Wizards: Starting with Synthetic Gems

Chapter 582 The Overlord Sea Sands and the Soul Artifact!

At this moment, the Tree Fern Sea Gold Sand in front of them had grown to about twice its original size, and its surface was covered with majestic black Overlord Demon Patterns, making the Sea Gold Sand resemble a giant green tower.

Around this sea ginseng, some of the metal objects Locke wore, including the magic rings made of magical metal, also began to vibrate incessantly.

An unusual magical pressure radiation zone seemed to linger around the Bawanghai Golden Sands.

Locke walked over, and at the same time, his magical power was suddenly suppressed.

Seeing this confirmed Locke's suspicions. "Sure enough, my magic power was suppressed around the abnormal magic pressure radiation zone surrounding the Tyrant Sea Golden Sands. The Tyrant Sea Golden Sands naturally form a weak magic domain that can suppress magical power."

“No.” Locke snapped his fingers, and a wisp of golden elemental magic flame appeared on his finger. The flame suddenly grew larger.

“I made a mistake. This abnormal magical pressure radiation zone suppresses magic other than gold magic, but it can enhance gold magic. Judging from the degree to which mana is suppressed, it can suppress about half of the magical power of non-gold magic and enhance about half of the magical power of gold magic.”

"With one addition and one subtraction, the golden magic around this Tyrant Sea Gold Sand is naturally 10% stronger than other magic."

"Is this the power of Tyrant Element No. 2?"

According to the information, the No. 1 Overlord Essence extracted from the petals of the Rafflesia flower, after special processing and injection into other plants, can be used to achieve Overlord status and obtain the [Overlord Domain].

The characteristic feature is that the injected plants become very smelly. This special odor is highly toxic and forces local magical creatures to undergo "convergent evolution," either adapting to the toxicity and developing resistance to it, thus acquiring poisonous blood, or dying from the toxic gas.

Therefore, all the magical plants that have been injected with Tyrant Essence No. 1 and have completed the Tyrant cultivation process will undergo a directional change in all their characteristics and exhibit weaponization phenomena.

Even functional magical plants will become combat-type magical plants once they successfully become overlords, and their original functionality will completely disappear.

Of course, such combat-type magical plants may not be of much use.

Because it's a targeted change, not a targeted enhancement, it could either become stronger or weaker.

This involves the compatibility between plant essence and tyrannical elements, and the original genetic potential of the magical plant.

The essence of the Bawanghua cultivation method is that Bawangsu has the potential to specifically stimulate the original plant essence of a certain plant, and this potential is developed by injecting Bawangsu.

If the original plant had no potential, or very little potential, or if it conflicted with the targeted development of Bawangsu, then it would only get worse.

Originally, even magical plants injected with Tyrant Essence needed to be further modified by breeders using the five major cultivation methods to produce usable adult magical plants.

However, Locke shortened this process by using the Queen's Chessboard. Firstly, the plant essence of Lygodium japonicum does have potential for development, and its affinity with Tyrannosaurus reticulata is also quite good.

Furthermore, the cell conjugate was meticulously designed based on the combination process of Lygodium japonicum and Tyrant No. 2. Therefore, Tyrant No. 2 was successfully used in one go to bring out the potential of Lygodium japonicum fern, comprehensively amplifying the overall power of Lygodium japonicum and giving it the [Tyrant Domain].

"Tyrant Essence is indeed a superior natural magical structural component that can stimulate the potential of plant essences." Locke tested the plant characteristics of Tyrant Sea Gold Sand and made a judgment. "Tyrant Essence No. 1 can make the injected magical plant emit specific odor components, which is the direction of Tyrant Domain plant characteristics of Tyrant Essence No. 1."

"As for Tyrant Essence No. 2, after being injected into a plant, it will generate a specific magical pressure radiation band, which will suppress specific magical powers. I'm afraid that if I inject Tyrant Essence No. 2 into the Fire Pearl Tomato Flower, as long as it can be successfully cultivated, the Tyrant-enhanced Fire Pearl Tomato Flower may be able to suppress all magic except fire magic."

Essentially, this is a form of convergent evolution.

A domineering demonic plant will force the natural environment in which it grows to evolve in tandem with all the surrounding plants.

This is convergent evolution.

