623: night meteor and the sacred dragon star
"Tsk..." The Thief Saint had lost his previous composure.
At that moment, all the Botanical Wizards throughout the Cloud Arena felt their own magical power being suppressed and weakened out of thin air the instant Witch Catherine utilized Crown Magic.
The so-called Crown Magic was capable of dominating all similar magical powers in the vicinity, making one's own magic the sole standard for all comparable magic around it.
As an elite on the Path of Truth...
Dominating the era!
Consequently, within the vicinity of Crown Magic, the closer a sub-field magic was to Crown Magic, the more severely it would be affected.
The Botanical Wizards only felt slightly affected, to the point of mere physical discomfort. However, if a wizard happened to be studying the same sub-field as Witch Catherine, their magical power would be completely suppressed.
The Thief Saint dared not confront Crown Magic directly here; if his gemini siphon organ were functioning normally, he might have chanced a risk.
The Thief Saint glanced at one of his Second Ring Black Wizards, who had already successfully stolen the target, breathed a slight sigh of relief, and then turned to Witch Catherine. "The Twin Demon Realm is the Fire Thief, a magical world that provides an opportunity to all those in this world lacking talent."
"Fire thieves exist forever."
"Since the dawn of civilization, the Twin Demon Realm has already existed."
"Just as the sun will inevitably appear in a living world, this is the truth. Your White Wizard Society cannot deny it!"
The Thief Saint licked his lips. "Meeting Witch Catherine today was truly not aimed at Golden Crown Mountain, but rather for another objective. Since the target has been secured, this is a token of apology..."
A two-way passage to the Twin Demon Realm appeared behind the Thief Saint. The passage resembled an animal's throat, hiding some sort of terrifying tongue inside. Immediately afterward, the Twin Demon Realm spat out a stream of magical energy.
That energy resembled a night meteor.
"This night meteor is a token of apology for Golden Crown Mountain. We stole it from another world, so please accept it."
Witch Catherine was about to continue her attack, but suddenly realized that because the opponent had sent over a night meteor, she had inadvertently been shaken off the Great Magic she had cast upon the Thief Saint.
The Thief Saint's [gemini siphon organ] thus returned to normal, allowing him to quickly'steal' the distance of several Black Wizards, bringing them before Witch Catherine, while he himself took the opportunity to reach the entrance of the Twin Demon Realm's Plane passage.
The night meteor instantly turned Golden Crown Mountain into night, and within that darkness, meteors flickered.
The wizards in the Cloud Arena were all in a daze, sensing a certain power of the stars within the night meteor that resonated with their own existence.
On Arena No. 1, Locke stood on the platform, seeing the incredibly beautiful torrent of stars above in the sky, while simultaneously seeing countless starlight falling and scattering around his body.
It was as if it were the most beautiful scene in the world.
In the dark night, there was a river of meteors, with specks of starlight falling, incomparably beautiful.
The wizards inside the Cloud Arena could not help but be stunned. Originally, for them, the stars located in the void seemed very close at night, but in reality, one needed to traverse countless spatial distances—distances that, even when traveling by void battleship, would likely require hundreds or even thousands of years to reach.
A First Ring Wizard from the main world, boarding a void battleship to travel to a large Colonial Plane located in another Plane cluster, would need at least a dozen years.
If the distance were slightly further, it would take decades.
The void was so vast that even for wizards, traveling to other Colonial Planes required huge costs.
Therefore, observing the stars and studying the stars required paying a huge price.
But at this moment, this night meteor seemed like a reflection of those star Planes in the Endless Void; countless star Planes, and even some star worlds, were moving within the night meteor.
Wizards were able to see a portion of these star worlds very simply.
Many Third Ring Wizards of Golden Crown Mountain, during the process of the Twin Demon Realm Black Wizards escaping, fell into hesitation. Between pursuing them and studying these reflected star maps, they made their choice, quickly ordering their students and disciples to immediately stop the pursuit and hurry to record these star maps.
Record as much as possible.
The two Second Ring Wizards from the Tower of Transmutation had eyes turning red. "Good heavens, just how much pressure were the Black Wizards of the Twin Demon Realm under to be willing to throw out something like this in exchange for a safe escape? However, they came here for a feint; what exactly is their goal? Just to cause destruction?"
