My Spark Battleship: Phoenix
Chapter 18

Wizard Potion

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Chapter 018

"Well done!"

Li Mu gave a thumbs-up, full of satisfaction.

The Werewolf Wizard, who had dispelled the Illusionary Body Curse behind Snape, knelt on one knee before Li Mu with fanatical devotion.

His master's praise was the greatest honor to him.

If not for his master, he would never have been able to cast such a powerful Illusionary Body Curse. He certainly wouldn't have been able to instantly defeat the renowned Snape. All these changes were brought about by his master.

The Werewolf Wizard rose and cast the Illusionary Body Curse again, then left the guest room to guard the door, awaiting further orders.

Li Mu's reaction to the Werewolf Wizard's current state was both expected and unexpected.

Firstly, he had killed the Werewolf Wizard head-on and then resurrected him, controlling his life and death. Secondly, he had returned the Werewolf Wizard's wand to him and pre-loaded it with sufficient Spark Energy, allowing the Werewolf Wizard to use the greatly enhanced Kindling Wand before the Spark Energy ran out.

The Werewolf Wizard thus developed a sense of awe towards him. After Li Mu had also spun a tale of his grand dream to conquer the world, and finally witnessed the tens of millions of Gold Galleons and Li Mu's ability to casually enhance wands, this Werewolf Wizard was completely subdued. He instantly transformed from a wolf into a fawning dog after being tamed.

Li Mu didn't have much experience in recruiting subordinates for the first time.

However, the combination of reward and punishment, coupled with the allure of a grand ideal, should be quite effective. After all, even the Second Dark Lord Voldemort, that crazy, ugly lunatic, had a group of loyal followers. His approach of "a carrot in one hand and a stick in the other" wouldn't lose out to that ugly ghost Voldemort, would it?

Compared to Voldemort, however, Li Mu knew very well that he still lacked sufficient ability to control the life and death of his subordinates.

Not everyone was as easily swayed as the Werewolf Wizard. For some wizards with strong self-will, making them loyal was as difficult as ascending to heaven. At such times, he would need to learn from Voldemort's method of controlling their life and death to make them obedient and useful to him.

If they weren't afraid of death and stood in opposition, then they would have to be eradicated completely.

The Spark World did not advocate for racial equality. Spark Academy taught the concept of Human Race supremacy. All alien races that were good-looking, useful, and posed a low threat, or had the value of being subdued as subordinate races, were considered enemies of humanity. Those that were unattractive, useless, and posed a great threat were all mortal enemies of humans.

Li Mu activated the Super Iron Skin Charm and reached for the Resurrection Ring.

The one-time Petrifying Curse attached to it was instantly blocked by the Super Iron Skin Charm.

Li Mu then took out a bucket of water and threw the Resurrection Ring into it. The improved Life and Death Water coated on it could cause instant unconsciousness through skin contact. After being diluted in a full bucket of water and rinsed for a while, it was finally cleaned.

Putting on the Resurrection Ring again, Li Mu looked down at the fallen Snape with pity.

Snape's plan was clever: if he couldn't use the Resurrection Ring, he would control Li Mu and force him to use it.

Unfortunately, he had chosen the wrong opponent. The Resurrection Ring, as a Spark Artifact that had already merged and resonated with the Origin HuoZhong, stored Spark Energy containing his spirit. Strictly speaking, the Resurrection Ring was equivalent to his extended eyes.

Although the visual range was limited, only able to see a small area of the Resurrection Ring's surface.

However, Snape knew exactly what he had done to the Resurrection Ring over the past two days, from beginning to end.

Li Mu stood up and walked towards Snape, taking a knife from the supply pod and stabbing it directly into his eye.

It pierced through the eye and into the brain, killing him instantly and giving Snape no chance to resist.

The power of the Resurrection Ring enveloped the corpse. Although reviving Snape would undoubtedly consume a significant amount of HuoZhong Source Power, controlling his life and death was finally a permanent solution. If he hadn't been unsure of taking him down during their last encounter, he wouldn't have needed to use the Resurrection Ring to stall for time.

Snape was bathed in flames, reviving from death to life.

Looking at the lingering flames on his body, he immediately understood that he had been resurrected, just like the Werewolf Wizard.

As soon as killing intent towards the Mysterious Person before him arose in his heart, he immediately felt his life force draining and becoming very weak.

The killing intent could not be sustained, and the draining of his life immediately stopped.

Snape immediately understood that his life and death were now controlled by the Mysterious Person. Until he found a way to break free from this control, he would have to obey the Mysterious Person's every command, just as he had when he was undercover beneath Voldemort. Only by doing so could Lily be resurrected.

"Look at these."

Li Mu directly threw a pile of documents.

Snape silently picked them up and became engrossed after only a short while.

These documents contained in-depth analyses of various Magic Plants, with new names assigned to different components within them. Many Magic Plants shared similar or identical components, and by extracting these components, they could replace extinct Magic Plants.

With the information in hand, he was even confident that he could revolutionize Potions.

Snape spent several hours poring over them, finally flipping to the Wizard Potion recipes at the end.

He finally understood why the Mysterious Person had sought him out.

With this information, recreating lost Wizard Potions was no longer impossible.

If a large number of Wizard Potions could be produced, a new batch of first-generation Pureblood Wizards could be born. This would be an Earthquake for the entire Wizarding World. The Wizarding World's cake was only so big, and with the emergence of such a batch of first-generation Pureblood Wizards, only war could re-divide the interests.

Although he understood these principles, Snape still could not refuse after repeated internal struggles.

The most he could do was secretly inform Dumbledore to prepare himself.

The entire Wizarding World would soon welcome an existence more terrifying than Voldemort.

The extinct Magic Plants that the Diagon Alley pharmacy had offered a high reward for had finally been gathered after some time.

The sources were those ancient Pureblood Families. Their ancestors had become Wizards because of Wizard Potions, and they naturally collected the materials needed for Wizard Potions. However, the survival conditions for some of these Magic Plants were too harsh, leading to their gradual extinction and the loss of their sources.

The remaining small portion of Magic Plants could only end up as family heirlooms.

Many Pureblood Families have passed down their Wizard Bloodlines to the point where they are no longer pure. Some have even lost their wealth and fallen into poverty. Being able to exchange some useless Magic Plant specimens for a large sum of Gold Galleons is naturally a cause for great joy.

Upon receiving this batch of Magic Plants, Li Mu immediately utilized the Medical Bay to analyze their components.

In less than half a month, Snape had found substitute ingredients and brewed the first bottle of Wizard Potion.

In fact, as long as the ingredients are available, the difficulty of preparing Wizard Potions is not high.

After all, when Wizard Potions were first created, Wizards had not yet appeared. Theoretically, these are potions that ordinary people could prepare, embodying the extraordinary wisdom that emerged from ancient Humans facing the threats of various Magical Creatures.

The moment Li Mu obtained the finished Wizard Potion, the Sacrifice Seed in the Sacrifice Chamber became active again.

It was evident that the Sacrifice Seed recognized the Wizard Potion as a new offering.

PS: Thanks to brother [Blue Sky Fire Cloud] for the 3000 reward, thanks to brother [Lan Feng Zi Yun 11] for the 500 reward, and thanks to brother [Hongchen Zhong De Lianxin Zhe] for the 100 reward.

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