Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 192
Dragon Bone Tower, study.
Su Nan flipped through the battle report in his hand, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.
In the report, Sherman mentioned that the Dark Elves had mastered a very powerful half-human, half-spider monster, most likely a four-ring legendary creature, or even stronger.
“Half-human, half-spider monster?”
Su Nan’s eyes flickered.
Similar monsters were not uncommon in the Underworld. After all, mutated spider species were one of the major lineages of the Underworld.
However, there were none that could reach the four-ring legendary level.
Plus, with the characteristic of having an upper body of a Dark Elf, a thought immediately popped into his mind.
Could it be a Spiderized Elf?
Su Nan’s expression became somewhat serious.
There were countless gods in the multiverse, and it was difficult for anyone to remember all of them.
Su Nan only remembered a few of the most powerful gods, and some that were more distinctive.
Like the Spider Queen.
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She was an evil deity who mastered the laws of assassination, darkness, and spiders.
She was cruel and capricious. She loved to make her followers fight among themselves, killing each other for power, and she enjoyed watching her followers please her with death, destruction, and torment.
Among all the gods, the Spider Queen’s power wasn’t considered strong. It was barely enough to be considered middle-of-the-road.
The reason Su Nan remembered this deity was because in the era of the Wizard’s Return, which was many years later, there were wizards who had joined forces to attack the Spider Queen, but they were ambushed and suffered heavy casualties.
This incident had caused quite a stir in the wizarding community at the time.
The Spider Queen had many followers, including Hunt Spiders, Half-Spider Devoted, It-Thing, Soul-Devouring Spider, Phase Spider, Demon-Hunting Spider, Wax-Melting Demon, and Dark Elves.
Su Nan remembered that one of the “materials” used to create a Spiderized Elf was a Dark Elf.
The birth ceremony of a Spiderized Elf was evil. It involved raising a large number of spiders to kill each other in a “raising-gu” style. (Raising gu is a practice in Chinese culture where various insects are placed in a container and allowed to fight each other until only one survives.) The blood and souls of the losers were absorbed by the winner, becoming nutrients. Ultimately, the only winner became a terrifying monster that had fused with countless spiders.
Then it would absorb the blood and souls of multiple Dark Elves. This is how the Spiderized Elf was born.
Spiderized Elves born through this ritual possessed power that surpassed four-ring legends.
While they hadn’t yet reached the level of a formal wizard, if four or five Spiderized Elves teamed up, in the current special environment of the Starlight Continent, they might have a chance of fighting a formal wizard.
“But why are there Spiderized Elves in the Spiderweb City?” Su Nan pondered with a frown.
As a divine creature, only the Spider Queen could create a Spiderized Elf.
The ritual only created a vessel for the Spiderized Elf. Only when the Spider Queen descended her divine power could the Spiderized Elf be successfully created.
“Could it be that the Spider Queen’s tentacles have already penetrated the Starlight Continent?”
Suddenly, Su Nan recalled that in his memory, Spiderweb City seemed to have unified the Southeast Region of the Underworld around the year 1300 of the Starlight Calendar.
Previously, when Sherman and the others had encountered the Dark Elves, he had also thought about this. At the time, he had been puzzled as to why the Dark Elves, who always liked to fight among themselves, would suddenly abandon their internal struggles and unite to expand outwards.
But if it was the Spider Queen, everything made sense.
Only an order from a deity could suppress the Dark Elves’ personal interests and make them abandon their infighting to unite.
And only with the support of a deity could Spiderweb City, whose power was not considered strong, suddenly have the power to unify the Southeast Region.
What puzzled Su Nan was how the Spider Queen had infiltrated her power into the Starlight Continent?
After all, the current Starlight Continent had long been sealed off by the combined efforts of the wizards. Unless she paid a huge price, the Spider Queen shouldn’t be able to break through the seal with her power.
After thinking for a moment without a result, Su Nan shook his head and stopped pondering.
He now considered the Starlight Continent his own private land. No matter what schemes the Spider Queen had in mind, he would not allow her to touch his belongings.
The Spider Queen couldn’t possibly descend in person. As long as she didn’t descend in person, Su Nan wasn’t afraid at all.
If she dared to reach in, he would cut off her hand.
After thinking for a while, Su Nan summoned Carollina and instructed, “Deploy the Secret Puppets to Hammer City and have them deal with the Spiderized Elves.
“Also, if you kill a Spiderized Elf, send the corpse back here immediately.”
Divine creatures were essentially a type of divine being. They contained divine energy, so they couldn’t be wasted.
