220. Man-made thunderstorms
On the second day after obtaining the "Thundercloud Technique", Li Nuo left the inner circle and prepared to go to the No. 1 Snow Mountain Islands to test the power of the "Thundercloud Technique".
Since he began working on the metareactor, he has not left the inner circle for nearly 10 days.
Headway, the deep sea wizard who went out to sea in search of dragon treasures, has probably returned to his shop.
Li Nuo previously agreed with the other party that he would take time to follow the other party out to the sea and see the grand scene in the mossy blue hole.
According to Headway, there were many, many dragon gadgets in that place. As a result, Li Nuo designated the Mossy Blue Cave as a treasure place for him to obtain energy reserves.
Leno found Headway's shop in the market area of Suman City. Sure enough, the tall wizard man was standing in the store, bored waiting for customers to come to the door.
Li Nuo is not here to buy anything today.
In the past half a month, he has spent a lot of money on buying alchemy materials, and currently only has 20,000 gold coins left in his pocket.
Until he had swept up the bounty quests that Jennara had accumulated, he had no money to pay for Headway to take him to sea.
Li Nuo looked for Shanghai Dewei and asked the other party to go to sea a few days later, he has been busy recently.
Headway agreed.
He happily said that since Li Nuo bought a lot of things from him, he no longer has to worry too much about the rent of the shop, let alone go out as often as before.
The two agreed that in ten days at the earliest, and at the latest in half a month, Li Nuo would use the cost of going to sea and go to the Mossy Blue Cave with Headway.
After arranging the matter of obtaining the energy reserves, Li Nuo used the magic current to reach the No. 1 Snow Mountain Island that he had bought.
This cone-like mountain rises from the sea and soars into the sky. The snow-capped mountains are covered by white clouds like hats all year round.
Leno began to fly upwards from the base of the mountain.
After waiting halfway up the mountain, there was a slight chill in the howling mountain wind.
As the wind became stronger, the air became colder, causing Li Nuo to shiver slightly.
Li Nuo temporarily stopped and flew into the hole in the mountain.
The island was bought by Leno from Sian. Sian is the twenty-fifth heir to the Pangula family. The butler next to her, Kaida, is actually a calm knight who became famous many years ago.
Before Sian got the island, it was in the name of Dikla Fagan.
Al Qaida said that after learning that Sian had been arranged by her head of the family to run the island here in the Suman Islands, Dikla Fagan did something bad. This guy mined all the islands that were about to be handed over to Qian, and dug up the deposits on them.
This is the case of the No. 1 Snow Mountain Island that Li Nuo bought.
Its dark gray mountain is dotted with large and small holes, which are the traces left by Dikra Fagan's men when they exploited the deposits.
Now, these openings have become a temporary base for Li Nuo.
He reverted back to his human form in the cave and took the "cold elixir" from his magic pocket and swallowed it.
The potion took effect, and the body was filled with warmth, which immediately dispelled the cold in the body.
Li Nuo once again unleashed "Death Flight" and climbed upwards, aiming for the snowy and cloud-shrouded mountain.
The surrounding chill and the warmth brought by the potion fiercely confronted, and the two sides used Li Nuo's body as a battlefield to attack and fight each other.
Whenever a cold wind blew, Li Nuo would shiver, and then calm down in the warm current that kept surging in his body.
When the altitude exceeds 4,000 meters, the cold snap intensifies significantly, and a lot of ice slag drifting in the air appears. They scraped over Li Nuo's body like countless small blades.
Li Nuo has a "magic shield" to shine on, so he doesn't have to worry about getting hurt.
In fact, he deliberately ran to such a high and cold place and felt the cruel side of nature.
On the one hand, the mountains covered in snow and mist are the best place to test the "thundercloud technique".
On the other hand, Li Nuo also has the intention of using the "magic shield" to test the magical power of various natural scenes.
It's like the cold and the wind he's enduring to endure. From the moment he felt cold, the system prompted him to gain a negative effect, "Cold Erosion".
This debuff will automatically stack over time. The higher the altitude, the more layers are stacked each time.
Not only would it make Li Nuo's limbs feel numb with cold, but it would also deal frost energy damage every second.
Each additional stack grants +1 Cold Energy Damage per second.
