Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 198

The last remaining territory in the Southeastern Region fell into the hands of the Star Alliance.

The Southeastern Region of the Underworld officially witnessed the birth of its sole ruler.

Dragon Skull Tower, Laboratory.

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After bringing back the body of the Spider Demigod, Su Nan immediately extracted the divine energy.

As he expected, the Spider Demigod contained far more divine energy than the spiderized elves, a total of 213 standard units.

To Su Nan’s surprise, the magic cube displayed that this divine energy, besides being contaminated by faith, also contained a soul poison.

This soul poison would inflict a curse upon a wizard’s soul.

Even if one could endure it, their soul would suffer irreversible damage and require a significant amount of time to recover.

“That cunning spider, she still had this trick up her sleeve.”

Su Nan sneered.

It was clear that the Spider Queen had anticipated his purpose of collecting divine energy and thus had left something in it, aiming to deliver a sneaky backstab.

If not for the magic cube, he might not have discovered this trap.

“As expected of a deity renowned for its cunning, even her counterattack after defeat was well thought out.”

Another wizard might have fallen for the Spider Queen’s scheme.

Unfortunately, this tactic was useless against Su Nan.

As for the Spider Queen’s veiled threat earlier, Su Nan didn’t take it to heart.

While it was still unclear how the Spider Queen had managed to infiltrate the Starlight Continent, her actions thus far indicated that she was still subject to the continent’s limitations and could not penetrate with too much force.

Especially after losing the faith of the Dark Elves and lacking sacrifices and mediums, her ability to infiltrate the Starlight Continent became even more difficult.

And once the Starlight Continent’s dimensional barrier recovered, the wizards would return.

At that time, even if the Spider Queen had ten times the courage, she wouldn’t dare to openly infiltrate the Starlight Continent, let alone make a descent.

That last statement was simply a dog’s bark. Su Nan simply dismissed it as a fart.

Perhaps due to her focus on creating spiderized elves, Demon Spider City didn’t have any sacred objects, only a few statues of the Spider Queen, each containing a trace of divine energy.

Su Nan extracted them all and placed them in the magic cube for synthesis.

Synthesis could eliminate faith contamination and naturally purify soul poison as well.

After using the magic cube to purify the divine energy, Su Nan absorbed it immediately. Upon digesting all the divine energy, his spiritual refinement had increased by 17.57%.

【Vaporization: 40.19%】

Seeing the data on the panel, Su Nan breathed a sigh of relief.

This was a good haul, saving him decades of cultivation time.

Even without divine energy to absorb in the future, he could still reach Level 1 Liquidation in around two hundred years through regular cultivation.

Moreover, without divine energy, there were still other means to accelerate cultivation speed.

Su Nan hadn’t forgotten the initial purpose of attacking Demon Spider City.

The Philiir family, one of the twelve families of Demon Spider City, likely possessed clues to the Black Forest, one of the three wizard legacies.

By finding the Black Forest, he might be able to discover something within that could enhance his spiritual refinement.

To this end, Su Nan had specifically instructed Sherman to interrogate the members of the Philiir family after conquering Demon Spider City.

Results should be coming in a few days.

The results came sooner than expected.

The day after capturing Demon Spider City, Sherman delivered the information Su Nan desired.

“So, it was a Dark Elf who provided the clue?”

In his study, Su Nan raised an eyebrow, looking at Sherman.

“Yes, Master.”

Sherman’s expression was also somewhat peculiar.

“The moment we conquered Demon Spider City, I captured all the members of the Philiir family, including the matriarch and the martial arts leader. I immediately had them interrogated by the Man-faced Lion, but all the female Dark Elves refused to speak, while the male Dark Elves were willing to cooperate. However, they basically didn’t know any valuable information.”

The Dark Elves revered women, a tradition stemming from the influence of the Spider Queen.

This female deity favored female Dark Elves more, often bestowing upon them more blessings than male Dark Elves, which led to the low status of males in the Dark Elf race.

