Steadfast Wizard: From Heart-Swapping Rat to Dimensional Demon God

Chapter 97: Let's keep taking advantage of the loopholes!

After stitching up the lizard's wounds, Isaac put it in a cage and hung some papers on the cage. After that, Isaac didn't have to do anything else. Ruri was in charge of the periodic observations, and Isaac only needed to check the reports.

Of course, you can take a look yourself if you have free time; that's the advantage of having an assistant!

Isaac tapped his fingers, but instead of immediately starting the next experiment, he went to the desk next to him, reviewed the experimental process again, and wrote it down before heading to operating table number 1.

There was also a disemboweled dragon lizard lying on it, but the difference was that the dragon lizard's heart had not been removed. Although it was also a blood purification experiment involving heart modification, Isaac chose a different treatment method as the control group.

This is not required by the research project. Although it requires five modified Dragonblood Demon Lizards, it does not specify any requirements for the experimental method. As long as they are not purchased, you can submit five samples of the same design.

But that wouldn't make any sense for Isaac; wouldn't that just be a waste of time?

If he wanted to get by, wouldn't it be simple? He could just abandon the evil god's trading ritual, go home and be a plagiarist in another world, and then use his family's money to learn arcane arts, wouldn't that be enough?

But that would be too boring and too weak.

Therefore, Isaac put a lot of effort into the blood purification experiment, and carefully designed two schemes outside of the project to compare with the original one.

The experiment he is about to conduct will involve modifying the heart inside a dragon lizard!

The biggest challenges in this experiment are threefold: first, the material for activating bloodline factors is not easy to fully integrate with the heart; second, the activation of bloodline factors may spread; and third, even if the first two problems are perfectly solved, there is still a third problem: the lizard's heart is too big, and if the condensation process goes wrong even slightly, the lizard will immediately pass gas.

This step was beyond his control, even with his cheat-like abilities.

First, Isaac cast a spell, carefully channeling strands of magic into the dragon lizard's slowly beating heart. Then, Isaac poured the potion into his right hand and gently inserted it into the dragon lizard's heart, the magic binding the potion to prevent it from sticking to other places.

Then Isaac gently squeezed the dragon lizard's heart, pressing it gently with each heartbeat, slowly channeling the medicine and magic into the dragon lizard's heart. At the same time, his mouth and left hand were not idle either, softly chanting the Viagra incantation, and pale green magic flowed into the dragon lizard's body, maintaining its life.

Ten minutes later, Isaac pulled his hand out and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

I've completed the first attempt; there are still three more attempts to go.

Twenty minutes later, Isaac sighed as he looked at the lizard on the operating table, now sporting a third leg. It had failed...

As calculated before, the second step failed. The materials and magic fused smoothly, but the activation of the bloodline factor quickly spread throughout the dragon lizard's body with the circulation of blood.

We need to find a way to restrict it.

After standing there for a moment, Isaac picked up a scalpel and ended the dragon lizard's life. He then threw it aside and went to the next operating table to continue his experiment.

Originally, there were only two dragon lizards in the territory. One of them was awakened by him and also mastered a spell called Dragon Flame.

One was named Number One, while the other was forgotten by him; it hadn't awakened its dragon blood and would be sold in a few days.

Besides these two, Isaac bought ten more for experiments on the way here, so he is not short of them at the moment.

Soon, the third experiment also failed. This time, three new eyes grew, and the already negligible dragon blood became even thinner—

In a sense, this is a new discovery. The bloodline concentration of dragon lizards has always been recognized as the lowest, but it is unexpected that there is still room for it to decrease!

Unfortunately, it meant nothing to him; he ended it all with a single stroke and continued with the new experiment.

The fourth attempt failed.

The fifth attempt succeeded in activating the blood vessels, but failed to control the expansion of the heart.

The sixth attempt failed because the heart's expansion could not be controlled.

The seventh time, the swelling of the heart was brought under control, but the dragon lizard's body could not withstand the magic in the new dragon blood.

He died from a ruptured blood vessel.

The eighth time, Isaac fed the dragon lizard a potion to strengthen its blood vessels ahead of time, and everything went smoothly; the experiment was a success!

"Phew~"

Isaac put the molting dragon-blooded demon lizard into the cage and let out a long sigh of relief. The long period of experimentation had left him feeling a bit tired, mainly because he had failed too many times. He hadn't experimented for a long time, and he had almost forgotten what failure tasted like.

After adjusting his mindset, Isaac began his ninth experiment. This time, Isaac was much more confident because the experimental procedure was his forte: ritual modification.

With a cheat code, that's how confident they are!

Soon, the ninth experiment was also successfully completed. At this point, Isaac had only one dragon lizard left.

There were still two short of the five needed for the project, but Isaac had no intention of keeping them; he planned to sell them along with the other one.

The reason is simple: he has no new inspiration right now. Since the deadline for the project is still early, he can collect some data first and see if he can come up with a new experimental plan or make some adjustments to the current experiment.

Now, Isaac went to the area in the laboratory specifically used for setting up rituals, made the arrangements, and then headed to the dimension where the Cult of Flesh and Blood resided.

During this period, he had already developed some ideas for his proposed research project, "A Feasibility Study on Cultivating High-Level Monster Flesh and Blood in the Magic Pool of the Mage Tower," so it was time to use the funding allocated to this project by the cult.

Regarding this research topic, Isaac currently has two ideas. One is the original idea, which is to use the Flesh Nest spell as the main element, modify it slightly, and then place it in the magic pool, using the magic power in the magic pool as energy to produce monster flesh.

This is the safest option because the magic pools of mage towers are generally connected to the four elemental realms, and the magic power is almost inexhaustible.

Unfortunately, while it's safe, the cost is too high. Individuals simply can't afford it, and the cost-effectiveness is also very low. After all, those who can build mage towers don't care about the money.

Besides this pay-to-win scheme, Isaac has another plan: to combine the [God Thief] with the Flesh Nest, using the power of the Outer Gods as a source!

But this plan is too risky.

Because the production of the Flesh Nest is a continuous process, taking a quick bite from the Outer Gods and running away is a completely different matter from continuously stealing power, the latter being far too easy to be discovered.

Moreover, the power of Outer Gods is mostly highly corrosive, and its unrestrained use can easily lead to loss of control.

However, I'm not afraid of having problems; I'm afraid of not having methods to solve them.