Leo and his group have been gone for thirty years. The original 10,000 Gulu Beast have now multiplied to 40,000. They are all Gulu Beast after the tenth generation, and their Bloodline Power has long been cultivated to maturity. They are at the first level of strength upon adulthood.
With diligent cultivation, the chance of advancing to the second level is dozens of times higher than that of a normal Bloodline, making it a truly high-level Bloodline.
On this day, Gulu Beast, no matter what they were doing, felt a call from the depths of their Bloodline. A sense of familiarity kept calling to them, and this could only mean that their ancestors had returned.
All the adult Gulu Beast ran over happily to greet them, and soon they saw a dark cloud appear in the distant sky.
The black clouds moved very fast.
When they came into view, they were none other than our ancestors who had been on an expedition to another world for 30 years.
"Welcome back, Lord Leo, Lord Yaoyao, Ancestor Benji, and all our ancestors!"
The resounding shouts echoed throughout the territory, and the Gulu Beast, who all knelt down in salute, made Leo and the others laugh.
I'm home!!!
Completely relaxed, Leo first looked at the Ice palace not far away, and finally felt the long-lost familiar aura inside.
However, Leo immediately withdrew his mental perception after a brief moment of sensing, because he felt Alice's aura was growing stronger and constantly challenging the shackles.
Alice is breaking through to become Level-Two Elemental Wizard!
Alice advanced to level one decades earlier than him, and now it has been four hundred years, so it is indeed time for her to advance to level two.
Level advancement is extremely important for every wizard, Leo dared not let his mental energy disturb Alice, for fear of affecting Alice breakthrough.
At times like these, it's best to act as if nothing has happened and not let external changes affect Alice's breakthrough.
Letting things take their natural course is the greatest help you can give.
Leo reluctantly shifted her gaze, taking in her little home that she hadn't returned to in thirty years.
First, they sensed the young Gulu Beast that were not yet adults in the twenty-five wizard towers. Each of them was strong and healthy, with a good appetite and excellent talent.
The Fire Essence Flower remains highly productive, producing a total value of 20 energy crystals annually.
His gaze shifted to the Tree of Life, and looking at the 150-meter-tall Tree of Life, he didn't show any shock.
Buried underground is a branch of a level seven World Tree. The Tree of Life absorbed it for thirty years; it would be unreasonable if it didn't grow this tall.
The Tree of Life sensed Leo's presence and shook its canopy continuously, the rustling sound seeming to express all its longing.
Leo disbanded the Gulu Beast team, letting them reunite on their own. With a single step, he arrived at the Tree of Life. Touching the trunk, he could clearly feel the energy flowing within, which was many times stronger than it had been thirty years ago.
According to its level, the current energy level of the Tree of Life should be at the apprentice level, but it has no offensive or defensive capabilities, meaning it has no ability to protect itself.
Any Wizard Apprentice could easily kill him!
With his spiritual power probing downwards, he saw that the roots of the Tree of Life were gradually absorbing the energy from the branches of the World Tree.
Thirty years have passed, and the branches of that World Tree have not changed at all; they are still the same as they were back then.
The Tree of Life has been absorbing energy for thirty years, but it hasn't even absorbed a tiny fraction of the energy from this branch.
That makes sense when you think about it. There's a huge difference in level between the Tree of Life and the branches of the seventh-level World Tree, and their energy reserves are also vastly different. It's already quite remarkable that the Tree of Life can extract energy from the branches of the World Tree.
Take your time, there's no rush.
The only pity is that he has not yet developed independent consciousness and can only roughly express his emotions with a vague consciousness.
"Keep going, drain him dry, and grow tall yourself!"
The tree trunk that Leo touched trembled slightly, as if a chubby little boy was clenching his fist and shouting encouragement.
The Gulu of the Gulu Beast cubs could be heard from afar. Without even looking, it was clear that Yaoyao had gone to tease the newborn Gulu Beast again. This was his favorite pastime, and of course, the nightmare of all Gulu Beast in their infancy.
When Leo first used his mental power to sense the situation, he had already understood the situation of all the Gulu Beast.
There are a total of 40,000 Gulu Beast after the tenth generation. Of these, 35,000 have reached adulthood and advanced to the next level. The remaining 5,000 have not yet reached adulthood and are unable to adapt to the violent elemental environment of the Tower of Elements, so they still live in the Wizard Tower.
With the addition of the 15,000 Gulu Beast that survived this expedition, there are now 50,000 Gulu Beast of level one or higher in the Wizard's territory.
