Advancing to the Third Circle

Wang Xueyi panicked immediately, and his hands were shaking.

He rushed over to check. "Dude, this isn't fair! How can you try to scam your own people? This isn't how you stage an accident!"

Everyone: "..."

Chen Tienan arranged for his men to keep an eye on the evil creature—basically, to surround it and smash it with steel bricks! He leaned over and asked, "Who's this foreigner? He looks pretty fierce." He now knew that Wang Xueyi was one of their own, but he still didn't know which of their own.

Wang Xueyi pushed him aside, wanting to check on Li Yao's condition.

Just then, Sauron popped out of the Life Core at the top of his staff and stopped him, saying, "It's nothing, I'm just tired."

Wang Xueyi was stunned for a moment, but quickly accepted Sauron's existence.

He pressed further, "Won't there be any problems?"

Sauron: "No."

Not only will it not, it might even be of some help to the monk.

This guy is usually so lazy, which is why he's stuck in the second stage and can't find a way to break through.

Even though programmers make a living with their brains, the development of the soul cannot be achieved by simply lying around and doing nothing.

Necessary stimulation is still needed.

Unfortunately, there aren't that many crises in this world, and Li Yao is well protected and doesn't usually do anything reckless, which means he doesn't have many opportunities to gain experience.

This trip to Egypt was quite coincidental.

Good.

Sauron crouched beside Li Yao, guarding him. After closing its eyes, its entire body turned pitch black, without a single stray hair.

If it weren't for its wagging tail, it would look like a doll.

Wang Xueyi and Chen Tienan tried to ask them something several times, but Sauron completely ignored them.

Sauron is still very aloof in front of outsiders.

Li Yao slept soundly, and when he woke up again, he found that Wang Xueyi and Chen Tienan were sitting together having hot pot.

There were naturally no pots and pans here. The food that everyone brought was just compressed military rations, but Chen Tienan couldn't stand being lonely, so he used an entrenching tool as a pot and lit several hot pots over a campfire.

The meat and vegetables in the hot pot are all dehydrated and ready-to-eat ingredients. After adding water and seasonings, they actually taste quite delicious!

Li Yao propped himself up and sat up, only to find that his whole body ached terribly.

He glanced at Sauron beside him and asked, "How long was I unconscious?"

Sauron: "Seven hours, I guess."

It was already dark.

However, the place was quite brightly lit by the glowing green flames.

Li Yao rubbed his forehead and said, "I was too careless this time. My head is throbbing badly now."

but...

Li Yao sensed for a moment and found that the strength and depth of his soul had been greatly expanded, and the bottleneck that he had been unable to climb for a long time had actually loosened!

"If I just consolidate my skills a bit during this period, I should be able to reach the third ring road soon!" Li Yao was very happy. "I think I'm about to break through!"

Sauron retorted, "You should have broken through a long time ago! I've never seen such a lazy mage!"

Li Yao: "Have you ever seen a mage who's so lazy yet still breaks through to the next level so quickly?"

Sauron: "..."

Damn it, I've never seen anything like it! I've never seen such a shameless mage!

Sauron grinned. "So what if you have talent!"

Li Yao said modestly, "It's alright, after all, I'm my parents' biological son."

Sauron rolled his eyes and simply walked away... Why bother arguing with that mage? He was just asking for trouble!

Li Yao simply sat cross-legged and began meditating to stabilize his current state, taking the opportunity to further develop the limits of his soul. This process was somewhat painful, but it paled in comparison to the joy brought by the deep development and exploration of his soul.

The mental energy generated by meditation nourished Li Yao's somewhat anxious soul like a stream.

Seeing that Li Yao was alright, Wang Xueyi and the others went back to eating hot pot.

They seemed quite nonchalant about being trapped here, showing no signs of anxiety whatsoever.

Four or five hours later, Li Yao woke up from his meditation.

He opened his eyes, and a silvery light flowed from them. With a thought, several pebbles around him began to drift.

Under Li Yao's control, the rubble moved in a manner that resembled the "Three-Body Problem," interfering with and restraining each other!

This is the application of the Mage Hand! The Mage Hand is a zero-ring trick of the Transmutation school, capable of controlling the movement of unclaimed, non-magical objects weighing up to five kilograms.

This spell is very simple.

The psionic load that Spell Circuit can withstand is also limited, and there are also limits to the fine manipulation of spells.

This is now the limit of the spell, which allows multiple stones to move rapidly at the same time.

Continuing development would require modifying Spell Circuit... but if that happens, it would mean that the spell is no longer in the Mage Hand.

Many non-magicians believe that the Mage Hand is already a divine skill, and some even say that the Mage Hand can be used to stir up the enemy's brain... This is quite a wild imagination. But don't forget that the human body itself is covered by a spiritual energy field!

Although many ordinary people cannot use their own power.

But that kind of "field" really exists; it's an innate ability of life.

The monks' seemingly magical and unreasonable behavior is actually based on absolute reasoning.

Mastering the power of the spell "Mage Hand" means that Li Yao has already entered the ranks of Third Circle Mage.

This means that,

Flash Spell! Fireball Spell! You can learn those now!

Li Yao was so excited!

The mage's most important mobility skill has finally been completed!

Li Yao was in high spirits, and Wang Xueyi and Chen Tienan noticed. They came over and asked, "What's making you so happy?"

Chen Tienan: "Are you the Handsomest in This Group?"

Li Yao dodged Wang Xueyi's question and answered Chen Tienan: "That's right, I'm the Handsomest in This Group!"

Everyone: "..."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Wang Xueyi and asked, "What's the situation now?"

Wang Xueyi said, "We don't know what's going on outside since the Fire Cloud Tornado hasn't been dispelled, but no one outside dares to come in either."

Li Yao nodded; those people were frightened.

The Hellfire Crystal Insect cannot harm inorganic matter. If they want to get in, a material manipulation expert can control the soil or something else to build a tunnel and they can get in. Since Li Yao is unconscious, the Hellfire Crystal Insect will only act according to their established commands.

But they were so intimidated by the previous power of the emerald green sea of fire that they didn't dare to try it at all.

They even believed that the people controlling this sea of fire were a group of powerful superhumans!

At least five...

No! It's highly likely to be a Tier 6 powerhouse! As for why the fire wall has continued until now, it's probably to truly eliminate the evil entity within that black mist?

By the way,

That evil thing.

Remembering that thing, Li Yao asked, "Was the evil entity at the center of the black aura killed?"

"No!"

Chen Tienan ran over, carrying a long, black thing like he was showing off a treasure. "This is exactly what it looks like!"

Li Yao: "..."

You're carrying a dungeon boss around like that, don't you have any dignity?

Third update... Getting ready to board the train to Kunming... then transferring to Lijiang. The fourth update should be around noon... Sorry to keep you all waiting. Hope you enjoy reading.