"Never mind others. The Third Ring Wizards are recording the panoramic star maps, so we Second Ring Wizards can focus on studying a few star Planes. It's a pity my Astrology isn't very good, otherwise the gains would be even greater."
The two of them were Bloodline Wizards; recording star Planes could only serve as an auxiliary function for them. Those who could truly gain more were the wizards from the Astrology sub-field of the Prophecy School.
Of course, because these star maps were too precious, most of them chose to study the star maps rather than pursue the enemy.
And those Twin Demon Realm wizards also took this opportunity to begin their retreat.
Most First Ring Wizards did not have the ability to study individual star Planes, but they could sense the Plane power and spirituality of the star Planes, allowing them to rapidly increase their mana. Regardless, star Planes had many wonderful uses, so at this moment, Golden Crown Mountain was staging a large-scale event of sharing the benefits of the [night meteor].
Of course, the Fourth Ring Wizard and Truth Wizard of Golden Crown Mountain immediately summoned the black hole witch peach, creating a black hole to catch the night meteor.
Golden Crown Mountain would completely harvest this night meteor.
Locke, standing on Arena No. 1, initially only purely absorbed the star power within the night meteor to increase his mana and compensate himself, but soon discovered that his mana had already reached the First Ring limit.
There was no point in absorbing any more.
Therefore, he opened his Forest Sanctuary, allowing the thousand acres of forest and hundreds of One-Ring Magic Plants in the Forest Sanctuary to absorb the starlight, strengthen themselves, and guide his Forest Sanctuary to absorb the benefits of the night meteor.
But soon, Locke summoned the Porcelain Moon and discovered that the Porcelain Moon formed a special resonance with certain Planes within the night meteor.
'It's those Moon Planes in the Endless Void!'
Locke realized. 'Those Moon Planes were originally extremely far away from the Main Material Plane. But because of this night meteor, they are all exposed before me right now. I must seize this opportunity to observe the spiritual characteristics, magical characteristics, and various other characteristics of those Moon Planes.'
'Otherwise, I would only be able to buy expensive astronomical equipment to conduct observations, in order to improve my Porcelain Moon magic.'
'The key is, success is not guaranteed!'
Locke seized the opportunity, raising the Porcelain Moon to absorb the star power. At the same time, his Innate Magic Eye appeared on his forehead, and he opened the fierce beast panel to amplify the insight of his magic eye, and also drank a bottle of Tyrants Eye Potion.
He locked onto the three Moon Planes within the night meteor that resonated with his Porcelain Moon and began to observe them intently.
He recorded various attributes such as the mana fluctuations and spiritual fluctuations of the three Moon Planes, as well as their trajectories in the void, observing from them at least three sets of First Ring level Spell Models, which he could combine to further perfect Porcelain Moon Growth.
Meanwhile, the golden tower branch and Little Vajra Jujube also automatically flew out from his astral ring, transforming into the [Peach Arc Thorn Arrow], resonating with a star within the night meteor that represented the Sacred Dragon.
Locke shifted his attention slightly and discovered that there was a bright star within the night meteor, flickering with starlight toward him.
Unlike other stars, this sacred dragon star seemed to be actively reacting to him.
The sacred dragon star shot a beam of starlight toward his Peach Arc Thorn Arrow; it was an arrow of deviation, and also an arrow of change.
Locke quickly understood that the sacred dragon star was just an ordinary star on all levels, but on the spiritual level, the sacred dragon star represented the Star of Change.
Its appearance signified that a matter of change was about to occur.
Originally, if Locke wanted to observe this star, he would need to perform some acts of change to attract the favor of this star, which would require great effort.
But under the summons of the night meteor, this mysterious star actually appeared directly in broad daylight.
This night meteor provided a tremendous boost to Locke!
The more powerful the wizard, the more they gained from this.
But at this moment, Locke suddenly frowned. "Even with my current insight, it is impossible to directly observe the symbols of the three Moon Planes and the sacred dragon star on the primal force level. However, if I could observe them, it would be a huge improvement for the perfection of my two magic spells and my understanding of magic."
If they could be observed, it would produce a domino effect.
He could even use this as a core to create a series of Spell Models.
But the problem was, even a Second Ring Wizard could not observe the primal force level of things with the naked eye.
