Synthetic Wizard - Chapter 337 - 207: Breakthrough, First-Order Liquefaction (2)

Finally, a breakthrough!

From the time of advancing to a Wizard to now, it has only been twelve short years.

In such a short time, breaking through from Level 1 vaporization to Level 1 liquefaction, you could call it quite remarkable in any Wizard era, except for the True Spirit Descendants.

After turning from a gas state to a liquid state, although the quantity of Spiritual Power seemed to decrease, the quality surged significantly, overall increasing more than twice compared to the vaporization stage.

Both being Level 1 Wizards, regardless of various trump cards and bottom-line tactics, a Level 1 liquefaction Wizard completely crushes a Level 1 vaporization Wizard.

After a while, Sunan finally calmed his inner delight and saw there were still five standard units of Divine Power within the Elemental Dust, absorbing it all in one breath.

The Spiritual Refinement Level subsequently increased to 0.2%.

“It takes about fifty standard units of Divine Power to increase 1% of the Spiritual Refinement Level.”

Just as Sunan thought, after breaking through to the liquefaction stage, enhancing the Spiritual Refinement Level indeed became much more difficult.

But soon, he regained his spirits again.

With the method of synthesizing Elemental Crystal Cores at hand, in at most fifty to sixty years, he could break through to Level 1 Crystallization.

This speed already far surpasses most Level 1 Wizards.

Especially on today’s Starlight Continent, it’s even more unimaginable.

“After breaking through to Level 1 Crystallization, the second Talent Crystal Model needs to be constructed.”

“I need to first decide what kind of Talent Crystal Model to construct.”

Among those Talent Crystal Models obtained from the Tower of Stars, the best one is just middle-level, naturally, Sunan doesn’t care much for it.

He still plans to synthesize a super Talent Crystal Model similar to ’Liquid Metal.’

Before breaking through to the Crystallization Stage, it’s best to prepare the corresponding Talent Crystal Model in advance.

Research on Talent Crystal Models, hunting Elemental Spirits, and building a Wizard Tower.

With all this lined up, Sunan suddenly noticed that he still had quite a lot of work on his hands.

And each task requires a great deal of time and effort.

Fortunately, neither the Star Alliance nor the surface world needed his attention for now, otherwise, he would be overwhelmed.

Stretching lazily, Sunan looked towards the Elemental Pool beside him.

After the expansion, the Elemental Pool’s energy absorption speed and capacity limit both improved significantly, increased by about 15% compared to before.

Although it might seem like just a 15% increase, the various gemstones and rare metals consumed are worth over 2.3 million Gold Coins.

However, the effects are also quite significant.

The increase in energy capacity goes without saying, Dragon Forest has more leeway in using energy.

The most important improvements are in meditation efficiency and the recovery speed of Spiritual Power.

“Too bad it hasn’t reached the size of a standard small Elemental Pool; otherwise, the effect could increase by at least 50% over before.”

Sunan calculated that the Elemental Pool of the Dragon Remains Tower could still be expanded to enhance its effectiveness, but the cost-effectiveness is extremely low. It would be better to use the Gold Coins for building the Wizard Tower to strive for the early construction of a new Elemental Pool.

A standard small Elemental Pool could significantly improve his cultivation efficiency.

“For the time being, I can only use the fourth-tier Crystal Soul Potion. Fifth-tier potions require at least Level 1 Crystallization Spiritual Power to handle.”

“Engraving Gems, restricted areas, and Black Thunder can all continue to be synthesized and upgraded.”

After breaking through to the liquefaction stage, Sunan’s Spiritual Power visibly grew, and his load capacity increased as well, naturally allowing for an increase in the number of synthesized Engraving Gems and Witchcraft Artifacts.

Having decided on the next steps, Sunan turned his thoughts to the Wizard Tower.

He already had quite a lot of knowledge on constructing Wizard Towers, and over the years, he had collected many books on this subject through various channels. Including the books obtained from the Tower of Stars, in terms of knowledge for constructing a Wizard Tower, he had done adequate preparatory work.

All that was left was to put it into action.

Starting with the classification.

