Chapter 3382: Chapter Fifty-Nine: Solar Ring

Su Xiao checked the fortress data; our side's boar warriors now number 173,351, with over 30,000 boar warriors killed in battle.

This number seems large; from battle start to finish, each contractor killed over 40 boar warriors, but this is normal—even with a warlord's bonus, boar warriors are merely soldier-type units, and moreover, they are soldier-type units that haven't fully completed metamorphosis.

In Su Xiao's estimation, the evolution nest's metamorphosis of pig-headed people still requires one more upgrade.

Initially injecting demon beast genes into the evolution nest was to let pig-headed people quickly master combat methods and dare to fight; facts proved the demon beast genes didn't disappoint Su Xiao.

Afterwards, Su Xiao injected sun warrior soul blood into the evolution nest; the solar power concentration in this soul blood is not high—it's more like a relatively easy-to-accept seed with sufficient power tier.

The effect of this soul blood has never been to let boar warriors use or control solar power, but first to remodel their bodies so they can absorb solar power and develop solar faith in their hearts.

Mastering solar power requires not only the corresponding physique but also faith in the sun in the heart; once solar power is absorbed, this energy purifies the absorber's consciousness and soul, making them pure—commonly called being purified into a white|idiot by solar power.

Su Xiao gave the boar warriors faith in the sun, and their bodies, due to metamorphosis in the evolution nest, have good adaptability to solar power—so what's next?

Of course, another mutation of the evolution nest, then through it, let boar warriors possess solar power within their bodies and understand how to simply use this power.

Assuming this third upgrade of the evolution nest succeeds, boar warriors remain 3rd-tier units, but their true combat power is already infinitely close to 4th-tier units.

If Su Xiao had commanded boar warriors capable of using solar power in the earlier battle, they wouldn't need hymn ascension as poison milk—the enemy would be hammered into autism.

Su Xiao has decided what to use for the third upgrade of the evolution nest: the 【Sun Bird Source Blood】 obtained from killing "Sun Bird·Tahakak" in the previous world; he still has two test tubes, and using one this time is no loss.

The strength of Sun Bird·Tahakak is undeniable; if it weren't for the fact that it wasn't in the Sand World, plus diving deep into the sea, plus being besieged by 90% of the sea clan powerhouses in a refuge city, plus fighting alongside Sinyas and Wood, Su Xiao absolutely could not have defeated this enemy.

Su Xiao always remembers a scene in the Sand World: Sun Bird·Tahakak spat solar flames from above, the flame's impact shattered the ground, and everything it touched was evaporated into gas by high temperature.

At the time, as the big boss Donkey Brother ran like a wild donkey freed from its tether—so fast, the old knight turned and left without even glancing at Sun Bird·Tahakak.

Su Xiao doesn't need Sun Bird·Tahakak's avian form or divine traits; he only needs the purest point: the bestowal and mastery of solar power.

Currently, 【Sun Bird Source Blood】 cannot be injected into the evolution nest—sun warrior soul blood was just injected, so the evolution nest needs a break to avoid problems.

Su Xiao opened the hidden door in the room, entered the alchemy lab, with Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang following behind; the dog's face had faint cat claw prints, likely from boredom, again provoking Benny.

Su Xiao sat before the test bench, thinking about what to make the "Solar Ring"—this will become the boar warriors' faith representative object, not to be taken lightly.

Not only must the material itself be hard enough to better store faith power, but it must also have representative significance, like a cross or divine statue.

While Su Xiao pondered hard, Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang brought his dog head over, resting his chin on Su Xiao's leg, asking for a head rub.

Ignoring Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, Su Xiao continued thinking.

"Ooo~"

Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang made a sound from his throat, a bit low; hearing it, Su Xiao lowered his head to look at Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang—suddenly, inspiration welled up in his heart.

Su Xiao supported Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang's chin with one hand, left hand index finger and thumb forming a circle, then pressed it before Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang's eye sockets.

"Wang?"

Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang first looked puzzled, then tilted his dog head, meaning: "Master, from now on, Bu Wang's dog head mark shall be the faith symbol?"

"Meow."

Benny, perched on a nearby cabinet top, cast a glance about stupidity; seeing this, Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang actually arched his body, using dog paws to scratch Su Xiao's chair back, as if indicating attachment to Su Xiao—this was clearly mimicking Xian Lulu's manner, though his build far exceeded Xian Lulu's, hunching here, giving rise to an inexplicable sense of amusement.

Seeing this, Benny stood up on the cabinet, fur all puffed; it "transformed" into a flying squirrel, gliding from above to below like a swoop onto Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang's dog head, then striking, dog fur and cat fur flying everywhere.