It was absolutely impossible for him as well.
He must use the queens chessboard to have any possibility of achieving this.
'Wait, the previous Full Moon Growth could use lunar gravity to constrain tyrant element no. 2, and I could even place potions into it, using lunar gravity to illuminate the earth.'
'I can still use Full Moon Growth now to absorb the moonlight of the three Moon Planes I am observing. Afterward, I can use the queens chessboard to analyze them separately.'
'By the same token, I can also use a fourth Full Moon Growth to absorb the starlight of the sacred dragon star.'
Locke chanted the incantation, and four Full Moon Growths appeared around him.
If it were seven days ago, this would have been absolutely impossible for him to do, but after this Sports Festival competition, he had improved quite a bit.
Indeed, using competition as training is the easiest way to improve oneself.
AI Model: gemini-3.0-flash
This was likely because there was a goal in the first competition, and once a person has a short-term goal, they will work continuously to achieve it.
Second, the accumulation of strength leads to a sudden breakthrough.
This competition had transformed all of Locke's previous accumulation into things that could enhance his magical power.
Even if he did it again, the effect on Locke would not be as good, because his previous accumulation had already been entirely converted into his current magical power.
Participating in competitions every day would not be very meaningful.
At this moment, four moons appeared, absorbing the starlight from the sky. All four moons underwent a certain change as the power of the stars interacted with Locke's four instances of Full Moon Growth.
Locke then shouted to Witch Camilla next to Arena No. 1, "Witch Camilla, do you have any ordinary witch porcelain I could borrow?"
"I can pay you according to the market price."
At this time, Witch Camilla was also trying her best to absorb the power of the stars from the sky. However, her insight was not as sharp as Locke's and her accumulation was not as deep. Thus, she could not directly observe a specific star Plane and could only absorb the power of the stars to enhance some of her own attributes.
Hearing Locke's call, she glanced at the four instances of Full Moon Growth in front of him, her expression slightly speechless.
'It's my first time seeing a wizard even more opportunistic than I am. He really has thick skin,' Witch Camilla thought. 'But I don't seem to have a reason to refuse him. After all, completing that trade with him last time established a bit of a friendship. The grudges between Magic Hub City and Golden Crown Mountain are none of my business.'
'I have to work my life away for Magic Hub City every day! Every year there are research and teaching assessments, and if I don't pass, I might get fired. Only in these past few years have I been able to relax a bit without worrying about being let go.'
'I want to become a Second Ring Wizard, and I might need to ask many wizards for help then. Friendship is about give and take; in that case, it's not bad to make this friend a step ahead.'
Witch Camilla directly threw four pieces of ordinary witch porcelain to Locke.
These pieces of witch porcelain had many cracks on their surface; this was ordinary witch porcelain known as crackle-glaze witch porcelain.
The fine cracks that naturally form on the surface of porcelain are called crackle-glaze.
The witch porcelain in Locke's hand was specifically the ice-crackle variety of crackle-glaze porcelain, exquisite with its golden threads and iron wires on the surface.
This reflected the aesthetic of the Yunze Wetland.
Locke placed the four pieces of witch porcelain into the Full Moon Growth spells.
Although these ordinary pieces of witch porcelain could not merge with his spell moons like constellation witch porcelain to act as power sources and strengthen his spells,
they were sufficient to temporarily stabilize his spell moons and serve as carriers for them.
This was different from his Porcelain Moon, so he merely created four solidified spell moons of Full Moon Growth, letting these spell moons be carried within the porcelain.
At this moment, Locke noticed that the sapling of the Ancient Tree of Life at the center of his Forest Sanctuary was also breathing in a massive amount of star power.
"Good," Locke's eyes flickered. "I was originally thinking about how to get the Ancient Tree of Life to grow from a sapling state to a First Ring state, and I even planned to ask Wizard Edgar about it."
"He has experience."
"But now it seems unnecessary. The grade of this star power is high enough, and the quantity is infinite."
"I'll absorb as much as I can, as long as this night meteor stays in the sky long enough!"
Locke opened his druids ring, allowing the starlight to enter it as much as possible and flow into the Forest Sanctuary, where the sapling of the Ancient Tree of Life began to grow with all its might.
