Chapter 271: Divine Corpse

Chapter 271: Divine Corpse

2024-11-03 Author: Insomnia is Better Than Writing Books

Under the night sky, the dense forest was filled with eerie shadows.

Tall trees cast long shadows on the ground, intertwining and overlapping like the clawed and fanged devils, causing one's heart to race.

Buben had long grown accustomed to this scenery. After leaving the Floating City, he flew out without a moment's hesitation.

Before long, a large wizard tower came into view.

The tower stood over five hundred meters tall, its body a ghastly pale color like bones, emitting a cold, eerie glow under the moonlight.

It was his Canggu Wizard Tower.

As soon as he returned to the tower, a subordinate came to report.

"Lord Buben, Lord Matik is waiting for you in the reception hall."

Buben nodded expressionlessly, dismissed the subordinate, and then teleported to the reception hall. As soon as he entered, he saw Matik sitting leisurely on the sofa, holding a cup of a liquid as red as blood, sipping it calmly.

At his feet lay a woman with pale, bloodless skin, her life already gone.

Buben frowned slightly. "If you want to drink blood, go find it outside. Don't always prey on my tower's servants."

Matik laughed heartily. "Don't be so stingy. You know how sought-after the Viro people are. I just got here a bit late, and the new Viro arrivals in All Things City were already taken. I had to come to your place for a little treat. But to be honest, the Viro blood here seems tastier than elsewhere."

Buben didn't really care about the death of a lowly servant. He snorted and let the matter drop, walking to sit opposite Matik, his face expressionless.

"What do you want?"

"I heard Lord Wood summoned you?"

"Yes."

"Was it about Yexi's matter?"

Yexi's death had caused quite a stir in the Dark Throne. After all, no one had expected Yexi to fail.

Before this, everyone thought that conquering a sealed plane for two thousand years would be a walk in the park.

At the time, Matik had also envied Yexi's luck.

Who would have thought it would end like this?

Buben sneered with contempt. "A useless waste who can't even handle a small task, why should we care?"

"Is the Star Alliance going to do nothing about it?"

"The Star Alliance is now an affiliate of the Codex of Wisdom. Unless they are prepared to wage war against the Codex of Wisdom, they can't do anything to it in the short term."

Buben said coldly.

"Just a third-rate wizard faction. Let them enjoy their moment of glory for now; we'll find a chance to deal with them later. We have more important matters at hand."

Matik knew they were about to get to the point and perked up. "What is it?"

"Our father wants us to enter this plane and bring something back."

Buben waved his hand in the air, and a series of plane coordinates appeared.

Buben's father was Wood. Knowing it was an order from Lord Wood, Matik's expression became even more serious.

"What is it?"

Buben paused for a moment before saying, "A divine corpse!"

At the top of the Starlight Wizard Tower.

Su Nan sat cross-legged beside the elemental pool, his eyes closed.

After an unknown amount of time, a strong surge of energy particles burst from his body, lasting for a while before finally subsiding.

A couple of minutes later, Su Nan slowly opened his eyes, his face filled with joy.

"Level three liquefaction!"

It had taken nearly two hundred and seventy years since he became a level three wizard to finally break through to level three liquefaction.

Overall, his progress was roughly as he had expected.

"At this rate, I can definitely break through to level three crystallization within five hundred years."

Su Nan nodded to himself.

This speed was already quite fast.

Ordinary wizards could also accelerate their cultivation by absorbing the divine energy from elemental cores, but none had such convenient conditions as he did.

Hunting elemental giants on his own would take a lot of time.

Only those with powerful backgrounds and support—such as the descendants of True Spirits—could have the same conditions.

"Unfortunately, the divine energy I absorb daily is already saturated; otherwise, the growth of my mental condensation would be even faster."

It was for this reason that Su Nan listed the excess elemental cores for other Star Alliance wizards to exchange.

Through the trading channels of the Codex of Wisdom and All Things City, the Star Alliance could purchase large quantities of elemental dust.

One could say that if Su Nan had more time and energy, he could synthesize enough elemental cores for all the Star Alliance wizards to use freely.

If that were the case, it would only take a couple of thousand years for the Star Alliance to cultivate a large number of second and third-level wizards.

Of course, that was just a thought.

Su Nan didn't have that much time. Besides cultivation, upgrading the wizard tower also consumed a significant amount of his energy and time.

