……

Seeing that the thick tongue was about to lick Matthew and the others, at the critical moment, seeing a flash of white light, Peggy, who was incarnated as the Valkyrie of the Moon, immediately cut it off.

All of a sudden.

A violent stench permeated the lake.

The tongue fell.

Countless pitch-black flames erupted from the huge Buddha's head.

Followed by.

Those flames turned into countless black-purple tongues, which licked upwards violently.

Peggy's figure turned into white light.

She was fast, swimming in the black flames like a graceful white butterfly.

Philorius also flew above the surface of the lake, and the bone dragon spewed out a large amount of poison, tearing at those tongues with great force.

A portal appeared behind him.

A massive influx of undead creatures frantically poured in.

Over the lake.

Many of the undead fell directly into the lake, but they seemed to be swimming, and after a few splashes in the water, they actually climbed up by the edge of the Buddha's head.

Time.

A large number of undead creatures crawled on the surface of the Buddha.

They are like black-and-white maggots or ants, stubbornly resisting the attack of the thick tongues on the Buddha's head.

These tongues are truly terrifying.

However, the undead army was undaunted, and under the orders of Philorius, the undead soon gained the upper hand.

A large number of tongues were cut off by the roots.

Even the eyeballs in the Buddha's head were gouged out by Ah Bing and Forty-Seven!

Seeing that the younger brothers under his hands showed their powers, they temporarily stabilized the situation.

Matthew also breathed a sigh of relief, and he forcibly pressed the bamboo stick behind his back-

Since the first time Lance appeared.

This spiritual weapon is going to give the other party a little color to see.

But Matthew felt it was a waste to just use it like that.

Before coming to the Jade Garden.

Matthew has done his homework on the group of sorcerers, and he is confident that he can deal with legendary sorcerers on his own!

Look at the excitement below.

Eurolin suddenly realized that he was realising:

"Need me to throw a fireball?"

Matthew shook his head repeatedly:

"No need, but I did encounter a special situation that might need your help, so I chose to assemble indiscriminately."

"I didn't think you would answer my call......"

Eurolin rightly said:

"Hey, Matthew, you're out of sight, I just like to sleep in, and I'm not a cold and ruthless guy to my friends."

"But then again, it's really not the right time for you to summon this time."

Matthew asked:

"How?"

"What were you doing when I summoned you?"

Eurolin Says:

"I arrived in a brand new underground city, and as I entered the gates, I met a group of drows, who seemed to have heard of my prestige, and when they saw me, they said to me, 'You can't go any further!' ……”

Matthew asks:

"And how were you going to respond?"

Eurolin spread his hands:

"I'm going to stuff their mouths with fireballs!"

"Look, I've already started rubbing, can I throw one casually......"

"No, I can't hold it back!"

Rumble!

A fierce fire slid across the lake.

The terrifying explosion spread from the surface of the lake more than a hundred meters away.

Countless waves of water rolled backwards in the surroundings.

A wave was formed that was heavily sunken inward.

A large amount of white gas rose on the surface of the lake, and even the Buddha's head and the nearby immortals were affected!

"Yang Yan Bang?"

"Who are you?"

"Why should a lich like you work for an ignorant mage?"

Lance's surprised voice could be heard in the mirrors around him.

However, Eurolin did not answer him at all.

Until Matthew nudged his shoulder.

Only then did he realize:

"Oh, are you talking to me?"

"But I'm just using an ordinary fireball technique......"

The mirrors of the sixteen mirrors shimmered with a faint green light.

With the change of light around them.

The Buddha's head on the surface of the lake also suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Legendary sorcerer Lance fell into a long silence.

Right now.

God of War Zombie Vasnov spoke:

"He's changed his mind and plans to wear you down by procrastination."

"If I'm not mistaken, this is the evil mind space of the evil magician, and only the evil magician with extremely strong spiritual power is qualified to create such a vast and incomparably real spiritual power plane."

Matthew nodded at Vasnov:

"This is indeed a space for evil thoughts, and the person who pulled me in was Lance."

Vasnov snorted lightly:

"Ah, I remember him, a sinister and cunning madman, who gave the elven queen that many people in Tianlun Palace are worried about, and almost made the main material world a hotbed for the Void Lord to multiply."

Matthew knew that Vasnov was definitely more authoritative in terms of knowledge than everyone present.

