A Wizard’s Secret

Strands upon strands of the power of the natural order entered the black cat Didimoss, and continued to destroy his body. However, due to the smaller amount of power of the natural order, despite containing a trace of the resolve of the origin of the natural order, it could not subjugate the black cat Didimoss.

Of course, if Merlin were to allow the black cat Didimoss to face the dead end squarely, it would have been difficult for Didimoss to escape. However, now that Merlin had confined a portion of the power of the natural order, and only released it gradually at a rate that Didimoss could endure, the black cat Didimoss could undergo the power of the baptism of the natural order, and achieve true transformation.

A reversed natural life form which had successfully escaped its dead end had a high chance of becoming an existence equivalent to the Thirty-six Emperors or at least a fourth-grade existence.

Therefore, as the power of the natural order continued to bombard the black cat Didimoss and Merlin continued to release strands of power of the natural order, Didimoss’ aura became stronger. This signified that he was slowly transforming.

Furthermore, the power of the natural order was unable to subjugate Merlin’s Illusory World. In addition, Merlin’s aura also stirred up the Void Zone. Thus, a terrifying aura began to leak from the gateway of the natural order. Consequently, a ginormous shadow seemed to enclose around Glory City and the entire Spell Caster civilization.

The nearby ultimate existences, upon sensing this aura, felt a sense of foreboding. Merlin, on the other hand, was astounded. His expression became incredibly sunken.

This was the origin of the natural order that was closing around Glory City and the entire Spell Caster civilization. In other words, the slightest aftershock would cause irreparable damage to the Spell Caster civilization.

If the origin of the natural order was to turn berserk, the enormous Spell Caster civilization could be destroyed in an instant. Even Glory City, which could hide a first-grade ultimate existence, would not be able to withstand the origin of the natural order. This power, stronger than the Thirty-six Emperors, could easily destroy Glory City.

Merlin did not want to destroy the Spell Caster civilization due to the aftershock of this battle. His gaze narrowed as he looked at the black cat Didimoss once again.

“I’m the great Didimoss! I will not die, I will not die…”

The black cat Didimoss’ body began to expand. The aura on his body turned more intimidating. This was the final moment of his transformation. Once the transformation was successful, the dead end would not be able to threaten the black cat Didimoss any longer.

As for what the black cat Didimoss would eventually achieve, even Merlin could not predict that outcome.

However, by the looks of things, it would be quite difficult for the black cat Didimoss to be comparable to the Thirty-six Emperors. Following the black cat Didimoss’ continuous transformation, the threads of the natural order became even more entangled with the Void Zone.

Such a strong connection would make Didimoss more powerful but at the same time, it would become more difficult for him to overcome the natural order.

Fortunately, the black cat Didimoss did not dream about overcoming the natural order. He simply wanted to overcome the dead end, so that he could travel the Void Zone freely and eat a myriad of delicacies.

Now, with Merlin’s help, the black cat Didimoss’ dream seemed that it would soon be realized. It was within an arm’s reach.

“Let’s go, the further the better!”

Augustus, Ceci, and the others all sensed the imminent danger. Behind the gateway of the natural order, a terrible aura descended. This fear-inducing chill sensed by the ultimate existences was the prelude to the detonation of the origin of the natural order.

Once that happened, everywhere that was covered by the origin of the natural order – all its life forms would be subjected to the frightening force!

“Why is the black cat Didimoss’ dead end so frightening?”

Some of the ultimate existences still did not understand what was happening. Although the dead end of a reversed natural order life form was very powerful and inescapable, they did not imagine that it would be this menacing. This force was enough to annihilate a powerful civilization, which was rarely seen.

Only Augustus’ and Ceci’s hearts sank. They probably had guessed the reason why. Perhaps, it was unrelated to the black cat Didimoss but Merlin!

It was Merlin who had caused the origin of the natural order to be strengthened many times over, to this terrifying point of no return.

“Merlin, the Spell Caster civilization is going to be destroyed soon!”

Just at the right moment, Titus reminded Merlin. Currently, the origin of the natural order had exceeded any dead end, which would strike fear in any life form.

“Swoosh.”

Merlin’s gaze was incredibly sharp. He saw that the black cat Didimoss had completed more than half of his transformation.

“Didimoss, you’ll surely succeed in your transformation. I’ll help you clear this last spot of trouble!”

Merlin’s eyes turned cold. Seemingly unbothered by the increasingly terrifying aura around him, the Illusory World expanded again by hundreds of times.

At this point, Merlin was almost the overlord of everything. Even the power of the natural order was being suppressed in the Illusory World. Currently, the natural order of Merlin’s Illusory World had grown many times stronger.

“Disperse!”