In the sky, Witch Catherine had no intention of observing the star charts; all the way, she was focused on hunting down the Thief Saint wizard.
Seeing this, the Thief Saint wizard gritted his teeth. "I've returned your Great Magic to you. I've even withdrawn my troops. What more do you want?"
"Must you be so ruthless as to kill everyone, Yekaterina?"
Indifference flashed in Witch Catherine's eyes; she was so cold-hearted that every spell she cast was meant to kill.
Her sole purpose was to kill this Thief Saint-level Third Ring Wizard from the Twin Demon Realm.
Thief Saint was a title corresponding to a Throne.
The Thief Saint wizard suddenly understood one thing: Witch Catherine didn't care about recording any star charts at all; she wanted his head.
She wanted the corresponding merit.
Throughout the entire event, Witch Catherine had already used it to elevate her status significantly, and once she killed him, her power in Golden Crown Mountain would become even more immense.
'Her student won the opportunity to participate in the Plane Conquest Competition!'
'She led the victory in this Demonic Realm War against the Twin Demon Realm!'
'Her power has expanded through these two victories. This woman... I only wanted to steal the students' talents, while she wants to take all the power.'
The Thief Saint wizard's gaze was cold as he barely managed to escape, his figure disappearing into the throat-like Plane passage of the Twin Demon Realm.
'Witch Catherine, your existence proves one thing—compared to you White Wizards, we Black Wizards are just small-time crooks.'
'As long as authority does not die, the great thieves will never stop.'
'You are the true great thief.'
Witch Catherine watched the Thief Saint wizard disappear, a flash of dissatisfaction in her eyes.
She was just a step away from killing this Thief Saint and making her victory in this operation absolute.
Moreover, there was one point she had to clarify.
The small-scale Demonic Realm War launched by the Twin Demon Realm this time was somewhat anticlimactic. They wanted to experiment with stealing the talents of those wizard geniuses, but that plan had failed before it could achieve much success.
Although they had indeed successfully proven that they could partially plunder talent using that method,
the Twin Demon Realm must have had other objectives.
Witch Catherine also wanted to figure out their purpose. After all, only by knowing could she obtain the corresponding power.
As a Third Ring Throne Wizard living in the past who was very likely to become a Wizard King, a large part of Witch Catherine's desire to explore mysteries stemmed from her greed for power.
Witch Catherine stood in mid-air with her hands behind her back, a pair of red dragon wings behind her.
The golden dragon behind Witch Catherine asked, "Aren't you going to observe the star charts?"
Witch Catherine said, "Many Third Ring Wizards from Golden Crown Mountain Academy will go to observe. After they finish, they will publish articles. By reading those articles, I can naturally obtain the star charts I need. Besides, I know nothing about astrology magic; observing the star charts won't help me much."
"On the contrary, I want to completely dominate the victory of this operation. To solidify my status."
Witch Catherine looked down at the remaining battles on the ground. she turned over her left palm and released her Great Magic, Beast Tide Ecology.
In the center of the Cloud Arena, a grove of longevity peach trees grew. The peach grove was lush and green, bearing a special kind of peach from Golden Crown Mountain.
Above the peach grove hung a plaque—[Dragon Peach Garden]!
Indeed, the Twelve Peaches of Golden Crown Mountain were essentially special products of twelve Great Magics.
Great Magic could be inherited.
When passed down to different wizards, the Great Magic would undergo corresponding changes.
These inheritances could make it easier for a wizard to become a Second Ring Wizard. Of course, even so, it didn't reduce the difficulty by much.
Furthermore, after a wizard became a Second Ring Wizard, these inheritances could reduce the cost of constructing Great Magic and improve the quality of these Great Magics, maximizing their power.
But Third Ring Wizards had long lifespans; a thousand years was not enough to change certain things.
Therefore, while the names and effects of the Twelve Peaches of Golden Crown Mountain seemed unchanged for a thousand years, they actually did change, and their effects improved over time.
The peach grove in the Viewing Peach Garden formed by Witch Catherine's Great Magic could produce dragon viewing peaches, which had various wonderful uses for magical creatures.
It wasn't just the fruit, the dragon viewing peach, that was useful.
Every part of the peach trees in this garden had a specific function for the beast tide of magical creatures.
This peach garden was loc