pertwk Chapter 66 A Failed Attempt
Chapter 66 A Failed Attempt
Maintaining the spell's model, holding back the attack, Loon's own mental energy was consumed as if burning away during this process.
If the mental energy consumption of Luo Ang when casting the Thunderclap spell is one, then the mental energy consumption required to maintain the spell model of the Thunderclap spell without releasing it is three or five per second—and the rate of mental energy consumption increases with the duration of the spell.
Furthermore, while maintaining the spell model, Loen's own mental energy was also constantly vibrating under the 'mystery' gathered by the spell model.
This is a technique I learned from the orchid wizard.
For a wizard, maintaining a spell requires ten or even a hundred times more mental energy than a spell used in actual combat.
In this way, wizards can hone their control over magic, but also consume a large amount of their mental energy.
—Depleting one's mental energy to its limit and then allowing it to slowly recover is also a way to increase mental energy outside of meditation.
Furthermore, the mystique evoked by magic, with its shock effect on mental power, makes the wizard's own mental power more stable and less susceptible to influence from other things, making it less likely to be disturbed when the wizard is casting spells.
In short, this is a very useful technique for wizards.
And so, while maintaining the spell model of Thunderclap, he endured the mental shock and observed the changes in his bloodline.
I don't know how much time passed, but a wave of intense fatigue washed over me, and a slight stinging sensation arose in my mind—this was a sign that my mental energy was about to reach its limit.
At this moment, Loon dispersed and released his attachment to the spell model.
The condensed spell model was immediately dispersed by the gathered mystery, and Luo Ang's own bloodline also surged.
"Phew..." Luo Ang let out a long breath, then checked the time.
It's only been four minutes and thirty-two seconds.
"Tsk." Luo Ang clicked his tongue, shook his head, and refocused his somewhat scattered mind. He then took out his notebook and began to record and trace some transition marks in his notes.
These were the structures and traces he observed in his bloodline when he was maintaining the Thunderclap Technique.
The monster atlas given by the Orchid Wizard not only recorded the talents that monster wizards could gain by contracting different monsters, but also the characteristics of those monsters.
—The diagram clearly states that the source of Luo Ang's bloodline, the White Eagle, is a level-two magical beast.
There are three types of magic inherited in their bloodline.
Firstly, there's the Thunderclap Technique mastered by Lo Ang, which directly summons lightning to attack enemies.
Secondly, there is the Swift Thunder Technique, which uses the power of thunder to accelerate one's speed and reaction.
Thirdly, there is the Thunderclap Technique. The white eagle gathers the power of lightning and spreads it across its body, as if it were wearing armor and growing sharp blades. This makes its claws, beak, wings, and other parts carry the effect of lightning when it attacks. It is said that a very small number of highly talented white eagles can even break through the limitations of flesh and blood through the effect of this Thunderclap Technique and become something similar to an elemental creature in a short period of time.
These three spells are hidden within the bloodline of the White Eagle.
Luo Ang is currently working on a jigsaw puzzle.
First, find enough traces and enough fragments within the bloodline.
Then these fragments are used to piece together a complete model.
Of course, this task is much more difficult than a jigsaw puzzle.
After all, with a real jigsaw puzzle, you know what the final product will look like, and you also know what each individual piece looks like.
Those fragments were perfectly intact... there were more of them than missing.
However, Luo Ang had no idea what the final spell model would look like, nor did he know which spell model the structures and fragments he was "seeing" belonged to, or whether they were just meaningless redundancies...
Under such circumstances, it is easy to imagine how difficult it would be to piece together the spell models for the other two spells.
Fortunately, Luo Ang was not in a hurry.
This was merely an "extra" benefit he gained beyond expending his mental energy and enhancing his bloodline power.
He doesn't lack magic now.
If we could piece together two more spell models and learn two more spells, that would certainly be something to be happy about.
If you can't piece it together, it's not worth worrying about—after all, it doesn't take much effort to do this.
It's simply a matter of paying more attention to the traces appearing in your bloodline when you're using Thunderclap Technique to maintain your mental energy each day, and then memorizing those traces.
It's just for fun!
After playing the jigsaw puzzle for about half an hour, the stinging pain in my soul subsided, and the fatigue finally dissipated.
This means that Luo Ang's mental energy has partially recovered from its depleted state.
At this moment, Luo Ang closed his notebook and stood up to perform the ritualistic steps in the room.
Having recovered some of his spiritual power, he moved accordingly, connecting, pausing, and shifting in the void...
Depict the key points of the boiling technique step by step, and build a model of the boiling technique.
Using the method of stepping on the Big Dipper as a reference, one can guide the flow of spiritual energy and build a spell model for the Boiling Technique. Compared to directly sketching the spell model in one's mind, this method is much simpler, but this simplicity is still limited.
One of the biggest problems is how to achieve "synchronization".
The Boiling spell model has twenty-four spell nodes. The distances between the nodes vary in length, and the paths connecting the nodes can be curved or straight.
—When performing the stepping and turning movements, the number of steps connecting each node is completely different.
The distance and time required to travel from one node to another vary.
However, the spiritual significance of time and space is completely different from their physical significance.
At the physical level, moving from one node to another requires different steps and different amounts of time. But at the spiritual level, moving from one node to the next, whether it's an arc or a straight line, short or long, is just a thought.
The method of stepping on the Big Dipper allows Luo Ang to mentally correspond to the 'spatial structure' of the model, but it cannot allow Luo Ang to grasp the 'temporal structure' of the model.
On a spiritual level, the time required for the Boiling spell's transformation from one node to another is the same.
However, this is very difficult to achieve at the physical level.
The reason for this is quite simple.
—To ensure that the time from one node to another is consistent in spirit, and to maintain this concept of "uniform speed", then Luo Ang needs to maintain his own "uniform speed" when he is performing the stepping steps.
However, in the model of the Boiling Technique, the distance between nodes in its spatial structure is different.
Once Luo Ang maintains a 'constant speed' while performing the stepping and turning movements, the time it takes to travel from one node to another will not be consistent.
Conversely, if Luo Ang were to ensure that the time from one node to another was consistent when he was performing the stepping steps, he would not be able to maintain his "uniform speed," and his stepping steps would inevitably have varying speeds.
The body, as a reference point, varies in speed when performing the steps of the Big Dipper, and the mind will also exhibit varying speeds, making it impossible to maintain a "uniform speed".
What does "blocked at both ends" mean?
This is called blocking both ends!
"strangeness."
"Although the previous spells only used hand gestures as a reference, the changes in those hand gestures still varied in speed."
"How did I manage to avoid the influence of speed and maintain a 'constant pace' on a spiritual level back then?"
"Is there really such a big difference between a single hand gesture and its corresponding stepping and treading?"
Loon frowned in thought, tracing the spell model of 'Underwater Breathing' with his finger.
The speed at which the fingertips meander and turn is not uniform, just like the stepping of the Big Dipper. However, the spiritual power that moves with the fingertips connects the time of each node without being affected at all, maintaining a unified pace.
When the gesture stopped, the underwater breathing technique model was successfully constructed and then released onto Luo Ang's body.
"Where exactly is the problem?"
"What's the difference between simple hand gestures and the coordination of this stepping and fighting technique?" Luo Ang looked down at his palms.
The lines drawn by his fingertips were reflected in his field of vision, and then gradually expanded outwards.
When the entire palm appeared before Luo Ang's eyes, a flash of inspiration passed by in an instant.
"I know where the problem lies!"