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At this moment, the tree fern Sea Gold Sand before him had widened by about double, and its surface had majestic black tyrant magic patterns, making this Sea Gold Sand look like a green giant tower.
Around this Sea Gold Sand, the metal objects Locke wore, including magical rings with magical metal as their main component, began to vibrate continuously.
An abnormal magic pressure radiation belt seemed to linger around the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand.
Locke walked over, and simultaneously his mana was suddenly suppressed.
Seeing this scene, Locke confirmed his speculation. "As expected, around the abnormal magic pressure radiation belt surrounding the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand, my mana is suppressed. The Tyrant Sea Gold Sand naturally forms a weak magic domain that can suppress magical power."
"No, that's not right." Locke snapped his fingers, and a wisp of golden elemental magic flame appeared on his fingertip. The result was that this wisp of flame suddenly grew larger.
"I was mistaken. This abnormal magic pressure radiation belt suppresses magic other than golden magic, but can strengthen golden magic. From the degree of mana suppression, it can suppress about half a tenth of non-golden magic's magical power and enhance half a tenth of golden magic's magical power."
"With one addition and one subtraction, around this Tyrant Sea Gold Sand, golden magic is naturally one-tenth stronger than other magic."
"Is this the ability of Type 2 Tyrant Element?"
The characteristic manifestation was that the injected plant would become very smelly. This special odor had obvious toxicity and would force local magical creatures to undergo convergent evolution, either adapting to this toxicity and producing poison resistance with toxic blood, or dying under this poisonous gas.
Therefore, all magical plants injected with Type 1 Tyrant Element and successfully tyrannized would have all their plant traits directionally altered and exhibit weaponization phenomena.
Even functional magical plants, as long as they were successfully tyrannized, would become combat-type magical plants, and their original functionality would completely disappear.
Of course, such combat-type magical plants might not have much use either.
Because it was directional alteration, not directional enhancement, they could become stronger or weaker.
This involved the compatibility between plant essence and Tyrant Element, and the genetic potential of the original magical plant.
The essence of tyrannization cultivation was that Tyrant Element possessed the ability to directionally stimulate a plant's original plant essence potential. By injecting Tyrant Element, it could be developed.
If the original plant had no potential, or very little potential, or if it conflicted with Tyrant Element's directional development, it would only deteriorate.
Originally, even magical plants injected with Tyrant Element needed breeders to use the Five Great Cultivation Methods for further modification before they could improve into usable mature magical plants.
But Locke used the Queen's Chessboard to directly shorten this process. First, the Sea Gold Sand's plant essence indeed had aspects that could be developed, and its affinity with Tyrant Element was acceptable.
Additionally, the cell combination was carefully designed based on the combination process of Sea Gold Sand and Type 2 Tyrant Element, so it successfully used Type 2 Tyrant Element on the first try to force out the potential of the Sea Gold Sand tree fern, comprehensively amplifying the Sea Gold Sand's overall power and giving it a Tyrant Domain.
"Tyrant Element is indeed an excellent natural magic structure component for stimulating plant essence potential." Locke tested the plant traits of the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand and made a judgment. "Type 1 Tyrant Element can make injected magical plants emit specific odor components. This is Type 1 Tyrant Element's Tyrant Domain plant characteristic direction."
"Type 2 Tyrant Element, after injecting plants, produces a specific magic pressure radiation belt, forming suppression of specific magical power. I'm afraid if I use Type 2 Tyrant Element to inject Fire Pearl Tomato Flower, as long as cultivation succeeds, the tyrannized Fire Pearl Tomato Flower might produce suppression of all magic except fire magic."
Essentially, this was a kind of convergent evolution.
A tyrannized magical plant would force its natural environment to undergo common evolution for all surrounding plants.
This was convergent evolution.
Actually, not only magical plants injected with Tyrant Element would produce this kind of convergent evolution. In botany, there were many natural magic structure components within plants that possessed similar abilities.
It's just that the two types of Tyrant Element were relatively classic and could help certain plants complete tyrannization modification through Tyrant Element injection as natural magic structure components.
