Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 531 - 76: Demonization Martial Ancestor

Three figures descended from the sky, merging with the dense night.

Although the terrain of this Demon Sect stronghold was insufficient to support any Qi Men Array, the bizarre abilities of the Demon Sect people were manifold, making it uncertain whether something threatening to a Grandmaster might be hidden within.

Therefore, for safety, Richard and his two companions decided to first infiltrate this stronghold, stealthily eliminating as many minions as possible.

In this way, even if there was any arrangement within the stronghold, no one would be able to activate it during their fight.

Silently landing on the ground, two elders from the Dingtian Sacred Sect performed a mantra, and their bodies suddenly vanished from sight. Richard, on the other hand, used a witchcraft spell to stealthily burrow underground.

The Demon Sect stronghold was built underground, and under normal circumstances, one would have to enter through the main entrance. However, clearly, the three infiltrators were no ordinary characters.

Richard, having dived underground, extended his spiritual power and quickly located the underground palace established by the Demon Sect. With a thought, he already found himself in a patch of shadow within the palace.

Richard had possessed the ability of Shadow Shuttling since his first battle, initially relying on the Bloodline Seed within him that contained the Netherworld Horse bloodline.

Not only did this ability produce minimal energy fluctuations, but it also had a wide range of applications, and it had always been one of Richard’s most practical spells.

Later, as Richard cultivated the Transformation Battle Body, he had to strip away the Bloodline Seed for the stability of his battle body, which resulted in his inability to use this ability through the bloodline. Fortunately, this ability was not unique. Thanks to his extensive connections and considerable wealth, Richard acquired another version of Shadow Shuttling from another wizard, allowing him to continue using this ability.

The interior of the underground palace was very dark and damp, seemingly unattended on normal days. Standing in the shadows, Richard could even clearly hear the friction sounds of insects within the shadows.

"It seems that this place is rarely visited," Richard thought to himself.

Putting on the Dimension Eye over his face, Richard gently infused it with Magic Power. Soon, the structural layout of the underground palace became known to him.

"As expected, these Demon Sect people indeed hid something in this stronghold."

The underground palace was not complex, having only two floors. However, in the reconnaissance of the Dimension Eye, there were a significant number of Pioneer Relics within these two floors.

These relics were evenly distributed across the two floors of the palace, forming what appeared to be a magic model.

After determining the locations of these relics, Richard, relying on his years of research on the Pioneers, quickly found the key point of this quasi-magic model.

The Demon Sect people had placed thousands of relics in this palace; it was impossible for him to remove each one individually. By removing the key point and disabling the quasi-magic model, there would be plenty of time in the future to take away the remaining relics.

There weren’t many light sources in the underground palace, only some illuminating crystals embedded in the walls casting a faint glow. This provided a good environment for Richard’s use of Shadow Magic.

In the dim environment, no one would notice a moving shadow hidden among the shadows. freeweɓnøvel.com

The first floor of the underground palace was filled with minions, followers recruited by masked members of the Demon Sect. These followers were vastly different from those who had joined the Demon Sect due to contact with the Demon Lord’s will.

In the shadows, Richard quietly observed these minions. By now, the two Dingtian Sacred Sect elders had also arrived at this level. Instead of directly killing the Demon Sect minions, they took out a handful of black insect eggs from their sleeves.

If they killed people upstairs, even performing silently, those Demon Sect people on the second floor would sense something amiss.

But if they controlled these minions with Gu Worms, then the Demon Sect people below wouldn’t notice that their minions were already dead.

As a sect of the Evil Path, the Dingtian Sacred Sect was unscrupulous in advancing the cultivation of the Essence Dao. Among these methods, a perverse Cultivation Technique called Insect Body was particularly sinister.

This technique required one to feed insects with their body, coexisting with the swarm, leveraging the insects’ power to enhance one’s combat ability.

The capability of the technique itself was not impressive; after all, how could a swarm of insects compare to the finely honed muscles of a martial artist? However, because its byproduct—the Gu Worms—could enhance a martial artist’s combat abilities, it became a long-standing research project within the Dingtian Sacred Sect.

After years of research, the Dingtian Sacred Sect had developed countless types of Gu Worms, and the two elders were using a kind called the Heart-devouring Gu.

In the blink of an eye, like dragons, the two elders had infected several martial artists in the hall with the Gu Worms unbeknownst to them.

As soon as the Gu eggs entered the body, they began to hatch, and within moments, slender Gu Worms burrowed into the minions’ hearts through their blood vessels.

Before being activated, the Heart-devouring Gu wouldn’t impact the martial artists too much, making them feel only slightly more fatigued than usual. But once activated, within moments, the hearts of these minions would be riddled with holes by the Gu Worms.

After planting the Gu Worms, the two elders suddenly became alert and scanned their surroundings.

They felt as though they were being watched by something.

"Is it Sect Master Chu?" one elder whispered to his companion.

"It should be."

"Sect Master Chu is quite capable, able to elude our detection."

"After all, he is someone who has broken through the third shackle of his body. Given time, if he completes his Divine Dao cultivation, he might be able to break through the Heart Demon Pass and achieve the Grandmaster realm."

After the two elders left, Richard twitched his fingers slightly, and a layer of illusion obscured the eyes of these minions.

