Chapter 432: then translation of chapter title: DARK WIZARD (the title is given as

Facing the sudden attack, Cao Zhenqingren's reaction was equally swift; as the brown-yellow claw was about to land on his chest, the burning flame magic array instantly interposed itself between the claw and Cao Zhenqingren's body.

The claws collided, and the fiery-red defensive magic array perfectly blocked the attacking claw; the erupting firelight splashed onto the faces of the two completely different mages.

"Why are you attacking me?" At the moment of successful defense, Cao Zhenqingren's right hand directly went through the magic array, grabbed Daimon Rinzi's wrist, and forcibly stopped her attack.

"DARKWIZARD is humanity's enemy; I will defeat you now." Daimon Rinzi shouted sternly.

She erupted with fierce power, violently jerking her arms, directly pulling her wrist free from the restraint; her legs slowly squatted, her whole body tensed, she aimed her claws at Cao Zhenqingren, as if facing some ferocious terrifying beast, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

At that moment, the exploding firelight burst behind Daimon Rinzi, and in this world's Regione phantom was just taken out by these kind-hearted citizens wielding magic.

Compared to the Regione of the main world, the isotope in the Magic Gem World seems a bit too weak; even civilian magic rings can kill it.

After eliminating the phantom, these kind-hearted residents who helped in the battle faced the WIZARD with the same reaction as Daimon Rinzi, their eyes filled with hostility and hatred, spontaneously surrounding Cao Zhenqingren, and they could launch an attack at any moment.

"DARKWIZARD, could it be?"

Dimu Li looked at Cao Zhenqingren surrounded by mages, suddenly recalling what Jiang Xia had just said: the world of this magic nation is the opposite of the real world, perhaps there exists an isotope.

Just like Rinzi, although they look exactly alike, it is not the person I know.

"Could this world's Qingren be a bad guy?" Dimu Li seemed to have discovered the truth.

"Judging by the surroundings, some changes in this world's Qingren lean toward the phantom side." Jiang Xia said.

The information brought back by the omnipresent wind indeed is this: when he entered the Magic Gem World, through the huge golden magic array he saw that the one fighting the mass-produced mages was DARKWIZARD.

DARKWIZARD and WIZARD differ only in color; DARKWIZARD is dark purple, while Cao Zhenqingren's transformed form is indeed fiery red, but this difference is simply too small to convince the locals here.

On the plaza paved with blue stone bricks, those identically appearing yellow-gem mages held various weapons, using a flowing circular formation to surround the WIZARD.

They dare not act rashly, for in their perception DARKWIZARD is a dangerous figure who wants to turn all humans into phantoms.

Based on their inner sense of justice, perhaps they could help police officer Daimon Rinzi surround criminals, contributing a bit to the police's capture of suspects, but if they truly engaged in mage-to-mage combat,

defeating the phantom is still doable, but if they faced a dangerous mage, they might be unable to cope.

The surrounded Cao Zhenqingren was even more cautious, for he also noticed how Rinzi addressed him; this was a misunderstanding caused by mistaking him for someone else, and he still sounded like a villain.

Facing these magic-world residents, he could not possibly go all out, let alone against Daimon Rinzi opposite him.

If two look-alikes both belong to the just side, they could become good friends; but if one is just and the other evil, belonging to opposing camps, they are practically incompatible, even feeling disgust toward each other's existence.

It's like a lost self, wishing to correct or even kill the other to prove one's own correctness.

After all, they are not twins, but the same person who took different paths due to different experiences.

Likewise, the mages leaning toward the phantom here should be only that behind-the-scenes black hand, except DARKWIZARD is the public face, while that person hides his identity.

However, we cannot rule out the possibility that DARKWIZARD is assisting the golden mages, and this possibility is still quite high.

Seeing both sides unwilling to act, resulting in a stalemate here, Jiang Xia prepared to help break the deadlock.

Both sides are good people; it's merely a misunderstanding, no need to really fight.

Jiang Xia took out the white mage's transformation ring from his pocket, placed it at his waist, and a golden-yellow magic array wrapped around his body.

The white mage appeared before everyone, and simultaneously the chant of the activated magic ring echoed in everyone's ears.

