Lord of Mysterious Wizard
Chapter 446: 425: The Strongest Gun in the Dark Era (4000 words!)_2

Chapter 446: Chapter 425: The Strongest Gun in the Dark Era (4000 words!)_2

The scalding seawater at boiling point did not harm Tang Qi in the slightest.

He smoothly dived in, hovering above the magma.

The terrifying heat could not distort his vision; a huge, intricate magic array appeared, flickering in and out of existence.

It used the surging magma as an “energy source,” with the explosive power being continuously extracted and then integrated into the complex runes, making the colossal array seem almost solidified, with fearsome power brewing within.

“Indeed, it’s a success!”

Joy surfaced in Tang Qi’s eyes.

His mind was filled with bursting Information Fragments.

[Curios: Flame Goddess.]

[State: Incomplete.]

[Information Fragment One: A magic array arranged by the Merada Witch Group, capable of continuously extracting energy from the underwater volcano and then unleashing it all at once. The origin of the magic array comes from the depths of the Mysterious Sea Area, an indigenous island, which had once used such an array to repel monsters from the vast ocean.]

[Information Fragment Two: Because of its excessive complexity, and with successive generations of witches also needing to deal with curses, the magic array is only a semi-finished product.]

While the fragments surfaced, Tang Qi quickly went to check another volcanic vent in a different part of the sea trench.

This trench almost entirely encircled the Lake Heart Island Secret Realm, with dozens of volcanic magma outlets standing tall; a small part of them already had arrays in place, with four successfully beginning to draw energy.

After inspecting them at high speed, Tang Qi returned to the Gold Mine Devil Ship.

Sitting in the captain’s chair, Tang Qi pondered for a moment.

The Flame Goddess was the reason he came down to the bottom of the lake. Upon taking over the position of principal, Tang Qi knew of the existence of this magic array. Unlike the hugely restrictive “Green Dragon Breath,” this labor-intensive but incredibly powerful magic array was the real defensive measure of the witches.

However, before they could finish setting it up, the Spiritual Tide vanished, the Mysterious Side suffered a great blow, and the witches were no exception.

Once the Spiritual Tide returned, the newly reformed Witch Group had to face the threat of curses, and the fact that they managed to hastily establish school order was already commendable.

“Although there are corresponding runes and layout techniques, and a stockpile of Transcendent materials, manpower is a huge problem. Aside from me and Professor Eva, it seems impossible to find a third person who can complete the Flame Goddess. This is a big project.”

“It seems that we can only wait for the witches to return, which should be soon.”

“The energy currently being drawn can be used to unleash a few types of magic attacks with mediocre power, which for the time being is enough.”

After pondering for a few moments, Tang Qi’s gaze returned to the pirates.

Immediately, he found himself staring into pairs of ghostly eyes brimming with anxiety and grievance.

Especially the one-eyed pirate at the forefront, who looked reluctantly at his captain’s chair.

Tang Qi was amused by these ghosts, then with a serious expression, he said in a mysterious tone, “Since you all are brave pirates, how about we make… a deal?”

…

On the snowy white sands, accompanied by the green-tinted lake waters, a smiling Tang Qi emerged from the white, dense mist.

He had just made a simple trade with the ghosts of the “Gold Mine Devil Ship,” where they would be tasked with protecting the “Flame Goddess” within the sea trench in the future, and in return, they would be supplied with extraordinary-class Rum every now and then.

Although the ghosts’ combat strength was far inferior to Tang Qi’s, at the lake bottom, coupled with the ghostly battleship, the average Professional Transcendent would hardly bother them.

They were sufficient for patrol and guard duty.

After surveying the environment at the lake bottom, Tang Qi pondered the feasibility of “Monster Husbandry” while heading back to Dragon Heart Castle.

If he could capture some powerful, controllable Extraordinary Monsters and let them roam the Green Dragon Ridge Lake, it would eliminate the need to initiate the “Secret Realm Inversion” every time a problem arises, as this defensive measure also comes at a steep price.

He placed this rather fantastical idea into his already packed “schedule.”

Tang Qi casually opened a portal, but on the other side, there was no Library Tower; instead, it was Esmeralda’s Curios warehouse.

