Synthetic Wizard

"So this is a fragment of the Highly Poisonous King’s corpse?"

Sunan gazed deeply at the marsh below.

The turquoise swamp water was incredibly viscous, constantly bubbling and emitting cyan smoke. It spanned about a hundred square meters, standing out in the expanse of gravel.

And in the center of the marsh, a thumbnail-sized grayish-white piece of flesh floated.

Even from a considerable distance, Sunan could still feel the intense energy particle fluctuations contained within the piece of flesh.

Centered around the marsh, lay the corpses of over twenty divine creatures and thousands of puppet remnants across the surrounding ground.

Just such a small fragment of a divine corpse had transformed into dozens of divine creatures.

The power and infectiousness of divine spirits are evident from this.

Sunan extended his hand, casting the Mage’s Hand towards the grayish-white chunk, attempting to fish it out of the swamp.

But before touching the flesh piece, the Mage’s Hand was swiftly corroded by the cyan mist emanating from the marsh.

"The corrosion is quite strong."

Sunan raised his eyebrows, and with a thought, a stream of silvery liquid metal flowed from his palm, forming a massive hand to grasp the grayish-white piece.

The silver giant hand passed through the marsh without obstruction, but the moment it touched the grayish-white piece, the contacting part was swiftly eroded away. The entire hand was shrinking visibly, although slowly.

Sunan had to supplement more liquid metal to maintain the shape of the silver hand and fish the grayish-white piece out.

"With such strong corrosiveness, any being below Wizard Level, if slightly approached, would be contaminated and transformed into a poisonous monster."

"Even a Level 1 Wizard would find it challenging to keep this thing nearby for long."

It’s hard to imagine how terrifying the corrosiveness of an entire intact divine corpse would be, given that just a thumb-sized fragment is so dangerous.

"It seems a specially made container is necessary."

Sunan planned to return to the Wizard Tower to research the properties of the divine corpse fragment and then create a targeted container.

But upon returning to the Wizard Tower, he found Cyril there.

"Looks like your progress is smooth; you’ve found the divine corpse fragment so quickly."

Cyril’s gaze fell on the silvery ball of liquid floating beside Sunan, his eyes slightly lighting up.

With his spiritual power, he could naturally sense the rich divine energy inside.

"Just in time, I brought a device specifically for holding the divine corpse fragment."

Cyril tossed a ring, and it floated slowly towards Sunan.

The latter reached out and caught it, inspecting it carefully.

The ring had a rather ancient style, with the surface carved with intricate patterns, imparting a faint sense of tranquility.

"This is the Forbidden God Ring created by the Star Spirit Bell Tower, capable of suppressing the leakage of divinity and divine power," Cyril explained.

Sunan suddenly understood.

Among the many wizard factions, the Star Spirit Bell Tower is arguably the most dedicated to god-slaying, bar none.

Close to a third of the divine spirits killed by wizards to date were the handiwork of the Star Spirit Bell Tower.

It’s said that the creator of the Star Spirit Bell Tower had his home plane destroyed by a divine spirit, so he vowed to hunt divine spirits in his lifetime and established the Star Spirit Bell Tower, a wizard faction with god-slaying as its primary purpose.

Most magic, magical artifacts, and puppets in the Wizard World aimed at divine spirits were invented by the wizards of the Star Spirit Bell Tower.

Placing the grayish-white chunk into the Forbidden God Ring, the pervasive corrosive energy instantly vanished.

Sunan withdrew the liquid metal and nodded towards Cyril.

"Thank you."

"You’re welcome."

Cyril hesitated for a moment but ultimately gave up on persuading Sunan to hand the divine corpse fragment over to the Wisdom Code first.

Judging by the look of the other, it was clear he didn’t intend to do so, likely wanting to keep the divine corpse fragment for further study.

In fact, nearly every affiliated organization would make such a choice.

After all, opportunities to study divine corpses are rare.

"How is your progress?"

Sunan’s words interrupted Cyril’s musings. He smiled and said:

"Quite smoothly. We’ve already made some gains. After all, the army entering the Earth Crystal Plane this time is sizable, and there’s a True Spirit Descendant leading the team."

"True Spirit Descendant? Who?"

"Ronin Ward."

"What’s his relation to Darus Ward?"

Cyril gave Sunan a surprised look, not expecting him to know Lord Darus.

Among the many scholars of the Wisdom Code, Darus is considered the most low-key, uncelebrated, with many affiliated organizations unaware of his existence, yet Sunan knew about him.

"Ronin is Lord Darus’ son," Cyril said with a hint of envy. "A hundred years ago, he had already advanced to a Level 3 Crystallization Wizard and is recognized by the Wisdom Code as one of the most promising to ascend to a True Spirit Wizard."

Sunan’s gaze flickered as he asked, "Which other wizard factions also have True Spirit Descendants leading teams?"

Cyril replied wryly, "There are plenty: the Deep Blue Alliance, Star Spirit Bell Tower, Dark Throne, Bloodline Jungle... all major wizard factions are led by True Spirit Descendants. Additionally, factions like the Pale Mask, Sea King Whale, Ten Thousand Headed Bird, Rainbow City, Black Rope Tower are similar."

At this point, Cyril glanced at Sunan with a peculiar expression and hesitated, "I heard you killed Makaro of Black Rope Tower in All Things City, is that true?"

Sunan admitted straightforwardly, "That’s correct."

It really was true.

Cyril clicked his tongue in wonder but wasn’t too surprised.

He had witnessed firsthand the terrifying power of Sunan’s third talent ability combined with alchemical inscriptions. Although Makaro was also a renowned strong wizard among Level 3 Wizards, under such powerful attacks, defeat was inevitable.