Leo didn't interfere too much with the lives of the Gulu. He quickly arrived at the office tower, where the familiar rats and flatterers were still there.
Leo was used to it; as long as he didn't suffer any losses, he didn't care about anything else.
Upon contacting the Purple Flame Wizard Academy, Leo was surprised to receive 4200 energy crystals!
4200 pieces
Aside from the 1500 bonus from the Third-Class Wizard Medal, the remaining 2700 medals all came from the profits of the Jeft World.
For the first thirty years, Leo will receive 10 energy crystals annually, which means that he will receive a stable income of 53 energy crystals per year in the later years.
1% of the world's revenue is 53 energy crystals, so the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard can harvest 5300 energy crystals from the Jeft World each year.
That's 53,000 in 10 years, and 530,000 in 100 years.
Since the Jeft World was conquered, it has provided the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard with at least 200,000 energy crystals in revenue.
Leo was envious, his eyes reddening again. No wonder these Stigmata Wizard were so enthusiastic about conquering the world; the speed at which they made money was just too fast!!!
"Give me a set of Body Refinement Wizard Armor worth 3000 energy crystals," Leo said lavishly to the wealthy owner of Green Cottage.
"After the discount, it's 3000. The original price was 4285 energy crystals. This price requires us to custom-make one for you. Do you have any requirements?"
Even the shop owner, whose soul was in a period of decline, couldn't help but feel excited when faced with a large order of 3,000 energy crystals.
With Leo's Third-Class Wizard Medal discounted by 30%, the total value of this deal reached 4285 energy crystals. This was a price that only a small number of wealthy First-Level Wizard could afford, and the commission from this deal was equivalent to several years of his salary.
The shop owner looked at Leo as if he were a fat, healthy sheep. Including this transaction, Leo had already spent a whopping 6,000 energy crystals in their shop, a level of spending comparable to that of Level Two Wizard.
Furthermore, the shop owner had previously reported Leo's information to headquarters, and the conclusion was: Li Xi is a rare self-made, wealthy, and ambitious Level One Body Refinement Wizard. We should try our best to win him over and prevent such a big customer from going to other shops.
Simply put, having money, ability, and no ties makes them their favorite client template.
"These are my body parameters. I need to use the best materials, requiring a minimum 10% increase in resistance to lightning attacks, and a defense of at least 600 points. The other runes and magic arrays can follow the standard level one template."
Defense is naturally the primary requirement for any piece of equipment. 600 points is already the limit for level 1 equipment. Any higher and it would break through to level 2, which is beyond Leo's current budget.
As for Leo's request to equip items that amplify lightning attribute attack power, it can only be said that this 10% amplification accounts for the majority of the offer, with 2000 out of 3000 spent on amplifying attack power.
The shop owner examined Leo's identity parameters, calculating and comparing them repeatedly. After two days of rigorous verification with headquarters, and even having Leo activate his Bloodline Power to transform into Hunter for careful comparison, the process was meticulous and thorough.
"No problem, but it will take eight years."
"Can."
With the equipment sorted out, Leo didn't have much else to prepare. There were still plenty of potions given to him by the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard in the Shadow Space. Although his own strength hadn't improved much, he could handle things with what he had.
As long as the expedition to the world doesn't start with the most brutal hellish conditions, Leo is confident that his survival methods are sufficient.
Leo returned to the Wizard Tower, intending to visit Alice in the Ice Palace to chat and see if she knew anything about the expedition to the world. However, he was told that Alice had already left the Tower of Elements and returned to the Purple Flame Wizard Academy, Frost Spirit didn't know when Alice would return.
With nothing important to do, Leo once again buried himself in the library.
Learning is like rowing against the current; if you don't move forward, you fall behind.
Although he couldn't advance to the level of Level One Elemental Wizard, learning more elemental knowledge wouldn't be a problem. Especially when he encountered bottlenecks beyond his knowledge in every experiment, Leo would lament that he hadn't learned enough.
Of course, this time it wasn't a complete retreat. I balanced work and rest, and sometimes I would go hunting with Benji to stretch my muscles.
Leo even played with those ten level-one Gulu Beast.
Life goes on whether it's mundane or busy.
When Leo returned with the custom-made equipment, Alice arrived almost immediately after him.
"The teacher called me back this time to tell me that there will be an expedition to the Middle World in five years, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, this will be our mandatory mission."
"It's being launched by three Stigmata Wizard together; it's very dangerous. Let's be careful." Alice told Leo the expedition information the moment she saw Leo, her expression serious.
The first mandatory task was like this, and its difficulty was clearly a bit beyond the Xiao Bai of the two newly promoted level one newbies.
