Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 185

In the eyes of many Wizards, only Witchcraft Items could be considered true magical objects.

Anything below that, like Alchemical-Grade or Luminescent-Grade, was simply substandard or even inferior. Even the lowest-level First-Rank Witchcraft Item possessed power far exceeding that of Luminescent-Grade magical objects. High-rank Witchcraft Items were even comparable to legendary Artifacts.

In a well-lit workshop, a large worktable was laden with countless Luminescent-Grade magical items. These were all crafted by Su Nan during this period.

He’d already planned out the types of Witchcraft Items he wanted to make. A protective Witchcraft Item was a must. Considering the outstanding performance of the Extreme Protection Ring in the past, Su Nan decided to stick to this type for the new protective Witchcraft Item.

Force field protection was, in fact, the choice of most Wizards. Besides physical attacks, a protective force field also offered excellent defense against intangible attacks like soul shock. But Su Nan’s ambitions went beyond mere protection.

Simply defending wasn’t enough to satisfy him. It would be ideal to add some extra functionalities while still providing protection. Adding offensive capabilities was clearly impossible. Even an Attack-Defense combined Magic Emblem Core had to separate attack and defense, incapable of doing both simultaneously. The same applied to magical items.

However, while offensive abilities were out of the question, some auxiliary capabilities like crowd control or debuffing were feasible. Su Nan had found numerous magic item design blueprints in the batch of books from Starlight Tower, so he decided to seek inspiration from them, borrowing ideas from many magical items and researching to create a new Alchemical-Grade magical item.

The reason for choosing Alchemical-Grade was that creating new Luminescent-Grade magical items was simply too difficult. As he could always use synthesis to enhance it, Su Nan naturally chose the simpler option, focusing on designing the desired function.

The final magic ring he crafted still possessed the invisible force field protection of a Protective Ring. However, the force field was no longer as close to the user’s body as before, instead expanding significantly in volume, forming a spherical force field with a one-meter radius centered around the user.

Any enemy entering this force field would be suppressed by it, essentially getting a “heavy pressure” buff, severely hindering their movements. With this, the new magical item achieved the effect of both defense and crowd control.

Naturally, the addition of functionality came with a reduction in the effectiveness of individual functions. The most apparent was the significant decline in the defensive capabilities of the force field. But Su Nan wasn’t bothered, as Magic Cube synthesis could solve this problem.

He began the synthesis process, placing the rings on the worktable one by one into the Magic Cube. After twenty-six rings, the synthesis interface instantly displayed the word “Witchcraft Item.” However, this was only the lowest-level Witchcraft Item. Su Nan didn’t stop and continued adding more rings.

With each additional ring synthesized, Su Nan had to take out the Witchcraft Item and try to sense it. The use of Witchcraft Items was also subject to the limitations of spiritual power.

Without sufficient spiritual power, forcing the use of high-rank Witchcraft Items would only lead to backlash and detrimental consequences. He couldn’t let the Witchcraft Item’s power exceed his tolerance limit.

Finally, after synthesizing seventy-eight rings, Su Nan felt an impending sense of overload. “Is this the limit?”

Su Nan glanced at the synthesis interface. The level displayed was still “First-Rank.” He had a vague feeling that this Witchcraft Item was still quite a distance from breaking through to Second-Rank. However, his current strength could only handle this much.

“I’ll continue the synthesis after improving my condensation progress.”

Su Nan took out the ring and put it on, then activated it. In an instant, the surrounding air seemed to distort, and an invisible wave, centered on Su Nan, suddenly spread outward.

Creak!

The metal worktable in front of him suddenly flattened, as if an invisible giant hand had pressed down on it with force.

Accompanied by a piercing screech of unbearable pressure, the worktable, forged from enchanted refined iron, which was even tougher than a steel Magic Puppet, instantly turned into a flattened pile of scrap metal.

Su Nan inwardly exclaimed “Oops,” and quickly activated his thoughts, dispelling the heavy pressure that had been engulfing the scrap metal. As the user of the Witchcraft Item, he could decide the target of the force field.

“Force field radius, about five meters.” Su Nan nodded silently.

This was akin to a small domain. From the worktable turning into scrap, it could be judged that this force field, just with the heavy pressure alone, could easily obliterate a First-Rank Legendary.

But he still needed to test it out properly.

Su Nan teleported to the training area and unleashed a few Gold Magic Puppets and Secret Puppets to begin testing. The results were very satisfactory.

Even powerful Gold Magic Puppets were unable to move within the force field.

