Chapter 179: You're Dreaming

Chapter 179: You're Dreaming

[External attack detected! Urgently increasing the defensive array’s power!]



[50%... 60%... 80%...]



[Activating spell turrets... Activation failed, all spell turrets destroyed!]



[Defensive array at maximum energy!]



In the midst of battle, Su Nan heard the mechanical voice of the Meatball, causing him to furrow his brow in confusion.

External attack?

Who did this?

The onlookers without keys?

But from the way the auxiliary intelligent life spoke, the attack seemed quite powerful. Those second-tier wizard apprentices and legendary knights shouldn’t be capable of such an assault, right?

"Forget it, doesn’t matter. It’s actually beneficial for me. Might as well drain the Star Tower’s energy."

Muttering to himself, Su Nan refocused on the ongoing battle.

In the hall, the two secret maid puppets were locked in intense combat with two Dark Shadow Golems, each pair evenly matched.

On the other side, five Adamantine Golems, accompanied by dozens of Elite Iron Golems, were surrounding and attacking another Dark Shadow Golem. Though they were slightly at a disadvantage, it didn’t seem like they would lose anytime soon.

Su Nan himself was facing one of the Dark Shadow Golems.

To conserve his mental energy, he only used magic items and his bloodline marks.

After a dense barrage of over twenty Catastrophic Claws, the Dark Shadow Golem was riddled with wounds. Su Nan then activated the air blade mark on his hand, and countless sharp air blades whistled out, instantly tearing the Dark Shadow Golem to shreds!

Compared to the versatile third-tier wizard apprentices, the Dark Shadow Golems were relatively easier to deal with.

Dispatching his opponent, Su Nan immediately moved on to the second Dark Shadow Golem without a moment's rest.

With this strategy of picking them off one by one, all four Dark Shadow Golems were destroyed within twenty minutes.

After eliminating the Dark Shadow Golems, the Meatball’s holographic image fell silent, saying nothing.

Su Nan sneered, knowing that the auxiliary intelligent life had run out of tricks.

Strictly speaking, the Star Tower’s defensive capabilities were not weak. The eighteen spell turrets and numerous golems were more than enough to crush any third-tier wizard apprentice.

But it had the misfortune of encountering someone with a cheat.

The Dark Throne, who initially built the Star Tower, probably never imagined such a scenario.

Another fortunate aspect was that the battle took place inside the tower.

If it had been outside, with the defensive array in place, destroying the spell turrets would have been far more difficult, requiring several times the effort to breach the Star Tower’s defenses!

As he pondered, Su Nan suddenly felt the rune stone in the lining of his robe heating up.

He immediately understood what was happening and, without hesitation, threw the rune stone away.

Sure enough, the next instant, the rune stone vanished from its spot.

"Can’t beat me, so you want to kick me out?"

Su Nan sneered.

"You’re dreaming!"

[Wizard Apprentice, your trial fee is waived. Please leave the Star Tower immediately!]



The Meatball’s mouth opened and closed, emitting a sound.

Su Nan ignored the inflexible, low-level intelligent life and surveyed his surroundings.

Now that the Star Tower was clearly powerless against him, it was time to find a way to obtain its resources.

He had paid a high price to break through the Star Tower’s defenses; he couldn’t afford to leave without making up for it.

Activating the levitation spell on his robe, Su Nan rose into the air and flew toward the nearest metal door, waving his hand to send a dozen magic missiles shattering the door.

Behind the door was a small puppet factory, likely used for maintaining and recharging the golems.

Su Nan wasn’t disappointed and continued exploring the other metal doors.

As expected, most of the doors led to small puppet factories, but the largest metal door opened into a smaller hall.

The floor, made of white marble, was inscribed with an intricate array.

Su Nan examined it for a moment and quickly identified it as a summoning array for otherworldly beings.

The Goliath from earlier must have been summoned using this array.

Seeing no further gains on this floor, Su Nan cast his gaze downward. With a mental command, a storm of metal shards erupted, smashing into the floor!

BOOM!

Even with a protective array, the floor, harder than magic adamantium, only held for a dozen seconds before shattering and creating a massive hole.

Su Nan leaped into the hole, descending to the level below.

The sight was identical to the floor above, just empty of people.

