Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 427 - 46: Rule Development

Having recovered some spiritual power, Richard placed the Buffer Crystal branded with the mutated rules onto the experimental platform.

Although he had branded the mutated rules into the Buffer Crystal, changing its properties, Richard himself was unsure of the specific effects.

The purple-red crystal shimmered with an eerie glow under the light. Richard picked up an energy probe and conducted a simple investigation.

"Hmm? No energy field leakage?"

Richard looked at the data from the energy probe, a look of surprise on his face.

No energy field meant that the crystal had no effect on the surrounding environment in its normal state.

This was exactly opposite to the invasive nature of the mutated rules.

"Interesting, the Buffer Crystal is this stable?"

Richard’s expression showed excitement, as the stability displayed by the Buffer Crystal far exceeded his expectations.

If this wasn’t a special case, then he wouldn’t have to worry about what materials to use as a carrier for the rules in future Rule Magic Equipment crafting.

Richard took the Buffer Crystal in his hands and injected a bit of magic power into it.

Immediately after, he saw the Buffer Crystal light up with a faint glow. The cells in his hands also vibrated slightly under the illumination.

"Not bad, the Deformation Illumination Device seems viable."

Richard took out a box from his pocket, which was filled with silicone gel-like stuffing.

He dug a hole in the stuffing and placed the Buffer Crystal, or rather the Deformation Crystal, inside.

Even though the Deformation Crystal was very stable, no one knew the consequences it might have if subjected to physical impact.

Therefore, it was better to be cautious.

After securing the Deformation Crystal, Richard meditated on the spot for eight hours to fully recover his spiritual power.

Then he began the second round of rule branding.

This time, he was branding the soul rules.

On the alchemy platform, runes flickered as the intangible and immaterial Soul Rules gradually fused into the Buffer Crystal within the Alchemy Array.

The Soul Rules were more incomplete than the mutated rules, so this branding session was considerably easier than the last.

After the branding process was complete, Richard felt slightly dizzy but was still in good spirits.

He picked up the crystal from the Alchemy Array and checked it again with the energy probe.

"Good, it seems the Buffer Crystal’s properties really are stable."

Satisfied with the data feedback from the probe, Richard nodded in approval.

In the future, as long as the incompleteness of the rules was not lower than that of the mutated rules, he could use Buffer Crystals as the rule carrier.

Securing the Soul Crystal in the same manner, Richard repeated the process and branded all his remaining rules into Buffer Crystals.

For an ordinary Alchemy Wizard, creating Rule Magic Equipment was a luxury.

Branding rules was easy, but extracting them from the material was difficult.

But this was not a concern for Richard.

After acquiring the Dimension Gap’s Space Bubble, his Soul Essence was free. Had he not been on the brink of becoming a Great Wizard, unable to use Soul Essence to forcibly push through.

Richard estimated that by now, he probably would have become a Great Wizard.

The consumption involved in extracting rules from materials was trivial.

After branding all the rules, Richard began using these crystals as the core components to craft Magic Equipment.

At this point, the benefits of the material faction’s approach to crafting were apparent.

Richard didn’t need to design a Rune Array specialized for rules like the Rune Faction would. Instead, he could craft just as he would for ordinary Magic Equipment.

Deformation Illumination Device, Flesh Scalpel, Nightmare Mask... In just one year, Richard had transformed all the crystals into Rule Magic Equipment.

Most of these Magic Equipment were used as laboratory tools and proved to be even more useful than when they had been integrated into Richard’s body.

Under the influence of the Rune Array, these rules outshone their previous luster within Richard’s body.

This made Richard feel somewhat embarrassed.

Previously, he had overlooked the potential of these rules.

He owned a gold mine but was blinded by a chunk of doghead gold that fell from it.

"It looks like it’s time to prioritize the development of rules."

Richard looked at his to-do list and immediately added an item called "Develop Rules" to the top of the list.

Radiation Rules... There seemed to be many possibilities for development with this rule.

Radiation is a very broad term. According to Richard’s past-life definition, radiation is a physical phenomenon present in any natural object.

In environments above absolute zero, all objects inevitably emit thermal radiation.

But in the Wizard World, radiation was defined as the leakage of energy.

Under this definition, the Radiation Rule was almost like a god-like rule. After all, all things in the world possess energy, and to control energy is to control the world.

However, Richard’s tests showed that his Radiation Rule did not demonstrate such frightening abilities.

The Radiation Rule greatly enhanced his Magic Penetration power, allowing him now to breach an Energy Barrier capable of defending against spells of a thousand Energy Levels with just a simple Magic Missile.

