Icy Wind Territory, White Tower.
Even though the White Tower was located in the north and had no way of knowing exactly what was happening in the family's headquarters, private news was still spreading quickly.
Most of the family's Wizards within the Wizard's Pagoda had been transferred back to the Crimson Throne, trying their best to fend off the invaders. But from the information they had received so far, the situation was not looking good.
As such, even the people in the White Tower were panicking, anxious and uneasy!
Fortunately, the person in charge of the Wizard's Pagoda, Wizard Meryl, was still around. With her and the Ice Lady Cheffu working together to suppress the unrest, the signs of unrest quickly calmed down.
Meryl had been extremely busy over the past few days.
On one hand, she had to diligently manage the daily affairs of the White Tower. On the other hand, she had to keep a close eye on the news from the Blazing Flame Monarch, providing them with the greatest amount of resources and manpower at any time.
Of course, Meryl also had to divert some of her attention to keep an eye on the activity on the ninth level of the White Tower!
Just before the crisis with the Blazing Flame Monarch erupted, the most famous Worm Wizard of the Crimson Family, Bliss, had suddenly returned to his residence on the ninth level of the White Tower to train in seclusion. According to Meryl's understanding, the family had already sent all the resources necessary for him to advance to level two to Bliss. Bliss's choice to train in seclusion now was most likely to allow him to advance to level two as soon as possible.
If the Crimson Family could have an additional Grade 2 Divine Warrior, it would be extremely beneficial to the Crimson Family in such a dire situation. Thus, after hearing the news, Meryl had sent the old fox Venlier to the entrance of Bliss' residence, hoping to receive the news as soon as he came out of seclusion.
…
Within Bliss' residence.
The commotion in the outside world could no longer affect Bliss' state of mind.
In this secret magical room that had been completely sealed off by spells, Bliss took off the thick black robe that covered his body all year round, revealing his evil and ugly worm body.
After nearly a hundred years of bloodshed, Bliss's worm body no longer looked like a human.
A pitch-black carapace that flickered with a dark luster, an ugly mouth shaped like a lotus petal, densely packed compound eyes embedded in the front of his head, and thick and clumsy chelicerae …
Blitz crawled on the floor like a real worm, his abdomen expanding and contracting rapidly. His body emitted a dense crackling sound, as though his worm body could no longer withstand the enormous power he had devoured.
Countless cracks suddenly appeared on the black carapace, and the cracks grew wider and wider. Through the cracks in the carapace, one could even see the translucent abdominal sac that had expanded to its limit. Thick yellow viscous unknown body fluid was roiling inside, and tadpole-like strange insect eggs could be seen from time to time.
As a Worm Wizard, Blitz's method of advancement was definitely different from ordinary Magi.
His current situation was not like a normal human Wizard's advancement at all. Instead, it was more like the evolution of an insect-type monster.
Blitz rolled on the floor in agony, his hideous mouth spewing out thick, sticky, acidic mist that covered his entire body. As soon as the acidic mist came into contact with the air and the floor, there was a strange sizzling sound of corrosion. However, as soon as Blitz's insect body came into contact with the acidic mist, his originally mournful cries of pain lessened a bit.
It was as though this terrifying acidic mist had a nourishing and lubricating effect, alleviating a portion of the pain from his carapace being torn apart!
As a core Magus of the Crimson Family, Blitz was able to enjoy many special benefits.
After the war in the Faern Plane, the Crimson Family had obtained a large number of life crystals. These crystals had all been devoured by Bliss, and had become the biggest support for him to complete this evolution.
However, in the process of evolution, Blitz was once again faced with a difficult choice.
The process of advancing to rank 2 was actually a process of choosing a node on the path of becoming a worm. Blitz now had to choose between strengthening his insect body or strengthening his insect swarm.
If he chose to strengthen his insect body, he would be able to change his frail appearance and increase the hardness and magic resistance of his carapace by a hundredfold. At that time, he would be able to defend against the attacks of ordinary rank 2 Magi with just his insect body that was harder than steel.
This was obviously a choice that would allow him to walk on the path of fighting against the insectoids!
If he chose to strengthen his insect swarm, there would only be a small increase in his own defense and magic resistance. Most of the advanced abilities would be amplified on the insect swarm that he led. All the spells that he had learnt and grasped would benefit all of his insect swarm through the amplification halo.
