CHAPTER 1711: CHAPTER 572: ALCHEMY AND MEDICINE REFINING

The Phantom Beast Saddle Dragon, Enrida, along with the Stuka Phantom Beast Air Squadron and ground infantry had already charged into the manor. Until now, no request for reinforcements has been heard from Bone Link. Even if the opponent had an ambush, a hundred Phantom Beast Saddle Dragons alone would be enough to tear apart the remaining humanoid Divine Beasts of Lishan Gate into pieces.

The Feilengcui Lord loves nothing more than chaotic battles and street fights.

"Today, I’ve witnessed how the Magical Beasts from the Silk Continent wage war. They are indeed formidable," Master Aymar remarked with interest as he watched the battle between Yitiao and the nine-tailed model, with a touch of admiration.

As an experienced and knowledgeable Magic Tutor, no one would be naive enough to use a group of inferior opponents as a measure of the Silk Continent’s overall strength.

The humanoid Divine Beasts of the Silk Continent, especially those of higher levels, prefer close combat during battles compared to Aegean Magical Beasts. In magical duels, they not only utilize their inherent magic, but they also like to use various magical equipment for assistance, such as the golden alms bowl of this Fazhang, and just now a few paper charms from the humanoid Divine Beasts, all capable of dual magic attacks.

This is quite different from the Aegean. Only top-tier experts among Aegean Magical Beasts can transform into human form, and these extreme experts absolutely disdain using magical equipment and tools to aid their fighting. To be honest, they simply can’t use them due to a severe clash with their combat habits. It’s just like dining—Feilengcui Lord prefers to use a special utensil called "chopsticks," and how could someone used to a knife and fork possibly learn such a peculiar habit?

If the humanoid Divine Beasts of the Silk Continent are at a very low level, the advantage of using magical tools isn’t overly noticeable. However, once they reach a higher level, with seamless dual magic attacks coupled with close combat, the advantage becomes apparent! Without that golden alms bowl, Fazhang might not have lasted until now!

"Yitiao’s close-combat skills are already famous in Aegean; this I know. But why, being from the Silk and at such a high level, doesn’t he have any magic attack tools? Doesn’t this go against their tradition? Dual magic attacks are, after all, much more powerful than singular inherent magic attacks!" Wenger asked his granddaughter-in-law curiously. "I also find it odd, could it be that these humanoid Magical Beasts from the Silk Continent all have backgrounds as Alchemists? How come each of them has magical tools? Some are even magical attack equipment. Has the alchemical level of this continent reached such a pinnacle?"

"Grandfather, Yitiao was abandoned by his parents at a young age, so he only refined his crane beak into a magic battle sword, without any other means to acquire magic attack equipment, which makes him appear a bit impoverished! I’m not entirely sure how the alchemy of the Silk Continent has developed, but I know that the Divine Beasts here are very adept at learning, not inferior to us in the Aegean," Liu Zhenhuan dared not delve into the reasons. It would be a long story. The magical tools refined by humanoid Divine Beasts on the Silk Continent—so-called "magic treasures"—are mostly derived from a part of their own bodies, fixed for personal use, and cannot be borrowed by others.

Each Divine Beast sect, after countless years of development, has formed some practices for crafting battle magic treasures that will never be passed on. Yitiao, who came and went bare like the wind between mountains and rivers, how would he have the way to know these secrets? In terms of his strength, one could say he simply doesn’t need these auxiliary means.

Liu Zhenhuan is certain that the alchemical technology of the Silk Continent absolutely will not surpass that of the Aegean. The kind of universally accessible magical equipment, especially magical attack equipment, is a rare commodity here, with prices as high as gold.

Yitiao is a rare genius in Boholangsha. He would certainly look down on inferior equipment, while good equipment is hard to come by. If he could abandon his lone and haughty nature earlier, joining official forces or large Divine Beast Associations might have helped him secure a better position. With his former lone-wolf behavior, constantly retreating to the secluded mountains, if a piece of artifact fell upon him, it would truly be like pies dropping from the sky instead of rain.

But that said, ever since Yitiao followed old Liu, though Liu Zhenhuan didn’t equip him with luxury tools for direct magical attacks, with the four magic-immunity Dragon Balls and Zhaidai finger-ring, is there still a need for attack tools?

Upon hearing that Yitiao was an orphan, the five human Magic Tutors and several Dragon Clan experts couldn’t help but express regret and astonishment—even such an exceptional descendant could be heartlessly abandoned by unknown and heartless parents.

"The alchemical technology of the Silk Continent is far inferior to that of the Aegean Continent, but the crafting of cloud-based magic is at the forefront of its time and quite widespread! Esteemed elders, the weapons used by Lishan Gate’s humanoid Divine Beasts, why can they carry their bodies to soar in the air? It is due to the special effect created by the Cloud-Controlling Array engraved on the weapons. I know you all have seen that these humanoid Divine Beasts would absolutely be unable to fly through the skies based solely on their abilities." The Ninth Prince Xiao Kong couldn’t help but speak humbly as he saw everyone’s concern for his homeland, "Our magic systems, compared to those of Aegean, do have certain disparities. Although we’ve developed some new spell systems that Aegean doesn’t have, there are also some spell systems from Aegean that are entirely unheard of here!"