Werewolf wizard

Before the Orc priest's chest was crushed, he cried out in horror. "What monsters are you? How can your bodies be even stronger than Orc warriors?!"

Then, the werewolf messenger pierced his heart with its paw, taking the totem from his back, and his head.

Without the priest's magical buffs, the Orc legions' weapons lost their warlock flame enchantments, and their physical abilities dropped to around 2.5.

Their combat power immediately decreased by more than half.

Under the slaughter of the three mutated werewolf messengers, they quickly died.

Before their deaths, these Orcs constantly roared to the sky: "Great Orc Shaman, we have done our best!"

"Supreme Unspeakable King, please accept our heroic souls who died in battle!"

Soon, only a pile of corpses remained at the Orc stronghold.

A fist-sized ball of lightning also appeared before Su Nan.

After examination by the AI and his own consideration, he discovered that this ball of lightning contained a wisp of alien life, the spirituality of a lightning magic creature.

Therefore, this was also a way to use the bloodline of other powerful creatures to help pure-blooded humans break through the limits of their souls, so it was called Limit-Breaking Lightning.

However, because this spirituality was very thin, it would not actually pollute the bloodline of pure-blooded humans, but only temporarily provide assistance during the breakthrough.

Seeing Su Nan obtain this ball of lightning, Elvis seemed even happier than Su Nan. "Great! These werewolves you cultivated are truly outstanding. I have never seen such powerful werewolves. They are simply killing machines."

"Even Orc warriors, who have physical strength as their advantage, are suppressed in melee combat."

"Let's quickly find the next Orc stronghold. Killing a few more strongholds will allow us to obtain artificial souls."

Su Nan raised his eyebrows. "Elvis, you seem to know a lot."

Elvis scratched his head. "After all, it is our school's own legacy site."

Su Nan looked at the Orc priest's totem on the ground and said, "Then is this Orc priest's totem exactly the same as the totem possessed by the real Orc living priests more than two thousand years ago?"

Elvis said seriously: "Yes, it is like this."

"Flashback Spell is a spell that can only be cast by first-ring wizards or above in the Secret Realm. At least in the area where this Flashback Spell is located, they are alive, and this totem is exactly the same as the real totem."

"It's just that once they leave the area where the [Flashback Spell] is located, this Tyrannosaurus totem will disappear. Orc totems are graded by quality. This one is only [Ordinary Quality], equivalent to the magic cast by an ordinary first-level wizard apprentice. There is also [Elite Quality], equivalent to the magic cast by a first-level wizard apprentice with magic pressure."

"There is also the Phantom God level totem of the Great Shaman, which is equivalent to a formal wizard."

Su Nan said: "Then, in essence, the Orc shaman system uses the power of warlocks to restrain the prototype of a god—the totem god—and squeeze their power to amplify the power of the entire legion. I'm right, right?"

Elvis said: "Yes, that's right."

"It can also be understood this way. It's just that this way of understanding may make many people unable to accept it. After all, although these totem spirits are the prototypes and predecessors of gods, they are different in dimensional levels from gods."

Su Nan began to think. "No, something's not right."

Elvis asked strangely: "What's wrong?"

Su Nan said to him: "If this trial only requires us to fight, then why is it still the [Path to Seek Knowledge] and not the [Path to Seek Power]?"

"I need to change my way of thinking."

"Think from the perspective of a Thunder Wizard."

Elvis had a strange expression on his face.

Su Nan thought, if the level of a wizard apprentice's magical knowledge is measured by combat ability, then that is indeed possible.

After all, for wizards, knowledge is power, and information is combat power.

If you are pursuing knowledge, your magical power must be powerful.

But this trial, compared to the [Path to Seek Power], should be more focused on research and thinking ability.

Think about it carefully, if I were a first-level wizard apprentice with magic pressure from the Thunder Ring School, then when facing a hundred Orcs more powerful than formal knights, I should only be able to continuously release spells from the Evocation School, act as a magic cannon, and start shooting continuously, right?

The killing efficiency should not be as good as directly using the three mutated werewolves and my potion magic.

So, what can this first-level wizard apprentice with magic pressure from the Thunder Ring School do at this time?

How to increase the killing speed?

Su Nan's eyes lit up. "I think I understand the trick to this trial."

"Elvis, let's go. We're going to find the next Orc stronghold."

Elvis blinked, unable to keep up with Su Nan's speed of thought. "What?"

Soon, the two set their sights on an Orc stronghold that was attacking a human village.

Su Nan used magic potions to restore the stamina of the three mutated werewolves, and then had them attack again.

This time, Su Nan did not directly speed-kill the shaman of the entire Orc stronghold.

Instead, he had the three mutated werewolf messengers engage in a fierce battle with these Orc legions buffed by the shaman's spells.

Then, he observed the battle situation from the side and had the AI record the battle data and analyze the weaknesses of these Orc armies.

On the hillside, the AI responded.

