A Seasoned Deep Sea Evil God

At the top level of the Mage Tower, spatial ripples emerged, and Isaac stepped out from within them.

By now, the Mage Tower, which had originally been shut down in preparation for relocation, had already been restarted over the past three days. At the very least, all the defensive measures on the seventh floor had been fully activated, allowing it to be used for rituals once more.

And while Isaac had been analyzing the ritual data these past few days, Lapis Lazuli had sorted through the required materials one by one, then arranged everything according to Isaac's requirements.

Thus, when Isaac entered the ritual room on the seventh floor, a wave of fishy stench hit him head-on. The first ritual was already prepared. All Isaac needed to do now was make a few minor adjustments to Lapis Lazuli's setup and ensure the success rate reached one thousand percent.

The thick fishy smell filling the room made it obvious that this transaction's target was once again a Deep Sea Evil God.

As for why it was another Deep Sea Evil God...

That had to start with the Sea Island Scramble...

During that ritual, Isaac had offended the sea folk rather badly. So, in order to retaliate against him, they had not only prepared a whole pile of Deep Sea Evil God Sacrifice Rituals for him, but had even thoughtfully sent over a considerable amount of materials, worried that Isaac might have trouble gathering them himself.

They had truly gone to great lengths to get Isaac killed by a Deep Sea Evil God!

After all, Isaac's territory was located inland!

Unfortunately, though their calculations had been loud and clear, they had failed to account for the fact that Isaac did not care.

Thus, with their assistance, although Isaac had originally possessed quite a bit of information on Outer Gods, material scarcity and compatibility issues had left him with very few viable targets.

But with their help, Isaac had gathered every ritual and material needed for this operation in just three short days!

And every one of them was a top-tier version with a full success rate!

Even then, there were still several rituals he could not use for the time being due to compatibility issues!

The only pity was that although Isaac had noticed something was off and suspected this might be a sugar-coated bullet, he had been too busy to investigate it closely. So, for now, he could only set that sugar-coated bullet aside after swallowing the sugar.

Back to the matter at hand, Lapis Lazuli truly deserved to be called the familiar who had always stayed by Isaac's side. Even without the Golden Finger's assistance, she had arranged the ritual almost perfectly, falling only a dozen or so percentage points short of the full one thousand percent.

Many High Wizards did not even possess such skill in arranging rituals.

Thus, Isaac made only a few simple adjustments before immediately beginning the ritual.

Unlike his previous rituals, Isaac had usually taken great care to come up with a request that could stall for time before starting each one, so that he could gather to his heart's content in the Mysterious Void and maximize each ritual's value.

But times had changed. Compared with cost-effectiveness, Isaac now cared more about efficiency!

So, once the ritual began and the Deep Sea Evil God's gaze fell upon him, Isaac went straight to the point.

"I want High-level Life Transformation Technology."

After saying that, he closed his eyes, directly sinking his consciousness into the Mysterious Void to start gathering!

His decisiveness left the Deep Sea Evil God staring blankly. It was not as though It had never encountered mad wizards. Not only had It seen them, It had eaten some and been tricked by some as well. Thus, It was hardly inexperienced when it came to entertaining mad wizards.

Yet even with Its abundant experience entertaining clients, Isaac's bluntness left It confused for a moment.

Hadn't It merely taken a nap?

It had not even truly slept. At most, only a few hundred years had passed in the real world. Had mad wizards changed so drastically in just a few short centuries?

But It did not remain stunned for long. As Isaac began gathering in the Mysterious Void, It quickly sensed Its power draining away at an alarming rate. That familiar feeling instantly revealed Isaac's identity to It—the most orthodox kind of mad wizard!

"****************!"

After hurling a curse that could not produce a single audible word, the Deep Sea Evil God immediately mobilized every ounce of power It could use to contend with Isaac.

It had to be said that Its experience entertaining clients was indeed extensive. It first attempted to fight Isaac in the Mysterious Void, but after sensing the unimaginably immense power on Isaac's side, It understood at once.

Absolute power suppression was likely this mad wizard's "trait."

Thus, It decisively abandoned the fight within the Mysterious Void and instead poured every bit of power It could mobilize into fulfilling Isaac's ritual request.

Because It understood very well that against a lunatic who had developed such a mad wizard "trait," direct confrontation was absolutely not the correct choice. Setting aside the low odds of victory, even if It won, it would inevitably be a narrow victory. It was not worth it.

This was not because It was cowardly. It was simply the truth.

Not a single mad wizard who had reached the third tier and developed their own "trait" was easy to deal with. If not ten Outer Gods, then at least eight had fallen into the hands of those rotten dogs. What made you so certain you were stronger than the other Outer Gods?

The confidence of the strong was necessary, of course, but excessive confidence became arrogance.

This was the fundamental reason why It had fought mad wizards for so many years while still keeping Its body intact!

As long as It was not completely deprived of an Authority and could hold its final bottom line, the problem would not be too serious. A little damage merely meant taking a few more naps.

Sure enough, things unfolded exactly as It had expected. Although Isaac's Golden Finger allowed him to hold every advantage in unfair competition within the Mysterious Void, from an Outer God's perspective, as long as they did not harbor ill intentions and traded with him properly, it was actually beneficial to them.

That was because Isaac's freeloading... offerings were extremely generous. So generous that the Deep Sea Evil God used only around thirty percent of the offerings to fulfill Isaac's request, successfully and legitimately transferring ownership of knowledge concerning the transformation of High-level Life to Isaac, allowing him to use it relatively freely in the real world.

Then...

Then the ritual ended, and Isaac withdrew from the Mysterious Void. The ritual's success rate was still close to six hundred percent, leaving an extremely ample margin.

After going in and coming out like that, as long as this Deep Sea Evil God returned and got some proper sleep, It could even turn a profit!

This might make those previous Outer Gods seem too foolish, but that was not actually the case!

There were an enormous number of Outer Gods in this world—so many that many of them had little experience trading with mad wizards. Moreover, most Outer Gods were greedy and, much like mad wizards, possessed certain unusual abilities and were rather confident in themselves.

Confident that they could defeat mere mortals, most Outer Gods entered transactions with mad wizards intending to completely devour the other party. They stubbornly fought to the bitter end, so naturally, their losses were much greater.

And that was why Isaac rarely traded with the same Outer God twice. As the saying went, one trick could take you everywhere, but use it too often and it would stop working!

Now, here was a living example!