The Fourth-Rank Legendary Secret Puppets could barely move under the heavy pressure, but their speed was no better than that of an eighty-year-old. It could be said that creatures below the Wizard level, once within the force field’s range, would have to use all their strength just to resist the heavy pressure, leaving them unable to do anything else.

If used against First-Rank or Second-Rank Legendary creatures, the heavy pressure effect, which was originally just an auxiliary one, could easily deal devastating damage.

In terms of defense, if converted into defense rating, it would be approximately between fifty-three thousand and fifty-five thousand. This was fifty times the defense rating of the Extreme Protection Ring! Such astounding defensive power was barely inferior to his talent, “Liquid Metal.”

Of course, “Liquid Metal” provided defense against instantaneous damage, while the force field provided defense against sustained damage. Once its energy was depleted, it would need to be recharged before it could be used again. Its defense was still inferior to the former.

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The only advantage was that it could be mass-equipped.

“Too bad there’s no Wizard-level combat power to assist with testing, otherwise, I could get more specific data.” Su Nan felt a slight pang of regret.

Despite that, the current test data was already quite satisfying.

“I need to come up with a new name.”

Caressing the ring’s textured surface, covered in ridges and bumps, Su Nan quickly had an idea. “I’ll call it ‘Forbidden Zone’ then.”

Synthesizing the Forbidden Zone had consumed nearly all his rings, forcing Su Nan to pause the thought of synthesizing a second one.

Just like the Extreme Protection Ring, he intended to synthesize at least five “Forbidden Zones” to wear on his person. No one would ever have too many ways to save their lives.

However, the amount of magical items needed to synthesize Witchcraft Items was quite considerable. He’d have to accumulate them for a while.

After dealing with the protective Witchcraft Item, the next would naturally be the offensive Witchcraft Item. In this aspect, Su Nan had his sights set on a Luminescent-Grade magical item called “Black Thunder” from those design blueprints in Starlight Tower.

The main material for crafting Black Thunder was taken from Thunderstone, found deep within the Lightning Element Plane.

These stones had been bombarded by lightning for centuries. Over hundreds of years, all impurities and dross had been eroded away by lightning, leaving behind the most refined essence, imbued with exceptionally rich and violent lightning energy particles.

Black Thunder, crafted from Thunderstone, could, upon activation, transform all lightning energy particles into violent, pitch-black thunder, launching a thunderous strike against the target, with immense power.

Su Nan was drawn to this simple, straightforward, yet powerful form of attack. After all, he already had “Liquid Metal” for agile attacks.

He had quite a few Thunderstones among the materials obtained from Starlight Tower. Su Nan spent a month refining over ten Black Thunders, then synthesized them into the ultimate Witchcraft Item.

A Secret Puppet, even at its strongest, wouldn’t be able to withstand the power of an offensive Witchcraft Item. So he could only find a deserted place to simply test Black Thunder’s power before stopping.

To obtain truly detailed data, he’d have to wait for Infiltrator to evolve into a Dragon, when he would have a suitable test subject.

Su Nan intended to use the remaining Thunderstones to craft a few more Black Thunders and synthesize a second Witchcraft Item. To make more Black Thunder Witchcraft Items afterwards, he’d have to travel to the Lightning Element Plane and collect more Thunderstones.

Although First-Rank Wizards still lacked the ability to travel through planes, they could briefly enter an Element Plane. But the Lightning Element Plane was known for its danger among all Element Planes.

Considering the risks, Su Nan planned to accumulate more strength and resources before venturing into it.

It’s worth mentioning that while testing the Forbidden Zone and Black Thunder, Su Nan noticed a crucial issue: the charging of Witchcraft Items.

Witchcraft Items possessed immense power, but the energy particles they needed to absorb after depletion were far more numerous than those required by Luminescent-Grade magical items. This meant that, in the current environment of Starlight Continent, charging Witchcraft Items had become a very time-consuming process.

A preliminary estimate suggested that it would take over two months for the Forbidden Zone to fully recharge. Black Thunder, due to its reliance on absorbing only lightning energy particles, charged even slower, taking approximately eight months for a full charge.

The only benefit was that Black Thunder’s power wasn’t affected by energy depletion, as its power came from the stored energy particles.

“In the future, when I encounter battles, I should try to use Liquid Metal as much as possible.”

Compared to spells and magical items, Liquid Metal’s energy consumption was far lower.

Talent energy was inherently less affected by energy depletion, and Liquid Metal wasn’t particularly dependent on energy particle concentration, so its impact was naturally reduced.