He just hadn't regained his memory before, but now it seemed that he had remembered a lot of things.

So Matthew asked directly, well:

"How much do you know about sorcerers?"

Vasnov said indifferently:

"Sorcerers must be the most spiritually powerful among human beings."

"Only in this way can they sense the summons of the Extraterritorial Sect Master, since they themselves do not have the ability to cast spells, they need to communicate with the Sect Master to obtain spells."

"For these reasons, the number of spells mastered by sorcerers is not large, but usually each spell is strong."

"Evil magicians have extremely exaggerated requirements for spiritual power, they will use many unbelievable means to improve their spiritual power, if most of them don't have enough etheric affinity, otherwise they will become a more powerful group than mages."

Eurolin couldn't help but interject:

"So how do sorcerers usually exercise their mental powers?"

Vasnov glanced at him and replied:

"Experience the variety of life."

"In a sense, the means of improving the spiritual power of the sorcerer are similar to the awakening of the sorcerer, and they need extreme emotions to stimulate themselves."

"It's just that the sorcerer stimulates the soul, and the warlock stimulates the bloodline."

"As far as I know, some high-level sorcerers experience different thrills by attaching their souls to other people's bodies."

"For example, a woman who has been humiliated, a lamb to the slaughter, a weak man whose family has been ruined...... The pain, pleasure, sorrow, and despair of these beings can stimulate their souls and make them grow spiritually. ”

"Because it is very troublesome to passively search for creatures that are encountering extreme stimuli, many sorcerers like to actively create human tragedies in order to attach themselves to various life forms to gain self-improvement."

"But this ascension does not come without a price, and in most cases, negative emotions are far more powerful than positive emotions, so most sorcerers use negative emotions to stimulate the soul, which raises a hidden danger -

When they use the suffering of the weak to stimulate their spirits, they also accumulate in their souls a spirituality called evil thoughts.

These thoughts are a curse on the souls they possess when they are on the verge of collapse.

When enough evil thoughts are combined, a whole new evil consciousness is created.

Once this consciousness arises, it resides in the soul of the sorcerer and slowly takes its place.

This process is irreversible and there is no solution.

The only way to delay is to create a cage for this evil consciousness.

This is the origin of the space of evil thoughts.

He's not really a sorcerer's enemy.

Rather, it is a measure of self-preservation.

After all, a legendary sorcerer can kill many opponents with only mental power, and it is a high-risk and low-reward thing to bring enemies into the evil thought space......"

"If our opponent is really Lance, then he has a bit of a big deal."

Bang Bang Bang!

Eurolin puffed his hands vigorously:

"Very good popular science!"

"You kid looks magnificent, not ordinary—you were tricked into the team by Matthew?"

Matthew immediately corrected and said:

"Hey, Eurolin, I didn't lie to you."

Eurolin looked at Matthew with resentment:

"Yes, you didn't lie to me."

"But you're strong."

Vasnov looked at Eurolin with the same interest:

"A legendary lich?"

Then he looked at Matthew:

"Heh, you kid is really more unscrupulous than I imagined."

"Don't tell me you're trying to get this Mr. Lich to obey you."

Matthew held out his hands to stop the two guys.

His expression was quite serious:

"Gentlemen, there's a legendary sorcerer lurking around us!"

"Let's think about how to break this evil thought space first!"

Vasnov looked light:

"Don't be nervous, the evil thought space is not the kingdom of God, and it doesn't have that much suppressive power for outsiders."

"Didn't you notice that our spells, abilities, and even physical attacks are real and effective."

"This means that the sorcerer's control over the space of evil thoughts has not reached the level of tampering with the rules."

"This will only suppress your concentration level and speed up your mental energy consumption."

"Here, his advantage is only almost infinite spiritual power."

"If I'm not mistaken, he will consume us with wave after wave of crises, and when our mental strength continues to decline, our bodies will become more and more tired."

"Then it is possible to sink forever in this illusion."

"But you have divinity in your hands, and you can drag it on for a long, long time......"

When Matthew heard him say this, he knew that Vasnov must have a means of dealing with the sorcerer.

"You might as well say it if you have something to say."

Matthew spoke to him, vigilantly keeping an eye out for the changes around him.

I don't know if it was the presence of Eurolin and Vasnov that shocked Lance.

After that fireball before.

Time in the space of evil thoughts seemed to stand still.

Except for the green light that fills the eyes.

