expect the power to be so great; it directly damaged parts of the Evolution Core Ring.
On the defensive line, witnessing this scene.
Everyone’s impression of Lin Suo was refreshed once again.
Maquire’s jaw almost dropped to the ground.
"Rhein...Rhein, Teacher, I want it!!!"
The technology of the sniper rifle wasn’t perfect yet; it actually couldn’t reach the level of modern technology.
But Lin Suo cheated with the Eye of Truth and the Synthesize Everything Talent.
He modified it a bit with the theory of witchcraft.
He was only responsible for injecting energy, and depending on the nature of the energy, he got bullets with different effects.
The Power of Dark Star corresponds to obliteration.
Even the gun body couldn’t bear it.
He had to take a precautionary shot first.
"Maquire, the power of this weapon mainly depends on the wizard’s power characteristics. If you use it, it’s impossible to have the same power as mine."
"Infusing it with witchcraft, though, could double its power."
"I understand, but I still want it. Don’t worry, Rhein Teacher, this is too cool."
Maquire didn’t hesitate.
He was too enamored by the extreme coolness of this weapon.
"Alright, as long as you’re happy."
Introducing firearms was the result of Lin Suo’s careful consideration; in terms of kinetic energy, firearms had reached their limit.
And the world was coming to an end.
Entering the starry sky, this technology might not be valuable; the universe is so vast, there could well be other technological civilizations out there.
There is no need to retain the technology of primitive gunpowder weapons.
The true value of firearms lies in their chemical reaction when combined with the knowledge of witchcraft.
Achieving a 1+1>2 effect.
In terms of energy quality, everyone uses magic power, the only differences are in attributes and bonuses.
If it ends up in the right hands, it might bring him a windfall in the future.
The one-eyed giant’s entrance was at its peak.
Death came too quickly, causing the monster tide to lose their commander, who could only mindlessly charge the wizards’ defensive line, making the resolution easier than yesterday.
Lin Suo also seized the moment to kill, causing death.
While earning points, he filled the Death Pool Water.