Synthesis Wizard-Chapter 221

Su Nan had personally crafted tens of thousands of puppets.

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He was already familiar with the distinct life force emanating from them, a force different from that of living flesh and blood.

The moment the monster appeared, he sensed the unique aura belonging to puppets on it.

“A puppet capable of changing its form? That’s rather rare,” he said, a hint of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

As he observed the octopus puppet, it suddenly moved, raising a tentacle covered in barbs. It hovered briefly in the air, then shot toward him, creating a powerful whistling sound.

Su Nan remained motionless, his expression calm as he watched the tentacle tear through the air.

However, as it approached within five meters of Su Nan, the tentacle seemed to be trapped in invisible mud, its speed abruptly slowing down. It could only inch forward, finally stopping half a meter away from Su Nan.

Upon closer inspection, one could see the tentacle trembling slightly, as if under immense pressure.

“It has decent attack power. It’s not inferior to a third-ring spell,” Su Nan commented nonchalantly, raising an eyebrow.

Sssshhh!

More whistling sounds exploded suddenly.

After failing its first attack, the octopus puppet launched a full-fledged assault. Dozens of tentacles, howling, flew out, wrapping around him like a whirlwind, lashing down towards Su Nan.

However, the same thing happened again.

Once these tentacles approached within five meters of Su Nan, their speed noticeably slowed, becoming progressively slower as they got closer, until they completely stopped.

In an instant, dozens of tentacles surrounded Su Nan, sealing him in a dense web, but unable to harm him in the slightest.

“Meow, Su Nan is so amazing!” Amy excitedly exclaimed, her eyes filled with admiration for Su Nan.

Su Nan smiled and patted the little girl’s head, but his gaze never left the octopus puppet.

This puppet undoubtedly possessed the combat power of a formal wizard. It wouldn’t be easy to defeat it, especially considering it was likely one of Falling Star City’s final battle sequences.

As if to confirm his thoughts, the surface of the surrounding tentacles suddenly glowed with various spell effects. Lightning and flames danced on the tentacles, while ice and acid sprayed from them. The tips of all the barbs emitted a faint blue glow!

In that moment, all the tentacles were infused with various magical effects!

Sssshhh!

The countless tentacles attacked again, their power increasing significantly, overwhelming the protective force field of the “Restricted Zone”, which was rapidly consuming energy.

“This combat power is far stronger than that of the secret doll,” Su Nan remarked, amazed.

If he hadn’t broken through to the first-level liquefication stage, he would have had to expend much effort to take down this octopus puppet.

While thoughts flashed through his mind, Su Nan began to counterattack. Raising his hand, his five fingers suddenly clenched together, deep and profound light erupted from his fingertips, quickly forming a jet-black spear.

In the next instant, he threw the spear with a sudden flick of his wrist. It turned into a black streak of light, instantly striking the octopus puppet.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

The octopus puppet’s surface suddenly flickered with a rainbow of spell effects. In an instant, it activated dozens of defensive spells, layered upon layer to envelop its entire body, as if wearing the most solid armor.

However, these seemingly solid defenses, upon contact with the black streak of light, melted and vanished quickly, like candles encountering fire.

The black light, encountering no resistance, broke through the layers of defenses and penetrated the octopus puppet’s body, then exploded violently!

Crackle!

Countless black electric sparks erupted from the octopus puppet’s body, instantly turning it into a dazzling ball of lightning, illuminating the previously somewhat dim hall as if it were daytime.

It took a long time for the lightning to gradually dissipate.

The octopus puppet was lying on the ground, its dozens of tentacles limp and sprawled around it, clearly incapacitated.

Only its occasional twitching body indicated that the puppet had not been completely destroyed.

“It’s quite tenacious,” Su Nan praised.

After breaking through to the first-level liquefication stage, his spiritual power skyrocketed. Under his guidance, the “Black Thunder” had been further synthesized and upgraded, becoming at least 50-60% more powerful than before.

It could be said that even the secret doll girl would definitely not be able to withstand a single hit from “Black Thunder.”

The octopus puppet, having taken a direct hit from “Black Thunder,” had only been seriously injured but not destroyed. This “constitution” was truly formidable.

Su Nan hesitated for a moment, then decided to keep the octopus puppet. He would take it back to study, hoping to gain inspiration from it to create more powerful puppets.