An idea vaguely formed in Su Nan’s mind.
If everything went well, he might have another way to obtain divine energy.
Carollina quickly took her orders and left to make arrangements.
Su Nan didn’t intend to tell his subordinates about the Spider Queen.
Gods hadn’t appeared on the Starlight Continent for many years, but many legends about gods still circulated on the continent.
In the eyes of wizards, gods were just high-level lifeforms, valuable materials that were full of potential for experimentation.
But in the eyes of ordinary people, gods were superior beings that could not be violated or offended.
Letting his subordinates know about the Spider Queen would only cause unnecessary worry and panic.
After all, they didn’t need to face the Spiderized Elves. The Secret Puppets would naturally take care of these divine creatures.
Snapping out of his thoughts, Su Nan put down the front-line battle report and turned to open the report from the Starlight Academy.
A new batch of students had enrolled in the Starlight Academy, and everything was going smoothly. No problems had arisen.
Currently, the Starlight Academy had more than 800 students.
And with the size of the Starfall Empire’s territory, the rate of student growth would not be slow. It was estimated that the total number of students would reach a thousand within seven or eight years at most.
By then, the number of second-rank sorcerer apprentices should also reach triple digits.
“It’s a pity that the number of third-rank sorcerer apprentices is still too small. Otherwise, many things would be much easier.”
The academy tutors and the resources for refining all required a considerable number of third-rank sorcerer apprentices.
However, Su Nan understood that this was not something that could be rushed.
Even with sufficient resources, it would still take Sherman and the others at least two or three decades to grow into third-rank sorcerer apprentices.
After all, not everyone was like him, who had a Synthetic Magic Cube.
Putting down the academy report, Su Nan picked up another document.
It was written with a large title.
《龙林2区改造兼亚龙种血脉提升计划》
[Dragon Forest Zone 2 Renovation and Sub-Dragon Bloodline Enhancement Plan]
This was a new plan that Su Nan had recently conceived.
The Dragon Forest was now operating stably, and the energy overflow had been ongoing for a long time.
About one-third of the energy cycle was constantly idle.
Therefore, Su Nan had been thinking about how to utilize this part of the energy cycle lately.
The only energy consumption in Zone 2 currently came from the large magic plant garden.
However, although it was called “large,” the magic plant garden only occupied a small part of the area. Most of Zone 2 was still vacant.
After careful consideration, Su Nan decided to restart Zone 2.
Of course, he wasn’t going to cultivate dragons.
First of all, he couldn’t find any real dragons. Even if he did, he wasn’t sure he could control them, let alone cultivate them.
He planned to relocate all the sub-dragon species groups in Zone 1 with bloodline concentration above 70% to Zone 2, turning it into a large breeding ground for high-level sub-dragons.
On this basis, he would use the method of enhancing the concentration of the Infiltrator Dragon bloodline to gradually improve the bloodline concentration of these high-level sub-dragon species groups.
Since he couldn’t find any real dragons, he would cultivate them himself.
Gradually improving the bloodline concentration of the sub-dragon species groups and then fixing the bloodline concentration through reproduction.
By accumulating changes to achieve qualitative changes, he would eventually be able to cultivate real dragons.
However, this would be a very long process.
It might take hundreds of years to see any noticeable results.
But Su Nan could wait.
After all, the next seven hundred years would be a period of development. He could afford to wait this long.
And by then, he should have enough power to cultivate dragons.
“Almost a thousand sub-dragons need to undergo bloodline refinement surgery. This is a huge project.”
Su Nan couldn’t possibly complete this plan on his own.
He divided the whole plan into several steps.
Collecting sub-dragon blood would naturally be assigned to second-rank sorcerer apprentices at the Starlight Academy in the form of tasks.
He was only responsible for synthesizing sub-dragon blood.
As for the bloodline refinement surgery, it would also be assigned to Rose, Staff, and Traveler in the form of tasks.
“If it’s just Rose, Staff, and Traveler, the initial progress of the plan probably won’t be fast.”
Su Nan thought for a moment and added a new executor to the plan.
Second-rank sorcerer apprentices who were proficient in biological modification could also take on tasks.
After revising the plan, Su Nan closed the plan document and placed it aside. He would start the preliminary work tomorrow.
Then, he summoned his panel.
【Su Nan · Arnest, Human Male】
【Aetherization: 1.64%】
【Skills】
Star Ring Meditation Method Lv19 (MAX)
Potion Making Lv5 (35/20000)
Biological Modification Lv4 (924/10000)
Puppetry Refining Lv5 (10356/20000)
Magic Item Creation Lv4 (7294/10000)
Looking at the data on the panel, Su Nan shook his head slightly.
