Wizard: Starting With Synthesized Gems - Chapter 613

Chapter 610: The Different Concepts of the Two Construction Teams and the Quest for Breakthroughs

Such a fierce battle ended in the judges’ seats, leaving some impression on the Sun Ring Wizard and Three Ring Wizard judges.

Franklin, the Grand League’s chairman, suppressed a laugh and said, “I checked. That kid’s wizard shoes have already made it into the top ten of the Alsace Sports Festival’s sales chart. Sales are already in the tens of millions, so he’ll earn at least a few million magic stones. He’s a true marketing genius! As long as he doesn’t get eliminated, he’ll continue to attract attention.”

“I’m really starting to like him more and more.”

Wizard Franklin smiled and said, “At least some of our traders are better at operations.”

“Some wizards who have just entered our major league institutions are really stubborn.”

Wizard Roosevelt nodded and said, “I didn’t expect him to actually beat Witch Preston. However, if Witch Preston hadn’t experienced a blood backlash at the end, she might not have lost. That girl is indeed a little too conventional.”

“I’ve never thought about solving the side effects of my own bloodline.”

Wizard Roosevelt looked at Witch Ekaterina and said, “Is that demonic plant with abyssal properties the Throne’s latest research?”

Ekaterina said, “No. I haven’t seen it before.”

Wizard Roosevelt nodded. “It’s indeed a bit crude.”

“But if this is his own idea, then it’s another matter. This child has great potential. His future may not stop at being an ordinary second-ring wizard. He is a great potential stock of our new generation of Golden Crown Mountain.”

Wizard Roosevelt said, “As for Preston, her data across all panels is actually higher than Locke Augustine’s. Her overall ability is also higher than Locke Augustine’s. However… to surpass the soul limit and become a second-ring wizard, it doesn’t rely on a wizard’s comprehensive advantages.”

“She seems to have missed the point. Didn’t anyone remind her?”

The witch Ekaterina sighed. “Her parents were both my students. They just doted on their daughter too much and wouldn’t let Preston suffer any injustice.”

“I can’t interfere.”

“well.”

“Before the second ring, as long as a wizard has decent talent, perhaps a promotion path can be arranged for her. But after the second ring… who can guarantee that wizard will plan their future development path?”

Witch Ekaterina said, “Her parents thought they had arranged everything for her. They are my two Sun Ring wizard students, so I can’t say much. After all, they are Sun Ring wizards.”

“Of course, now it seems that it does need to be corrected.”

Many second-ring wizards and third-ring wizards were silent.

As they walked along, they felt that there were fewer and fewer people traveling with them.

Therefore, they will always be more patient and expectant towards wizards who have the opportunity to become their companions.

But reality will hit them again and again.

In this world, there are many people who can walk with you occasionally, but there are very few people who can walk with you all the time.

Wizard Fischer glanced at the result with some surprise, but he quickly curled his lips. “That’s good. With this, three generations of the Patrol Deacons have been defeated by my grandson.”

“The White Dragon Princess of the Academic Committee lost to one of their own. So far, the only wizards who have never lost are my grandson and that Locke Augustine. But in this battle, he has already revealed all his cards.”

“Although he is powerful, he is still no match for my grandson.”

Thinking of this, Wizard Fisher smiled. “My grandson will probably take first place in this magic combat competition. This will satisfy the interests of the Senate.”

“The top three should be occupied by us from Jinman Mountain. Ideally, first place would be our Senate, second place would be the Academic Committee, third place would be the Inspection Deacon Group, fourth place would be Luxu Bridge, and fifth… again from us from Jinman Mountain… the young wizards from Demon Central City and Kunguding Academy. It would be best if none of them made it into the top ten.”

Wizard Fischer was already making arrangements with a smile on his face.

He exchanged glances with Witch Ekaterina.

…

In the last match of the fifth day, Locke watched Antoine fight Camilla, the witch of the Demonic Hub City, in Ring No. 1.

Witch Camilla started with thirty big-mouthed carnivorous plants, the spell model of [Carnivorous Plant Jungle]. She also added three spells that were not added when she fought Locke.

They are the [Piranha Acid Blessing Spell] which makes thirty big-mouthed Piranha plants spit out large amounts of acid, and the other two spells which give the Piranha plants steel teeth and make their attacks more active.

