Wizard: Starting from the Skill Tree

Duke possesses Six-Element High-Level Affinity, with a Fire Attribute Affinity far surpassing that of ordinary wizards.

It is this affinity talent that allows him to detect the presence of those Rule Embers. A normal wizard standing in the same spot might only feel a scorching shockwave and intense Fire Elemental Particles, but Duke can discern the subtle, fleeting Rule-level Energy mixed within the shockwave.

That feeling is difficult to describe in words, similar to suddenly hearing a few extremely weak, uniquely toned notes amidst a cacophony of noise.

This is a talent that is hard to acquire through postnatal learning and effort.

Duke quickly assessed the distance between his location and the explosion center.

He was at the ridge area on the outskirts of the Black Stone Plain, not too far from the eruption point.

The shockwave had already swept past his location, the aftershock remained, but posed no lethal threat to his Level 3 Body and Fire Attribute Affinity.

The real danger was the central area near the fire pillar, where temperatures were continuously rising and a secondary eruption could happen at any moment.

Duke had some prior knowledge that Rule Embers often only appear under extreme conditions.

And accompanying the birth of Rule Embers, there is often a Key of Rules.

The weight of the term "Key of Rules" in the wizard world is something any Level 2 Peak Mage is keenly aware of.

It is the materialized aggregation of Rule Power, the purest crystal left after a rule is compressed, tempered, and stripped under extreme conditions.

A Key of Rules represents a Level 2 Peak Mage’s potential to break through to Level 3.

This is the practical, most direct and conventional path for advancement.

Duke had leafed through numerous materials about the Key of Rules in the Six-Ring Tower’s library.

Theoretically, there are many paths for a Level 2 Mage to promote to Level 3, such as comprehending rules on their own.

But these are theoretical.

In practical terms, relying on oneself to comprehend rules might take tens or even hundreds of years, and the longer it drags on, the narrower the window for breakthrough as Spiritual Power surpasses its peak.

The value of the Key of Rules lies in it directly prying this door open, with its pure and simple Rule Power, unlike the complex Divine Status that leaves a Level 2 Mage at a loss.

The Divine Status is the rule core of Level 4 and above beings, containing an overwhelming and intricate amount of rule information, beyond the analytical capacity of a Level 2 Mage’s Spiritual Power.

The Key of Rules is like isolating the most core thread of rules from the Divine Status, made into a key specifically to open the door from Level 2 to Level 3.

In all these years at the Six-Ring Tower, Duke has consistently kept an eye out for the Key of Rules, inquiring through countless channels, all to no avail.

Now, beneath these ruins exploded by the Heart of Molten Fire, there might be one.

The Rule Embers roiling in the shockwave already proved that the core area of the Heart of Molten Fire once achieved conditions at Rule-level.

Under such conditions, it is possible for a Key of Rules to be born.

Though not guaranteed, the probability is not low.

More importantly, this is a Fire Attribute Key of Rules, born in an environment with an abnormally high concentration of fire elements on the Four Spirits Elemental Plane.

If he obtains it, with his High-Level Fire Element Affinity, the compatibility during his breakthrough to Level 3 would far exceed that of other wizards.

However, naturally, there are risks.

The temperature at the explosion center is persistently rising, with the potential for a secondary eruption at any moment, and no one knows if the Heart of Molten Fire’s explosion will trigger a greater range of energy tides.

But Duke mentally listed the risks one by one, comparing them against his existing conditions.

Level 3 Body, Fire Elementalization form, High-Level Fire Attribute Affinity...

Every trump card he held happened to be the tools needed for this adventure.

This wasn’t gambling with his life; it was undertaking a task he was equipped to handle with full gear.

Moreover, if he doesn’t act quickly, these Rule Embers will dissipate entirely in moments.

If the Key of Rules has already been born and isn’t collected in time, it will sink deep into the earth once the energy environment normalizes, enveloped by cooled magma, potentially undiscovered for thousands of years.

After contemplating, Duke no longer hesitated. He stood up from the rock cavity, adjusted his direction, ceased to circle through the southern Black Stone Plain, and turned directly westward, aiming straight for the explosion center.

His Earth Element Transformation body accelerated sharply within the rock layer, moving at full speed towards the area where the Rule Embers were most concentrated.

The closer to the explosion center, the more severe the crust damage was. The once intact basalt layer was shattered by the shockwave into numerous cracks, some wide enough to fit an entire supply wagon.

Magma flowed from the cracks, forming dark red streams crisscrossing within the rock layer.

Duke had to switch multiple times from Earth Elementalization to Fire Elementalization, crossing the magma rivers before switching back to Earth Elementalization to continue forward.

The Six-Element High-Level Affinity he possessed granted him switching abilities that maximized their value in such a complex geological environment. Mages specializing in single elements would either be blocked by magma or by rock layers, but Duke could seamlessly switch between the two, maintaining the highest speed throughout.

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