Essentially, using Tyrant Element and using Narcissus Inhibitor were the same type of cultivation method, both using specific substances to influence plant essence and modify plants.
They belonged to relatively advanced magical plant cultivation methods.
They relied quite heavily on the breeder's personal experience and knowledge.
"With Type 2 Tyrant Element's successful experiment, I can hurry up and try tyrannization on all the magical plants I have." Locke thought, "Some should succeed, some will fail."
"Let's forget about the two luxury magical plants. Together they're worth a million magic stones. I can't accept them failing tyrannization."
At the thought of a hundred magic crystal cards, Locke shook his head slightly. He couldn't accept a hundred magic crystal cards going down the drain, not to mention the two magical plants were also involved in his Peach Bow Thorn Arrow spell.
Locke quickly wrote notes. "To summarize, tyrannization modification can allow certain plants to gain certain enhancements while obtaining a Tyrant Domain produced by the convergent evolution mechanism."
"But the drawback is that tyrannization causes plants to lose seed retention ability, so tyrannization cannot create a true variety of magical plant. Tyrannized modified plants can neither naturally reproduce nor be used for grafting."
"Tyrant Element's strong toxicity is only non-toxic to modified plants. Once used for grafting, it will still produce severe toxicity to other plants."
"This is the first drawback, making a plant unable to reproduce and only usable as a weapon."
"Second drawback, tyrannized magical plants seem difficult to control." Locke touched his palm to the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand. Immediately the Sea Gold Sand reacted violently. Its powerful magic pressure shook like a gale and knocked Locke's palm away.
"This places high requirements on the wizard's botanical level and absolute magic pressure."
"For ordinary wizards, even if they can normally control this magical plant completely, once they fall into a weakened state, that's hard to say."
"Not only is it difficult to control, the mana consumed when using it will also suddenly increase."
Locke thought, "Apart from these two drawbacks, everything else is an advantage. Although using Tyrant Element for cultivation is still technical work, for me with the Synthesis Cube providing prompts, this isn't difficult."
"Tyrannization can comprehensively enhance a magical plant's power as a weapon and can form a specific Tyrant Domain. I need to think carefully about how to develop this Type 2 Tyrant Element to bring me huge funds."
Locke recorded the test results.
He used mana to subdue this Tyrant Sea Gold Sand and completed the mana grafting relationship. Using the Forest Domain's power, he transformed himself into an ancient forest, completely suppressing this Tyrant Sea Gold Sand and making it submit to him.
Then Locke incorporated it into his distributed psychic network, then planted the ordinary Shining Sea Gold Sand he had been using in the Forest Sanctuary.
Since he had Tyrant Sea Gold Sand, there was no need to use Shining Sea Gold Sand, which was subordinate to Tyrant Sea Gold Sand.
In the dormitory, Locke summoned the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand. A black-green pagoda-like Sea Gold Sand floated behind him. That terrifying magic pressure was only inferior to his two luxury magical plants, completely exceeding the magic pressure of all his other magical plants.
Locke couldn't help thinking whether he could tyrannize his Large Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow.
Further enhance his mobility.
He looked at the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand with satisfaction and recited the spell. Immediately, terrifyingly powerful golden magic appeared behind him. One after another, golden sand torrents formed shapes behind him, becoming golden spore powder hands.
Locke snapped his fingers. All the hands completely disintegrated into spore powder and returned to the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand that had become a black magic pattern pagoda.
"Using the Tyrant Sea Gold Sand with the plant convergent evolution mechanism will definitely make enemies overwhelmed in battle."
Locke thought, "With this thing, when I go to the abyssal ruins to explore the tomb of the Nameless King's wife, I'll have more certainty."
"I just don't know what the personality of the Divine Master senior sister that Mentor Yekaterina introduced as my companion is like."
Locke thought that Witch Yekaterina had also arranged for him to participate in the Sports Day spell combat competition. He still needed to prepare seriously.
After all, the spell combat competition was related to whether he could participate in the Silent Grail Tournament.