In fact, it's not just magical plants injected with Tyrant Essence that exhibit this convergent evolution; many other plants in botany possess similar abilities due to their natural magical structural components.

The two types of bawangsu are classic and are natural magical structural components that can help some plants complete the bawang transformation by injecting bawangsu.

Essentially, the use of bawangsu and the use of narcissus inhibitors are the same type of cultivation method, both of which use specific substances to affect the plant's essence and modify the plant.

This is a relatively advanced method of cultivating magical plants.

It relies heavily on the experience and knowledge of the individual breeder.

"With the success of the No. 2 Tyrant Element experiment, I can quickly try to make all the magical plants I have into Tyrants." Locke thought, "Some of them should succeed, and some will fail."

"I'd rather not have those two luxury magical plants. They cost a million magical stones in total, and I can't accept their failure to become overlords."

Locke shook his head slightly at the thought of a hundred magic crystal cards. He couldn't accept the idea of ​​a hundred magic crystal cards going down the drain, especially since the two magic plants were related to his Peach Blossom Thorn Arrow spell.

Locke quickly jotted down notes. "To summarize, the Dominator Transformation allows some plants to gain certain enhancements, while also acquiring a Dominator Domain due to the convergent evolution mechanism."

"However, the downside is that dominance will cause the plant to lose its ability to reproduce, so dominance cannot be used to create a true variety of magical plant. The modified dominance plant can neither reproduce naturally nor be used for grafting."

"The strong toxicity of baconin is only non-toxic to the modified plants. Once it is used for grafting, it will still produce severe toxicity to other plants."

"This is the first drawback, which makes a plant unable to reproduce and can only be used as a weapon."

"The second drawback is that the Tyrant Demon Plant seems difficult to control." Locke touched the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand with his palm, and the Sea Gold Sand reacted violently. The powerful demonic pressure vibrated like a gale, pushing Locke's palm away.

"This places very high demands on the wizard's botanical knowledge and absolute magical pressure."

“Even if an ordinary wizard can fully control this magical plant under normal circumstances, it’s hard to say what will happen once he falls into a state of decline.”

"Not only is it difficult to control, but the mana it consumes also increases dramatically when used."

Locke pondered, "Apart from these two drawbacks, everything else is an advantage. Although cultivating with Tyrant Essence is still a technical task, it's not difficult for me with the Synthesis Cube as a clue."

"The Overlord Transformation can comprehensively enhance the power of a magical plant as a weapon, and can also form a specific Overlord Domain. I need to think carefully about how to develop this No. 2 Overlord Element to bring me huge funds."

Locke recorded the test results.

He used his magic to subdue the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand and completed the magical grafting relationship. Utilizing the power of the forest domain, he transformed himself into an ancient forest, completely suppressing the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand and forcing it to submit to him.

Next, Locke incorporated it into his distributed psionic network, and then planted a regular Shining Sea Gold Sand he had originally used in the Forest Sanctuary.

Now that we have the Overlord Sea Sands, there's no need to use the Shining Sea Sands, which is a subordinate unit of the Overlord Sea Sands.

Inside the dormitory, Locke summoned the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand, a black-green pagoda-shaped Sea Gold Sand floating behind him. Its terrifying magical pressure was second only to his two luxury magical plants, and completely surpassed the magical pressure of all his other magical plants.

Locke couldn't help but wonder if he could transform his Great Blue Leaf Dragon Sparrow into a Tyrant.

Let's further improve our mobility.

He looked at the Tyrant Sea Golden Sand with satisfaction, chanted a spell, and instantly a powerful and terrifying golden magic appeared behind him. Streams of golden sand formed shapes behind him, turning into giant golden spore powder hands.

Locke snapped his fingers, and all the giant hands disintegrated into spore powder, returning to the Tyrant Sea Sands, which had transformed into a black magic-patterned pagoda.

"The Tyrant Sea Gold Sand, which utilizes the convergent evolution mechanism of plants, can definitely keep the enemy busy in battle."

Locke pondered, "With this thing, I'll be much more confident in exploring the tomb of the nameless king's wife in the Abyss Ruins."

"I just don't know what kind of personality the Holy Master Sister who accompanied me, whom my mentor Ekaterina introduced me to, is like."