He summoned two secret doll girls to watch over the octopus puppet, then walked towards the depths of the hall.

This was the top floor of the tower, the most critical location in Falling Star City.

And with such a powerful force as the octopus puppet guarding it.

It wouldn’t be surprising if the two stone pillars held the most valuable things in Falling Star City.

All the way to the stone pillars, Su Nan encountered no further obstacles.

As he had guessed, the octopus puppet was indeed Falling Star City’s final battle sequence.

The glow surrounding the stone pillars was a protective array. Su Nan dispelled it without much effort, revealing the objects on the pillars.

It was a book and a crystal clear orb.

The book was twice or three times the size of a normal book. Its light green cover shimmered with a cold metallic sheen, adorned with a jade-white gardenia flower, exquisitely crafted.

Su Nan could feel the abundant energy particles contained within the book, indicating that it was a magical artifact.

The other orb was about the size of a fist, shining brightly. Inside, countless tiny dots were scattered like stars, forming a beautiful starry night.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that these dots were countless miniature enchanted runes.

To Su Nan’s surprise, he could faintly sense that the energy contained within this orb was flowing towards the empty void in a way he couldn’t understand, seemingly connecting to the entire tower.

He had a sudden realization.

This orb was likely the energy source of this tower, or perhaps even the entire Falling Star City!

Although he was very curious about the orb, Su Nan was more eager to see the contents of the other book.

Thinking this, he reached out towards the book, but the next moment, a soft sigh echoed in his ears.

The sound came from the book.

“The book is talking!” Amy exclaimed in fright.

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The book snapped open, one of its pages suddenly emitted countless rays of light, intertwining and floating to the side of the stone pillar, forming a somewhat illusory figure.

It was a woman who looked to be about twenty years old, wearing a gray wizard’s robe. She had cascading silver hair, and her purple eyes glittered with brilliant stars, like starlight. She was tall and slender.

Her lips were thin, her chin slightly pointed, and her long eyes slanted upwards. Her features were sharp and angular, giving her a cold and aloof demeanor.

“Nice to meet you, the master of the Star Alliance,” the woman in the gray robe said softly, her voice cool yet magnetic.

“You know me?” Su Nan raised an eyebrow.

“No, I don’t,” the gray-robed woman replied, her lips curving into a slight smile. The coldness of her features combined with a hint of gentleness made her even more captivating. “But I saw the fleet and the Siren sea monsters searching outside. Only the master of the Star Alliance can simultaneously command both, right?”

Su Nan’s expression shifted, instantly realizing, “You are the ‘Ocean Goddess’ who deceived the Siren sea monsters?”

The gray-robed woman remained unfazed, “Deception is not the right word. The Siren sea monsters helped me gather the Sea Heart, while I imparted knowledge to them and helped them grow stronger. It’s a fair trade, isn’t it? I used the name ‘Ocean Goddess’ simply for ease of communication.”

Su Nan didn’t deny it, “Then why are you showing yourself now? Do you want revenge?”

“You’re mistaken,” the gray-robed woman shook her head. “I have no such intention. Nor am I your opponent. As for that tentacle puppet.”

She glanced at the octopus puppet, which was convulsing on the ground, “That’s Falling Star City’s automatic defense program, which activates when an outsider invades. I have no control over it.”

Tentacle puppet?

Su Nan remembered a creature that looked like an octopus, called the Golden Tentacle.

No wonder he found the octopus puppet familiar. The puppet’s prototype was indeed the Golden Tentacle.

That was a well-known divine creature!

“The reason I’ve shown myself is also because I have no other choice,” the gray-robed woman said, her gaze falling upon the book on the stone pillar, her expression complex.

“I’m sure you’ve noticed my current state. This book is my vessel. Once it’s destroyed, I’ll perish along with it. At this point, I have no reason to hide.”

Su Nan had indeed noticed that the gray-robed woman was currently a ghost.

Generally, a ghost couldn’t exist for long in the material world.

Unless it evolved into a vengeful spirit, attacking humans everywhere, devouring souls and flesh, becoming a bound evil spirit with territorial attributes, then it could survive in the material world for an extended period.

Just like the evil spirit he had encountered in Kubero’s mansion.

