Chapter 544: A grade-5 expert (Part 1)
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
As that mountain peak ca into closer view, Lex and the rest cast the Windspeed Skill. They still walked for a total of ten hours before reaching the foot of the mountain. At this point in ti, the mountain peak no longer appeared to be hundreds of yards tall, it was thousands of yards in height. Half of the peak penetrated the clouds, it stretched for hundreds of miles. The temple atop could no longer be seen clearly.
“Good technique!” Saleen exclaid. This was actually a genuine colossal world ford by making use of a narrow space. The journey seed to only require about an hour, but it actually consud ten tis the duration. The real height of the peak could only be determined when one got close to it. One could surveil the temple from afar, but they could not do so at close range.
With such a thod of space managent, long range spells, trebuchets, magic cannons, or magic crystal cannons would also lose their efficacy. One could not even aim properly. All sense of distance had beco illusory, even if magic props were used for asurent, there would be a great deviation too.
The elents in this space were extrely concentrated, it was quite easy to use the magic chords to deploy them. The elents were also arranged in an orderly fashion, it was not chaotic at all. Saleen exclaid that the goddess’ techniques were sophisticated though. This space was not created by so magic array, instead, the goddess had made a completely new rule here.
Even though the journey was undisturbed, Lex still ordered everyone to set up camp at the foot of the mountain, they would rest one night before ascending the mountain. There did not seem to be any danger inside or outside the temple. The temple on the peak seed to be the place where the goddess had conserved the seeds of the divine trees. If there were any protective magic arrays, or runic arrays from the realm of gods, then a certain magnitude of power would be required to overco them other than relying on Saleen to communicate via his divine power.
A mythical beast had a life of ten-thousand years. It had been so many years since the goddess had fallen, so all the mythical beasts should be dead by now. Lex did not understand how that mythical beast standing on Saleen’s shoulder survived.
Saleen was not tired, he sat under the peak and looked up. The peak was green and lush, emanating a very intense scent of life, but there were no powerful magic beasts around. Saleen’s Icy Sight could observe two or three miles into the distance. At this distance, there was no other danger other than so insects and weak animals.
Tourmaline laid on Saleen’s shoulder, in disapproval at the humans’ vigilance. Everything in the temple was gone. Other than itself, there were no other mighty forms of life in this space anymore. “These humans are really cowardly, they should just go up and retrieve the seeds of the divine trees, there is no need to beat about the bush. Mother has asked to protect the seeds of the divine trees, it’s not that I never did my best, just let them take them. I shall follow this mage and see what they are going to do with the seeds.”
Jessica hatched the mythical beast forcefully, causing Tourmaline to think that she was its mother. Mythical beasts did not have the notion of a master. If it was not for the scent of the goddess on Saleen’s body, it would have escaped at the first opportunity. It also loved Sika’s scent, but it was exceptionally guarded against Nailisi.
In front of Saleen, a ball of water fla levitated in mid-air. The quiver crafted by Eleanor was engulfed in this water fla. This mage called Eleanor possessed archery skills which were more horrifying than her magic. It was just that her archery skills needed relevant equipnt in order to unleash their full power. Before eting Saleen, Eleanor possessed a plethora of abilities, but she could not release her strongest offensive power.
If she was in the elf plane, she would have many ideas to complent her skills by using similar materials. On the Myers mainland, the resources were different from those found on the elf plane.
Saleen observed the arrangent of elents in this space, slowly deducing the thod the goddess used to fold spaces. It was impossible for him to replicate such an ability, but it would be extrely beneficial if he could just learn a ten-thousandth of it. If he had learned the skill, the quiver he was refining at the mont would be able to store three-hundred and sixty divinecherry arrows.
This would thus compensate for the inadequacy of the long range attacks of Saleen’s team. When a divinecherry arrow was paired with an elvish shortbow, the range would exceed most level-6 spells already. Eleanor also was a grade-5 mage, so all attacks within five-hundred yards would not deplete her ntal strength. If a divine crystal the size of a rice grain was mosaicked into the elvish shortbow, the problem of Eleanor’s insufficient ntal strength could be solved imdiately. Within one-thousand yards, she would be able to shoot accurately.
A distance of fifty to five-hundred yards was the area Saleen could control. In this range, be it the magic chords or ntal strength, Saleen would have an overwhelming advantage over mages of the sa grade as him.
Within fifty yards, Saleen had three people he could deploy, Jola, Su, and Nailisi. At less than fifty yards, the four demons and the demonic spirit would be a good offensive forces; especially Cuisi. Even though Cuisi rarely took any action, Saleen knew that Cuisi’s offensive power was definitely stronger than that of Nailisi, it was just that he did not have a space for developnt like what Nailisi had.
“Saleen, I want a divine crystal.” Sika approached Saleen from behind, coming beside him and then sitting down.
“Hmm?” Saleen was montarily stunned. The divine crystal extracted from Ismail’s brain had been given to Nailisi, while the one obtained from the goddess’ statue was to be shared equally with Lex.
Sika laughed, then said, “I have spoken to Lex. You can cut from the top, I can settle for a piece with standard surface area.”
