Chapter 256: Armament Expansion, Synthetic Spirit Pearl

In Sunan's memory, after the year 2000 of the Starlight Calendar, the Dark Throne invaded the Starlight Continent without any True Spirit Wizards or large Wizard Towers.

Now that I think about it, maybe just like what Maisha said, the Dark Throne put most of its energy into conquering the second plane community, and didn't pay much attention to a single plane.

However, Sunan vaguely remembered that the Dark Throne seemed to have dispatched the war force of an entire plane at that time, which eventually evolved into a large-scale plane war.

But even so, this is already good.

At least the Star Alliance also controls an entire plane and has the power to fight back.

"How is the expansion of armaments going?" Sunan asked.

Lizhe was familiar with it, and said without thinking: "The eighth large golem army is already being formed, and it should be completed before the plane blockade is lifted."

"The current official members of the Magic Pattern Knights have increased to 58,000, and the candidate members who are not equipped with magic pattern constructs have exceeded 500,000."

"The total number of the core sub-dragon knights has expanded to 8,500. A new batch of sub-dragons have just come out of the pasture and have been distributed. They are now in the adaptation period. It is expected that the entire force will be expanded to 9,000 next year."

As early as the completion of the construction of the Starlight Wizard Tower, the Star Alliance focused its resources on the expansion of military power to prepare for the battle against the Dark Throne.

As the core armed forces of the Star Alliance, the Golem Army and the Magic Pattern Knights are naturally the top priority of the expansion.

The total number of a large golem army is 125,000.

Eight armies means one million.

In other words, by next year, the Star Alliance will have one million golems.

If we add the local garrisons guarding the various cities and resource points in the underground world, the number of golems can increase by another 300,000 or 400,000.

1.3 or 400,000 golems, although most of them are stone golems and double-bladed spiders, this number is also very exaggerated.

That is to say, Starlight Academy has cultivated a large number of wizard apprentices in the past few hundred years, and there are enough tool people to refine puppets. Otherwise, Sunan alone would not be able to refine so many golems even if he died of exhaustion.

As for the Magic Pattern Knights, the number of formal members is relatively small.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that there are less than 60,000 people, but they are all elites.

You should know that the minimum standard for formal members of the Magic Pattern Knights is a high-level knight, and equipped with magic pattern constructs, the combat effectiveness has broken through to the level of legendary knights without exception.

In other words, this is the combat power of 58,000 legendary knights!

As the core of the ace, the Asian Dragon Knight is the best among the legendary knights, and it is an indestructible blade on the battlefield.

In terms of combat effectiveness alone, the three large golem legions combined are not the opponent of the Magic Pattern Knights!

Moreover, the Magic Pattern Knights still have more than 500,000 candidate members.

Although the candidate members do not have magic pattern constructs, they are all knights or great knights, which is more than enough to be a regular legion, not much inferior to the Golem Legion.

"Increase the task reward for manufacturing magic pattern constructs, and then manufacture as many magic pattern constructs as possible, and strive to exceed 60,000 formal members of the Magic Pattern Knights next year."

Sunan ordered, and after Li Ze agreed, he changed the subject.

"What about the fleet?"

Li Ze said: "Considering that the probability of a naval battle is not high, only five naval fleets have been established. As long as there is no large-scale naval battle, it should be enough."

Sunan nodded slightly. Naval battles are rarely encountered in plane wars, unless the plane being attacked happens to be a plane dominated by the ocean.

However, the probability of this is very low.

Even if it really happens, with the logistical strength of the Star Alliance, it can also explode several naval fleets in a short time.

However, the naval fleet has not expanded, but another kind of magic ship is in the expansion focus of the Star Alliance.

That is the flying magic ship!

This kind of magic ship has a wide range of uses. It can be used in naval, land and air battles, and can also be used to quickly transport troops.

On the Starlight Continent, the Star Alliance can transport troops efficiently and quickly through the transmission network, but once it attacks other planes, this advantage will disappear.

Considering this, Sunan ordered the formation of a flying fleet.

There is another more important reason, that is, the flying fleet can deal with the wizard tower.

Before the Starlight Wizard Tower is upgraded to a large wizard tower, Sunan does not plan to build a second wizard tower.

If there are extra resources, he plans to invest them in the Starlight Wizard Tower.

But in this way, the Star Alliance’s strength in large-scale war creations is a bit weak.

