Chapter 263: City-Wide Alert! Mobile War Fortress!

Chapter 263 Citywide Alert! Mobile War Fortress!

The Vitality Elixir was prepared.

The next day, Li Wei went to the Cultivation Realm.

Arriving at the Realm Plaza, he unexpectedly found it under alert.

Mages guarded many realm teleportation gates.

From time to time, mages could be seen entering and exiting the gates.

The traffic was frequent, nothing like normal circumstances.

When Li Wei approached the Realm Plaza, he was stopped by a guarding mage of the Element Tower.

"What are you doing at the Realm Plaza?"

The guarding mage asked.

Li Wei showed his Cultivation Card, saying, "I am here to use the Cultivation Realm."

He saw the Cultivation Realm was one of the few without mage guards, so he came over.

Otherwise, seeing the plaza under martial law, he would not have come.

Seeing the Cultivation Card in his hand, the guarding mage nodded and said, "Hmm, you may enter."

"Recently, except for the Cultivation Realm, other realms are suspended from use," the guarding mage reminded.

Li Wei asked curiously, "What happened?"

The guarding mage shook his head and said, "Unclear, heard they are searching for something, have searched several days, still not found."

Hearing this, Li Wei's heart moved, vaguely having a guess.

"Found it!"

A mage ran out of a realm teleportation gate shouting.

Everyone turned to look at him, showing curiosity.

Li Wei saw the realm teleportation gate he came from, confirming his guess.

The Element Tower was indeed looking for the legendary lich's phylactery.

He told Lancelot the phylactery was still within the realm.

Lancelot either search himself, or let the Element Tower search.

Obviously, he chose the latter.

Li Wei was not surprised.

The realm belonged to the Element Tower after all, though the Temple of Light was powerful, it could not interfere forcibly.

Though the Church of Light was powerful, behind the Element Tower stood the mage communities of the entire world.

Once, mages could slay gods and demons.

Now, though mages had declined much.

They were still one of the world's top-tier super powers.

Not to say sitting equally with the Church of Light, but at least a super power of the same level.

Though many mages were unwilling to admit it, having a Goddess of Magic overhead.

Indeed gave mages much more confidence when facing church believers.

At least, everyone had a god watching over them.

Li Wei glanced at that person, quickening his steps toward the Cultivation Realm.

This matter was somewhat related to him, avoid if possible.

From the fact he returned to the Element Tower safely, and no one sought trouble.

Li Wei inferred Lancelot mostly had not mentioned him to the Element Tower.

This was good news.

He preferred to keep a low profile.

Li Wei entered the Fire Element Cultivation Realm, dedicating himself to cultivation for seven days.

Paying no attention to the changing winds and clouds outside.

Seven days later.

Fire elements outlined characters before Li Wei.

[Crystal Meditation Method (Tier 3)] 2023/10000

After seven days of hard cultivation, six medium bottles and four small bottles of Vitality Elixir were exhausted.

Li Wei's mana increased significantly.

"At this rate, with enough Vitality Elixir, only about 60 days in the Cultivation Realm are needed to complete Tier 3."

Without a Cultivation Card, as a Red Class student, Li Wei could only use the Cultivation Realm one day per month.

After the year-end exam, promoting to Purple Class student, he could only use it fifteen days per month.

That is to say, even with sufficient Elixir, it would take at least four months.

But the problem was, Vitality Elixir could never be sufficient. Even squeezing Dragon Blood Trees into juice to refine it all, could not gather enough for so many days.

"Rob others' cultivation time?"

Li Wei thought about it, then gave up.

First, he was not that kind of person.

Second, the time he needed was considerable, robbing extensively would easily land him in the Discipline Committee's tribunal.

Robbing little was meaningless.

Better to wait for the year-end exam in two months.

"Mana cultivation improvement cannot be rushed, must take it slow."

"Then to improve strength, must start with spells."

Li Wei already had an idea in his heart.

Leaving the Cultivation Realm, Li Wei found the martial law outside the Realm Plaza lifted.

The Plaza alert was lifted, but the entire Element Tower was on guard.

Walking on the road, Li Wei could feel the tense atmosphere on the floating island.

People walking were all passing hurriedly.

After staying seven days in the Cultivation Realm, Li Wei came out, first returning to the manor to rest.

Learning Li Wei returned, Valen called him to the study.

Li Wei looked at the bloodshots in Valen's eyes, hair unkept for days, finding his recent pressure seemed very great.

Valen spoke: "The Element Tower has declared a state of combat readiness; the undead within the ancient battlefield ruins, silent for hundreds of years, have suddenly grown agitated and are swarming toward the Element Tower."

Li Wei asked: "Mentor Valen, do you know what is happening?"

Valen cast a glance at Li Wei, whispering: "It seems related to a lich."

"I heard someone found the lich's phylactery within the secret realm; the phylactery was empty, missing a lid, which is likely the stone slab you picked up."

"The lich's phylactery has gone missing, and coupled with the movement of the undead in the ancient battlefield ruins, that lich likely hasn't died."

"Perhaps someone took what was inside the phylactery, and the lich surely wants to retrieve it now."

Valen did not suspect that Li Wei was the one who took the contents of the phylactery.

What he wondered was who opened the phylactery, took its contents, and discarded the lid within the secret realm.

It just so happened that Li Wei chanced to pick it up.

When Lancelot received the news, he had suspected Li Wei for a moment.

Suspecting whether he was the one who took the contents of the phylactery.

But, very quickly, he rejected the notion.

Li Wei was merely a third-tier mage, incapable of opening a legendary lich's phylactery and taking its contents.

Valen shared the same thought.

Li Wei was too weak; it could not have been him.

Li Wei indeed lacked the ability to open the phylactery.

Even exerting all his strength, he could not leave a single mark on the stone coffin.

Everyone failed to consider one thing.

But what if the lich opened the phylactery voluntarily?

This contradicted everyone's understanding.

Any sensible person believed no lich would willingly hand their phylactery to another.

It was like tying a suicide bomb to oneself and handing the remote control to the enemy.

In the eyes of any normal person, it was too foolish.

Such a thing was simply impossible.

However, from the perspective of those involved, this was an inevitable occurrence.

Li Wei wanted to leave the Bone Palace.

The lich wanted the Dragon Heart to leave the secret realm.

Only then could he retrieve the Dragon Heart again.

They struck a deal instantly, reaching a consensus.

"You need not worry too much; the undead cannot threaten the Floating City," Valen comforted.

"Do not look at the Floating City as merely an island; in true combat state, the Floating City is a mobile war fortress."

"Mages are the most powerful weapons upon this war fortress."

(End of Chapter)