"Didn't your Shadow Talent evolve too? Let me see your evolved strength." Yaoyao appeared on Leo's shoulder, deliberately diverting Leo's attention with a light laugh.
"Good."
Leo forced a stiff smile, as if using it to mask his inner murderous intent.
But what Yaoyao saw was that every detail on Leo's face screamed revenge and his determination to kill the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard.
In Earth-based cultivation novels, this situation would be considered a demonic obstacle, a mental demon. If Leo cannot kill the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard, he will be trapped at level three for the rest of his life, unable to advance any further.
With light footsteps, Leo had already disappeared beside the energy pool.
Shadow Walking, each step is 16,000 meters, which is 16 kilometers.
Yaoyao stood on Leo's shoulder, watching the fleeting scene—a moment when Leo paused in the shadows, a shot that was noticeably smoother than before.
It's as if Leo himself has merged into the shadows; he and the shadows are inseparable, you are me, and I am you.
Although it doesn't reach his level, it's clearly much stronger than before.
"Your abilities aren't entirely from the evolved Shadow Talent, are they?"
As a creature from the Shadow World, Yaoyao could naturally sense that Leo's Shadow Walking incorporated other elements.
"When I advanced to the third level, my understanding of spatial magic made some breakthroughs, which I then incorporated into Shadow Walking."
From Leo's perspective, he can see shadows of varying sizes, which are projections of shadows from the real world. He can move forward by stepping on these shadows; this is the essence of Shadow Walking.
But each time he walks, the space around him will create an arc that moves closer to him, reducing the resistance he experiences and allowing him to step into the next shadow more easily and effortlessly.
This is not spatial magic; it's just a simple application of the understanding of spatial magic.
In just a few minutes, when Leo had consumed 20% of his magical power, he had already walked from the Wizard Academy to Tiyama City.
This is the city on the very edge of the Purple Flame Academy's influence, and also the place where Leo once fought his way up.
But when Leo looked at Tiyama City, he saw only corpses scattered throughout the city, just like the ones who died in the academy. There were no wounds on their bodies, only their souls were gone.
"No wonder Nigel said the academy's orders were strange; it turns out they were meant to gather everyone together so they could absorb all their souls at once."
As the conspiracy is exposed, more and more mysteries are solved, including the death of Gru's former teacher.
Leo guessed that Gru must have seen something back then, which is why he was killed to silence him.
No one expected that even the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard was one of their people. How could they possibly have found out anything?
Seeing the deaths of millions in Tiyama City, Leo boldly guessed that not only had everyone within the Purple Flame Academy's sphere of influence had their souls drained, but ordinary people within the spheres of influence of the other academies had also suffered the same fate.
When ordinary people face a wizard with ulterior motives, their only hope of survival lies in a slim chance.
The total number of people within the territories of the six academies is likely to exceed several billion.
"Let's go. Today I want to see who's behind this, so bold as to cause trouble in the Wizard World."
Yaoyao said fiercely, "Now that all the bad guys have appeared, they don't need to guess who the mastermind is. They just need to kill whoever they see."
Leo's footsteps were light, and in a few moments he appeared hundreds of kilometers away.
This is the border between the Purple Flame Academy and Black Skull Academy. Although Leo had never been here before, he knew that things were definitely not like this before.
A phantom light curtain began at the boundary, enveloping the entire territory of the Black Skull Academy.
Even with Leo's Level Three Elemental Body Tempering Great Wizard, he couldn't see the internal situation; he could only sense the intense spatial fluctuations from the light screen in front of him.
The space opposite seems to be only a step away, but in reality, they are not in the same space.
Just as the Beast Blood Boiling Stigmata Wizard said, an extremely powerful wizard intervened and separated the entire Black Skull Academy's sphere of influence from the Wizard World.
Leo reached out and touched the light screen in front of him, wanting to see if he could pass through it and enter the space on the other side.
However, this seemingly thin layer of light barrier remained completely unchanged under Leo's immense force, without even a dent.
Leo threw a punch, and with a loud 'boom,' it felt like his fist had smashed into a boulder. He felt pain on his fist, but the light barrier remained completely still.
Who is it?
A loud shout interrupted Leo's plan to violently break in with his true form.
Five wizards instantly appeared around Leo, surrounding Leo.
Sensing their presence, three were at level two and two at level three.
They each wear Guardian Wizard's insignia on their chests; these are five Guardian Wizard.
"I am Leo, Level Three Wizard. I want to enter the other dimension."
Faced with the Guardian Wizard's questioning, Leo's expression remained unchanged. The three wizard medals on his chest gleamed brightly in the sunlight.
Leo's icy gaze swept over the five Guardian Wizard. When these five Guardian Wizard were swept over by Leo's gaze, they suddenly felt a chill down their spines for some reason. Even though they were all at the same level three, they still felt that they were powerless to defeat him.