Of these 50,000 level one Gulu Beast, there are 3,000 level two. Most of them advanced on the expedition battlefield. The life-and-death battles played a very important role in the advancement of these Gulu Beast. The boundary between life and death would make them unleash powerful forces. Some Gulu Beast were able to forcefully break through to level two by taking advantage of the unleashed power.
As for Level 3, there's only one: Benji.
Regardless of the race, level three is always the most important level among the lower levels. Once you reach level three, your strength increases significantly, and your status also rises accordingly.
Level Three is the last level before the World Lord, and in smaller worlds they are called Saint, just like Benji back then.
Even a terrifying being like a wizard still shows special respect to Level Three.
Among the three thousand level-two Gulu Beast, not a Gulu Beast has shown any sign of advancing to level three.
However, Leo was in no hurry; he had plenty of time and could wait.
Even among the slave armies of those Stigmata Wizard, the number of Level 3 slaves was not very large; Level 1 and 2 slaves still made up the vast majority of the slave army.
After briefly surveying the territory and finding nothing to do, and with nothing much to accomplish within the Wizard Tower, Leo simply carried his recliner to the Ice Palace.
Because Alice is currently in seclusion to advance to the second level, the gates of the Ice Palace are sealed. Since Leo cannot enter, he lies down at the entrance to ensure that Alice will see him as soon as she successfully advances.
Time was of the essence, so he took out a wizarding book and began to read it carefully.
This book is a collection of his experience notes on Elemental Body Tempering, given to him by the Beast Blood Boiling Stigmata Wizard before he left the Rota World.
This was the first detailed notebook about Elemental Body Refinement Wizard that Leo had obtained, so it was not something he could underestimate.
Although the records were few and contained no particularly profound or difficult knowledge, Leo still benefited greatly from their contents.
If no one had told him this knowledge, he would have inevitably made enormous mistakes on his path to becoming a wizard.
As specially marked in the notes, Elemental Body Refinement Wizard should never advance their elemental and body refinement aspects separately during each breakthrough; the best approach is to advance them together.
If a low-level wizard is promoted individually, the impact is relatively small.
However, at higher levels, promotions must be made simultaneously.
This section of notes was written with different colored pens, clearly indicating the most important points to focus on.
The writing details the reasons for doing so.
This is because during the body's ascension, the powerful force of that ascension subtly influences the body's tendencies.
Just like the elemental advancement, which is marked by a breakthrough in mental power, when mental power breaks through, the body will passively lean towards the elemental side.
Normal wizards don't pay attention to this when they advance, but for Elemental Wizard, the more their bodies lean towards the elemental side, the better, as this will increase their affinity for elemental energy.
A body that leans towards the elemental side is not conducive to advancement in body refinement, as it can cause a slight shift in the original Bloodline Power, creating a divergence from the original path of body refinement.
At a high level, Elemental Wizard is completely coupled with elemental energy, similar to the concept of man and sword becoming one, except that Elemental Wizard is one with elemental energy.
The physical body that can be cultivated through body refinement does not need to be integrated with elemental energy. What it needs is to continuously develop Bloodline energy and train its body into a terrifying physique.
There is a significant difference between the two. At a lower level, due to low energy utilization, the body's bias towards the sides is not severe, and therefore has little impact.
However, as the level increases, the influence of elemental energy and Bloodline Power on the body will become increasingly significant.
Advancement in one direction will cause significant changes in the body, which will affect advancement in the other direction.
It's not noticeable at lower levels, but becomes very obvious at higher levels.
The elemental side and the body-refining side are like two highways, originally two separate highways.
The Elemental Body Refinement Wizard, on the other hand, turned two highways into one road, making it wider and allowing for easy passage.
However, if the elemental and physical cultivation advancements are done separately, it's like this highway suddenly forking at a certain point.
It wasn't obvious at first; it was just a tiny deviation.
But later, as the distance increased, this tiny deviation could lead to a huge split.
What was once a single road has now become two incompatible roads.
At this point, unless you don't get promoted, there's only one path to advancement.
At this point, no matter which path you take, it will be vastly different from your original destination.
Upon seeing this, Leo broke out in a cold sweat. He had been completely unaware of this before, and had repeatedly gloated over his decision to separate his advancements to lower the difficulty of advancement. Now, seeing this, it was clear that this was a move that would completely cut off his path to becoming a wizard.
If it weren't for the wizarding book he obtained through the Beast Blood Boiling Stigmata Wizard trade, he would have 100% continued to advance through the previous separate advancement methods.
After all, he's about to advance to the third level of elemental damage.
He's seen the path to level three and has reached the threshold; given some time, he can definitely advance.
Level 3, you can be promoted at any time.
Who could resist such a temptation?