With the blessing of these three spells, the magic of the witch Camilla in the Demonic Central City seemed to turn into a jungle of steel carnivorous plants, constantly launching terrible attacks on Antoine.

It was like a primeval jungle descending.

In that dangerous and dark jungle, a terrifying frenzy of carnivorous plants took place. This was a special skill that the witch Camilla had not even used when fighting Locke.

Of course, a very important reason is that Locke used Full Moon Growth to block her Piranha Jungle.

This resulted in Witch Camilla having no time to cast subsequent spells.

Locke was wondering where she got the thirty more carnivorous plants from. Did she have them stored before?

Because of the reminder from Witch Preston, Locke decided to watch Antoine’s battle specifically and even gave up observing the battles of other wizards.

He saw that, besides himself, there were Witch Julian, Witch Preston, some other wizards, the wizard from Kunguding Academy, a wizard from Luxu Bridge, and a witch from the Seven-Colored Nursery, all watching from the side.

On the No. 1 ring, Antoine’s ten fingers flashed with magical light, and suddenly ten elemental magics shot out, including fireballs, wind blades, and electric knives. Each one was an elemental magic in the crystallization stage.

A torrent of ten magic spells directly blasted a path through the carnivorous plant jungle. Then, a flame magic mirror automatically jumped out of Antoine’s star ring. The flame magic mirror, as tall as a person, absorbed all the acid into it like a black hole.

“Tsk.” Antoine’s eyes darkened. “The witches in the Nexus City are a real problem. The total demonic pressure is simply too great.”

“If we had Augustine’s full moon growth magic, it would be solved faster.”

“The wizard from Golden Crown Mountain gave me a little trouble, alright.”

“How dare a mere Demonic Nexus City block my path? If so, you must be punished!”

The bronze magic bracelet on Antoine’s left wrist automatically detached from his arm and turned into two magic weapons like whirlwind wheels, spinning continuously in the air.

One is the Wheel of Thunder.

One is the wheel of wind.

This is the Thunder and Wind Double Wheel!

The two magic wheels sped towards the body of the witch Camilla, and temporarily eliminated all the carnivorous plants that were blocking the way.

The self-recovery ability of the Piranha Jungle is useless in the face of high-speed saturated magic attacks.

The next moment, Witch Camilla was knocked off the ring. She covered her mouth and began to retch. The next moment, she looked up at Antoine standing on the No. 1 ring.

“Offensive bronze soul magic weapon…” Witch Camilla muttered to herself.

When a soul magic weapon attacks a wizard, it will cause a certain amount of soul damage. Even if the arena has special magical protection and can prevent physical soul damage, the terrifying attack that directly attacks the soul is a phenomenon that is extremely difficult to encounter in the natural world.

The feeling of the soul being exposed nakedly to the outside world and vulnerable to attack cannot be protected by the magic of the arena.

So at this moment, Witch Camilla was still immersed in the fear of the attack just now.

Wizard Antoine gave her a cold look, put away his magic weapon, turned around and left the arena.

Locke watched this scene and immediately realized that Antoine’s problem was indeed very serious.

He is powerful because he has many magic weapons.

The total amount of his magic pressure is simply unreasonably large, which is why he can use so many magic weapons at the same time.

“Those two offensive bronze magic weapons just now consumed a huge amount of magic pressure. Even I can only control these two bronze magic weapons at the same time.” Locke pondered, “But he was able to control eleven other magic weapons at the same time, which required a huge amount of magic pressure and terrifying control to fully control them.”

“Wait a minute.” Locke pondered. “I remember that alchemists have a system of spells that can manipulate multiple magical instruments simultaneously.”

“It can also enhance control over magical weapons. Alchemists of this type who specialize in combat tend to focus on equipment. But shouldn’t the wizards of the Senate be primarily kinesiologists?”

Locke pondered, “That’s not right. Even if Antoine is an alchemist, to support him in manipulating so many demanding magical instruments simultaneously, he must possess a total amount of magical pressure that is difficult for a single creature to possess.”

“My opponents in front of me, including him, Witch Julian, the wizards of Kunguding, and those powerful wizards…”

“If I want to win for sure, I actually need a stronger force. The sea sand has been developed to its limit for the time being, so what should I do?”

Locke thought about his own full moon growth, and there were still many problems with his full moon growth.

There are only two problems I have discovered so far.

Let’s think about how to solve these two problems.

At this time, cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the fifth and fourth arenas, and then fragments of the two cloud arenas continued to fall down.