Matthew didn't perceive anything.

Vasnov said leisurely:

"I really didn't expect Lance to send you to his evil thought space, hehe, we can try to find his spiritual origin here-

This is not difficult, the spiritual origin of the sorcerer often coexists with his evil thoughts, and the evil thoughts are the most conspicuous existence in the space of evil thoughts.

We just need to find Lance's evil thoughts.

You can find his spiritual origin.

After that, I can teach you a way through which you can directly devour Lance's spiritual origin.

Although it is possible that it will also be polluted by evil thoughts.

But as long as you don't do it often, this evil idea won't grow.

And the spiritual source you devour will greatly increase your mental power, and thus increase your concentration level.

I think for any mage.

It's a great opportunity right now, right? ”

As he spoke, his gaze wandered among the sixteen mirrors around him:

"Most people would probably think that these mirrors were used against outsiders."

"Actually, no, these mirrors are cages that sorcerers use to trap evil thoughts!"

"His spiritual origin is in a subspace behind these sixteen mirrors, do you want to taste the taste of an evil magician?"

Vasnov's voice was full of temptation.

Matthew is unmoved:

"Name your terms."

Vasnov immediately said:

"I'll take you to find the spiritual origin and teach you the secret method of devouring, but you want to share half of Lance's spiritual power with me!"

Matthew raised an eyebrow:

"A quarter at most!"

Vasnov didn't want to:

"Deal!"

Matthew was a little puzzled:

"Your bottom line is so low?"

Vasnov took it for granted:

"You're the boss, you have the final say, and I earn as much as I get."

Matthew didn't even have time to feel that this guy's mentality was quite good.

The illusion around you suddenly disappears!

Followed by.

A huge force pushed them out of somewhere!

"Eh, don't, let's go in......"

Vasnov's words were not finished.

Matthew's feet were firmly planted on the wooden floor.

He looked around.

The empty bud gate is still open.

They've returned to Windward Hollow!

It's just that Matthew appeared out of thin air with such a wave of undead, which immediately caused a little panic in the valley, especially the huge size and terrifying image of Philorius, which caused a lot of screams!

Matthew turned a blind eye to this.

Because soon.

Once again, he sensed the aura of a legendary sorcerer—

Dressed in a gentleman's suit, Lance stood expressionlessly on the edge of the wooden platform.

His eyes were a little complicated:

"The Valkyrie of the Moon, a legendary lich, and a pseudo-god whose spiritual power is so strong that people can't understand it...... What you've just discussed scares me! ”

"I really didn't expect that a legendary necromancer could have such an outstanding undead as you!"

"Honestly, I want to be friends with a few of you......"

"Actually, you can live well without Matthew, no, right?"

The voice fell.

Matthew's inner alarm is suddenly born!

……

"Warning: Warlock Lance is using demagoguery and incitement against your followers!

He's trying to turn against your followers!

Your ability "Defend to the Death" (Minotaur Realm) has taken effect!

Your retinue are exempt from the demagoguery and incitement of the sorcerer Lance......

Increases your Minotaur Authority Breeding Progress by 11% (Resistance)!

Current Progress: 55%"

……

Want to rebel against my entourage?

Matthew's heart thumped and anger came up.

He grabbed Eurolin's sleeve:

"Merge with me!"

Who knew that the latter said with a look of embarrassment:

"That's not good, Matthew."

Matthew could only retreat and point to Lance:

"Smash him with a fireball!"

"Remember to aim!"

Eurolin said cheerfully:

"That's fine!"

Lambston's face changed, and he couldn't help but whisper:

"Matthew!"

"Your methods are doomed to be in vain for the Traces of the Dead!"

"And you're going to anger a lot of people by doing that, don't you know how many people want to kill you and do it quickly?"

"You've become Isabel's pawn, it's too late to turn back in time!"

Face the bewitchment of the sorcerer.

Matthew raised his hand directly:

"How many people want to be pawns don't have a chance."

"How do you know that I am not willing to be a pawn?"

The next second.

Eight tentacles swept from beneath the wooden platform, grabbing the sorcerer's body.

Lance's trench coat shriveled down.

Cracking sound.

Several gold coins fell to the ground.

Vasnov glanced at it and said:

"It's a clone, his body has left the material world, heh, what a cautious guy, what a clever escape route......"

Immediately, he looked at the brighter and brighter firelight around him with some puzzlement and asked:

"The enemies are all gone, why are you still rubbing?"