Moreover, the spell combat competition was also in two months, meaning after he finished Sports Day, he would soon have to immediately head to the abyssal ruins.
So with so many things to do, he'd better seize these two months to use for raising his magic pressure and doing Origin Academy funding projects.
Time waits for no one.
Locke saw he still had time and didn't immediately ride the cloud whale to the defense meeting. Instead, he rode the cloud whale to Dragon Blood Market Castle.
On the road, Wizard Kelt sent him a message through the water hyacinth. "Locke, I received word from Throne Yekaterina that you're registering for Sports Day's Spell Combat Tournament. Your goal is to obtain a Silent Grail spot, right?"
"Only it's a bit difficult. The wizards competing for this spot are generally wizards at the First Circle limit magic pressure. Some of them have been stuck at this checkpoint for many years and are all waiting to obtain resources through this competition. You have many competitors, and relatively speaking, your magic pressure doesn't have an advantage."
"Compared to them, you just entered the First Circle crystallization stage. Your foundation isn't quite sufficient, so this Spell Combat Tournament actually won't be easy for you to fight."
"In a few days when I have time, I'll help you organize materials on the main opponents you'll encounter in the Spell Combat Tournament, then give them to you, how about it?"
Sitting on the cloud whale, Locke sent Wizard Kelt a message. "Thank you, Team Leader."
"I'm troubling you."
He really did need this portion of materials.
And with his current authority, he couldn't completely obtain this portion of materials. If Wizard Kelt was willing to help him collect them, that would be perfect.
Wizard Kelt sent over a smiling emoji.
Soon, Locke arrived at Dragon Blood Assembly Market. This time he didn't enter Feathered Serpent Pavilion, nor did he enter Golden Peach Garden or Silver Plum Garden.
Instead, he entered a large alchemy workshop on the castle's third floor, Rex Bronze Furnace Workshop.
In front of this large alchemy workshop's entrance stood a huge brass furnace with flames burning fiercely inside, involuntarily drawing the eye.
Locke walked in and immediately saw many wizards and some traders bustling about inside the shop.
This workshop appeared to be opened by a master-level alchemist named Rex, in other words, opened by a Third Circle alchemist.
Of course, the Third Circle area and Second Circle area were upstairs respectively, which he couldn't access. The first floor where he was located was obviously the First Circle area.
An ordinary wizard trader came up to greet him, asking Locke, "Golden Crown Mountain researcher, what do you need?"
Locke said simply and clearly, "I want to purchase soul artifacts, magic wands, and artifacts that can increase my combat power here."
The trader's eyes brightened slightly. A customer who could speak of soul artifacts was definitely not an ordinary customer.
He immediately made a welcoming gesture. "Soul artifacts can increase the speed of First Circle magic pressure advancement and are rare treasures. Soul artifacts can perfectly merge with a wizard's soul. Even if you become a Second Circle wizard, soul artifacts can still increase some of your magic pressure advancement speed. Moreover, the better the soul artifact, the more additional functions it has."
"This is a type of artifact that wealthy wizards will purchase."
"My mentor is Master Rex. Master Rex comes from Fission Mausoleum Plains, so he excels at forging Bronze Magic Furnace soul artifacts. We students of his also excel at these."
"The bronze artifacts we make, Soul Furnaces, are indeed very famous in the Golden Crown Mountain region. I believe this customer also heard about it, which is why you came to our shop. However, bronze artifacts are different from ordinary artifacts, not to mention soul artifacts are quite unique even among bronze artifacts."
"There are many people here with loose lips. Please follow me. Let's go to the VIP room to talk."
Locke nodded slightly.
They left the shop floor and entered a lavishly decorated room.
This trader took out a heavy album and placed it before Locke. "Look, this is the Soul Furnace variety chart. Soul Furnaces are artifacts that need to completely merge with a wizard's soul. They're growable artifacts that can grow through the wizard's growth. As long as our alchemists make some modifications with some raw materials, they can even be upgraded to Second Circle artifacts and continuously upgraded within Second Circle artifacts."
"Growing together with the wizard. But therefore, this kind of artifact cannot be pre-made for you to select from. It can only be custom-made."
