A Resounding Victory

The battle ended in just four to five minutes.

The addition of the Fire Child became the last straw that broke the Black-scaled Lizardmen.

Where the little guy passed, each Black-scaled Lizardman turned into a torch, consumed by fierce flames, wailing and screaming as they fell to the ground, rolling frantically until they became charred corpses.

Even the strong Black-scaled Lizardman chieftain could only hold out a little longer under the Fire Child’s attack, ultimately unable to escape the fate of becoming a charred corpse.

It can be said that the Fire Child, as an elemental creature, is a natural counter to the Black-scaled Lizardmen, who rely solely on physical combat without any combat aura.

After the battle ended, everyone began to clean up the battlefield.

Each person passing by Su Nan glanced at him with eyes full of awe.

The Fire Child was indeed terrifying, but the ability to summon such a creature made Su Nan even more awe-inspiring.

Especially those soldiers who did not participate in the Blackstone Mine battle were incredibly shocked.

They never imagined that the weak-looking young master Su Nan could be this formidable.

That strange and mysterious power seemed even stronger than the lord!

At this moment, they suddenly understood why those knight commanders were always so respectful to Su Nan.

That was clearly a reverence for a strong master!

“After today’s battle, the news of me becoming a wizard apprentice probably can’t be contained anymore.”

Noticing the soldiers’ gazes around him, Su Nan mused silently.

However, he didn’t pay much attention to it, as such matters couldn’t be kept secret for long anyway.

With the increase in the number of knights in Blackstone City and the activity of the Blackstone Cavalry, more and more people would inevitably investigate the reasons behind it.

By then, even if he wanted to keep a low profile, he couldn’t.

There were still some elderly, women, and children among the Black-scaled Lizardmen in the tribe, about sixty or seventy of them.

Brother Ke Yi did not go for total extermination but ordered these Black-scaled Lizardmen to be tied up and taken back to Blackstone City, clearly intending to raise them as a continuous source of blood.

The corpses of the already dead Black-scaled Lizardmen should not be wasted; all their blood was drained and taken away in special storage containers.

Also, bound and taken away was the giant lizard variant.

Compared to the ordinary Black-scaled Lizardmen, the giant lizard variant was undoubtedly a better blood supply.

After all, it had genuine Dragon Lizard blood in its veins.

On the way back, everyone was very excited.

Brother Ke Yi’s face even carried an uncontrollable smile.

This battle completely eradicated the Black-scaled Lizardmen blight.

And the cost they paid was less than fifty casualties.

Such a glorious achievement was thanks to Su Nan.

He alone took down seventy to eighty Black-scaled Lizardmen, including nearly ten elite knight-level ones.

This battle can be entirely described as a resounding victory!

More importantly, from now on, Blackstone City had a continuous supply of materials to make lesser dragon blood potions.

Brother Ke Yi seemed to already envision the situation where the number of knights in Blackstone City skyrockets.

The troops returning to the city received a warm welcome from the public.

Especially upon seeing the captured Black-scaled Lizardmen prisoners, the cheers were deafening.

Many civilians whose relatives had died at the hands of the Black-scaled Lizardmen couldn’t help but throw stones at the prisoners.

The soldiers did not stop them, pretending not to see, allowing the civilians to vent.

After returning to the inner castle, Brother Ke Yi ordered Old Geller, the butler, to prepare food and wine to hold a celebration banquet, receiving enthusiastic support from the knights led by Jodun.

For an entire night, the inner castle was enveloped in an atmosphere of joy.

After the war, Blackstone City resumed its path of development.

Su Nan also became busy.

Besides meditation, he invested most of his time into making lesser dragon blood potions.

A large amount of Black-scaled Lizardman blood was transported into Su Nan’s laboratory and then turned into lesser dragon blood potions.

Almost every day, a new knight was born in Blackstone City.

Until all the Black-scaled Lizardman blood obtained from the battle was exhausted, and they started drawing blood directly from the Black-scaled Lizardmen prisoners as materials, the production speed of Su Nan’s lesser dragon blood potions finally slowed down.
However, at this time, his attention began to shift to that giant lizard variant.

