The training ground connected to a Magical Energy Array, having the effect to simulate various environments. However, the training ground wasn’t activated presently, so Angel still felt the peculiarity due to the lingering aura here.
Room 01 often trained here; even when not present, his residual power still permeated the area. For ordinary people or low-level apprentices, arriving here might directly cause them to cough blood and perish. And this was merely the unintentional remnant aura of Room 01, indicating that Room 01 was undoubtedly a wizard of formidable strength from the Bloodline series.
Feeling his uncontrollable blood surges, Angel felt a bit apprehensive about Room 01. Room 01 differed from 02 and 03; he was distinctly orthodox, pursuing the truth of bloodline wizardry. If he inevitably encounters Room 01 in the future, hiding oneself at the earliest moment is imperative to avoid being locked onto by him.
Passing through the seemingly tranquil but blood-soaked central training ground, Angel arrived at the other side.
The walls here seemed no different from those nearby, but to Angel’s vision, it was a convergence point of various magic patterns.
"Concealment, shadow, space, extension, constant..." Angel slowly recited the magical tattoo horns visible in his view, finally locking his gaze onto a wave-like doodle symbol: "...Activate."
With pure primordial magic power, Angel directly pressed on "Activate."
Accompanied by the brilliance of the magic patterns, the hidden door previously obscured by the magical energy array slowly emerged.
Angel did not immediately step inside but instead contacted Earl Mi, preparing for any potential danger.
The danger here referred not only to the "potential misty shadow in the hidden room" but also to any possible mechanisms inside the hidden room.
After all, Angel couldn’t see the interior of the hidden room from the main control node, so he didn’t know if there was any mechanism inside. By treating every unforeseen danger as present, he would avoid panicking when danger struck.
Once everything was prepared, Angel gently pushed open the door and as the door opened, a large amount of white frost mist floated out.
A biting cold wind echoed across the sky above the training ground.
When the frost mist had almost dissipated, Angel finally stepped inside.
To his surprise.
The interior had neither the mechanisms he imagined nor any misty shadows. Apart from being somewhat cold, everything was as expected.
Angel scanned the small hidden room where the surroundings were empty, with only a laboratory table in the center.
The center of the laboratory table was empty, but both sides were piled with various letters, as if someone had intentionally pushed them aside.
The number of letters was very large; at a glance, there were at least hundreds.
Initially looking at the empty laboratory table, Angel’s mind briefly floated a thought but upon reflection, it vanished without a trace.
He did not delve deeper, as he was now more curious about the contents of these letters than the thought itself.
Approaching the laboratory table, Angel organized all the letters.
After organizing, Angel found these letters appeared numerous but in reality came from only four sources.
The first type of letters, although the style and color of the envelopes varied, were made of pulp paper. Angel categorized these pulp letters as one type, and they constituted a substantial portion.
The second type, letters all originating from a Void Merchant Group called "Turmoil," totaling at least half of the hundred were from this group, making them second in quantity.
The third type of letters Angel recognized slightly, also originating from the Flash Merchant Group.
The fourth type of letters lacked a fixed source mark and were instead represented by a strange beast-shaped symbol.
After grouping the letters by source, Angel picked a few from each type for a brief look.
The pulp letters were sent by "X" from the laboratory, containing intelligence about the Southern Domain Wizards’ Realm. The timeline spanned many years, recording significant events in recent years, even including reports related to Angel himself, such as the Night Demon City upheaval in the Black Demon Country Capital, the Eternal Night Country dome incident, the Half-step Mystic at Black Castle... etc.
Angel believed this type of Southern Domain intelligence likely wasn’t limited to these and more surely existed. These were selected because they recorded representative major events.
Beyond the pulp letters, messages from the Turmoil Merchant Group were most abundant. After reading a few, Angel roughly identified them.
It seemed to be a Void Merchant Group employed by the Lacey Association headquarters specifically tasked with conveying their opinions to 01.
These types of letters contained intelligence solely relevant to the Lacey Association itself.
Concerning letters from the Flash Merchant Group, just like 03, these were inquiries from 01.
Angel speculated that the Flash Merchant Group might belong to an intelligence-oriented organization within Void Merchant Groups?
Lastly, the letters bearing the strange beast-shaped symbol had no signatures, documenting the current situation of a person called the "City Lord."
Since Angel only perused one letter, the exact identity of this "City Lord" remained unknown.
...
After categorizing the letters types, Angel commenced reading them one by one.
Angel merely replicated the pulp letters received from "X" using Illusion Techniques without thoroughly examining them on the spot. Primarily, since they recorded major events in the Southern Domain, their urgency could be deferred.
As for the letters from "Turmoil," "Flash," and "unsigned," Angel pondered for a second and decided to start with the letters from Turmoil Merchant Group.
Opening the letters one by one.
As the rapid reading progressed, Angel gradually understood the origins and history of the Snook Base Laboratory.
Soul Arms was a secret project collaboratively created by the Lacey Association and a soul force from the Quest World. Due to some unenclosed reasons, they couldn’t be implemented in the Origin World, thus being dispatched to the Four Corners Wizards’ Realm.
Regarding the "unenclosed" reason, Angel guessed it might be twofold: firstly, the biological specimens across the various Wizards’ Realms exhibited diversity and disparity requiring physical trials. Secondly, it might be related to "live sacrifice."
The core essence of Soul Arms requires assistance from a Quest World force, and since Quest World is a Soul Plane, affecting the Material Realm necessitates a connection.
Live sacrifice is the cheapest form of connection.
Just live humans as sacrificial offerings can connect the soul force to descend special soul armament primal liquid.
Yet this low-cost connection demands a massive consumption of living humans. Live sacrifices, even in the harsh Southern Domain Wizards’ Realm, remain absolutely taboo.
Wizards aren’t concerned about a few individuals; once this floodgate is opened, it would resemble a tilting flood, destroying all previously constructed dams.
Because applying live sacrifice isn’t limited to Quest World.
Demon Gods, Evil Gods, Outer Gods, all kinds of malignant transcendent beings, and even some unknown entities can use similar live sacrifices to descend powers.
If not prevented at the source, all efforts would come to naught.
Therefore, live sacrifice is certainly prohibited, even in the Origin World. The Lacey Association dared not engage in this in the Origin World, hence coming to the Four Corners Wizards’ Realm where the regulatory forces are slightly weaker.
But even in the Four Corners Wizards’ Realm, they dared not stand out.