Eurolin smiled and said:

"You don't know that, do you?"

"My fireball will hold a grudge!"

The next second.

The fireball, which was about a meter in diameter, slammed out, burning Lance's trench coat, igniting the flower buds next to it, and then slamming into the void!

Two minutes later.

Matthew's data bar suddenly flashed with such a message.

……

"Hint: Your companion Eurolin has destroyed the Three-Eyed Tavern on the Sampan plane!

Sorcerer Lance is hit in the back by a fireball, is severely injured, and loses his hair......

Warlock Lance has +10 hatred for you!

The dragon god will gain +1 hatred for you!"

……

A fireball that can strike across planes?

It's a bit outrageous.

At this time, Matthew and the others had already left the original platform.

Once safe, he sent most of the undead back to their original locations, leaving only Peggy, Eurolin, and Vasnov behind.

"So what you said earlier, the method that can devour the spiritual origin of others really exists?"

Matthew asked Vasnoff.

The latter nodded:

"Of course."

"Sea Elf meditation method, haven't you heard of it?"

Matthew was slightly surprised:

"The principle of the Sea Elf Meditation Method is to devour other people's spiritual power?"

Vasnov chuckled:

"Then do you think there are other ways to quickly improve mental power in this world?"

"The people who originally created this secret method did not want outsiders to know its secrets, so they deliberately created confusion when they came up with the name, and they did not want this secret method to be widely spread."

Eurolin asked curiously:

"Is it because you are afraid that once this secret method spreads, the whole world will become a world of cannibalism?"

Vasnov shook his head:

"It's not."

"I'm worried that after getting the secret method, the others will eat the people they want to eat."

Matthew shuddered.

What kind of race are the sea elves?

Why is the Sea Elf Meditation Method and the Sea Elf Reincarnation Technique all more evil than the other?

He glanced at Vasnov.

Perhaps the name of this secret method is not just as simple as the creator's desire to confuse outsiders.

"Then you pass on the secret method to me first."

Matthew groaned.

Peggy asked curiously:

"But weren't we all kicked out of that space?"

Matthew shrugged:

"I left two spell coordinates in his evil thought space."

"I may not be able to go to the door in the future."

Eurolin also smiled and said:

"Coincidentally, I also left two transparent bones on the surface of the lake."

Peggy looked at Matthew and then at Eurolin, and couldn't help but comment sharply:

"You two stink the same thing, too."

Then she hooked Vasnov's shoulder:

"Fortunately, we have two simple-minded existences, which can make our team look less evil and greasy."

And yet at this very moment.

Matthew and Eurolin both had a change in complexion.

"Damn, my spell coordinates have been discovered!"

Matthew sighed.

Eurolin was also a little depressed:

"My bones are ...... too"

Right now.

Vasnov quietly broke away from Peggy's arm, and he gave Matthew a look.

Knowing it, Matthew dropped a spell-leveled version of the soundproof barrier.

"I left a psychic worm in it."

"I manipulated the insect to hide in a mirror, and he hasn't noticed my existence yet."

Vasnov whispered:

"I'm looking for his spiritual origin, and when I find it, we'll directly drive across the plane and teleport over and eat him clean!"

"But I need a little time, the insects crawl very slowly......"

"Three days at most!"

Matthew looked at him suspiciously:

"You can't have found your spiritual origin and are secretly eating alone, right?"

Vasnov said helplessly:

"We signed a deep contract, and you can control the insects I released!"

"Wait, you can watch it, but don't get started, I'm afraid your manipulation will be discovered by him!"

Matthew's mind moved.

Through his pact with the God of War Zombie, he found a new perspective, a worm swimming in a pitch-black water!

He directly took over Vasnov's perspective and authority, and after confirming that the latter was not lying, he was content to withdraw from the worm's field of vision.

The data bar is displayed.

Minotaur Element +1.

"Good fellow, that's what counts?"

Matthew couldn't help but plan to control the insects for a while.

They then left the somewhat tumultuous Windward Valley.

When returning to the mage camp near the Marks of the Dead.

Peggy asked:

"That stinking sissy said it was just a warning."

"What are you going to do next?"

Matthew is also thinking quickly about it.

