Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 370 - 224: Breakthrough, Level 1 Crystallization

Time slips away like a fleeting white pony.

Starlight Calendar Year 1330, Summer Moon (June).

After returning once again from the Thunder Elemental Plane, Sunan sat cross-legged beside the Elemental Pool, synthesizing Elemental Crystal Cores and then beginning to absorb the divine energy within.

The Elemental Pool of the Starlight Wizard Tower, after four syntheses, had a reinforcement +4 effect that was no less than that of a medium-sized Elemental Pool.

Energy absorption rate and capacity limit, Spiritual Power recovery speed, and meditation efficiency were all at least doubled compared to before.

Thanks to this, the speed of Sunan’s Spiritual Refinement Level increased significantly faster than expected.

[Liquefaction: 99.99%]

As the divine energy within the Elemental Crystal Core was gradually assimilated and fused, at a certain moment, the Spiritual Power Refinement Level on the panel finally flickered and changed to 100%.

At the same instant, deep within Sunan’s Sea of Consciousness, the liquid Spiritual Power swirling slowly around the Talent Crystal suddenly stilled, and then swiftly crystallized into tiny granular crystals, like water freezing into ice.

In a short while, the ’water flow’ around the Talent Crystal disappeared completely, replaced by a dense array of crystalline structures, resembling a starry belt.

These hexagonal crystalline structures were as translucent as top-grade gemstones, slowly rotating around the Talent Crystal, resembling a magnificent and beautiful galaxy.

"Success!"

Sunan opened his eyes, a joyful light flashing within them.

It took almost fifty years to finally break through from Level 1 Liquefaction to Level 1 Crystallization.

Next, he only needed to construct a second Talent Crystal Model to advance to Level 2 Wizard.

Sunan gently tapped the void before him with his hand, countless slender thread-like lights appeared, rapidly weaving into an intricate and complex model.

This was the second Talent Crystal Model that Sunan had researched over the years.

Of course, it was still an unassembled lower-level Talent Crystal Model.

Its effect was somewhat similar to [Forbidden Zone], setting up an ultra-dense invisible energy force field around him, capable of nullifying all damage entering the force field, including physical attacks, energy attacks, and even intangible soul attacks.

Additionally, anyone entering this force field would be subjected to heavy pressure suppression.

Unlike [Forbidden Zone], Sunan could temporarily increase the ’pressure intensity’ of a certain area within the force field by altering the ’pressure density’, thus imposing stronger constraints on enemies within the force field.

If the ’pressure intensity’ was sufficiently high, it could even crush an enemy into a pulp.

Therefore, this ultimate defensive talent ability could sometimes be used for attack purposes.

Besides, the range of the force field could be freely expanded or contracted, but its defensive power and pressure density would correspondingly decrease or increase. The specifics would only be known once Sunan mastered the talent ability and tested it in practice.

Sunan named this Talent Crystal Model [Absolute Forbidden Zone].

"’Liquid Metal’ took thirty-two lower-level Talent Crystal Models to synthesize an upper-level one, ’Absolute Forbidden Zone’ should be about the same."

Last time when constructing the Liquid Metal Talent Crystal Model, the average construction time for a lower-level Talent Crystal Model was thirteen days.

However, Sunan’s current Spiritual Power far exceeded that of before, and with the superior Construction Potion, he estimated this time the average construction time could be shortened to less than ten days.

If all went well, he could synthesize an upper-level ’Absolute Forbidden Zone’ model within a year.

What truly consumed a long time was the final phase of infusing Spiritual Power.

One had to know that the Talent Crystal would strengthen as the Wizard’s Spiritual Refinement Level increased.

The current ’Liquid Metal’ Talent Crystal was far stronger than when it was first constructed.

In other words, to construct a second Talent Crystal that was roughly as strong as the current ’Liquid Metal’, more Spiritual Power had to be infused.

Back when infusing ’Liquid Metal’, even with the Spirit Pearl and Golden Apple, it took Sunan more than two years, nearly three, to fully infuse the Talent Crystal.

Now, apart from an Elemental Pool buff that accelerates Spiritual Power recovery, there was nothing else, so the difficulty of infusion has increased, and the time required would definitely be much longer than before.

Decades might still be considered quick; taking a century or two isn’t unusual.

"This time, the Spiritual Power infusion phase is truly a painstaking process."

Sunan sighed, then took out a bottle of Construction Potion and drank it, beginning to construct the Talent Crystal Model.

Soon, eleven months passed, and Sunan successfully constructed thirty-two lower-level Talent Crystal Models and synthesized the second super Talent Crystal Model.

Afterward, he immediately began infusing Spiritual Power.

Sitting cross-legged by the Elemental Pool, Sunan’s eyes were tightly shut as the crystalline Spiritual Power deep within his Sea of Consciousness continuously emitted wisps of Spiritual Power threads, weaving into the new Talent Crystal Model, gradually filling the space within.

This cultivation lasted for a month.

[Talent Crystal Model Infusion Progress: 0.06%]

"In one month, only 0.06% progress."

"At this rate, it would take nearly one hundred and forty years to fully infuse."

Actually, Sunan was fully aware that this speed was not slow.

It’s been only over 60 years since he became a Wizard, even if it takes another one hundred and forty years, it would only be around two hundred years.

To advance from Level 1 Wizard to Level 2 Wizard in two hundred years was considered extremely remarkable, even in the Wizardly Golden Age a millennium ago.

Other than those True Spirit Descendants who seem more like they’re cheating, almost no one could compare to him.

However, if possible, Sunan wished to be even faster.