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"Truly formidable wizards are hard to deal with."
Li Mu rubbed his left cheek and frowned.
Although this Werewolf Wizard had chosen to fight at close range, that was because he feared the Frostfire Rose.
If the Werewolf Wizard hadn't known the Frostfire Rose had only two Frostfire Armor-Piercing Bullets, and if he hadn't been caught off guard when the second one turned into an incendiary round, Li Mu might not have feared him, but there was no way he could have stopped him from Apparating away.
And this was only an obscure Werewolf Wizard, not one of the famous ones.
Wizards in the real world were far more formidable than they were in novels and movies.
That wasn't surprising. Reality didn't turn every villain into a suicidal fool just to make the protagonist look good.
After quickly tidying up the battlefield, Li Mu climbed onto his Steam Motorcycle and headed for the main road.
He used the Illusionary Body Curse to stay invisible along the way. When he spotted a car heading to London, he hopped aboard and caught a ride.
By the time he found another hotel, he'd been busy all day, and it was already evening.
After a hearty dinner, Li Mu entered the Phoenix through meditation, sending his spiritual consciousness into the ship from his hotel room.
He'd bought far too many things that day. Just sorting them into categories would be a major undertaking. First, he needed to organize the materials taken from various Magical Creatures. He would analyze their genetic makeup and unravel the mystery of wizard bloodlines.
Like the Frostfire Gunner, only a very small number of Spark professions were native to Spark World.
Most Spark professions originated from Spark Captains exploring other worlds.
The ability to mass-produce Acquired HuoZhong for an exclusive Spark profession was a basic requirement for founding a Spark City. Frostfire City, for example, had been established after its City Lord, Bo Yi's grandfather, mastered the Frostfire Gunner profession.
There were well over a thousand kinds of materials from Magical Creatures. Analyzing all their genetic makeup would take quite some time.
In the meantime, Li Mu decided to begin another round of Fantasy Conversion.
The first thing he chose to convert was the Wizard Robe he'd bought at Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions.
It was made primarily from Unicorn hide, with precious materials from various other Magical Creatures mixed in. It had impressive resistance to magic and had been enchanted through alchemy with five spells: Super Iron Skin Charm, Heal As New, Restore Vitality, Clean As New, and Transfiguration.
If it were assigned a grade, the Wizard Robe made by Madam Malkin's ancestors would definitely qualify as Earth Grade.
Fantasy Conversion locked on, and HuoZhong Source Power began rapidly draining away.
This time, it took a full ten units of HuoZhong Source Power before the Wizard Robe was transformed into a Spark Artifact.
[Elf Wizard Robe: HuoZhong Wizard Robe] [Quality: Earth Grade High-Rank] [Defense: 25] [Passive: Super Iron Skin Charm lv10—Passively forms an invisible suit of armor with 50 defense] [Passive: Restore Vitality LV10—Quickly cures all illnesses and ailments that can arise in a body with less than 100 Constitution] [Active: Heal As New LV10—Quickly heals all wounds on a body with less than 50 Constitution] [Active: Clean As New LV10—Instantly cleans all filth from the wearer] [Active: Transfiguration LV10—Changes the Wizard Robe's appearance through transformation] [Evaluation: The last elf's Wizard Robe]
"Just as I thought, Earth Grade..."
Li Mu smiled with satisfaction.
Although it had cost him ten units of HuoZhong Source Power, its powerful defense, ability to cure illnesses and heal wounds, freedom from washing, and ability to change its appearance at will more than made up for the cost.
Without hesitation, Li Mu used his Second Origin HuoZhong to fuse with the Elf Wizard Robe.
He continued with Fantasy Conversion. This time, he chose the Werewolf Wizard's wand.
The conversion ended in an instant, but the result was disappointing.
He'd hoped the converted wand would have Apparition, an instantaneous teleportation spell.
Instead, it had the Illusionary Body Curse and the Hairy Curse.
The Illusionary Body Curse was understandable. Werewolf Wizards had low status among wizards, and the spell could help them avoid a lot of trouble.
But what was the Hairy Curse supposed to be? It made the hair all over a person's body grow like crazy.
Li Mu strongly suspected that the Werewolf Wizard hated his own hairy werewolf form, so he often used the spell to take revenge on others. Otherwise, Fantasy Conversion wouldn't have produced such a bizarre spell. (╬￣皿￣)
Li Mu casually tossed the wand aside and solemnly took out the magic books he'd bought at Flourish and Blotts.
They were all common titles, but together they covered all the basics.
Li Mu picked up a copy of Beginner Spell Compendium and activated Fantasy Conversion through his Anchor of Fantasy.
This was the first time he'd converted a book, and he was curious to see what he'd get.
[Beginner Spell Compendium: Kindling Tome] [Quality: Profound Grade Ultimate] [Active: After use, the Kindling Tome is permanently consumed, and the user instantly understands all the spells recorded within] [Evaluation: What's the point of learning if you don't have a Wizard Profession HuoZhong?]
After seeing the evaluation, Li Mu quietly put the Kindling Tome away.
Just as the evaluation said, this was an item meant to be used with a Professional HuoZhong. If he already had a Wizard Profession HuoZhong, he could simply tap the book and instantly understand everything inside, mastering all the spells it contained.
It wasn't useful to him yet, but it proved that Fantasy Conversion worked on books.
When faced with obscure and difficult knowledge, Fantasy Conversion could undoubtedly help him master all kinds of skills quickly.
For many days afterward, Li Mu focused on analyzing the genes of Magical Creatures.
He also read through the various magic books from Flourish and Blotts. He couldn't learn the magic in them yet, but they helped him truly understand the magic of this world, so at least he wouldn't be clueless about what spell an enemy had used when he fought a wizard.
Before he'd finished decoding the genes of the Magical Creatures, Li Mu unexpectedly found the answer he wanted in one of the books.
One ancient magic book clearly described the origins of wizards.
The earliest wizards had indeed fused themselves with the bloodlines of Magical Creatures.
In those days, humans used Magic Plants to prepare Potions, then used the Potions to fuse with the bloodlines of Magical Creatures.
The method had a very low success rate, but it had given rise to the first Pureblood Wizards.
Every one of these earliest Pureblood Wizards was exceptionally powerful.
The book also said that although the Wizarding World had continually developed new spells throughout history, its overall strength had declined. In the age of the first Pureblood Wizards, there were no wands. Wandless Casting was considered an advanced skill today, but it had been instinctive for those earliest Pureblood Wizards.
As bloodlines grew diluted from generation to generation, and as wizards and Muggles interbred, the bloodlines in most wizards had gradually degenerated.
Only a very small number of wizards experienced a return to their ancestral traits. Every wizard whose bloodline reverted was destined to possess remarkable talent. The book also included a Potion recipe for fusing with the bloodlines of Magical Creatures.
Before reading this book, Li Mu had already looked through several books about Magic Plants.
Most of the Potions ingredients listed in the recipe had gone extinct.
No wonder the recipe had been included without any attempt to conceal it. Even if it had once been priceless in the Wizarding World, it was worthless now, because no one could prepare a Wizard Potion that fused a person with the bloodline of a Magical Creature.
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