Chapter 2507

The alchemy laboratory was filled with high heat, and a fist-sized gelatinous object floated in mid-air, emitting a blinding, scorching golden light; even looking directly at it caused a stinging sensation in the eyeballs.

At this moment, Apollo gave people a strong sense of trepidation, even without being detonated.

With a click, Su Xiao pulled the control lever, shutting off the energy supply to the catalytic device; the Apollo floating in mid-air slowly descended, finally landing on the support bracket.

After development across multiple world progressions and the investment of massive resources, Apollo had finally completed its third modification.

【Solar Wrath · Apollo】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise · Contractor No. 13013

Quality: Saint Spirit-level

Type: Consumable · Explosive

Effect: After detonation, it can deal 15,300 points of true scorching flame damage within 3000 meters and form a solar flame explosion.

Note: After the explosion ends, surviving units will be subject to a stamina check; if they fail the check, they will suffer internal scorching, dealing 12 points of fire burn damage per second for 10–30 minutes (7200–21600 points of burn damage).

Note: During the period of suffering the internal scorching effect, the enemy's potion recovery amount is reduced by 70%; energy-based healing is unaffected.

Note: Detonating Solar Wrath · Apollo requires 15 seconds.

Rating: 1000 points

Introduction: Solar flames will burn everything and purify all.

The nature of Apollo had changed; after the explosion and burning, it would also cause a continuous scorching effect on surviving enemies. As for the stamina check, after being burned by solar flames, unless one's stamina attribute was freakishly high, it would be impossible to pass this check.

For example, the Archbishop—as long as he was hit by Apollo, there was a 95% or higher probability that he would fail the stamina check, causing the solar flames to invade his body and result in internal burning.

The power and explosion range of Apollo were never problems Su Xiao needed to worry about; the main issue was the detonation time.

Apollo's detonation time was as long as 15 seconds; don't think this is long—initially, Apollo's detonation time was a full 30 seconds, which was half a minute.

In the first modification, Su Xiao reduced Apollo's detonation time to 28 seconds; the second time to 25; and the third time, this current one, successfully reduced it to 15 seconds—this was already the limit of what Su Xiao could achieve.

Within the Seventh Tier, ordinary enemies hit by Apollo would be instantly incinerated into a gaseous state; elite units might have a chance to scream once before turning to ash; as for big bosses, even if they survived the explosion damage, they would still have to endure the subsequent internal scorching—if they didn't die, they would be half-crippled.

Along with the power, the production cost also increased; the manufacturing requirements are as follows.

【Solar Wrath · Apollo: Each manufacture requires 4000 mana points, and needs Fire Gold (1352g), Solar Fragments (12g), Flame Flow Crystal Blocks (26g), and Soul Crystal (Large) x2.】

Su Xiao was not lacking in the required Fire Gold and Soul Crystals; the main problems were the Solar Fragments and Flame Flow Crystal Blocks.

The former was an extremely rare meteorite, and the latter was a resource produced from the earth's core. Although he could spend Soul Coins to exchange for these two, with Su Xiao's clearance, he could only exchange for 16 grams of Solar Fragments and 28 grams of Flame Flow Crystal Blocks per world progression, which was only enough to manufacture one 【Solar Wrath · Apollo】. Once it failed, he would have to wait for the next world progression.

The cost was not high—the two combined only cost 10 Soul Coins; the main problem was their scarcity.

Stowing 【Solar Wrath · Apollo】 into his storage space, Su Xiao was never a stubborn person; since those two materials were scarce, he would find materials with similar properties to replace them, just that he hadn't found them yet.

Su Xiao didn't plan to go to the Tree Arena recently, so he had a lot of free time. He took out the Alchemy Codex, and after flipping to the first page, the engravings arranged as neatly as text appeared in Su Xiao's eyes.

There were 275 engravings on the first page of the Alchemy Codex, and Su Xiao had already deciphered 198 of them, meaning that after deciphering 77 more, he would finish the first page. After flipping this page, he would be able to see the alchemy recipes recorded on the back of the first page.

What Su Xiao hoped to get most was a recovery potion recipe, followed by a permanent buff potion recipe; as for explosive recipes, if they were portable explosives, that would also be quite good.

Su Xiao's index finger pointed at the 198th engraving, and his mental energy flowed along his finger into the first page of the Alchemy Codex. Various types of alchemy knowledge appeared in his mind, and he entered a "world" that contained only alchemy knowledge.

He didn't know how much time had passed when Su Xiao suddenly felt the alchemy knowledge that was rapidly pouring into his mind come to an abrupt halt; the first page of the Alchemy Codex had been deciphered.

