Synthesis Wizard

Starlight Calendar 1254, the month of Scrolls (August).

The Duke of Hulan was killed in his ducal mansion.

The entire family was wiped out overnight.

The news spread, causing a commotion among the upper echelons of the Principality of Starsea.

The nobles from the royal lineage were all apprehensive, fearing that they might be assassinated by Su Nan in their sleep.

The Hulan Province also fell into a state of leaderlessness due to the death of the Duke of Hulan and the extermination of his entire line of inheritance.

Taking this opportunity, Baron Staley, stationed in Gold Wheat City, led his troops north, capturing four towns in a row, including Yayan City, in just half a month, advancing like a broken bamboo.

If not for the fact that most of the Shining Light Territory’s troops were in the other two provinces, and Baron Staley’s army was not large enough, he alone might have been able to conquer the entire Hulan Province.

In the same year, the month of Harvest (September).

The Shining Light Army captured the city of Soman, the central city of the Soman Province, and the newly appointed Duke of Soman was captured.

Thus, the entire Soman Province fell into the hands of the Shining Light Territory.

After a three-day rest, the Duke of Shining Light led his troops out, their sharp edge aimed at the Purple Bamboo Province. Joining forces with Baron Jordan, stationed in Mengguang City, they besieged the Purple Bamboo Province, capturing over two-thirds of its territory in less than a month.

It was clear to everyone that the fall of the Purple Bamboo Province was inevitable.

On the other hand, the royal family’s Red Leaf Province army was still engaged in a protracted battle with the Duke of White Tower, despite having the upper hand. There was no indication that they could take down the White Tower Province in a short period of time.

As for the Frost Dye Province, it was still under reconstruction and could be considered militarily insignificant.

By now, the tide of the war had completely turned.

Many who had initially favored the royal family and mocked the Shining Light Territory’s foolishness were now speechless.

In their place, rumors of the Shining Light Territory overthrowing the royal family became increasingly prevalent.

A tavern room.

Su Nan gazed at the golden light swirling in his palm, a delighted smile on his face.

【Divine energy, 12 standard units, completely purified pure energy, can be converted into any form of energy.】

“It’s done!”

“Completely unpolluted, pure energy!”

After draining all the divine grace from the holy artifacts, Su Nan had finally synthesized 12 standard units of pure divine energy.

Without hesitation, he flicked his finger, wrapping the golden light around it, then pressed it against his forehead.

Under the guidance of his invisible spiritual power, the golden light slowly seeped into his forehead and disappeared.

A familiar feeling of sublimation surged from the depths of his mind!

This was the feeling of his spiritual power rapidly increasing in a short period of time.

Su Nan closed his eyes, patiently converting the divine energy into spiritual power bit by bit.

He didn’t know how long it had been, but when the last trace of divine energy was finally depleted, Su Nan opened his eyes and immediately opened his interface.

【Spiritual Power 41.26】

“Not bad, an increase of 3.02!”

Su Nan smiled in satisfaction.

The divine energy had not disappointed him.

If he didn’t build a new Star Ring and simply practiced normally, it would take at least three or four years of meditation to increase his spiritual power by this amount.

Besides, the increase in spiritual power could also accelerate the growth rate of his proficiency in the Star Ring Meditation Method.

“I’ll need to practice to see the exact increase.”

“But that’s not urgent, let’s take care of the Starfire Sect first.”

Su Nan got up and went to the window, opened it, and looked out at the street below.

After killing Auveig and the Duke of Hulan, he had immediately rushed to Giant Nan City in the Red Leaf Province.

This was also the headquarters of the Starfire Sect.

After the Duke of Starsea declared the Starfire Sect as the national religion, Giant Nan City had essentially become the sect’s territory.

The entire city was actually controlled by the Starfire Sect, even the city guards had been replaced by the sect’s so-called Holy Teachings Group.

Those warriors clad in armor and wearing star-patterned cloaks that Su Nan had seen at the Duke of Hulan’s mansion that night were members of the Holy Teachings Group.

Su Nan had assumed that Giant Nan City would be placed under martial law after Auveig’s death, and that the guards would become more vigilant.

But when he arrived in Giant Nan City, he found that the actual situation was completely different from what he had expected.

The city was still peaceful, bustling with people on the streets, no different from a normal town.

Instead, the Holy Teachings Group soldiers stationed at the city gate seemed somewhat worried and absent-minded.

According to the conversations he heard in the tavern, they seemed to have rarely seen the Holy Teachings Group patrolling the streets in the past few days.

The Starfire Sect’s worship ceremony, held every three days, had also been postponed several times.

Based on these clues, it seemed that the upper echelons of the Starfire Sect had fallen into chaos, to the point that it was affecting even those below.

Su Nan found it rather strange.

Even if Auveig was dead, the Starfire Sect wouldn’t be so panicked, would they?

