Chapter 299: Brutally Killing Black Wizard Seeds
A vast, abyssal Magic Pressure rose from Locke. As the Magic Pressure he had been suppressing increased, the amount of Negative Energy gathered within the Sixfold Curse Barrier also grew. Countless streams of Negative Energy converged on Locke from afar.
The concentration was so high that it was almost visible to the naked eye. Even ordinary people could see the gathered Negative Energy.
A crushing pressure, like a mountain, descended upon the shoulders of every Black Wizard Seed present. The mocking expressions on their faces froze. Then their pupils dilated, their breathing grew labored, their muscles began to spasm, and the Magic Pressure structures on the surfaces of their souls became disordered. The Spell Models stored within their Seas of Consciousness began to malfunction continuously, triggering repeated disruptions in their magical power.
And the Magic Pressure emanating from Locke's body was still rising.
The six Black Wizard Seeds could no longer bear the burden.
The sharp-headed Black Wizard Apprentice widened his eyes. "His Magic Pressure... how can it exceed 1,000?"
"That's Formal Wizard-level Magic Pressure!"
"My god, the Beholder Wizard is already a Formal Wizard."
The fat Vampire Apprentice's face filled with terror. Black Wizards were confident they could kill opponents above their level during the apprentice stage, but they had absolutely no confidence in doing so at the Formal Wizard stage.
The logic of battle at the Formal Wizard level was entirely different from that of the apprentice level because of the Permanent Defense Field.
Ambushes, dirty tricks, backstabs—those all depended on Wizard Apprentices not having a Permanent Defense Field.
Only then could such tactics work.
But Formal Wizards possessed Permanent Defense Fields. Ordinary combat experience no longer applied. Even the most inept wizard was like someone wearing an impenetrable turtle shell,