Chapter 368: Golden Wizard

In the West Tower meditation room, Ace had already sunk his consciousness into his Mental Imagery World.

The entire Mental Imagery World was desolate, like a super-sized Soul Sanctuary. The Foundation Runes were at the bottom layer, arranged from bottom to top in the order of Golden Runes, Level 2 Runes, Level 1 Runes, and Level 0 Runes.

In the middle of the Mental Imagery World, 0-Ring Spell Models, 1-Ring Spell Models, 2-Ring Spell Models, 3-Ring Spell Models, and 4-Ring Spell Models formed a pyramid-like structure from bottom to top.

There was only one 4-Ring Spell Model, the extremely rare time spell “Fixed-Time Stagnation”.

Ace’s True Spirit sat high above, slowly standing at the apex of the Spell Model pyramid. The Eye of Truth (Pseudo) opened, scrutinizing his Spell Models and Foundation Runes.

Different Spell Models emitted different lights. 0-Ring Spell Models emitted white light; 1-Ring Spell Models had pale red wrapping white; 2-Ring Spell Models emitted pure pale red light; 3-Ring Spell Models emitted deep red light; and 4-Ring Spell Models had pale gold wrapping deep red.

“This light represents the level of the rune, and also the level of the life constructed from it. Why is there light? Why is it different? What principle lies behind the light?”

Ace’s True Spirit murmured, burying these questions deep in his heart. Perhaps with the development of magic, all these questions would be answered in the future.

He stopped thinking about these issues and turned to replicate the three Golden Rune groups—Dream, Simulation, and Manifestation—that he had just deduced, slowly deducing the rune structures within them.

Ace first debugged the Dream Rune Group multiple times, finally combining them into seven different types of dreamlike, colorful Spell Models. He experimented with them one by one, then disillusioned them.

The Spirit of the Book was guided by Ace’s True Spirit into the empty and lonely Mental Imagery World. With the help of the Spirit of the Book’s quasi-rule deduction ability, Ace finally selected an optimal solution for a single Dream Spell Model within a day.

Ace opened his eyes. He hadn’t eaten for eight consecutive days. He prepared to drink a few mouthfuls of the nutrient solution specially made by Logan before continuing to construct Spell Models.

While he was drinking the nutrient solution, Betty came to find him again. Ace let Betty in and received her in the living room.

“Lord Ace, yesterday we received intelligence from the Magic Council in the Milne region. It seems the five northern states already know that the Punisher Organization’s invasion of the High Tower failed and that they were nearly annihilated by you.

“They have raised your purification priority to third place in the Salia region, second only to the Northern Abyssal Projection Lord Alex and the calamity monster of the Larr Mountains, the Frost Worm.

“Furthermore, they are preparing to gather the Great Heroes of the five northern states recently to jointly crusade against the High Tower and eliminate you.”

As soon as Betty entered the living room, she bowed slightly to Ace and then spoke rapidly like a machine gun.

Ace looked at Betty, who was covered in silver metal, and handed her a cup of nutrient solution.

“The latest type of nutrient solution specially made by Logan. It has a great nourishing effect on vitality. Drink a cup and taste it.”

Betty was somewhat confused. She subconsciously took a sip, then said urgently, “Lord Ace, we need to prepare early. If eight Great Heroes invade, even you might find it hard to fight against sixteen hands with just two fists.”

Ace said to Betty gently, “Our High Tower doesn’t just have me as an existence comparable to a Great Hero. Arno has also advanced to Grand Knight. Moreover, I can tell you that I am already close to a Golden Hero. As long as I consolidate my deductions and evolve a 4-Ring spell in the next few days, I will be a standard Golden Wizard!”

Ace’s words shocked Betty. She hadn’t seen the scene of Ace banishing Alex. Looking at Ace’s silver hair, she intuitively felt that the price Ace paid must have been significant. She hadn’t expected Ace to be on the verge of becoming an existence comparable to a Golden Hero. Her anxious heart settled slightly.