When Li Nuo approached the peak of the snowy mountain and was about to plunge headlong into the clouds, the "Cold Erosion" had been stacked with 99 stacks, that is, he took 99 points of frost energy damage per second.
When I got into the clouds and stood on the top of the snow-covered mountain, the "cold erosion" suddenly rose 50 floors to 149 floors. And every 1.5 minutes spent in this place, 50 layers are automatically stacked.
Li Nuo looked around at the white scene around him and saw an apocalyptic scene of ice and snow.
He made a slight estimate and came to a conclusion.
With a level 100 "magic shield" and 40 "spirits", he can last up to 240 minutes in this extreme cold environment.
As soon as the 240th minute arrived, his "magic shield" would be pierced by the frost energy damage, and the whole person would be immediately exposed to sub-zero wind and snow.
If he doesn't drink the "Cold Resistant Potion" and reduces the stacking speed of "Cold Erosion", the time he can last will be further reduced.
"If I had mastered the meditation method of absorbing the magic of ice and wind, this snow-capped mountain would be a good place for me to absorb magic."
Li Nuo sighed secretly in the face of the cold wind and snow:
"However, I didn't buy this snowy mountain to absorb magic. If it weren't for the system saying that it is the outlet of the "Dragon's Tooth Reservoir", I wouldn't have bought this snow-capped mountain that has been mined for ore resources. ”
Li Nuo never forgot to deconstruct the information obtained from the Snow Mountain.
Including the No. 1 Snow Mountain Island under him, the three snow-capped mountain islands in the Suman Islands are all the outlets of the "Dragon's Tooth Reservoir".
Since it's an outlet, there should always be something like a "pipe".
Li Nuo flew around the mountain several times in the wind and snow, but found nothing but snow, frost, and clouds that blocked the sun.
Seeing that the "Cold Erosion" layer on the panel was getting higher and higher, Li Nuo gave up his plan to find the "water outlet" and began to test the "Thundercloud Technique".
Under the cover of wind and snow, the fluctuations of magical energy of the "Thundercloud Technique" will be masked, and Li Nuo does not need to worry about being discovered by the magic sentry.
He took out the meta-reactor, extracted 120 points of lightning energy from it, and cast the "Thundercloud Technique".
The three energy balls that originally had the appearance of a sphere were fused together under the guidance of the spell, turning into a small dark cloud of faintly flashing thunder.
[System News:]
[You have successfully cast the "Thundercloud Technique]. 】
You currently have 120 lightning energy stored in the thundercloud. 】
[Your energy will be reduced by 12 points per hour until all the lightning energy in the thundercloud is released.] 】
Li Nuo used his mind to manipulate the little thundercloud in front of him to stay away from him.
The thunderclouds were soon masked by the howling wind and snow.
Li Nuo found that he was unable to see the thunderclouds, and his control over the thunderclouds was much reduced.
He could only use the energy perception ability brought by the "spirit" to vaguely lock the direction of the thundercloud.
When the thundercloud was more than 400 meters away from him, it became more difficult to locate the thundercloud, and he only knew which direction the thundercloud was in him.
Li Nuo summoned the thundercloud back, threw the "Psychic Beacon" at the opponent, and then manipulated the thundercloud into the wind and snow again.
This time, his manipulation of the thunderclouds was much more precise.
With the help of the "Psychic Beacon", he can locate the location of the thundercloud in real time and accurately move the opponent to the designated location.
Li Nuo clicked on the spell interface of the "Psychic Beacon" in his mind and threw the "Psychic Vision" towards the beacon on the thundercloud.
A magical vision of snowflakes and clouds appeared in front of him, and every now and then tiny blue lightning bolts streaked through his vision.
"This is the perspective of a thundercloud. With the spell combination of "Psychic Beacon" + "Psychic Vision", I was able to control the thundercloud in the blind spot of my main vision. ”
Li Nuo nodded slowly and began to test the maximum distance he could reach to control the thunderclouds.
The area of the summit of the snow-capped mountain is not very large, and the widest point does not exceed 5 kilometers.
Li Nuo and Lei Yun stood at the top of the mountain, with the snow stirred by the cold wind in the middle.
At such a short distance, Li Nuo's control of the thunderclouds did not change.