He simply raised his hand slowly, gave a light pinch, and a huge magic array quickly formed in midair, its edges glowing with a faint fluorescence.

Daimon Rinzi's whole body shuddered violently; the golden magic array rapidly expanded, she looked up at the sky magic array, and in her understanding few could accomplish a magic array of this scale.

The next second, she knelt down.

Under the shroud of the magic array, the mages all felt a pressure like a thousand-jin weight weighing down on them.

Unable to withstand the change in gravity, they could only crawl on the ground; the weapons they gripped clattered to the floor, and their transformations were forcibly dispelled by the powerful gravity. The only one unaffected was Cao Zhenqingren standing at the center of the array; he felt nothing unusual, yet everyone surrounding him lost all combat ability, as if in an instant of battle, the enemies all surrendered to him.

But he knew, this was not his power.

"Let's go; although this is a misunderstanding, it's also an opportunity." Jiang Xia lowered his right hand, standing among the crawling crowd, and said to Cao Zhenqingren.

"Mm." Cao Zhenqingren walked out of the encirclement.

"Wait, DARKWIZARD." Daimon Rinzi wanted to reach out to continue fighting, but now she could not even stand up; she could only watch helplessly as they departed via teleportation magic.

……

In a cluster of dim space, three weirdly shaped black shadows stood here, with a black curtain before them.

All around was silent; suddenly the black curtain moved on its own without wind, and a shadow deeper than the space was projected onto the curtain.

An orange-yellow firelight gradually lit up, illuminating this space and also illuminating the three non-human black shadows.

"You're really slow." The curtain was lifted lightly, and a purple figure slowly walked out from within the black curtain.

His entire body is composed of purple magic gems, and the silver lines perfectly divide out a gem-like perfect face.

If Cao Zhenqingren were here, he would be astonished to discover that this purple figure and his fiery form look exactly alike.

This is precisely the DARKWIZARD that Daimon Rinzi has been painstakingly seeking. "Hmph, we specially came all this way; you should be grateful to me." From the non-human shadow rose a faint mist, smelling of a specially enticing fishy sweetness, and its voice sounded like a multicolored snake spitting apricot kernels, full of a slippery, viscous feeling.

"Hey, what's the point of calling us here? If it's not interesting enough, I won't agree." Another black shadow spoke in a light tone to the DARKWIZARD on stage.

"The white mage has appeared, and there is also another WIZARD; they are obstacles we must sweep away." DARKWIZARD said slowly, "They are mages from another world."

"It turns out it's just because of this trivial matter; we don't need to listen to your command, after all, you're just mere mages." The final shadow said indifferently.

"No, they are not ordinary mages; the white mage's hand bears the Philosopher's Stone." A deep, aged voice from behind the black curtain rang out like a great bell; to those present, this voice sounded like an emperor's decree.

"Medusa, Guleimlin, and Phoenix obtaining the Philosopher's Stone is exactly my lifelong wish." He said.

"So it is you who came in person." Medusa bowed her head respectfully.

The three shadows vanished simultaneously, replaced by three all-too-familiar phantoms: Medusa, Phoenix, and Guleimlin.

In Jiang Xia's world, Phoenix was nailed to the moon, dead from magical exhaustion, while Guleimlin was petrified into fragments.

In this world, however, all three of them are still alive.

"Destroy the white mage and bring back the Philosopher's Stone." He said.

"Yes." The three phantoms simultaneously lowered their heads in reply.

"Once you understand, hurry up." DARKWIZARD looked down from above at the three phantoms kneeling on the ground, speaking in an impatient tone.

"Watch your tone! Don't be too arrogant!" A burst of flame suddenly shot up from Phoenix's body.

"DARKWIZARD, you got it wrong, we are just following the adult's orders." Medusa opened her snake mouth.

"Oh dear, don't mind him, let's go grab the Philosopher's Stone first." Guleimlin quickly walked up behind them, each with one arm, gently embracing them from behind.

"As long as we take back the Philosopher's Stone, he won't be so arrogant, right?"

"Hmph." Medusa glanced at the arm resting on her arm, barely suppressing her anger; the adult's orders are absolute.

Afterwards, Medusa and Felix left together with Guleimlin.

DARKWIZARD also gradually faded into the darkness. (End of chapter)