Chapter 45: "Psychic Illusion"
The magic abilities that Mo Chen has mastered now, not counting those that are passive, there are currently only three types: "Flickering Teleportation", "Void Perception" and "Bloodthirsty".
But honestly, that's not enough—
He cursorily flipped through the dark arts books or notes, and he hadn't found any mysterious knowledge that he felt useful to him, but some things he understood.
According to the standards of witches and occultists, there are only two evaluation criteria for whether the magical field or extraordinary power they have mastered, whether they are strong and proficient, that is, breadth and depth.
The former refers to the number of magical abilities mastered, as well as the comprehensiveness of the mystical knowledge mastered.
The latter refers to whether the effect of the magical ability mastered is particularly strong, and whether the mysterious knowledge mastered can be used flexibly, and there are no obvious knowledge blind spots.
The holders of the Outsider Mark are relatively special, and the requirements for mastering mystical knowledge are much lower, and basically no matter what kind of occult scholar they are, there is no way to reach their height.
Because the Void is the root of all supernatural phenomena and the source of all extraordinary powers, occultists or something, learn all kinds of magical knowledge, just to get closer to the Void and obtain the power of the Void.
But the Seal bearer had an absolute connection to the Void from the start, reaching heights beyond human reach from the very beginning.
Occult knowledge is still useful, of course, but it is not absolutely necessary.
However, Mo Chen does not have the capital to look down on them now, so as long as the conditions allow, he also wants to strengthen and improve his own strength through various possible ways.
As for breadth and depth or something—
He currently only has three active magical abilities, namely Detection, Movement, and Burst, which are a wandering high-burst Assassin character if used properly and when used correctly.
After all, in terms of the depth of extraordinary power mastery, Mo Chen was not bad at all.
The all-encompassing perceptual realm of the Void Perception can cover a distance of forty or fifty meters in the vicinity, and all the wind and grass within this range cannot be hidden from his ears and eyes, and it can be sensed through the walls and mud layers, and even lights up the branch of the premonition ability.
The long-distance exploration range of the flickering teleport has been strengthened many times, and it is extreme to the limit of a teleportation of nearly a thousand meters, and it has begun to reflect the branching effect of a variety of advanced routes, such as teleporting others, teleporting items, and so on.
Only the bloodthirsty enhancement is nearly ten times worse than the resources invested in the above two skills, after all, there is only the enhancement increase of just two ancient runes, so the effect of the outbreak is not particularly high.
- It's just that under the premise that Mo Chen's basic attributes are particularly strong, the skill of this amplification explosion seems to be equally perverted, and in this state, he will cause quite a cruel battle accident.
However, this was not enough, the kind of magical abilities he thought he mastered...... It's still too little.
There are only three, which is far from enough!
But the reality is also very harsh, that is, to develop new magical abilities, not that there is no other way, but using the power of ancient runes is the fastest and safest, and there must be a reward for what you pay.
After all, if you read books to learn mystical knowledge, try to master or create magic, you can go down the wrong path! Even if there is no danger in the end, a lot of time and energy will be wasted.
But using the power of ancient runes is different, as long as you don't deliberately die, then there is generally not much risk.
And even if you don't succeed in mastering the new magic, the power of the runes will definitely strengthen your own magic, physical fitness, and the magic power you have already mastered.
It's just that the problem lies in the number of ancient runes, and Mo Chen can't find enough runes to develop new abilities.
Just a relatively simple and intuitive magic effect like "Bloodthirsty" requires two ancient runes to develop.
Therefore, it is conceivable that if it involves "doppelganger", "possession", and "summoning animals", ...... and so on, more complex and powerful magical abilities-
The number of ancient runes required will definitely go up.
The reason why Mo Chen wanted to learn the mysterious knowledge was to save the ancient runes needed as much as possible. After all, as I said before, developing new abilities is like doing a question, and the process of using rune power enhancement is to give you time to answer the question.
If he has as much of a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge of the mystery as possible, then theoretically speaking, the time he needs to answer the questions will be shortened.
It may not be of much use at the moment, but it may add up to a lot of help when you need to develop more complex and powerful magical abilities in the future.
As for now, Mo Chen just hopes to be able to use the nine ancient runes on hand to first develop a magical ability that can effectively increase his own means, similar to "hypnosis" or "arcane link".
Of course, considering certain factors, although he was still in good spirits, he still forced himself to sleep first, rather than just trying to master new magical abilities.
After all, "full of energy" can definitely be subdivided into a variety of situations:
A person who has just woken up from a sleep and has been well rested is definitely much more energetic than someone who has woken up and been active for quite some time.
Even if the latter also feels that he is not sleepy, he is full of vitality.
But if you can turn mental power into data, it may be the difference between 100% and 80%.
