Chapter 455: Abyss Shell and Mysterious Dragon Tracks
An hour later, the old Black Wizard's body had completely transformed into a silver-cast werewolf; his body was gleaming, with silver texture on every inch.
A slit suddenly cracked open on his forehead, and a rolling silver eyeball emerged from within—it was the Innate Magic Eye that only First Ring Abyss werewolf creatures possessed.
That silver eyeball looked quite terrifying; its structure resembled a human eyeball, but it was clearly a magical eye.
At the same time, the Face-Cutting Curse transformed into a scar that appeared on his face, leaving a cut mark.
The old Black Wizard looked at his brand-new body and burst into laughter, incredibly excited. "I have finally managed to transform into an Abyss werewolf."
"As long as I possess this body, even infiltrating the Endless Abyss is no longer an impossibility. And then, that ruin..."
The old Black Wizard stopped abruptly, his eyes flickering. Clearly, he realized that in his excitement, he had let something slip. His eyes flickered again, and he wisely chose to avoid the topic.
The old Black Wizard observed his current form through the mirror in the potion room. He didn't care about the flaw of losing his human appearance.
Heteromorphic wizards were everywhere.
Inside the mirror, the eye on the old Black Wizard's forehead emitted a faint silver light. The light was as viscous as liquid, and immediately after, a crack appeared on the mirror, as if a fist had smashed directly onto that magic mirror.
The Spell Model on the back of the magic mirror also began to shatter.
Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the mirror.
"Eye Demon Wizard, my name is Warwick. I'll make a friend out of you." The old wizard Warwick said, "Legend has it that Abyss werewolves possess the Innate Magic Eye—the Eye of Wisdom. Abyss werewolves are the strategists of the Endless Abyss, providing guidance to the Abyss armies."
"I didn't expect this legend to be true. The Eye of Wisdom is incredibly powerful. Even just by glancing at this magic mirror, which faithfully reproduces the details of people and things, it can cause the magic mirror to crack, and at the same time..."
The eyeball on Warwick's forehead rolled slightly.
Alicia noticed that Warwick was looking at her and immediately stepped back half a step. In that eyeball, Alicia's reflection was not human, but a Scorpion Girl.
This Scorpion Girl had both the features of a scorpion and a woman, and at the same time, the back of the scorpion had a dragon pupil pattern.
This was the Dragon Scorpion Girl bloodline.
The Abyss werewolf's Eye of Wisdom could survey the opponent's background, seeing places the opponent themselves couldn't even see clearly.
Warwick saw some Abyss Energy lingering on the Scorpion Girl's left hand. "A Mammon Devil? The energy of a greed demon?"
"To have absorbed so much Mammon Devil energy and yet not turn into a golden statue—superb Potionology skills."
"Then, what about you, Eye Demon Wizard? What image do you present within my Eye of Wisdom?" Warwick's Eye of Wisdom immediately rotated on his forehead, surveying Locke. At the same time, a massive Three-Eyed Tiger-Eyed Cat appeared before him. "Truly fierce and menacing. No wonder you pursue Archaeology heritage so fervently; it turns out we are in the same line of work."
Within Warwick's Eye of Wisdom, that Three-Eyed Tiger-Eyed Cat glared angrily, as if it were about to pounce on him the next moment. The Innate Magic Eye on its forehead met his gaze, and a confrontation of pupil power occurred between the two.
But the next moment, the image of the Three-Eyed Tiger-Eyed Cat, which had just been preparing to pounce, changed. It transformed into a massive Eye Demon. That Eye Demon wore an Abyss crown, its body incredibly vast, as if it had descended from the sky, appearing in the world like a magnificent high dome.
'An Eye Demon Lord... and such a high level.' Warwick's expression changed slightly. He was shocked to feel that the life level of the Eye Demon Lord on Locke was no lower than his own current status as an Abyss werewolf.
'What kind of Abyss potion did he take? He actually possesses such high-level Abyss Energy, and yet his body hasn't shown any mutations. It's like a seesaw; if one is not careful, it will be impossible to recover, and the Abyss Energy will explode and expand...'
'Furthermore, deep within his spirituality, it seems there is some kind of power hidden.'
Warwick continued to observe. He saw that deep within the Eye Demon's spirituality lay a vast forest.
The forest ecosystem was so powerful, and deep in the forest, a golden dragon shadow suddenly appeared.
'What is this...' Within Warwick's Eye of Wisdom, the golden dragon shadow was pierced in the chest by a black-purple dragon claw the next moment, forcibly tearing it apart. The golden dragon shadow let out a wail.