Merlin growled softly. Immediately, under the immense pressure exerted by the Illusory World, the origin of the natural order floating in the Void Zone was torn apart and dispersed.

Merlin’s gaze landed on Wizard Augustus, Wizard Ceci, and the black cat Didimoss. Then, without saying another word, he took a deep breath, and stepped into the gateway of the natural order.

He knew that this was the only way to preserve the entire Spell Caster civilization. However, this step meant that the real battle was about to erupt, an inevitable showdown!

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In the gateway of the natural order, the immense power of the natural order crashed down like waves upon Merlin. Every single strand of the power of the natural order in the origin was capable of killing a third-grade ultimate existence.

Furthermore, this was a boundless ocean!

However, this was not Merlin’s first foray into the origin of the natural order. He looked into the distance and discovered that a large patch of the origin of the natural order was shrouded in black.

Since it was shrouded in black, it represented that somewhere in the Void Zone, the order had completely collapsed, and would affect the balance of the Void Zone. Even the Vestigial Tribe of the past did not cause such a large black territory and such severe consequences.

“The final battle has begun. I know that you’ve been looking for me for a very long time.”

Merlin seemed to be talking to himself but as soon as his voice fell, the origin of the natural order seemed to stir up a massive storm headed directly for Merlin.

This was like when Merlin had entered the origin of the natural order the first time. It was not the storm that was worrisome but the horrible vortex.

Now, inside the storm, the horrible vortex was expanding continuously. Back then, Merlin’s Illusory World had been crushed by the force of the Void Zone inside this vortex.

Fortunately, Merlin had self-destructed some of the natural order of the Illusory World, which in turn protected him and allowed him to recover to his current condition. However, Merlin was again faced with the same situation!

“The last time, I was completely incapable of resistance but this time, things might be different. This is the final showdown between the two worlds!”

Merlin’s voice was calm and deep. Subsequently, the Illusory World detonated with full blast. Merlin had only been releasing small bursts of the power of the Illusory World.

This time, however, Merlin’s Illusory World was detonated with full force. It erupted magnificently and swept through the entire origin of the natural order.

In the misty glow of the Illusory World, the power of the natural order which was starkly different from the Void Zone, suppressed all the power in the origin of the natural order.

This was a battle between the powers of the natural order of the two worlds.

“Boom.”

Merlin’s Illusory World exploded. The world which had descended was one-tenth the size of the Void Zone. How menacing was the power contained within?

Although it had not been turned from illusion to reality, its ability to interact with the tangible world was sufficient to injure the origin of the natural order, and injured the origin of the natural order. A large patch of the black territory began to fester and grow.

Once Merlin had detonated the full force of the Illusory World, the black territory grew from approximately one percent of the total surface area of the origin of the natural order to one-tenth of the origin of the natural order. This meant that the order had collapsed, and the Void Zone had completely lost balance.

“Rumble rumble.”

Merlin did not know the severe consequences of his actions when the force he had detonated forcibly suppressed the origin of the natural order. In the Void Zone, billions of dimensions collapsed inexplicably.

Even the vast Void Zone without space or time was annihilated in a split second. The entire Void Zone fell into turmoil, causing far greater damage than the Vestigial Tribe.

However, this also apparently angered the origin of the natural order. All the power gathered from the entire Void Zone was triggered. The vortex, especially, expanded countless times, and sucked Merlin in like a giant mouth.

“Boom.”

It was the same feeling as being crushed by the entire Void Zone. Back then, it was in this manner that Merlin’s Illusory World was shattered, and he had no choice but to self-destruct some of his natural order to tear open the origin of the natural order and escape.

This time, the origin of the natural order had no doubt made specific precautions. The surrounding force was incredibly menacing. Even if Merlin had self-destructed his natural order, it would be tough to tear open the origin of the natural order and escape.

Nonetheless, Merlin had no intention of escaping.

“The collision of worlds. Come on then, in between the line of life and death, I’ll gain enlightenment of how to turn illusion to reality!”

Merlin was completely fearless. As usual, his Illusory World had unleashed all its powers. The squeezing pressure disappeared in an instant. The collision of two powers seemed to distort the origin of the natural order.

The Illusory World shattered. Countless power of the natural order drove in to destroy Merlin’s Illusory World but at the same time, Merlin had gathered all the power of the Illusory World and forced the vortex to stop spinning.

This was a loss on both sides. The black territory in the origin of the natural order continued to expand while the natural order from Merlin’s Illusory World was incomparably stable. Steadily, it suppressed the invading power of the natural order and showed no signs of collapsing.

On the other hand, the origin of the natural order was being forced into a corner. The surging power of the natural order could no longer pose a threat to Merlin as it did before!