The Synthesis Wizard

Chapter 108 Immortality with fatal flaws

With the protection of the Ring of Ultimate Protection, Sunan can safely output.

Facing such a threatening creature like the Blood Soul Insect, he did not hold back at all and immediately activated the Ring of Disaster on his left hand.

The four rings flashed brightly at the same time.

In an instant, four huge gray claws appeared in the void, and the strong wind swept through the insect swarm like fallen leaves.

In an instant, countless blood soul insects were seen flopping to the ground like dumplings dropped into the water.

The dense insect swarm suddenly became noticeably thinner.

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of silver metal liquid overflowed from Sunan's body again, transforming into sharp cones, and shot out in all directions with him as the center, killing hundreds of blood soul insects in an instant.

Under Sunan's relentless and fierce offensive, the insect swarm decreased at an alarming rate.

In just over half a minute, Sunan cleared the blood soul insects around him and turned to look at Qiangwei on the other side.

The latter's situation is much more embarrassing.

Qiangwei used all her trump cards, but she only managed to kill less than a hundred Blood Soul Insects, and there were hundreds more around her.

At this time, all her strange plants had been devoured, and now she could only rely on magic items to fend off the attacks of the insect swarms.

Fortunately, most of the Blood Soul Insects were attracted by Sunan, so she was able to persist until now.

After Sunan came to support, the two quickly cleaned up the remaining insect swarms.

The few remaining Blood Soul Insects were imprisoned by Su Nan in a temporary iron cage made of fine iron.

Such a rare creature must be taken back and studied carefully.

Out of danger, Qiangwei breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the place where Sunan had just fought. When she saw the thick layer of insect corpses on the ground, she couldn't help but be speechless.

No matter how many times she had seen it, the power Su Nan displayed still frightened her secretly.

After a battle, the defenses of two of Sunan's Extreme Protection Rings were completely cleared, and they needed to be recharged before they could be used again.

There is also one whose defense has been consumed by more than half.

The four Rings of Disaster also need to be charged before they can be used again.

The two steel golems were injured to varying degrees. Fortunately, the injuries were not serious. They could repair themselves by returning to the base and placing them in the leyline nodes to absorb energy.

He still has about half of his mental power, so he can use the magic pattern core for about a minute.

Overall, most of the combat effectiveness is left.

After feeling confident, Su Nan held a high-level rune gem in his palm and carefully walked into the passage where the blood soul worm came out.

Behind the passage is a room that has been transformed into an insect nest. The walls are densely packed with honeycomb-like holes, and there are still many shed shells of Blood Soul Insects inside.

After checking it and finding that there were no remaining blood soul worms, Sunan relaxed a little.

If another group of blood soul insects came, he would have to consider whether to retreat temporarily.

Qiangwei also breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want to face those terrible bugs anymore anyway.

After coming out of the left passage, the two people turned and entered the right passage.

Behind the passage is a room that was also transformed into a bug nest, with bugs lying in dense holes on the wall.

When they first saw this scene, Sunan and Qiangwei subconsciously tensed up their bodies in a fighting posture, but soon they discovered that it was not a blood soul insect, but a kind of large seven-star ladybug. A bug whose back carapace is covered with a layer of crystals.

They lay motionless in the cave, as if they had fallen into a deep sleep.

Sunan stepped forward, carefully took out a bug, observed it for a while, and shook his head at Qiangwei next to him.

"Dead."

This insect's body has completely lost the breath of life.

The two then checked one by one and found that most of the bugs were dead. Only six of them still had a trace of life left, but they were like candles in the strong wind, so weak that they seemed to disappear at any time.

Su Nan thought for a while and put these insects into the iron cage and took them with him.

Leaving the insect nest, the two began to search the rooms one by one.

The first room is a warehouse with more than ten shelves with various materials on them.

Just as they expected, because it took too long, most of the materials had deteriorated and could no longer be used.

Only a small amount of rare metal is still intact.

After that came the meditation room, indoor plantation and apothecary room, but unfortunately nothing was found.

It wasn't until they entered a place that looked like a magic practice room that the two of them discovered something.

The entire practice room was covered in dust, and the walls, floor, and ceiling were all pitted and cracked, looking as if they had been involved in a fierce battle.