"Is this also a trial chamber?"

Su Nan searched the area but found nothing of value and decided to dig deeper.

However, after exploring twelve more levels, he encountered the same empty halls, each one devoid of any presence.

Su Nan wanted to continue downward, but this time he faced an intense resistance.

Upon closer inspection, he noticed a faint glow on the surface of the white marble floor.

"A defensive magic array. So this must be the lowest level."

Feeling slightly disappointed, Su Nan shifted his focus upward. He returned to the initial hall and used his Metal Storm to blast through the ceiling.

It turned out to be another trial chamber.

This time, he continued for seven more levels before reaching the eighth, which appeared to be a residential area.

Su Nan paused, gazing down at the gap, lost in thought.

"Judging by this, the trial chambers should only have twenty levels, which matches the number of people who entered the Starlight Tower."

"But why are these halls empty?"

Su Nan believed he had completed the trials much faster than the others, so logically, they should still be in the trials.

Recalling the words of the auxiliary intelligent life, Su Nan had a hunch.

It was likely that the auxiliary intelligent life had expelled everyone else from the Starlight Tower to allocate all available energy to deal with him.

"No wonder the Starlight Tower suddenly faced a strong external attack. It’s probably the Council of Truth and the Scepter faction attacking the defensive magic array."

Realizing this, Su Nan's face lit up with a smile.

This was good news. The auxiliary intelligent life would have to use a significant portion of its energy to maintain the defensive magic array, leaving it with little power to target him in the short term.

Regaining his composure, Su Nan continued his exploration upward.

While the Starlight Tower was primarily used for knowledge inheritance, it still had basic facilities.

In addition to the trial chambers, there were residential areas, practice zones, experimental zones, and cultivation zones.

However, the cultivation zone seemed to lack maintenance, and no magical plants were growing there.

After a thorough search, Su Nan found a batch of well-preserved magical plant seeds.

The variety was impressive, with around two to three hundred different types, and the quantity was substantial.

These seeds were likely prepared for the 'slaves' who had signed the Oath Contract, to make it easier for them to cultivate magical plants.

Su Nan didn’t hesitate to collect all of them.

Continuing his exploration, Su Nan was pleasantly surprised to find a library on the next level.

Row upon row of bookshelves lined the room, each filled with books, creating a dazzling array of knowledge.

Delighted, Su Nan started from the first bookshelf, quickly scanning through the titles. The more he read, the wider his smile grew.

These books covered all the foundational disciplines, from magic philosophy, the principles of the world, and material science, to the practical knowledge of magical plant cultivation, scroll copying, and potion-making.

They essentially encompassed all the essential knowledge required from a First-Class Wizard Apprentice to a Third-Class Wizard Apprentice.

The collection also included over thirty talent crystal models.

However, most of them were lower-tier models, with only a few mid-tier models.

One of these mid-tier models was the 'Bone' crystal Su Nan had seen earlier.

Even though there were only three mid-tier models, it was still a significant number.

Many wizard factions would only allow their Third-Class Wizard Apprentices to access mid-tier talent crystal models.

Higher-tier models were typically reserved for core members and wouldn’t be found in such a place.

Additionally, there were books on advanced topics that could only be accessed after becoming a wizard, including potions, spells, wizard tools, and high-tier puppets.

"The Dark Throne may have ulterior motives, but they certainly don’t skimp on the education of their 'slaves.'"

"Of course, slaves need to be strong enough to create more benefits for their masters."

Su Nan smiled and stored all the books in his spatial ring.

He had been worried about how to acquire the knowledge needed to advance to the wizard stage, and the books in the Starlight Tower had solved a significant part of his problem.

After ensuring he hadn’t missed anything, Su Nan blasted through the ceiling and entered the next level.

This level was a spacious and brightly lit hall, with metal doors embedded in the walls.

Each metal door had a plaque above it, labeled with categories such as 'Metal,' 'Magical Plants,' 'Potions,' 'Gems,' and more.

Su Nan’s heart leaped with joy, knowing he had finally found his true target.

This was the storage area he had been looking for!

He immediately rushed to the metal door labeled 'Potions,' used his magical core to cut it into pieces, and strode inside.

