Physical Transformation Experiment

Chapter 26 – Physical Transformation Experiment

The Book Month (August), in the legends of the Starlight Continent, is the month of knowledge and wisdom.

As time entered the Book Month, Su Nan also got busy, focusing on enriching himself.

First was learning new spells.

He currently only had two first-tier spells in hand, namely 【Charm of Humans】 and 【Shield Spell】.

The former’s effect can be guessed just from its name.

The latter can conjure an invisible, transparent, tower-shield-sized shield out of thin air that floats and spins around, automatically blocking attacks from all directions with no blind spots.

Since Shield Spell is essentially a force field effect, it can even block incorporeal attacks (mental shocks, soul damage).

Considering his own safety, Su Nan naturally chose to learn 【Shield Spell】 first.

【Reading ‘Shield Spell Model’, ‘Shield Spell’ learning progress +0.02%】

The difficulty of first-tier spells is much higher than that of zero-tier spells.

Su Nan estimated that with the aid of a stimulant potion, it would take about forty days to master the Shield Spell.

The time required to master Charm of Humans should not be much less than this.

The second task was creating runestone gems.

Considering it was his first attempt, Su Nan chose the relatively stable earth energy particles.

The selected gem was black opal, which matches well with force field protection attributes.

“It’s a pity that Starry Sapphire is too expensive, costing over a thousand gold coins for just one; otherwise, using Starry Sapphire would have been more effective.”

Su Nan thought with some regret.

Using Starry Sapphire as a carrier would increase the final product’s power by at least double.

However, that would be just throwing money away. He doesn’t have the financial resources for that yet, so he had to settle for black opal.

Black opal is a green opal with black spots and golden flecks, giving it a unique aesthetic appeal.

As Su Nan injected the condensed earthy yellow energy runes into the gem, the gem instantly emitted a misty glow.

The light lasted only four or five seconds before quickly dissipating.

The black opal seemed unchanged at first glance, but on closer inspection, one could find the surface coated with mysterious and peculiar patterns.

【Successfully manufactured a runestone gem, ‘Magic Item Creation’ learning progress +0.5%】

“Huh?”

Su Nan was slightly taken aback, a bit surprised.

How did it trigger the 【Magic Item Creation】 skill?

But upon thinking it over, he quickly understood.

Energy runes are inherently a subset of enchantment. The items made by combining energy runes with gems can barely be considered magic items, so triggering the 【Magic Item Creation】 skill is not surprising.

“I thought I’d have to find related books to trigger this skill, didn’t expect to accidentally trigger it instead.”

Su Nan looked at the runestone gem in his hand.

Inside the pea-sized gem, a large amount of earth energy particles were concentrated.

As long as the energy inside is activated, it can instantly create a layer of earth element protection.

Compared to spells that still require casting time, runestone gems that can be activated instantly are undoubtedly more practical in combat.

The only downside is the cost.

Considering he already has the shielding spell as a defense spell, Su Nan only made two earth runestone gems and stopped. He then started manufacturing offensive runestone gems.

After all, the offensive spells he mastered were all zero-tier spells, which were becoming inadequate as he leveled up, and runestone gems were just the solution to augment his offensive capabilities.

Lightning, fire, frost, shadow.

Except for the fire runestone, which used red zircon, the element with the highest affinity for fire, the remaining three types of offensive energy runes used rubies suitable for shaping spells.

For each type of runestone gem, Su Nan made three for backup.

In addition, he also made two plant-based runestone gems for healing injuries when harmed.

Counting the errors and damages occurred midway, Su Nan ultimately used up eighteen gems, with a total value exceeding three hundred gold coins.

“Runestone gems are indeed a money pit.”

Su Nan mused silently.
Credit to him having the entire Blackstone City supporting him. Otherwise, relying on himself alone, forget about rune stones; even collecting wizard tomes would be a struggle.

Making rune stones took quite some time. When he came to his senses, Su Nan found it was already deep into the night outside.

Seeing this, he controlled energy particles to clean his body, then returned to the meditation room, planning to use meditation to replace sleep while recovering the mental energy spent on making rune stones.

After advancing, Su Nan still maintained an extreme meditation time of four hours daily.

However, as his mental power increased, its growth became slower.

Now, on average, daily meditation can only increase his mental power by 0.01 to 0.02 points.

And this is with the assistance of active potions.

“Advancing to a level three wizard apprentice requires successfully constructing nine stellar rings and achieving over 30 points of mental power.”

“At this speed, it would take at least a decade, or even longer, to advance.”

Advancing from a level two to a level three wizard apprentice in over a decade would definitely be considered impressive in today’s Starlight Continent.

But Su Nan was not satisfied.

He was already considering synthesizing higher-grade potions to assist in meditation.

However, doing so would mean spending more gold coins every month.

Even with a mine at home, it couldn’t sustain his gold-consuming expenses.

“Unless I reclaim the Shining Lands to expand the territory income.”

Su Nan squinted his eyes, a thought flashed in his mind.

Moments later, he shook his head, collected his thoughts, and focused on meditation.

The next day.

Su Nan came to the room where the giant lizard was held.

Locked in a narrow and cramped cage, having its blood and energy drawn daily, the giant lizard had been living a miserable life for over a month.

Upon seeing Su Nan enter, it merely lifted its eyelids and lay motionless on the ground, clearly disheartened.

Su Nan opened the metal cage, used Mage Hand to lift the giant lizard, then moved to the spacious laboratory and placed the giant lizard on the experiment table.

To accommodate the giant lizard’s massive size, this experimental table was specially made, exceeding ten meters in length.

Although he had decided to convert the giant lizard into a magical pet, Su Nan did not act immediately.

Any creature, once transformed into a magical pet, will awaken at least one spell-like ability.

As for what type of spell-like ability it would awaken, it mainly depends on the creature’s inherent abilities.

For instance, feline creatures, after turning into magical pets, generally awaken illusion or shadow stealth spell-like abilities.

Serpentine creatures, when transformed into magical pets, often awaken poison-related spell-like abilities.

And this strange species with draconic lizard bloodline before him, Su Nan guessed, would most likely awaken physical enhancement spell-like abilities.

For wizard apprentices, such spell-like abilities are undoubtedly the least favored.

If one wants to enhance their physical body, there are plenty of means available to wizard apprentices, making it unnecessary to waste a precious awakening opportunity.

So, Su Nan planned to conduct a physical modification on the giant lizard before officially contracting and transforming it into a magical pet. This way, during the transformation process, it might awaken abilities beyond just physical enhancement.

As for the direction of physical modification, the book “Extracting and Modifying the Abilities of a Green Chameleon” previously obtained could be put to use.

“Although you’re not a chameleon species, like them, you’re part of the lizard order, so the compatibility with the camouflage ability should not be low.”

Su Nan gestured, and a cage on the desk floated over to land in his palm.

Inside the cage was a Green Chameleon.

Although this creature doesn’t reach the level of magical creatures, it’s relatively rare.

He had asked the Fire Fox Commerce Association’s Mu Zhuo to find enough for experimentation.

Swoosh!
Su Nan gestured again, and a sharp scalpel dropped into his hand.

The giant lizard finally sensed something was amiss and started struggling frantically, but its weakened body couldn’t escape the Mage Hand’s suppression.

Seeing this, it whimpered and cried, a human-like plea appeared in its vertical pupils.

“Don’t worry, nothing will happen. Once the experiment is over, you’ll become stronger.”

Su Nan cast a Sleep Curse, the giant lizard blinked a few times, and soon fell asleep without struggling.

The sound of a blade slicing through flesh and skin filled the laboratory afterward.