Locke realized that the witch Catherine had also arranged a magical combat competition for him at the sports festival, and he needed to prepare carefully.

After all, the magic combat competition was related to whether he could participate in the Silent Holy Grail Championship.

Moreover, the magic combat competition is also in two months, which means that not long after I finish participating in the sports festival, I will have to go to the Abyss Ruins immediately.

Therefore, with so many things to do, it's best to make the most of these two months to improve your magical pressure and work on the True Knowledge Institute's fund.

Time waits for no one.

Locke checked that there was still time, so instead of immediately taking the cloud whale to the defense meeting, he took the cloud whale to Dragonblood Market Castle.

On the way, the Celtic leader sent him a message via the water hyacinth. "Locke, I received a message from the Throne of Catherine saying you've signed up for the magic combat tournament at the Sports Festival. Your goal is to obtain a spot in the Silent Holy Grail, right?"

"It's just a bit tricky. The wizards vying for this spot are usually those with the highest level of magic pressure at the first ring. Some of them have been stuck at this level for many years, waiting to obtain resources through this competition. You have a lot of competitors, and relatively speaking, your magic pressure is not an advantage."

"Compared to them, you've only just entered the first stage of crystallization. Your foundation isn't quite enough, so this spell-fighting tournament will actually be tough for you." "In a few days, when I have time, I'll organize some information on your main opponents in the spell-fighting tournament and give it to you, how about that?"

Locke, seated atop the Narwhal, sent a message to the Celtic team leader: "Thank you, team leader."

"sorry to bother you."

I really need this information.

With my current level of access, I cannot fully obtain this information. If the Celtic team leader were willing to help me collect it, that would be ideal.

The Celtic team leader sent a smiley face emoji.

Soon, Locke arrived at the Dragonblood Gathering Market. This time, he did not enter the Feathered Serpent Pavilion, nor the Golden Peach Garden or the Silver Plum Garden.

Instead, they entered a large alchemy workshop located on the third floor of the castle, the Rex Copper Furnace Workshop.

In front of this large alchemy workshop stands a huge brass furnace, with a roaring fire inside, which is quite eye-catching.

Locke walked in and immediately saw that the shop was bustling with many wizards and some traders.

This workshop appears to have been opened by a master alchemist named Rex, who is a third-circle alchemist.

Of course, the Third Ring Road and the Second Ring Road are located upstairs, which I cannot access, and the first floor where I am is clearly in the First Ring Road area.

An ordinary wizard trader approached Locke and asked, "What do you need, researcher from Golden Crown Mountain?"

Locke stated simply, "I want to come here to buy [Soul Artifacts], wands, and artifacts that can increase my combat power."

The trader's eyes lit up slightly; a customer who could name a Soul Artifact was definitely not an ordinary customer.

He immediately gestured for him to proceed. "Soul artifacts can increase the speed of your magic pressure increase by one level, making them invaluable treasures. Soul artifacts can perfectly fuse with a wizard's soul, so even if you become a second-level wizard, a soul artifact can still increase your magic pressure increase speed. Furthermore, the better the soul artifact, the more additional functions it possesses."

"It's a magical artifact that wealthy wizards would buy."

“My mentor is Master Rex. Master Rex came from the Fission Plains, so he was good at forging the soul artifacts of the Bronze Furnace. We, his students, are also good at these.”

"Our bronze magical artifact—the Soul Furnace—is indeed quite famous in the Golden Crown Mountain region. I believe this customer has heard of it, which is why he came to our shop. However, bronze magical artifacts are different from ordinary magical artifacts, not to mention that they are unique soul magical artifacts among bronze magical artifacts."

"There are too many people here, please come with me. Let's talk in the VIP room."

Locke nodded slightly.

They left the store and entered a lavishly decorated interior.

The trader took out a heavy booklet and placed it in front of Locke. "Look, this is a list of types of Soul Furnaces. A Soul Furnace is a magical artifact that needs to be perfectly compatible with the wizard's soul. It is a magical artifact that can grow, and it can grow with the growth of the wizard. With a little modification by us alchemists and some raw materials, it can even be upgraded to a second-ring magical artifact, and continue to upgrade within the second-ring magical artifact."

"Growing up alongside the wizard. But because of this, such magical artifacts cannot be made in advance for you to choose from; they can only be custom-made."