This choice would undoubtedly make him the master of the insect swarm once again, and also the mother nest that relied on the sea of insects to fight!
After thinking about it, the usually cowardly Blitz, who did not like to fight head-on with others, finally chose the mother nest's path of evolution.
Once the direction of evolution was confirmed, under the influence of the strange evolutionary force, Blitz's strange insect body that had expanded into a ball began to show some astonishing changes.
The color of Blitz's black carapace constantly changed, and his thick chelicerae also became thicker and more powerful. However, these changes were not as obvious as the changes in his abdomen.
The digestive and excretory organs could no longer be seen in the abdomen of the evolved insect body. All the space in the abdomen had been divided into sacs of different sizes, and Blitz could create special insects according to his wishes.
After the evolution, Blitz could no longer rely on devouring food and flesh to accumulate life energy like before. Without his stomach sac and digestive fluid, he had lost the ability to feed and digest himself. He could only rely on the life energy plundered by the swarm of insects to sustain his life.
Hence, rather than saying that Blitz was a Magus, it would be more accurate to say that he was a mother nest that could walk freely!
After completing the arduous evolution, the first thing Blitz did was to summon the demonic mantises that he had concocted earlier. A total of 23 Grade 1 Intermediate Demonic Mantises surrounded him like a group of loyal guards. They bowed slightly, silently pledging their loyalty to him.
Blitz's appearance did not seem to have changed much after his evolution, but if someone were to carefully examine his body, they would realize that he had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.
Bliss carefully observed the group of demonic mantises that were acting as his bodyguards. When he extended his mental strength into their soul imprints, the group of demonic mantises that were only at the intermediate stage of tier 1 shrieked in pain and began to mutate rapidly.
Their bodies were stretching, their wings were spreading, and their bones were growing. Their terrifying sickle-shaped forelimbs became abnormally sharp, and there was a faint magical luster flickering on them.
In front of Bliss, 5 of the Demonic Mantises had successfully evolved into Void Predators.
These were ferocious monsters at the beginning of the second grade!
Although they maintained the appearance of demonic mantises, they were much more ferocious and valiant than normal ones.
Void Travel gave them the strange ability to temporarily enter the layers of space. This ability was also very suitable for passing through obstacles or evading enemy attacks. With their current strength, they could only maintain the Void Travel ability for three seconds, and the cooldown was only 18 seconds.
They could also temporarily attach this ability to their sickle-shaped forelimbs, giving them the ability to ignore defense and slash.
Unfortunately, their physique after evolution was still at the lower end of the grade 2 monster group. They were predatory monsters with thin skin and brittle HP, but strong attacks.
Once the evolution of the bugs was completed, there was a slight difference in their creature rank.
Five Void Predators flapped their strong wings and crouched at the place closest to Blitz, while the other demonic mantises retreated to the distance and crawled quietly on the ground, not daring to compete with these Void Predators for a position in front.
As for the densely packed bugs, they were scattered further away and gathered into a wriggling ring, silently guarding the evolution of the master of the swarm.
Blitz looked at this group of newly evolved Void Predators with a face full of joy. This was the first time he felt the power of a bug wizard. If five initial grade 2 Void Predators worked together to surround and attack a grade 2 Magus, Blitz did not think that the other party would have any hope of escaping or surviving.
If there was a flaw in the Void Predators, it would be that they could not use scrolls, potions, or magic wands like human Magi. They could only rely on their powerful bodies to fight. Otherwise, with the protection of these skilled and fearless bug generals, Blitz was confident that he could take on three or four grade 2 Magi and emerge victorious.
After all, Magi cherished their lives, and bug generals did not fear death!
… …
As soon as Blitz stepped out of his residence, Wizard Meryl received the news and hurried over.
Standing in front of Blitz who was dressed in a strange black robe, although she couldn't see any skin on his body, Meryl firmly believed that he had successfully advanced to the next level.
This was because in front of him, Meryl, who had the strength of an initial grade 1 Void Predator, felt a strange sense of fear welling up from the depths of her heart. If not for Blitz restraining his ferocious bug aura, Meryl might not even have had the chance to stand in front of him.
The spiritual pressure from the rank difference, coupled with Blitz's unique ferocious aura, made him no longer the loathed bug exorcist of the past.
"Lord … Blitz …" Meryl bit her lips, trying hard to suppress the crazed fear in her heart, "Congratulations … on becoming … a grade 2 Magus!"
"Hiss …"
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