Wizards: Starting as a Potions Master!

Chapter 187 You are closer to becoming a first-ring wizard than she is!

As a wizard, Su Nan had no interest in exchanging magical blows with the Rye Mistress.

That was a method we used only when there was no other way.

Wizards' greatest strength lies in their research abilities, not in their ability to engage in mindless battles.

Although arcanists have largely lost this research mindset.

Therefore, they mistakenly believed that the ability to use magic was the greatest strength of wizards/arcanists.

But this is completely wrong.

Vasilyan closed his eyes, then opened them, and said to Su Nan with certainty, "My master, I have sensed it. The energy of the lizardmen I killed has gathered in an area with a massive energy pool."

"My death magic is quietly corrupting that area."

Vasilyan plunged a knife into the chest of a lizardman, taking his life. The lizardman lay dead on the ground.

His life force was once again drawn upon by the Rye Muse.

Similarly, Vasilyan's death magic will further contaminate the high-density energy source that the Rye Mother has painstakingly gathered.

However, Su Nan instructed Vasilyan to hold back for the time being and not to erupt into conflict now.

Because now, the rye mother still has the option to cut her losses and survive.

Sunan instructed Vasilyan to wait until the Rye Matriarch was about to complete her ritual before making a sudden move, thus leaving the Rye Matriarch with no time to react.

Sunan said to Vasilyan, "Let's massacre them."

"Let's slaughter in this underground world! I'm going to wipe out Rye City in one fell swoop!"

In the main city of Rye, amidst sprawling palaces and throngs of servants.

The Rye Matriarch, holding the Scepter of Serent, frowned slightly; she seemed to have sensed something was amiss.

She looked at the Scepter of Serent, which was shimmering with powerful energy, and shook her head slightly. She couldn't quite pinpoint what was wrong with it.

Moreover, the shape of half a precious gem has already formed on Serent's scepter.

Her eyes gleamed; she was close to success.

Her dream of becoming a great arcanist is about to come true.

She sensed that her offspring were wreaking havoc on the surface-dwelling insects. As a result, she gained a large amount of life force from the swarm.

"Oh, surface wizard. Thank you so much."

"I deliberately indulged you, letting you develop your swarm. The results are truly delightful; the immense vitality your swarm is producing means I'm close to success."

According to the Silent Commander, her mental strength has reached its limit of 100. The reason she cannot improve is because she is limited by the racial limit.

As long as she uses the Philosopher's Jewel on herself, she can change the upper limit of her race and break the highest limit of her spiritual power.

The Rye Matriarch crushed a red aether stone and commanded, "Rooftop, you are my most promising child. Immediately destroy that insect city."

"Don't worry. I'll help you."

The Rye Mistress began chanting incantations; she couldn't wait any longer.

So, after observing the insect city that Su Nan had set up in the underground world on the roof, she couldn't wait to chant incantations, wanting to remotely help her lizardman army to slaughter the insect city and gain more vitality.

The Rye Mistress was originally a half-step first-ring wizard. Now, with the Philosopher's Jewel, which she had completed halfway, she could amplify her magic. In addition, the slave legion was basically her coordinates. Therefore, she could strike the Insect City by chanting magic in the main city of Rye.

As she chanted the incantation of arcane magic, a cloud of arcane energy appeared in the sky above the insect capital.

Jinx, deep within the Zerg City, roared in fury.

Arcane magic meteors rained down from the sky, shattering the insect walls that had been erected at the edge of the insect capital to block the lizardman army and arcane mages.

The swarm wall of modified scarabs and shield scarabs was smashed open.

At the same time, there were cheers from the lizardman army and ecstasy from the arcane mage's roof.

On the roof, they were already troubled by their inability to conquer the Insect Capital, and even more alarmed because the Insect Capital seemed to have undergone some kind of change.

The original insect nest was at most just a place with many insects.

But now, in the Insect Capital, there are chunks of flesh as big as houses everywhere, and new types of scarabs are being hatched in those chunks.

But now, with the remote magical support of the Rye Matriarch, he was naturally overjoyed and his confidence soared.

"Fire Dragon Lizardman Legion, breathe fire!"

"The Black Dragon Lizardman Legion, collectively spew corrosive substances!"