Ace continued, “Of course, we can’t be careless either. You continue to organize personnel to manufacture and upgrade Magic Brigs. Have Daina strengthen the arrangement of magic traps around the territory to ensure nothing goes wrong.”

Betty nodded. After Ace gave her a few more instructions, he let her leave.

“I must speed up the progress of the deduction. Don’t you think so, Fuwa?”

Ace touched the cowlick on his head, turned around, and returned to the meditation room.

Inside the meditation room, Ace continued to deduce the fundamental Spell Models in his Mental Imagery World. Using two days and relying on the assistance of the Spirit of the Book, he deduced the optimal solutions for the Manifestation Spell Model and the Simulation Spell Model.

After hundreds of combinations, Ace finally determined an optimal composite Spell Model. With Dream as the foundation, and Simulation and Manifestation as wings, a dreamlike 4-Ring Spell Model sat high atop the Spell Model pyramid.

Ace’s True Spirit slowly descended beside the 4-Ring composite Spell Model. Stroking the Spell Model with one hand, he said in a majestic voice, “This is my 4-Ring fundamental Spell Model. I name this Spell Model ‘True Dream’. A 4-Ring Wizard is comparable to a Golden Hero and can also be called a Golden Wizard!”

Boom!

Ace’s True Spirit held the Golden Spell “True Dream” high, like a great deity creating the world, expanding the True Dream to cover the Mental Imagery World.

The level of the entire Mental Imagery World was rising. Light, pale gold on the outside and deep red on the inside, gradually permeated the entire Mental Imagery World, like the initial separation of chaos, with earth, fire, wind, and water rising to evolve the world again.

“Running 3-Ring spells with a 4-Ring core is like using a super-advanced engine to drive an old car. It has plenty of power, but it’s still somewhat mismatched.

“Never mind. Time doesn’t allow for it. I’ll recreate the dream world first, then slowly upgrade the individual 3-Ring spells later.”

Ace’s True Spirit bore the Glazed Heart Fire on his head. Above the Glazed Heart Fire, the “Star of Ultimate Evil” slowly melted. A drop of pitch-black liquid fell and was rapidly decomposed by the Glazed Heart Fire, transforming into a massive amount of Mana to assist Ace’s True Spirit in recreating the dream world.

That Mana acted like the origin of the world in the dream world, evaporating massively to accelerate the shaping of the entire dream world. A large number of 3-Ring Spell Models were activated; they merged into the dream world, becoming the rules of the dream world.

All things recovered. Life and death elements began to operate. Countless creatures reproduced alternately. More and more plants and animals appeared. Human-related runes revived, and human tribes appeared sporadically in the dream world. Ace stood by the Lake of Mana, looking at the star-filled sky of the dream world and the overflowing star Mana in the Lake of Mana, nodding with satisfaction.

“It’s about done. Driving 3-Ring with a 4-Ring core is simply a big horse pulling a small cart—too easy.”

Ace opened his eyes. Rune structures layered upon each other, seeming to hide mysterious changes.

It was precisely the 3-Ring Spell “Eye of Truth (Pseudo).” Everything in Ace’s eyes seemed different. He saw the microscopic world he had once found difficult to observe, even seeing tiny mites.

Thoughtful, Ace flew out of the West Tower through the window. The Six-Element Ring appeared behind him. Boom!

As if enhanced by special effects, the entire Six-Element Ring was incredibly turbulent, stronger than before. Ace extended his hand, and the Four-Element Pulverizing Disc emerged. He had a feeling that the Four-Element Pulverizing Disc structure, which originally couldn’t be thrown, seemed more perfect and could now be thrown!

For caution’s sake, Ace flew away from Nightlight City and threw the Four-Element Pulverizing Disc in the wilderness. The four elements of earth, fire, wind, and water intertwined, with power of shattering and destruction looming. The disc silently hit a peak in the southern mountain range, actually causing the entire peak to collapse silently.

“This power… this strengthening seems comprehensive. Is this the change after the foundation sublimates?”

Floating in mid-air, Ace experimented with several spells one after another. After confirming his view was correct, he thought quietly.

After a long time, he made a decision.

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