【Alchemy Bomb Manufacturing has been raised to Lv. 43 (raised by Lv. 5).】

【Alchemy Potion Manufacturing has been raised to Lv. 43 (raised by Lv. 5).】

【Alchemy Creature Manufacturing has been raised to Lv. 43 (raised by Lv. 5).】

【Plant Blending Chapter has been raised to Lv. 61 (raised by Lv. 6).】

Su Xiao opened his eyes and rubbed his forehead lightly. A moment later, the discomfort in his mind completely faded. If it were a normal alchemist, it would take at least one to two days to recover, but Su Xiao was not a normal alchemist; he had a body far stronger than any alchemist.

Looking at the Alchemy Codex on the laboratory bench, Su Xiao attempted to flip the first page; the metal book page, which felt aged, was turned over.

What Su Xiao saw first was the pattern on the second page. There were no engravings on it; it was pitch black, like the deep night sky. This was not an illusion—even though it was a flat surface, the black page Su Xiao saw had a sense of depth, as if the deep night sky were right before his eyes, yet also like it was on an unreachable horizon.

There was only an eye pattern on the black page; the pupil of this eye was a deep blue, and surrounding it were fine, dense points of light distributed in a vortex shape.

At first glance, it was just an eye pattern, but after staring at it for a while, one would feel that the black page was the pitch-black starry sky, the pupil was the center of a galaxy, and countless stars were distributed around it in a vortex shape.

Seeing the second page of the Alchemy Codex, Su Xiao had temporarily forgotten the recipes on the back of the first page; for him, the second page was more attractive.

Su Xiao raised his index finger and pointed at the Eye of the Galaxy on the second page, and a trace of mental energy seeped into it.

In an instant, the blood vessels on Su Xiao's neck bulged, his eyes were bloodshot, and a sensation of the world spinning appeared.

Su Xiao spat out a large mouthful of blood; his right hand was already raised. Just a moment ago, he felt his mental energy being pulled to a very distant place, witnessing that vast galaxy. Compared to that, he was incomparably tiny. This tininess was both a sense of fear and a driving force; even if he was extremely tiny now, as long as he constantly pursued strength, when he was strong enough to look at these things again, the vast things would just be beautiful scenery, and he would no longer feel his own tininess.

"Miscalculation."

Su Xiao picked up the water cup beside his hand, rinsed the blood from his mouth, and continued to stare at the mysterious eye on the second page. That's right, this thing was called the Eye of Mystery, the supreme work of a certain alchemy family.

This thing was not meant for seeping mental energy into to perceive, but for looking at with the naked eye—just looking at it. Within a few minutes, one would have an extremely intense sense of mental fatigue, which could improve mental resilience.

After his mental resilience reached a certain level, Su Xiao would be able to flip the second page. This was in preparation for deciphering the engravings on the third page; otherwise, just deciphering a few engravings on the third page would be enough to cause death.

Su Xiao discovered that he had somewhat underestimated the Alchemy Codex; in that instant just now, he had learned many secrets.

Many ages ago, alchemy developed to its most prosperous period, even to the point of starting to artificially create planets—planets extremely suitable for biological habitation.

That was the Second Era · Alchemy Civilization, but that alchemy civilization had been destroyed. The reason was that their development went astray; alchemy was not meant to pursue things like stars and planets, but to develop toward the mysterious side.

After realizing this, the alchemists of that time united. They knew that the Second Era · Alchemy Civilization was not far from destruction, so they recorded their lifelong knowledge in text form, which was finally integrated by the most prestigious alchemy family at the time. This was how the Alchemy Codex came to be; it was the heart's blood of who knows how many alchemists.

Among these people, any one of them, if taken out, would be an honored guest of every major race in the Void. Even the old immortals of the Demon race and the Feather race would have to be polite, and even the supreme beings of the Arcane Eternal Star would personally receive them, temporarily setting aside the supreme majesty of the Arcane Eternal Star.

Unfortunately, the most glorious era of alchemy was no longer here. People like the Tree Sage dared to call themselves masters in the Void. If it were in the Second Era · Alchemy Civilization, the Tree Sage would at most be considered an alchemist with small achievements—the kind where if you threw a brick, you'd hit three or four of them.

Such a person, in the Second Era · Alchemy Civilization, wouldn't even have the qualifications to add an engraving to the Alchemy Codex.

The alchemists of the Second Era · Alchemy Civilization, before welcoming destruction, brought in exotic existences from the Void; these were friends they trusted.

The exotic existences, who had existed for who knows how many ages, witnessed the destruction of the Second Era · Alchemy Civilization. The alchemists could only do this; rather than letting the entire Void be compressed to the size of an apple by the things they had created, they chose destruction. At that time, alchemists were highly respected existences.

These alchemists of the Second Era were worthy of respect; they explored the unknown, created "miracles," and finally took the initiative to swallow the bitter fruit they had manufactured and accept destruction.

The Alchemy Codex was the legacy of the Second Era · Alchemy Civilization; it was a huge treasure. Su Xiao was not the first person to obtain it. If one did not have the corresponding ability, flipping the second page would lead to death. While obtaining something, one must also bear the corresponding risks, just like the law of conservation in alchemy.