Su Xiao took out a certain amount of fire gold, the main material for making Apollo, then added some powdered solar remains, extracted a trace amount of 【Sun Bird Source Blood】, and finally a segment of black maple branch—using the heat-conducting method, black maple branches can melt into semi-fluid, making them excellent material for the "Solar Ring."

Half an hour later, Su Xiao finished crafting; a mass of golden flowing liquid floated before him—this is the semi-finished "Solar Ring."

How to make boar warriors regard it as an object of faith reliance? Directly tell the boar warriors? They're not stupid; due to the lord's command, they'd willingly comply, but deep in their hearts, they wouldn't regard the "Solar Ring" as a faith reliance object or medium—this isn't defying Su Xiao's order, but the boar warriors feel something is missing.

Doing things needs ritual; some seemingly unnecessary processes give believers unimaginable power.

Since ancient times, people have worshipped totems—why? Because of fear of the future, darkness, and beasts.

Simply put, faith is the mind's reliance; once the mind has a strong reliance, facing despair makes collapse less likely, because with faith comes fearlessness, hence fearlessness.

Bahaha flew into the alchemy lab, saying: "Boss, found it—Tu Fu is the most suitable choice."

"Oh."

Su Xiao recalled when he first entered this world: the pig-headed person pushing a food cart, wearing dirty work clothes—then Tu Fu had his tongue cut, using gestures to warn Su Xiao not to speak randomly, lest he also lose his tongue; he was the first pig-headed person Su Xiao saw.

Now, Tu Fu is dead; according to Bahaha, from the scorch marks on the corpse, he was killed by a law-system contractor.

War is like this—not only do enemies die, but our personnel die too; or rather, upon entering the mission world, anyone may die in battle—perhaps Su Xiao, perhaps Bahaha, Am, Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, Benny,

Death is everything vanishing; more tragic than that is being forgotten soon after death.

Su Xiao tapped the floating golden semi-fluid in midair with his index finger; this thing resembles golden mercury.

Bahaha donned the semi-finished "Solar Ring" and merged into the inner space; Xiang Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Ignoring Bubu Wang, with a few small tooth marks on his face, also went along.

One hour later, on the open ground before the fortress, all our fallen boar warriors lay side by side—over 30,000 boar warriors divided into hundreds of rows; each corpse's neck wore a nameplate; some corpses couldn't be found, only a wooden stick was inserted, with the nameplate hung on it.

Each boar warrior bowed his head, one hand pressed on his chest, eyes closed in silent mourning; before them stood a white-robed solar priestess with golden patterns on her face.

This was originally a female pig-headed person; due to her frail build, in past labor she was inferior; after arriving at the fortress, by boar warrior aesthetic standards, she belonged to the type that, even among a crowd of bachelors, wasn't easily paired.

This female pig-headed person became enraged; she wanted to become a warrior! After applying to Hausmann, she gained entry to the "Holy Nest"—correct, boar warriors, dwarf pigs, and female pig-headed people all call the evolution nest the Holy Nest.

This female pig-headed person's body contained human genes several times more than war pig genes—this is also why her build is slender; when she walked out of the evolution nest, her form was 98% similar to humans, except her ears were slightly pointed and her face had very fine golden patterns.

For such talent, Su Xiao won't neglect it; although her combat power is weak, as a solar priestess, she doesn't need combat power.

At this moment, the priestess bowed her head in silent mourning; a few minutes later, she opened her eyes; just as she turned, a flash of golden light streaked across her retina and vanished; her body paused, she looked toward the direction of the golden light's appearance, and saw the corpse of the Great Warrior Tu Fu.

The sorrow in the priestess's eyes deepened; she approached Tu Fu's corpse, gazing at his blackened skull from burning, she crouched down, gently pressing her hand on the corpse's scorched ribs.

"May the sun..."

The priestess's words trailed off mid-sentence, for she saw, in Tu Fu's blackened right eye socket, golden light, following the skull's eye socket edges, gradually burning into a golden ring, the golden light on it becoming ever more brilliant.

Ding~

A metal ring the size of a skull eye socket detached, slowly floating upward; this ring resembled an enlarged earring, though not finely carved, it was naturally perfect.

The higher this ring floated, the stronger the golden light it emitted; this attracted many boar warriors' gazes.

When the ring floated to several hundred meters high, it blocked the sun, emitting brilliant light—this scene, hard to ignore.

The boar warriors cleaning the battlefield all stopped work, they looked up at the light circle above shielding the sun; with no one organizing, they all raised their arms, making the pose of embracing the sun—or rather, this wasn't just wanting to embrace the sun, but also wanting to embrace the "Solar Ring."

Second Era Alchemy Maxim: "When you discover something cannot be artificially made, just add the necessary ritual."