Setrunk and the Brotherhood of Frost behind it, the sorcerer Lance, and the closely related Scourge Order, the Wood Elves' Council of Elders, Baruch's Dragon God Society, the entrance to the Astral Plane, and other potential enemies...... The small Windward Valley can no longer be described as hiding dirt and dirt!

This group of lunatics is already the sworn enemies of the Alliance.

The sorcerer Lance's shot was more like a tentative trumpet.

There are countless people in the back who are eyeing it.

If Matthew doesn't do anything next, things like that will only get more and more!

There was no way he could back down.

However, this means that he will face a pervasive assassination operation!

Unless......

"I'm going to strike first!"

Matthew made a decisive decision.

Peggy asks, not surprised:

"Tomorrow?"

Matthew shook his head:

"Right now!"

As he spoke, he took out a pen and paper and began to write:

"Send me this urgent recruitment order for Alliance Mages! I'm now a second-class councillor, and I have that authority......"

"An ordinary member of the Traces of the Dead Project? I don't need to call them, I have other arrangements for them. ”

"You take this back to the cemetery, and then go to the Crucible House to find Vandal or David, the sooner the better!"

"Me? Of course I have other tasks......"

Matthew quickly finished writing a scroll and handed it to Peggy, and a moment later, his figure disappeared into the night.

……

An hour later.

A shocking piece of news spread throughout the Jade Court and its surroundings.

While the tree mage Matthew was having fun in the Windward Valley, he was attacked by the legendary sorcerer Lance, which caused riots in the Windward Valley.

The latter retreated in full force during the attack.

The former, on the other hand, was seriously injured and is currently in danger of dying, but it will take a long time to recuperate.

For this reason, even the S-class projects that have just been restarted may be implicated......

As soon as the news broke.

The upper echelons of the Jade Court and many forces in the south are confirming its authenticity.

Many shadows were looming in the darkness.

Most people don't know what's really going on.

But what is certain is that they found that all the Alliance mages who had been in full swing to advance the Deathscorched Earth Project had returned to Matthew's camp.

None of the mages showed signs of leaving.

As for what exactly happened inside.

Naturally, outsiders don't know.

Meanwhile.

A humble cabin quite a distance from the Marks of the Dead.

A figure appears here.

This is a hidden safe house set up by the Seven Saints Alliance near the Jade Garden.

Most of the time the safe house is vacant.

It will only be activated in an emergency.

Inside the safe house.

Matthew's gaze swept over everyone present.

In addition to himself, there are a total of four alliance mages who came in response to this urgent recruitment order-

Hibbert.

Felivan.

Hood.

and the legendary mage Mullan, known as the shield of the Gem Mountain.

Matthew really didn't expect this last.

He thought it would be nice if he could call the first three.

As for the issuance of an emergency recruitment order, it is to obtain some dispatchable emergency resources.

Let's say this secluded safe house.

Facing Matthew's puzzled gaze.

Mullan explained with a smile:

"I happened to catch a demon around here, but I lost the clue of the demon, and there is nothing wrong with it anyway, after receiving your news, I thought about coming over and taking a look."

Matthew nodded slightly:

"It's going to be a little dangerous."

Mu Lan smiled and said:

"Can it be more dangerous than dealing with demons?"

Matthew thought for a moment:

"I'm going to hit the astral plane."

Mullan was taken aback.

Immediately, he showed an incredible look:

"Did I hear me right?"

"Wait, aren't you planting trees near the Marks of the Dead and doing some kind of umbrella project?"

"Why are you suddenly attacking the Astral Plane?"

Matthew didn't answer.

He just looked at Mullan calmly.

The latter showed a hint of interest:

"Yes."

"I heard the news that you had been attacked on the way here, and the young man's temper is hot......"

"I know the rules, I'll join, and you're the commander."

"But I must explain beforehand that I am only good at protective spells, not very good at fighting, and if you expect me to defeat some powerful enemies, you may be miscalculated."

Matthew nodded:

"Your Excellency is welcome to join us."

"My plan is divided into two phases at the moment."

"In the first stage, the Jade Court will be cleared, and the focus will be on cracking down on the evil organizations in the Windward Valley."

"In the second stage, find the passage connecting with the astral plane in the Windward Valley, and then we will go straight to the Yellow Dragon and destroy the springboard called the Sampan Plane!"

Mullan asked:

"So let's do the first phase first?"

Matthew shook his head:

"I'm going to do both phases at the same time!"

"Do you guys have any ideas?"

……

(End of chapter)