"..."
After feeding Beelzebub, Yin Ming still had enough Soul Crystals to raise his wizard rank from the Second Ring to the Third Ring.
Everything was ready except the Third-Ring Vast Sea Meditation Method.
The Acupoint Diagram obtained from the White-Bone Altar needed testing and adaptation before it could be applied to a human body.
The Formless Tree was absorbing World Origin Crystal. Its bark was peeling away piece by piece as it transformed into a First-Ring Magic Plant, meeting the basic requirement for the Second Transformation.
The Second Transformation of the Eight-Nine Mystical Art's Attribute-less Bloodline Origin Ancestral Talisman also needed further work before it could be put to use.
"..."
"The Nightmare World!"
"The Wizard Hunting Ground!"
"A vast number of Second-Ring wizard brains were waiting to be mined. If I could tap even one percent of their computing power, every problem would be solved."
Yin Ming took a deep breath and began pouring magic into the Second-Ring Nightmare Rune.
The Third-Ring Twisted Treant True-Name Totem Rune might or might not be genuine.
The Monkey Quasit External Core had inherited part of Yaga-Tel's Bloodline Origin Ancestral Talisman, but its True-Name Totem Rune had not had time to transform.
In the Nightmare Space, Yin Ming still could not wield Third-Ring power without relying on laws.
But things were different now. He had inherited Lady White Moon's second-level authority in the Nightmare World. He ruled the Void Spirits on that level, rather than being prey among a pack that hunted one another for knowledge.
Hum!
The Nightmare Rune lit up.
Faint ripples spread through space once more.
White flashed before Yin Ming's eyes, and he appeared in a pale, empty space.
Layer upon layer of Dimensional Mist seemed to surround him. It resembled the Crystal Wall Bubble where he had