510: How Could It Be You Who Came Out!
Locke picked up the scattered poison beads on the ground. The moment Nidhogg was pulled into the Blood River Plane, these poison beads belonging to this Secret Realm were not absorbed, but were decomposed into a magical tide and sent back.
A total of seventeen poison beads fell to the ground.
"How can there be so many?" Locke pondered. "This is, after all, the Secret Realm of the Basil Family's ancestor. They probably know a way to obtain poison beads that I don't."
Locke put away these poison beads and found the three Spider Women from before, giving them thirteen poison beads.
After all, he only needed five poison beads to leave, and he had already collected one previously.
The three Spider Women were extremely grateful to him. "Great Wizard, to repay you for saving us from this cage, we are willing to become your servants!"
Locke frowned, directly picked up five poison beads, and placed them into the poison lake in front of him. "No need. You've just escaped one cage; there's no need to enter another."
"Besides, I am not a Bloodline Wizard, nor do I have any interest in acquiring servant races."
"If you need to find a backer, I can give you a recommendation: you can go to the Plutarch Family."
Blanche, the Spider Women, showed a hint of regret. As descendants of the Dependents race of a Second Ring Bloodline Wizard, they still retained the instinct to pledge loyalty to a Wizard.
And the True Dragon Bloodline on Locke, especially the undying dragon scale on the back of his hand, made it extremely easy for these Dependents races to feel submission.
They would only think this was Locke's personal charm, unaware that it was the subtle influence of Dragon's Might on their minds.
The three Spider Women had no choice but to give up and thanked Locke for his generosity.
At the same time, the three Spider Women secretly remembered Locke's words. The Dragon's Might had a very serious impact on them, so they decided to tell the other Spider Women in their tribe about Locke's suggestion and, after leaving this Wizard Secret Realm, go to the so-called Plutarch Family.
Locke walked out of the Wizard Secret Realm along the stone gate. Before entering, his magical pressure was only over seven thousand, but upon leaving the Secret Realm, Locke had gained progress in three major bloodlines, and his magical pressure had reached 8000.
The improvement was considerable.
When the five Wizards of the Basil Family saw Locke emerge from the Secret Realm, they immediately glared at him, seemingly unable to believe that it wasn't Wizard Nidhogg who came out, but that outsider Wizard.
A Wizard from the Basil Family questioned Locke, "How could it be you who came out? Where is Great Wizard Nidhogg?!"
Locke glanced at him. At this moment, even without using the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, he could release Dragon's Might with the undying dragon scale on the back of his hand.
In a sense, for a Dragon, its true body is its dragon scale, not its dragon body.
Locke, possessing the dragon scale, could essentially say he was a young Dragon at the First Ring stage.
Under the suppression of Dragon's Might, the ordinary First Ring Wizard who had just questioned Locke immediately felt fear and awe towards Locke in his heart. He lowered his head, not daring to meet Locke's gaze.
The moment he spoke, a chill suddenly ran down his spine, and then his teeth chattered, unable to speak.
The remaining four First Ring Wizards of the Basil Family also felt fear towards Locke. For a moment, no one dared to step forward and block Locke's path.
Kanter asked Locke, "Great Wizard Locke, that… that Wizard from the Basil Family, have you encountered him?"
Locke said, "I did."
Kanter became nervous. "Then you…"
Locke said, "I didn't suffer any losses. That guy suddenly attacked me. I was still wondering if the Basil Family's Wizard could explain what that situation was."
Kanter sized Locke up, feeling a slight surprise in his heart, not expecting Locke to have suffered no losses even in front of Wizard Nidhogg.
"Great Wizard Locke, fortunately, you are fine. Then where did Great Wizard Nidhogg go?"
"Don't worry, I have secretly requested support from the Plutarch Family. I believe our family's support will arrive very soon."
Kanter looked at the five Wizards of the Basil Family in front of him with hostility.
Locke shook his head slightly. "No need to worry about him. The Wizard you mentioned is already dead."
Kanter looked at Locke in astonishment. "Great Wizard Locke, dead? You killed him?"
At this moment, the five Basil Family members also looked at Locke as if they had seen a ghost, their hearts filled with shock and fear.
Locke shook his head. "No, I recorded his death process with a true sight crystal, and it's impossible to kill another Wizard within the Wizard Secret Realm anyway."
"He was summoned away by the Blood River Plane."
The six ordinary First Ring Bloodline Wizards present all showed expressions of doubt. Clearly, they had not been exposed to the knowledge of the First Ring Crystallization Stage and did not understand what Locke meant.
At the same time, Alicia, carrying the soul of Great Wizard Sura, and three Bloodline Wizards in the Liquefaction Phase, rushed over. Great Wizard Sura heard Locke's words, was stunned for a moment, then looked at Locke with a complicated expression, and spoke to the five First Ring Wizards of the Basil Family on Locke's behalf.
"Our Bloodline Wizards, once we reach the First Ring Crystallization Stage, usually sign a contract with the Blood River Plane. The Blood River Plane is the most compatible with our Bloodline Wizards, and the power of the Blood River can greatly enhance our Bloodline Warlocks' bloodline power."
"The Blood River Plane is also one of the rare powerful unique planes where there is no upper limit to borrowing power through ritual magic."
"But once too much power is borrowed from the Blood River Plane, there is a possibility of being summoned away by the Blood River Plane. So, Wizard Nidhogg, you could say he committed suicide."
Great Wizard Sura said, "To be summoned away by the Blood River Plane means he borrowed too much power from the Blood River Plane before that."
"This indicates that he encountered a formidable enemy before that." Great Wizard Sura looked at Locke with a complex expression and said to him, "Locke, you've grown even faster than I imagined. I originally thought you'd stay in the Six Towers Land for at least a few more years, but now it seems that's not the case."
"However, why did Nidhogg confront you? Can you tell me?"
Locke briefly explained, and Great Wizard Sura's face immediately turned cold as he looked at the five First Ring Wizards of the Basil Family. "Did you hear that?"
"Wizard Nidhogg was one of your Basil Family's four First Ring Crystallization Stage Wizards, but his death has nothing to do with us; it was entirely his own doing. Get out."
The five Wizards of the Basil Family, their minds still suppressed by Locke's Dragon's Might, and even more so, terrified and uneasy by the death of Wizard Nidhogg, dared not say anything more at this moment. Each of them immediately fled in a panic.