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The Ancient Eyes
There was a classic plot in the Legendary genre where the protagonist only needed to use a very simple trick to make the evil witch run in circles.
If the evil witch in the story was a real Magus, then the hero might not even be able to walk in front of the Magus, let alone make a fool of the Magus.
The label of a Magus was not recklessness or stupidity, but knowledge and wisdom.
Almost all Magi would not forget the accumulation of knowledge and focus on research when they wanted to improve themselves. Even Magi who specialized in combat had their own specialties in research.
Alchemy warlocks and mageweath warlocks weren't the only ones who could make these. Almost every Magus of other elements had their own ways of making these.
For example, Earth Magi could condense elemental gems, Nature Magi could absorb life particles, Pureblood Magi could purify bloodlines, Space Magi could create alternate spaces, and so on.
Among them, Magi who specialized in modification were best at creating ownerless organs.
Masterless organs could be understood from the literal meaning.
They were masterless organs that could be sealed for a long period of time. When using them, one could directly fuse the organ into one's body. After the fusion, one would immediately obtain the talent and ability boost brought by the organ.
From the perspective of usage and effects, it was very convenient. However, it wasn't perfect.
It had many flaws, but there were two main ones. First, it could not be like the organs modified by Modification Magi, which could be maintained in peak condition for a long period of time. From the moment the seal was opened, it would enter a period of decline until the effects disappeared.
Second, fusing with masterless organs for a long period of time would subtly affect the host's personality.
These two were the most critical flaws of masterless organs, and they were very difficult to fix. Unless one was very lucky and bought a masterless organ that was compatible with one's body. If that was the case, the masterless organ could be transplanted into one's body and these two flaws could be avoided.
Other than this method that required heaven-defying luck, Modification Magi were also constantly optimizing masterless organs.
One of them believed that since the flaws could not be avoided, then they might as well eliminate the flaws from the roots. As for how to eliminate them? Their method was very simple and crude. They directly made the ownerless weapon into a single-use item. Once it was used, it would be scrapped. Wouldn't that perfectly eliminate all the flaws?
Although this theory sounded like a joke at first, this kind of one-time consumable ownerless organ was now mainstream.
It was a one-time consumption, so there was no need to worry about the consequences. He could maximize the enhancement of all the ownerless organs to the maximum. This way, he would be able to deal the most damage in a short period of time.
Just like the planar passageway, it was the last resort of the wizards. However, the planar passageway was to escape, while the ownerless organs were to fight with their backs against the wall.
Because of this, when the golem took out the ownerless organ, Dorcas' expression immediately changed.
After all, the magical elephant was only an apprentice. If it were to use a conventional ownerless organ, the consequences would not only affect its personality, but it might also cause its potential to be dragged down by the ownerless organ. Therefore, there was a high probability that the Demonic Elephant was using an ownerless organ.
Ownerless organs could only be created by Alteration Wizards. In other words, ownerless organs were basically Wizard level tools. A one-time ownerless organ, on the other hand, would eliminate the possibility of using it again and increase the damage output. This kind of damage output could even rival that of a truth-finder wizard.
Of course, the golem could not fully utilize the power of the ownerless organ due to its limited strength. At best, it could deal damage that could reach the level of a wizard-level attack.
Even so, this kind of damage was not something an apprentice like Wa Yi could take.
Dorcas looked at the woman in the distance with a grim expression.
There was no way the golem would have an ownerless organ. It must have been given to it by someone else. And that someone must be the woman who could create ownerless organs herself.
"How cruel," Dorcas gritted his teeth.
Using an ownerless organ to deal with an apprentice?!
Angor also gave them some other tricks, but they were all mainly for defense. At best, they could put the opponent in an invincible position, but they could not hurt the opponent directly. Of course, Speed could hurt the opponent. However, Speed did not do anything last time, so Dorcas simply ignored it.
The woman in front of them, on the other hand, gave them an ownerless organ that could increase damage output. Was she trying to kill Wa Yi?
Dorcas quickly turned to look at the Black Earl. The situation was critical. If Wa Yi didn't understand the terror of an ownerless organ and went head-on, he would definitely suffer a heavy blow. Whether or not he could survive would depend on whether the Black Earl had prepared a trump card for Wa Yi.