It was okay before, because because of the plane blockade, the Dark Throne could not send multiple wizard towers to invade the Starlight Continent at the same time.

But once the plane blockade is lifted and the Dark Throne invades in a large scale, Sunan dares to guarantee that there will definitely be more than one wizard tower coming!

It must be very difficult to cope with it by relying on the Starlight Wizard Tower alone, so we must find a way to add helpers.

The flying fleet was the result of his repeated consideration.

The magic ship with flying ability and long-range firepower is undoubtedly the best armed force to deal with the wizard tower at this stage.

Although the overall strength is far inferior to the wizard tower, it is superior in number and can implement ship-sea tactics.

Moreover, the research and development of the flying magic ship is not difficult. It is just to add a copycat version of the ultra-small floating ring on the basis of the original magic ship, and then strengthen the long-range firepower.

Today, the flying fleet of the Star Alliance has also begun to take shape.

In addition, Sunan also plans to study a war fortress between flying magic ships and wizard towers, as a conventional large-scale war creation for the Star Alliance to conduct plane wars in the future.

However, it is still in the concept stage. He has no energy to focus on it in the short term. He can only take action after overcoming the current crisis.

"Currently, twelve flying fleets have been formed. The fleet size is the same as the navy fleet. Each fleet includes five third-level magic ships, twenty-five second-level magic ships and two hundred and fifty first-level magic ships."

"In addition, the thirteenth and fourteenth fleets are also being formed. If we speed up the work, it should be completed next year."

Sunan nodded secretly.

Fourteen flying fleets are barely enough.

Unfortunately, the time is too short, and the resources are limited. Otherwise, if hundreds of flying fleets are formed, even if the Dark Throne sends five or six small wizard towers, he is confident that the other party will not be able to return.

The Golem Legion, the Magic Pattern Knights, the Magic Ship Fleet, plus the Starlight Wizard Tower, in addition, although the military strength of the Star Empire is a little weak, it can also be regarded as a force.

In general, the power of the Starlight Continent now far exceeds that of many sub-planes and individual planes!

This is the difference between planes with or without wizard forces.

If the opponent is not the Dark Throne, but any other ordinary plane, the current power of the Star Alliance can completely crush it.

"Not bad, just follow this trend." Sunan smiled, "The next thing is up to you."

"You are really leisurely as a hands-off shopkeeper." Li Ze rolled her eyes at him.

Having said that, she actually knew that Sunan was not leisurely.

Whether it is upgrading the wizard tower or filling the talent crystal model, it takes a lot of energy and time.

Strictly speaking, what Sunan does is more important than what she is responsible for, so there is nothing to complain about.

After leaving the reception room, Sunan returned to the element pool to continue practicing.

Whether he can withstand the first wave of attacks from the Dark Throne after the plane blockade, in addition to the progress of the Star Alliance's military expansion, it is more important to look at the upgrade of the Starlight Wizard Tower and whether he can be promoted to a third-level wizard.

Especially the latter.

It goes without saying that the attack of the Dark Throne in a year will definitely involve a third-level wizard.

If it is a third-level gasification wizard, it is fine, but if it is a third-level liquefaction or third-level crystallization, with his current strength, it will be a bit difficult to deal with it, and he must be promoted to a third-level wizard as soon as possible.

Although the deal was reached, due to the blockade of the plane, Mai Yisha had to spend a lot of effort to enter the Starlight Continent.

It was not until a month later that she brought the promised fifty spirit beads.

"Happy cooperation."

Sunan took out the five hundred magic crystals synthesized in the past few days.

These five hundred magic crystals almost emptied most of the secondary magic stone inventory of the Star Alliance.

"Happy cooperation." Mai Yisha put away the magic crystals and looked at Su Nan deeply, "I wish you an early promotion to a third-level wizard."

"Thank you for your good wishes."

Both of them have a straightforward personality, and they separated after the transaction was completed.

The Starlight Continent will soon become a battlefield. Mai Yisha is worried that Amy will continue to stay here, so she is ready to take it back to the Wisdom Code.

Although Amy was very reluctant, she could only follow her master to leave.

"Sunan, you must beat those bad guys, and then come to the Wisdom Code to see me!" Amy said reluctantly.

"I will." Sunan nodded with a smile.

