Synthetic Wizard

Chapter 503: Chapter 290: Still as Sharp as Ever

"Where is the main army of the Dragon Beastmen now?" Sunan asked.

"They’re stationed in the Blackstone Canyon, about thirty kilometers away, with over two million troops."

The scepter handed over a report.

Sunan took it and saw the situation of the years-long battle between the Star Alliance army and the Xige Plane.

Besides the Dragon Beastmen Empire, the Black Rope Tower has also stationed twelve Wizard Towers, thirty Black Rope Giant Ships, and over five hundred thousand Golem Puppets in the Xige Plane.

In nearly a decade of war, both the Star Alliance army and the Xige Plane suffered losses, mostly in ground troops, with no damage reported to the Wizard Towers on either side.

The biggest loss, however, occurred not long ago when the Xige Plane supported the battle on the Wulan Plane, losing a full four Wizard Towers and twenty-five Black Rope Giant Ships, a heavy blow to their vitality.

With the fall of the Wulan Plane, the momentum of the Xige Plane’s army recently plummeted, no longer advancing step by step to annihilate the Star Alliance army, but gradually retreating to a defensive stance instead.

Sunan could roughly guess the intentions of the Xige Plane.

With the precedent of the Wulan Plane, the only thought on the Xige Plane’s mind now is probably to withstand the Star Alliance’s onslaught until the Black Rope Tower headquarters can send reinforcements.

Handing the report casually to Lize, Sunan waited for her to finish reading before saying, "The next phase of the war will be under your command."

Now the Star Alliance’s strength in war creations has completely crushed the Xige Plane, with the ground forces also holding the advantage, leaving no suspense in this war. The only question is how long it will take for the Star Alliance to conquer the Xige Plane.

Due to the war, Sunan’s cultivation speed has slowed down considerably over these years, and he plans to devote more energy to his cultivation next.

While expanding territory and strengthening the Star Alliance is essential, his own strength as the controller is equally crucial.

Whether the Star Alliance can become a second-tier Wizard Influence depends not only on the Star Alliance’s strength but also on whether he can advance to a True Spirit Wizard.

Returning to the top floor of the Starlight Wizard Tower, Sunan sat beside the Elemental Melting Furnace.

Inside the giant Elemental Melting Furnace, azure liquid surged silently, emitting a faint blue mist visible to the naked eye.

Those were nearly solidified Energy Particles.

The entire top-floor hall was suffused with an extremely high concentration of Energy Particles.

The cultivation efficiency in such an environment is imaginable.

In fact, after building the simplified version of the Elemental Melting Furnace, Sunan’s cultivation efficiency also improved significantly.

Originally, in his expectations, it would take at least another three hundred years to break through to Level 3 Crystallization, but now with the simplified version of the Elemental Melting Furnace, it would surely be possible within three hundred years.

Collecting his thoughts, Sunan calmed his mind and began to concentrate on his cultivation.

...

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, years passed.

While Sunan immersed himself in cultivation, occasionally taking time to synthesize enhanced Wizard Tower facilities, the war in the Xige Plane was also raging.

Facing the numerous fortified Wizard Towers of the Star Alliance, the Wizard Towers of the Black Rope Tower in the Xige Plane were no match.

Even when the Black Rope Tower headquarters later supported more than a dozen Wizard Towers, they still kept losing ground in the face of the Star Alliance’s formidable war strength.

In the Starlight Calendar year 2283, the Star Alliance and the Xige Plane garrison engaged in a grand battle in Dragon’s Fang Canyon, with both sides deploying over five million troops and more than sixty Wizard Towers in total.

This battle lasted for nearly half a month, and eventually, after the Xige Plane garrison’s Wizard Towers were completely defeated, the ground troops also fell into disarray.

According to post-battle statistics, the Xige Plane garrison lost twelve Wizard Towers, all of which fell into the hands of the Star Alliance.

Golem Puppet casualties exceeded one hundred thousand, and the Dragon Beastman army suffered and was captured in numbers exceeding a million!

After this battle, the Star Alliance broke through the Xige Plane garrison’s encirclement and began to advance into surrounding territories, seizing cities and lands.

Over a decade, the Star Alliance occupied more than two-thirds of the Xige Plane’s territory.

However, just when the Star Alliance planned to capture the remaining territory in one go, they found out that the Xige Plane garrison had withdrawn without notice.

...

"What’s going on?"

Receiving the message, Sunan came to the council hall, asking Lize the first moment.

Lize, with a strange expression, said, "According to investigations, the Xige Plane’s wizards and war creations, along with their Golem Legions, have disappeared, as have the royal family and nobility of the Dragon Beastmen Empire, including their army and families."

Sunan raised an eyebrow, saying, "So, does that mean the Xige Plane now only has the elderly, weak, and disabled left?"

"That’s correct." Lize nodded.

"What’s the Black Rope Tower plotting?" Sunan was slightly puzzled.

Did they see they couldn’t win and thus decisively abandon the Xige Plane?

Suddenly, a thought occurred to Sunan, and he said, "Contact Fakado and have him keep an eye on whether Dragon Beastman troops have appeared recently in the Manlo Plane."

Lize was momentarily stunned but quickly understood, turning around to give the order immediately.

Three days later, Fakado sent a message, reporting a large-scale Dragon Beastman army found on the Manlo Plane battlefield.

"As expected, the Black Rope Tower intends to concentrate their forces on the Manlo Plane to confront us there."

Lize couldn’t quite blame the Black Rope Tower’s actions.

After all, by any measure, the Xige Plane falling to the Star Alliance was a foregone conclusion. Rather than continuing to resist desperately, it made more sense to preserve their valuable forces, transfer them to the Manlo Plane, and strengthen its defense.

"The Black Rope Tower is certainly decisive," Sunan chuckled slightly. "Since they’ve willingly given up the Xige Plane, we might as well not hold back, send out all the troops, and quickly capture the remaining towns."