The life force of the giant lizard variant was extremely vigorous. After about ten days of recovery, the injuries left by the Fire Child had long since healed.

Su Nan specifically used black stone iron to synthesize a batch of fine metals to forge a large cage, imprisoning the giant lizard variant inside.

To prevent the giant lizard variant from escaping, he would cast Fatigue Touch on it daily.

This led to the giant lizard variant showing an expression of extreme fear whenever it saw him.

Inside the giant metal cage, under the aggrieved gaze of the giant lizard, Su Nan routinely drew a large vial of blood from its body, then exited the cage, locking the door securely.

The concentration of dragon lizard blood within the giant lizard was higher than he expected, reaching 18.35%.

If using the blood of Black-scaled Lizardmen, it would require nearly twenty times the volume to synthesize dragon lizard blood of this concentration.

“With such a concentration of dragon lizard blood, it indeed saves me a lot of time.”

Su Nan glanced at the row of bottles on the laboratory table filled with bright red liquid, all extracted from the giant lizard over these days.

If it were drawn from Black-scaled Lizardmen captives, it might take one to two months to accumulate so much dragon lizard blood.

“These should be enough.”

Composing himself, Su Nan began to synthesize sub-dragon blood, then proceeded to make secondary dragon blood potion.

Having made a large amount of potions during this period, his [Potion Making] skill proficiency had already surpassed the 2000 threshold, just over 800 proficiency points away from advancing to level 3.

The success rate of making secondary dragon blood potion also exceeded 30%.

For a level one Witch Apprentice, this was already a very remarkable success rate.

In less than half a day, more than twenty bottles of secondary dragon blood potions were added to the laboratory table.

Among them, three bottles even reached middle-grade quality.

Su Nan placed the potions into the magic cube one by one.

After placing three middle-grade and five low-grade secondary dragon blood potions, the potion on the synthesis interface finally underwent a qualitative change.

[Dragon Blood Potion (First Order/Low Grade), consuming it can enhance constitution, specific enhancement range depends on the user’s constitution, the weaker the constitution, the stronger the effect, repeated consumption weakens the effect, the user’s constitution must be above 5]

“Not bad.”

Su Nan showed a satisfied smile.

If he directly made dragon blood potions, with his current level 2 Potion Making skill, the success rate would probably be a pitiful single digit.

Even if lucky enough to make one, the material cost would be at least six to seven times as much as now.

In comparison, making lower-tier potions and then using the magic cube to synthesize them into higher-tier potions is indeed more cost-effective.

Returning to his senses, Su Nan unhesitatingly synthesized the potion and then consumed it on the spot.

His current constitution was 5.61, just meeting the consumption requirement.

A familiar surge of heat suddenly erupted from within, instantly flowing through his limbs and bones.

Su Nan felt as if he was soaked in boiling magma, a severe pain yet accompanied by an ineffable tingling pleasure.

After a while, the discomfort gradually dissipated.

Su Nan exhaled a long breath of stale air, feeling as though his muscles and bones had become much denser, with a surging sense of power within, as if ready to burst forth at any moment.

Looking at the panel again, his constitution attribute had changed to 11.46!

It increased by almost 6 points of constitution!

“No wonder it’s a first-order potion!”

Su Nan’s face showed a joyful smile.

Now, just in terms of constitution, he was almost on par with an intermediate knight.

His constitution even exceeded his 11.35 mental power.

It can only be said that compared to improving mental power, strengthening the physical body is much less difficult for a Witch (apprentice).

“The Star Ring Meditation Technique is just over 3000 proficiency points away from advancing to level 4; if fast, it’s just a little over a month away.”

Thinking about soon advancing to a level two Witch Apprentice, Su Nan couldn’t help feeling enthusiastic.

Regaining his composure from his delight, he used the remaining secondary dragon blood potions to synthesize another dragon blood potion.

He did not plan to consume this potion himself, but intended to give it to Brother Ke Yi.

“The same person can consume a maximum of four to five dragon blood potions; beyond that, there’s no effect, but this quantity should be enough for Brother Ke Yi to advance to a Grand Knight.”