Synthesis Wizard

Rose and Red Heart turned and flew away without hesitation.

Although their hearts were filled with doubts and uncertainties, neither of them was stupid. They knew that whatever was capable of forcing Night Owl and the others to flee in such a sorry state must be incredibly terrifying. At this moment, even the slightest curiosity could lead to unimaginable consequences; escaping was their top priority.

After flying for three or four hundred meters, Rose suddenly heard a strange sound behind them. It sounded like countless wings flapping simultaneously. She glanced back over her shoulder and her eyes widened in disbelief.

“What is that?”

Five or six hundred meters behind them, a bizarre creature was rapidly pursuing them. The monster appeared to be composed of countless wings, all covered in pale feathers and intertwined to form a single mass. It had no head, no limbs, no facial features. Aside from the countless wings, the only other part of its body was a long tail trailing behind it.

All the wings flapped simultaneously, moving up and down, left and right with equal force. Such a bizarre flying style should have resulted in chaotic movement, yet the winged creature flew with both speed and stability. It was as if the wings were merely decorative and it was actually relying on another means of flight.

“What kind of creature is that?”

Seeing Night Owl and the others catching up, Red Heart eagerly asked.

Night Owl’s expression was solemn, “I don’t know. We were originally looking for you two, and then we encountered this monster. It attacked us as soon as we saw it, and we were no match for it. We had no choice but to run.”

However, they didn’t have long to doubt.

The winged monster chasing them behind suddenly increased the speed of its wing flaps several times. Its body swelled slightly, as if taking a deep breath. In that instant, Night Owl and the others could clearly feel the air in the tunnel churning.

Then!

“Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!”

A terrifying howl echoed through the entire tunnel. The terrifying sound waves spread out like air waves, accompanied by incredibly violent energy fluctuations. Death followed the spread of the sound waves like a shadow, crushing down on everyone like a tidal wave.

In an instant, all the Wizard Apprentices groaned in unison, their faces behind their masks contorted in pain. Their bodies, which were flying through the air, involuntarily stopped.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the winged monster quickly closed the distance. Its densely packed wings flapped wildly, churning the air into countless blade-like air currents that shot out, striking Red Heart, who was at the back of the group.

Almost instantly, Red Heart’s shield spell, energy particle shield, and magical item protection were all torn to shreds by the countless air blades. Immediately after, his body was also shredded into a blood mist.

Seeing this, the rest of the Wizard Apprentices’ faces changed drastically. They didn’t have time to cast spells, and they hastily activated their magical items. In an instant, a colorful array of light engulfed the winged monster.

After doing all this, they frantically accelerated their escape.

Everyone ignored the need to conserve their strength, using all their life-saving techniques, their speed noticeably faster than before.

However, not long after, a wall of rock suddenly appeared in front of them.

A dead end!

Night Owl gritted his teeth and shouted in a deep voice, “Break through the wall!”

At this moment, everyone tacitly agreed, without saying a word, they used their strongest attacks, hitting the wall at the end of the tunnel.

Boom!

The thick wall instantly shattered, revealing a black, dark opening behind it.

Without slowing down, everyone charged into the opening one after another.

Their vision suddenly darkened, then regained some light.

The opening led to another huge cave.

Everyone looked around, their eyes suddenly stopping.

Not far away, Su Nan, Traveler, and Staff were surrounding Elowen.

Both sides froze in surprise upon meeting.

Night Owl was about to speak, but his expression changed abruptly, and he quickly dodged to the side. Rose and Hunter reacted in the same way.

Boom!

Countless air blades erupted from the opening, pulverizing the rock wall and widening the opening by several times. Then, the winged monster charged out from inside.

“What is that?”

Traveler and Staff were both startled. They had assumed that Night Owl and the others had been pursued by Saulo and Stone Scorpion, leading to their sorry state. However, it seemed that wasn’t the case. They appeared to be hunted by this strange creature with countless wings.

However, Su Nan was even more astonished. He stared intently at the winged monster, his eyes filled with uncertain light. The winged monster before him looked exactly like the statue he had found in Giant Eye City.

“This monster is the divine creature worshipped by the Eye Demons?” Su Nan thought in disbelief.