In the division of the Wizard Civilization, Wizard Towers are categorized by scale, from small to large as small, medium, and large.

The larger the scale of the Wizard Tower, the more expensive it is to build.

Even a most basic small Wizard Tower costs billions of Gold Coins to build.

Whereas medium and large Wizard Towers are beyond valuation in terms of Gold Coins alone.

Without resources supplied by two or more Colonization Planes, do not expect to afford constructing medium or large Wizard Towers.

Sunan was clearly aware of his position.

Medium and large Wizard Towers are certainly out of reach; even if the whole Starlight Continent were dismantled, a medium or large Wizard Tower could not be constructed.

His goal has always been only to construct a small Wizard Tower.

As for the more advanced war creations than large Wizard Towers—the Floating City—that’s a domain only True Spirit Wizards can touch, and he’s far from that level now.

“Even a small Wizard Tower isn’t that easy to build.”

A Wizard Tower can be roughly divided into three parts: energy supply, space planning, and combat apparatus.

First, the energy supply can be divided into the Elemental Pool, Floating Ring, and Central Crystal energy transmission system.

Among them, the Elemental Pool is the most fundamental and core facility of a Wizard Tower, acting as the energy supply device for the entire Wizard Tower.

A complete Elemental Pool must simultaneously connect to multiple Elemental Planes, extract elemental energy from them and dock it into a complete cycle to provide continuous energy for the Wizard Tower.

In a metaphorical sense, the Elemental Pool is like a hydroelectric power station, generating energy as long as the elemental channels are uninterrupted.

A small Elemental Pool can meet the basic needs of a small Wizard Tower, including the charging needs of golem puppets, the operation of various combat devices, while also providing lighting, experiments, transformations, and other conventional applications.

Excess unused energy can be stored for wartime needs.

The larger the Elemental Pool, the more energy it can supply and store and handle more intense battles.

Generally, a small Wizard Tower corresponds to a small Elemental Pool.

However, if construction skills and finances are sufficient, one can also build a medium or even large Elemental Pool.

But doing so will cause the costs to skyrocket.

Be aware that the cost of a small Elemental Pool alone is tens of millions of Gold Coins, a medium Elemental Pool costs several tens of times more than a small one, and many precious materials are required.

This includes the Elemental Source Crystal, a rare material only dropped by the Giant Spirit Elders.

Although Sunan wishes to build a medium Elemental Pool, at this stage, he simply doesn’t have the ability to do so.

“Still, constructing a small Elemental Pool will suffice for now, and upgrades can be made as needed later.”

The second part of the energy supply, the Floating Ring, as the name suggests, is the device that allows the entire Wizard Tower to fly.

This device requires a large amount of Mithril, which is also quite costly.

And finally, though the Central Crystal energy transmission system isn’t as outrageously priced as the Elemental Pool and Floating Ring, it isn’t cheap either.

Its principle mainly involves connecting the entire Wizard Tower to the Crystal Scar, allowing the energy from the Elemental Pool to be transmitted throughout the Wizard Tower. It’s considered an upgraded version of the magic energy transmission pipeline initially laid out in Base No. 1.

The Central Crystal energy transmission system can be said to be an indispensable part of the Wizard Tower.

Sunan estimated that just the energy supply aspect alone, combining the Elemental Pool, Floating Ring, and Central Crystal energy transmission system, would consume at least fifty million Gold Coins in materials.

Plus, there are many materials even money can’t quickly gather in the short term.

For example, Mithril.

Even with the significant size of the Star Alliance, annual Mithril production is less than fifty kilograms.

Yet, just the construction of the Floating Ring requires two to three thousand kilograms of Mithril.

Adding the consumption of other facilities, this figure might soar to over five thousand kilograms!

Even if Mithril is kept unused during this period, it would take at least a hundred years to accumulate enough.

This is undoubtedly a heart-tightening figure!

“Since it would take one to two hundred years to fully construct a Wizard Tower, I’ll gradually accumulate it over time during this period.”

Sunan thought for a moment, deciding to delay the construction of the Floating Ring until the accumulation of sufficient Mithril can be considered.