After the golden light passed.
Looking at the "thing" in his hands, Lin Suo's face twitched and his fingers trembled slightly.
"What the hell is this?!!"
It's no wonder he was so out of character; the synthesis was just too sinister.
The original eight petals of the Enlightenment Flower had all turned into the eight tentacles of an octopus, covered with short hair of a black goat, including a few curly locks.
It was simply speechless.
The stem and leaves were also wrapped in flesh and blood, growing black hairy leaves...
At the pistil, it was filled with the face of a three-eyed octopus, and since the eyes were gouged out, it was dark and hollow, like the Death God mask in "Scream."
The pale octopus skin was covered with short black hairs.
Even the Evil God would shake his head.
Most importantly, the eight tentacles began to sway on their own, as if truly "resurrected."
"Active supernatural plant + biological corpse = half-plant, half-creature bizarre meat plant..."
The effect of the synthesis.
Lin Suo generally had a sense in his mind.
Just like at the beginning, when synthesizing clothing, he knew he had absolute control over the synthesis, and no matter how far away, he could destroy the synthesis item if he wished.
Similarly, clothing would automatically adjust to his body shape, as if born with such a miraculous ability.
He had some ideas about this octopus plant creature.
It was still "alive," and planting it in the underground Night Garden wouldn't be a problem.
However, in addition to magic power and ordinary soil nutrients, it also needed meat.
The properties were derived from the Enlightenment Flower.
Consuming it had the marvelous effect of enhancing mental power and expanding mental space.
The first effect was alright; the second was quite rare.
Worth a fortune.
Lin Suo felt that it might be related to the species of the three-eyed octopus, a native mutated marine demon beast, which could release acid liquid beams.
Primarily relying on the third eye, it could develop many brains and use magic power to master witchcraft skills.
Quite intelligent, thus, the sea-dwelling wild wizards rarely managed to hunt three-eyed octopuses; usually, they were caught by academy-trained wizards.
"Plant it first, later buy a whole corpse, and try to synthesize it."
In the beginning, Lin Suo was very averse to this kind of [Evil God Synthesis], using corpses was too disgusting.
Now, if it proved profitable.
He really should develop it further.
The Enlightenment Reagent was no longer effective; it was time to switch to the Black Octopus Reagent, to expand the mental space and increase cultivation speed.
Another aspect, [Evil God Synthesis] always could "out of thin air" produce such life-like things, allowing consideration towards developing puppets, colossi, undead, etc.
After all, on his own he was limited in strength.
Without the library's protective force, he felt uneasy.
It was time to engage in some evil deeds for backup forces.
That night.
Lin Suo stayed up late as usual, creating a plan.
1. Fully focus on meditation, breakthrough to intermediate apprentice level.
2. Rigorously practice Mud Stone Transformation, aim for +2 Blue Grade, and develop more uses.
3. Purchase new witchcraft, acquire three-eyed octopuses, and fully cultivate the new species, Black Octopus Flower.
4. Once strength is upgraded, visit Monster Salt Swamp, not only to gain combat experience and avoid panic during fights.
Also, to hunt Swamp Frogs, harvest stomach pouches, try using Stacking Method to create own space equipment, thus making traveling much easier.
5. Establish more open businesses, become a qualified Dan Dong merchant, acquire a noble title for protection.
The fifth item was placed last, first think of a proper business, then plan on how to expand and establish connections.
After setting the plan, he prioritized his tasks.
Lin Suo's daily routine became more regulated, this time he didn't visit [White Rose] to buy witchcraft but went to a platform under Ocean Academy.
[Deep Sea Strange Object Meeting]
Several senior wizard apprentices were in charge here. Lin Suo came prepared, chose some popular witchcraft, and quickly returned home.
Basement.
Lin Suo continued to devour books, and quickly grasped the basics of witchcraft reaching a proficiency level of 20.
This time's common witchcraft included [Magic Power Arm] and [Underwater Breathing Technique], both were apprentice-level spells with moderate power.
Living by the sea, Underwater Breathing Technique is almost essential for everyone, making it very popular, and it works well – each casting can support three hours.
It's one of the handy tools for wizards to go underwater.
And Magic Power Arm is very common as well.
It constructs a blue magic arm which can replace the hands of a wizard, taking hold of objects, and aiding in daily life activities.
The strength of the Magic Power Arm is only about 100 kilograms and its punch power is slightly higher, nearly 300 kilograms.
Unfortunately, this strength is only effective against ordinary people.
It can't even handle a knight.
So, it's only a lifestyle witchcraft.
Due to its convenience and popularity, it has great sales and is not cheap.
50,000 gold, just bought two.
Besides, the antique market has been quite saturated recently; there might not be as much profit of 50,000 gold next month.
This saturation isn't about the real market.
It refers to the saturation of old John's connections market.
Everything that could be swooped up has been managed by his persuasion; currently, unless new connections are fostered, it is hard to find reliable people to introduce ship merchants.
Whether to pull people into the loop or to just develop slowly and calmly.
That, he would deal with after returning from the Monster Salt Swamp.
"Also learned the new spells, practice for another week, then I'll set off to experience real combat."
A week later, rapidly.
"Scan."
[Lin Suo]
[Age: 19 (102)]
[Talent: Synthesize All Things]
[Rank: Peak Knight (3/50); Intermediate Wizard Apprentice (4/100)]
[Transcendent: Original Moon Beast Breathing Technique (Red Grade); Life Breathing Technique +1 (85/100); Thunder Breath Skill +1 (79/100); Round Pupil Meditation Method +2 (48/100)]
[Skill: Mud Stone Transformation +2 (9/100); Magic Power Arm (86/100); Underwater Breathing (74/100)]
[Skillset: Language Master (Red Grade), Medicine (Red Grade), Noble Etiquette +3 (91/100), Cooking Skill +4 (7/100), Sailing Skill (60/100)]
[Status: Healthy, Human Limit]
During this period, the planned tasks were perfectly achieved, successfully breaking through to an Intermediate Wizard Apprentice, increasing the spiritual detection range to 5 meters.
Additionally, the Mud Stone Transformation successfully broke through to Blue Grade.
He developed another derivative witchcraft named Earth Wave, a displacement skill that turns the ground beneath him into a wave, instantly pushing him ten meters away.
A rare displacement skill, he was quite fond of it.
In terms of breathing techniques, he found two more effective ones; with the realm of a Peak Knight, the proficiency grew very quickly, completing two limit-breaking enhancements consecutively.
Once they are upgraded to Red Grade, perhaps the path beyond Peak Knight can be perfected.
The study of Sailing Skill was also scheduled.
Increasingly knowledgeable, quite fulfilling.
Yet he became a bit of a recluse, staying underground too long without sunlight turned his skin a shade paler.
Dark circles under his eyes.
Natural smoky makeup, making fitting in a bit challenging.
"It's time to set off."