For Sain and other Dark Magic Apprentices, they had spent over half a year in the Yellow Sand World.
However, for the group of Dark Magicians still in the Shadowy Territory of the Wizarding World, they had been waiting in Shadow Valley for a whole year.
As the day to construct the two-world channels drew closer, not only were the official Dark Magicians restless, but even the calm Vice Deans Martin and Joni were stirred up.
"There shouldn't be any more surprises this time, right?"
"I heard that several channels connecting Shadowy Territory to the Surface have been discovered and occupied by the Holy Tower Magicians."
" It seems like they're targeting us intentionally," Joni said to Martin beside her.
"No matter whether those Holy Tower Magicians found out anything in advance or not, it's too late now."
"The mentor has already set off from Mosobla City."
"As long as we successfully construct the channel connecting the two worlds and let the mentor retrieve the fallen Level-4 creature's heart core."
"Absorb the power of earth element and comprehend the relevant laws."
"When the mentor returns as a Level-4 Dark Magician, except for the Holy Tower Tower Master himself, ordinary Holy Tower Magicians won't be able to stop us!" Martin said confidently.
In reality, Vice Dean Martin's true strength and life level were higher than what most Dark Magicians would expect.
He was a Great Magician who had secretly ascended to Level-3 a hundred years ago.
With a higher life level and a mentor who was about to break through to Level-4, Martin knew far more about the hidden secrets of the Wizarding World than an average Dark Magician.
For instance, there was a rule in the Wizarding World that prohibited Level-4 or higher powerhouses from taking action on a large scale.
The reason for this rule was that the power and coverage area of a Level-4 or higher powerhouse's actions were too great.
Not only would it cause unimaginable damage to ordinary creatures living in the Wizarding World, but it could also affect the dimensional environment and rules of the Wizarding World itself.
After all, Level-4 creatures were already known as "gods" in most ignorant planes and even in the star realm.
The power possessed by creatures of this level was beyond the imagination of "mortals."
Many low-level planes, despite containing all the essence of the plane, could barely sustain one or two Level 4 creatures.
Martin was not sure how many Level 4 or higher creatures were in the Wizarding World.
However, he knew that the Black Realm's "Black Tower," built by Level 4 Dark Magicians, had hundreds of them.
Martin's response relieved Joni.
She could distrust others, but she had to trust the terror of the city lord, the dean of Mosobla City, who was capable of resisting a Level 4 Dark Magician from Black Realm when he was at the peak of Level 3.
In fact, if that Level 4 Dark Magician hadn't attacked the city lord during his critical breakthrough period and interrupted him, causing elemental backlash, the city lord would have broken through to Level 4 long ago.
He wouldn't have placed most of his hope of advancing to Level 4 on the Level 4 creature that had already fallen in the other plane, and planned for it for hundreds of years.
"How did that Level 4 creature fall in the other world? And how did it leave a spatial crack here in Shadowy Territory?" Joni asked, a question she had wanted to know for nearly a century.
"Hehe, it seemed to be an unlucky guy who accidentally arrived in the Wizarding World through the Space-Time Rift, and was killed by the summer guardian nearby, who then threw it out into the Wizarding World," Martin replied.
"Master has some connections in the Belen Empire and learned that there might be some unrepaired Space-Time Rifts in Shadowy Territory, and since that Level 4 creature happened to be an earth-type, we decided to take a chance."
Martin didn't keep any secrets about some of the things that had happened, perhaps because success was in sight.
Of course, there were some pieces of information he didn't reveal, such as who in the Belen Empire had passed the message to his master.
These secrets were the most core secrets of his sect.
It also highlighted the unclear relationship between the Dark Magicians of Black Realm and the top power in the Wizarding World, the Belen Empire.
Martin's master was not the only exception.
....
The rhythmic elements echoed inside and outside the Dark Magic Apprentice camp in the world of yellow sand.
Under the energy supply of numerous magic devices and hundreds of elemental beads, a slightly blue elliptical channel was slowly forming in mid-air.
Sain and most Dark Magic Apprentices looked on in amazement as the space passage gradually took shape.
Until...
There was a loud boom.
The noise seemed to come from the other end of the channel, indicating that something had happened to the Dark Magicians in the Shadowy Territory.
Immediately after, a violent shock came from deep within the space passage.
Not only did it shake many magical instruments and tents in the camp, but it also stirred up tens of meters of sand around it.
Fortunately, the space Portal Generator had been activated and was received by the Shadowy Territory Dark Magicians on the other side.
The stable space passage was not affected.
Many Dark Magic Apprentices who were unaware of the situation crawled out of the sand with dirt on their faces.
They looked in astonishment at the situation in front of them, which seemed significantly different from what they had expected.
The first to react was a quasi-Magician.
Sain knew him as Roque, who was one of the strongest in the camp, including Senior Brother Zoro, who often had to listen to him.
He seemed to be Martin's right-hand man.
Roque possessed the levitation technique that few Advanced Apprentices had learned.
Holding a wand, he quickly flew into the air and entered the space passage.
However, before the other apprentices could follow suit, Roque rushed out in a hurry, just after he entered the space passage.
However, Roque was still too slow in the end.
A huge pillar of flame erupted from the space passage, engulfing most of Roque's body.
An incredulous face and a lone arm trying to wave goodbye marked the end of Roque, a quasi-Magician who never expected such a fate.
The pillar of flame that erupted from the space passage not only killed Roque in seconds, but also caused noticeable cracks in the just-stabilized space passage.
The exaggerated flames, once they reached the world of yellow sand, turned into a torrential rain of fire, causing heavy casualties among the Dark Magic Apprentices gathered around the space channel.
This was definitely not a power that an ordinary Level 1 Magician could use!
Sain, who had witnessed the battle between the mentor Mosido and the plantation master Katherson, knew that although the battles of formal Magicians were exaggerated, there was no attack that could reach this level.
The mutation not only shocked Sain and the other Dark Magic Apprentices but also made the newly formed space channel precarious.
To make matters worse, the arrival of the flames was just the beginning, followed by an unparalleled and violent hurricane that erupted from the space channel.
And in an instant, it shattered the space channel and the surrounding camp into pieces!