Li Nuo speculated that as long as the straight-line distance between him and the thundercloud did not exceed the maximum sensing range of the "Psychic Beacon", which was 109 kilometers, then the connection between him and the thundercloud would not be interrupted.
The only embarrassing part is that after each order, he needs to wait 9.2 seconds before the thundercloud starts to act. This is a delayed response due to the low level of "Sculpting Magic".
In other words, if he wants to control the thundercloud to unleash lightning to attack the enemy, he must first calculate the enemy's exact position after 9.2 seconds.
Otherwise, unless the enemy has a built-in ability to attract thunder and lightning, the lightning that goes straight is likely to be crooked.
If the process of firing thunder and lightning still requires charging and reading a strip, then it will be even more difficult to attack the enemy with a thundercloud.
In his magical vision, Leno found a stone protruding from the ground and gave the order to the thundercloud to shoot thunderbolts.
After 9.2 seconds of waiting, a loud bang erupted from the thundercloud, and a bright blue lightning bolt stabbed at the stone Li Nuo was pointing at, blasting snow and gravel.
Li Nuo raised his eyebrows and gave Lei Yun a thumbs up.
The process of emitting thunder and lightning is instantaneous, there is no reading situation, and the lightning flies very fast, almost instantaneously from the thundercloud to the rocks.
Li Nuo found his position in the magical vision, and once again gave the thundercloud the command to shoot thunder and lightning.
After 9.2 seconds, bright blue lightning bolts pierced through the clouds and smashed precisely into Lenovo's shield.
The explosion of lightning hitting the target echoed in Li Nuo's ears, and a system message refreshed in his mind:
[You have been attacked by a "thundercloud". 】
[You have taken 50 Thunder Energy damage.] 】
[Your [Magic Shield (Level 100)" has 50% resistance to lightning damage and your shield value decreases by 25.] 】
The thunder is loud and the rain is small, which is the thunder and lightning shot by the thunderclouds.
It doesn't matter if the damage is low, it can be replenished with the lightning energy generated by the meta-reactor.
Li Nuo summoned the thundercloud back and hovered in front of him.
He took out the meta-reactor, extracted clumps of lightning energy from it, and stuffed them all into the thunderclouds.
The thunderclouds gradually grew in size, transforming into real dark clouds.
When the "construction value" of the meta-reactor decreases by 50 points, Li Nuo stops the operation of the reactor.
At this time, looking at the thundercloud, the thunder and lightning energy contained in it has reached 2,000 points, and it has turned into a black cloud two meters wide.
Li Nuo stopped the thundercloud at the top of the mountain, and he performed a "death flight" and flew downward.
After leaving the clouds at the top of the mountain, the view becomes bright and wide. The sea below gradually enlarged in Li Nuo's eyes, and the waves crashing on the shore became clear.
Li Nuo lowered to a position halfway up the mountain and flew away from the top of the mountain, keeping an eye on his control of the thunderclouds.
About 40 minutes later, Li Nuo arrived 100 kilometers west of Snow Mountain Island No. 1 and stopped flying between unfamiliar islands.
The magical vision provided by the "Psychic Vision" works normally, and Li Nuo can still see the perspective of the thunderclouds on the top of the snowy mountain.
He pinpointed a snow-covered stone in his magical vision and ordered the thunderclouds to shoot lightning at them.
9.2 seconds later, a blue lightning bolt nearly half a meter thick shot out and slammed into the stone, splashing large snowflakes and stone chips.
The wind and snow at the top of the mountain were disturbed by the thunder and lightning, but they quickly recovered in the eternal cold wind.
"Wow~ I can really control thunderclouds from a hundred kilometers away. Is this the remote control effect that comes with "Thunderclouds", or is the "Psychic Beacon" at work? ”
Leno disconnects from the beacon in the thundercloud.
The magical vision in front of him disappeared, and his perception of thunderclouds was greatly weakened, and he could only vaguely perceive the general direction of the other party.
In such a vague state of perception, Li Nuo gave the order to shoot thunder and lightning at the rocks.
After 10 seconds of silence, Li Nuo activated the telepathic beacon in the thundercloud, threw out the "Psychic Vision", and reopened the magical vision.
Looking at the electric shock dents on the ground that were a few meters away from the stones, Li Nuo now figured out the value of the "Psychic Beacon".