Currently, there are only three arenas left for the magic fighting competition in the Cloud Arena.

This means that the competition has entered the final stage of the championship.

The stands were filled with cheering wizards.

The emotions of the wizards who were watching the live broadcast became lively when the two cloud arenas collapsed from mid-air.

One after another, off-site betting spots appeared.

Everyone placed bets on the players they thought were most likely to win the championship.

At the same time, the second-ring wizard host of the Spell Combat Tournament came out and coldly announced the final new rules of the competition to all the contestants who had not yet been eliminated. “There are currently 27 wizards remaining.”

“Therefore, the competition has entered the advance notice system. Now announce the list of all the matches for tomorrow…”

The second-ring wizard host began to announce the list of contestants.

Locke heard that his fourth match tomorrow would be against the dark horse player from Kunguding Academy, and the remaining five matches would be against some relatively ordinary players from other wizarding organizations.

With my current proficiency in using the peach-shaped thorn arrows, I only need three arrows at most to deal with these players.

The wizard from Kunguding Academy, Wizard Mike, came over carrying a rebar staff and said to Locke, “I didn’t expect that we would face off tomorrow.”

“Locke Augustine, your plant magic is powerful and magnificent, but our constructors’ spells are as old as the mountains. We are just tough enough!”

Wizard Mike looked at Locke and said seriously, “This is Kunguding Academy’s first sports festival at Yunze Wetland! I want my academy’s name to hang on the championship throne.”

“Welcome to the challenge.” Locke asked, “I remember that Kunguding College just moved here. It turns out that it has never participated in the sports festival before. However, I am very curious. Why did Kunguding College leave its original wizarding land?”

Wizard Mike was stunned to see that Locke was not angry but was talking to him calmly. Then he said, “You seem to be different from other wizards in Golden Crown Mountain. You don’t resist wizards from outsiders as much.”

“Kunguding Academy originates from a wizarding land called [Nine Origin Mountains]. It is one of the two top forces there!”

“It’s just that our Kunguding Building Materials Academy lost the competition with the top wizard academy [Arcane Foundation Brotherhood] in [Nine Origins Mountain].”

“At the invitation of the White Wizard Association in Yunze Wetland, we simply left Jiuyuan Mountain and ran to Yunze Wetland.”

Wizard Mike said confidently, “This is no secret. We at Kunguding Academy are not shameful and despicable outsiders, nor are we here to work as laborers in your Yunze Wetlands.”

“We are entering the Yunze Wetlands with honor and dignity, intending to launch a battle for academic status against you, Jinmian Mountain.”

“The Arcane Foundation Brotherhood defeated us by relying on their numerical superiority. We at Kunguding Academy absolutely do not approve of their construction philosophy. The Arcane Foundation Brotherhood believes that as long as the quality is met, efficiency is more important than attention to detail! Our Kunguding architects strive for perfection, but the Arcane Foundation Brotherhood’s style is largely the same.”

“We were invited by Yunze Wetland, and Yunze Wetland believes that our concept is more suitable for this place.”

Locke nodded slightly.

Indeed, if it were Yunze Wetland, they would definitely attach great importance to exquisite things.

Kunguding Academy and the Arcane Foundation Brotherhood have different development styles, and Yunze Wetland definitely prefers the former.

In a sense, the invitation to Kunguding Building Materials College was not surprising. Architects and Earth Wizards were also mainstream magical research areas in Yunze Wetland, receiving no less resources than botany and breeding.

Locke said, “I see. The battle for academic status among wizarding organizations is indeed cruel. The loser loses a lot, while the winner gains everything.”

“Wizard Mike, I respect your desire to represent Kunguding Building Materials College and establish your position in the Golden Crown Mountain region of the Yunze Wetland. But…” Locke changed the subject. “This competition is also very important to me.”

It’s about whether you can get the coordinates of a medium-sized plane that has never been developed by wizards. It is said that the prize planes of the plane conquest competition are of relatively high quality.

It is a plane carefully selected by the Truth Wizard: Silent Witch.

Because of this, even the descendants of three-ring wizards have a strong motivation to snatch this thing.

Wizard Mike gave Locke a thumbs-up gesture. “Then let’s see who of us has the tougher character. Let me give you a fair fight. That’s what competition is all about.”

“Let’s see whether the Botanical spells are more sophisticated, or the buildings of our Architects are more indestructible.”

