"The Dark Spirit Domain is right here!"
Merlin narrowed his eyes slightly. Ignoring Capes and the others entirely, he swiftly extended his Mental Power and began searching the surroundings.
He sensed the mysterious runes engraved upon the ring flashing incessantly, while faint streaks of light seemed to emerge in the void. Through Merlin's Mental Power, peculiar ripples had vaguely appeared in what had originally been empty space, resembling the runes on the ring.
"A Rune Formation?"
Merlin's heart stirred as he recalled the Rune Formations said to be constructed by powerful Spellcasters.
Such formations required only Mental Power to activate. Once started, they could even transport people hundreds or thousands of miles away. But Merlin knew very little even about runes, much less Rune Formations. Thus, he could not determine whether there truly was one here; he would need to test it with the ring.
This ring should be the key to finding the Dark Spirit Domain. Merlin had vaguely realized that stimulating these runes with Mental Power could produce unexpected results.
Just as Merlin was about to use his Mental Power to stimulate the ring and locate the Dark Spirit Domain, the Icefield Dire Wolf seemed to sense a powerful threat from him. It opened its jaws and spat out a huge mass of freezing air directly at Merlin.
"Watch out!"
Capes and Katherine had both been watching the Icefield Dire Wolf. Seeing it actually spit a mouthful of freezing air at Merlin, they could not help crying out a warning.
"Get lost!"
Merlin frowned. Without even looking at the freezing air, he instantly sent a Fireball flying toward it, colliding violently with it.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle.
The freezing air and flames tangled relentlessly before both ultimately vanished.
"Freezing Spell!"
A trace of coldness flashed through Merlin's eyes. The