A corpse that had turned into white bones was sitting alone in the corner.

The corpse was still wearing a robe.

Su Nan could tell at a glance that it was a magic robe, but it must have expired after such a long time.

"Is he the owner here?"

Qiangwei pointed at several rings worn on the corpse's hand bones, and the enchantment patterns on them became blurred.

"Maybe." Su Nan glanced at the traces of the battle in the training room, "I can't rule out that there was a second person here."

After checking the corpses and finding nothing of value, the two left the practice room and came to the last room.

When they saw the large workbench in the room, the two of them cheered up in unison.

It's obvious that this is a laboratory.

As a place where wizards (apprentices) conduct experimental research, the experimental notes of wizards (apprentices) are usually placed here.

Without finding a study room, the notes in the laboratory are probably the most valuable thing in this cave.

After some searching, the two found several notebooks.

The paper used for the notes is made of special materials. Even after so many years, it has not shown signs of corrosion or weathering.

Opening the first notebook, there was a line of large words written on the first page.

"Blood Soul Insect Bloodline Extraction and Fusion"!

Sunan and Qiangwei looked at each other in confusion.

They have all experienced the weirdness and horror of the Blood Soul Insect, but they did not expect that there are still people who want to extract and fuse the blood of this monster.

Continuing to look down, the name signed is ‘Evigny Lucas’.

What follows is a series of experimental processes and progress of the wizard apprentice named Avigani, as well as his psychological insights during the period.

According to the description in the notes, Avegni discovered the blood soul worm by accident.

This strange creature will follow its instinct to devour the flesh, flesh and soul of all living creatures and use it as nourishment to survive.

As long as they have enough souls, they can even live forever and will not die.

Avegni has done experiments, and the soul of an ordinary human can make the blood soul worm live for a month without eating or drinking.

If it were replaced by the soul of a more powerful creature, it could survive longer.

After discovering this, Avegni came up with the idea of ​​integrating the Blood Soul Insect's bloodline ability of devouring souls and extending lifespan into his own body, thereby gaining immortality.

And he quickly took action.

After cultivating the Blood Soul Insects for a period of time and obtaining enough samples, Avigni immediately started experiments.

Judging from the time marked on the notes, the entire experiment lasted for more than 20 years, and after no less than a hundred failures during this period, Avigni finally successfully fused the blood of the Blood Soul Insect and gained the ability to devour souls and extend lifespan. Seeing this, Sunan and Qiangwei looked at each other with wonder in their eyes.

eternal life!

This is the dream goal of many wizard apprentices.

Only by living long enough can they realize their dream of becoming a wizard.

It’s just that it’s so difficult to achieve eternal life.

All most wizard apprentices can do is extend their lives as long as possible.

But Avigani truly achieved this and achieved eternal life.

In comparison, the need to devour souls is nothing.

This is just like people need to eat and vampires need to **** blood. In the face of a long lifespan, there is no flaw at all.

"But if Avigani has achieved immortality, then who is the corpse in the practice room?" Qiangwei asked doubtfully.

Su Nan shook his head. He couldn't figure out this question yet.

With doubts, the two of them continued to look down.

After the experiment was successful, Avigani was obviously in ecstasy, and his words showed excitement and contentment.

After that, he cultivated more blood soul insects as research samples, hoping to further strengthen his bloodline abilities, reduce his dependence on soul energy, and achieve perfect immortality.

But this research was not successful.

Not long after fusing the Blood Soul Insect bloodline, Avigni quickly noticed something was wrong.

His soul is contaminated!

After a series of experiments and investigations, Avigni finally found out the reason.

That is that the Blood Soul Insect's bloodline actually has a fatal flaw.

Continuously devouring souls will cause one's own soul to be contaminated, gradually distorted and violent, and eventually lose one's mind and fall completely into madness.

This is also why the Blood Soul Insects will attack crazily when they see a creature with flesh and soul.

They have long lost their sense of autonomy, leaving only the instincts of killing and survival.

Avigani is now gradually going through this process.

The good news is that he discovered it early. As long as he stops devouring souls, he will no longer be contaminated and can continue to maintain his sanity.

The bad news is that because his soul has been contaminated, it is almost impossible for him to be promoted to a wizard in this life.