After taking down Giant Eye City, he had instructed Red Widow to send people out to search for this divine creature, but they had never found any trace of it. He never expected to encounter it now. But upon second thought, this place wasn’t that far from Giant Eye City. It wasn’t surprising to find this divine creature here.

“Be careful, this monster is very powerful!” Rose’s tone was solemn, “Red Heart died at its hands! It can use Siren’s Howl!”

Hearing this, Staff and Traveler both looked serious. Siren’s Howl was a well-known ultra-large-scale instant kill attack, possessing unmatched terrifying power! Creatures with physical strength and mental power below a certain level would die instantly upon hearing Siren’s Howl, blood pouring from their seven orifices. Even those who could resist it would still be severely injured.

Although Third-Rank Wizard Apprentices were incredibly strong in terms of both physique and mental power, they couldn’t completely avoid Siren’s Howl.

Su Nan just shrugged and didn’t speak. The others had only read about Siren’s Howl in books, so they didn’t know much about it. But Su Nan had witnessed it with his own eyes in his previous life.

A real Siren’s Howl was a power even a formal Wizard would be wary of. If this divine creature had used a real Siren’s Howl, Rose and Night Owl would never have escaped here! This Siren’s Howl was just a similar sonic ability, similar to the sonic attack of a Death Knell Striker.

Having said that, this divine creature was easily able to kill Red Heart, and its power level was definitely at the level of a four-ring legend, maybe even stronger.

Thinking of this, Su Nan’s expression also became more solemn.

“啾啾!”

As if never having encountered so many humans at once, the winged monster paused in surprise. After regaining its senses, it screeched and flapped its wings, whipping up a large mass of air blades that struck out towards everyone.

After regrouping with their companions, Night Owl and the others felt much more confident. Instead of fleeing, they began to fight back.

Su Nan looked around and found that Elowen was nowhere to be seen. She probably escaped during the chaos. This woman, skilled in illusion, was a master of hiding. If it hadn’t been for her casting illusions on him before, and being injured by the Death Knell Mark, revealing her form, catching her would have been quite difficult.

Dismissing his thoughts, Su Nan turned his attention back to the winged monster. The most important thing was to deal with this divine creature first!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Deafening roars echoed through the cave. The colorful magic light illuminated the cave like daytime.

The winged monster was probably the first creature in thousands of years in Starlight Continent to be surrounded by seven Third-Rank Wizard Apprentices.

It was worthy of this lineup.

Facing the attacks of seven people, it still held its ground. It used air currents to envelop its entire body, blocking the attacks while also constantly flapping its wings, whipping up a large number of air blades to fight back. It also occasionally summoned lightning and thunder, catching everyone off guard.

“Air currents, and lightning, this creature’s divine energy is probably related to the gods of the sky and air.” Su Nan thought to himself.

The abilities of divine creatures depend on the divine powers they are linked to. For example, the Shrieking Alien, its divine power is linked to sonic powers. The divine power of the winged monster before him could also be easily guessed from its abilities.

No matter what, a divine creature means divine energy and bloodline marks. It was a rare opportunity to encounter one, so Su Nan wouldn’t miss it.

“Everyone, how about we split this divine creature?” Su Nan said loudly.

Everyone was in the middle of a fierce battle, and they were stunned to hear Su Nan say this. For a moment, they were almost hit by the oncoming air blades.

Night Owl looked at Su Nan in confusion and said, “It’s too early to talk about this right now. It’s not too late to discuss dividing the spoils after we kill this monster.”

Rose immediately guessed Su Nan’s intentions, “You want to capture it alive?”

“That’s right.” Su Nan nodded calmly.

Everyone was stunned. They were already having a hard time resisting this monster, and it was still uncertain whether they could kill it. Yet Su Nan was thinking about capturing it alive? It was simply absurd!

“This isn’t the time to be joking around.” Black Forest said unhappily, “If you have time to brag, you might as well help deal with this monster!”

“I’m not joking.”

Su Nan’s expression remained calm, and he casually cast a spell projectile, slightly hindering the winged monster’s attack.

“It’s better to discuss the spoils in advance to avoid disputes later.”

Black Forest said impatiently, “If you can capture this monster alive by yourself, it’s yours!”

