When Sheep Became Wolves

Lohr's Magma Eruption Spell enveloped a vast area stretching 1,320 meters around the battlefield's center.

This nearly engulfed all the elemental wizard apprentices clashing at the center, along with a small number of bloodline wizard apprentices.

Ninety-nine percent of the elemental wizard apprentices and bloodline wizard apprentices did not even have time to react before turning to ash.

Only three apprentices who specialized in defensive spells held on for a second or two before fleeing outward like madmen.

Unfortunately, the several hundred meters they could once cross in an instant now seemed like an insurmountable chasm.

Aside from one apprentice who had already been close to the edge and luckily escaped the range of the magma eruption, everyone else was ultimately burned to ash.

The earth-element wizard apprentice who escaped did not dare look at Lohr again and hurriedly ran in the opposite direction.

"Run, hurry up and run."

"That spell's power is almost at the level of a mid-stage first-ring spell."

"That magma eruption spell that shot straight into the sky earlier was cast by him."

"We can't stay here. We'd better get far away from him."

Most of the bloodline wizards who had been wandering around the outskirts turned deathly pale at the sight and fled frantically in every direction, wanting only to get away from Lohr.

"Another five percent of my elemental energy wasted." Lohr watched everyone scatter without trying to stop them.

His main goal was to loot resources. Even if he could kill everyone this time, he could not slaughter everyone every time. His elemental energy could not withstand such waste.

After scanning the battlefield, Lohr did not hurry toward the place at the battlefield's center where the Divine Power Crystal fluctuations were strongest.

Instead, he followed the faint Divine Power fluctuations along the battlefield's edge and began gathering the spoils left behind by others bit by bit.

There was very little in these Divine Power Crystals, usually only two or three grams, but together they added up to quite a lot—thirty-five grams in total.

Besides that, he picked up seven bottles of Potion flowing with a faint silver glow, as well as several pieces of scorched fur.

Most of this fur had been left behind by bloodline wizards. Using this spell material when casting spells allowed them to unleash greater power.

The Potion bottles, meanwhile, had all been specially made by the Wizard Alliance. Ordinary first-ring spells could not damage them, which was why they had remained intact.

There were some other spell materials on the ground, but Lohr had no interest in picking those up.

He mainly collected the fur to make a bundle for carrying Potions and Divine Power Crystals, and so he would have something to spread on the ground when he wanted to rest.

After collecting the spoils, he finally walked to the center of the battlefield and looked at his objective for coming here.

Two intact Divine Power Crystals and three bottles of Potion lay on the pitch-black ground.

"This time, the Potions weren't taken."

Lohr picked up the Divine Power Crystals and Potions, a smile appearing on his face.

"Aptitude Enhancement Potion. One bottle can raise an apprentice with first-level meditation talent to third-level. I wonder how effective it will be for someone with seventh-level meditation talent."

He did not rush to drink it. Time was precious now; he needed to get more first.

Lohr put away the Potions and Divine Power Crystals, then sensed the locations where the other Divine Power Crystal fluctuations were strongest.

Just as when he had first cast the Small Lava Eruption Spell, the large Divine Power Crystal fluctuations within a radius of more than twenty li around him no longer moved.

Clearly, those apprentices feared drawing his attention. Even those who had already obtained crystals chose to abandon them.

Some small Divine Power Crystal fluctuations were still moving away, but Lohr did not care much. He could not monopolize all the benefits alone.

After sensing carefully for a while, he chose a nearby direction with intense Divine Power fluctuations and rushed over at top speed.

The second round of looting began!

Time passed, and another three hours went by in the blink of an eye.

Lohr finished his third round of looting and checked his Sea of Consciousness. The elemental energy in his Elemental Domain was now only around forty-five percent.

"More and more people are willing to take risks."

Lohr sighed after using Reduced Magma Eruption to kill a wolf-shaped bloodline wizard who had suddenly emerged from the darkness to ambush him.

He was carrying 427 grams of Divine Power Crystals now. Calling him the sun of this Dark Forest might have been a bit exaggerated.

But calling him the moon could not have been more fitting.

The fluctuations from all those Divine Power Crystals could be clearly sensed even three hundred li away, attracting many wizard apprentices willing to risk everything on a gamble.

After several hours of bloody tempering, the fragile sheep were nearly all dead.

Almost all those who remained were wolves.

"The later it gets, the harder these people will be to intimidate." Lohr glanced into the depths of the forest.

Shadows occasionally flashed in every direction around him. They were all apprentices who had set their sights on him but did not dare make a move.

From the beginning of the third round until he finished looting, he had already killed more than fifty wizard apprentices who dared attack him.

Even though he had been conserving elemental energy and mostly casting the weaker Reduced Magma Eruption, his elemental energy had now fallen below the danger line.

"Let's call it a day. I've already gained enough."

Lohr thought, First, I'll find somewhere to set up a magic array and restore my elemental energy before deciding what to do next.

"But before that, I need to clear the area."

He shifted slightly and cast a Full Magma Eruption Spell in each of the four directions: east, south, west, and north.

He spent twenty percent of his elemental energy in exchange for four magma eruptions spaced a thousand meters apart, covering a total area with a radius of five thousand meters.

"I'm not willing to accept this!"

"This is impossible!"

"How does he still have so much elemental energy?"

Most of the wizard apprentices hiding in the forest vanished before they could even scream. The rest only managed to leave behind a final sentence before being burned to ash in utter unwillingness.

They had begun following Lohr midway through the third round of looting and had personally seen him cast no fewer than fifty spells.

They had thought Lohr was nearly out of spell energy and that perhaps they could take advantage of him.

Instead, they met a miserable end, reduced directly to ash by magma.

Splash—

The magma turned into raindrops, falling onto the earth with a pleasant sound.

Lohr strolled through the rain, listening to the pattering of droplets against the Adaptive Rock Barrier while using elemental energy to draw mysterious arcs beneath his feet.

Magic arrays were, in essence, replicas of rune models.

Their power was somewhat weaker than directly cast spells, and they consumed somewhat more elemental energy.

Without special materials to assist with the engraving, they could not be preserved for long and would dissipate on their own after two days at most.

Their only advantage was that they could trigger automatically.

Lohr had never intended to remain here for long, so naturally he would not use his spoils to engrave a magic array that could last.

He first drew a Magma Eruption Spell around the perimeter, covering a radius of one thousand meters. Then, at the center, he drew an Adaptive Rock Barrier spell covering a radius of one hundred meters, consuming a total of ten percent of his elemental energy.

After finishing all this, Lohr did not stop moving.

Instead, he followed the Divine Power fluctuations into the forest and gathered the scattered Divine Power Crystals carried by those wizard apprentices.

Even a mosquito was still meat. He could not waste anything.

After putting away the Divine Power Crystals, Lohr returned to the center of the magic array and directly activated the Adaptive Rock Barrier, making it cover the hundred-meter area around him.

He then pulled a piece of charred beast hide from the large bundle he was carrying, spread it on the ground, and sat down.

"First, restore my elemental energy. Then I'll take stock of the harvest."