Only the Grand Priest had died, not the Pope.

Shaking his head, Su Nan activated his invisibility cloak, jumped out of the window, and walked towards the Starfire Sect headquarters.

No matter what, he would settle things with the Starfire Sect today.

He would also see if he could harvest some more holy artifacts.

The Starfire Sect headquarters was located in the very center of Giant Nan City, where the former ducal mansion of Giant Nan City stood. It was now converted into the sect’s headquarters.

When Su Nan arrived there, he unexpectedly found that there were no guards at the gate.

The gate stood open, and inside, there was a deathly silence.

Su Nan instinctively felt that something was wrong.

It didn’t feel like a trap.

He had originally planned to use his puppet magic to storm the Starfire Sect headquarters, forcing all their forces to come out before making his move, but now he changed his mind and charged directly inside.

He walked through the gate and the corridor, arriving at a spacious courtyard.

As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, Su Nan saw countless bones scattered on the ground.

Pale bones lay in disarray, numbering at least a hundred.

Upon closer examination, he could see fine bite marks on the bones, seemingly left behind by some kind of small creature.

There were also many pieces of torn cloth scattered on the ground, remnants of the Starfire Sect’s distinctive star-patterned cloaks.

“. It seems I’ve been scooped.”

A puzzled look flashed across Su Nan’s eyes.

Besides him, who else had such a deep grudge against the Starfire Sect, willing to attack their headquarters?

His heart was filled with doubt, but Su Nan didn’t slow down, quickly walking forward.

Along the way, he continued to see countless pale bones. Judging from the battle traces around him, the invaders were incredibly powerful, and the Starfire Sect disciples had almost no resistance, a complete massacre.

After entering the backyard, Su Nan finally heard the sounds of battle ahead.

He slowed down, silently walking forward.

In the spacious central courtyard, a fierce battle was taking place.

On one side of the battle were over a hundred Starfire Sect disciples, forming a semicircular defensive formation with their backs against the building.

On the other side, to Su Nan’s surprise, there was a swarm of insects.

They looked somewhat like bees, but their heads were covered in a round mouth full of dense, sharp teeth, which looked quite terrifying.

Don’t underestimate these insects, although they were only the size of eggs, they moved incredibly fast, and their teeth were incredibly sharp, able to bite through the armor of the Starfire Sect disciples with a single bite.

Su Nan understood how those bite marks on the bones he had seen earlier came about.

Those people were eaten alive by these insects, skin and flesh.

“Wizard Apprentice?”

Su Nan’s eyes narrowed slightly.

These insects looked like the work of a Wizard Apprentice.

Just then, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the other entrance of the central courtyard. Another swarm of insects flew out.

Seeing this, the Starfire Sect disciples all looked desperate.

They were already on the verge of collapse, and now another group of terrifying insects had arrived, adding insult to injury.

But what happened next took them by surprise.

The insects did not fly towards them, but charged ferociously towards the other entrance of the central courtyard.

“I’ve been discovered!”

Su Nan’s brow furrowed, and he opened his mouth, emitting a loud sonic wave.

Shattering Sound Wave!

A twisted, rotating, visible wave of sound roared out, like a cannonball, smashing into the insect swarm. A large number of insects were instantly torn to shreds.

The originally dense insect swarm seemed to have had a large chunk carved out of it, leaving a void in its place.

Su Nan then waved his hand, a large wave of flames erupted, burning the remaining insects to ashes.

As soon as he made his move, Su Nan abandoned his invisibility cloak, revealing his form.

The Starfire Sect disciples not far away were stunned.

They had used all their strength and could only barely resist the insect swarm, yet this mysterious figure easily wiped them out. This scene made them feel like they were dreaming.

A person with seemingly high status in the crowd quickly recognized Su Nan’s appearance and exclaimed in surprise:

“Su Nan!”

The disciples were startled and looked at Su Nan with changed eyes.

This person was Su Nan?

The wizard who had single-handedly shattered the military deployment of the Hulan Province and killed the Grand Priest Auveig?

Everyone secretly lamented.

Their current enemy was already difficult to deal with, and now this terrifying enemy had arrived. It seemed they were truly doomed today.

Ignoring the reactions of the Starfire Sect disciples, Su Nan turned towards the opposite entrance of the central courtyard.

“Come out, don’t hide.”

A low, chuckle-like voice sounded, and a gray-robed man walked out from around the corner.

Su Nan couldn’t help but frown slightly as his gaze fell on the man’s face.

This was because the man’s appearance was simply too abstract.

It looked like a fusion of a human and insect face, grotesquely terrifying and somewhat disgusting. In a nutshell, it was a bit sanity-draining.

The exposed gray-white skin also twitched and contorted from time to time, as if something was wriggling beneath it.

“A Wizard Apprentice who has fused the bloodline of some kind of insect beast.”

