A Wizard's Secret

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Alright, come and receive the inheritance then! Since the Purple Tribe is already gone, you can pass this inheritance to anyone you wish to after receiving it. However, I hope that in the future, you'll state that the origin of this inheritance belongs to the Purple Tribe…"

Merlin nodded wordlessly. It looked like the Purple Emperor still cared about the Purple Tribe. Even after he died, he still thought about them.

Following that, Merlin stood before a stretch of a pure white wall. A purple beam flashed by, and a glittering purple crystal ball appeared.

"Hum."

A blinding light shone from the crystal ball, enveloping Merlin. The Purple Emperor's voice rang out, "Don't be nervous, relax your mind, and accept this openly… Only when your Mind Power is exhausted can you stop. I don't know how powerful your Mind Power is. As this inheritance is intended for the Purple Tribe, the Mind Power of genius members of the Purple Tribe would easily receive these teachings fully. However, it's different for you… No matter what, absorb this as best as you can. Even if you can't receive the entire inheritance, at least you can get half of it…"

Following that, the Purple Emperor's voice grew weaker before it vanished completely. However, Merlin had no way of opening his eyes nor could he use his Mind Power to investigate because he could now feel that his Mind Power was rapidly being consumed.

Merlin's Mind Power was being exhausted at a great rate. In fact, additional memories ineffably appeared in his mind. Merlin knew that this was the Purple Emperor's inheritance.

Nonetheless, this inheritance was far too massive, nearly containing all of the Purple Emperor's understanding of Mind Power. It was created expressly for the entire Purple Tribe, and would have strengthened the entire civilization.

How could such a tremendous inheritance possibly be average?

Therefore, Merlin gradually felt the strain. He was merely receiving the inheritance. It looked like the Purple Emperor was right. The Mind Power of those prodigies from the Purple Tribe was too frightening. To them, their immense Mind Power could easily absorb this inheritance but Merlin might not be able to do so.

If it was someone else with weak Mind Power, the inheritance would have already ended after they received a small portion of it. Nevertheless, Merlin was still holding on now.

"I've only received fifty percent of the inheritance. I must absorb all of it!"

Merlin gritted his teeth. He could sense that currently, he had merely received half of the inheritance but the majority of his Mind Power was already worn out. Now, he could only force himself to hold on. After all, this inheritance was very precious. An opportunity like this could not be encountered just anywhere. It would be such a shame if he missed out on this chance.

Merlin had vaguely guessed the meaning of the Purple Emperor's final words. Even if his Mind Power was strong, it was not certain whether he could receive the inheritance in full.

Therefore, Merlin had mobilized all of his Mind Power, even casting off his own defenses. He was conserving his Mind Power to its greatest extent, wasting none of it.

Sixty percent, seventy percent, eighty percent…

Upon reaching eighty percent, Merlin was practically at his limit. His Mind Power was unable to keep this up, and it was exceedingly difficult to hold on.

"Am I really unable to receive any more?"

Merlin felt that his mind was going blank in quick bursts as if he would faint at any moment. A lofty Honored Legend could faint? Even if this was told to the masses, no one would believe it. However, Merlin was in such a state now. His Mind Power had no way to hold on any longer. If he forced himself to go on, he would faint.

"Keep on, keep on…"

Now, Merlin could only use his willpower to persist. After all, this inheritance was meant for the Purple Tribe. From this, one learned that the Purple Tribe from a trillion years ago truly was born with terrifying Mind Power. They were the true natural Mind Power Masters.

"It's almost ninety percent!"

Merlin could not even feel a trace of strength left in him. This was already the limit of his limit. Regardless of how strong his willpower was, in the end, he would still run out.

At last, his mind was a complete blank. The remaining ten percent was like a weak flame, flickering slightly before it disappeared for good.

"Phew…"

Merlin opened his eyes in a hurry, starting to pant heavily. He had never felt so fatigued. There was not one bit left of his Mind Power, which would need a long time to recover.

Nonetheless, what he regretted the most was that final ten percent of the inheritance, which he ultimately did not receive. Moreover, this inheritance was a one-time thing. If he did not absorb it, it would vanish without a trace.

Merlin did not know how precious was the inheritance contained in the remaining ten percent, but regardless, he regretted having lost it.

"If I'm able to achieve the Illusory Heart, then even a larger inheritance would be nothing."

Merlin mumbled to himself sorrowfully. Now he was regretting that he had not reached the realm of the Illusory Heart before this. He knew that the Illusory Heart was the second stage in Titus' three main stages of Hallucinating spells, which was a thorough transformation.

Once he had reached the state of the Illusory Heart, his Mind Power would grow to an unimaginable extent. It could be said that at that point, Merlin's Mind Power would be endless and boundless.

