The Truth of Magic

Chapter 155 No Price

Zhao Xu once watched a certain ancient sci-fi movie "The Matrix".

One of the most talked about scenes is that when the protagonist faces a bullet, the passage of time becomes extremely slow, so that the protagonist can bend down to dodge the bullet calmly. This process was later called bullet time.

This is exactly the case with the Swift Burst series of spells.

This is also the biggest difference between them and time stop spells.

During the effective time of the time still spell, the surrounding time is still, and it cannot have a substantial impact on the outside world.

But in the state of rapid explosion, time is still flowing, so Zhao Xu can kill people just as well with a fireball.

Once the stun cost of spell sequelae can be avoided, it means that Pandora's box has been opened.

The current Zhao Xu was no longer the rookie at the beginning, and he didn't understand everything.

He immediately thought of all kinds of possibilities that could destroy the balance.

"The first idea is to trigger the release?" Zhao Xu said.

When he cast the "resurrection" spell on Elswig that day, he allowed the opponent to make another saving throw.

If Zhao Xu had been at level 3 at the time, he would have been able to cast the second level magic spell "Aura of Glory", which would have directly removed Aswig's state of fear, saving her from having to gamble on immunity.

So as long as someone casts a spell on him that can remove the stun effect after he falls into a stun state.

"Then what is your method of realization?" Antinoya asked softly when she saw that Zhao Xu had finally started to think logically like a mage.

"For example, someone cast a spell like 'panacea' on me?" Zhao Xu offered a way of thinking.

Panacea is a fourth-level divine spell, which can remove thirteen negative states from blindness to shock, including dizziness, through contact.

"Don't you think it's too expensive to find someone to cast a fourth-level divine spell for you?" Antinoya asked, "Even if it's a magic pet, it can't help you torment like this."

Zhao Xu's heart suddenly dawned.

The plan is feasible, but it needs to be further optimized.

After his character level is higher, the item familiar will gain spellcasting ability, such as being able to cast zero-level spells, but that's all.

Even if there is a spell that can give the magic pet the ability to cast spells, it is still limited.

Zhao Xu's direction needs to be considered at a lower price.

The "elixir" spell is not the only one capable of removing negative statuses.

Zhao Xu began to think about the spell in his mind, and slowly his eyes brightened.

"Medical knowledge." Zhao Xu said slowly.

Medical knowledge is a priest's second-level magic, but it is also a ranger's first-level magic, so Zhao Xu has already mastered this spell.

After casting this spell, as long as Zhao Xu has level 5 medical skills, he can cast conjuration medical spells, such as treating minor injuries, to add the effect of removing negative status.

This includes the "dizzy" state.

Both the magic pet and the master share the spell state, and can also enjoy the spell effect of "medical knowledge".

Therefore, as long as Zhao Xu's magic pet casts a zero-level spell "cure minor injuries" on him when he is dizzy, it can trigger the effect of "medical knowledge" and relieve him of "dizziness".

The 1 hp healing amount of the zero-level divine spell "cure minor wounds" is insignificant, as long as it belongs to the "conjuration medical" spell, it is enough.

"However, I'm a little passive when I use magic pets or others to treat me." Zhao Xu lowered his head and thought.

The more links you go through, the easier it is to go wrong.

It is really risky to entrust too many links to important matters related to life.

After he fell into a dizziness, things were out of his control.

This is not a risk a sane mage should take.

"Indeed." Antinoya nodded.

After getting along with Antinoya for a long time, Zhao Xu already understood what the other party meant.

If this road could only go so far, I'm afraid Antinoya would have told him that it was unrealistic from the very beginning, instead of continuing to guide him to think.

Zhao Xu continued to recall the spells he had cast.

The few days in the final scroll space were the most extravagant days in Zhao Xu's life when he used spells.

He is also extremely impressed with spells.

Even those spells above level 3 are not in his known spells, they can only be recalled by him.

Suddenly, Zhao Xu froze for a moment.

He thought of a spell, but the effect made him a little unbelievable.

And Antinoya looked at him expectantly.

Zhao Xu said in a low voice, "Cooperate with diversion spell?"

Diversion Curse is a fifth-level magic.

During the duration of the spell, within six meters of Zhao Xu, as long as someone casts a spell, he can draw energy from the flow of magic and automatically get the healing effect of the conjuration system.

Zhao Xu cast the spell himself, which would also trigger this effect.

So every time Zhao Xu cast the "quick burst" series of spells, it was equivalent to releasing a healing spell for himself.

And this healing effect triggered the effect of the first-level spell "Medical Knowledge", which removed the "dizziness" effect for him.

After this logic, Zhao Xu already felt that when the spell level stacked to a certain level.