As long as the thundercloud is within the perception range of the "Psychic Beacon", he Li Nuo can control all the actions of the thundercloud like an arm.
Of course, the delay in the response of thunderclouds is a big drawback.
But that's not the point.
The point is that the perception range of the "Psychic Beacon" is only 109 kilometers.
If Li Nuo wants to achieve ultra-long-range global strike capabilities, he must find a way to expand the perception range of the "Psychic Beacon".
"It's not impossible. I remember that the third option in the full 10 additional rewards of "Psychic Beacon" was to convert "Psychic Beacon" into "Psychic Trace". The perception range of "Psychic Tracking" is unlimited, but there is a limit to the number of targets to be tracked, unlike "Psychic Beacons", which can put as many as you want. ”
Li Nuo dragged out the spell panel of "Psychic Beacon" and looked at the words "Level: Level 100" on it.
Level 100 is the maximum level of a spell, and Li Nuo cannot upgrade it to level 110 to get the extra reward of the entire level ten.
Is there anything that can reset the spell level?
Yes, and Li Nuo can buy it, this thing is called "Forgetting Potion", which is usually used to erase some memories that should not exist.
Li Nuo had previously seen the "Forgetting Potion" in the book "Encyclopedia of Magic Patterns and Magic Materials".
The results of the system's solution show that the "Forgetting Potion" can be used to help Li Nuo reset his spell level.
However, correspondingly, the energy used to upgrade will not be returned, and the energy will still be consumed when re-leveling.
Li Nuo is in no hurry to reset the skill level for the time being. He could buy a bottle of Forgetting Potion and put it on his body and use it later when he needed it.
In the magical vision, Li Nuo commanded the thunder cloud to vent his thunder and lightning energy, and bombarded the top of the snowy mountain.
The size of the thundercloud decreases in energy decay, and finally disappears due to the energy consumption.
At this point, the task of testing the thundercloud is complete, but this is only a small part of Linuo's plan to use the thundercloud and the meta-reactor flexibly.
Yesterday, after he got the "Thundercloud Technique", he thought about it late at night and came up with a whole set of plans using thunderclouds and meta-reactors.
This plan requires him to prepare at least 10 million gold coins, hundreds of millions of energy points, and 100,000 soul strength points.
This is only the minimum requirement for the implementation of the programme.
The more he invested, the higher the level of combat wizards he could kill here in the Suman Islands.
Now that the plan for improving "attack capability" has been decided, Li Nuo put the work of improving "defense capability" on the agenda.
He must ensure that when he faces the Ten Rings Battle Wizard, he also has the "ability to defend and counterattack", so that he will not be killed by the other party as soon as he looks at him.
In terms of cost performance, the first to use the "Metal Fusion" meditation method to rush "tenacity", "strength" and "will" is the most cost-effective.
"This time, I will follow Headway to hunt for treasure in the Mossy Blue Cave, and I must come back with three or four million energy reserves. I will use all of these energy points to cultivate the "Metal Fusion" meditation method. ”
In his thoughts, Leno burrowed into the magical ocean current and returned to Suman City in the inner circle.
Before going to sea, he had to sweep up the task of sweeping and accumulate the gold coins in his hand.
Li Nuo entered the island department and came to the door of the bounty agent Jenara's room.
Knocking on the door and stepping inside, Leno saw Jennara with a happy face.
"You're finally here, Jarvis~" Jennara was enthusiastic, and hurriedly brought hot tea with the "Wizard's Hand", and took out several scrolls from the pipe and put them on the table.
"I've picked out a number of bounty missions and wanted warrants in advance according to your screening requirements, and I'm waiting for you to take them over." Jennara smiled, as if she had seen the gold coins pouring towards her.
Only agents who have worked with Li Nuo can truly know how amazing the efficiency of the other party is. Jennara is fortunate enough to be such a person.
Seeing that the other party was ready for the task, Li Nuo directly skipped the process of being polite with the other party, picked up the wanted warrant on the table and checked it.
A few minutes later, Li Nuo picked out a more special one from more than a dozen wanted notices.
Hey, the author has a fever, and I was a little uncomfortable a few days ago. I have enough manuscripts, but I don't have the energy to change the text, so the number of updates is temporarily halved, and one chapter is updated every day. When the illness is cured, the recovery will be ten thousand.
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