Challenge the Great!

Standing on the riverbank, Isaac raised his index finger and felt the magic flowing past his fingertip. His eyes narrowed slightly. The Wilderness Dungeon was descending into chaos...

It seemed humanity's situation in this world was still quite serious. According to Imperial records, when the Boundless Tower had opened in the past, the powerful beings drawn inside had possessed very little desire to fight. Most battles had been conflicts among the participants themselves.

After all, a world that imposed a ceiling while forcibly gathering all supernaturals was far too rare!

Every opening of the Boundless Tower would shatter several colossal powers!

But the Wilderness Dungeon now seemed somewhat different. From the rough information he sensed through the magic, there were few "internal conflicts." Most of the fighting was against local gangs.

Isaac rubbed his fingers together, swept his gaze around, then transformed into a streak of light and shot into the distance.

Extracting Pheromones from the magic in nature to gather intelligence was something even high-level witches could do. It was a basic skill. Naturally, it could not provide much useful information and was only suitable for emergencies.

To understand the specifics, he still had to see for himself.

Before long, Isaac arrived at the nearest human stronghold—a massive magical city!

He silently entered the Arcane City, a place overflowing with magical energy, impeccably orderly and squarely situated upon the vast plains. A thin spell barrier enveloped Isaac, completely concealing both his form and presence.

Walking through the Arcane City, Isaac looked at the smiling pedestrians carrying three massive weapons—swords, shields, and staffs—on their backs. His eyes were filled with surprise, for he could actually sense supernatural power within these people!

And most of them had already reached the second tier, while a few had even reached the third!

So this was the power of a fourth-tier Grand Arcane Master?

Truly terrifying!

Though he had not yet met him and did not know who the Grand Arcane Master who built this Arcane City was, that did not affect Isaac's admiration for him. It had nothing to do with his actions; Isaac simply admired that Grand Arcane Master's knowledge.

Isaac had studied the special factor within this world's humans before. Though he had not delved too deeply into it, he understood how troublesome it was. If it had been him, he definitely could not have achieved such results in just a few years!

All he could say was, as expected of a genuine fourth-tier Grand Arcane Master!

This one was different from Isaac, who had taken a shortcut. There were no shortcuts on the path of an Arcane Master. One could only keep one's feet on the ground and climb step by step.

Back then, both Isaac and his elder sister Cheryl had thought it was a pity that Isaac lacked magical talent and could not follow the path of an Arcane Master. But in truth, if Isaac had really chosen that path, then even with the assistance of the Golden Finger, he could never have advanced so quickly!

That was because, unlike legendary witches and Witches, who had all sorts of shortcuts available to them, the path of an Arcane Master was very simple—learning and research!

Other than that, only special Great Creations like the Boundless Tower offered even the slightest shortcut.

For example, if a Grand Arcane Master wanted to advance to the fourth tier, then while at the third tier, they first had to learn and improve a fourth-tier arcane art. Only then could they advance to the fourth tier!

It could be said that Arcane Masters carried out the saying, [Knowledge is power], to an extraordinary degree!

What a pity...

Looking at the smiling pedestrians, Isaac let out a quiet sigh.

What a pity. Even a fourth-tier Grand Arcane Master could not completely solve the problem here.

Though Isaac believed his research abilities fell short of this Grand Arcane Master's, when it came to exploiting cheats, he believed he was no worse. After all, he had never turned his off. And the greatest benefit this cheat gave Isaac was his insight!

Especially in research, that glaring zero percent was simply too obvious.

By using special weapons to transfer the special factors within humans, humanity could embark on the supernatural path and even obtain a growing weapon with powerful anti-magic properties, but!

These special factors would rapidly grow along with a human's overall strength. Sooner or later, those special weapons would no longer be able to suppress them, causing humanity's supernatural power to disappear once again!

While the Grand Arcane Master was around, he could continually adjust the weapons, properly guide the special factors, and better restrain them within the weapons. But what if he was gone?

He could not remain here forever. Besides, even if he did, it would be meaningless. At most, he could delay that outcome—but only delay it.

Because this was a law established by the Great Wizard!

A supreme law!

At the very least, a mere fourth-tier Grand Arcane Master could not ignore such a law.

Thus, though surprised, Isaac did not pay too much attention to it. He focused more on observing humanity's way of life and how this city operated.

By the time Isaac left the Arcane City, he had more or less understood the situation. It was much as he had expected: the city still operated according to the adventurer-town model of the real world.

With taverns as the core, adventurer teams were formed to complete commissions and earn money. The money was then used to purchase necessities, and finally flowed back out through commissions, completing the most basic and simple economic cycle.

The difference from the real world was that many parts of the process here had been replaced by that Grand Arcane Master. For instance, the vast majority of tavern commissions were issued by him, and the daily necessities likewise mostly came from him.

After all, for a fourth-tier Grand Arcane Master, handling production was ridiculously easy.

Moreover, most tavern commissions focused on clearing dungeon monsters and gathering monster materials. Compared to the wide variety of commissions in the real world, they were indeed somewhat monotonous.

But this truly was the method best suited for this world, and Isaac intended to do the same.

The difference was that his city would not use taverns as its link and adventurers as its blades. Instead, it would use cults as its links and faith as its blade!

But similarly, there would be more than one cult in his city!

After all, he could control more than one virtual deity. Managing one city would certainly be easier than managing two, and besides, he had ambitions!

He wanted to see whether his [Miracle] could defeat a part of this Great Creation known as the Wilderness Dungeon!

One of its rules!

Yes, the Great Wizards were supreme. He acknowledged that.

But that did not mean Isaac would not dare challenge them!

Otherwise, he would not have released so many uncontrolled Virtual Divine Sparks before going into seclusion...

But it was still a little early to speak of that. The most urgent task now was to first condense two Virtual Divine Sparks aligned with the righteous gods, establish the rudiments of [Dungeon City], and then develop it step by step in that direction.

After all, the Boundless Tower would remain open for a long time yet~