Titus' three main stages of Hallucinating spells emphasized the realm one had attained, not the cultivation of Mind Power. Upon reaching a certain realm, Mind Power would merely supplement the strength.

Even so, it was astounding.

It was too bad that Illusory Heart could not be attained so easily. Up until now, Merlin had not reached that realm, causing him to miss out on receiving that final ten percent of the inheritance.

"Purple Emperor? Great Sir Purple Emperor?"

Merlin looked around. There was no figure of the Purple Emperor, only empty space. Not only had the Purple Emperor vanished but the purple crystal ball of the inheritance had shattered beside him, falling to the ground. This meant that Merlin was unable to receive the inheritance again.

"Master's Mind Projection had used up his strength, and is gone."

From an unknown place, out popped the third puppet, speaking to Merlin with no expression.

"He's gone already?"

Merlin felt rather rueful as he thought about it. That was an ultimate existence, one who was even more fearsome than most ultimate existences, for he was one of the Thirty-six Emperors of the Void Zone back then.

It was a shame that he had disappeared. Merlin would not have the chance to ask the questions in his heart.

"First, let's see what this inheritance is."

Merlin was still most concerned about the ninety percent of inheritance which he had received. Perhaps it was not exactly ninety percent but it was almost there. Merlin did not know whether this portion of inheritance was complete or had lost its most important portion.

"Boom."

When Merlin started to inspect the inheritance he received, a windstorm seemed to be stirred up in his mind, exploding completely and engulfing everything.

Enormous sections of information appeared in his mind. Merlin could distinctly feel that this inheritance was practically all about Mind Power.

After all, the Purple Emperor had expressly tailored this to the Purple Tribe according to their feature of having powerful Mind Power. It was a purposeful decision. Nonetheless, most of this inheritance regarding Mind Power consisted of Mind Power techniques for fighting.

Among these was the Mind Suppression Merlin had been eagerly anticipating. It was in the inheritance, so Merlin was overjoyed and pleased.

"Thank goodness, I received Mind Suppression in the end!"

Merlin had personally seen how terrifying Mind Suppression was. The third purple puppet had relied upon this technique. Despite clearly being on par with Maya, it was able to suppress Maya.

It was only because of Merlin's formidable Mind Power that he did not fear Mind Suppression. Otherwise, both of them would have been in danger, and might even be killed by the puppet.

Through these memories of the inheritance, Merlin understood that Mind Suppression was indeed one of the core teachings the Purple Emperor wanted to pass on. He had spent over seventeen thousand years just to create Mind Suppression.

For those who had inferior strength, Mind Suppression was fearsome to the extreme. These people would not even have the courage to retaliate after Mind Suppression was wielded.

As for those who were on the same level, Mind Suppression would be able to suppress their strength by thirty percent at least. To anyone, this was akin to immediately being crushed.

When both sides had evenly-matched strength, and one side was incapable of unleashing their full power with only seventy percent left, this would already determine the outcome.

Of course, if one was facing someone with superior strength, Mind Suppression was functional as well. As long as their Mind Power was not too formidable, it was still effective, only it would not be too evident.

In addition, if one had encountered those ultimate existences, no matter how strong their Mind Power was, wielding Mind Suppression would not be of any use. Those ultimate existences had merged with the natural order, able to mobilize a portion of the natural order's power. Mind Suppression, regardless of how powerful it was, could not suppress the natural order.

Even so, a technique like Mind Suppression which used Mind Power in this manner was already quite abnormal.

Besides that, the other parts of the inheritance were mostly ways to use Mind Power in battle. This diverged significantly from Titus' Mind Power system.

Titus' Mind Power system was more focused on attaining a state. In truth, it was rather lacking in utilizing Mind Power. Other than Hallucinating spells, Mind Power did not seem to have other functions.

Once the Mind Heart was condensed, Mind Power was not inferior to most spells, able to interact with the material world.

The Purple Emperor's inheritance was mainly techniques which used Mind Power for fighting. Therefore, it precisely balanced the flaws of Titus' Mind Power system.

This was like the Spell Casters. No matter how many Spell Models one had constructed, the resulting spells were more or less the same. In a battle, the spells would not change much. What use was that?

If Merlin's Hallucinating spell was unable to entrap an enemy, a Mind Power Master could do nothing but be trampled upon. This was an unusual case. By itself, Titus' Mind Power System was far from being a cultivation system that could compare to the Spell Caster system.

However, the Purple Emperor's inheritance could now be matched with Titus' Mind Power system - one focused on achieving realms, the other used Mind Power as fighting techniques.

Both of these complemented each other. Only then was this a complete cultivation system on par with the Spell Caster system!