Arcane Journey

Chapter 219 The Magic Pivot

"Buzzing..."

Hundreds of unknown beetles surged out from the dark void of the demiplane, turning into bright purple clouds hovering above, extremely brilliant.

Spirit world beetle!

Brian glanced at the group of ferocious beetles each the size of a fist, and instantly recognized their identities.

The spirit beetle is an aborigine of the ether plane, and belongs to the plane creature at the lowest end of the food chain, because all kinds of predators in this plane mainly prey on them.

They like to build their nests on the Ethereal Plane most, and often appear on the Broken Half-Plane closer to their nests, absorbing the remaining energy to grow.

Apparently, the surging magical energy attracted the attention of the spirit beetles, so they swarmed out of their nests.

This beetle has 6 tentacled legs and an amethyst carapace with swirling patterns, a pair of very vicious jaws, which can be used to tear the boundary of the plane, allowing them to go back and forth between the physical plane and the etheric plane Jump sideways.

Seeing this group of beetles that appeared, Brian knew that they were timid and rarely attacked the material plane with the aura of the living.

This made him realize that this group of invading enemies might not be as simple as spirit beetles.

He didn't dare to be careless, before the spirit world beetle pounced, he immediately took out his flaming staff and began to cast spells.

Although the challenge level of these small beetles is only about level 1, their destructive power in groups, once they get close, even legendary spellcasters dare not underestimate them.

Because their jaws can not only tear the plane barrier, but also have unexpected effects when breaking the caster's protective force field.

If one is accidentally bitten by a spirit beetle, regardless of the size of the wound, the bleeding can only be stopped with healing magic or magic potion, otherwise, the wounded will bleed to death.

The most disgusting thing for melee professionals is that after the beetle dies on the material plane, it will explode, and the power is equivalent to the damage caused by an ordinary grenade.

Encountering such hordes of enemies, you can only bombard them with long-range spells.

——"Seven Rings Spell: Flame Storm!"

Brian quickly finished chanting the spell, and a burst of scorching energy burst out from the star ruby ​​inlaid on the top of the staff, turning into violent flames, roaring and sweeping towards the spirit beetles in the sky.

In an instant, the beetles swept by the flames suddenly turned into ashes, bursting into clusters of bright purple flames.

In just a moment, hundreds of spirit beetles died in the seven-ring spell he released.

——"Level [-] ability: Astral Predator!"

Brian didn't relax because of this, he used the "Arcane Twins" feature to create two shining nebulae, allowing them to float above the spirit beetles at the fastest speed, constantly absorbing their life energy.

——"Five-ring spell: Death cloud spell!"

Then, he used the same method to release two huge yellow-green clouds, completely blocking the remaining hundreds of spirit beetles rushing towards him.

Facing this kind of weak yet huge swarm of insects, it can be said to be the easiest to deal with for spellcasters who specialize in the evocation school.

Brian only released three spells, completely blocking all the routes of the spirit beetle trying to rush in front of him.

However, he did not relax because of this, and his expression remained extremely focused, alert to the surrounding situation.

While releasing low-level spells to clean up the remaining or single beetles, he kept observing the changes around him.

as predicted.

Just when the spirit beetle was about to be cleaned up, Brian suddenly noticed that a spirit beetle shrouded by the death cloud technique that was about to dissipate suddenly turned into a purple streamer at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to rush out. Yellow-green poisonous fog.

At the same time, the warning ability attached to the legendary-quality purple dragon seal ring he wore also sent him a message in an instant, indicating that he had encountered a fatal danger at this moment.

——"Level [-] ability: Steel Tower of Will!"

Faced with this situation, Brian was as calm and calm as ever. He activated the ability to increase mental resistance almost at the moment when the Purple Dragon Seal Ring sent out a message.

The moment a solid spiritual fortress rose in his mind, a surge of spiritual energy invaded.

This energy seemed to have hit an iron wall and was all bounced back without a trace.

Although Brian successfully resisted the attack, his brain was still hit by a hammer, and the pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow almost made him faint.

This severe pain caused his floating body to stagger, almost falling to the ground.

Such a powerful impact made Brian realize that even if his opponent is not a legendary professional, he is not far from this realm.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to cause such a powerful impact and damage to a psion's sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, a spirit world beetle floating not far from Brian, surrounded by lavender light, transformed into a slender human with smooth skin and white eyes without pupils.

"How could it be ineffective?" He stared at his pale pupils, and looked at the opponent who gradually regained his composure in disbelief, feeling incredible.

It really is a shapeshifter in the spirit world.