Fortunately, the Starlight Wizard Tower had already been fully upgraded.

Wizard Tower: Starlight

Level: Large

Current Energy Remaining: 93.22%

Energy Capacity: 50%/50%

Intelligent Auxiliary Life: Tower Spirit 1 (Enhanced), Tower Spirit 2 (Enhanced), Tower Spirit 3 (Enhanced)



Facilities: Elemental Pool (Super Large/Enhanced), Floating Ring, Central Crystal Energy Transmission System, Residential Area, Storage Area, Experimental Area, Practice Area, Meditation Area, Cultivation Area

Servants: Clay Golems ×1000, Water Sprites ×850, Flower Fairies ×1046

Protective Devices: Labyrinth Protective Energy Field (Super Large/Enhanced)



Combat Devices: Incantation Turrets Type III ×300, Disintegration Cannons Type III ×30, Plasma Cannons Type II ×10, Pulse Cannons Type II ×1, Golem Army (Adamantine Golems ×10000, Puppet Lords ×300, Secret Puppets ×50, Shadow Steel Golems ×30, Adamantine Golems ×20, Supreme Golems ×5)



In upgrading the Starlight Wizard Tower, Su Nan had already invested resources worth more than one million high-grade magic stones.

If not for the extended time span of over two hundred years, even with the lower cost of synthesizing magic stones in the Star Alliance, this level of expenditure would have been enough to bankrupt the Star Alliance's finances.

It's easy to imagine how astonishing the cost of building a large wizard tower from scratch would be.

A significant portion of the cost was spent on upgrading the plasma cannons and pulse cannons.

However, the results were very satisfactory.

Su Nan had conducted tests, and the Type II Plasma Cannon's power was sufficient to easily kill an ordinary third-level vaporization wizard.

The Type II Pulse Cannon's power was even more formidable, capable of reducing a third-level crystallization wizard to ashes with a single shot.

Generally speaking, in the face of a large wizard tower's firepower, even a powerful third-level crystallization wizard would only have the option to flee in panic.

The Starlight Wizard Tower's firepower, after being enhanced, far surpassed that of ordinary large wizard towers, capable of effortlessly dealing with any wizard below the True Spirit level, even preventing them from having a chance to escape.

However, it was rare for a third-level wizard to be foolish enough to single-handedly challenge a large wizard tower.

Third-level wizards generally had their own wizard towers, albeit of varying levels.

"However, the firepower enhancement has added a significant burden to the wizard tower's energy consumption."

During the upgrade process, Su Nan, as usual, reinforced the elemental pool and the labyrinth protective energy field. However, due to the limitations of the wizard tower itself, the reinforcement was not as significant.

He had already begun considering whether to acquire an elemental source crystal and then manufacture a simplified elemental furnace.

As an energy supply device for the Floating City, the elemental furnace could provide far more energy than an elemental pool, and the two were not even in the same league.

Even a simplified elemental furnace could supply far more energy than an elemental pool, potentially solving the Starlight Wizard Tower's energy issues completely.

The only problem was that elemental source crystals were difficult to obtain.

These could only be dropped by elemental giant elders.

After an elemental giant elder died, there was a certain probability that their body would condense into an essence, which was the elemental source crystal.

The stronger the elemental giant elder, the higher the probability of forming an elemental source crystal after death.

Even a newly ascended elemental giant elder had the strength equivalent to a second-level crystallization wizard.

In their home plane, the elemental plane, even a third-level vaporization wizard might not be their match.

If it were an elemental giant elder who had ascended for thousands of years, their power could reach the level of third-level vaporization or even crystallization.

In the elemental plane, it was estimated that only a True Spirit wizard could kill such an existence.

The key was that elemental giant elders generally lived deep within elemental spaces, surrounded by a large number of elemental giants and elemental spirits. To kill them, one would have to first deal with the surrounding "minions."

If it were in another plane, Su Nan could easily pilot the Starlight Wizard Tower to destroy them.

However, the elemental space was different.

The energy activity there was already extremely high, even bordering on violent. A wizard tower, being such a massive energy source, entering it would inevitably trigger an energy explosion, leading to the entire elemental space's rejection.

For example, in the lightning elemental space, if a wizard tower entered, it would undoubtedly be continuously struck by countless lightning bolts. It would likely be consumed by the endless lightning before reaching the depths of the elemental space, leading to its destruction.

