120: Chapter 120 Cat and Dog Combined Monster

Nie Ning opened his eyes.

In just an instant, countless cracks spread across the entire crystal ball.

'Bang!'

The Elemental Sphere suddenly exploded, and Nie Ning was sent flying by the blast.

'Cough, cough—'

Nie Ning coughed twice, unable to stop himself from spitting out a mouthful of blood.

After a brief moment of recovery, Nie Ning climbed up from the ground.

Looking at the destroyed Runic Formula on the ground, Nie Ning wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes showing disappointment.

"Still not working?"

With his current abilities, he naturally couldn't use Second Ring sorcery. To compensate, he utilized the energy from the Elemental Pool and relied on his own powerful physique to forcibly cast a Seven-Fold Fusion Elemental Sphere.

The result was what he saw now; not only had he failed to cast it, but he had also injured himself in the explosion.

Nie Ning began to reflect on the reason for his failure.

It was clearly stable at the beginning, so why did it fail when fusing the ice element?

He had previously tried fusing the ice attribute first, but the outcome hadn't changed much; he still couldn't escape the fate of being blown away.

As for why he couldn't just fuse a single attribute, it was because the Elemental Sphere was, after all, a First-Tier sorcery. Even if fusing one attribute could reach the Second-Tier level, its power wouldn't be very ideal.

Furthermore, an Imprint Rune was a solidified spell and could not undergo secondary modifications.

What he needed to do was to create a linkage between the second sorcery imprint and the first on the existing foundation, thereby amplifying the damage of the Elemental Sphere.

...

Nie Ning looked at his palm, which had been blasted beyond recognition.

If he only added one element, he could barely control it under the suppression of his Spiritual Power.

But this was not the result Nie Ning wanted.

Since the Elemental Sphere was a low-tier spell, the overall runic structure wasn't actually difficult to construct, which meant its power relied entirely on elemental fusion.

But therein lay the problem: his understanding of various Runic Formulas wasn't high enough, so he couldn't add other runes with strengthening attributes to enhance the sorcery's power.

Blindly modifying Runic Formulas would only lead to even more severe consequences.

Therefore, he chose a more reliable method, which was to continue using the most primitive multi-element fusion.

However, looking at it now, this method didn't seem to be working well either.

In a situation where no one was teaching him, relying solely on self-study to research Runic Formulas was simply too slow.

Putting aside whether what he learned was correct, just how to add strengthening Runic Formulas into the Elemental Sphere was a problem in itself.

If something went wrong, it likely wouldn't be as simple as just being blown away.

"Triangles have the strongest stability; perhaps I should find another element to try."

Thinking of this, Nie Ning already had an idea in mind.

...

Just as Nie Ning left the Wizard Tower, he saw the City Lord's butler hurrying toward him.

"What's wrong? Has something happened?"

Nie Ning asked with a frown.

"Mr. Bronk, a Corruptor has appeared in the west of the city. The people from the The Federation have already gone there."

Horun hurriedly began to recount the events.

A Corrupted Creature appeared in the south of the city this morning. It was said to look like a cat or a dog and possessed extremely tough black crystalline scales.

Many people were helpless against it, unable to even break through the Corrupted Creature's defense. More than ten ordinary people had already fallen victim to it.

Hearing this, Nie Ning's expression turned solemn, and he secretly sighed at the constant stream of trouble.

The sealing box hadn't been found yet, and now, unexpectedly, another Corrupted Creature had appeared.

However, as the Guardian Wizard here, this was also his responsibility.

He only hoped that the Corrupted Creature wouldn't be too strong; otherwise, there would be big trouble.

If two appeared at the same time, even he would probably have to request reinforcements.

Nie Ning sighed. "Lead the way."

...

Under Horun's lead, the two quickly arrived at the western city and met Lida and the others.

"How is it? Has that Corrupted Creature been found?"

Nie Ning looked around and asked.

"Found it. It broke into that empty house over there and hasn't come out since."

Lida pointed to a house in the distance.

The house was decayed and dilapidated, looking as though no one had lived there for a long time.

Nie Ning's Spiritual Power swept over the area. Sure enough, when it passed that house, it seemed to encounter some kind of energy interference, preventing him from detecting the specific situation inside.

"Have the nearby people been evacuated?"

Nie Ning looked at Horun and asked.

He didn't know what that Corrupted Creature was like yet. If it was the same type as the Little Boy, he wouldn't have any capacity to worry about anything else once the fight started.

Even before the fight began, those people would be quickly transformed into Corrupted Puppets.

"The people in these few blocks have all been evacuated."

"Alright then. You all should leave first, so you don't get hurt later."

Nie Ning sent Horun and the others away from the area.

Without any flashy maneuvers, a white sphere of light quickly condensed in Nie Ning's hand, becoming a sphere thirty centimeters in diameter in an instant.

As his strength had reached the peak of the First Ring, Nie Ning's control over the elements had also gained a certain degree of enhancement.

Nie Ning aimed and threw a Five Element Orb at the dilapidated house.

Just as the Elemental Sphere was about to reach the house, a black crystalline barrier suddenly rose.

'Boom!'

The Elemental Sphere exploded the moment it touched the black barrier.

The terrifying energy impact was like a flood, instantly tearing the black barrier to shreds. A small mushroom cloud over ten meters high rose from where the house had stood.

"Is this what a Wizard is..."

The onlookers were shocked by Nie Ning's power, their eyes widening as they watched the scene.

As the surrounding smoke and dust gradually cleared, a black monster about three meters tall and five meters long appeared before everyone.

The black monster had two heads—one cat and one dog. Its body was covered in a layer of black crystalline scales, and its thick tail danced like a python.

At this moment, gray saliva dripped from the black monster's mouths as it bared its teeth at Nie Ning's direction.

However, more than half of its black scales were shattered; it was clear that the previous strike had injured it.

Nie Ning was about to launch another attack when his gaze couldn't help but shift beneath the black monster.

Underneath the black monster was a litter of puppies that had just opened their eyes.

Seeing this scene, Nie Ning couldn't help but frown.

Normally, Corruptors have no emotions.

But some Corruptors might carry a certain instinct from their previous life, such as a lingering obsession. This obsession could even become the Corruptor's method of killing.

And behavior like protecting young usually meant that it had only recently become a Corruptor.

But if they stayed with a Corruptor for a long time, even if the Corruptor didn't kill them, they would eventually die from the erosion of the Power of Corruption.

Looking at the crystalline scales on the black monster, Nie Ning suddenly thought of the piece of meat with black crystals that he had torn from his own arm earlier.

Nie Ning remembered that the piece of meat should have been incinerated along with Wade's body.

However, because he had been infected by corruption himself, he had left without checking.

Could this dog or cat have eaten that piece of meat?

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