Su Nan vaguely understood.

“As expected of the Wizard Apprentice who killed Auveig, you have some skill.”

The gray-robed man’s eyes, which looked like insect compound eyes, stared coldly at Su Nan.

“You’re after the Divine Remains too, aren’t you?”

Divine Remains?

Su Nan’s expression moved.

Was this the reason behind the Starfire Sect’s possession of divine blood and holy artifacts?

But who was this man, and why did he know the secrets of the Starfire Sect?

Thoughts raced through his mind, but Su Nan remained unfazed, replying calmly, “So what?”

The gray-robed man cracked a terrifying smile, revealing a bizarre grin.

“Then it’s unfortunate, but you’ll have to give up. The Starfire Sect’s Divine Remains, we, the Eternal Society, must obtain them.”

Eternal Society?

A Wizard Apprentice organization?

If it was indeed true, judging by the name, this group of Wizard Apprentices seemed to have ambitious goals.

“You want to take advantage of the situation?” Su Nan sneered.

He had essentially single-handedly brought down the Starfire Sect. This so-called Eternal Society’s Wizard Apprentices hadn’t done anything, yet they were jumping out to take advantage of the situation at the last minute. How could he tolerate that?

“So you won’t give up?” The gray-robed man cackled.

Su Nan didn’t bother with words, directly launching a Magic Missile.

Seven Magic Missiles roared towards the gray-robed man, but his body exploded with a bang, transforming into a swarm of insects that scattered, flying towards the courtyard. He only left behind one cold sentence:

“You’ll regret this!”

Su Nan was slightly stunned, he hadn’t expected the gray-robed man to be so arrogant in his words, yet so decisive in his escape.

This was inconsistent!

After confirming that the gray-robed man had truly left, Su Nan shook his head, his gaze turning towards the Starfire Sect disciples.

With the gray-robed man’s departure, the insects also flew away. The Starfire Sect disciples who had survived the ordeal sat slumped on the ground, gasping for breath, looking fearfully at Su Nan.

One evil spirit had gone, but another remained.

Su Nan looked at the old man who had recognized him first, and asked, “Who was that man?”

“I, I don’t know much about him.” The old man answered fearfully. “He had infiltrated the sect headquarters once before, but was driven back by the Grand Priest Auveig.”

When he mentioned the Grand Priest Auveig, the old man’s gaze towards the person in front of him became even more fearful.

After all, it was said that the Grand Priest Auveig had died at the hands of the person before him.

Su Nan realized then that the gray-robed man knew he couldn’t win, so he had left without hesitation.

Was he going back to get reinforcements?

But to be able to escape from Auveig’s grasp unharmed, the gray-robed man must have been one of the better ones among Third-Rank Wizard Apprentices.

It seemed that the Eternal Society was not some second-rate force, he would have to ask the others about it next time they gathered.

“Where are the Divine Remains?” Su Nan asked again.

“I don’t know about any Divine Remains.” The old man looked confused.

Su Nan frowned, and directly cast a Charm Human spell, asking again, but the answer remained the same.

The others were equally clueless.

After thinking for a moment, Su Nan asked again, “Where is your Pope?”

“The Pope is still in seclusion.” The old man looked towards the building behind him.

Apparently, that was where the Pope of the Starfire Sect was in seclusion.

Su Nan sneered, “Such a big event has happened, and your Pope is still in seclusion. You’re quite calm.”

Below the Pope of the Starfire Sect were the Grand Priest Auveig and the three other chief priests, Yensen, Jorris, and Brack.

These four people had all died at Su Nan’s hands. The upper echelon of the Starfire Sect could be said to have been completely swept away.

Their Pope still hadn’t come out to take charge, still in seclusion, which was truly incomprehensible.

It was no wonder the Starfire Sect was in chaos, even being attacked at their headquarters, with almost all the disciples killed.

“The Pope’s secluded chamber is made of tempered steel, even a Legendary Knight wouldn’t be able to break it from the outside. The key to enter the chamber is only with the Grand Priest Auveig, we can’t open the chamber, nor can we contact the Pope.”

Key?

Su Nan thought back, then shook his head.

He had been a bit too harsh in killing Auveig, except for the holy artifacts, everything about Auveig, including himself, had been destroyed to the point that there was not even a trace left, even if there was a key, it would have been long gone.

It seemed he would have to change his habit of being too forceful.

Putting aside his thoughts, Su Nan looked towards the building in front of him.

His curiosity was growing.

According to the descriptions of these disciples, the Pope of the Starfire Sect rarely appeared, and most of the sect’s affairs were handled by Auveig.

Even only Auveig could see and contact the Pope.

This was obviously not normal.

It was almost as if the Starfire Sect was completely controlled by Auveig, and the Pope was completely superfluous.

This was clearly not something a normal church should have.

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