He swiftly entered and purposefully took a large amount of materials.

Then he returned to the Library Tower, and on the first floor, he roamed through each section. Before long, another huge pile of books was temporarily stuffed into Gluttony’s belly.

After that, the second and third floors.

Bang! Bang!

On the workbench, books landed automatically, flipping to the corresponding pages, displaying content that all pointed towards a certain Profession, a type of art.

Casting Skill!

Tang Qi casually slapped Gluttony, and immediately a dozen parts flew out of its belly. From the details, it was evident that if assembled together, they would form Tang Qi’s long-used weapon “Blood Python One.”

In the initial stages, this weapon from the Monster Gun Company gave Tang Qi quite a bit of help.

Unfortunately, as his power surged, Blood Python One slowly couldn’t keep up.

Now, the enemies he faced were all of Pervert level, and the occasional non-essential usage was last time against the Evil Seed “Bessie Love.”

In fact, it’s proven that the killing power of Blood Python One was limited to below the Professional Level, somewhat useless to him now.

Previously always in a busy phase, Tang Qi only practiced disassembling. Now that he finally had some free time, he wanted to experiment with an idea he had long held.

As he took out the parts, his gaze fell upon a page of a book titled “Dark Age Strongest Guns and Cannons,” where a blueprint appeared. It was an extremely complex blueprint, and at the bottom was the assembled, cast finished product—an image so stunning that even the current Tang Qi revealed a look of admiration.

It was a strange gun, almost completely unrelated to a “handgun,” composed of red and black. The red was like flames, the black as though the abyss, entwined together vaguely forming two intricate dragon patterns.

On one side of the blueprint, lines of complex Ancient Federation Language described its origin and impressive battle achievements.

“In the Dark Era, it was one of the extraordinary guns that shone with brilliant radiance. Its caster was the legendary Artifact Casting Master Nick Lane, a powerful being with Ancient Dwarf bloodlines, who by chance witnessed a battle between a Red Dragon and a Black Dragon. After both perished, their nearly intertwined corpses were left behind.”

“Nick Lane collected their corpses and cast an extraordinary gun, possessing both the Red Dragon Power to burn everything and the Black Dragon’s power to freeze everything. Even in the Evil God-ravaged Dark Age, it had unimaginably high reputation.”

“The number of strong Biological entities that died under its muzzle is almost innumerable. It has many names, such as Burning Abyss, Doomsday Destruction….”

“Sigh”

Tang Qi reluctantly withdrew his gaze; the blueprint illustrated was undoubtedly a terrifying Big Killer capable of sniping demigods.

Unfortunately, it could only be looked at.

Having the blueprint didn’t change anything. In fact, Nick Lane was an extremely generous caster; he published the blueprint directly after he cast the legendary gun.

Within the Mysterious Side, there are certainly more than one copy of the blueprints recorded by “Dark Age Strongest Guns and Cannons.”

Even if there were blueprints, and even if you were given the corpses of a Red Dragon and a Black Dragon, it would still be very unlikely to replicate the same gun.

The first decisive factor is the Realm of Profession.

Tang Qi’s Casting Skill hasn’t even reached the “Professional Level,” while Nick Lane was of Legendary Level.

Fortunately, he had no intention of replicating that terrifying gun; he planned to imitate a weakened version.

With his mind made up, Tang Qi slapped Gluttony again.

The creature reluctantly spat out a large pile of Mysterious Materials, and from the small hill-like pile of materials, a crystal-clear red gemstone rolled down.

With a “plop,” it caught Tang Qi’s eye as ghost light swirled around it.

“Curios: Valata Stone, a gemstone containing a trace of the blood of an ancient Red Dragon…”

“The Dragon Power of Blood Python One originates from the fresh blood of a Cave Demon Dragon, whose Bloodline Source belongs to the Black Dragon lineage of ancient dragons.”

“According to the blueprint and the secrets left by Nick Lane, the terrifying power of that gun mostly comes from the clash between the Red Dragon bloodline and the Black Dragon bloodline. It’s a kind of wonderful transcendent reaction; without brewing this reaction, the casting would be a failure.”

Tang Qi looked at the blueprint, his eyes flashing with excited light.