Therefore, male Dark Elves didn’t have access to high-level information and it was normal for them to be unaware of the clues to the Black Forest.

However, it was unexpected for the female Dark Elves to be so stubborn.

It seemed that the Spider Queen must have made some sort of arrangement, deepening the faith contamination of these female Dark Elves.

Only then could it be explained why those female Dark Elves would rather die than speak.

However, this made the female Dark Elf who volunteered to provide the clue stand out even more.

“What’s her status within the Philiir family?” Su Nan asked.

“Her name is Tagana. She’s a regular soldier in the Philiir family, but she’s the daughter of the Philiir matriarch.”

Su Nan’s expression immediately turned strange.

A daughter betraying her mother?

Well, it wasn’t entirely surprising. In the Dark Elf race, which loved infighting, many family matriarchs ascended to power after their daughters backstabbed their mothers in a coup d’état. It was a tradition among the Dark Elves.

And if she was the matriarch’s daughter, it wasn’t strange for her to have access to information about the Black Forest.

What surprised Su Nan was why Tagana was the only exception, while the other female Dark Elves were all subjected to faith contamination.

Su Nan became curious.

“Bring that Dark Elf here.”

“Yes, Master.”

After Sherman left, Su Nan looked at a pitch-black twig lying on the table.

This was the item found in the Philiir family’s temple after Tagana provided the information.

The twig was about ten centimeters long, as thick as an index finger, with a wrinkled surface like bark, covered in fine lines.

However, upon closer inspection, one could see that these fine lines seemed to contain a certain pattern, vaguely forming some kind of enchantment rune.

In fact, this wasn’t a simple twig but a magical item.

It was also the key to opening the Black Forest.

After placing it in the magic cube, Su Nan gained access to all the information about the twig.

Unfortunately, the magic cube didn’t provide specific instructions on how to use it, so he still needed to research it for a while before figuring out how to use it to find the Black Forest.

The thought of soon finding the second wizard legacy filled Su Nan with joy.

“Now, all that’s left is Starshine City.”

He was determined to obtain resources from all three wizard legacies.

Otherwise, with only the current resources on the Starlight Continent, he would need an eternity to advance to Level 2 Wizard.

Not long after, Sherman walked in with a Dark Elf girl.

Tall and slender, with exquisite features, the girl before him was beautiful, like most Dark Elves.

Although her jet-black skin didn’t conform to the aesthetic preferences of most humans, some might find it to be a bonus.

While Su Nan observed Tagana, she was secretly observing him as well.

Thinking that the person in front of her was the actual controller of the Star Alliance, a powerful wizard who had slain the Demigod, Tagana couldn’t help but feel tense.

This was an involuntary physiological response of a creature when facing a vastly superior being of a higher life form.

Seeing Tagana’s nervousness, Su Nan directly cast a hypnosis spell. The Dark Elf girl’s eyes instantly became dull and unfocused.

With Su Nan’s current spiritual power, his hypnosis spell could subdue anyone below Legendary Knight level without even a moment of struggle.

He then stepped away from his desk and stood before Tagana, placing his hand on her head.

Sherman watched this with a confused expression, but refrained from interrupting.

After a while, Su Nan ended his spiritual exploration and returned to his desk.

He was now certain that Tagana hadn’t been subjected to faith contamination. The reason was likely due to her spiritual power far exceeding that of her race.

After all, the Spider Queen’s faith contamination targeting the Dark Elf race was a large-scale phenomenon. For individuals, as long as their spiritual power reached a certain threshold, they could resist or even be immune.

Tagana happened to be the one who was immune.

“I didn’t expect there to be individuals with such high spiritual power among the Dark Elves.”

“She’s a good candidate for becoming a wizard.”

Su Nan mused.

While he was deep in thought, Tagana had gradually recovered.

Her higher-than-average spiritual power made her vaguely aware of something amiss. Something had happened, but she couldn’t recall it clearly.

