Warlock of the Magus World 1-596

by Wen Chao Gong

  [Beep! Detected absorption of large amounts of icy energy. Extremely effective towards suppressing bloodline issue of emotional instability. Saved!]

  The A.I. Chip intoned.

  “It’s not enough! This level of iciness is not enough!”

  Slightly disappointed, Leylin shook his head. He then extended his right arm, at which large amounts of icy mist converged, forming a small spiral in the air.

  This sight caused the opposing Icy Jade Scorpion to pause its actions.

  *Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

  The blue icy mist shrunk in Leylin’s hand, and its light blue lustre disappeared, revealing a pure hue.

  Minutes later, the Icy Jade Scorpion’s Breath had completely disappeared from Leylin’s hand. Left over in his palm was a thin piece of ice that looked the same as what Celine had traded to him, though this shard was much smaller.

  “The crystal shard of the Icy Jade Scorpion’s Breath!” Leylin glanced at the white icy shard in his hand and suddenly sighed. A silver ray of light flashed, and the icy shard suddenly disappeared from Leylin’s hand.

  “This Icy Jade Scorpion is still too weak, and its breath can only help in suppressing my emotions by a small amount. If I really want to cure myself, I’ll need to do tests on an even more powerful Icy Jade Scorpion.”

  Leylin looked at the Icy Jade Scorpion in front of him. As it spat out large amounts of chilly air, the surface of this large scorpion looked transparent, and it was looking at Leylin from afar, seemingly about to escape.

  “It still has a certain level of intelligence!” Seeing its behavior, Leylin was even more interested.

  “I need to obtain a complete experimental body, record its data, and gather some materials!”

  Leylin looked at this large scorpion that looked to be formed entirely out of green ice and broke out into a smile…

  Several hours later, in a large icy cave that had just been opened.

  The entrance to the cave had been sealed by Leylin. He had also used some concealment methods to prevent ordinary beings from discovering this place.

  On a large ice platform in the middle of the cave were tens of black iron pillars standing tall to form a cage. The Icy Jade Scorpion from before was kept inside, occasionally letting out low growls.

  Leylin off to a side, holding a petri dish that held a green shell within. This shell was from the exoskeleton of the Icy Jade Skeleton.

  *Drip drop!*

  A droplet of red liquid was dripped onto the surface of the icy shell, causing the shard to begin to boil and produce large amounts of steam. The shell constantly melted until all that was left was a black fragment.

  Leylin was delighted upon seeing this. A glimmer of excitement appeared in his eyes, and he used a pair of tweezers transfer this fragment to a test tube.

  “I’ve pretty much gathered all of the samples and data. All that’s left is to gather data on the Icy Jade Scorpion’s Breath.”

  Leylin glanced at the Icy Jade Scorpion in the cage and suddenly clapped.

  *Pak pak!* Large amounts of sparks flashed at the top of the black iron cage, and blue streaks of electricity whizzed on the pillars, reaching the body of the Icy Jade Scorpion.

  *Chi chi!* Enraged, the Icy Jade Scorpion growled and spat out large amounts of chilly air.

  This chilly air formed a thick layer of frost on the metal cage, but most of it automatically drifted to Leylin, forming another one of the white crystallised ice shards from before.

  “Effects of electrostimulation: Excellent! Next is to try flames…”

  Leylin snapped his fingers and black flames ascended, as vibrant red tongues of flames extended and engulfed the Icy Jade Scorpion…

  After extensive experimentation, Leylin finally gathered the information he needed regarding the Icy Jade Scorpion’s Breath.

  “Matured scorpions can spit out this extreme chilly air attack 5 or 6 times a day. Each time, the amount can form a shard that is a tenth of the size of what Celine gave me.”

  Leylin glanced at the Icy Jade Scorpion in the cage.

  The scorpion currently had its pincers trailing on the ground, looking lifeless. The green on its body had almost disappeared, turning it into almost a translucent crystal scorpion.

  Due to its characteristics, Leylin wondered once again if he should confine a few Icy Jade Scorpions, but quickly discarded the idea.

  Based on the information he had gathered from Celine and Siegfried; these Icy Jade Scorpions could only survive in the icy caves. The moment they left, they would immediately die. Should they survive, their later generations would slowly turn degenerate.

  The Icy Jade Scorpions could only maintain their unique properties while living in the icy caves.

  In addition, though these beings had some intelligence, they were very obstinate, or rather, fascinating! This was because Leylin had found a control mechanism inside its sea of consciousness!

  Protect this place. Protect the queen! Such determination seemed to be passed down with its bloodline, constantly existing in its mind. If Leylin wished to expel this brand, he would need to destroy its sea of consciousness. However, the Icy Jade Scorpion have long since died, which would render this whole effort meaningless.

  “They are so tightly bound as a group!” Such a strange control over them made it difficult for Leylin to understand.