If he didn't have any trump cards … Dorcas was already prepared to break through the dome with all his strength and rush in to save the others.
The Black Earl remained calm as if he did not see the ownerless organ at all.
Dorcas could not tell what the Black Earl was thinking just by looking at his expression. Left with no other choice, Dorcas decided to ask through their Spirit Bond.
He was also paying attention to Wa Yi's battle, so he saw everything clearly. If Wa Yi did not have something up his sleeve, he would probably die. Therefore, he was also very curious as to whether or not the Dark Earl had prepared a trump card for Vay.
"No," the Black Earl replied.
Dorcas frowned and did not say anything. He began to construct a spell model in his mind space.
However, as soon as the model was completed, Dorcas felt a powerful aura coming from the side and enveloping him.
He turned around and saw the source of the aura. It was the Black Earl.
"If he does not have the courage to face death, he will not have the chance to be reborn," the Black Earl said.
"What do you mean?" Dorcas was puzzled.
"Keep watching and wait for the result."
The Black Earl's words stopped there, but he did not remove his pressure. Clearly, he had seen through Dorcas's intentions and did not want Dorcas to interfere in this duel.
Dorcas could only give Angor a warning look. He could not move because of the aura, so Angor was the only one who could save Wa Yi.
Angor noticed Dorcas' look, but he was also hesitating. The Black Earl would not let Wa Yi die on purpose. They did not know what was going on in the ruins, and Wa Yi might be useful in the future. Did the Black Earl expect something? Or was it really as he said, that he wanted to see Wa Yi find a chance to be reborn in the face of death?
The Black Earl suddenly noticed Angor's hesitation. "You think Wa Yi doesn't know what an ownerless organ is?"
Both Angor and Dorcas were surprised. They were not stupid and immediately understood what the Black Earl meant.
They did not think that Wa Yi was so ignorant that he did not know what an ownerless organ was. If Wa Yi knew what an ownerless organ was, he could tell that it was almost impossible for him to defeat a golem with one.
Under such circumstances, surrendering was the most logical choice.
However, Wa Yi did not give up. Judging from his expression, he still wanted to fight. Why was that? Did he know how to deal with an ownerless organ?
Angor did not know the details, but he decided to trust the Black Earl and Wa Yi's judgment.
If Wa Yi was willing to fight, he must have his own reasons.
Angor waited for the outcome of the battle to change.
…
On the arena, the golem was having a hard time getting out of the situation. Earlier, the golem almost lost to Noah's descendant because of its mental burden.
Left with no other choice, the golem activated the one-time-use ownerless organ.
The golem did not intend to use the organ right away. He wanted to use it to force Wa Yi to surrender. In this case, the organ would not be used, and he could use it to deal with his next opponent, Kael.
But what the golem didn't expect was that Wa Yi didn't dodge when he saw it activating the ownerless organ. Instead, he was even more aggressive than before.
Did he not know what an ownerless organ was? That was not right. Wa Yi's movements were more careful than before, and he kept staring at the golem's forehead. Clearly, he knew about the organ.
But why didn't he surrender?
Did Wa Yi have something similar to Seamus' Skin as well?
Considering Wa Yi's background, it was possible that he had a powerful trump card. What should I do? The golem began to panic. If he used the organ on Wa Yi, he would not stand a chance against Kael's Seamus' Skin.
But if he did not use it, he would not be able to defeat Kael.
While the golem was in a dilemma, Wa Yi's movements didn't slow down because of the missing organ. Instead, he sped up. The arena floor seemed to have turned into a skating rink. Every movement of his was accompanied by a sprint.
Seeing Wa Yi closing in, the golem had to make a choice.
He took a deep breath. In the end, he decided to use the ownerless organ.
He quickly activated the blood-red pupil on his forehead. There was no sloppiness in the whole process. After the activation, the golem could clearly feel the energy around its body like a vortex, madly gushing into the eye on its forehead.
His senses were also increasing rapidly. The things he could perceive and observe had almost reached the level of an official Magus.
This was the bonus provided by the eye on his forehead.
Because of this, the golem could clearly feel that there was a pair of eyes locked on him from behind.
Wa Yi was not behind him, but in front of him. The source of the gaze happened to be where Grey Merchant's group was resting. Needless to say, the source of the gaze was the evil woman.
