Chapter 328: Calamity of Blue Thunder
Chi Yao returned to his exclusive room, and was a little confused when he saw the long list of information displayed in Paradise. He couldn't help but check it carefully.
After a while, Chi Yao finally figured out the details of this Cang Lei test.
First of all, a long time ago, a powerful blacksmith planned to conduct in-depth research on "dark thunder" in order to improve his skills, and prepared to forge special equipment with corresponding properties.
As the blacksmith continued to conduct in-depth research, he would naturally make various equipment samples to verify his conjectures. The Cang Lei Tribulation was an early experimental work of the blacksmith. The Cang Lei was a replica of some of the characteristics of the "Dark Thunder". For the safety of the user, the blacksmith created an assessment space. If you want to fully exert the power of the Cang Lei equipment, you must enter the Cang Lei space to accept the test.
As for the main content of this Cang Lei test, it is similar to what Chi Yao had predicted before. In simple terms, it requires one to "accept the baptism of Cang Lei", or in layman's terms, "be struck by lightning". The closer one is to the central statue in the test space, the stronger the power of Cang Lei one will suffer.
In the process of being struck by lightning, one can gradually adapt to the lightning and temper the body, so this is also a cyclical and gradual process. Generally, participants will take part in the test many times.
There are only a handful of records like Chi Yao who passed the test in one go in the history of Cang Lei Test.
Chi Yao was able to break the previous historical record by, firstly, clearing the levels continuously in a very short time, and, secondly, passing the test of the last level at an extremely fast speed.
Normally, the test of the last level requires participants to face the statue's charged lightning strike, and they can only pass it if they can withstand it.
Chi Yao, on the other hand, relied on the magic patterns and rune knowledge he had learned to directly break the statue's power-charging array, preventing the charged lightning strike from occurring. Moreover, this result was recognized by the statue, allowing Chi Yao to achieve the record for the fastest clearance.
[You have passed the final stage of the Cang Lei assessment, and the Cang Lei Tribulation has unlocked all abilities. ]
[You have broken the highest record in the history of the Cang Lei assessment, and you have obtained the extra reward "Cang Lei Seed"]
The extra reward that Chi Yao received after breaking the record was also distributed to him by the Paradise. It was a small blue-black lightning ball placed in a glass tube.
Cang Lei Seed
Quality: Light Gold
Type: Consumable
Rating: 300 (Light Gold Equipment Ratings are 260 to 310)
Equipment requirements: Pass the final test of the Cang Lei test. (Achieved)
Effect: After using it, you can initially master Cang Lei.
Introduction: The source of power condensed from countless blue thunders. Whether one can control the blue thunders depends on the ability of the user.
Looking at the Cang Lei Seed in his hand, Chi Yao was a little hesitant. He didn't know what effect this thing that changed one's own energy properties would have on himself, so he needed to consider it carefully. It would be best to seek advice from a senior.
Thinking of this, Chi Yao took out the Unfortunate Necklace and found that its function of entering the Hall of Destiny was temporarily unavailable. There was also a message from Ruifei in the item introduction.
Ruifei: "I'm out, please don't disturb me~~"
Chi Yao sighed, put the unused necklace back into the storage space, and checked the information after the Cang Lei Tribulation was fully unlocked.
[Canglei Disaster]
Quality: Light Gold
Category: Belt
Durability: 93/93
Equipment requirements: 30 points of physical strength, 30 points of intelligence, and more than 15 points of lightning affinity.
Equipment Effect 1, Barrier Breaking: The lightning damage you cause will have a 50% penetration effect on shield-type abilities.
Equipment effect two, Cangjie: For every 3 points of lightning element affinity, you gain 1 point of lightning resistance, with a cap of 10 points.
Rating: 310+
Introduction: You have passed the test. A strong body is the key to enduring the baptism of blue thunder.
Chi Yao was quite satisfied with the effect of the Cang Lei Zhi Jie. The shield-penetrating effect alone was enough to live up to its full-rated quality, not to mention the effect of enhancing lightning resistance.
Chi Yao decisively equipped himself with the Cang Lei Zhi Jie, and he could sell the blue quality Lightning Belt that he had replaced.
"I can't go to Ruifei right now, and I have an appointment with Su Xiao to compete tomorrow. Well, let's go to the training ground first."
Feeling the bonus brought by the Cang Lei Jie, Chi Yaoyou touched his chin and thought for a while, and decided to go to the training ground to exercise and get familiar with his current strength.
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[Welcome hunters to use the trial field, please select the mode. ]
"Assist mode, summon advanced mirror El Johnson, first 2 hours."