"Moreover, once its owner dies, this artifact is basically ruined."
"Because no one else can use it."
"Look, what kind of Soul Furnace do you need? Above are various bronze magic furnaces' spirituality and magic pressure, from various alchemists of our school. As long as you sense their magic pressure and spiritual changes, you can find the most suitable one for yourself."
Locke nodded and looked at the magic paintings on the album. Then he closed his eyes, sensed the magic pressure on the paintings, and casually pointed.
The trader's eyes immediately brightened. "Your talent is good. This is my teacher's work, a First Circle bronze magic furnace seed. It only costs five million!"
"It's named Solar Furnace. It can grow together with the wizard to Second Circle without alchemist forging. It can increase the wizard's soul talent, increase their magic pressure advancement speed, directly increase their soul limit, increase their connection to solar spirituality, and boost all their spells' attack power by about one-tenth..."
Locke's mouth twitched. "What kind of First Circle artifact costs five million magic stones!"
The trader explained, "This is a million-series artifact, an artifact forged by a master-level alchemist, and it has my grand-master's signature. This is a top First Circle luxury item! It's not even an entry-level model. It's a symbol of status. When you attend gatherings, take this thing out and place it on the table, wow..."
Locke looked at him deeply, noticing that this trader only said there was Master Rex's signature on it, not whether he personally forged it.
Anyway, he didn't want to touch this kind of IQ tax.
Locke said, "No, I just want to purchase an ordinary soul artifact. One that can increase my magic pressure advancement speed and increase my soul limit."
Soul artifacts had another benefit, which was they could increase the soul limit and temporarily store magic pressure, alleviating the situation of being blown up by one's own magic pressure before advancing to Second Circle wizard like Grand Wizard Sulla.
Although soul artifacts were a bit expensive, they weren't at the five million level.
Locke said, "I want to exclude soul artifacts forged by Third Circle wizards and sun ring and moon ring alchemists."
Anyway, when soul artifacts no longer suited him, he could exchange them.
There was no need to buy the most expensive from the start and create a bunch of premium costs.
In short, the basic model was most suitable for him.
The trader was somewhat regretful. "I see."
He also saw that Locke was the type of wizard who valued practicality, not the type he initially thought who was so rich they were dripping oil and needed to use things to demonstrate their existence.
The trader brought up another variety chart. "These are all relatively practical bronze magic furnaces."
"Some have illusion-making functions, some have phantom clone-making functions... Take a look... Using a Soul Furnace, you can have one additional spell..."
Locke shook his head slightly. Additional spells were useless to him.
Still that saying, the basic model was probably the best.
Especially for this kind of relatively large artifact transaction.
Basically, they were functionally sold as basic models, using additional increased functions to make money.
Locke quickly selected from the variety chart. He needed to raise his magic pressure to the maximum as soon as possible before going to the abyssal ruins and participating in the Spell Combat Tournament.
Right now, opportunities had come, but his state wasn't the best, and his magic pressure hadn't reached the ideal level of First Circle limit.
But even so, when opportunities descended, he had to immediately rise to the challenge.
If he waited until he truly reached the ideal state before acting, the opportunities would have already passed.
This world never had perfect situations or perfect states. Rising to challenges and striving despite difficulties was the norm most of the time.
But at this time, the advantage of having money showed itself.
Although the abyssal ruins matter was moving ahead of schedule, and the Spell Combat Tournament and Silent Grail Tournament were somewhat beyond his expectations.
But if he didn't have money, he could only grit his teeth and charge forward. Now that he had money, he could purchase some special artifacts and special resources to get as close to the ideal state as possible and seize suddenly descending opportunities as much as possible.
For example, currently purchasing soul artifacts to quickly increase his magic pressure.
Also purchasing artifacts that could increase his combat power.
In the Spell Combat Tournament, for some reason, the use of external equipment like artifacts wasn't restricted.
Perhaps this equipment was also considered part of a wizard's strength by default.
After all, during the Silent Grail Tournament, Origin Academy researchers from other academies wouldn't discuss martial ethics with you.