Chapter 128: One strike, instant kill—what's there to say!

As the summoned nightmares painfully turned into liquid and melted, a hint of blood color also gradually appeared on the altar.

The bald dwarf watched the situation on the altar, and the joy in his eyes grew richer.

And Zhang Jie, seeing this, also showed a look of joy on his face.

However, what pleased him was that these sacrificed nightmares turned into pools of black liquid, flowing toward his body.

But this scene seemed visible only to him; Liu Delie and that bald dwarf seemed not to notice anything odd here.

The nightmare fluid slowly merged into his body, and Zhang Jie felt that another lump of pitch-black nightmare had appeared beside him, exactly the same as before!

Zhang Jie's heart instantly swelled with excitement—this meant he could summon a new nightmare!

On the other side, the bald dwarf slowly walked toward the center of the altar; with each step, countless black things crawled up his body, yet he didn't stop his steps at all.

The bald dwarf devoutly knelt on the altar, allowing the black fluid to cover his body.

Lord... welcome your return...

After saying the last words, the bald dwarf was completely wrapped up; as time passed, the wrapped figure gradually rose, and finally a tall, slender silhouette slowly emerged...

He wore splendid attire, held a magic wand in his hand, and looked like an elegant duke.

'The Servant of Arcane has appeared! Please kill it promptly!'

You...

Swish!

A black shadow flashed instantly; Zhang Jie's arm was connected to a scythe made of shadow, and with one stroke he cut through the opponent's head.

Huh...

Before he could finish a sentence, his whole body glowed with white light, and a white mark on his neck was strikingly obvious.

One strike, instant kill—what's there to say.

Liu Delie had just raised his staff when he saw Zhang Jie had already struck the opponent down to near death with one blow.

Liu Delie:?

Not... Brother Jie.

What the hell did you just do!

He hadn't even seen the person yet, and Zhang Jie had already instant-killed him!

Zhang Jie looked at Liu Delie with a puzzled expression, as if he didn't understand the other's words—wasn't this an obvious question?

One strike, instant kill—nothing to say.

No mechanism, pure numbers!

Liu Delie stared at his staff in silence; he had originally thought he could at least exchange a couple of moves with Brother Jie....

If that big blade were to strike me, I'd probably die instantly...

And Zhang Jie's subsequent action once again left him feeling utterly bewildered.

Only see, beside Zhang Jie appeared a lump of pitch-black stuff, looking like a nightmare but also like a giant Oreo crumb...

That giant Oreo crumb slowly clung to the opponent's body; a miserable scream came, and in Liu Delie's view, the opponent was devoured and vanished together with that black lump.

But from Zhang Jie's perspective, it was different: a nightmare clad in splendid shadow robes slowly rose, and its magic wand turned into a black staff.

His movements remained elegant; the staff in his hand seemed like a conductor's baton, and the nightmare's poised, elegant aura could not be concealed.

'Esteemed Legendary Player! You have captured the 'Master of Arcane'; please name it!'

Oh, Master of Arcane...

Wait...

No!

Zhang Jie then realized, hurriedly opened the hidden quest given by the system, and examined it carefully.

'Servant of Arcane.... evil sacrifice...'

Hiss... nothing wrong, huh?

Zhang Jie racked his brain, wondering if meeting the Master of Arcane in the academy's basement was a mistake.

Forget it, I'll just call you Arcane; I can't very well name you Master.

Thus, the new nightmare's name was set as Arcane, and its role in the team was clearly a magic turret.

However, regarding why it is the Master of Arcane, Zhang Jie pondered for a long time and felt it likely due to the nightmare's nature; regardless, using a nightmare to complete the sacrifice is not very reasonable.

Should we report this to the Dream Management Bureau...?

While Zhang Jie was pondering, Liu Delie had already gone to fetch the task reward the system said would be given.

It wasn't directly given; the two task rewards lay quietly in a corner of the altar.

Although we killed the Master of Arcane, the task rewards remained unchanged: the Super-Ancient Arcane Dictionary and the Arcane Scepter.

Liu Delie excitedly flipped through the Arcane Dictionary, the excitement in his eyes almost spilling over.

Holy shit!

Holy shit!!

Holy shit!!!

Liu Delie uttered a 'holy shit' with each page turn, looking utterly shocked.

Zhang Jie also grew curious, stepped forward to look, and instantly widened his eyes.

Because every magic recorded there is extraordinarily heaven-defying; the current spells look like a completely castrated version of it.

This Super-Ancient Arcane Dictionary is practically the patriarch of the magic world!

At that moment, Zhang Jie seemed to suddenly think of something, turned and summoned Arcane, using his will to ask whether it could wield the magic written above.

After receiving an affirmative answer, Zhang Jie happily made a stroke.

Awesome! Suddenly there's a magic master beside me—why would I still painstakingly study magic!

Although defensive magic, herbology class, and alchemy class are all quite interesting, to Zhang Jie they are tasteless to eat and a pity to discard.

Now that we have Nightmare Arcane, everything is easily resolved!

Hey, Brother Jie, godfather, dad!

Can you give me this Arcane Dictionary, dad?

Liu Delie directly called him 'godfather'; you know, this is the highest title between brothers!

Zhang Jie chuckled a bit; this guy, this Arcane Dictionary was originally meant for him, but since the other party has already been calling him 'godfather', he had to accept it.

No problem, then give me this staff?

Okok! Thanks, godfather! Your great kindness, godfather!

Liu Delie excitedly hugged the dictionary and started reading it, while Zhang Jie casually tossed the staff to the Arcane, since he didn't need it anyway.

Let's go back!

OK!

Just as the two were about to return, the system's prompt arrived late, which is the achievement they earned for completing the task!

Zhang Jie originally thought this achievement wouldn't exist, but he didn't expect it to actually be delayed!

"Congratulations on obtaining the achievement badge: (S) \"Offer Your Sister's Sacrifice\""

"Offer Your Sister's Sacrifice": Before the sacrifice is completed, toy with the opponent in the manner of playing with prey, tease them, make them complete the sacrifice, and then defeat the opponent within ten seconds after the appearance of the "Arcane's Slave" to earn this achievement.

"You have achieved the clearance goal! You may choose whether to continue staying in the open world!"

Good fellow!

Zhang Jie was overjoyed; this half-month of wizard life was finally about to end, but Liu Delie was still somewhat reluctant.

Seeing his hesitation, Zhang Jie smiled and said.

It's fine; if you want to stay here a bit longer, just stay, after all this counts as your major in the supernatural system.

If you need me later, just have me send you a message directly!

OK!

(Asking all you godfathers a question: why is it that in Germany, the hot pot only has clear broth, hehe)