Thud...
A rolling, surging toll abruptly rang out from every mechanical clock in Eternal Sky City. As though imbued with penetrating force, it rippled in every direction.
Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud, thud...
It was not the hour, yet the bells did not stop after surpassing the limit of twelve chimes. They rang on and on, as though they would never end, striking against everyone's hearts and making the blood and vitality of the wizards atop Eternal Sky City churn. It seemed to warn that something momentous was about to happen.
"What is going on? It isn't just the academy clocks—even our own mechanical clocks have malfunctioned?"
The low-level wizards could not comprehend such a bizarre phenomenon. Everyone discussed this sudden incident. It was simply too inconceivable. Why had every mechanical clock undergone such an abnormal change?
In this modern Wizard World where everyone was a wizard, compared with the ignorance of primitive humans in the past, major wizard academies and Yihuan enlightenment schools had sprung up like bamboo shoots after the rain. This modern Wizard World of universal education had long cast aside its former absurd superstitions. Every wizard firmly believed that the exploration of truth's mysteries would resolve all unknowns. Wizards would inevitably advance into an age of omniscience and omnipotence, turning dreamlike ideals into reality.
The birth of the first-generation Wizard King had especially strengthened that belief!
Everyone took becoming the second-generation Wizard King or third-generation Wizard King as their ultimate goal.
And in such an era, every wizard had developed an Endless World spatial outlook and received widespread education regarding True Spirit Wizards and Sacred Mark Wizards. They clearly understood their own standing. They were no longer as closed-minded and arrogant as wizard apprentices of the old era, and could face many changes