After watching Mai Yisha and Amy leave, Sunan returned to the wizard tower and prepared to absorb the spirit bead.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Sunan held a spirit bead tightly in his palm, closed his eyes and began to practice.

While filling the talent crystal model with mental power, he absorbed the spirit bead.

Time passed slowly.

In less than half a day, Sunan opened his eyes and frowned slightly.

"A spirit bead only increased by less than 0.4%?"

Sunan sighed with some disappointment.

He was not too surprised by this result.

When filling the first talent crystal model, a spirit bead only filled less than 2% of the mental power.

Now that it has changed to the third talent crystal model, more mental power is required, and it is normal for the filling progress to drop significantly.

Who told him to construct a super talent crystal, which requires much more mental power than ordinary talent crystals.

The spiritual beads that are very effective on ordinary wizards are not so immediate for him.

No, that can't be said. This progress is almost equivalent to the results of more than three years of practice, which is actually not a small amount.

"Fifty spiritual beads can shorten my practice time by about 170 to 180 years."

"If it's just like this, I will definitely not be promoted to a third-level wizard before the plane blockade is lifted."

"Is there any other way to recover mental power faster?"

Su Nan sat there and pondered.

And soon, an idea gradually took shape in his mind.

Compared with others, his biggest advantage is that he has a synthetic magic cube.

Then to improve the efficiency of practice, it must start from this aspect.

According to this idea, the solution is very clear-synthesize the spiritual beads!

Although the synthetic magic cube carries the word "synthesis", its most essential effect is to strengthen objects.

By synthesizing similar objects, its effect and power are greatly improved.

And this can also be used on spiritual beads.

Worth a try!

Su Nan's eyes lit up, and he immediately opened the Rubik's Cube and put in the Spirit Bead.

[Spirit Bead, a crystal formed by highly condensed spiritual power, can be used to restore spiritual power, and contains 14,394 standard units of spiritual power. ]

Su Nan then put the remaining 48 spirit beads into the Rubik's Cube one by one to check the information.

Although the amount of spiritual power contained in each spirit bead was different, it was between 14,000 and 15,000, with a difference of only a few hundred.

Su Nan picked two of them at random and put them into the Rubik's Cube. The synthesis interface flashed, and then new information appeared.

[Spirit Bead, a crystal formed by highly condensed spiritual power, can be used to restore spiritual power, and contains 38,285 standard units of spiritual power. ]

"Sure enough!"

Su Nan looked overjoyed.

Just as he thought, synthesizing spirit beads can really greatly improve the effect, and the increase is not low, more than 20% and close to 30%.

He continued to put in the third spirit bead, and the amount of spiritual power of the synthesized product soared to more than 57,000 standard units, an increase of more than 30%.

Su Nan was refreshed and continued to synthesize.

However, he was careful. Every time he synthesized a spirit bead, he would take it out to try to see if he could absorb it.

Past experience told him that this kind of synthesis was not unlimited, but had an upper limit.

Just like synthesizing element crystal cores with element crystal dust, when the element crystal core reaches a certain strength, he can no longer absorb divine energy from it.

If the divine energy in the element crystal core was just a piece of stone before, he could control his mental power to slowly grind the stone into powder and absorb it. Then the divine energy after that was like iron, and it was difficult to shake it no matter how he tried.

It is very likely that there is the same upper limit for spirit beads.

This guess was soon confirmed.

When the number of synthesized beads increased to 23, Su Nan felt obvious resistance when absorbing mental power from the spirit beads.

Seeing this, he wisely stopped synthesizing.

At this time, the amount of mental power contained in the spirit bead was more than five times the sum of the 23 spirit beads!

Looking at the spirit bead in his hand that became more crystal clear and brilliant, Su Nan showed an extremely happy smile on his face.

At the same time, there was a trace of regret.

If I had not been so hasty when absorbing the spirit beads for the first time, and had thought of this method, I could have wasted at least two years less.

After calming down, Sunan put away his distracting thoughts and began to absorb the spirit beads.

Two extreme synthesis spirit beads, and the remaining three spirit beads were also synthesized before absorption.

When all the spirit beads were absorbed, Sunan's talent crystal model filling progress had soared to 99.88%, and he was only one step away from promotion.

"The rest is just grinding!"

Sunan took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and continued to immerse himself in practice.

Promotion to the third-level wizard is already in sight. (End of this chapter)