Chapter 293 - 31: Is Stopping the Descent of an Evil God a Job for a Level 1 Apprentice?

Chapter 293: Chapter 31: Is Stopping the Descent of an Evil God a Job for a Level 1 Apprentice?

The "Searcher" formed from his consciousness frantically scoured Mo Ning’s knowledge base, extracting everything he knew about the arrival of an Evil God.

’If the Wizard World is compared to a bird’s egg, then the Plane Barrier is its hard, outer shell.

’The way an Evil God transmits its power across planes can be understood as first drilling a hole in the eggshell, then pouring the Power of the Evil God through it.

’This is an incredibly difficult task even for an Evil God. They need to observe for decades just to be lucky enough to find a single weak point.

’The energy of the Plane Barrier is like a ceaseless, rushing torrent, so this opportunity is extremely brief. The Evil Gods will unhesitatingly expend immense power to punch through a channel.

’However, the barrier’s energy constantly batters the channel, forcing the Evil God to continuously expend power to maintain it. The cost of doing so is far too great.

’So, Evil Gods chose another path—spreading their faith to cultivate Evil God Priests and planting a Soul Anchor Point within their souls.

’The Evil God would then guide the Priest to build an altar to magnify the power of the Soul Anchor Point, allowing them to transmit the Power of the Evil God at a lower cost. But "lower" is only relative to opening a channel for the first time. ℯℯ𝘭.

’For every one part of the Power of the Evil God transmitted, the Evil God must expend ninety-nine parts or even more. The loss is still staggeringly high, which is why Evil Gods don’t frequently open these soul channels.’

Mo Ning mulled over this information and instantly understood. The Evil God behind the Goblin Priest was, in all likelihood, a "newbie" just beginning to explore the Wizard World.

This Evil God had spent a vast amount of time and power to cultivate what was likely only a handful of Priests, making each one precious in its eyes.

He had killed the Goblin Priest some time ago. Perhaps due to a delay effect caused by the Plane Barrier, the Evil God had only just now sensed that its Priest had perished.

Mo Ning hadn’t read about any "planar delay" in his books, but based on logical deductions from Divination, he believed this had to be the truth.

He had another theory. ’The Evil God might have used some method to secretly tamper with the altar—namely, this Crystal Diamond that has suddenly undergone a strange transformation.

’Even though the Priest has been dead for a while, the Crystal Diamond has taken over the role of the Bridge of the Soul, allowing the Evil God to cross the planes and transmit a minuscule amount of its power into the Wizard World.’

It was the most logical conclusion.

Having preliminarily sorted out the sequence of events, Mo Ning naturally thought of a countermeasure:

’The Evil God’s power has only just begun to arrive. It needs a little time to establish a Stable connection. During this period, the Evil God’s reaction time is at its slowest, and the soul channel is at its most fragile.

’Once the connection becomes Stable and the Evil God’s consciousness projects through, it will find out I’m the culprit who destroyed the altar. I’ll be in huge trouble then.’

’The only solution is to completely destroy the Crystal Diamond before the Evil God’s consciousness arrives.

’At that point, the wisp of consciousness the Evil God projects will lose its anchor and most likely be crushed by the power of the plane.

’But the Evil God is no fool. It also knows the Crystal Diamond is a weak point, so it will definitely try to send a stream of the Power of the Evil God to protect it first.

’I’m afraid that even if an Official Wizard were here, they wouldn’t be able to find a good solution right away against a Crystal Diamond so tightly guarded by the Power of the Evil God.

’But I have the [Walking into the Painting] that Lord Martin gave me. Perhaps I can try to ruin the Evil God’s plan of arrival.’

This wasn’t to say that the power the Evil God sent over was particularly strong, but rather that its level was extremely high.

An Official Wizard most likely wouldn’t fear this wisp of the Power of the Evil God, but they would be powerless to stop the Evil God’s will.

These thoughts flashed through his mind. It seemed to take a long time, but in reality, it was all over in a single instant.

The black mist swirling inside the Crystal Diamond was still in the initial stages of emerging, only faintly showing a tendency to spread.

Without hesitation, Mo Ning activated the Level Zero Time Magic that came with [Walking into the Painting]—the [Veil of Time].

This was his most powerful trump card, one he had never used before.

The Effect of this Witchcraft was miraculous—it used the Power of Time to return a target to a point in the recent past.

The Witchcraft’s description was perfectly clear: the more Spirit Rings an enemy had condensed, the shorter the duration of time that could be reversed. It could send a First Level Apprentice back by up to one second, a First Level Wizard back by up to 0.05 seconds, but it was ineffective against Second Level Wizards and above.

Mo Ning believed that even if the level of the Power of the Evil God was high, its total amount was limited; the [Veil of Time] might not be completely ineffective.

The Evil God surely had some understanding of time, but it could hardly have predicted that a Wizard capable of casting Time Magic would appear in the middle of nowhere.

Caught off guard, the Evil God was highly likely to fall for this move.

The next moment, Mo Ning clearly sensed a strange mist emerge from his brooch, instantly enveloping the Crystal Diamond.

The mist condensed into a hazy ribbon, and the light within it appeared twisted and distorted.

The surface of the Crystal Diamond, which originally had some pitted processing marks but was still crystal clear, now seemed to have been stretched, its surface resembling frosted glass.

The black mist that had been surging out from within the Crystal Diamond, already the size of a fingernail, now seemed to be flowing backward in time, instantly shrinking into a tiny black dot.

However, it did not disappear.

Instead—it began to tremble violently.

Mo Ning’s pupils contracted slightly, but he wasn’t particularly surprised.

’This scene is exactly what I expected. The Evil God was caught off guard for a moment and was pulled back 0.02 seconds into the past by the Power of Time.

But the Evil God reacted immediately and broke free from the restraints of the [Veil of Time].’