Seeing the enemy in its original form, Brian wiped off his cold sweat secretly. If he hadn't reacted in time just now, he almost fell into the opponent's trap.

Spirit shapeshifters are also natives of the etheric plane, and they possess the innate ability to change shape.

This transformation is not a simple change of shape, but a supernatural ability "brain blockade" - the ability that the opponent just used on him, to seize control of the opponent's brain and turn him into a paralyzed person.

The next step is to erase the memory and seize the identity, so that the shapeshifter can simulate the form of others 100% accurately, dominate their memory, and even acquire a few special abilities.

Fortunately, as long as one can overcome the "brain power blockade" of the spirit world transformer, it basically does not pose any threat to him.

"Give it to me, kill him!" Seeing Brian's raised staff, the spirit shapeshifter screamed, trying to kill his opponent by force.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

A teleportation aura emerges.

Around Brian, four strange human-sized creatures appeared without warning. Obviously, they had been dormant for a long time, and they were waiting for an order to launch a surprise attack.

The bodies of these four monsters are covered with a dark purple carapace full of spikes, with two thick bird-like thighs, and claws that look like the arms of a praying mantis.

"sssssssssssssssssssssssssssss..."

The four monsters from different planes hissed and screamed, and their mouths with saliva were surrounded by four powerful jaws, which looked disgusting and creepy.

Their blood-red pupils shot out green rays at the same time, hitting Brian's body, and then turned into four piercing arrows, rushing forward.

Feeling the energy of the sealed space attached to the dimensional anchor, Brian judged that the strength of the four monsters that suddenly appeared was at least around the fourth level.

This is the Ethereal Ravager, a carnivore of the Ethereal Plane, especially fond of the magic-filled Material Plane, and hunting travelers to the Ethereal Plane.

Their best attack method is to search for their prey through their natural perception of magic, and then use their innate supernatural ability "dimension anchor" to lock the enemy and start hunting.

Facing the pincer attacks of the four spirit world predators, Brian remained unmoved, and his cold gaze was locked on the spirit world shapeshifter from beginning to end.

——"Seven Rings Spell: Rainbow Jet!"

—— "Metamagic Specialty: Instant Spell!"

He was suspended in mid-air, allowing the predators from the spirit world to attack him, just when the shapeshifter thought he would be tired of dealing with the predator's attack, Brian pointed his staff sharply, and seven flickering and intermingled The beam of light pierced through the air at a dizzying speed, covering the spirit world shapeshifter who couldn't dodge it.

"what!!!……"

At the moment when the spirit world shapeshifter who couldn't avoid it was shrouded in brilliant light, the extreme cold, extreme heat, corrosion, and severe pain like electric shock made him let out a miserable scream.

In a panic, he immediately prepared to activate the teleportation spell to escape.

——"Level [-] ability: crystal thorn!"

Naturally, Brian would not let this opportunity go. He concentrated, and with a thought, the celestial energy seeping out of the void around the shapeshifter suddenly turned into more than a dozen persistent crystal tentacles, pulling the shapeshifter's slender body to the ground. wrapped tightly,
——"Sixth-level ability: psionic dissociation!"

Immediately afterwards, he extended his palm towards the shapeshifter in the spirit world, and the moment he suddenly clenched his fist, traces of terrifying green energy permeated from the shapeshifter's body, spreading on his skin like maggots attached to bones. The visible speed disintegrated and turned into dust amidst his mournful wailing.

"Target is dead!"

"Extracting soul energy..."

"Acquired experience points: 25000 points!"

…………

At the same time, in the short time that Brian eliminated the spirit world shapeshifter, when the four spirit world predators were about to successfully attack, a suffocating huge figure penetrated from the distant void.

This is the dragon skeleton golem that has already been transformed into an astral construct, blocking the predator's attack.

——"Supernatural ability: the majesty of the dragon!"

The dragon skeletal golem first let out a soul-deterring roar, briefly frightening the spirit world predators in place.

——"Spell-like ability: Finger of Death!"

Immediately, the two dragon claws snapped their fingers, and two blood-red rays containing destructive energy hit the two astral predators respectively, causing them to die on the spot.

Then, the dragon skeleton golem flapped its dark blue crystal wings, passed through the void through the "space sliding" ability of the astral construct, and struck in front of the third spirit world predator in the blink of an eye.

It opened its mouth wide enough to swallow predators, and spewed out a bolt of lightning, mercilessly killing it on the spot.

Brian, who killed the spirit world shapeshifter, turned around and looked over at the moment, just in time to see the dragon skeleton golem swinging its dragon claws surrounded by crackling lightning, and slapping on the hard dark purple carapace of the fourth spirit world predator, Let it die in the dancing electric light.

