Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 212 Pharaoh's Mask Tomb Spirit
What Locke held in his hand was the Shooter Pea that had been synthesized earlier.

In the past two weeks, Locke not only synthesized the special recipe for the Big Green Leaf Banana, but also synthesized three level 6 Shooter Peas into a [Three-Headed Shooter Pea].

Of course, because of this, all the magical plant seeds obtained from the germplasm bank have been used up, either for synthesis or they were not successfully planted.

The Thunder Potato obtained earlier was temporarily synthesized without a special recipe. The level 7 synthesized item, Thunder Potato, is only slightly more powerful than the original version of the Potato.

But this is just a minor improvement.

Unlike the Three-Headed Shooter Pea and the Great Blue Owl Banana, it did not produce huge breeding mutations and benign trait upgrades.

At this moment, Locke was chanting the incantation for the Rapid Fire Spell from the Metal Frenzy series. After hearing the vampire Howard's plea for mercy, Locke frowned and stopped attacking.

Locke, still using [Plant Mimicry: Raptor] to fly in mid-air, pondered for a moment before speaking to Howard, the vampire who was also in the air, and then asked, "You want to join me?"

"It's not impossible. But you have to cooperate with me in the experiment. After my teacher leaves Lilith's Hut, you will be my sole experimental subject. As long as you cooperate with me in the experiment, I will give you your freedom after I become a formal wizard."

Locke did this because if the vampire Howard actively cooperated with his experiments, it would improve the quality of his experimental data.

It also serves as a reference for improving one's current fighting style and combat against the vampire apprentices of the Blood Curse Court.

Locke said, "Of course, you'll have to leave the Black Wizard Organization by then."

A glimmer of hope rose in Howard's heart, though he didn't know how long it would take before Locke became a full-fledged wizard.

But it is still a glimmer of hope.

Howard immediately agreed. "Yes, Master. I will tell you everything I know and do my best to cooperate with your experiments."

"Relax your attention." Locke softly uttered the incantation to summon the tomb spirit. In an instant, vampire Howard felt an incredibly cold, energetic object appear above his head, pressing heavily on his shoulder.

Locke glanced at the tomb spirit he had summoned with surprise.

At this time, the tomb spirit is not transparent and invisible.

Instead, it was enormous, with a tombstone on its head, decorated with something like a pharaoh's mask, and in the center of that mask was a demonic eye.

The appearance and energy of a summoned spirit will change depending on the caster's current state and mana.

Clearly, after Locke modified his bloodline with ancient creature blood, his magical power changed to some extent, resulting in a change in the appearance of this tomb spirit, which also seemed to have become more powerful.

The Pharaoh Mask Tomb Spirit pressed down directly on the vampire Howard, almost causing him to fall from the sky. And the instant Howard released his soul magic pressure structure, it immediately and forcibly possessed the vampire Howard's body.

"The spell to summon tomb spirits has actually been enhanced by the ancient creature bloodline within me," Locke pondered. "Of course, it's just that I've just completed the bloodline modification and can't perfectly control this energy, so the appearance and abilities of the summoned tomb spirits have been affected."

With a thought, Locke caused the tomb spirit, which had already completed its possession state, to change its appearance again, reverting to a similar form to the tomb spirit that old man McCarthy had summoned, and its body was in a semi-transparent, invisible state.

'An invisible tomb spirit is more suitable for lurking on others. The possessed person won't even be aware of its presence. When necessary, I can use the bloodline energy of ancient creatures to enhance the tomb spirit I've placed on others, transforming it into a Pharaoh's Mask tomb spirit, thus strengthening its possession effect,' Locke thought quickly.

'The Pharaoh's Mask Tomb Spirit seems to have gained some offensive capabilities,' Locke pondered. 'I can have the Pharaoh's Mask Tomb Spirit launch physical attacks against Howard.'

'If I can do this to Howard, a first-class wizarding apprentice of the Blood Curse Court, I can do this to that second-class dark wizarding apprentice I planted the tomb spirit in.'

'All I need to do is get close enough to him.'

He had only recently come into contact with archaeological magic, and it was clear that archaeology, being a form of magic originating from the land of black wizards, was indeed unpredictable and ever-changing.

A single [Summon Tomb Spirit] can have so many variations.

With the blessing of the Three-Eyed Tiger Cat bloodline within him, the spell [Summon Tomb Spirit] was strengthened to at least the level of 0.7 rings!

However, given that his ancient biological bloodline was modified using archaeological methods, such a chain of changes should be expected.

After Locke planted the tomb spirit within him, vampire Howard breathed a sigh of relief. In his mind, Locke had placed some kind of restriction on him.

According to the rules of the black wizards, he would be Locke's slave and his property.

Now that he was Locke's property, he no longer seemed to need to fear that Locke might suddenly beat him.

Surprisingly, the vampire Howard flew closer to Locke, saying, "Master, the curses and magic on me have been removed by your teacher. So now I belong to you completely."

Locke gestured for him to move away with some disdain. "Now I'm going to use you to test the Vampire Baron's basic combat abilities, as well as the power of my plant-based magic."

"You practice with me."

"You stand still for now."

Howard the vampire immediately stood still.

These people grew up in the land of dark wizards, and their values ​​are already different from others.

They have an instinctive obedience to their master.

This doesn't require enchanting spells or methods of manipulating mental states to control them.

Locke raised the Three-Headed Pea Shooter with both hands, chanted the Rapid Fire Spell, and with a thought, three steel peas shot out from the horn like bullets, heading towards Howard.

Two burning steel bullets whizzed past him and landed on the ground, creating a crater the size of a fist, which was still burning with flames.

A flaming steel bullet struck vampire Howard in the shoulder, crushing his left shoulder and setting the area around it ablaze.

Locke saw a True Sight crystal ball floating by and recorded the scene.

This way, I can carefully and repeatedly watch these scenes later, observe and learn, and improve my combat skills.

“A single Burning Steelball Pea doesn’t do that much damage to a Vampire Apprentice with 200 mana,” Locke pondered, as the three-headed Shooter Pea in his hand simultaneously burped from its horn, spitting out sparks.

"However, the main stem of a regular Shooter Pea stores 600 Gunpla Peas, while the main stem of the Shooter Pea I synthesized stores 1200 Gunpla Peas."

"Furthermore, after using the [Rapid Fire Spell], the Three-Headed Shooter Pea's full-speed firing rate is 200 rounds per minute."

"The rate of fire at half speed is 100 rounds per minute."

"The slow firing rate is 10 rounds per minute."

"There are also point firings like the one we just saw, with each port capable of firing about 3-4 times per minute."

"As long as there are enough incendiary steel bullets and pea bullets, these first-class wizard apprentice vampires can be killed just as easily."

The 0.8 ring rapid-fire spell has four modes: 1. Full-speed firing mode; 2. Half-speed firing mode; 3. Slow firing mode; 4. Burst firing mode.

These four modes are each suitable for dealing with different situations.

Therefore, Locke needed to use this vampire to test his combat style in order to improve his ability to fight vampires using the Rapid Fire Charm, the Split Charm, and the Three-Headed Pea Shooter.

Locke looked at the vampire Howard and commanded, "Now you start trying to escape by any means necessary, whether you fly through the air or run on the road, whether you use curse magic or other spells."

"It will be all right."

"I need to borrow you to rapidly improve my shooting accuracy within these five days."

Locke's three-headed pea shooter simultaneously let out a burp accompanied by sparks.

(End of this chapter)