Wizard: Starting from the Skill Tree

Chapter 825 - 755: Return

Through Ely’s intermittent sobbing, Duke understood.

On the day they split up to escape, Ely and Edmond ran in the same direction.

They ran desperately, running with all their might, but Cyan Lotus caught up with them.

Seeing that they were about to be caught, Edmond turned back to draw Cyan Lotus’s attention, giving Ely a chance to escape.

Edmond, ranking ninth in the Illusion Tower, truly had some strength, able to maneuver under Cyan Lotus’s pursuit for a while.

Ely knew she couldn’t be of any help, so she could only run desperately, and indeed, Cyan Lotus never caught up with her.

But ever since then, Edmond has been missing, his fate uncertain.

In the past few days, Duke learned from Vera and others that Selman was also confirmed dead, killed by Cyan Lotus.

Apparently, because Selman was too good at escaping, it piqued Cyan Lotus’s interest, leading to Cyan Lotus’s relentless pursuit.

Cyan Lotus was holding Selman’s head while chasing after Edmond and Ely; Ely still remembers that scene vividly.

Half a month quickly passed, and Edmond still hasn’t returned; no one knows how he is.

The base here has already gathered quite a few people, some are wizards sent by the Wizard Council to perform duties, and some have received authorization through certain channels to explore here.

People from the Golden Continent are also here; upon entering, Audric immediately saw Duke, but he didn’t say anything or come over to cause trouble.

Obviously, it’s because this is a base for the Wizard Council, which has various rules, and even Audric wouldn’t dare to easily break them.

A flash of blue light, and after the familiar dizzying sensation, their feet finally touched solid ground.

Teleportation Plaza.

The radiance of Sky City shone upon them, warm and bright.

Wizards and students were bustling around, some chatting in low voices, some busy and hurried, everything seemed so normal, so safe.

Duke took a deep breath, feeling the tension of the past three months finally relaxing.

The oppression of the Ancient Fairy Plane, the erosion of the gray mist, the pursuit by Cyan Lotus, the death of teammates—all these things were now temporarily sealed in another world.

Duke felt someone watching him, turning back to see it was Audric, but he had already retracted his gaze and turned to leave.

Vera and Leon were discussing something, then Vera said, "Everyone should go back and rest first; Leon and I will report about Edmond to his family."

They didn’t know Edmond’s situation, nor could they ascertain his life or death.

But Edmond’s family would surely have ways to learn about his situation; if he were dead, they would certainly know.

If Edmond were still alive, his family would also be able to send people into the Ancient Fairy Plane for rescue.

Duke nodded, then headed back to the dormitory area.

Back at the dormitory area, he stepped onto the pebble path and pushed open the wooden door.

Everything in the study was as it was. The fire in the fireplace had long gone out, leaving only a pile of cold ashes.

The parchment and books on the desk were untouched since he left; the snowy mountains outside the window still gleamed dazzlingly white in the sunlight.

After a brief rest, Duke entered the Light God Court and took out the cup of tea given by Mr. Rabbit, now stored in a test tube.

The trip to the Ancient Fairy Plane seemed to yield the most Life Essence, but the real treasure was this test tube of tea.

He went to the laboratory he had set up, filled with various instruments and tools brought from the Wizard Plane.

Duke entered the innermost room and sat at a large stone table.

He took out the test tube and examined it closely.

The liquid in the test tube was golden, clear, and transparent, with tiny specks of light floating on the surface.

When gently shaken, those specks flowed like a miniature galaxy.

Just looking at it, one could feel the immense energy contained within.

Duke fixed the test tube on the instrument stand and began testing one by one.

First, with spiritual power sensing, he probed a thread of spiritual power into the test tube, and as soon as it touched the liquid, the spiritual power was gently bounced away.

It wasn’t resistance; rather, the energy level was too high for a lower-level spiritual power to penetrate.

Next was component analysis.

He diluted a drop of the liquid a hundredfold, placed it on a magic testing crystal plate, and put it into the analyzer.

The machine hummed, and data strings scrolled across the light screen.

Duke looked at the data, his brows gradually furrowing.

Most of the components, he had never seen before.

The recognizable parts were extremely rare, ancient materials long vanished.

Some, he had only seen named in ancient texts.

Given his current detection methods, he couldn’t accurately measure the energy level of this tea.

Duke then conducted some routine tests and discovered the tea’s nature was incredibly stable.

There was no energy leakage, no loss of activity; it remained the same after a day, unlike Life Essence, which needed to be consumed quickly. This tea could be stored for years, even decades without changing.

Increasing spiritual power was just the most superficial effect of this tea.

Given its energy level, fully absorbing it would be far more than just increasing spiritual power by dozens of points.

But precisely because its energy level was so high, with his current Level 2 strength, he simply couldn’t withstand it.