  In wolf packs, there were instances of the alpha males being chased out after losing in a battle for power. However, the Icy Jade Scorpion made Leylin think more of queen bees or queen ants. Only in these sorts of simple organisms would there be a situation of ultimate power and control.

  “It looks like there’s a need to go to the nest of the Icy Jade Scorpions!”

  Leylin muttered to himself while looking at the Icy Jade Scorpion trapped in the cage.

  Though he could occasionally come over and gather the breath of the Icy Jade Scorpion to suppress the issue with his bloodline, he could not truly cure it.

  What he wished for was something that could completely eliminate all of the negative emotions from his body!

  It wasn’t really a matter of convenience, but rather, it was the fact that it was a weak point that others could target at any time. Leylin wasn’t going to be so stupid as to let it be.

  It was evident that just the Icy Jade Scorpion’s Breath could not achieve this. Leylin could only place his attention on the elites that were a rank higher than this Icy Jade Scorpion, or even their emperor…

  With this thought, Leylin immediately got to work.

  Using the information, he had gathered from the body of the Icy Jade Scorpion, he produced a few materials from his spatial pouch and created some powder that was specifically useful against Icy Jade Scorpions.

  This powder would produce a unique smell after being burnt, which was an indescribable temptation to Icy Jade Scorpions.

  With this powder, Leylin walked around the region where Icy Jade Scorpions were active and caught over ten regular Icy Jade Scorpions, and even an elite as well.

  Elite Icy Jade Scorpions were bigger than the regular Icy Jade Scorpions by a factor of almost 1.5 times. Their jade-like bodies were also covered with mysterious patterns.

  These patterns covering the back of these elite Icy Jade Scorpions were curses, but they were incomplete, causing Leylin to be puzzled.

  All Leylin could do was get the A.I. Chip to record these images so that he could do research on them in the future.

  These elite Icy Jade Scorpions were almost as powerful as semi-converted Magi. With the added bonus of being in the icy caves, their strength was even further amplified.

  However, in front of Leylin, who had now regained enough of his power to be equivalent to a peak rank 1 Magus, it was like snow that had been exposed in front of the sun, allowing him to obtain many good research materials.

  The quality of the elite Icy Jade Scorpion’s Breath was far above that of regular ones. It was enough to suppress the negative emotions caused by his bloodline for ten ye
ars, which filled Leylin with more hope of being able to completely rid himself of it!

  Leylin was now hidden behind an icy plain, watching a group of Icy Jade Scorpions that were migrating.

  There were tens of Icy Jade Scorpions gathered here, and with Leylin’s interference, about half of them had left the area. Moreover, these were all matured bodies!

  The entire group went berserk for a period of time, but even after sweeping through the area, they still could not find any traces of Leylin.

  The Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor could not do anything but choose to migrate to another location.

  However, this was exactly what Leylin had planned on.

  Previously, the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor had hidden in a nest that was heavily guarded by numerous elite Icy Jade Scorpion guards. The moment there was any situation, Leylin would immediately be met with the attacks from the entire family.

  The Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor was akin to the existence of a peak rank 1 Magus. Along with the tens of Icy Jade Scorpions, all of which had the strength of official Magi, peak rank 1 human Magi would almost certainly die. Even if it was Leylin, it would be difficult if he could not use his full power as a rank 2 Warlock.

  However, the situation had changed!

  Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor

  Due to Leylin’s use of guerilla tactics, the cyclone of Icy Jade Scorpions had lost many of its members.

  In addition to this, the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor had been separated from the safety of its den; it chose to make its move.

  This movement was the opportune moment for Leylin to act!

  With just a thought, Leylin caused a fierce, black hurricane to suddenly appear to sweep across the icefield.

  As the violent black hurricane swept forth, the layer of ice that had remained frozen for ten million years immediately cracked open, and turned into white powder that scattered in the wind.

  The hurricane slightly took on the shape of a tornado, collided with the cyclone of Icy Jade Scorpions that were in the process of moving away.

  “Jji! Jji!*

  The cyclone of Icy Jade Scorpions suddenly emitted intense howls.

  As they made this noise, all the Icy Jade Scorpions immediately gathered together, puffs of frosty air came out from their mouths as they constructed a very thick layer of ice that formed a wall in front of them.

  As if unsatisfied with the firmness of the ice wall, these Icy Jade Scorpion did not stop exhaling; instead, they continued until the ice wall’s thickness had exceeded two meters before they gradually stopped.

  *Ka-chak! Ka-chak!*

  The black hurricane threw itself at the ice wall, and an ear-splitting noise similar to scraping one’s fingernails on glass echoed. Little flakes of ice were constantly being shaved off the wall.

  The Icy Jade Scorpions at the back immediately increased their rate of puffing to patch up the gaps in the wall caused by the hurricane.