Looking at the crushing combat power of the Dragon Skeleton Golem, Brian nodded in satisfaction, then waved his hand to make it return to the star realm.

His dragon skeleton golem transformed from an astral construct not only inherited most of the necromantic spells mastered by the dracolich, as well as some of the characteristics of the dragon clan, but also obtained the power of the astral construct. Most abilities and abilities.

With the bonus of this powerful dragon skeleton golem, with Brian's current ability, it is enough to deal with the few spellcasters who have just advanced to legend and lack background.

As for those non-spellcaster professions, including true dragons, demons, elemental giants, or other legendary creatures who have just stepped into the legendary realm, he alone is enough to deal with them.

However, when he thought about the enemies he would face in the future, he felt that his strength was far from enough, and he even wished to be promoted to a high-level legend as soon as possible.

If it wasn't for the low level of his psion, which restricted the performance of the dragon skeleton golem, his strength would even be further improved.

After all, the gap between legends and legends is sometimes the same as the gap between ordinary mortals and extraordinary people.

In their player group, someone once vividly divided the professionals in this world into many levels whose strength reached the legendary realm.

Beings like gods and god-like beings are naturally unique and there is no comparison.

The kind of wizards, warlocks, and liches who have lived for hundreds of thousands of years are the second level.

The third level is wizards, priests, druids, paladins, true dragons, demons, elemental creatures, and celestial creatures of the good alignment who are new to the legendary realm.

Physical professionals like fighters, rangers, rogues, etc., were forced to be divided into the fourth level.

Because without the assistance of the spellcaster, even if the physical profession formed a group, it would be difficult to kill a real adult dragon, except for a certain so-called 'Shame of the Dragon Clan'.

Of course, this is only based on the overall performance of the professionals and does not represent all of them.

You must know that it is not unheard of for a wanderer whose strength has reached the legendary realm to assassinate a wizard.

Looking at the intruders who had been cleaned up by himself, Brian floated to the ground and walked towards the obelisk.

In the battle just now, he had already clearly felt that, with the passage of time, the entire demiplane had changed.

First of all, it is natural to repair most of the etheric membranes that have been distorted by space and are almost on the verge of collapse.

In this case, even if the ritual really fails, this demiplane can still last at least hundreds of years if it is left unattended.

Then the space that was originally depressed became suddenly enlightened.

Even the air has become like the early morning of dawn, and there is a refreshing and refreshing atmosphere everywhere.

The meeting ceremony was far from over, and Brian didn't bother them, but kept a certain distance from them and observed the situation on the plane.

During his patient waiting, about five hours passed.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, the entire space seemed to vibrate, and the obelisk surrounded by the four giant spirits also shook slightly, and suddenly bursts of strong energy gushed out from the top.

In a trance, Brian also saw the phantom of Sylvari, the water fairy, floating in mid-air.

Pure and holy light emanates from the phantom's body, containing divine energy, covering this small demiplane.

With the continuous spread of power, the space of the demiplane is also constantly expanding...

When the phantom disappeared, Brian was surprised to find that the demiplane had been enlarged by about 5 times, and its area was no less than the sum of five squares.

In an instant!

A natural breath exuding light green light, centered on the obelisk, suddenly spread to the entire demiplane.

This pure natural breath is like the wind of melting snow that blows the green earth and wakes up all things, filling the entire demiplane with scenes of recovery.

"Tick tock..."

A moist breeze blows towards the face, and with the soft sound of a drop of water falling on the ground, a drizzle suddenly fell in the deep void of the demiplane.

The warm, soft rain fell more and more heavily, washing over the entire plane, and the rain flowed along the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally gathered in the center of the demiplane, the lake surrounding the square tower.

The magical energy here began to become highly concentrated, flowing like a fountain torrent in the demiplane.

As an arcane spellcaster, Brian naturally felt the abundant magical aura that rushed to his face.

His body washed by the rain seemed to have all the pores stretched out in an instant, soaking in the holy pool that condensed magical energy.

At this time, a line of text that suddenly appeared on the system bar caught Brian's attention:

"Energy baptism..."

His eyes widened, and for a moment he couldn't figure out why this happened.

Immediately afterwards, he felt the phantom floating above the obelisk pointing at him.

In an instant, a huge arcane torrent swept in like a raging tide.

This pure magical energy made Brian almost suffocate, and the Austrian fire in his body trembled uncontrollably, emitting a dazzling blue and white flame.

