Chapter 333: Giant Beast
Standing at the edge of the "Ship" Plane, Blake stared at the enormous spatial rift stretching across the void before him, constantly twisting and shifting as it radiated ominous fluctuations.
Blake drew a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the trace of unease and regret in his heart. His face regained the calm and rational composure expected of a wizard.
To be fair, his preparations this time had not been bad.
Custom Wizard Artifacts could certainly better suit the characteristics of one's own soul and offered better value for money, but top-grade standard-issue Wizard Artifacts were often more reliable in terms of pure defensive strength.
To leave nothing to chance, the two standard-issue Wizard Artifacts he had purchased this time were both exceptional among Level 6 artifacts.
In terms of mental protection alone, they were probably even a notch stronger than some custom-made pieces crafted by Alchemy masters.
"It's just that they drained too much of my savings. I only managed to buy three in total... I hope they'll be enough." Blake sighed helplessly.
The intelligence sent back from the opposing plane this time had come from a Level 6 Wizard. By that logic, Level 6 mental protection should be enough to handle most situations in that plane.
The problem was that he had prepared too few of them.
That meant he had to be even more cautious, avoiding prolonged battles or facing multiple mental assaults at once.
But for a Soul School wizard lacking powerful offensive methods, being overly cautious often meant letting much precious loot slip through his fingers.
Blake roughly calculated it in his mind. If his luck was poor, the gains from this planar war might not even cover the enormous expense of buying those three Wizard Artifacts.
"I hope the protective duration