“Why did you volunteer to provide the clue?”

Su Nan’s voice suddenly rang out, startling Tagana awake.

She hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth and said, “They’re all crazy, they’ve been controlled by the Queen… by that thing. She also killed my best friend, I don’t want to do her bidding. If she wants everyone to keep the Black Key a secret, I’ll just tell them!”

Sherman looked at Tagana in astonishment. He could hear the resentment in her tone towards the Spider Queen, which didn’t seem fake.

Su Nan said calmly, “That’s because they’ve suffered from faith contamination.”

“Faith contamination?” Tagana looked confused.

Sherman glanced at Su Nan’s expression and quietly explained to Tagana.

As a wizard apprentice, he naturally knew about the faith contamination of deities.

After listening to Sherman’s explanation, Tagana’s expression became a mixture of shock and bewilderment.

She never imagined that a so-called deity was actually a creature that controlled its believers through faith contamination.

It was simply… despicable!

Tagana didn’t doubt Su Nan and Sherman were deceiving her. There was no need for them to do that.

For a moment, she felt even more resentful towards the Spider Queen.

After a moment of silence, she suddenly said, “Wizard, is there any way to save my people?”

Su Nan shook his head slightly.

Faith contamination wasn’t irreversible, but it would require a great price. He couldn’t afford such a huge price to solve the problem of a bunch of Dark Elves.

Tagana’s face fell and she lowered her head.

“Wizard, what are you going to do with us?”

“For your sake, I can spare your people. As long as they work obediently in the mine area, I won’t execute them.”

This answer was completely unexpected for Tagana. She looked up at Su Nan in astonishment.

Even Sherman was surprised.

He thought it would be fine to keep the male Dark Elves, as they weren’t deeply infected by faith, but keeping the female Dark Elves would be more harmful than beneficial. Based on his Master’s past actions, he would have thought his Master would have purged the female Dark Elves without hesitation.

Now, he was making an exception for this Dark Elf girl?

Sherman couldn’t help but look at Tagana a few times, his mind inexplicably going astray.

Did his Master have a thing for this Dark Elf girl?

But soon, Su Nan’s next words dispelled his unfounded suspicions.

“You have the potential to become a wizard. Would you like to try?”

As soon as these words were spoken, both Sherman and Tagana froze.

Sherman was completely dumbfounded.

A Dark Elf wizard apprentice?

Was his Master joking?

But soon, he realized that no records had ever stated that Dark Elves couldn’t become wizards. It’s just that he’d never seen a wizard apprentice from a race other than humans, so he subconsciously assumed it was a human exclusive.

Tagana was equally surprised, but a wave of excitement surged within her upon realizing the implications.

How powerful wizards were, the person before her had already demonstrated with his actions!

Even the Demigod wasn’t his match!

Even if she could only possess half, no, a third of this wizard’s power, it would be enough to dominate the Underworld.

Tagana wasn’t stupid. She understood this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her. Without hesitation, she immediately agreed.

Su Nan nodded in satisfaction, “From today onwards, you are a formal student of the Starlight Academy. Work hard, and if you have any questions, you can come to me for guidance when I’m at the Starlight Academy.”

“Yes, thank you, Wizard.” Tagana said, suppressing her elation.

Sherman looked at her with envy.

He’d never seen a student receive this kind of attention from his Master.

Sherman then took Tagana away. Su Nan leaned back in his chair, his expression thoughtful.

Wizards weren’t exclusively human. Other races had also produced wizards, although they were few and far between.

And almost all of them were sub-human races similar to humans.

After all, existing wizard knowledge was almost entirely created based on humans. Other races would inevitably encounter “cultural shock” and inefficiency when learning and cultivating this knowledge.

It was rare to find a Dark Elf with the potential to become a wizard, and her potential was exceptional. It was a good opportunity to put this into practice and see what the differences were between sub-human wizards and human wizards.