In just a dozen seconds, the torrent of arcane power suddenly converged.

Brian's expression changed, and he immediately checked his Austrian fire attributes.

He was surprised to find that although these energy baptisms did not gain additional characteristics, many original characteristics have undergone earth-shaking changes. Even his arcane energy has changed from 314 points to 471 points, which is enough It has increased by 50%.

He can't wait to see the changes in properties.

In Arcane Fire, the original feature of "Arcane Memory" has become "Arcane Hub".

The original function was to restore 50% of the arcane energy after use, and it can be used once every three days. Now it has become 100% of the arcane energy, and the frequency of use is once a day.

Every day, you can prepare a spell you master in advance. This spell does not require any "arcane preparation" of spells and actions, and becomes the "arcane weaving" feature.

此特性可以让他每天提前准备三个1~3环的法术，两个4~6环的法术，以及一个7~9环的法术，这些法术无须任何咒语和动作。

The feature of "Arcane Burst" allows him to consume extra arcane energy when casting a spell, which gives the spell an energy burst effect, knocking enemies within the range into the air, and doing additional damage.

This feature has become that without any consumption, you can use your own thoughts to choose whether it is a spell to be released, and add an additional burst effect.

Brian withdrew his gaze, drenched in the rain that radiated natural energy, and couldn't help thinking about the impact of this change on himself in his mind.

The three characteristics that have been changed in the arcane, whether it is "arcane weaving" or "arcane burst", have not improved the nature of his strength as much as imagined.

Because of these abilities, as long as the conditions are sufficient, he can even find a way to obtain the same effect through equipment.

On the contrary, it is an additional 50% increase in arcane energy and "arcane hub" characteristics, which makes him feel that it is the biggest improvement in his own strength.

With enough arcane energy, he can use the characteristics of the blue-striped mage to release his spells through various super magic specialties.

The 50% increase in arcane power also made his mental power stronger, which meant that when he released super magic spells, the soul tremor effect would be weakened.

How much it can be weakened, he is not yet clear, he must try it himself.

Brian stopped thinking about it, came back to his senses, and looked towards the obelisk.

He already felt that the entire ceremony was over, and if there were no accidents, it should be regarded as a successful completion.

However, the moment he cast it, he was instantly shocked by the scene in front of him.

He found that the dry lake in the center of the demiplane had been filled with water at some point, and there was a trace of white mist that exuded amazing magical energy.

In the very center of the lake, the unpretentious obelisk stands alone above the water.

Accompanied by an emerald green divine radiance, the land along the lake was filled with blue hyacinths at an astonishing speed.

Brian stared at the clusters of hyacinth flowers, their small petals formed into reed-like inflorescences, and the clusters swayed in the breeze.

Such a familiar scene reminded him of the scene when he was granted divine power by the will of the plane in the reborn small world of Asno.

"A long, long time ago, in the early days of the birth of Asno Continent, the wilderness was lush, like a green ocean, and the bushes with thick branches and leaves grew silently under the mild sunshine, and the melodious singing of birds came from it. The shallow stream passed by, like a crystal clear tear trail shed by the gods in the sky, silently moistening the land..."

He can still vividly remember that the tree spirit girl transformed from the will of the world came to him with light steps, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, recalling the beautiful memories to him with longing eyes. thing.

"I remember very clearly that once Blacktman was covered with blue hyacinths, the clear light blue of the hyacinths intertwined with the tender green of the grass, like a hazy color painting in a dream. At that time The temple, in the morning and evening, the forest is always misty, and the mist flows silently through the stream and the forest, casting a layer of mystery on this land..."

"Is this another form of rebirth?" Brian sighed and muttered to himself, but he was puzzled by what he saw with his own eyes.

I don't understand what is the reason for this situation?
It was Sylvari, the Water Fairy. When she activated the divine-like power of natural attributes by pure natural energy, she aroused the remaining trace of consciousness in the divine-like power bestowed upon her by the will of the plane.

Or... is this just a coincidence.

"Maybe..." he thought to himself:

"After all, the reincarnation of life and death is the law of natural growth. No one can violate it. There is death and new life. One day, the mountains of Asno will be full of blue hyacinths. Because it not only represents life It also symbolizes the sadness of forgetting the past and starting a new life."

Brian was suspended in mid-air, looking at the hyacinths blooming on the shore, feeling extremely melancholy.

He forced himself to suppress his chaotic thoughts, and after calming down, he landed on the ground and walked towards the obelisk.

　PS: I originally planned to finish writing all of them, but I ran out of time. Sorry, I can only post half of them first.

　　
　
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