"Your knowledge (mysterious) skill bonus itself is 4 points less than me, plus these 5 points of performance bonus from reading, it is a 9-point difference." Ying silently looked at Zhao Xu and said.

"I have 19 skill bonuses, plus 8 points of source feedback, a total of 27 points have not passed."

In general, the skill bonus of a player is adjusted by the corresponding attribute on the level stack, such as knowledge corresponding to the intelligence attribute.

Zhao Xu's knowledge (mystery) level is 1 level less than Shadow, and his intelligence adjustment is 3 points less, so his knowledge (mystery) bonus is a full 4 points less than Shadow, and it is only 7 points.

And after Shadow stacked skills, it reached a peak of 19 points, and it failed.

This is also the reason why she is full of doubts about Zhao Xu's attempt.

"I have a spell called 'Song of Knowledge' that gives me +5 performance for my skills." Zhao Xu explained.

Suddenly, Ying took a step closer towards Zhao Xu, and asked in a hurried tone, "Are all skills?" ”

She immediately got to the heart of the matter.

Zhao Xu nodded and admitted this.

In the face of these players who will inevitably become high-level mages in the future, there is no point in lying now, because everyone is not an ordinary person.

"I knew it, I knew it." Even if Ying was usually extremely confident and proud, he couldn't help but stomp his legs at this moment.

"I almost searched through all the spell books to find a powerful spell in terms of this skill, but I couldn't find it. I thought it was written by the mage. ”

As soon as Ying finished speaking, she couldn't help but stare at Zhao Xu, but words such as "Little brother, teach me this spell" were completely indescribable with her character.

After taking a deep breath to calm his emotions, Shadow tentatively asked, "After increasing the caster's effect, how much more bonus can I increase?" ”

Zhao Xu glanced at the shadow that was a little excited from the beginning after seeing this spell, and said: "4 points at the beginning, and 1 point will be added for every 2 caster levels in the future." ”

If Zhao Xu has a level 10 caster level, then this spell can increase the skill level by nearly 9 points, which has already crushed the advantage of the shadow over Zhao Xu.

At this time, Lu suddenly said, "Mr. Feng, can you evaluate the value of this spell with the person who taught you this spell after you go out?" If you are willing to borrow and transcribe after discussion, I can pay for the borrowing fee. ”

After seeing Lu say this, Ying was about to say no, but Lu waved his hand to stop him, "Don't worry, you can use the gold coins in that paper bag wallet, I'll just cushion it first." ”

Zhao Xu didn't expect Lu and Ying to have a good relationship to this point.

He can only secretly wonder, why can't he see a rich young lady to support him.

However, after hearing that Zhao Xu was sure, Ying still handed Zhao Xu the "intellectual turban" she had brought before.

The moment Zhao Xu took over the "intellectual headscarf", he was indeed a little touched.

As long as he carries this thing for 24 hours, the attributes provided by the equipment will take effect, and his intelligence can be considered saved.

After Zhao Xu put on the intellectual turban, he immediately began to perform the "Song of Knowledge".

The Song of Learning's cast time is one of the few spells that lasts more than 1 round, not as long as the previous Identification Spell of an hour, but it can take a minute.

So Zhao Xu looked at the long mantras in his mind throughout the whole process, and chanted word by word.

Finally, at the moment when the spell is completed.

A sudden new feeling appeared in Zhao Xu's mind.

It's not the lucky bonus that does everything right, and it's not the environment bonus that has something to help with corrections.

The performance added value for Zhao Xu is to greatly improve his personal performance level.

He even felt a strong sense of confidence that he would pass the test perfectly.

Zhao Xu's whole person was engrossed in looking at the stone slab, and now his knowledge (mysterious) skill bonus was as high as 15 points.

However, Zhao Xu knew that he was not enough.

He needs more strength to help him break through the predicament in front of him.

Suddenly, on Zhao Xu's character card panel, the potential points he gained when he reached level 2 began to surge.

Zhao Xu can only obtain 5 potential points at each level, and it will be invalid if it expires, so he will treat this ability as air until level 9.

But now, the last bit of potential that was used up began to be transformed into his help according to Zhao Xu's wishes.

Potential points, i.e., heroic power.

But whenever heroes run rampant in the world, they can burst out with power that ordinary people can't reach, all with extraordinary potential.

In an instant, Zhao Xu noticed his knowledge (mystery) value, which soared from 15 to 19 under the effect of potential points!

"Checked!"

Zhao Xu shouted in his heart.

In an instant, his consciousness began to connect with the source of knowledge.

A twenty-sided dice appeared in Zhao Xu's sea of consciousness, spinning constantly.

The final number will be the help that Zhao Xu can get from the source of knowledge.

The dice stopped suddenly, the spinning pace came to an abrupt halt, and a brutal 1 pointed upward.

Zhao Xu's knowledge (mysterious) skill is 19 points, plus this 1 point is nearly 20 points from the source.

But it is far from enough to overcome the cognitive barrier of this stone tablet and successfully communicate with the origin.

Zhao Xu's face sank, and the final communication result had not yet come out.

But in the blink of an eye, he knew that he had basically failed.

