Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 450 - 69 Battle Body Map: Thunder Giant

Seeing Victor make such a vow so easily, a flash of surprise crossed Richard’s face.

"Didn’t he set any restrictions on you before he created you?"

Second personalities among wizards were not uncommon. Many Soul Wizards would split their personalities to better adapt to the battlefield.

However, when creating a second personality, wizards generally imposed restrictions on this auxiliary personality.

After all, although the two personalities seemed to be one person, they fundamentally belonged to two separate consciousnesses. Switching personalities was akin to handing one’s body over to another person without reservations.

It was hard not to be cautious about this.

But this personality named Victor II in front of him seemed to have no such restrictions. He could even casually swear soul oaths.

"Because my primary personality believes that I am a perfect wizard," Victor II said indifferently, "The decisions I make are definitely the most correct.

Any restrictions would hinder my path to the correct route.

However, in my view, this belief is a kind of mental illness."

Victor II’s words and actions gave Richard a strange feeling.

He felt as if he were not talking to a person, but rather to an artificial intelligence.

"I must say, you’ve sparked my desire to research Soul Magic."

Richard pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and wrote a series of numbers on it.

"This is his communication number; I hope you two can cooperate happily."

...

After leaving the office, Richard walked down the flight passage into the main hall on the first floor.

During this process, he truly understood what it meant to be a monopolistic giant.

As a giant in the Wizard Commerce, the Tesla Chamber of Commerce headquarters maintained constant contact with hundreds of White Wizard Academies and thousands of White Wizard Army units.

To meet the needs of these armies, tens of thousands of wizards hustled about this tall tower.

These wizards moved through the slender flight passages, much like red blood cells in the veins, providing the necessary nourishment for this giant entity known as Tesla.

Upon reaching the main hall on the first floor, Richard found a seat and prepared to wait for Garon the Great Wizard to appear.

However, after a long time, Garon the Great Wizard did not show up; instead, Elizabeth found Richard.

"Master Richard," Elizabeth naturally sat opposite Richard, "I just contacted your teacher, and he is very interested in collaborating. However, he highly values your opinion, so he has left the decision to you.

I’d like to ask, what’s the issue between us?"

Towards Elizabeth’s arrival, Richard felt somewhat troubled. He could see that this president named Elizabeth intended to prolong the battle.

"The issue is that I don’t need to cooperate," replied Richard. "I have studied the structure of the Tesla Chamber of Commerce before. The weapons research and development must be conducted by the headquarters’ R&D department.

Your branch, madam president, only has the authority to manufacture weapons but doesn’t have the right to develop them.

What you’re proposing as cooperation is to use your name to bypass this rule and form a partnership with me.

Although I believe this is merely a formal difference and won’t pose much of an issue in practice,

why would I want to create a competing product for myself?"

Listening to Richard’s words, Elizabeth laughed.

"So that’s the issue. I think, Master, you’re overlooking one thing—that is the timing we are in.

I suppose I don’t need to elaborate on the war.

The firepower of the Magic Support Vehicles is fine for ordinary battles, but for the impending war, it’s somewhat inadequate.

There are definitely numerous ways to counter an Elemental Storm; we can’t solely rely on that.

I believe many legion commanders have already spotted this flaw. And once the war begins, once they report up, who do you think the R&D tasks will fall to?"

Richard sighed in frustration.

"The Tesla Chamber of Commerce, at that time I’ll be completely sidelined. Fine, I agree to collaborate. As for the specific terms, you can discuss that with my teacher."

At those words, Elizabeth’s smile brightened.

She extended her right hand to Richard, "Then I wish us a fruitful collaboration."

Richard stood up and shook her hand.

"Fruitful collaboration."

...

Garon the Great Wizard had been missing for a long time, and Richard waited in the lobby for a week before he saw him appear.

"Let’s go, we’re heading back." Garon the Great Wizard said with a smile, affectionately patting Richard on the back.

"This time I’ve benefitted from your light. I remember you’re practicing the Transformation Battle Body, right? Take any Battle Body Map from the Transformation Battle Body maps you like; the materials will be provided by the Academy.

The war is about to start; you’d better stay alive, kid."

Richard returned a Wizard’s Salute: "Thank you, Dean."

Walking back through the space passage, Richard then started looking for a suitable map in the Contribution Store.

There were many maps for the Transformation Battle Body, but Garon the Great Wizard’s letting him choose one was not out of stinginess.

Rather, these maps themselves were already at the limit of what a Three Rings Wizard could endure. If the maps were overlaid on each other, the wizard would definitely mutate into a mess of flesh.

This was a conclusion personally verified by the Academy’s predecessors.

The Contribution Store held over five hundred blueprints, each with its unique specialty.

Some displayed formidable power, others were as fast as lightning, and still, others possessed bizarre recovery abilities that left no vulnerabilities on their body, overwhelming Richard with options.

Suddenly, Richard spotted a particularly special blueprint.

This blueprint depicted a giant entwined with thunder, having dragon horns on its head and dragon scales covering its body.