“That’s good.” Saleen was also afraid that Lex might beco paranoid, so he did not dare to touch that large divine crystal. Lex had many mages serving her, while Saleen had to take care of the population of mages from Sregl Island. Even though this divine crystal was huge and totally sufficient to be shared by two persons, Saleen did not want to arouse anyone’s suspicion.
It was not that Saleen did not want to split the divine crystal imdiately, but a divine crystal was exponentially sturdier than a magic nucleus. Segnting a magic nucleus was a task which required days, so this divine crystal might require one to two years to be segnted. Saleen planned to let Lex carry out this task when he returned to tatrin City where there was suitable alchemical equipnt.
Sika demanded a divine crystal with a standard surface area. Even though this task would be very tedious, the required size could still be segnted in one night.
Saleen took out that colossal divine crystal, then he slapped the calabash hanging around his waist, causing a green water flow to spurt out. Saleen then grabbed a handful of black sand. This black sand was refined from the sand in the Purgatory Desert, it could increase the power of the tornadoes by several tis. This was sothing Saleen had learned during the sandstorm. The black sand in strong winds was like countless knives grinding repeatedly. No matter how strong one’s defense was, it would also be worn off eventually.
After the black sand was refined, it had beco tougher. Once it got adulterated with the water flow, it would amplify the cutting ability of the water flow by several tis.
Currently, Saleen’s grade was not high enough. If he was over grade-7, he could make the water flow turn into the essence of the water elent naturally, bringing its sharpness to that of a level-7 attack. By then, the Current Cutter would be a really powerful spell.
If Saleen could beco a grade-9 sorcerer, he would be able to control the water flow freely and create a crystal drill from the water flow anyti. Basically, all magic shields below level-9 could be cut apart by his water flow in an instant. Even a level-9 magic shield would not be able to hold out for too long.
From this perspective, Saleen did not suffer many losses when he did not use the Shenhe to produce water puppets. The sustained attack duration of the water flow was extrely protracted, and it would not consu any magic chords either. Once it reached level-9, its offensive power would be stronger than most level-9 spells. As long as Saleen did not fight with a Golden Grand Swordmaster, he would always have an advantage over the opponent.
Fortunately, the second Shenhe Saleen had obtained was also condensed from the water elent, so it could also be used to produce water puppets.
The water flow perated the black sand, creating shrill friction noises on the divine crystal. It cut out hardly visible fine marks. Saleen was multitasking. As he used the water flow to segnt the divine crystal, he was also helping Eleanor refine her quiver.
From a short distance away, Eleanor observed Saleen at work. At this point in ti, she was full of admiration for him. By carrying out two tasks at once, it showed that Saleen’s ntal strength was at the level of a sorcerer already, normal grand mage could not achieve such a feat no matter what.
So far in his life, Saleen had led very little peaceful days, so his patience had been greatly cultivated. As he was cutting the divine crystal and refining the quiver at the sa ti, he appeared to be at ease, there was not even a sign of haste. It was as though he had done such things countless tis already. Saleen was not doing this without rhy nor reason though. As the foundation for combat magic, double release, and advanced release required precise handling. Saleen had trained his controlling ability to the maximum limit of a normal mage, and if he wanted to continue making progress, he would have to look for another thod.
Displaying two totally unrelated skills at the sa ti was the practice thod Saleen had honed.
The process of refining the quiver required the water flas to refine the holy words and magic array on the divinecherry wood continuously. On the other hand, segnting a divine crystal required the water flow to be maintained at the right angle in order to cut it into a standard shape so that it could be mosaicked into any equipnt.
Be it a magic nucleus or divine crystal, one segnted piece with standard surface area could only have twenty-four facets at most. If the size of the facet and angle it was cut at was wrong, then the segnted piece would waste large amounts of energy during usage. Segnting a magic nucleus was also a way low grade mages made a livelihood because a normal person would never be up to this task.
The goddess’ statue in Luo ka City had been absorbing the power of faith from hundreds of thousands of creatures, thus the resultant divine crystal was of unparalleled purity. That was why Sika only needed a segnted piece with standard surface area. A divine crystal was different from a magic nucleus, it did not an that the effect would be greater if the size was larger. Instead, the more standard the cut, the better the effect.
Saleen gradually felt that his own ntal strength had increased noticeably, the speed of depletion was lagging behind the speed of increase. He had discovered a novel thod to control the elents. Saleen giggled secretly. Six tornadoes were released, and after being mixed with the refined black sand, they encircled Saleen.
From afar, Eleanor noticed that Saleen was suddenly enveloped by a huge Wind spell. This Wind spell was originally translucent, but Saleen’s silhouette could not be seen at all now. Many black lines encircled Saleen, causing Saleen’s image to be greatly distorted, one could not even see his real appearance.
Saleen had actually created a powerful complex spell while working! Other than the tornadoes, falling snowflakes had appeared outside the tornadoes. These snowflakes seed very fragile when in fact each of them possessed an offensive power equivalent to that of a level-6 spell. As a grade-5 mage, this spell released by Saleen was both offensive and defensive. Even though it could not be considered as a long range spell, it would render a warrior helpless, even if this warrior was a Black tal Grand Swordmaster.
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