The golem's heart skipped a beat. He did not dare to look at her directly.
Everything had happened too suddenly, and too coincidentally. The only thing the golem could do was comfort himself.
At this moment, Wa Yi's figure appeared in front of the golem. Seeing this, the golem did not hesitate to activate the eye on his forehead to its fullest state.
The blood-red light flickered and enveloped the golem tightly. Wa Yi crashed into the light.
With a blood-curdling scream, Wa Yi was sent flying and landed a dozen meters away, leaving a long trail behind him as he landed. From this, it could be seen how terrifying the rebound force Wa Yi received was.
And this was not an attack from the organ. It was just a defensive energy shield that was automatically generated when the golem activated the organ.
When Wa Yi got up from the ground with difficulty, he finally saw the golem's complete form after activating the organ.
At this time, the Demonic Elephant was no longer as simple and honest as before. It was not that its face had changed, but that the Demonic Elephant's nose was covered with dense granulation. In the middle of the granulation, there was a huge eye.
Previously, the blood-red eye was still on its forehead, but now, the demonic elephant's original eye had been covered, leaving only this eye exposed.
Apart from the changes on his face, the golem's body had also changed slightly. It had become larger, like a giant cub.
But these were only external appearances. What really shocked Wa Yi was the energy field around the golem.
It was distant and terrifying, as if the energy was bottomless, constantly flowing out from the golem's body.
This was not a power that an ordinary apprentice could control. The energy was accumulating, and even the naked eye could see the energy ripples around the golem's body.
The golem did not know how to deal with this sudden power. Fortunately, the organ seemed to have its own consciousness. With a thought, the golem felt that he had gained control of all the energy.
He tried to gather the energy, and with a thought, the blood-red energy floating around began to gather together.
As the golem gained control of the energy, a large amount of information flowed into his mind.
This information was all about this ownerless organ.
The golem did not need to read it, as the information was directly imprinted in his mind, as if it had taken root there from the beginning.
Looking at the description in the information, Wa Yi finally had a direct understanding of the organ that had already merged with his body.
This organ was called the Ancient Esoteric Eye.
It was made from the eye of a demonic creature called the Ancient Esoteric Book.
"Ancient Esoteric Book" sounded like the title of a book, but in fact … it was indeed the title of a book.
The Ancient Esoteric Book was a book-like creature, and this creature that could disguise itself as a book would write "Ancient Esoteric Book" on its cover in the demonic language.
As for whether there was a book called "Ancient Esoteric Book", no one knew. But there was definitely a creature called "Ancient Esoteric Book".
Ancient Esoteric Books were often found in the ruins of the Abyss. They would disguise themselves as books to attract outsiders. When people came, they would flip open the pages, revealing a ferocious, bloody mouth, which would chew and swallow people alive.
According to the descriptions of some half-blooded demons in the Abyss, Ancient Esoteric Books were all believers of the Scholar of Cruelty, and it was very likely that they were created by the Scholar of Cruelty.
Ancient Esoteric Books had very powerful energy control abilities. They could instantly mobilize all the energy around them, as well as within their bodies, and turn it into a mimicry that would pour out in torrents.
For example, Ancient Esoteric Books would often turn all their energy into a beam of light and store it in their eyes. When the eyes opened, the beam of light would be released, and those who were swept by the beam of light would be few and far between.
Hence, the Ancient Esoteric Eye was often called the "Eye of Death Light" or "Eye of Death."
Due to the Ancient Esoteric Book's ability to control energy, they could cause terrifying damage in a short period of time. This also made them very suitable to be refined into an ownerless organ that could only be used once.
Almost all of the modified Magi that went to the Abyss would make finding Ancient Esoteric Books one of their goals.
The Ancient Esoteric Eyes made from Ancient Esoteric Books were completely comparable to mid-grade and high-grade magic scrolls!
Unfortunately, Ancient Esoteric Books were not commonly seen.
Hence, Ancient Esoteric Eyes were usually only possessed by modified Magi, and they were treated as treasures at the bottom of their chests.
This time, the vile woman had given the Ancient Esoteric Eyes to the demon elephant. It could be said that she had really put in a lot of effort.
(End of Chapter)
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