The battle ended in just four or five minutes.
The arrival of the Fire Child was the final straw for the Blackscale Lizardmen.
Wherever the little guy went, one Blackscale Lizardman after another turned into torches, their bodies engulfed in flames, howling and screaming as they collapsed to the ground, writhing wildly until they became charred corpses.
Even the Blackscale Lizardman chieftain, as strong as he was, only managed to withstand the Fire Child's attacks for a short while before ultimately succumbing to the fate of becoming a charred corpse.
It can be said that the Fire Child, an elemental creature, is a natural counter to the Blackscale Lizardmen, who fight entirely with their physical bodies and lack even battle aura.
After the battle, everyone began to clean up the battlefield.
Everyone who passed by Su Nan secretly glanced at him with eyes full of awe.
The Fire Child was indeed terrifying, but Su Nan, who could summon such a monster, clearly inspired even more genuine awe.
Especially those soldiers who hadn't participated in the battle at the Blackstone mine were utterly shocked.
They never imagined that the frail young master Su Nan was so powerful.
That strange and mysterious power seemed even stronger than the lord's!
At that moment, they suddenly understood why the knights and generals were always so respectful to Su Nan.
It was clearly reverence for the strong!
"After today's battle, the news of my becoming a wizard apprentice will probably be impossible to keep quiet."
Su Nan thought silently, noticing the gazes of the surrounding soldiers.
However, he didn't care too much; such things couldn't be kept secret for long anyway.
With the increasing number of Blackrock City knights and the activity of the Blackrock cavalry, more and more people would inevitably investigate the reasons behind it.
At that point, he wouldn't be able to keep a low profile even if he wanted to.
There were still some elderly women and children of the Blackscale Lizardmen in the tribe, about sixty or seventy people.
Kei didn't exterminate them but instead ordered these Blackscale Lizardmen to be tied up and taken back to Blackrock City, clearly intending to keep them captive as a continuous blood supply.
The corpses of the already dead Blackscale Lizardmen couldn't be wasted either; all the blood was drained, and they were placed in special preservation containers and taken away.
The giant lizard was also tied up and taken away.
Compared to ordinary Blackscale Lizardmen, the Giant Lizard Xenomorph was undoubtedly a better blood source.
After all, it possessed genuine dragon-lizard blood.
On the return journey, everyone was excited.
Ke's face was beaming with undisguised joy.
This battle had completely eradicated the Blackscale Lizardmen, a scourge.
And the price they paid was less than fifty casualties.
Such a brilliant victory was largely thanks to Su Nan.
He alone had killed seventy or eighty Blackscale Lizardmen, including nearly ten elite knight-level Blackscale Lizardmen.
This battle could only be described as a resounding victory!
More importantly, from now on, Blackrock City would have a continuous supply of materials for making secondary dragon blood potions.
Ke could almost see the number of knights in Blackrock City skyrocketing.
The triumphant army was warmly welcomed by the people.
Especially upon seeing the Blackscale Lizardmen prisoners being escorted, the cheers were deafening.
Many civilians who had relatives killed by the Blackscale Lizardmen couldn't help but throw stones at the prisoners.
The soldiers didn't stop them, pretending not to see, letting the civilians vent their anger.
Back in the inner fortress, Kee instructed his steward, Old Geller, to prepare food and wine for a celebratory feast, which was enthusiastically received by the knights
led by Jodon. The inner fortress was enveloped in an atmosphere of jubilation for the entire night.
After the war, Black Rock City returned to its development path.
Sunan also became busy.
Aside from meditation, he devoted most of his time to creating lesser dragon blood potions.
Large quantities of Blackscale Lizardman blood were transported into Sunan's laboratory, subsequently being transformed into Lesser Dragon Blood Potions.
Almost every day, new knights were born in Blackrock City.
Only when all the Blackscale Lizardman blood obtained from the war was used up and blood was instead extracted from Blackscale Lizardman prisoners did Sunan's production of lesser dragon blood potions slow down.