Although Richard’s illusionary witchcraft was not as proficient as that of the Soul School wizards, it was sufficient to fool these minions, who were mere Second-level Creatures.

Under the cover of the illusion, Richard immediately dug out the Pioneer Relics buried in the underground palace. However, upon seeing these relics, he was suddenly startled.

Having studied the Pioneers for so many years, Richard was intimately familiar with the characteristics of Pioneer Relics. He was certain that the objects before him were not relics of the Pioneers.

This object’s style was similar to that of the Pioneers, constructed of crystal atop a metal base. Layered polygonal metal outer shells enclosed the crystal, yet openings on the side made it resemble an eye.

With a gentle touch of his hand, the information of the Miracle Furnace appeared before Richard immediately.

[Raw material: Artifact of Unknown Civilization]

[Refinable information: Design blueprints of Unknown Artifact]

[Refinement cost: 20 spiritual power]

[Refinable energy: Power of unknown dimension]

[Refinement cost: 20,000 Magic Power]

Observing the information provided by the Miracle Furnace, myriad thoughts flashed through Richard’s mind instantly.

Artifacts of unknown civilization, in the Wilderness Great World, apart from those relics left by the Pioneers, could only belong to the civilization that had opposed the Pioneers.

However, he was somewhat puzzled by what the "Power of unknown dimension" mentioned in the information could be. But it likely referred to forces similar to those from illusory dimensions like the Wizard Dimension.

That Star Realm Master hadn’t died yet, so the unknown civilization, although defeated, had not yet perished. Therefore, its corresponding illusory dimension not being completely gone and retaining dimension power was quite normal.

Extracting the blueprint, a highly complex and exquisite design immediately emerged in Richard’s mind. To his surprise, many aspects of the diagram utilized Pioneer technology.

In other words, this artifact was likely a creation of the unknown civilization, incorporating Pioneer technology.

"How interesting, directly combining two different technologies. But how did this civilization resolve the conflicts between technologies?"

But now was not the time to study, so Richard merely briefly recalled the blueprint without delving into its details.

Having extracted the design, Richard then tossed the unknown artifact into his pocket. With limited objects at hand and not knowing how to preserve the dimension power, he decided to research that energy later.

After dismantling key nodes of the artifact, Richard ventured deeper through the passage into the second level of the Underground Palace.

Upon entering the second level, the two elders from the Dingtian Sacred Sect did not immediately act but hid in a corner to silently eavesdrop on the discussions of those from the Demon Sect.

These Demon Sect followers wore different masks, but Richard, armed with the investigations of the Dingtian Sacred Sect into the Demon Sect, still recognized their identities.

"Jia Ma, Jia Monkey, Yi Niu, Yi Rabbit..."

As he identified them, Richard was internally astounded. Within this small Underground Palace, there actually resided two Grandmasters and seven or eight Martial Arts Masters of Completion. And this was after the Dingtian Sacred Sect’s rigorous investigations, the remnants of the Demon Sect’s influence under their rule.

If the influences of the Demon Sect across the Six Great Saint Sects were united, they might rival any of the Holy Sects.

The two elders also noticed Richard’s entrance; although they could not pinpoint his exact location, they were certain that Richard had arrived at this Underground Palace.

The three of them tacitly chose not to act, quietly listening to the Demon Sect followers exchange information.

"The search by the Dingtian Sacred Sect has intensified. I’ve had many operatives who’ve noticed surveillance in the past few days; it seems their capture isn’t far off." Yi Rabbit suggested, "I personally recommend complete silence, halting all activities."

"Silence, silence my ass." Yi Rabbit had barely finished speaking when Yi Niu cursed, "Silence can’t block those bastard dog noses, those righteous bastards. They’re still searching for us while Heavenly Demons are breaking through.

They’ll be happy once the Heavenly Demons have flattened us."

"Heavenly Demons? It was because of them that Jia Dog got exposed," Yi Long stated, "I received a message from my operative before he was exposed; our colleagues in the Great Sun Saint Sect have colluded with the Heavenly Demons.

In my opinion, we should also find a way to contact the Heavenly Demons and orchestrate a collaboration to take down the Dingtian Sacred Sect first.

Although the Heavenly Demons are cruel to resisting warriors, they treat those who surrender quite well."

"Collaborating with the Heavenly Demons, do you have no pride, Yi Long?" Yi Niu furiously retorted, "Even though we’re at odds with those righteous bastards, we’re all of the same kind and clans. Aren’t you afraid that after you die from fighting your own people, you’ll be..."

"Who considers the righteous as our own?" Yi Rabbit interjected, "If they regarded us as their own, they wouldn’t be conducting this massive search now. We no longer have a choice."

"Exactly, who regards those righteous as our own!"

"If you ask me, we should have collaborated with the Heavenly Demons long ago. These Heavenly Demons and our Sect Master both belong to the Heavenly Demons, they might even help our Sect Master break his seals."

...

Within a few sentences, the entire hall erupted in commotion, and what began as a disagreement about opinions soon devolved into personal insults.

But just as they were verbally attacking each other’s ancestors, the two masters finally spoke.

"Silence!"

The hall fell quiet, and everyone turned towards the speaker, Jia Ma.

Suddenly, Jia Ma removed the mask on his face, revealing an old and ecstatic visage. "Everyone, the Martial Ancestor has been converted and now serves the Sect Master. From now on, we no longer need to live wearing masks!"