115: Chapter 115 Demon-Sealing Pearl

Early morning.

The sky was beginning to brighten, and some people had already started washing up, preparing for their day's work.

Wade and his companion wandered through the city, eventually stopping in a secluded alleyway.

"Are we really doing this?"

The apprentice said with a worried expression.

Once they did this, the consequences could implicate them.

"Stop talking nonsense. If the The Federation investigates, just say that the sealing work in Ska City wasn't done properly, causing the sealed object to break out."

"I'll pull some strings from the inside then; it won't affect us at all."

Wade glared fiercely at the apprentice and snatched the backpack from his back.

He rummaged through the backpack and eventually chose a Corruptor that didn't look too strong.

Although he wanted to screw over Bronk, he didn't want to cause too much destruction.

If only a few people died, even if investigated, it would only be seen as poor performance.

But if the death toll was too high, even if it truly were a misunderstanding, there was no guarantee the The Federation headquarters wouldn't use him as an example to warn others.

With his strength and the items he possessed, once Bronk was injured or dead, he could re-seal it.

...

While Wade was picking and choosing, Nie Ning, hiding in the shadows, had already recorded everything.

Although he had considered this outcome, seeing it actually happen still sent a chill down Nie Ning's spine.

Someone actually dared to release a sealed object for their own selfish desires!

Furthermore, he and Wade had only had a minor spat; they hadn't even spoken more than a few words to each other from beginning to end.

Yet, over such a small matter, the other party was willing to use the tactic of releasing a Corruptor to take revenge on him.

'Human hearts are truly sinister.'

Nie Ning's expression was complex as he felt a wave of emotion.

Perhaps this was the true world of wizards; he just wasn't quite used to it yet.

...

Watching Wade prepare to release the sealed object, Nie Ning did not strike immediately.

To prevent the Corruptor from escaping, the sealing box had three seals; undoing them all would release the Corruptor.

The The Federation was powerful. If he couldn't catch Wade in the act of breaking the seals, even if he struck now, Wade could still talk his way out of it by saying he was checking the seals.

At that point, even if he killed Wade, he would likely be unable to avoid trouble.

...

As Wade injected mana, a dazzling yellow light erupted from the surface of the sealing box.

Just as Wade was about to continue, a purple light flew out from the entrance of the alley, shooting rapidly toward him.

Wade's Spiritual Power was not weak. The moment he sensed the elemental fluctuation, he yanked the apprentice beside him in front of him while he quickly retreated.

The apprentice was sliced in half by the Lightning Edge Blade, but Wade managed to escape the disaster because of it.

"How can you be here!"

Seeing Nie Ning walk out from the alley entrance, Wade was pale with shock.

"I only wanted to see you off safely, but I didn't expect you to dare release a Corruptor inside the city. Have you forgotten the The Federation's regulations?"

Nie Ning scolded Wade with a grim face.

"So what? We'll see if you can even leave this place today!"

After Wade steadied his nerves, he once again funneled mana into the sealing box.

But at that moment, a black branch lashed out at Wade.

Although Wade dodged the attack, the sealing box in his hand was knocked flying.

Seeing the sealing box fly away, Wade looked at the other sealing boxes in the alley.

Now that he had been discovered by Nie Ning, he couldn't care about anything else; he had to kill Nie Ning to be at peace!

But just then, vines extended from the grass, sweeping away all the sealing boxes in the alley.

Wade pulled out a staff, and in an instant, a large number of ice blades attacked the vines.

Seeing this, Nie Ning waved his hand, and an Earth Spike radiating high heat shot out.

As the Earth Spike exploded, the scorching air current melted all the ice blades.

"Surrender, and I might still give you a way to live!"

Nie Ning spoke indifferently.

Of course, he couldn't actually let him go; he just wanted to save some effort.

After all, a wizard's destructive power was very strong, and once a fight started, it was easy to hurt the nearby ordinary people.

"You really think this is all I'm capable of? I didn't want to use this, but you forced me!"

Seeing the sealing boxes taken by Nie Ning, Wade snorted coldly and took out a cracked grey bead from his robes.

At the sight of it, Nie Ning couldn't help but frown.

Because he felt a corruptive aura from that bead!

"You actually have a corrupted item!"

Nie Ning's expression became solemn.

corrupted items were things possessed by Corruptors, embodying a portion of their abilities.

Like the coffin nail, they possessed all sorts of miraculous and logic-defying effects.

"This demon sealing bead was obtained at the cost of over a dozen Great Knights' lives. Today, I'll let you witness it!"

Wade activated the demon sealing bead in his hand, and immediately, a strange sensation lingered in Nie Ning's heart.

Following that, a smear of grey began to spread outward from the demon sealing bead, turning the surrounding hundred meters into a grey zone in an instant.

Nie Ning discovered to his horror that he was actually unable to mobilize his mana!

In other words, he had lost his ability to cast spells!

"Now you know why this thing is called the demon sealing bead. Except for me, no wizard can even think about using magic."

Wade sneered, as if victory was already in his grasp.

For this thing, he had invited a total of seventeen Great Knights to help; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to deal with that Corruptor at all.

And no matter how strong a wizard's body was, it couldn't be stronger than the destructive power of magic.

Once a wizard lost their spellcasting ability, an ordinary Great Knight could deal with a First-Ring Wizard; even a wizard one rank higher would only be at someone else's mercy.

"Hahaha, have you decided how you want to die?"

Seeing Nie Ning's grim face and silence, Wade appeared to be in a great mood, but in his heart, he was secretly pained.

This demon sealing bead had been a great help to him, allowing him to escape life-threatening danger several times.

But it was a corrupted object after all; with the death of the Corruptor, it would slowly weaken until it broke, and using it would accelerate the damage.

Now the demon sealing bead had reached its limit, which had made him much more low-key. He hadn't expected to be forced to use it by this country wizard today!

But just then, Nie Ning turned and ran, seemingly wanting to escape the magic-sealed area.

Wade sneered and lightly tapped his staff on the ground, and immediately a cold current blew toward Nie Ning.

Without defensive magic or mana protection, an ordinary wizard was no different from a pig or dog.

The cold current was very fast, catching up to Nie Ning in the blink of an eye.

Nie Ning only felt his body turn cold, and then white ice crystals surfaced on his body. Before he could run out of the magic-sealed area, he was frozen into an ice sculpture.

Wade did not continue his attack but instead walked slowly up to Nie Ning.

Looking at the eyes moving within the ice sculpture, a winner's smile appeared on Wade's face: "What a pity. Originally, you might have been able to survive."

'Crack~'

Just as Wade was talking to himself, a slight sound reached his ears.

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