Flames and corrosive substances appeared inside the insect hive.

At the same time, the Rye Matriarch in the distance uttered a second incantation, and then bolts of lightning appeared in the arcane clouds that shrouded the Insect City.

Arcane Lightning Storm!

This is a first-circle arcane spell that the Rye Matriarch used with the help of the Philosopher's Jewel due to her special state. It was originally only usable by a Grand Arcane Mage.

Arcane lightning bolts struck the Insect Capital, killing countless insect swarms. The lizardman army was able to completely break through the defenses and began to penetrate deep into the Insect Capital, slaughtering the queen insects within.

The life force from the Arcane Lightning that killed the swarms of insects, as well as the life force of the lizardman legion that died in the insect capital, began to gradually return to the Philosopher's Jewel on the scepter in her hand.

At the same time, the Rye Matriarch ordered all the armies of the Rye capital city and all the slave capital cities to support the Arcane House!

A coalition force of 100,000!

The Rye Lady gazed wistfully into the distance. "So what are you going to do? It seems to me that you've run out of ideas."

"Whether you let me become a great arcanist and then turn me into meat on a chopping board, at my mercy; or resist my army and protect your swarm."

"Whether you fight or not, the initiative is in my hands."

"Surface wizard, I will crush you like an ant."

"This is punishment for the destruction you have caused to my 'world' over the past three months. This is also for the revenge of my eldest son, Tokugawa."

"Everything is under my control!"

The silent commander beside her glanced at the Rye Matriarch. "Unexpectedly, this country bumpkin arcanist from the underworld actually has some skill."

"Bringing Rye Matriarch into our group seems to have been the right choice."

"Although the Storm Kingdom, according to the distribution principles, is the domain of a blind king, controlling this underworld still allows for the usurpation of a portion of the Storm Kingdom's territory. Most importantly, a fragment of the Deceptive Orb remains within the Storm Kingdom."

"The Silent Sovereign wants me to retrieve him. However, without a large number of people to serve me, this request is somewhat difficult to fulfill. If I could recruit the Rye Matriarch as my subordinate, it would be much simpler."

……

In the diamond mine, in the underground tunnels, in front of the metal walls, the Shadow Wizard looked at Su Nan and Su Nan's arcane slave, Song Zhong.

The Shadow Wizard chuckled, "Shouldn't you be fighting against the Rye Mistress right now? Wouldn't it be better to be leisurely chatting with me here?"

At that time, Sunan had already ordered Vasilian to slaughter a large number of lizardmen soldiers and raise an army of undead.

Therefore, Su Nan only brought a female arcane slave named Song Zhong with him.

Songzhong looked at Su Nan with some embarrassment. After these three months, she had completely accepted that she was the slave of the surface wizard.

Furthermore, because she had witnessed her mother kill her elder brother, she directly sided with Su Nan.

Su Nan laughed and said, "Sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood."

"Let Rye Madam do her best."

"My swarm... is not so easy to conquer."

"The greater the pressure, the more terrifying the swarm becomes."

The reproductive capacity of the scarab swarm, having undergone four sublimations, has been enhanced once again. No one knows what kind of bizarre creatures the swarm will produce when faced with the pressure of life and death.

At this moment, amidst the wolf pack effect, the hive consciousness of the scarab swarm is roaring again and again, ordering the insect capital and all hive towns to mass produce troops at full speed!

They devoted all their efforts to developing an army capable of countering arcane magic.

Su Nan asked the Shadow Wizard, "I came here to ask you how many resources are needed to build a wizard tower."

"Is it convenient for you to answer?"

The Shadow Wizard's mind scanned Su Nan from head to toe, then a look of astonishment crossed his face. "Now I understand why you looked down on Rye Matriarch."

"She sacrificed everything to the energy world."

"All for the sake of becoming a formal wizard. And you, in just three months, have surpassed her efforts of over a hundred years. Now you are far closer to becoming a formal wizard than the Rye Matriarch. You have reached this stage so quickly."

"Alright, I can tell you about the Wizard Tower. To achieve this level without the crucial inheritance... hehehe, if you were born over two thousand years ago, you would definitely be a dazzling wizarding genius!"

"Absolutely no doubt!"

(End of this chapter)