However, at this time, his attention began to shift to the giant lizard mutant.
The giant lizard mutant had extremely strong vitality; after ten days of recovery, the injuries left by Fire Child had long since healed completely.
Su Nan specially synthesized a batch of fine metal from black iron to build a huge cage to imprison the giant lizard.
To prevent the lizard from escaping, he also subjected it to a fatigue attack every day.
Now, the lizard is terrified of him.
Inside the giant metal cage, under the lizard's pitiful gaze, Su Nan, as always, drew a large vial of blood from it, then stepped out of the cage, closed the door, and locked it.
The concentration of lizard blood in the lizard's body was higher than he had expected, reaching 18.35%.
If he used Blackscale Lizardman blood, he would need about twenty times the volume of blood to synthesize lizard blood of this concentration.
"Having this concentration of lizard blood saves me a lot of time."
Su Nan said, looking at a row of bottles filled with bright red liquid on the lab table—the blood he had drawn from the lizard over the past few days.
If he had drawn it from Blackscale Lizardman captives, it would probably have taken one or two months to accumulate this much lizard blood.
"This should be enough."
Composing himself, Su Nan began synthesizing the blood of the sub-dragon and then started crafting lesser dragon-blood potions.
He had produced a large number of potions during this time, and his [Potion Crafting] skill proficiency had already surpassed 2000, only 800 points away from reaching level 3.
The success rate of crafting lesser dragon's blood potions was also over 30%.
For a level 1 wizard apprentice, this was an astonishing success rate.
Half a day later, more than twenty bottles of lesser dragon blood potions appeared on the lab table.
Three of them were even of medium quality.
Su Nan placed the potions into the cube one by one.
After placing three medium-quality and five low-quality lesser dragon's blood potions, the potions on the synthesis interface finally underwent a qualitative change.
Dragon Blood Potion (Tier 1/Low-quality) strengthens physique after consumption. The specific degree of strengthening depends on the user's physique; the weaker the physique, the stronger the effect. Repeated use will weaken the effect. The user's physique must be 5 or higher.]
"Not bad."
Su Nan smiled with satisfaction.
If he were to directly craft a Dragon Blood Potion with his current level 2 potion-making skill, the success rate would likely be a pitiful single digit.
Even if he were lucky enough to make one, the material cost would be at least six or seven times higher than it is now.
In comparison, crafting low-level potions and then using cubes to synthesize high-level ones is definitely more cost-effective.
Coming to his senses, Su Nan synthesized the potion without hesitation and consumed it on the spot.
His current constitution was 5.61, just enough to meet the consumption limit.
A familiar surge of heat suddenly erupted from his body, instantly coursing through his limbs.
Su Nan felt as if he were immersed in scalding lava, experiencing intense pain mixed with an undeniable, exhilarating sensation.
After a while, the strange sensations subsided.
Su Nan exhaled a long breath, feeling as if his muscles and bones had become much denser, a surging power coursing through his body, as if it might burst forth at any moment.
Looking at his stats again, his constitution attribute had increased to 11.46!
A full 6 points of construction had been added!
"As expected of a Tier 1 potion!"
Su Nan's face lit up with a joyful smile.
Now, in terms of physique alone, he was almost on par with a mid-level knight.
His physique even surpassed his 11.35 mental strength.
It could be said that strengthening the physical body was almost effortless for a wizard (or apprentice) compared to improving mental strength.
"I only need a little over 3000 more proficiency points to reach level 4 in the Star Ring Meditation Technique; it should only take a little over a month if things go smoothly."
Thinking about his imminent advancement to a Level 2 wizard apprentice, Su Nan was filled with excitement.
Coming back to his senses, he used the remaining lesser dragon blood potions to synthesize another dragon blood potion.
He didn't plan to use this potion himself but rather give it to Ke Yi.
"An individual can only consume a maximum of four to five Dragon Blood Potions; after that, further consumption will have no effect. However, this quantity should be enough for Ke Yi to advance to a Grand Knight."
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