In addition, he also had the ability to emit high-energy radiation.

But the high-energy radiation he emitted was not without source. All of these energies originated from his body, as well as the Magic Rebound within him.

If he used this ability for too long, his body would begin to deteriorate.

In addition, he acquired the ability to control radiation within a certain limit. If he exceeded this limit, he could only weaken it, not control it.

Here’s a joke, even if he had mastered the Radiation Rule, Richard would still be reduced to ashes by radiation before he got back to the power furnace of the stronghold.

Only this time he could hold out a little longer.

This realization made Richard feel dejected.

He asked Ulysses why this was happening, and the World Master from an Exotic Realm answered him.

"Rules are amplifiers with different shades. But if the thing being amplified is too small, no matter how powerful the amplifier is, it can’t compare to the big players.

That’s also why a Demigod will never be able to defeat a World Master.

Your combat power is one, and rules can amplify it by tenfold. Even if you delve deeper into the rules, the amplification factor is only thirteen, fourteen at most, twenty.

That means your ultimate combat power is at most twenty.

But the World Master’s combat power is ten, and even if their use of rules is quite crude, with an amplification factor of only eleven or twelve, their final combat power can reach one hundred ten or one hundred twenty.

This gap in data is beyond the limit that skill can compensate for.

So, don’t be superstitious about rules. Your own strength is the foundation of everything.

You’ve been a bit too greedy."

Ulysses’ words hit Richard like a thunderclap, awakening him.

Acquiring rules should have been a good thing, but he had fallen into despondency because the powers granted by the rules weren’t strong enough.

That was indeed due to greed.

Having realized this, Richard felt a sense of alarm. Luckily he had discovered the problem in time and hadn’t made any mistakes.

But had he been bewildered on the battlefield, he might have been doomed.

"Ahh, I’ve become so greedy because of the great gains I made in the Green Forest World," Richard sighed.

Greed is what a Black Wizard fears most, yet he had unknowingly fallen into it, which was truly terrifying.

Ulysses consoled, "Gah, awakening is good. Greed is human nature, even Divine Kings have their moments of greed."

Richard summoned a sphere of water and washed his face, freeing himself from his emotions.

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Returning to the Wizard Tower, Richard entered his study and began to leaf through the books he had just borrowed from the library.

This borrowing had taken a great effort from Richard, as Elena had just taken her days off—the library elves had ten days of vacation each year when they could freely leave the library.

Richard had only just learned about this rule.

Who would have thought that these little elves, who seemed idle every day, would actually have designated vacations.

The books Richard borrowed this time numbered in the hundreds, most of them about the Shape-shifting School.

Radiation Rule didn’t have much development space in Alchemy.

The Shape-shifting School was where it could truly shine.

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Time passed day by day, and Richard read more and more books. His use of the Radiation Rule became increasingly adept.

Under his development, the power of his spells had greatly increased.

With the aid of the rules, a normal Fireball Technique could almost reach an Energy Level of eight thousand. As for his Heart of Annihilation, the spell power had reached a staggering fifteen thousand Energy Level.

Such powerful spells could even cause a Three Rings Wizard to perish on the spot if not careful.

And this was just in its normal state. If Richard was reckless, the spell power could multiply several times over, but the cost would be incredibly painful.

In addition to spell enhancement, Richard also developed a witchcraft called Radiation Battle Body.

Under Richard’s experimentation, even without having the Radiation Rule, one could achieve it using some radiation materials.

And its combat power was extremely exaggerated.

After activating the Radiation Battle Body, every strike of Richard’s was laced with deadly Energy Radiation.

These radiations, whether against Energy Barriers or against robust flesh, possessed incredibly strong Penetration Power.

And this was just a byproduct for Richard.

His original idea was to turn himself into a Power Furnace and then externally drive a set of Rule Battle Armor, maximizing his advantages as an Alchemy Wizard.

Like the passing of white steeds, time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, the day of the wizard gathering arrived.

At Jimmy’s reminder message, Richard quickly organized his Magic Equipment and rushed out of the Wizard Tower towards Garon Wizard College.

For a wizard like Richard, who had joined the Academy, it was natural to go to the gathering with the Academy’s wizards.

Arriving at the Academy, Richard immediately saw the throng of wizards flying in mid-air.

Garon Wizard College had many Three Rings Wizards, nearly two hundred. This many Three Rings Wizards could almost form the backbone of an expeditionary force in a Plane War in a Miniature World.

Seeing Richard, Jimmy laughed loudly, "Richard, you’ve finally come.

If you hadn’t, you would have had to find us at the Tower of Truth."