A year had passed, and his spiritual power condensation progress had only increased by less than 0.3%.
Deep in his consciousness sea, the aetherized spiritual power surrounding the talent crystal hardly showed any change.
“The progress is still too slow.”
“Hopefully, the front lines will bring some surprises.”
The only thing worth celebrating was that [Potion Making] had finally broken through to level 5.
[Puppetry Refining] had also increased significantly in proficiency because of the recent large-scale refining of high-level magic puppets. The progress bar was already over half full.
[Magic Item Creation] had also increased in proficiency because of the refining of magic weapons.
The only skill that had barely moved was [Biological Modification].
After all, apart from enhancing the bloodline concentration of the Infiltrator Dragons, he rarely used this skill anymore.
In the dark underground passage, there was an eerie silence, only the faint sound of footsteps echoing.
Walking alone in the passage, Targana’s beautiful face remained calm and composed. With every step she took, her figure was always enveloped in shadow, like an elf merging with the darkness.
After passing through several forks in the road without stopping, Targana suddenly halted.
At the same time, a voice filled with vigilance came from the darkness ahead.
“Who’s there?”
“Offer blood, death, and souls to the Queen. The spiderwebs of the Abyss will spread throughout the world.”
As Targana uttered the code phrase, the faint killing intent surrounding her instantly dissipated.
Footsteps came from the darkness ahead.
Vinya walked out, followed by two male Dark Elves.
Unlike Vinya and Targana, who wore fine chainmail armor, cloaks, and two obviously well-made curved swords on their waists, the two male Dark Elves only wore leather armor. They had no other armor and only carried a curved sword each.
The two men were several steps behind Vinya, their eyes lowered, not daring to meet Vinya’s gaze.
In Spiderweb City, female Dark Elf warriors had the right to punish lower-ranking male Dark Elves who dared to offend them.
The reasons for offense were numerous. Staring at a female Dark Elf for too long was one of them.
In fact, as long as a female Dark Elf was in a bad mood, she could always find a suitable reason.
“How is the situation?” Vinya asked impatiently.
Targana shook her head, then replied, “Tarren City has been captured by the Star Alliance. I saw the magic puppets standing on the city wall.”
“Damn it!” Vinya couldn’t help but curse. “How could the Star Alliance be so fast? We’ve been rushing day and night!”
Targana pursed her lips and said nothing.
The Star Alliance’s main force was the tireless Magic Puppet Legion. It was simply a mistake to compete with them in terms of marching speed.
Besides, their army also had the demoralized slave troops holding them back.
“What should we do next?” Targana asked.
Vinya thought for a moment and said, “We have to report this to the Mother. Tarren City is the only way to pass through this area. The Mother will definitely order us to attack Tarren City!”
Targana hesitated.
Seeing her expression, Vinya frowned, waved her hand to signal the two male Dark Elves to move back a little, then walked forward, lowering her voice, “Are you thinking about that again?”
Targana sighed and said, “I just think it’s too risky to go to war with the Star Alliance. They’re a huge force that has conquered half of the Southeast Region. And they have wizards among them. I’m really not optimistic about this war.”
Vinya rolled her eyes and said, “You’re worrying too much. Don’t forget we have the Spiderized Elves bestowed by the Queen!”
Mentioning the Spiderized Elves, Vinya’s face revealed a touch of excitement.
“You saw the previous battle. Our enemies were no match for the Spiderized Elves. They were easily defeated. The Star Alliance will be the same!
“No matter how powerful a wizard is, can they be more powerful than a Spiderized Elf?”
Looking at Vinya’s confidence, Targana’s lips twitched. In the end, she didn’t say anything.
Unlike other fanatical members of her race, she always harbored a sense of unease towards the Queen.
Vinya glanced at her and whispered, “It’s fine to say these depressing words in front of me. But don’t let anyone else hear you. If it gets back to the Mother and the Martial Arts Instructor, you’ll be in for a hard time!”
Targana’s expression tightened. She nodded heavily, “I understand the seriousness.”
The Dark Elves’ torture methods were infamous throughout the Underworld. They didn’t spare their enemies, and they were just as ruthless, even enjoying torturing their own kind who had made mistakes.
Targana didn’t want to try it.
The two stopped talking and turned to walk towards the camp.
Soon, the originally silent camp was filled with commotion. A large number of slave troops were driven out and marched towards Tarren City.