Many seemingly costly spells can be avoided by him through the spell chain.

This was a lesson Antinoya taught him.

Spells are indeed strong and weak, but where each spell is strong or weak, he needs to dig.

The library has a lot of materials about spells. In fact, there are many spell usages, but most of them are limited to the core series of spells.

Like the "quick burst" spell, if Zhao Xu hadn't encountered it in the "final scroll" space, he might never have known such a spell existed in his life.

Some nine-ring mages may not have mastered this spell.

"Okay, don't be in a daze. You have passed the verification of the first thought, so now let's talk about the second thought." Antinoya asked.

This time Zhao Xu didn't even think about it, and said, "The second idea is immunity."

Arthur, the name of the strongest defense is immunity.

As the defense level continued to increase, Zhao Xu's "ghost strike", a direct armor-piercing attack, could wipe out the stacked value.

Only the effect of Zhao Xu's "star cloak", which is immune to non-magic weapons and magic weapons as long as the reflex save is passed, is the real defense.

The same goes for the stun effect.

"How about realizing the idea?" Antinoya asked.

"The pity of the martyrs?"

Zhao Xu slowly spoke of this fourth-level divine art unique to paladins.

This extended divine technique, which a paladin can only learn at level 13, can be released by Zhao Xu only at level 8.

This spell only occupies a fourth-level spell slot, and it can be immune to seven or eight negative states such as dizziness, exhaustion, and fatigue. Even if the health value drops below 0 points, it can stay awake until hp-10 officially dies.

The only pity is that it can't be paired with spell persistence like diversion spell therapy and medical knowledge.

"Well, then you already have a certain understanding of the entire spell list, so I won't say much." After hearing Zhao Xu's reply, Antinoya nodded slightly and continued, "I see the loophole." Is it?"

"Infinite connection?"

Zhao Xu finally brought a hint of uncertainty this time.

In fighting games, the infinite combo means that from the beginning to the end, the opponent will be frozen in a state until he dies.

In the spell, infinite chain means that Zhao Xu can continue to use the swift burst spell to continue.

Especially the eighth-level high-level rapid burst will get an additional round of time (6 seconds).

In this round, as long as he continues with a wave of swift burst spells.

Before Zhao Xu's spell slots were burned out, he could keep time in that extremely slow-flowing state.

And during this time, any spell he released could take effect on anyone.

Others are equivalent to being unable to move, and he can keep throwing spells until the spell slots are not enough to release "Swift Burst".

He is not invincible like this, who else is invincible.

Even if Zhao Xu could only cast the "Secondary Rapid Burst" spell now, and the action time he got was only enough to move, he could do a lot of tricks.

Even if someone attacked him, he could forcefully unleash this spell and forcibly open the distance again.

"So after this spell was abused, it was corrected by the will of the world." Antinoya interjected at this time.

"In some multi-dimensional worlds, the rule of no cost, no benefit is adhered to. If you get extra actions, you will inevitably fall into dizziness. If you are immune, you will not be able to cast this spell."

"As for Arthur, it is the rule of inevitable cost. Only after the cost takes effect, you can cast this spell for the second time."

Antinoya explained.

Hearing this, Zhao Xu understood.

He can enjoy the first burst of swiftness without being stunned afterwards.

But when he wants to cast this spell for the second time, he must accept the previous stun effect so that he can continue to cast this spell.

So this also put an end to the possibility of him casting the "Swift Burst" series of spells continuously, so that others can only watch him play alone.

But at this moment, Zhao Xu also began to notice that most of the methods he thought of involved divine arts.

Ordinary mages have to go around without divine skills, so naturally it is not as convenient as his Sinnoh dual cultivation.

It's just that Zhao Xu immediately realized that he was thinking too much.

Ordinary mage, where can I learn this kind of spell?

"Okay, next, let's conduct a test." At this moment, Antinoya suddenly said to Zhao Xu with a teasing smile.

She took out a pair of deep red high boots from the dimension bag, and the soles of the boots were bright copper.

"Considering that after you use the secondary swift burst spell, the time you have to move is very limited. So this pair of Shunpo boots will be used as the spoils for the next test."

"It can be triggered and used only by moving actions, 5 times a day, each time it can be teleported for a short distance of 6 meters."

Looking at the high boots, Zhao Xu's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Usually he can also use these boots for short-distance teleportation. And because the activation time is not long, he can completely release a "Standard Action" spell within 1 round, and then activate the boots teleportation.

And at a fatal moment, even if others slashed in front of him with a knife, he could calmly release the "Secondary Rapid Burst" spell, and then use the limited time to activate the boots to teleport away.

This is not the most primitive kite tactics.

"Then try it?" Zhao Xu smiled confidently at Antinoya.