"Moreover, once its owner dies, this magical artifact is essentially useless."

"Because no one can use it."

"Take a look and see what kind of soul furnace you need. It contains the spirituality and magical pressure of various bronze furnaces, all from the hands of alchemists in our sect. You only need to feel the changes in its magical pressure and spirituality to find the one that suits you best."

Locke nodded, looked at the magic painting in the album, then closed his eyes, felt the magic pressure emanating from the painting, and then casually tapped it.

The trader's eyes lit up immediately. "Your talent is remarkable. This is my teacher's creation, a first-ring level bronze magic furnace seed, only five million!"

"It's called the Solar Forge. It can grow alongside a wizard to the second ring without being forged by an alchemist. It can increase a wizard's soul talent, increase their magic pressure increase speed, directly increase their soul limit, increase their connection to the spirituality of the sun, and increase the attack power of all their spells by about 10%..."

Locke's lips twitched. "What?! A first-ring magic artifact costs five million magic stones?!"

The trader explained, "This is a million-level magical artifact, crafted by a master alchemist, and it even bears my ancestor's signature. It's a top-tier, first-level luxury item! It's not even an entry-level piece; it's a symbol of status. When you have a party, take this out, put it on the table, and wow..."

Locke gave him a deep look and noticed that the trader only mentioned that it had Master Rex's signature, without saying whether he had forged it himself.

I don't want to fall for this kind of "stupidity tax" anyway.

Locke said, "No, I just want to buy a regular soul artifact. A soul artifact that can increase my magic pressure increase speed and increase my soul limit."

Another benefit of the Soul Artifact is that it can increase the maximum soul limit and temporarily store magic pressure, thus mitigating the situation where Grand Wizard Sura was overwhelmed by his own magic pressure before advancing to the second-circle wizard.

Soul artifacts are a bit expensive, but they shouldn't be worth five million.

Locke said, "I want to remove the soul artifacts forged by the Three Rings Wizards and the Sun and Moon Ring Alchemists."

Anyway, if the Soul Artifact becomes unsuitable for you, you can always replace it.

There's no need to buy the most expensive one from the start and create a lot of premiums.

In short, the basic style is the one that suits you best.

The trader said with some regret, "I see."

He also realized that Locke was the kind of wizard who valued practicality, not the kind of wizard who was so rich that he needed to use things to demonstrate his existence, as he had initially thought.

The trader brought up a different category list. "These are all the more practical bronze furnaces."

"Some have the ability to create illusions, some have the ability to create phantom clones... Look... using the Soul Forge can add an extra spell..."

Locke shook his head slightly; it would be useless for him to add spells.

As I said before, the basic model is probably the best.

Especially for these kinds of large-scale magical artifact transactions.

Basically, they sell basic models based on functionality, and make money by adding extra features.

Locke quickly selected items from the list, determined to maximize his magic pressure before heading to the Abyss Ruins and participating in the spell fighting tournament.

Right now, I'm in a situation where an opportunity has come, but I'm not in my best condition, and my magic pressure hasn't reached the ideal level of the first ring limit.

Nevertheless, when an opportunity arises, one must immediately seize it.

By the time you truly reach your ideal state and then try to take the plunge, the opportunity will have already passed.

Nothing in this world is perfect, nor is any state of being perfect. Facing challenges head-on and striving forward is the norm most of the time.

But at this point, the advantage of having money becomes apparent.

Although the events at the Abyss Ruins were carried out ahead of schedule, and the Spell Fighting Tournament and the Silent Holy Grail Championship were all somewhat beyond my expectations.

But if I didn't have money, I could only grit my teeth and go for it. Now that I have money, I can try to get myself closer to my ideal state by purchasing some special magical artifacts and special resources, so as to seize any opportunities that suddenly come my way.

For example, one could purchase a Soul Artifact to quickly increase their magical pressure.

There's also the option to purchase magical artifacts that can increase one's combat power.

In the magic combat tournament, for some reason, the use of external equipment such as magical artifacts is not restricted.

This equipment may also be considered part of a wizard's power.

After all, during the Silent Grail Wars, researchers from the True Knowledge Institute of other academies don't talk about martial ethics.

(End of this chapter)