Realizing this, Avigani fell into despair.

After that, he frantically searched for the ability to eliminate the flaws in the Blood Soul Insect's bloodline, but unfortunately he was never able to do so.

This continued for more than ten years, and Avigni gradually felt that he was coming to the end of his life.

He was unwilling to die like this, so he embarked on the path of devouring souls again, hoping to find a way to eradicate the problem before he lost his mind.

From then on, the content of the experimental notes gradually took on a twisted and crazy meaning, and the degree gradually deepened. The last few pages were filled with various graffiti of unknown meanings, which made people feel inexplicably creepy.

After reading the notes, Sunan couldn't help but sigh.

The end of Avegni was already apparent.

In the end, he still couldn't find a solution and was completely lost in madness.

Now it seems that the traces in the spell practice room are not left by the battle, but may be caused by Avigni's own madness.

The corpse leaning against the wall happened to be Avegni.

"It's a pity, there's only one last step left." Qiangwei whispered with some regret.

Sunan glanced at her, shook her head and said nothing.

This is not just one step away.

Avegni's failure was almost certain.

In the prosperous age of wizards thousands of years ago, blood soul insects were not very rare creatures.

If immortality could be achieved by fusing the blood of the Blood Soul Insect, a more powerful wizard would have researched it long ago.

But in fact, no similar method has been heard of until now, including the wizarding era many years later.

This shows that no one has succeeded from beginning to end, and the defects of the Blood Soul Insect bloodline cannot be eradicated at all.

From the moment it merged with the Blood Soul Insect's bloodline, Avigni's fate was actually doomed.

"Don't pity this guy, he is not a good person."

Sunan said calmly:

"Have you forgotten those blood soul insects just now?"

Qiangwei was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted, her face immediately turned very ugly.

Avegni died hundreds of years ago. Those Blood Soul Insects have been locked in caves and cannot go out to find food, but they can survive to this day, which shows that when Avegni was still there, they had already Devoured a lot of souls.

The amount of soul is enough for nearly a thousand blood soul insects to survive for hundreds of years without eating or drinking. How many creatures must be killed to extract it?

Just thinking about it makes my head tingle!

Avegni probably had a lot of blood on his hands during his lifetime!

Putting down the blood soul insect experiment notebook, Su Nan looked at the second notebook.

Turning to the first page, it read 'Genetic modification and cultivation of gem bugs'.

Gem bug?

This name intrigued Sunan.

Continuing to scroll down, the beginning of the note is that Avegni found a kind of insect in the underground world that devours ore for a living.

Their physiological structure is very peculiar. They can decompose and digest the ores swallowed into their stomachs, excrete the residues from the body, and the essence gathers on their backs, slowly forming a hard crystal armor on their back carapace, thus greatly improving their survivability.

Avegni was very interested in this kind of bug. In order to test one of his ideas, he captured a large number of these bugs, used a radiation force field to induce mutation of the bugs, and then used magic to transform the internal structure of its body, thus The essence after the insects digest the ore no longer condenses into crystals, but becomes pure gems.

After hundreds of generations of cultivation, the gem bug was born.

The gemstones produced by gem worms have the same natural spirituality as natural gemstones and can completely replace natural gemstones.

Sunan and Qiangwei were surprised and happy.

It goes without saying how important gems are to wizards (apprentices). Gems are used in many places.

It's just that gems are precious and rare. Even Sunan, who has abundant resources, often has to save them.

If there were a creature that could produce gems, it would be self-evident how significant it would be!

In addition, the notes also mentioned that gem bugs will enter a dormant state when they lack food. During this period, the energy required to maintain life will be reduced to an extremely low level, enough to survive for a hundred years.

Sunan and Qiangwei immediately thought of the motionless insects they had just seen.

Its appearance and the crystals on its back carapace are exactly the same as the gem bug described in the notes.

"I never thought these little things could produce gems."

Qiangwei's eyes suddenly became extremely hot when she looked at the bug in the cage, and then she felt a little pity.

The gem worms had been dormant for so long, more than a hundred years, that out of hundreds of gem worms, only six survived.

Fortunately, according to the notes, gem bugs can divide and reproduce.

Even if there is only one gem insect left, it can gradually multiply into a large swarm as time goes by.

(End of chapter)