The Struggle Between Planes, It Has Always Been So

"What's there to talk about? Everyone says Void Cultists are unbeatable one-on-one. Today, I'm going to see how I stack up against them!"

To Gray's left, the first-class apprentice Taize patted his own pectorals.

Taize stood over two meters tall, his body a mass of knotted muscle that even his loose wizard robe couldn't conceal.

"Where did everyone put the Rescue Badges the teacher gave us? Better keep them somewhere easy to reach."

"If a First-Circle Void Evil God appears, only an official wizard can deal with it."

To Gray's right, the first-class apprentice Clifis offered the reminder out of goodwill.

Clifis looked like a charming playboy, his wizard robe thrown on casually, the buttons of his shirt left undone, exposing his chest outright.

"My Rescue Badge is on my belt. I can activate it at any time."

Taize heartily patted the small of his back.

"My badge... is on my belt too."

Ahab secretly confirmed the badge in his jacket pocket before saying so.

"Then let's move out."

Gray raised his head, looked deeply at Clifis, then lifted his hand and cast a Teleportation Sorcery.

A blinding light flashed before Ahab's eyes, just like being hit by a flashbang in an FPS game.

When his vision returned, an endless jungle stretched out below.

Ancient trees, each a century old, towered over twenty meters high.

While using Teleportation Sorcery, Gray had also added Mass Levitation to make tracking easier.

"Looks like there are a lot of withered vines in the forest. The ability I transplanted over should come in handy."

Ahab swept his gaze around, then turned his head and asked:

"How do we find Vivian? Split up and search?"

"No need!"

As he spoke, Gray covered both eyes with his hands, pretending to use some kind of method.

The instant his palms covered his eyes, a flash of crimson crossed the pupil of Gray's left eye before it swiftly returned to normal.

In that single instant, every life within the entire primeval forest was completely perceived by Gray.

"She's to the east, eight hundred meters away!"

With that, Gray lifted a hand and led the other three in a straight drift eastward.

"Why does Gray keep such a stiff face today? His style is usually more on the comedic side."

Taize, the honest man, muttered under his breath.

"Traitor, found you!"

Gray shouted toward a certain spot in the forest, then tapped a fingertip forward, and a storm mixed with ice and snow raged outward.

When the wind and snow dispersed, a large clearing had already been carved out below.

A young girl with slightly upturned eyes and a brisk, fiery air stood in the center of the clearing.

It was Vivian.

"Vivian's left arm isn't in a cast anymore. Someone healed her."

"Go straight in!"

Gray raised both hands high, and in an instant, the air froze over. Blue radiance flickered across his body.

An apprentice like Gray, who was already preparing to advance to official wizard, had even mastered 0.9-circle sorcery.

Vivian calmly raised her head and lifted her chin at Ahab.

That gesture looked like a greeting, but also like a provocation!

Strange. Isn't she going to See Through Gray's sorcery...? Ahab fixed both eyes on Vivian and lightly cupped his ear with one hand.

Hearing could be false; seeing was believing.

Ahab had to see with his own eyes whether Vivian would say that line of "Ancient God Language" when she used her authority.

In three breaths at most, the sorcery Gray had taught would fall.

Still not seeing through it?

Three, two...

Ahab silently counted down in his heart.

Then he heard the most familiar thing he had heard since transmigrating, and also the thing he least wanted to hear.

This sentence was not the one from the book—"Know that thou desirest to act..." —but another sentence.

And this sentence did not come from below. It came from right beside Ahab!

"Such has ever been the way of wars between planes."

"Banishment in place of death is mercy enough!"

Beside him, Clifis smiled as he extended his index finger, pointing behind Instructor Gray.

At the same time, Clifis gave a wink.

Just like the one the old wizard Merlin had shown Ahab.

Just like that night, when Vivian used her authority to kill a second-class wizard apprentice above her level!

As Clifis's left eye closed and opened again, his pupil turned a crystalline silver-white.

The silver-white that symbolized the void.

Void Cultist authority—Banishment!

"Banishment, restrict bloodline power!"

The moment Clifis's words fell, an indescribable force descended upon Instructor Gray.

In that instant, the fully formed spell was forcibly interrupted.

Even the levitation spells on all of them failed!

Beside them, the muscular man Taize hurriedly cast another levitation spell on himself.

Clifis was not slow either, applying levitation to himself as well.

As for Ahab, with a whoosh, he dropped straight down from more than twenty meters in the air.

Not good. If I land straight like this and don't get hurt, it'll immediately expose the fact that Bloodline Transplantation has already strengthened my body!

Ahab's mind raced. He flipped several times in midair and managed to get above a large tree.

Then Ahab grabbed hard at the treetop with his hands. After snapping seven or eight branches, he finally stumbled to the ground.

Of course, Ahab had secretly used the power of Bloodline Transplantation, controlling withered vines to cushion himself.

On the other side, Instructor Gray did not cast any more spells on himself.

With a splat, he smashed a huge crater directly into the ground.

"Tsk. The [Void]'s Banishment authority—no matter how many times I see it, it still feels overpowered."

Gray muttered inwardly.

The instant the Banishment authority took effect, all the spell models in Gray's sea of consciousness were virtualized, rendering them unusable.

This effect would last until after midnight tonight.

In other words, Gray was temporarily crippled. He could not use any spells at all!

"Clifis, you're actually a traitor too!"

In the air, Taize, the only first-class apprentice left on their side, cursed again and again.

Clifis spread his hands. Though he looked cynical, his response was solemn:

"All people are born equal. That is the principle of the void. We will not abandon any fellow believer."

"Taize, the sin on you exceeds 300 points. In other words, directly or indirectly, you have caused the deaths of at least 300 people!"

"Today, I will represent the void and deliver judgment!"

For a time, crackling filled the air as the two sides traded blows, all kinds of spells blasting back and forth.

"Ahab Gul, stop looking up. Your opponent is here."

Vivian lifted a bolt of lightning, gritting her teeth in hatred.

First she had lost the materials, then she had been kept awake for days and nights, and in the end she had even been forced to expose her identity...

What, Vivian was the one who had tricked Ahab out of his materials first?

How could that be the same!

Vivian could barely hold back from tearing Ahab Gul to pieces.

Her faith was very abundant now, and four uses of See Through were ready to go.

Even a second-class wizard apprentice had died under See Through all the same.

Handling a tiny little Ahab Gul would definitely be no problem!