Sorcerer: I want to be an Academic Prodigy

Chapter 756: Chapter 686: The Footsteps of War

Betta Calendar 3325. Several years had passed since Samami became the Duke of Virginia, and he had grown into a mature high-ranking noble, with his ventures thriving, especially the promotion of trains, which quickly connected most parts of the world.

Correspondingly, the power he represented was growing stronger, making the collection of various rumors and the exploration of secrets easier.

Through his diligent efforts, doubts about the Soul Burning Plane gradually became clearer, and the answer finally emerged before Ivan’s eyes.

“Quite a grand plan, a force able to absorb the lifespan of living beings through Soul Burn, you could say the whole plane is under its manipulation.”

“Is it here?”

“I must see what exactly is causing the trouble.”

Similarly at Level 4, the Arcane Wizard has a lifespan of a thousand years, the Knight King five hundred years, and the Holy Steel Knight at most two hundred years, the least similar to an ordinary human like those in Danaila, which is undoubtedly a very intriguing fact.

Ivan had a strong desire to investigate this; before encountering the Soul Burning Plane, he never knew lifespan could be silently taken away.

On this day, he found the source of the upheaval, a dark green river between mountains, at first glance, like a pool of toxic water.

“The river enters underground, actually altering the land through water veins, thus nurturing soul iron ore, and the oil tree only mutates as a byproduct.”

Ivan suspended in the air, a picture of a steel man, wings gently flapping behind him, his eyes pierced through layers of barriers, capturing everything below.

After observing for a long time, he finally took action, slowly descending toward the dark green river.

Suddenly, his body paused in mid-air, eyes uncertain, just now, he sensed that further down would bring great danger.

“Since I’m here, I won’t return empty-handed.”

Ivan was not one to easily give up, he chose to continue descending.

Immediately following, he sensed something, flipping his hands to reveal a pair of heavy hammers, pounding below fiercely, instantly causing fireworks to bloom wildly.

There was indeed something unusual there, with that hammer, a giant serpent appeared where there was originally nothing, seemingly a phantom deep green snake with a large mouth, one that covered the sky.

The vast fireworks vanished upon contact, not causing the slightest ripple.

Ivan saw a trace of mockery in the serpent’s eyes.

A tricky situation!

He understood that with merely the amount of power Samami possessed, he had no chance of winning, so he turned, transforming in an instant into a steel eagle, moving swiftly away without looking back.

The steel eagle soared into the air, the deep green serpent closely pursuing.

A chase and escape, traversing sky and earth.

But the distance between them never widened.

“Impossible! Can a submerged dragon hide underwater?”

Ivan realized something was wrong, he had exerted power far beyond Samami’s own, with space acceleration, rules acceleration, every method used, yet couldn’t shake off the pursuit, and his internal power was rapidly depleting.

Logically, the Soul Burning Plane is inferior to the Extreme Beast Plane, an existence this formidable shouldn’t exist.

“This creature actually intends to toy with me.”

“Enough, time to end this.”

At this point, he knew the only option was to fight for life, otherwise, once the opponent lost interest in the cat-and-mouse game, it would mean his body’s demise.

In the next second, a steel eagle turned direction, expanding while flapping, exerting maximum strength to charge backward.

Behind remained the serpent mouth several times wider than the steel eagle, a scene so surreal as if the steel eagle purposely flew straight into it, appearing exceedingly bizarre.

A loud boom rang out as the steel eagle exploded near the serpent’s mouth, spawning chaos instantly.

Not far away, an unusual pull, crossing thousands of miles, landed on Ivan separated from the steel eagle, attempting to drag him to a faraway place, safely away from this turmoil.

“Roar!”

This move directly angered the deep green serpent, disregarding the rampant power before it, snapping forward, eventually biting into the phantom figure that vanished into the depths of space.

The phantom vanished without a trace.

The deep green serpent didn’t relent, pursued further, soon retracting its head, gaze both fierce and cautious, staring for a long time before slowly fading away.

…

Danaila, Mondola Continent, Truth City.

Main tower of Golden Rock Tower at Peak of Truth, Heaven Gate stood at the center, the whole courtyard bursting with unprecedented intense light.

“Splash!”

A figure squeezed out from the strong light, its aura drastically weakened, this was none other than Samami.

After this dangerous turmoil, Samami lost most of his body, black toxic blood relentlessly flowed from the gaps, his remaining body purple and blue, flesh rapidly swelling, seeming unstoppable.

“Thankfully, still a breath remaining.”

The Heaven Gate quickly dimmed, and three silhouettes stood at the gate, the foremost naturally Ivan himself, alongside Candi and Ska who had long guarded the place.

Upon hearing Ivan speak with a hint of relief, the two beside him didn’t refute, they knew well the means of the True Witch King’s realm were profoundly mysterious, far exceeding their understanding.

Both glanced curiously at the grievous figure, secretly pondering what had transpired.

Under their gaze, Ivan wielded several forces in succession, surrounding the dying Samami completely, sprinkling drops of vibrant potion until evident heartbeats emerged from within before he stopped.

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