Wizard Mike said hello and turned to leave the arena.

Locke did not leave the field, but first responded to Scarlett Witch’s congratulations.

Scarlett Witch sent her a message, saying that her product is currently among the top three in sales among all the products she has managed.

“Locke, your idea of endorsing your own products is fantastic.” Scarlett Witch said, “By the way, a store alliance has asked me if you’d be willing to participate in some product endorsement activities and get paid…”

‘You currently have a high endorsement value.’

“However, my advice is that it’s best not to. After all, those are your competitors. If you work harder now, you might be able to make history! During a sports event or festival, let a pair of pure magic plant wizard shoes become the top three sales!”

In a research base of the Alsace Shop Alliance, Scarlett Witch took a look at her backstage and saw a bunch of complaint messages.

At the same time, Scarlett Witch ignored some leaders who were easily influenced and warned her to pay attention to the ideas of those magic weavers. She suggested that she could stop in the top ten and slow down her marketing efforts.

Scarlett Witch frowned. “In the Alsace Shop Alliance, sales are king. These leaders have no authority over me, nor the right to allocate my resources. I can listen to them on small matters, but when it comes to something so significant that affects my own achievements, there’s no reason for me to listen to them.”

Scarlett Witch sneered. “Who knows if these people have accepted money from the Magic Weaver?”

“Locke, my good partner, now it’s up to you.”

At Golden Crown Mountain, Cloud Arena, Locke saw the message sent to him by Scarlett Witch, nodded, and then sent an expression that said “I understand.”

Then, he searched for the wizards from the Demonic Hub City among the crowd.

While observing the battles between these wizards, he discovered problems with his Full Moon Growth. One of the major problems was that his magic pressure could not sustain the use of Full Moon Growth for too long.

The magic of Full Moon Growth was entirely derived from his own observations of the Void Beast, and therefore, this magic was still in a semi-finished state.

Locke found a seat on the side of the Demonic Hub City.

A group of wizards from the Demonic Nexus City were looking at him with wariness and distance. Locke smiled and didn’t care.

Demonic Hub City and Golden Crown Mountain have been fighting for academic status for many years, and the relationship between the two sides is very bad.

It is no longer clear who is right or wrong, or who started it first.

Locke looked at the first-ring witch genius of the younger generation in the Demonic Hub City, Witch Camilla.

Locke said, “Witch Camilla, can you come out for a moment? I have something to talk to you about.”

Witch Camilla showed no intention of leaving and remained seated. “Hmm? What could a genius researcher from Mount Golden Crown need from me? I’m sorry I can’t keep you company. You’re on the competition stage, and you don’t seem to be willing to let me.”

Locke smiled. “I came to you with an important deal. But since you’re not interested, forget it. What a shame. I thought you’d be happy to accept it.”

Locke turned around and left without any reluctance.

Seeing this, Witch Camilla was immediately interested. She looked at Locke’s leaving back, hesitated for a moment, and then said, “Wait.”

“In that case. Let’s find a quiet place to talk.”

Locke was not surprised by this.

During the battle, Locke realized that Witch Camilla was an opportunist and very greedy.

So, she will definitely agree to make a deal with me.

On the ground, there are Golden Crown Mountain, Dragon Blood Market, and Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion.

Witch Camilla sat on the sofa in the quiet room and said, “Augustine, tell me. What exactly did you come to me for?”

Locke handed her one of the two cups of Duck Head Spring Tea the green dragon half-dragon shop owner had given her for free. “Nothing much, I just want a piece of natal wizard porcelain made in the Demonic Nexus City.”

Witch Camilla just took a sip of wizard tea and almost spit it out.

She quickly took a tissue from the table and wiped the corner of her mouth.

Witch Camilla shook her head slightly and looked at Locke with eyes full of amazement.

Witchcraft porcelain is the only academic field in which Demonic Hub City has an advantage, and natal witchcraft porcelain is a new thing that has appeared in the last ten years. It is impossible for wizards who are not from Demonic Hub City to obtain it.

What shocked Witch Camilla was that Locke was so shameless as to directly ask for a piece of Demonic Hub City’s natal witch porcelain.

Moreover, he looked calm.

Even she, who considered herself an opportunist, was shocked by Locke’s request.