Chi Yao chose to summon an old friend, El Johnson, who was not only knowledgeable and powerful, but also El Johnson thought highly of Chi Yao and regarded him as the successor of his magic.
[Hunter authority has been activated, El Johnson's mirror image is being summoned, and the summoning is complete. ]
A moment later, El Johnson appeared in front of Chi Yao. He looked relaxed and it seemed that he was used to the mirror mechanism of the Reincarnation Paradise.
El Johnson looked at Chi Yao and spoke.
"Not bad, you've become a little stronger. Shall we continue with our last explanation of the elements?"
Chi Yao shook his head slightly, took out Ni Yun and answered.
"Teacher Johnson, let's stop explaining the elements for a moment."
Chi Yao raised his head, his eyes only directed at El Johnson, and placed the Reverse Luck horizontally in front of him.
"My current development direction is to focus on spells and supplement them with techniques. When I was developing spells before, I had an immature idea and I would like to ask Mr. Johnson for advice."
El Johnson's eyes lit up and he waited and watched.
"But it's okay. What do you think?"
Chi Yao paused for a moment before continuing.
"I currently have three technical passive abilities. Energy Master and Spell Specialization can directly affect spells, while Scythe Specialization is effective for melee attacks."
"So after some testing, I had an idea, that is, can I release the spell in a technical way to make this spell burst out with greater power?"
"I have tested it many times in combat. It is not that easy to use spells to enhance melee combat. Most of the time, it has no effect. Only a few times can it be successful and the effect is not obvious."
El Johnson nodded slightly with a smile on his face, and seemed quite satisfied with the idea proposed by Chi Yao.
"I didn't expect you to be able to think of this level now. It seems that I still underestimated you."
"Then let me tell you. Generally speaking, spells and techniques are two independent systems, except for a few professions, such as magic swordsman and magic knight, which are specialized professions that integrate spells and techniques together. However, this also requires corresponding trade-offs."
"And at the level of true high-end combat power, it is not true that pure techniques and pure mages are inferior to these specialized professions that combine the two."
"Generally speaking, people who practice both magic and techniques choose one system as the core and the other as the auxiliary."
"You are currently using spells as the main method and techniques as the auxiliary method. According to the terminology of my world, you are called a 'spell fighter'. In simple terms, you use your war sickle technique to assist in casting spells."
"As for your suggestion of releasing spells through techniques, it is difficult. To be honest, it is not something you can do at this stage. You saying that you can succeed has far exceeded my expectations."
"You have once again broken the common sense of my world. Is this the contractor of the Paradise of Reincarnation?"
At this point, El Johnson couldn't help but glance at Chi Yao, his tone was quite surprised, as if he had learned something new.
Boom boom
Three stone pillars nearly ten meters thick were raised on the ground in front of El Johnson.
"However, if you want to develop a trump card, I can give you a reference."
As El Johnson spoke, he stretched out his hand and condensed a long sword made of lightning. He half-crouched, put the lightning sword to his waist, and made a gesture of drawing the sword.
With
a clear sound of sword, El Johnson's whole body turned into a flash of lightning and appeared behind the stone pillar in the blink of an eye.
After El Johnson appeared, an unparalleled sword mark flashed with lightning, splitting the three stone pillars in half from the middle.
Looking at El Johnson's operation, Chi Yao was a little skeptical.
"Are you sure this isn't the effect of your swordsmanship skills?"
El Johnson walked in front of Chi Yao and held up the lightning sword in his hand.
"It's completely the effect of the spell. I just materialized the ordinary lightning strike. As for the swordsmanship, I just simply slashed horizontally with the sword."
"Of course, with a good technical foundation, the effects of the spells you can cast can also be enhanced."
Then, El Johnson paused, his tone slightly regretful.
"However, in my opinion, the regular mages in your paradise are already taking an unconventional approach. Constantly experiencing a changing world environment requires you to have extremely strong combat capabilities."
"And a skirmish is the worst situation for a mage. A mage's strengths lie in positional warfare and the chanting and casting of large spells."
"If you still want to use spells as your main skill in the future, you need to find more ways to cast spells during battles, so that you can use these skills to assist in the smooth release of large spells and make the final decision."
Chi Yao was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly.
"Thank you for your explanation, teacher. I will pay attention to it."
Well, I still have to apologize because I was asked to revise the assignment I submitted previously, so I can only squeeze out one update tonight.
There will be two updates tomorrow. I will write about the competition with Su Xiao, and then return to reality. I will just briefly mention this.
After returning to Paradise, I will also write about the legacy patch that Mosquito made, and by the way, fill in the gaps that Mosquito has not filled, and go directly to the survival trial in the next world.
(End of this chapter)