Before he no longer needed to worry about the supply of ancient runes, Mo Chen definitely didn't want the only resources he had at hand to have a subjective "unnecessary waste".
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"Use your own will to communicate the void, to turn your own thoughts into reality, and thus to project them."
This statement is indeed concise enough, it is very simple, but it is also very mysterious, Mo Chen is really not sure at all.
After waking up from a sleep, he didn't care about anything, and went straight into the basement again, sitting cross-legged on the empty ground, reaching out and picking up an ancient rune from the box next to him.
Although I am not sure, if I continue to think hard, I will not increase my certainty, but will also make my mental state decline. Therefore, he didn't plan to delay, and directly began to absorb the power of the ancient runes.
Maybe it's okay to take a look at those books that record mysterious knowledge, but Mo Chen feels that he can't wait at the moment, what he lacks most is time.
The "plot" on the side of the world of shame will definitely continue to progress in the future, and the difficulty of the level will definitely increase significantly, and there will even be troublesome enemies who are pure witches themselves, and Mo Chen's magic is a little insufficient.
His magic may be more powerful than any witch, but it's too small in number and relatively monolithic, which is his most obvious weakness at the moment.
If he had enough time, he wouldn't mind reading the mystical knowledge in books to increase his grasp before trying to develop new magical abilities.
But there is just not enough time, which requires him to master as many practical magical abilities as possible to increase his absolute strength, and it is definitely unwise to want to improve by reading books at this time.
The Outsider Mark began to glow with blue light, becoming hot and hot.
Mo Chen didn't have any special reaction to this, this kind of thing was okay to say once or twice, but if there were too many times, the novelty would inevitably pass, he simply closed his eyes and no longer looked at the brilliant light and shadow effects that exploded with special effects.
Because he had previous experience in developing "Bloodthirsty", he knew more or less what to do, and he was not sure that he was just not sure whether the number of ancient runes was sufficient.
After all, theoretically speaking, as long as there is an unlimited supply of runes, then Mo Chen, no matter what kind of magic ability he has, can be developed directly.
But the problem is that he only has nine ancient runes at the moment, and he wants to develop two magical abilities at the same time...... Therefore, he was not sure if he could do it, one should be able to do it, and the two were not so sure.
But whatever, if you can't do it, you can master a new skill first, anyway, the rune power is not enough to develop a second new skill, and it won't be wasted-
Whether it is strengthening his magic power, strengthening his physical fitness, or strengthening the magic skills he has mastered, Mo Chen will not suffer.
He sank down, feeling the power of the runes wash over his body and spirit, and this strange feeling became clearer and clearer, as if he had entered the realm of the void.
He strives to get rid of all distractions and unnecessary thoughts, and concentrates all his attention and imagination to direct the amorphous chaotic power of the void at this moment, to give it form and attributes, and to brand it with his own personal brand.
"Hypnosis" is Emily's ability to conquer the will of her enemies, and is said to summon the ghosts of the Void, confusing humans or hounds, and causing them to fall asleep for a matter of seconds.
This magic creates a projection of the Void and, after hypnosis, causes enemies to lose their momentary memories...... Of course, these are in-game effects.
Mo Chen didn't plan to replicate the effect of the game at all, as if "bloodthirsty" needed to accumulate adrenaline by killing a specific number of enemies, and finally burst out. The effect of the game is obviously not the same in the real world.
What he needs is a skill similar to "hypnosis", which is mainly to be able to interfere with the perception of other people or animals and influence their thoughts.
Absolutely not confined to only humans and dogs, only a dozen seconds of duration, can only make people dream and lose memory or something......
With the guidance of his thoughts, the amorphous power of the void is constantly converging and flowing, constantly spreading and reconverging together, and in the process of being unpredictable because of his guidance, a certain tendency factor gradually appears.
However, the power of the runes has also begun to bottom, and it seems that it will not be enough to support the completion of this process.
Mo Chen had expected that, his eyes didn't open, he directly stretched out his other arm, and grabbed another piece of ancient rune in the box next to him before the rune he grabbed in his left hand was exhausted.
This is a relay race, and I don't know how many "runners" will need to relay it, but you must not stop until you have crossed the "finish line", otherwise everything will be lost.
In this way, when the consumption of the third ancient rune was about to bottom out, Mo Chen suddenly felt some kind of strange premonition.
As if the other side of the soul was directly connected to the void, a large amount of information poured into his mind, as if it were instinctively imprinted, as if it were breathing—
He felt like he had mastered a new magical ability, and knew it was the kind of effect he needed.
The small amount of power left over from the third ancient rune was indeed not wasted, and it was directly used to continue to strengthen the newly developed magical ability.
A magical ability similar to "hypnosis" should perhaps be called "mental illusion".