  The remaining Icy Jade Scorpions united, and their combined power was equivalent to ten official Magi working together. Even a peak level 1 Magus would have to withdraw if facing an attack of this degree!

  But Leylin was no ordinary peak rank 1 Magus! Although the total quantity of his current spiritual force was only that of a peak rank 1 Magus, but his spiritual force had already undergone the rank 2 Warlock advancement, and as such had the ability to solidify.

  “Hmmph!”

  At this moment, a cold snort was heard from within the black hurricane.

  Immediately, a massive amount of silver spiritual force dispersed and covered the surface of the black hurricane. Silver cracks appeared on the hurricane’s surface.

  From afar, there seemed to be a layer of silver on top of the black wind blades.

  *Bang! Bang!*

  Under the attack of the wind blades, the giant ice wall could no longer hold on, and deep fissures appeared in the wall. These fissures increased in size until the wall crumbled completely.

  *Ka-cha!*

  *Bang!* The giant ice wall fell to the ground with a loud noise, and the black hurricane then engulfed the entire cyclone of Icy Jade Scorpions.

  *Ji! Ji!* Numerous Icy Jade Scorpions roared, the jade radiance on their bodies glimmered as they resisted the attacks of the wind blades.

  Although the attacks of these wind blades were very strong, most of these Icy Jade Scorpions were fully-grown adults. With their icy armour and their defences from the chilly air about them, they remained in a deadlock for quite a while.

  The black hurricane came quickly but disappeared just as fast.

  In several seconds, the hurricane had swept through the place where the cyclone of scorpions was and vanished into the horizons of the icefield, faintly emitting incisive sounds.

  However, after hearing these sounds, all the Icy Jade Scorpions became frantic as if they had gone mad, and pursued the hurricane.

  It was a pity that speed was their weakness, and they could only look on helplessly as the hurricane swept further and further away, until it finally faded into the horizon.

  Leylin urged the hurricane on, and the green shadow wrapped within sped forth until it was confirmed that the Icy Jade Scorpions could no longer overtake it. Only then did the hurricane disperse, revealing the identity of the green shadow.

  After seeing the black hurricane dispersing, the figure of a green Icy Jade Scorpion was revealed. This Icy Jade Scorpion’s build was slender, and it appeared to be very gentle and exquisite. Compared to ordinary Icy Jade Scorpions, it was rather on the small side.

  However, it was different from other Icy Jade Scorpion partially because of its imposing mannerisms. In addition to these, on the back of this Icy Jade Scorpion was a complete pattern, which had been seen earlier on the body of an elite Icy Jade Scorpion, though it had been incomplete. This pattern had the form of a distorted female’s face.

  This Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor assumed an offensive stance and lifted both its arms, facing Leylin.

  “You do not need to struggle anymore. You should know of the disparity between our strengths!”

  Silver spiritual force flashed in Leylin’s eyes while he grinned.

  Relying on his present strength, he would need to squander a large amount of spiritual force and magic power to face off against the cyclone of Icy Jade Scorpions that had already lost most of its soldiers. After all, the opposing party could be regarded as a group of Magi working together, with a peak rank 1 Magus commanding them! As he had yet to recover his strength as a rank 2 Magus, even Leylin felt dread.

  But now, he only needed to take care of the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor.

  *Jji! Jji!*

  Reacting to Leylin’s words, the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor calmly issued a sound that increased by several pitches that made it even more piercing.

  A big, green, misty brilliance was emitted from its shell, forming a thick ice armor that covered its body.

  After putting on this ice armor, the Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor increased in size; it had gone far beyond that of an elite Icy Jade Scorpion and was almost the size of three ordinary Icy Jade Scorpions added together.

  *Whoosh!* The Icy Jade Scorpion emperor simply left an afterimage where he had stood as he turned into a dark green ray that wanted to attack Leylin.

  “Sigh. In the end, this problem can only be resolved with brute force!”

  Leylin quickly drew back, and the moment he retreated, the ground suddenly exploded, crushed stones flying everywhere to reveal a big hole.

  *Pu!*

  The Icy Jade Scorpion Emperor withdrew its pincers, and puffed out a big blob of blue icy breath without hesitation and aimed it at Leylin.

  *Ka-cha! Ka-cha!*

  The sounds of solidification constantly sounded, and there was even a transparent twisting seen in the air.

  “Such chilliness! It even caused the air to freeze!”

  Seeing such a powerful chilliness, Leylin could not help but be excited. Only this type of crystallised breath could completely eradicate the
emotional instability that had resulted from his Warlock bloodline

  “A.I. Chip! Scan the opponent’s data!”

  Leylin’s eyes flashed blue.

  [Beep! Task established, beginning scanning. Beep! Target is covered by an unknown force field, unable to be scanned.] The A.I. Chip quickly intoned.

  “Oh!” Large amounts of black air were emitted from Leylin’s body, forming a shield adorned with various patterns. It smashed into the chilly air.