But there were exceptions.

Rarely, after death, a person could fuse their soul with an object, becoming a ghost bound to that object, thus maintaining the soul’s integrity.

But accomplishing this wasn’t easy.

Aside from the deceased needing extremely strong soul energy during their lifetime, they also had to find a suitable container for the soul, along with a fair amount of luck.

All three were indispensable!

If any one of them was missing, the fusion would fail, resulting in the soul being extinguished.

The gray-robed woman in front of him was clearly one of those fortunate few.

Su Nan was somewhat surprised by the gray-robed woman’s honesty.

But thinking about it, even if she hadn’t revealed it, he would have discovered it soon. Rather than be exposed, it was better to be honest, which might give him a good impression.

Su Nan stretched out his hand and summoned the book on the stone pillar. It floated into his palm.

With her vessel, her vital point, in someone else’s hands, the gray-robed woman instinctively stiffened, but quickly suppressed it, biting her lower lip.

Su Nan seemed not to notice, flipping open the book.

What met his eyes were densely packed spell models, one per page, ranging from zero-ring to three-ring spells. It seemed like there were at least a hundred of them.

A spell codex!

Su Nan immediately made his judgment.

Similar to the spell storage staff, the codex was also a magical artifact that contained engraved spell models, which could be activated to release spells.

However, compared to the former, the codex could store more spells.

But a regular codex would only store twenty to thirty spells at most, and mostly one-ring and two-ring spells. Not like this one, with hundreds of spells, including many three-ring spells.

Even if it wasn’t as powerful as a magical weapon, it would definitely be among the top-tier magic artifacts at the dim light level.

Su Nan closed the book, already having his answer.

“You used this codex to control storms and waves to help the Siren sea monsters defeat their enemies?”

“That’s right.”

There was no need to hide anything at this point. The gray-robed woman readily admitted it.

“Before I became like this, I was a wizard.”

Su Nan wasn’t surprised by this, but rather showed an expression of “as I thought.”

To be able to fuse one’s soul with a codex after death, and still use it in a ghost form, wasn’t something ordinary people could do.

Only a wizard could achieve this.

Wait!

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Su Nan, and he asked, “What’s your name?”

“Liza Russell,” the gray-robed woman replied.

As expected!

Su Nan’s gaze sharpened, and he looked at her deeply.

“You are the ancestor of the Russell family.”

The Russell family were the guardians of Falling Star City. A wizard had emerged from the family in history. And here was this gray-robed woman, appearing in Falling Star City and a wizard in her lifetime. There had to be a connection.

Upon asking, it was indeed the case.

“You know me?” Liza’s purple eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.

“No, I just heard your family members mention you,” Su Nan said with a hint of amusement. “The Russell family is now a member of the Star Alliance.”

Liza was stunned, then she nodded, understanding.

“That’s right. You are a formal wizard. It makes sense for the Russell family to serve you.”

“To be honest, I didn’t expect that a formal wizard could be born in the Starlight Continent.”

Liza’s gaze at Su Nan was filled with both awe and admiration.

She, too, had witnessed the era of element depletion. She knew how extraordinary one’s talent had to be and how much effort one had to put in to become a wizard, especially in an era where energy was scarce.

The person in front of her must have made unimaginable efforts and endured countless hardships to reach his current level.

That was why, upon discovering that he was a wizard, she showed herself immediately.

In the current Starlight Continent, only this person had the potential to help her achieve her goal.

“I’m more curious about why you became like this and what’s going on with Falling Star City,” Su Nan got to the point.

Liza remained silent for a moment, then asked a question instead of answering, “Do you know the origin of Falling Star City?”

“The legacy of a wizard from a thousand years ago?”

“Yes, but also no,” Liza nodded, then shook her head. “Have you ever heard of the Starfall Society?”

“The Starfall Society? Isn’t it extinct?” Su Nan looked at Liza. “You’re a member of the Starfall Society.”

Liza froze, truly surprised.

The Starfall Society was a wizard force from a thousand years ago. Logically, Su Nan shouldn’t know about it.

She had only asked casually, already prepared to explain, but she didn’t expect Su Nan to actually know about the Starfall Society.

He even knew the Starfall Society was extinct!

What kind of origins did this person have? (End of Chapter)