Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 413 - 33: The Protagonist Always Appears Last

"The World Tree saplings mixed in with ordinary treants?"

Listening to the message from the Crystal Ball, Stio scratched his head and casually shrank the Metal Storm beside him.

As one of the first Wizards to come into contact with World Tree saplings, he had a very profound impression of them. If such monsters got close to him, even he would be in for a rough time.

However, even though he reduced the Metal Storm’s reach, the dark whirl of metals continued to slash through the treants with extreme efficiency.

It’s not just storms that can knock down large trees, chainsaws can do the job too.

The high-speed movement of metal particles was like a giant maw, shredding the treants to pieces.

Suddenly, there was a "boom", and a white-violet thunderbolt as thick as a bucket pierced through layers of treants and struck the Metal Storm.

The swiftly rotating Metal Storm jolted from the impact, nearly scattering into individual metal particles.

"Damn, that’s some serious power."

Stio’s casual expression instantly turned serious, and the Big Hammer Mace in his hand sparked with faint thunder.

He expanded his spiritual power to its limits, attempting to locate the World Tree sapling among the numerous treants. He also fished out a Magic Potion from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing and swallowing both potion and bottle.

As the Magic Potion took effect, Stio’s body began to turn slightly red.

Under the influence of the potion, every cell in his body burst with power. Though each force seemed tiny on its own, when multiplied by sixty trillion, it could shake heaven and earth.

Suddenly, Stio’s gaze fiercely turned in one direction.

In that direction, a World Tree sapling hiding among many ordinary treants was secretly accumulating power.

Stio bared his shiny steel teeth with a vicious smile.

"Found you!"

With a swing of his Big Hammer Mace, the Metal Storm rotating around him shredded the obstacles between him and the World Tree sapling at an astonishing speed.

In the next instant, a hammer wrapped in thunder, carrying an overwhelming presence, appeared before the World Tree sapling.

Boom!

The World Tree sapling was smashed in half at the waist, and the terrible force of the impact made the break as smooth as a mirror.

With one successful strike, a white-violet lightning burst from the Big Hammer Mace, turning the lower half of the World Tree sapling into charred remains.

And the upper half, before he could make a move, was incinerated to ashes by a blue flame.

"Stio, long time no see," a blue flame being greeted.

Stio plunged the Hammer Head into the ground and replied with a heavy breath, "It’s been a while, Robbie. But I gotta say, even without your help I could have handled that thing."

Robbie chuckled, "I know, but I thought it would be better for you to save some energy."

The effects of the Magic Potion were impressive, but its side effects were equally daunting.

This bottle was known as the One-Hit Magic Potion, implying it only sustains the power of one strike. Once that earth-shattering strike is delivered, the user would fall into a weakened state.

Robbie walked to Stio’s side, waved his magic wand, summoning a sea of flames that reduced approaching treants to ash.

"I’ve already encountered the other guys, but I haven’t heard from Richard. Seems he went quite far."

Stio replied weakly, "He was the first to locate the World Tree sapling, he probably has a method in finding them, so it’s normal for him to go a bit further."

But even as they said this, both knew it was just an excuse.

Even if Richard had gone far, he should have returned by now.

Over the past two months, Wizards had several times deployed the White Wizard Army to escort the returning Three Rings Black Wizards.

But among those Wizards, there was no sign of Richard.

"...What a shame."

After a moment of silence, Robbie spoke with a tinge of regret, "He was strong, and his Magic Pet was even more formidable. I was hoping to study it after the war was over."

"Don’t jump to conclusions so soon, Richard isn’t as simple as you think."

Stio stood up straight, waving the Big Hammer Mace and re-summoning the Metal Storm.

Wizards who pursued Physique Evolution adapt to various abnormal states far better than ordinary Wizards.

The period of weakness from the One-Hit Magic Potion would leave a regular Three Rings Wizard feeble for at least an hour. Some Wizards, with just enough physique, could even suffer a permanent decline in physical condition.

But for Stio, the period of weakness lasted only a mere ten seconds or so.

"Let’s head back to the second line of defense, if we encounter World Tree saplings, even we..."

Before Stio could finish, he felt a mountainous, oppressive presence that made it difficult for him to breathe.

The treants around them suddenly stopped moving, their branches uniformly aimed at the two Three Rings Wizards.

"What’s that?"

Stio’s expression tensed as he eyed the treants.

He could feel that beyond the multilayered treants, a terrifying creature had set its sights on them.

"The World Master?"

Robbie’s flames flickered unsteadily, and his Magic Wand emitted minute Magic Fluctuations.

"It’s not the World Master."

As a Wizard who had undergone Physique Evolution, Stio’s senses were much sharper than those of Wizards like Robbie who had elementalized their bodies.

The oppressor behind this feeling was formidable, but definitely not the World Master.

Thud! Thud! Thud...

The dull sounds, like drumbeats, drilled into their ears, and the treants surrounding them suddenly sprang into action all at once.

White-violet Thunder passed from one treant to another, linking all the treants together as if they formed a single entity.