"Master, it is an order from the guardians that no wizard is allowed to enter the other dimension. Please understand."
Upon seeing the wizard's badge on Leo's chest, the five Guardian Wizard immediately bowed, but directly refused Leo's idea of entering the opposite space.
Leo's long-standing privileges vanished here.
"Can't I even issue a mandatory order as a holder of the First-Class Wizard Medal?"
Leo's icy tone left no room for negotiation; instead, it conveyed a kind of relentless, almost obsessive determination to achieve his goal.
The five Guardian Wizard exchanged glances and shook their heads in unison, "We're sorry, Master, we can't."
Leo's eyes turned cold, and his hand gripping the Godslaying Staff unconsciously rose higher. He was now only a spatial barrier away from the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard, and he couldn't give up.
Although the five Guardian Wizard did not sense any change in Leo's aura, the killing intent emanating from Leo sent chills down their spines.
They had no doubt that the Level Three Great Wizard in front of them would attack them at any moment.
The five Guardian Wizard slowly retreated, watching Leo Guardian Wizard, their hands waving in strange motions.
If Leo makes a move, they will suppress Leo without hesitation!
Just as a fierce battle was about to erupt, Leo felt a familiar pounding sound on his earlobe.
Leo's eyes flickered slightly, and he put the Godslaying Staff he was about to raise back down.
"Fine, if they won't let me in, I won't."
Leo vanished the instant he finished speaking, his decisive speed leaving the five Guardian Wizard, who were preparing to attack, completely bewildered.
Just a second ago they felt like they were going to fight to the death, but then they turned around and left.
"What should we do?" a level two Guardian Wizard asked.
"Report it. Anyway, unless we actively open the spatial seal, he can't get in."
After speaking, the five Guardian Wizard also disappeared.
To maintain this spatial barrier and prevent any unforeseen events, they mobilized a full 100,000 Guardian Wizard.
More than ten kilometers away, Leo turned his head to look at Yaoyao. If Yaoyao hadn't stopped him, he would have fought with the five Guardian Wizard.
The purpose of taking action was not because they were preventing him from going in to vent his anger, but to fight them in order to lure out a higher-level Guardian Wizard.
Aside from one Mountain Range Guardian he couldn't contact, Leo didn't know any of the other high-ranking guardians. Only by defeating these lower-ranking ones could he lure out the older ones.
This was Leo's plan to infiltrate the Black Skull Academy's forces, but unexpectedly, Yaoyao stopped him.
"We can go through the Shadow World," Yaoyao said directly in response to Leo's question.
"Is that alright? This isn't just a simple matter of distance between two worlds; it's about two worlds."
Leo asked, according to Yaoyao had told him before, his strength only allowed him to stay in the Shadow World for a very short time, and the distance he could cross through the Shadow World was not very long, so Leo had never asked to enter the Shadow World to hide or escape.
"Just because it didn't work before doesn't mean it won't work now. Although the Black Skull's territory has been divided, the two worlds aren't far apart, and they naturally have a certain connection. Your strength has also increased to level three, so you have a chance to travel there through the Shadow World," Yaoyao said.
"There's a chance?"
Leo raised an eyebrow, grasping the key point of Yaoyao's words.
"With you, I can only locate the entire world; where we arrive upon entry is beyond my control."
"If you're lucky, you'll appear in a place with low-level life forms; if you're unlucky, you might appear directly on the battlefield of Stigmata Wizard, and before you even have a chance to avenge Alice and Benji, you'll be blasted to death by the aftershocks of a battle between Stigmata Wizard."
Do you still want to use my method to get in?
After Yaoyao finished explaining all the dangers, she looked at Leo.
"I believe in my own strength. Even if I fall into the battlefield of the Stigmata Wizard, I won't die." Leo smiled confidently without any ripples in his expression. He was going to seek revenge, not to treat others to a meal. If he hesitated and looked back, he might as well go home early and pretend that nothing had happened.
"Okay, stay close to me."
Yaoyao grabbed Leo's ear and entered the Shadow World directly.
In the partitioned space,
A figure suddenly emerged from the shadows under the tree, staggering and unable to stand steadily. He stepped on his right foot with his left and crashed headfirst into the mountainside, shattering a boulder at its base.
Look closely, and you'll see that the person trying to dig himself out of the rubble is none other than Leo, who just came through the Shadow World with Yaoyao.
Leo tried to grab his unruly head, but his hands landed far too far on the stones beside him, crushing the two stones into a pulp.
Yaoyao appeared on a tree not far away, watching Leo roll around on the ground uncontrollably, his hands swinging wildly and uncontrollably, creating deep craters in the ground with his powerful force.