Warwick was stunned. "What is going on? What on earth is that?"
And just when Warwick was about to continue observing, an angry dragon roar suddenly exploded in Warwick's ears like a sonic bomb.
Both of his eardrums instantly ruptured, leaking a liquid like silver mercury.
At the same time, the eye on his forehead also bled silver mercury.
Warwick groaned in pain. Gritting his teeth, he quickly chanted a spell, closing the Eye of Wisdom on his forehead to prevent it from continuing to gaze into the depths of Locke's spirituality and capturing that dragon shadow, which would cause a backlash against his Eye of Wisdom.
He didn't want to lose this Eye of Wisdom just after obtaining it.
Warwick groaned a few times before recovering. He looked at Locke with a wary expression. After briefly explaining the function of the Eye of Wisdom to Locke, he said: "You have a dragon-type ancient creature bloodline of unknown rank within your body. Although it is currently only at apprentice-level strength, its spirituality level is extremely high, even going so far as to injure my Eye of Wisdom."
Locke looked at him suspiciously and shook his head, denying it: "That's impossible. Not to mention whether what you said is true, even if my bloodline really is of a high rank. But you are currently..."
Locke pointed a finger and unleashed a burst of magic energy at the old Black Wizard. Immediately, a shell composed of Abyss Energy appeared on the old Black Wizard's current werewolf body.
"Your current Eternal Defense Field is the Abyss Shell unique to First Ring Abyss creatures. No matter how high the spirituality level of a thing is, it can, at most, exert mental suppression on you; it cannot inflict physical damage or spell damage."
"Transmitting matter requires immense energy, and to cross your Abyss Shell to injure your eyes and ears, the required energy level is extremely high."
"Mental suppression essentially only requires transmitting a piece of information, and then you will spontaneously feel fear and exhibit submissive behavior, so it doesn't require much total energy. The energy required to transmit spell damage is even lower than that of physical damage."
Locke looked at this Black Wizard, Warwick, in confusion and said: "I didn't use any mana just now, so how could I have injured your eyes and ears while they were protected by the Abyss Shell?"
"The Abyss Shell itself has the special ability to assimilate spells and suppress spells."
That's right, the Abyss Shell of a First Ring Abyss lifeform possesses the power to suppress spells, which is why Abyss creatures are so troublesome for wizards.
Locke had discovered this while reading a large number of books in the Six Towers Land.
Bloodline Studies in the Six Towers Land were more advanced than in the Southeast Corner Region, so there were more materials on Abyss Bloodline Studies here.
Abyss creatures were a type of energy lifeform—neither material creatures nor psychic creatures, but energy creatures.
Therefore, they were neither materialist nor idealist.
They were lifeforms where energy preceded existence and phenomena, so their energy possessed a very powerful continuation capability; for example, it could strengthen eye-grass, allowing it to transmit its spells over ultra-long distances.
Similarly, the Abyss Shell of Abyss creatures would pollute spell energy, thus having a special suppressive effect on spells.
Of course, in order to maintain the characteristic of suppressing spells, the Abyss Shell naturally sacrificed defense against physics.
Although the Abyss Shell possessed a certain ability to resist physical attacks, its strength among those of the same rank was very low and would be completely countered by physical attacks.
After thinking it over, the old wizard Warwick reached a conclusion. "I don't know by what principle it was achieved, but this thing just happened. That special ancient creature bloodline hidden within your body is very special, extremely special, and it used a form of damage I cannot understand to injure me."
"You want to obtain the Archaeology heritage because you want to find a way to further develop it, right? Archaeology is indeed a good way to develop ancient creature bloodlines."
"Your situation is truly interesting. If I told any Archaeologist about it, they would all be interested in you."
The look in Locke's eyes as he looked at him changed slightly.
Warwick laughed and said: "I'm joking. I won't look for trouble for myself. Besides, in your situation, even I don't understand what exactly happened, so how could I describe what happened to others?"
Locke looked at Warwick and nodded slightly, saying: "Then, are you interested in a second transaction? I want to trade for the grimoire in your hand—that reference book."
Warwick was stunned for a moment, then reached out towards the sky, and a magic tome appeared in his hand. "Are you talking about this grimoire of the demon god in my hand?"
Warwick said: "The grimoire is the most important thing for an Archaeologist, apart from the Eternal Defense Field."
"Every Archaeologist will name their own grimoire; the names are varied. Some call it the Evil God, some call it the Old Ruler, and I call my grimoire the grimoire of the demon god."
"It's just a matter of the name."