[Yes, these Orc warriors have obvious weaknesses. Possibly due to a flaw in the Flashback Spell, if the heel of these Orc warriors' left foot receives an attack of 0.3 rings or higher, these Orc warriors will die immediately.]

Su Nan raised the Akasha Vortex potion and then used the Remote Injection Spell, turning the potion into fiery rain that descended upon the heels of these orcs, instantly wiping them all out.

Su Nan gained his second Limit-Breaking Spark.

Next, Su Nan found a third orc stronghold. After observing that these orc warriors had a subconscious habit of protecting the back of their necks, he once again used the Remote Injection Spell in conjunction with a potion, wiping them out with a single spell.

He obtained his third Limit-Breaking Spark.

…

On the mountain valley, Su Nan and the werewolves stood at the summit, letting the northern wind buffet them.

Su Nan said to the werewolves and Elvis, "I was right in my previous guess."

"The orcs in this trial ground all have specific weaknesses."

"It's just that the weaknesses of each orc stronghold are different, requiring observation to discover. Moreover, some orc strongholds have very unconventional weaknesses. The more orcs there are in a stronghold, the more unconventional the weakness."

"This trial ground tests my observational, thinking, and research abilities in combat."

"If one only focuses on fighting and killing enemies in this trial, they will quickly become exhausted under normal circumstances. It's very inefficient."

Su Nan said, "At the same time, this trial is actually like a math problem, just like the ones done by bachelors at the Storm Kingdom's capital university. By forcing the trial-takers to observe and think during combat, it can help them develop the habit of conducting research during battle."

"This trial is, after all, designed to cultivate talent; combat is not the main focus. If it weren't for cultivating talent, they could even directly distribute the resources to us…"

Su Nan pointed to the orc stronghold below the mountain peak and said, "Based on my observation, the weakness of this three-hundred-orc stronghold is a fear of water. Because there isn't a single bucket or basin in this stronghold, nor any trace of water being used."

In the next moment, Su Nan detonated the five Fireball Bug potions installed on the sluice gates of the reservoir upstream of the valley. Immediately, the reservoir's water surged down, submerging the stronghold below and wiping them out directly.

A soul appeared before Su Nan. Su Nan noticed that the interior of this soul was actually filled with spiritual power, equivalent to a soul with 80 spiritual power.

Moreover, this soul showed signs of being artificially created.

After spending this time together, Elvis already knew Su Nan's name. He said to Su Nan, "Su Nan, this is an artificial soul created by our school's formal wizards in the past. If you consume this soul, you can immediately replenish your spiritual power, which will be very helpful for you to break through your soul's limits."

"Even if you had already guessed the requirements of the [Path to Knowledge] trial, it's still quite impressive that you could discover the weaknesses of each orc stronghold so quickly without blindly engaging in arduous battles."

"Your observational and research abilities are truly too strong. So, are we going to find a new orc stronghold next?"

Su Nan shook his head. "No need. Three Limit-Breaking Sparks and an artificial soul are already enough for me to use. At most, I'll just go directly to the headquarters of these orc tribes—that orc fortress with the orc great shaman—to take a look."

"If we successfully destroy that fortress, we'll exchange it for a portion of Green Water. If we don't succeed, we can also find a secluded wizard's cottage in the mountains to break through."

This trial ground has many mountainous areas, and there are some wizard's cottages hidden with concealment spells in the mountains.

Presumably, they are places specifically provided by the Ring of Thunder's wizards for wizard apprentices in the trial to break through.

They are very safe.

Su Nan wanted to find the great shaman for another reason: to analyze and study these orc shamanic systems.

Although it may not be useful now, magical reserves are, of course, better the more you have.

Perhaps one day, I can draw inferences from them and find a use for them.

Half a day later, Su Nan and the others infiltrated the orc tribal fortress where the so-called great shaman was located. This fortress was composed of tents with bone spurs on top.

Some tents even had multiple floors, such as two-story orc tents and three-story orc tents.

These tent structures were similar to pagodas, with a thigh bone from some enormous creature's skeleton supporting the structure internally, and the surrounding area consisting of tents and wooden plank floors.

The orcs seemed to use the skeletons of giant creatures as building materials.

These tent structures were connected one after another, actually forming a giant tent complex resembling a fortress.

Su Nan, Elvis, and Bloom and the others arrived inside the main tent of the orc fortress, where the great shaman was supposed to be, and stood before the empty giant animal skeleton throne.

An orc general, affected by Su Nan's Sleep Spell, was still reporting battle information to the empty throne before falling asleep, as if a great orc shaman were truly sitting there.

Su Nan said with some disappointment, "It seems that the Flashback Spell cannot flash back to a warlock equivalent to a formal wizard level in history—the orc great shaman. So the orcs all thought that a great orc shaman was sitting on this throne, but in reality, there is no great shaman in this flashback scene of this historical battlefield."

Elvis said with some fear, "Even so, is it okay for us to directly infiltrate the orc headquarters in this area?"