Age of Wizards: I Can Analyze All Things

On the barren plains, a scorching wind howled.

The blazing sun hung high in the sky, its fierce rays making the very air feel scorching.

A stone house stood on the barren plains. Four Thunder God Golems were positioned at the four cardinal points, staunchly guarding the house at the center. From time to time, they would raise a hand to shoot a bolt of lightning, annihilating any reckless demons that drew near.

Inside the stone house, a temporary structure created with Magic, Pei Ze was busy at a workbench cluttered with tools.

Previously, Pei Ze had used the Eye of Omniscience to devise a technique for purifying the blood of Magical Creatures. He had even used this method to purify the blood of a Thunder Beast and a Thunder Abyss Giant to enhance his own lightning elemental affinity.

Now, this same technique proved useful for purifying the blood of a divine creature.

Pei Ze had long since drained every drop of blood from the dying divine creature, tossing its corpse into his dimensional bag.

Right now, a single drop of golden blood rested in a potion vial before Pei Ze.

Hundreds of liters of the divine creature’s blood had been purified down to just thirty or forty milliliters.

However, the divinity contained within the purified blood was now nearly on par with true Divine Blood.

"Finally, a success."

A smile appeared on Pei Ze’s face.

Now, it was time to see the results.

"Wuyu."

Without a sound, Wuyu appeared on the workbench, its placid gaze fixed upon the golden blood in the vial.

"Come on, drink this Divine Blood. You should be able to evolve to the Fifth Level."

Wuyu let out a low cry, opened its sharp beak, and with a single inhale, the golden blood shot into its mouth.

The next moment, a massive cloud of pitch-black mist erupted from Wuyu, enveloping it and forming a profoundly dark sphere.

The sphere’s surface roiled violently, like the churning waters of a frozen river, emanating a bone-chilling cold.

This phenomenon lasted for nearly half an hour. Finally, the sphere slowly contracted, and the mist receded back into Wuyu’s body.

An incomparably desolate, deathly aura suddenly emanated from it.

A faint blue light seemed to flash in Pei Ze’s eyes, followed by a satisfied smile.

According to the feedback from the Eye of Omniscience, Wuyu had already evolved to the Fifth Level.

’Now I have another Fifth-Level combatant under my command!’

"Good job, little guy."

Pei Ze smiled and patted Wuyu’s head. The latter let out a low cry and nuzzled its head against his palm.

Snapping out of it, Pei Ze immediately issued a new command.

"Omniscience, devise a plan for Wuyu’s evolution to the Sixth Level."

[Task created. Devising plan for Wuyu’s evolution to the Sixth Level. Estimated cost: 557,391 units of Elemental Origin.]

Unsurprisingly, the deduction cost for Wuyu’s advancement to the Sixth Level was astonishingly high.

Over five hundred thousand units of Elemental Origin!

Even with his current reserves of over six hundred units of Elemental Origin, it would take more than two years to complete the deduction.

’I’ll have to take it slow. Even if the deduction were completed right now, I probably couldn’t gather the necessary materials.’

Evolving to the Fifth Level had required two incredibly precious materials: water from the River of Blood and the Death God’s Blood. Pei Ze knew without a doubt that the materials for the Sixth Level evolution would be even rarer and more difficult to acquire.

’Perhaps I can worry about Wuyu’s evolution after I break through to the Sixth Level myself. It won’t be too late then.’

’Now, all that’s left is to wait for the Blood War to begin.’

Pei Ze’s gaze flickered slightly.

’One of my two goals for coming to the Abyss is already complete. All that’s left is to participate in the Blood War and increase my strength.’

’Come to think of it, Wuyu should also be able to increase its strength through the Blood War.’

Pei Ze stroked Wuyu’s smooth, cool feathers, lost in thought.

Any creature could gain power through the rules of the Blood War; magical pets were no exception.

’Perhaps I don’t need to wait for the Eye of Omniscience to finish its calculations. I could use the Blood War to help Wuyu evolve to the Sixth Level.’

However, Pei Ze immediately dismissed this thought.

True, Wuyu could increase its power through the Blood War, but it would inevitably suffer from spiritual corruption.

Pei Ze did not want his magical pet to turn into a bloodthirsty and savage monster.

Even if he could use the Power of Rules to eliminate the corruption, that power was finite. The more Wuyu used, the less he would have for himself.

’I should focus on increasing my own strength first.’

’Once I break through to the Sixth Level, it won’t be too late to have the little one evolve.’

Having made his decision, Pei Ze packed up his things, dispelled the stone house, and prepared to return to Broken Domain Town.

...

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed.

Ever since Wuyu’s evolution, Pei Ze had returned to Broken Domain Town and remained in the Pallid Bone Inn to cultivate, rarely venturing outside.

"Omniscience, check my current status."

[Soul Fusion: 1.45%]

[Elemental Origin: 725]

’Cultivating normally is just too slow.’

Pei Ze shook his head slightly.

After more than two months, his fusion progress had only increased by about 0.1%. It was an appallingly slow rate.

No wonder it often took Level 5 Wizards two or three thousand years to break through to the next level.

And that was for the talented ones with sufficient accumulation.

A less talented Level 5 Wizard who lacked the necessary accumulation might struggle to advance even after ten thousand years.

Shaking off his thoughts, Pei Ze rose and went to the window. He opened it and looked down at the street below.

A troop of fully armed Frenzy Demons happened to be passing by, rampaging down the street and shoving aside any demons in their path. They were incredibly arrogant, and the surrounding demons could only swallow their anger.

After all, they were the Red Shroud’s personal army.

’The truce should be ending soon.’

Similar scenes had become a common sight over the past few days.

Troop movements had become increasingly frequent, with large armies departing Broken Domain Town every day.