Greater Ring of Protection and Frostbound Necklace

The chaos of the outside world did not affect Su Nan’s development and cultivation.

Time moved toward the end of the Month of Summer Harvest.

Shortly after celebrating his nineteenth birthday, Su Nan completed the ninth star ring.

With this, half of the conditions for advancing to a third-level wizard apprentice were met.

In the meditation room, Su Nan sat cross-legged on the floor, staring at the panel in the void.

【Su Nan Anestor, Human Male】

【Spirit 25.35 / Constitution 17.88】

【Skills】

Star Ring Meditation Lv10 (35/300000)

Potion Making Lv4 (781/10000)

Bio-modification Lv2 (1402/3000)

Puppet Refining Lv3 (457/6000)

Magical Item Manufacture Lv2 (1532/3000)

Looking at the data on the panel, a trace of delight appeared on Su Nan’s face.

“All I need now is to raise my spirit to 30, and I’ll be able to advance to a third-level wizard apprentice.”

Su Nan estimated that the potion of illusion could increase his spirit by at least 2 points.

This means he still needs to increase his spirit to above 28.

“Currently, my spirit power only increases by 0.01 point each day through meditation. Reaching 28 points would take about eight or nine months.”

“Considering that spirit power becomes harder to increase over time, it might take even longer.”

“Unfortunately, taking second-level potions is already my limit now. Otherwise, if I could take third-level potions, my meditation efficiency would improve further.”

Su Nan felt a slight sense of loss.

Even so, reaching third-level wizard apprentice level before the age of twenty is already quite remarkable.

At least on the current Star Continent, Su Nan didn’t think many wizard apprentices could match his rate of improvement.

Shaking off the greedy thoughts, Su Nan left the meditation room and headed to the workshop.

The manufacture and synthesis of glimmer-level magical items were approaching their conclusion.

During this time, he had successively created over twenty protective rings and ice-explosion necklaces.

According to the information gained from the magic cube, he had almost reached the synthesis limit for glimmer-level magical items.

After crafting one more protective ring and ice-explosion necklace in the workshop, Su Nan began synthesis.

First, the protective rings were placed, a total of twenty-five.

This number was already the limit for glimmer level, adding one more would transform it into a wizard tool.

With a flash in the synthesis interface, a new magical item was born.

【Greater Ring of Protection (Glimmer/Low Magic Item), a defensive force field automatically forms on the wearer’s body in the moment of harm, can also be activated manually. Defense Rate 1000/1000, can recover its defense rate by injecting spirit power or automatically absorbing free energy particles.】

Compared to the alchemic-grade protective ring obtained from Master Amy, the Greater Ring of Protection does not have usage limits, but functions with a defense rate.

This isn’t necessarily better or worse.

However, the passive activation of protection at the moment of harm deeply appealed to Su Nan.

After all, no one can guarantee to always react in time when ambushed.

With this feature, at least he wouldn’t need to worry about sneak attacks in the future.

Su Nan then summoned the iron golem and had it help test the defensive capabilities of the Greater Ring of Protection.

The result was very satisfactory.

Standing still without applying any additional defense, Su Nan endured the iron golem’s full-force attacks for over a minute before the ring’s protection was finally breached.

It must be noted, this was a legendary knight-level full-force attack!

This means, if Su Nan encounters an opponent like Hodge in the future, he could easily attack without any defense for at least a minute.

In combat, allowing a wizard apprentice to cast spells without worry for a minute, the consequences are self-evident.

With Su Nan’s current spirit power and spellcasting skills, a minute is enough for him to release thirty to forty spells.

“Truly worthy of the highest glimmer-level magic item!”

Su Nan was overjoyed.

Glimmer-level magic items are already the highest any wizard apprentice can use.

And the Greater Ring of Protection he crafted was made right at the glimmers limit, with power significantly surpassing ordinary glimmer-level items.

No wonder the defense was incredible.

After testing the Greater Ring of Protection, Su Nan began synthesizing the ice explosion necklace.

【Frostbound Necklace (Glimmer/Low Magic Item), upon activation, releases a freezing shockwave centered around the wearer, covering a radius of a hundred meters. All creatures within the range suffer frost damage with an added slowing effect. The closer to the wearer, the greater the damage. Requires recharging before reuse.】

As before, the iron golem served as the test subject.

After the stunning performance of the Greater Ring of Protection, Su Nan became more cautious, allowing the iron golem to stand thirty meters away before activating the Frostbound Necklace.

Crack!

In an instant, an extreme cold, icy presence seemed to freeze the very marrow of one’s bones descended!

Centered around Su Nan, a visibly white frost rapidly shot outward, instantly filling every inch of the hundred-meter radius space.

The nearby iron golem was almost instantly covered with a thick layer of frost.

A light blue layer of ice appeared at its feet and quickly climbed up its legs.

Crunch! Crunch!

Almost in the blink of an eye, the iron golem was frozen into an ice sculpture.

Though a moment later it shattered the ice with its incredible strength and broke free, its movements were noticeably hindered.

Su Nan immediately dispelled the Frostbound Necklace’s effect.

The air still carried a chill that pierced to the bone.

Under the terrifying cold, the ground within a hundred-meter radius was entirely covered by ice, forming a thin layer of light blue frost.

“Impressive!”

Su Nan was filled with surprise and delight.

The effect far exceeded his expectations!

Knowing the iron golem, being a construct lifeform, has extreme resistance to elemental damage, and even with a thirty-meter distance, it still suffered significantly. The power of the Frostbound Necklace was indeed terrifying.

If it were to be a flesh and blood opponent, and caught within a two to three meters proximity, even a legendary knight like Hodge would potentially be left crippled, if not dead.

“The Frostbound Necklace paired with the Greater Ring of Protection is a perfect match!”

Su Nan’s eyes flickered.

Given the Frostbound Necklace’s potent power, if he pursued a purely damage-oriented glimmer-level magic item without control effects, how fearsome would that be?

Su Nan was tempted, wishing he could craft one immediately.

However, reminded of the materials consumed in creating the Greater Ring of Protection and Frostbound Necklace, his impulsive thoughts quickly subsided.

He now had less than a hundred gold coins remaining.

Until the profits from a new potion arrive, there was no way to create more glimmer-level magic items.

“The income is still too little, leaving many things unachievable.”

Su Nan sighed lightly.

The most direct way to increase income is to expand the scale of potion sales.

But he couldn’t spend too much time making potions, as he had reached his limit.

Only when Xie Man and the other two mature and learn potion making can he consider expanding the scale again.