The same principle applies to war constructs, but the rejection they face is weaker. However, their inherent strength is not high, so the outcome would not be any different.

It is precisely for this reason that elemental source crystals are so precious and rare.

"Pity that the Codex of Wisdom's resource list for affiliated organizations does not include elemental source crystals. Otherwise, it would be much easier to purchase them directly with magic stones."

Shaking his head, Su Nan reined in his thoughts and checked the control logs of the wizard tower. He found that Lizze had left a message five days ago, saying that Tanner wanted to see him.

"Tanner, huh."

Su Nan's eyes flickered.

Since their trip to All Things City, Tanner's attentiveness towards him had noticeably increased. He no longer concealed his identity and actively represented the All Things Society to establish trading relations with the Star Alliance. He even occasionally provided some intelligence for free, fully displaying the All Things Society's goodwill.

Su Nan naturally accepted this goodwill with a smile. Establishing relations with the All Things Society would benefit the Star Alliance's development.

More importantly, the All Things Society, being a neutral force that only wanted to mind its own business, posed no threat or ulterior motives.

Leaving the top floor, Su Nan then found Lizze.

It's worth noting that Lizze successfully constructed her third talent crystal twenty years ago, becoming the second level three wizard in the Star Alliance after Su Nan.

Unlike her spectral form, Lizze now needed to dedicate most of her time to cultivation and had little energy left for handling administrative tasks.

As a capable assistant, Adriel also had to focus on his cultivation.

Thus, after reshaping her body, Lizze had been consciously cultivating assistants to handle various trivial tasks.

Now, she only needed to deal with major affairs, delegating the rest to her numerous assistants.

"Where is Tanner?"

"He's in Lake of Shadows City," Lizze said. "I told him you were in seclusion, and the specific time of your emergence was unknown. I suggested he go back, but he insisted on waiting here for you."

Su Nan raised an eyebrow. "Did he say what he wants to see me about?"

Lizze shook her head. "He said he would tell you when he sees you."

Hearing this, Su Nan nodded and said no more. He and Lizze headed straight for Lake of Shadows City.

Soon, the two of them met Tanner.

"Greetings, Lord Su Nan," Tanner said with a full smile. "Since you have emerged from seclusion, I assume you have made some breakthroughs."

Su Nan did not hide anything and nodded frankly. "Indeed, I have made some breakthroughs."

Though he had expected it, Tanner couldn't help but be secretly amazed when Su Nan confirmed it.

The speed of his strength improvement was on par with, and even surpassed, that of the True Spirit descendants.

"I have some intelligence that I can offer as a small gift to congratulate you on your breakthrough."

Su Nan smiled slightly. "I'm all ears."

Tanner became serious. "Lord Su Nan, you must be familiar with the Realm of Truth, correct?"

Su Nan nodded calmly.

The Realm of Truth, also known as the Plane of Laws, is a sacred place where wizards contemplate the laws of the universe.

Almost all True Spirit wizards spend most of their time there, meditating on the laws to seek breakthroughs.

This is why True Spirit wizards are rarely seen in the multiverse.

Apart from wizards, there is another group that also spends a lot of time in the Realm of Truth: the gods, who also wield the power of laws!

To compete for the resources of the Realm of Truth, wizards and gods have often engaged in battles there.

In most cases, gods stay in their divine realms and rarely descend to the material world.

And when they are in their divine realms, they are difficult to kill.

Therefore, successful god-slaying examples in the multiverse are not common.

The Realm of Truth is the exception.

Neither wizard towers, floating cities, nor divine realms can enter the Realm of Truth.

Thus, the difficulty of killing a god in the Realm of Truth is greatly reduced.

The Realm of Truth can be considered the place in the entire multiverse where the most gods fall.

Most of the gods' research materials for wizards come from the Realm of Truth.

"Actually, not long ago, True Spirit wizards from the Deep Blue Alliance, the Codex of Wisdom, the Dark Throne, and the Savage Spirits, among other major wizard factions, joined forces to ambush a god in the Realm of Truth and successfully killed it."

Tanner's expression grew solemn. "However, due to the intense resistance of the god as it died, a spatial turbulence was triggered, causing the divine corpse to be swept away and its whereabouts unknown."

"It wasn't until recently that the location of the divine corpse was discovered."

"It fell into a separate plane and infected all the creatures there, turning them into monsters."

(End of Chapter)

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