Wizard Earl

Chapter 515 Soul-Suppressing Stone

The Soul-Suppressing Stone in the alchemy furnace absorbed energy for over ten minutes, consuming nearly five thousand magic stones before its energy requirements gradually subsided. Looking at the small mountain of magic stone residue piled around the furnace, Connor gave a bitter smile. Five thousand magic stones! Not to mention for a high-level wizard apprentice, even for a full-fledged wizard, that was a considerable fortune. Just a few dozen minutes ago, Connor was a wizard with considerable wealth, but now he was a penniless pauper!

Aside from the hundred or so magic stones used for daily cultivation, Connor had no magic stones left in his own spatial ring. However, this was already enough to make Connor grateful. If the Soul-Suppressing Stones required energy, Connor might have had to use Margaret's share of the magic stone mine. Margaret had been away for three months cultivating in the Heart of Storms, and during that time, her share of the Tunguska magic stone mine was temporarily held by Connor. When she returned to Rune, Connor would return the magic stones that belonged to her to her ring.

Even if he uses it now, Connor will make up for Margaret's share from the next magic stone mine production. However, given Connor's personality, he doesn't like owing others anything, and he tries his best not to rely on others if he can rely on himself.

Although time seemed to pass very slowly to Connor, who was feeling somewhat nervous, what would normally be a few tens of minutes now felt like an eternity. But even the longest time eventually comes to an end, and under Connor's focused gaze, the alchemy furnace began to hum.

Upon hearing the buzzing sound, Connor's expression turned serious. He took a deep breath, extended his right palm, cut a gash in it, and dripped the blood from the wound onto the alchemy furnace.

"Sizzle... sizzle..."

As soon as a drop of blood, as red as a ruby, landed on the humming alchemy furnace, it immediately began to burn away. But Connor remained unmoved, continuing to drip his blood onto the furnace. One drop... two drops... three drops... dozens of drops of blood were finally no longer being burned away by the furnace, and finally seeped into the Soul-Suppressing Stone inside the furnace.

Connor observed the Soul-Suppressing Stone in the alchemy furnace with his mental energy. It did not reject his blood but was gradually absorbing it. A faint joy appeared on Connor's face. Although Connor had simulated this ancient alchemy technique of using blood to establish a connection with the demonized items he had refined dozens of times in the auxiliary chip, this was the only time he had actually practiced it!

Having completed all the steps, the final moment of harvest had finally arrived. Connor took a deep breath, and amidst the hum of the alchemical furnace, he uttered a clear and resonant Byzantine "Rise!"

With Connor's shout of "Rise!", the Soul-Suppressing Stone, which had turned from a dark green to a silvery white, emerged from his alchemy furnace. With a wave of his hand, the silver stone immediately fell into Connor's grasp.

Holding the stone in his hand, feeling the coolness emanating from it, and the strange sensation of being connected to it by blood, as if it were part of his own body, Connor finally showed an undisguised joy on his face. At this moment, whether it was the time and effort spent on this item or the five thousand magic stones, Connor felt it was all worth it!

To better utilize the Soul Stone's power, Connor used all the mithril he had to create an outer shell for it, allowing it to encase the Soul Stone. In addition, Connor carved several arrays on the mithril shell. After this process, the Soul Stone, after being refined, became at least three times more effective than the unrefined version, according to the calculations of the auxiliary chip!

In addition to the improved effects, the refined Soul Stone has also prepared a very powerful backup plan for Connor - Blood Soul Slash!

A glint of light flashed in his eyes. Connor took out a thin metal plate from his spatial ring and placed it on one side of the basement. Then, with a thought, a strange blood-red light burst forth from the Soul-Suppressing Stone. Immediately afterward, an extremely sharp red and green light slash shot out from the Soul-Suppressing Stone and struck the thin steel plate that Connor had just placed.

Without making a sound, the steel plate immediately turned into a pile of fragments scattered on the ground. Seeing this scene, Connor's face immediately lit up with a bright smile. He then carefully placed the Soul-Suppressing Stone in a jade box to nurture it, and then carefully put the jade box back into his spatial ring.

Although the steel plate that Blood Soul Slash had just destroyed looked extremely thin and vulnerable, it was actually the hardest thing Connor could currently forge with his alchemy skills and cultivation. Connor would have needed to relentlessly attack such a plate for at least an hour, let alone break it into pieces, let alone split it in two. Yet, Blood Soul Slash had instantly reduced it to a pile of scrap metal, demonstrating just how powerful Blood Soul Slash truly was!

In Connor's eyes, the Blood Soul Slash was no less powerful than the bullet fired at him by Gulsi's top-tier second-tier enchanted revolver. This was a power beyond the reach of a wizard apprentice. However, the only pity was that the Soul Stone needed to be nurtured for half a year to accumulate enough energy to use the Blood Soul Slash once. This meant that after Connor's test, he would be unable to use the Blood Soul Slash for half a year.

After refining the Soul-Suppressing Stone, Connor sat cross-legged on the ground and began to take potions to cultivate and recover the mana he had consumed during the refining process. However, after only two hours of cultivation, Connor, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes again. A look of doubt flashed in his eyes. Connor took out a jade tablet that was shimmering with a light blue light from his spatial ring.

Gazing at the pale blue light emanating from the jade pendant, Connor seemed lost in thought. This jade pendant was a newly crafted enchanted item he had created for long-distance communication. Due to the limitations of Connor's abilities, the pendant could not transmit messages; it could only send simple signals within a certain range. The jade pendant consisted of two pieces, one of which was in Connor's possession, while the other was given to Varga. Connor had previously communicated with Varga by writing secret letters, which, although discreet and secure, was not very effective. Therefore, Connor and Varga replaced secret letter communication with the jade pendant.

(End of this chapter)