"The Middle World?"
Leo's eyes widened. No wonder the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard wanted to call Alice back to reveal the information. This was indeed quite difficult. Although it wasn't the hellish expedition world mission that Leo pessimistically thought it was, it wasn't an easy mission either.
According to the Wizard World's classification, worlds are arranged from smallest to largest as follows: microworlds, such as Jeft, followed by small worlds, medium worlds, large worlds, and World Cluster.
The criteria for this division are simple: it is determined by the maximum combat power in this world.
A world that can only give birth to one Level 4 life form is a microworld. Alice determined that the Goddess of Darkness had already fallen based on this rule, because the microworld Jeft can only accommodate one Level-Four World Lord.
The highest level of life that can be born is level four, but there can be multiple of them; this is what constitutes a small world.
The highest level of life that can be born is a medium-sized world.
By analogy, the highest level of life that can be born is a large world.
As for World Cluster, the wizarding books describe them in just one sentence: they have no upper limit on life levels and rule over many worlds.
The Wizard World is the highest-level World Cluster!
From the birth of wizarding civilization to the present day, countless expeditions have been launched across the world, but missions to conquer World Cluster are extremely rare, appearing only a handful of times throughout the entire history of wizarding.
The highest level in the intermediate world is level five, and that level five Elemental Esoterica Stigmata Wizard left the deepest impression on Leo ever.
I was injured just from looking at it!
The fact that three Stigmata Wizard are currently on a joint expedition signifies the absolute power of this intermediate world, and that there are no fewer than three World Lord.
This is a chaotic battle between six World Lord. Leo has absolute confidence in the strength of the Wizard World; in equal numbers, no creature can match the wizards.
However, with six World Lord fighting together, even a slight aftershock could kill him from tens of kilometers away.
Wasn't such a battlefield a bit too cruel for the young wizard on his second expedition?
He still prefers those miniature and small worlds, where conquest is shorter and less dangerous.
"Does the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard have any suggestions?" Leo asked.
"The teacher advised us to stay away from the battlefield of the Stigmata Wizard."
Leo: "..."
So straightforward.
What Leo actually wanted to ask was if it was possible to change worlds, but after hearing Alice relay the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard's original words, Leo knew that it was unavoidable.
Do you have any information about the world you're exploring? What kind of world is it?
Alice shook her head. "Until the expedition officially begins, the information won't be leaked. Even the teacher can't prevent that."
"The dangers of the middle world are greater than we anticipated. For safety reasons, perhaps we should form a team."
Leo looked at Alice with a hint of nervousness. For a wizard like him, destined to be a lone wolf, having a completely trustworthy companion was extremely difficult, and Alice happened to be the only one.
"Sure, you have Third-Class Wizard Medal, so I'll need you to take care of me then." Alice agreed very readily and even made a rare little joke.
The Third-Class Wizard Medal grants special privileges on the battlefield.
"No problem, your safety net is with me." Leo patted his chest loudly; the physical fitness of Body Refinement Wizard was indeed excellent.
Five years is a blink of an eye for First-Level Wizard with a lifespan of a thousand years. It seems like only yesterday that he was enjoying a delicious meal in the Ice Palace, and today a starship over 200,000 meters tall has appeared in the sky.
The Jerry Clan, the slave army of the Supreme Lord, transformed into their true forms and flew into the sky to support the slowly descending starship.
As early as half a month ago, Leo and Alice received a notice of a mandatory expedition mission, which was the intermediate world that the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard had revealed in advance.
"Boom"
The heavens and earth seemed to tremble as a spatial rift over two hundred meters long was torn open. Before the Jerry Clan could even step forward to help open the rift, a brutal aura surged in through it.
"Ahhhhh"
One after another, shrill screams echoed into the Main World from behind the spatial rift. Just hearing the sounds sent chills down Leo's spine.
One after another, black skulls surged into the Main World from behind the spatial rift like a dam bursting open, densely packed like the most frenzied and severe Thunderstorm clouds on the ocean, obscuring the sky.
These black skulls, their mouths agape, howled as they charged toward the rapidly healing spatial rift.
With an endless, frenzied tearing motion, it actually ripped open spatial rifts at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just three hours, the skulls that filled the entire spatial rift tore the original 200-meter spatial rift into 500 meters.
The enormous spatial rift was like the gaping maw of an abyss, allowing all living beings to see the terrifying creatures behind it.
Having learned his lesson from last time, Leo only dared to peek out of the corner of his eye. But this time, he didn't see the wizard's robe or the wizard's staff. What he saw was a 500-meter-tall giant made up of countless black skulls.