"This is interesting, does this include Dragon Blood?"

Richard glanced at the introduction to the blueprint, which was named Thunder Giant, and its main capability was the manipulation of thunder.

In its description, one section was specifically highlighted.

"The Dragon Blood required for this blueprint must originate from at least a Four-headed Dragon King. Without this prerequisite, the effectiveness of the blueprint will be significantly diminished."

"Four-headed Dragon King... Hog is an offspring of the Six-headed Dragon King, so his bloodline should be adequate," Richard thought, stroking his chin.

With that in mind, he opened the detailed description of the capabilities of this battle body infused with Dragon Blood to see its mysteries.

Upon examining it, Richard was instantly captivated by the battle body’s capabilities.

The abilities of the Thunder Giant were divided into two parts: manipulating lightning and absorbing energy.

The inherent talent of the Thunder Giant was lightning, which was considerably powerful. If studied by a wizard from the Shape-shifting School, this lightning could be enough for him to exploit creatively.

But this wasn’t what captivated Richard.

His attention was entirely captured by the aspect of energy absorption.

According to the blueprint, the Thunder Giant could absorb the ambient free-floating energy. It sounded quite ordinary, but what if it could also absorb all Shaping Magic spells below one thousand Energy Levels?

As stated in the blueprint, if the Thunder Giant battle body incorporated the blood of the Six-headed Dragon King, then most Shaping Magic spells below one thousand Energy Levels would not damage the Thunder Giant, but rather, they would be absorbed by it.

The described combat strategy was to utilize the Thunder Giant’s capacity to absorb surrounding free-floating energy to achieve highly saturated lightning strikes.

In other words, the core of this battle body blueprint lay in the feature of energy absorption.

Thunder was merely a method of transforming this capability into combat power.

And Richard’s control over radiation precisely enhanced this characteristic.

This meant, in Richard’s hands, this battle body would perform many times better than in the hands of an ordinary wizard.

"Good stuff, it’s you."

Richard joyfully took out the blueprint, and the store clerk of the Contribution Store, seeing Richard pick such a battle body blueprint, couldn’t help but remind him:

"Master, the requirements for Dragon Blood for this blueprint are stringent. If the quality of the Dragon Blood isn’t high, the effectiveness of the battle body might be significantly reduced."

Richard chuckled, "No problem, I’ll take it."

Having secured the battle body blueprint, Richard then contacted Jimmy using the Crystal Ball.

"Thunder Giant? You really have a knack for picking, Richard."

Hearing Richard’s choice, Jimmy’s voice carried a teasing tone.

"This blueprint isn’t cheap, and while Dragon King Blood isn’t hard to find, if it’s from a Four-headed Dragon King, it does make the Academy seem a bit stingy.

But you can’t find a Six-headed Dragon King anywhere in the Wizard World. How about I get you blood from a Five-headed Dragon King?"

Richard laughed at his words, "Thanks for the effort, but I have some decent Dragon King Blood here. I wonder, how does the blood of an offspring of a Six-headed Dragon King compare to that of a Five-headed Dragon King?"

"Offspring of a Six-headed Dragon King? You have such good stuff?"

Jimmy’s voice spiked, clearly shocked by Richard’s question.

Richard coolly replied, "I happened upon a nearly dead Dragon Egg, and luckily hatched one."

"Goodness, how come I never stumble upon such luck," Jimmy exclaimed.

"So, how about this bloodline?"

"It’s strong, quite comparable to that of a Five-headed Dragon King. But its potential is higher."

"That’s good."

Having settled matters regarding the battle body, Richard returned to the Wizard Tower to continue his research.

He had many things to research at the moment: the biological specimens, ore samples, strange objects, and even Pioneer Relics he had acquired over the years were all worthy of study.

However, to quickly enhance his combat capabilities, Richard had to forgo some things that required long-term research and yielded uncertain results, like some of the strange objects he had collected over the years.

The time saved was allocated by Richard to the Pioneer Relics.

Without a doubt, to boost combat capabilities, Pioneer Relics were the most useful.

The defensive secondary gun, detection array, thick fog shield technology, and the shield generator of the Holy Armor in Richard’s possession were all excellent research materials.

These items, if integrated into Richard’s witchcraft, could greatly enhance his combat capabilities.

Besides researching Pioneer Relics, Richard also decided not to give up on Physique Evolution.

Since the Mutated Rules had already been made into Magic Equipment, Richard could now automatically perform cellular screening. He only needed to segregate a Soul Seed and an auxiliary personality to monitor the experiment, and shut down the device in time when the needed cells emerged.

Physique Evolution was an unexplored path, even though Garon Great Wizard, a Pioneer, had carved out a barely navigable route.

But this path was still full of thorns and mud.

However, this also meant that the tree named Physique Evolution held many low-hanging fruits yet to be picked.

After understanding the Wizard Rules, Richard had an idea.

If he could develop a witchcraft that would be useful for all Physique Evolution Wizards and then use this witchcraft to enhance all Physique Evolution Wizards,

could he then receive a massive amount of Wizard Rules support?