If not for this, Su Nan’s combat power as a Wizard would likely be reduced to a level not much stronger than a Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice.

Putting away the Witchcraft Items, Su Nan took a long sigh of relief.

The most important potions and Witchcraft Items were all taken care of. He could now focus his energy on other aspects.

For example, Puppets.

During this period, Su Nan had made time to fill out the high-end combat power of two small Magic Puppet Legions. Now, the entire Star Alliance already had six small Magic Puppet Legions. To be more precise, one medium-sized Magic Puppet Legion and one small Magic Puppet Legion.

The seventh small Magic Puppet Legion was also in the process of being formed. However, the main force behind crafting Magic Puppets was the base’s apprentices. Su Nan was only responsible for a small number of high-rank Puppets, not consuming much of his energy.

His focus was on Secret Puppets.

In the two years or so since he’d left, the Star Alliance had successively developed three silver ore veins, including a medium-sized silver ore vein, accumulating nearly thirty kilograms of mithril. It was enough to craft two Secret Puppets.

However, Su Nan didn’t plan on doing so.

He had been forced to craft simpler versions of Secret Puppets due to the limitations of skills, materials, and strength. Now that he had materials, sufficient strength and skill levels, he could finally try crafting the original version of the Secret Puppet.

The full version of the Secret Puppet could easily achieve combat power comparable to a formal Wizard!

“The full version Secret Puppet requires approximately thirty-six kilograms of mithril.”

Su Nan had recently earned a large sum from the spatial rings of Starlight Tower and the Truth Council members. Among the materials he obtained were over ten kilograms of mithril. Added to the mithril in the Dragon Forest warehouse, it was more than enough to craft the full version Secret Puppet.

“My Wizard-level spiritual power and 5-level [Puppetry Refining] are also sufficient for crafting it.”

Besides mithril, the full version Secret Puppet also required a large amount of gems, rare metals, and most importantly, a medium-sized Soul Crystal. Su Nan had all these materials now, lying in his spatial ring, all contributed by Starlight Tower and the Truth Council.

However, having just finished crafting the Witchcraft Items, Su Nan intended to take a few days to rest and recuperate before crafting the Secret Puppet.

Returning to his study, Su Nan sat down behind his desk and picked up a book. He had been diligently reading the books he brought back from Starlight Tower.

Besides knowledge, he had also learned some secrets about the incident a thousand years ago.

There weren’t just one, but countless other planes across the multiverse that had experienced Element Deserts.

Over countless epochs, similar planes were numerous.

Wizards had also summarized some patterns.

The causes of Element Deserts were diverse, but the two most common were:

The first was plane origin weakening. To put it simply, it was when a plane’s lifespan was nearing its end, leading to a drastic reduction in elemental energy.

This kind of Element Desert was irreversible and would continue to worsen until the plane’s origin completely dissipated, causing the entire plane to vanish.

The second was related to the plane barrier.

There were countless planes in the multiverse, each with a unique type.

Not all planes possessed objects like gravity, soil, magma, sunlight, air, and water. Some planes were even completely void, lacking even a piece of land to step on.

But any complete plane that spawned life would inevitably possess elemental energies like earth, water, wind, fire, lightning, etc. The only difference was the quantity.

These planes and the Element Planes were separated by a special plane barrier, which, to put it simply, could be described as a layer of gauze with many small holes.

Through this “gauze,” elemental energy could slowly flow into the plane.

When Wizards (Apprentices) opened up Element Pools, they were essentially expanding a hole in the “gauze,” increasing the amount of flowing elemental energy.

However, a thousand years ago, the barrier between Starlight Continent and the Element Planes underwent a change. The holes in this “gauze” became smaller, leading to a significant reduction in the flow of elemental energy, turning Starlight Continent into an Element Desert.

To solve this problem, before leaving Starlight Continent, the Wizards worked together to perform a sealing repair on the plane barrier. According to their estimates, Starlight Continent’s plane barrier would be fully restored in about two thousand years.

During this period, Starlight Continent would be completely isolated, and any existence with a life level exceeding a certain limit would be unable to enter or leave the plane. Forcing entry or exit would inevitably come with a heavy price.

In fact, many planes had similar rules, which was why entities with high life levels like gods were unable to easily descend to material planes.

The Wizards had simply further strengthened this restriction based on Starlight Continent’s existing rules, to prevent any high-level entities from entering or leaving, disrupting the gradually recovering elemental balance.