Yiying was as high as 19 points, plus 8 points of the dice, and failed to pass until 27 points, so Zhao Xu's 20 naturally didn't need to think about it.

At this moment, Zhao Xu looked at the dice that had fallen calmly and no longer changed.

Mages can reverse fate.

Strictly speaking, it's spells that can reverse fate.

"Let's work now!"

Zhao Xu suddenly unleashed this mysterious spell again.

This first-level arcane technique only required the action of intuitive reaction, and Zhao Xu used the multi-talented spellcaster to consume two zero-level spell slots in an instant, and successfully released it.

Suddenly, the originally calm dice twisted again.

[Adventurer Midsummer, re-take the knowledge (mystery test) = 19 + 1D20 = 19 + 11 = 30 points, pass the DC30 difficulty, and the test is successful. 】

The dice fell again, only this time the value above them was 11 points.

Zhao Xu's knowledge (mysterious) test result was 30 points, and he crossed the 30-story high barrier and successfully communicated the source of knowledge directly.

Suddenly, the mysterious symbols on the stele began to structure in front of his eyes, and little by little they turned into something that he could understand.

"It's a spell that can be used three times."

"You can shelter yourself once, you can save lives once, you can reach the other side once."

After Zhao Xu finished praying for that, a mysterious circle of light suddenly appeared all over his body.

He couldn't help but look confused, he used it once?

Suddenly, the cracks in the stone tablet spread all around, becoming dense, and countless deaths began to gush out from inside.

Zhao Xu immediately wanted to ask the two girls to dodge.

It's just that after the stone tablet exploded, an evil force that seemed to erupt from the abyss and purgatory, mixed with the destructive light of death and terror, exploded in an instant.

Destroyed an entire area of 100 meters.

It wasn't until the black light dissipated that Zhao Xu regained his eyesight.

When he looked up, the already desolate cliffs became even more deadly.

The ground seemed to be ploughed into countless ravines.

The nearest thorn forest was covered in black light, and the outermost thorns were completely corrupted and fell to the ground.

In front of Zhao Xu, the two women had already fallen to the ground, and their bodies were already looming, which was a sign that they were about to go to the Creation Temple.

Zhao Xu hurriedly walked over, and after Ying and Lu fell to the ground, the faces of the two women were revealed.

But Zhao Xu looked at this scene of incense and jade, as if recalling the past.

His fists clenched!

"Save one and move on."

"Life is meant to be a choice, and this is the cruel world of mages."

Reian's familiar voice came again, only this time it was different, it reverberated directly through the entire space.

"Of course, you can also leave that resurrection chance and choose to go alone. In this way, you will have one more chance of resurrection than others in the future. ”

"That's the real reward of this trial."

"Take action, and then there are choices that will determine your true fate."

After Lei An's voice disappeared, the entire cliff fell into silence again, and only Zhao Xu was alone with the sound of heavy breathing.

Zhao Xu turned around and looked at the blood moon in the endless deep seclusion on the opposite side.

In front of him, after the stone monument exploded, a looming pontoon bridge appeared above the fractured abyss.

According to the last part of the inscription and the words of Ren.

The spell had given him three chances, the first of which had already been used by him to protect himself.

One of them had to be used to activate the pontoon to gain true power.

And the remaining one, he can use it to save one of the two girls.

He could even give up and leave the spell as an additional chance to resurrect in the future.

Zhao Xu took a deep breath.

He looked at the blood-red sky and mocked: "you, children make choices, I want them all!" ”

With that, he activated the spell twice in a row.

Two rays of divine light shot out directly from the imprint on his arm and fell into the bodies of the two women.

Originally, the bodies of the two women, which were about to dissipate, reunited and transformed into entities.

After a while, Lu and Shadow slowly woke up, and although they were still in a dark red world, they finally breathed the air of this world again.

"Get up, the mission has failed, and we have to go back." Zhao Xu squatted and looked at the two girls lying in an indecent posture and smiled.

At this time, Lu Heying noticed that their hoods had been scattered, which completely let Zhao Xu see his true face.

And Ying looked at Zhao Xu with a hint of strangeness, and then she stood up and walked to the place where the stele exploded, where there was still half of the stele left.

After Zhao Xu obtained the spell, the true words had been revealed on it.

"You should get over on your own." Shadow whispered.

"Although we were unconscious, we still vaguely knew what happened before we died. I didn't expect Mr. Feng to be so kind. Lu bowed slightly to Zhao Xu and thanked him.

Zhao Xu didn't plan to tell the two girls what happened, but the IQ of the two girls was enough for them to figure out the truth on their own.

"But I can't get over it now, the mission should be a failure." Zhao Xu knows Lei An's style well, and he will not leave any loopholes to play tricks for them.

"Mr. Wind, not necessarily." Suddenly, Lu smiled softly.

"That's right." Ying also looked at the faint pontoon bridge in front of him and said.

"But we're afraid we'll have to introduce ourselves again."

At this time, Lu walked over and pulled Ying over, stood side by side in front of Zhao Xu, and introduced himself, "Wang Ningwei, level 2 mage." ”

Shadow pouted, "Eswig, level 2 mage. ”

Zhao Xu scratched his head, "Midsummer, 2, huh?" Level 3 mage? ”