Before him stood a vast array of metal racks, each compartment sealed with a transparent glass. Inside, bottles of various colored potions were neatly arranged, with an estimated number of no less than six hundred.

There were Energetic Potions, Dragon Blood Potions, Endurance Potions, Clarity Potions, and Mind Expansion Potions. Su Nan scanned through them, finding that even the lowest tier were first-stage potions, and all of them were the more valuable ones.

Among the second-stage potions, there were Mind Expansion Potions, which were highly prized for enhancing mental power.

Finally, at the innermost metal rack, Su Nan found the Structure Potions.

With his powerful mental strength, he instantly counted the number of Structure Potions, and his lips curled upward uncontrollably.

Eighty-six bottles in total!

He had hit the jackpot!

"So many Structure Potions, this should be enough to synthesize the Super Talent Crystal Model!" Su Nan was overjoyed.

Just the Structure Potions alone made up for all his efforts.

Regaining his composure, Su Nan quickly gathered all the potions and began exploring the other storage rooms.

The 'Metal,' 'Magic Plants,' and 'Gems' storage rooms were predictably filled with materials corresponding to their names.

However, in the 'Miscellaneous' storage room, Su Nan found over ten Mind Pearls.

After a thorough search, Su Nan's spatial ring was almost overflowing with loot.

Surveying the bounty, Su Nan felt a deep sense of satisfaction.

The total value of these items was incalculable, with many of them being priceless.

Especially the Structure Potions, which were worth more than any amount of gold could describe!

He had definitely struck it rich this time!

Returning to the central hall, Su Nan flew upward, breaking through the ceiling to reach the next level.

The vast, starry galaxy still stretched before him, the floor beneath his feet was made of white marble, and not far away was an elemental pool, with a familiar meatball floating beside it.

Recognizing the scene, Su Nan immediately understood.

This level was clearly the control center of the Starlight Tower.

[Apprentice Wizard, you have caused significant damage to the Starlight Tower. According to regulations, you will be placed on the organization's wanted list!]



[Please leave the Starlight Tower immediately, return all stolen materials, and willingly enter the restricted area to await judgment by the organization!]



"Oh?" Su Nan smirked and asked casually, "When will they arrive?"

[The exact time is unknown and depends on the recovery of the dimensional barrier!]



Dimensional barrier recovery?

Su Nan raised an eyebrow in confusion.

What was that about?

"What is this 'dimensional barrier recovery'?"

However, the auxiliary intelligent life form did not answer his question, merely repeating its previous statement.

"Since you can't provide any valuable information, you're no longer useful."

Su Nan raised his hand, a bolt of lightning striking the meatball, turning it into charcoal.

Unlike the non-physical tower spirit, this auxiliary intelligent life form had a physical body.

For example, the crystal ball at the top of the Dragon Skeleton Tower was the physical body of Butler No. 1.

The meatball was the physical body of the Starlight Tower's auxiliary intelligent life form.

With its death, the auxiliary intelligent life form of the Starlight Tower was also extinguished.

Even without the auxiliary intelligent life form, the Starlight Tower could continue to function at a basic level according to its pre-set programs.

The benefit was that Su Nan no longer had to worry about being harassed by the auxiliary intelligent life form.

"This elemental pool is slightly larger than the one in Dragon Forest, but unfortunately, I can't take it with me."

Su Nan eyed the Starlight Tower with envy, but he knew it was destined to be beyond his control.

After all, he didn't have the secret core of the tower, and he didn't know if the Dark Throne had left any backdoors.

However, the tower itself was a valuable material.

If he ever decided to build his own wizard tower, he could dismantle the Starlight Tower for parts.

"Constructing the Talent Crystal Model here is faster than in the Dragon Skeleton Tower."

Su Nan thought for a moment and decided to construct the Talent Crystal Model right here.

After all, the Starlight Tower no longer posed a threat to him. All the combat forces had been destroyed, leaving only the interdimensional creature summoning array and the defensive array.

The former could be managed by stationing secret constructs near the summoning array to eliminate any summoned creatures.

The latter now served as a protective barrier for him.

The Starlight Tower would automatically repel any intruders.

Unless someone could drain the Starlight Tower's energy and break through the defensive array, he could stay here without worry.

(End of Chapter)

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