As a result, Witch Camilla didn’t have time to refute immediately, but instead asked Locke: “You… should know that the relationship between Golden Crown Mountain and Demon Central City is not good, right? You should also know that I was very unhappy with you when you defeated me before?”

“You also know that the natal wizard porcelain is currently only possessed by a few elite wizards in our Demonic Hub City?”

Locke calmly took a sip of Duck Head Spring Tea. “I know everything you said.”

There is currently a very serious problem with Full Moon’s growth, which is that the magic pressure required to maintain its current scale cannot be provided by itself for even a short period of time.

It is even more impossible to continue to expand the scale and increase strength.

But when he was fighting with the witch Camilla, he noticed that the natal witch porcelain would be combined with the spiritual level. Then he only needed to let one of his natal witch porcelains combine with the spirituality of the magic moon that grew from the full moon, and let this witch porcelain act as the moon core to enhance the growth of the full moon.

Of course, this is a risky endeavor.

This was the first time that he combined pure magic with alchemical creations.

Locke said, “It’s just that I believe that anything can be traded. You and I both have tough battles to fight next. So, I want to exchange value with you. I can provide you with the No. 2 Overlord Element, and you can go and strengthen your thirty large-mouthed man-eating plants, allowing them to increase their strength out of thin air.”

“Take your Piranha Plant jungle to new heights.”

“I’ll give you a chance to compete for the top three spots in the Magic Combat Competition. Anyway, your Demonic Hub City probably isn’t planning on winning this year, so getting into the top three will be great for you personally.”

Witch Camilla’s eyes flickered. Obviously, she had always had thoughts about Overlord No. 2.

She didn’t have any thoughts about Locke’s Abyss Demon Plant because that thing was too dangerous. Unlike Locke, she had no resistance to the Abyss. Using that dangerous thing would only reduce her combat effectiveness.

Second, it is easy to find an ethics review committee.

Locke has not yet mass-produced magical plants, and the cost and pressure of the ethical review mechanism have been transferred to Arthas. Arthas’s production bases are all in major colonial planes and can escape most of the attention of the Ethics Review Committee.

But the Abyss Demon Plant is very special, and the Ethics Review Committee will probably take notice of it immediately.

In addition, Locke does not have the technology to mass-produce the Abyss Devouring Body Sea Gold Sand for the time being, so Locke has no plans to promote the Abyss Devouring Body Sea Gold Sand.

The abyss devoured the sea gold sand, and it lost the ability to reproduce normally. It can only be transformed by using magic potions.

To prepare this kind of potion, even a second-level alchemist would not be able to do so without special training.

The difficulty of refining the Abyss Devouring Body Potion and the cost of materials make it more than ten times more difficult to obtain than the No. 2 Overlord Element.

The two cannot be compared.

The danger levels of the two cannot be compared.

Overlord No. 2 Solok still has the ability and confidence to mass-produce in the first ring stage, but the Abyss Devourer Potion is different.

Even this thing itself is afraid of losing control.

At this moment, Witch Camilla deliberately put on airs. “I came to you for this very reason.”

“Locke Augustine, what you said is very good and correct. Unfortunately, I just don’t want to make the deal you proposed. It’s such a pity.”

Witch Camilla looked at Locke triumphantly, ready to see a look of regret on his face.

But Locke remained calm.

Locke had no intention of forcing it. If Witch Camilla didn’t work, he would try someone else.

Locke nodded. “I understand. If that’s the case, then forget it.”

Locke stood up directly.

The main thing is that now that things have come to this, there is no need to force it, and she is not the only one who has the channels to purchase Benming Wu porcelain.

Witch Camilla was stunned for a moment. As an opportunist, she felt heartbroken at this moment, as if she had lost a treasure out of thin air.

The more Locke acted like this, the more she wanted to make a deal with him.

Witch Camilla was stunned and said, “Wait, you’re not going to insist anymore? Aren’t you going to try harder?”

Locke turned and looked at her. “In fact, you’ve already rejected me twice. If you’re unwilling to cooperate, then there’s really no reason for us to waste any more time.”

Locke left the quiet room directly.

Witch Camilla’s expression changed several times. She found that Locke was not deliberately trying to control her, but had really changed his target in an instant.

This made an opportunist like her feel as if she had lost money.

“Wait a minute, Locke.”

She chased him out into the hallway. “I suppose I can indeed make a deal with you. After all, Constellation Porcelain isn’t as mysterious as you think.”

(End of this chapter)