“Agreed!” Su Nan looked at the others, “What do you say?”

Night Owl and the others exchanged glances, and they all stopped and retreated in unison. They were genuinely curious now.

They, so many of them together, couldn’t even handle this monster. How was Su Nan going to capture it alive? Even Traveler and Staff, who had seen Su Nan’s power before, thought Su Nan was being a little overconfident now.

This monster was clearly not something one person could handle, let alone the difficulty of capturing it alive, which was much greater than killing it.

But they all knew Su Nan wasn’t someone who acted rashly or recklessly. He must have his reasons for doing this, so they decided to watch and see what Su Nan was going to do.

Having achieved his goal, Su Nan stopped holding back. Silver-bright metallic liquid instantly seeped out of the pores of his body, quickly forming metal spikes that fell down like a torrent of rain, engulfing the winged monster from head to toe.

“Shishishish!”

The air current barrier that could easily withstand everyone’s spells shattered after only three or four breaths under the attack of the metal storm. Sharp spikes cut through the winged monster’s body, leaving behind bloody wounds.

“啾啾!”

The winged monster let out a painful cry.

Watching this, everyone couldn’t help but gasp.

“What is that?”

“Such powerful attacks!”

“Magical item?”

Rose and Traveler, who had seen the Magic Emblem Core before, also widened their eyes in astonishment. They could clearly feel that the power of the Magic Emblem Core was even stronger than before.

Not paying attention to the reactions of others, Su Nan decisively activated the Death Knell Mark on the back of his hand.

A piercing sonic wave swept through the area in an instant, causing the winged monster’s body to stiffen in place.

Seizing the opportunity, Su Nan decisively threw out three high-level rune gems, which transformed into golden-red flames that slammed into the winged monster’s body.

At the same time, four gray Catastrophe Claws formed out of thin air and clawed down at the winged monster.

The winged monster was undoubtedly the most powerful creature Su Nan had encountered so far. Therefore, he went all out as soon as he made his move, using almost all his trump cards without holding back.

He threw out high-level rune gems as if they were worthless, replacing his Catastrophe Rings as soon as they were used, without any hesitation.

Under Su Nan’s furious bombardment, the winged monster was simply beaten up, howling in pain, unable even to fight back, barely able to hold on.

The members of the Secret Forest Lodge had already been stunned into silence. They couldn’t believe that Su Nan actually managed to suppress the monster!

And what were those gray giant claws and those rune-covered gems? Magical items? Those gray claws were one thing, but the power of those gems was clearly beyond the scope of a glimmer-level magical item. What were they?

Coming back to their senses, everyone subconsciously swallowed. The power that Su Nan was currently displaying was simply shocking. It was on an entirely different level from them.

Only now did they realize that they had greatly underestimated Su Nan. His true strength was far beyond what they had imagined!

After a furious barrage of attacks, the Catastrophe Rings on Su Nan’s hands were the first to run out. The Death Knell Mark on the back of his hand had also used three strokes, leaving only the last one. The high-level rune gems were also used up, more than twenty in total.

Although the consumption was huge, the results were also remarkable. The winged monster lay on the ground, dying, covered in blood, barely breathing.

Su Nan casually fired a spell projectile, smashing into the winged monster’s body, causing it to convulse and moan, but it couldn’t get up. He then confirmed that the monster had finally lost its ability to resist and let out a long sigh of relief.

After all, it was a four-ring legendary divine creature. For the sake of safety, he had used most of his trump cards, even his mental strength was on the verge of exhaustion. If he hadn’t been able to defeat the winged monster, he would have had to use his last remaining trump card.

If he could, Su Nan didn’t want to go to that extent. After all, things weren’t safe yet. Saulo was nowhere to be seen so far. He might be hiding somewhere, watching in the shadows. He had to keep a secret weapon in case of emergencies.

Approaching the winged monster, Su Nan took out a gem and began to draw a sealing spell array.

His previous research on Death Knell Strikers had given him some knowledge on how to weaken divine creatures, and now he was putting that knowledge to use on the winged monster.

Hu!

At this moment, a dark shadow suddenly emerged from the opening, carrying a foul stench and ruthlessly attacking Su Nan’s back.