Synthetic Wizard

In less than five minutes, the two of them joined forces to deal with Blood Fang.

Right after that, they searched the surroundings and quickly found their target.

The lair known as Twilight Valley is not really a valley but a cave located deep within a valley.

The dark entrance looks like a beast’s mouth ready to devour someone.

Standing outside the cave, one can clearly feel the abundant energy particles inside.

Sherman and Cole patiently waited for a while, and surely enough, a pack of black wolves came out of the cave.

The young wolves, less than half a meter long and covered in slime, quickly expanded and grew large, like inflated balloons, as soon as they left the cave. The slime on their bodies quickly dried up, and they transformed into giant wolves the size of carriages.

The black wolves soon noticed Sherman and Cole overhead, instantly baring their teeth and growling menacingly.

Sherman and Cole seemed indifferent to their presence, showing a faint smile.

"It seems we’ve found the right place."

"Notify the Star Alliance, then."

Sherman took out a telecommunication crystal to contact the Demon Pattern Knight near the plane channel, who would then relay the message back to the Star Alliance.

After the message was sent out, a figure suddenly appeared in the sky above the valley.

Sherman and Cole looked over, their expressions immediately becoming serious, and they quickly bowed in greeting.

"Teacher!"

Sunan nodded slightly towards the two, then looked towards the cave, immediately sensing the dense concentration of energy particles inside that far exceeded those in the surrounding area.

"It’s certainly the lair."

He turned back to Sherman and Cole, saying with a slight smile:

"Well done, go back and hand over the task."

"Yes, Teacher."

The two bowed slightly and left without delay.

Sunan was soon left alone in the valley. He didn’t even glance at the surrounding black wolves and directly used a flash skill to enter the cave.

The lair was rather spacious inside. Strangely, the ground and cave walls were a soft pink like internal organs, covered in vein-like patterns, giving the sensation of entering a beast’s viscera.

Sunan clearly felt the lair’s rejection toward him.

This invisible pressure was enough to crush a tier four Legendary Knight into mush!

As if sensing danger, the lair began summoning the wolf pack, and the black wolves outside roared, trying to rush inside. Sunan didn’t hesitate to create an absolute zone, negating the surrounding invisible pressure while also blocking the wolves outside.

At the same time, the heavy pressure from the absolute zone caused the entire lair to tremble slightly, with the ground and inner walls making heavy groaning noises.

Soon, the invisible pressure from the lair dissipated, and the blood-colored patterns on the ground and inner walls dimmed. A faint lament echoed as if the lair was pleading with Sunan.

"It has developed a beast-like instinct, knowing to submit to the strong and avoid harm."

Sunan raised an eyebrow, his gaze falling on the innermost wall of the lair, where a head-sized deep red flesh orb was embedded, distinctly different from the surrounding walls.

Approaching it, Sunan placed his hand on the flesh orb, channeling his spiritual power into it.

Lairs like Twilight Valley are basically powerless against a Level 3 Wizard, which is why it instinctively submitted upon sensing Sunan’s power.

In no time, Sunan found the soul mark left by Youxi and immediately used spiritual power to erase it, imprinting his own soul mark instead.

As the soul mark formed, Sunan vaguely felt an inexplicable connection with the lair before him.

When he withdrew his hand, his palm held a black crystal in the shape of a wolf’s fang.

This was a tool to control the wolf pack.

As long as he possessed the Wolf Fang Crystal, he could control all wolf packs hatched by the lair.

Moreover, the Wolf Fang Crystal could separate into lower-privilege sub-crystals to control part of the wolf pack.

Sunan gripped the Wolf Fang Crystal slightly, through which he could distinctly sense the presence of all the black wolves.

With just a thought, he could instantly summon all the black wolves here.

"With this, nothing can stop the Star Alliance’s advance into the Wolf Tide Realm."

Besides black wolves, the other exotic beast races pose no threat to the Star Alliance.

As long as the black wolves do not resist, the Star Alliance can easily take over the entire Wolf Tide Realm.

Storing the Wolf Fang Crystal, Sunan looked again at the black flesh orb on the inner wall.

After gaining control over Twilight Valley, the entire lair’s information appeared in his mind.

With the current energy particle concentration of the Wolf Tide Realm, Twilight Valley can hatch forty-five black wolves every day and one Twilight Wolf every year.

The maximum is 434,800 black wolves and 285 Twilight Wolves.

This is Twilight Valley’s limit of control over lair creatures.

Exceed this number, and the hatched black wolves and Twilight Wolves will no longer be under Twilight Valley’s control and will immediately turn to harm the lair.

Yet Sunan was quite satisfied.

More than 430,000 wolves, equivalent to more than three large Golem Legions.

Not to mention the more than 200 Twilight Wolves with Wizard-level combat power.

It’s a significant military strength supplement for the Star Alliance.

Through the lair, Sunan grasped the current number of wolves as well.

About 210,000 black wolves.

Due to the previous war, the black wolves numbers were reduced sharply, and the Twilight Wolves were completely wiped out.

The newly hatched one was also killed by Sherman and Cole.

"The black wolves will recover to the maximum in over a decade, but the Twilight Wolves, one per year, will take more than 200 years to reach their limit."

Leaving the lair, Sunan returned to the Starlight Continent.

Upon arriving at the Starlight Wizard Tower, he immediately found Lize and handed over the Wolf Fang Crystal to her.

"Twilight Valley is settled; we can advance now."

Lize smiled slightly: "We’ve been ready for a long time."

"What about the preparations for mining?"

"The new Clay Golems and mining equipment are still in preparation, but we can dispatch a batch from the old ones to meet the initial development needs."

Lize obviously had a plan ready and detailed it smoothly.

"The task of probing the Wolf Tide Realm’s geonode has already been issued; left to the Wizard Apprentices, it can be completed quickly. At that time, the construction of secondary magic stone mines can proceed simultaneously."

"Furthermore, the Wolf Tide Realm is very suitable for establishing a Magic Plant Garden; I plan to build two hundred large Magic Plant Gardens to boost Dragon Blood Fruit production..."

Sunan listened patiently to Lize’s report, nodding satisfactorily.

Entrusting these matters to Lize was indeed a wise decision.

"How’s the collection of materials for body reconstruction?"

Lize shook her head, saying: "The other materials are fine, and we’ve basically gathered them all, except for one thing—the Soul Purifying Flower, which is absent from the Wisdom Code’s trade list."

Sunan raised an eyebrow.

The Soul Purifying Flower can purify the spirit, minimizing its rejection from the flesh, greatly enhancing the success rate of body reconstruction. It is by far the most essential material for body reconstruction.

While the Soul Purifying Flower is rare, the Wisdom Code certainly has it, likely as a resource only traded among its internal members.

Sunan pondered and said: "We can trade with Cyril, commissioning him to purchase the Soul Purifying Flower. As long as we offer enough, I’m sure he’ll be willing to trade with us."

"I have an even better way." Lize said, "Perhaps other locations lack the Soul Purifying Flower, but All Things City certainly has it."

All Things City?

Sunan’s expression shifted.

All Things City gathers a multitude of wizards, a mix of good and bad, yet it simultaneously offers numerous precious resources that are scarce elsewhere. It is essentially the largest neutral trade platform in the entire multiverse.

In that place, one can surely find the Soul Purifying Flower.

Without much hesitation, Sunan quickly agreed to Lize’s proposal.

After all, asking Cyril would involve owing favors even after paying the price, solving the problem independently is undoubtedly better.